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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Mississippi
Legislature
PUTS BAN ON GIVING TIPS
BILL NOW THROUGH BOTH HOUSES
ALMOST DANGEROUSLY.
Committee Reports Favorably Bill to
Repeal Act Creating Tallahatchie
District.

Jacksonville Mississippi legislature
put the ban on the tipping evil. The
Mayes anti-tipping bill, which went
through the house Friday by an almost
unanimous vote, was passed by the
senate with only eight votes in the neg
ative. The measure now goes to the
governor. The Mayes bill lis drastic
in its provisions. If a statutory law
will break up the tipping evil in this
state this bill ought to do it. The bill
imposes penalty of 800 on any per-
son, firm or corporation who permits
an employee to receive tips or gratuities.
The act particularly specifies hotels,
restaurants, cafes, dining cars and sleep
ing cars. The bill further provides that
any person who gives a tip or gratuity
and any person who accepts tip or
gratuity shall be fined $50 for each Of
Tense. All hotels, restaurants, dining
cars, etc, are required to keep the law
rosted in conspicuous places.
Drainage Bill Favored.
The delta drainage row had another
echo in the senate, when Senator With
ers, from the committee on drainage and
roads, reported favorably the bill to re
peal the act of 1908, and the amendment
of 1910 creating the Tallahatchie drain
age district.
The senate passed the Donald bill
amending the act of 1908 in regard tx
municipalities adopting the commission
form of amendment. The amendment
adopted provides for the recall of polio
! justices on charges of incompetency
malfeasance in office, etc. The bill set
forth that twenty per cent of the voter
of municipality where the commission
form is in vogue, can force an electio
for the recall of a municipal commission
er who has been designated by the CON
mission to act as police Justice
Office for Women.
Senator Norwood introduced const
stitutional amendment comforting upo
women the right to hold the office o
county superintendent of education.
The Kyle bill providing for the &C
mission of evidence of confession by
prisoner was passed by the senate.
| State Centennial Exposition.
The legislature placed the seal of it
approval upon the Mississippi centennia
exposition to be held at Gulfport i
1917 to celebrate the one hundredth an
niversary of Mississippi's admission int
the Union as a state. The house by
unanimomus vote adopted the senat
concurrent resolution giving the centen
NAL exposition the official indorsemen
of the state and memorializing congress
TO invite foreign nations to particiPat
in the celebration. The second sectiol
of the resolution, providing for the ar
pointment of joint standing COMMITTEE
of fifteen to pass upon all centennia
legislation, was stricken out by tn
house, and thus amended, it was re
turned to the senate. The senate prompt
ly concurred.
Active steps will be Immediately take
to secure extensive exhibits from ever.
state in the Union and from foreig
countries.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
COMMISSION GIVEN MORE POWER.
Will Regulate Street Railways, Gas and
Light Companies.

Jacksonville Mississippi railroad
commission win in the future control and
regulate all street railway companies,
electric lighting plants, gas companies
and water works systems in this state
if bill passed by the senate goes
through the house. The Potter bill,
placing all public utilities under the
jurisdiction of the railroad commission,
was passed by a vote of 90 to 10 after
lengthy debate. The bill places all
public utilities of every description, in
GLIDING those owned by municipalities
as well as corporations, under the con-
troll of the railway board.
The delta drainage fight found its way
into tine senate when Senator Withers
introduced bill to repeal the act of
1908 and the amendments of 1910 ere
ating the Tallahatchie drainage district.
The fraternal societies of the state
university at Oxford received a solar
plexus from the senate committee on
education, which brought in favorable
report on the Russell bill, providing for
the suppression of the organizations.
The committee brought in an amendment
increasing the drastic feature of the
measure. If the bill passes, and its
advocates claim it will, it will put the
fraternal societies at the university out
of business. The measure provides for
the purchase by the university of the
buildings owned by the societies at Ok
ford
The senate committee on judiciary
brought in a favorable report on what
is commonly known as the maniac BILL :
The maniac bill'' as it has been
dubbed by its opponents provides that
persons may sue for mental anguish
suffered by the slow delivery of tele-
gram or the delay in telephone messages
The damages provided for in the bill
are in addition to the actual and punt
tive damages now provided for by Law
and the statutory penalty for delay il
the handling of kilograms and tele
phone messages. The advocates of tn
bill claim that it is necessary in tn
interest of the public. The opponent
of the measure contend that there ar
ample laws for the recovery of damage
for delayed kilograms and telephone mes
sages.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
SOLDIERS HCME
COMMITTEE TELLS OF ITS TRIP TO
BEAUvOIR.
Says it Would Be Hard to End Better
Home or One Better
Managed.

Jacksonville Senate Committee on
Pensions have prepared the following re-
port OF their trip to Beauvoir:
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Mississppi:
We, the undersigned joint committee
on pensions, spent January the goth
and 27th, 1919, visiting Beauvoir, that
historic spot on Mississippi's Southern
coast. Once the home of tie only presi-
dent of the Confederacy, than which
there is no more lovely or beautiful spot
on American soil, it is veritable para
disc on earth.
Your committee visited in q body
this home for our old Confederate sol
diers We met in the assembly hall and
proceeded to organize by electing H. A.
Bradshaw chairman and J. w. Spencer
secretary.
The committee went into executive
session and the superintendent of the
home was called before the committee
to make a report as to the condition of
the home, who made the following
report, to-wit: Condition of the home,
excellent; health of inmates, good, and
the truthfulness of these statements
was verified by personal investigation
by your committee afterward.
There has been some complaint in re-
gard to the management of the home,
Your committee investigated these com
plants and found them to be without
good cause.
In regard to the Leonard matter
He was never received as regular in
mate of the home, and was dismissed
because of insubordination. Your com
mittee heard the complaints OF Mr.
Bullock and his wife, and the same
were not well founded.
: At present there are one hundred
and eighty-five inmates of the home
with room for just a few more.
Quite number of the dear old men
expressed themselves as being con
tented and happy.
To sum up: Your committee thinks
1t would be hard to find better home
of the kind or one SO well managed.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
ALL COUNTIES AT STATE FAIR.
Prospect for Passing Bill in Legislature
Looks Bright.

Jaclsson--A copy of the bill intro
Auced in the Legislature in relation to the
states support of the movement to have
every one Of the seventy-nine counties
represented at the annual state fair is
here published.
It is equivalent to a guarantee that
every county in Mississippi viii be rep
resented next fall at the fair:
An act to donate the sum OF seven
thousand nine hundred dollars for the
year 1912 and like amount for the
year 1918 to pay premiums authorized
to be offered for excellence in produc-
ton of crops, animals, etc.
Section I. Be it enacted by tho leg
isiature of the state of Mississippi: That
the sum of seven thousand nine hundred
dollars for the year 1912 and the sum
of seven thousand nine hundred dollars
for the year 1918, be and the same are
hereby donated, out of any money in
the state treasury, not otherwise appro-
priated for the purpose OF paying pre-
milrms for one hundred dollars for the
best agricultural, horticultural or live
stock exhibit or display from each county
In the state to be made at the annual
fair or exposition to be held under the
auspices of the Mississippi State Fair at
the capital of the state.
Section g. That warrants for said
amounts shall be issued only upon the
certificate of the commissioner of the
department of agriculture and com
-aerce.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Gubernatorial Amendments.

Governor Brewer made the following
appointments. J. Morgan Stevens Of
Hattiesburg, chancery judge, vice 7. A.
Woods, whose term expires June 1, 1919;
John McCorkle,. Bolivar Hyde, 7. L.
Wainwright, w. G. Simpson and DIR. J.
M. Guthrie, trustees of the East Missis-
sippi hospital for the insane at Merid-
ian. Judge Stevens, who will succeed
Judge Woods. ais chancellor of the sea:
coast distcist, is one of the leading law
yers of South Mississippi. He had strong
support from all over the district for the
appointment
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Juvenile Reform Bill.

The passage by the senate of the
Juvenile court bill practically assures
its adoption in the house, although
another measure on the same subject,
prepared by Mr.. White of Jasper, is
pending in that body. The bill offered
by DR.. Donald, of Hattiesburg, has the
endorsement of the Mississippi Juve-
nile Reformatory Association, composed
of several score earnest workers on this
subject, who have been diligently en-
gagged for the past two years in wag-
ing a campaign of education on the sub
iect.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Protest Hobbs Bill.

Jackson.-A called meeting of business
men, under the auspices of the Jackson
Board of Trade was held at the county
court house, the purpose of which was
to enter a vigorous protest against the
passage of the much-discussed Hobbs
bll' now pending in the Mississippi sen.
ate committee on insurance, the purpose
of which is. to compel, by statute, life
insurance companies doing business in
Mississippi to invest, whether they
would or no, rs per cent Of their reserve
apportioned to Mississippi business in
Mississippi securities.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
THE cARELE5s GROCER
slundered, and Great Good Came Of Il

A careless grocer left the wrong
package at a Michigan home one day
and thereby brought great blessing
to the household.
Two years ago was sufferer from
stomach troubles. SO acute that the
effort to digest ordinary food gave mo
great pain, and brought on condition
of such extreme nervousness that I
could not be left alone. thought
should certainly become insane. was
20 reduced in flesh that was little bat
ter than a living skeleton. The doc
tors failed to give me relief and de-
SPARED Of recovery.
Zone day our groceryman left .
package Of Grape-Nuts food by mis-
take, SO tried some for dinner. | was
surprised to find that 1t satisfied my
appetite and gave me no distress what
ever. The next meal ate Of It again,
and to be brief, have lived for the
past year almost exclusively on Grape
Nuts. 1t has proved to be q mort
healthful and appetizing food. per-
fectly adapted to the requirements Of
my system.
"Grape-Nuts is not only easily d.
gested and assimilated. but and that
since have been using it am able
to eat anything else my appetite FAM
cies. without trouble from indiges-
ton. The stomach trouble and ner-
vousness have left mo. have regain
ed my plumpness and my views q
life are no longer Respondent and
gloomy.
"other members Of my family, espe-
cially my husband. (whose old enemy
the heartburn has been vanQuished)
have also derived great benefit from
the use Of Grape-Nuts food ana We
think no morning meal complete with
out IT, Name given by Postum CO..
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason" and It e exr
planned in the little book. 1.-THE Road
to Wellville.' IN pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A nevI
one fuppears krom tinne 20 time. Ihe3
| IRE geheine, true. ena tul1 q Aunel
inherent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
To Buy Another Farm.

Hon. w. S. Hemp.lill introduced his
bill in the house providing for the pur-
chase of tract Of six thousand acres
of land in the delta of the state, to be
worked into another great penitentiary
farm which will eventually be as large
as Parchman. The penitentiary is now
so full of convicts that some other Occur
patton must be found for them than at
the farms now operated, and Mr.. Hemp.
hill believes the-stat sohuld buy. some
of the cheap swamp land, clear it, draiT
it, and put it in cultivation.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08

Senator Burkitt introduced bill in
the upper house appealing to the patriot
ism and pride of the members OF that
body and of the house of representatives,
for an appropriation to preserve and
maintain the historical Old Capitol
building. The influence of all the pa
triotic and historical organizations Of
the state have been brought to bear upon
this subject, and according to predictions
the galleries will be crowded with the
largest attendance of the present session
to witness and hear the discussion OF
the merits of the measure.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
WILL GO AFTER SETTLERS.
Land Development Association to Open
Chicago Office.

At a meeting of che executive COM
mittee of the Mississippi Land Develop
ment Association it was decided to move
the office of the secretary and insti-
tute branch of the association in Chi
cago.
This is the patriotic association OF
business men of the entire state who
are endeavoring TO advertise Missis-
sippi, and who are responsible for Mis-
sissippi's having one OF the finest ex-
hibits Of any of the states at the Chi
cage land show last fall. The asso.
citation has nothing to sell and is not
booming any particular section; it had
its inception in the Statewide immi.
grafton convention" held at jackson
three years ago, and has been growing
In strength and usefulness ever since.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
LEGISLATORS WITNESS FIGHT
VETERANS IN FIsTIcUFF AT SOL
DIERS' HOME.
W. C. Bullock, Former Inmate Of Beau
voir Home, and ]. H. Clark Come
to Blows.

Gulfport.-The members OF the Mis-
sissippi legislature who visited the state
soldiers home at Beauvoir witnessed a
fist fight between two Confederate vet
Grams rs the result of charges made
against the management OF the institu-
ton. The belligerents were w. c. Bull
lock, former inmate of the home, and
J. II. Clark, now an inmate OF the instr
tuition
Mr.. bullock appeared before the joint
pension committee of the legislature and
charged, among other things, that the
home was mismanaged, that favoritism
was shown, that some of the old soldiers
were Disseminated against by the man
agement, and that any veteran who
dared to protest against the system
which he alleged existed ran the risk OF
being unceremoniously expelled from the
home and grounds. After Mr.. Bullock
| appeared before the committee, he met
j. II. Clark, another Confederate vet
eran, in front of the main building, who
denounced the charges that Mr.. Bullock
had made against the management and
the home.
Clark and Bullock became involved in
violent quarrel, which ended in Clark
applying the short and ugly word of
''lie" to Bullock's charges. Bullock re-
taliated with a blow and in another
instant the veterans were hammering
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sticks, when Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo, Repre-
sentatives Boswell, Simpson and Others
rushed in and dragged the warriors
apart, restoring peace.
i The fight was the climax OF an in
vestigation of the soldiers home by thu
pension committee and the COMMITTEES
ON elcemosynary institutions.
The veterans who were satisfied wit
existing conditions said that those VIII
, made charges against the management
, were professional fault-fnders and grun
blers; that the kickers would not b
satisfied with anything and that the We
Grams who were put out of the hon
were dismissed for just and sufficiei
cause.
Two Factions in Home.
, The inmates of the soldiers home a
: divided into two factions. One of Il
factions which appears to be in t
y majority is satisfied with the manae
e ment, while the minority contends tn
the situation is not as it should be. T.
e investigating committees were accol
panied by perhaps sixty members of t
legislature who inspected the buildin
: and grounds and mingled with the ve
Grams, listening to their praises al
|, complaints. The buildings all are
: good condition, but the grounds in Il
rear of the home are not in the shaI
that they should be. This, however,
not the fault of the management. Th
state has not furnished enough none
to care for the grounds. The tract 0
land ON which the home is located co,
ers over eighty acres. If a large sec
ton of it was placed IN cultivation an
food crops produced, 1t would go fa
toward reducing the cost of maintainin
the home.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
FAvoRs SALE OF PLACE.
Superintendent Gathings Willing to Part
With Rankin Farm.

DIR. ]. G. Gathings, superintendent Of
The penitentiary, is heartily in favor OF
the sale of the state convict farm in
Rankin county, as proposed by several
members of the legislature.
"There are many practical reasons
why the state should sell the farm in
Rankin" said Superintendent Gathings,
"chlef of which is the fact that it has
been operated at a steady loss to the
state ever since it was purchased and
converted to this use.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
SUE LOCKWOOD LUMBER co.
B. H. Pollock Co. of st. Louis Alleges
Breach of Contract.

Jackson.-Attorneys representing the
B. H. Pollock Lumber Company of st.
Louis, which has bought extensively
from the Mississippi market, have filed
suit in. the United States district court
here with the Lockwood Lumber Gem
pany of Pelahatchie, Rankin county, as
the defendants. The suit involves an
alleged breach of contract on. the part
of the Lockwood Lumber Company, the
plaintiffs claiming violation OF written
contract agreement on the part of the
defendants, who, it is claimed, sold lum,
Der through other competing agencies, in
violation. of the contract between the
two concerns.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
chiId's REASONING.

Il can't tell you anything about my
grandpa" said solemn little Eustace.
questioned by happier comrade as to
his more recent ancestor, because
never had any. All my grandparents
died before was born"
But. you had grandparents just the
adult. THE fact that they died before
you were born doesn't alter the fact
that they were your grandparents"
But II our fathers and mothers had
died before we were born they
wouldn't have been our fathers and
mothers. would they?" the wondering
child questioned. $50 don't see how
what you say can be true"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
ready For Anything.

A popular neighbor had just passed
20 the great beyond in rural Penn
sylvania community and the under
taker stood at the door Of the home.
when he heard the following remarks
by the minister:
Mine brethren und sisters, Joe
Thomas he iss dead. Maybe Joe Thorn
as he go to heaven up I no know. und
maybe Joe Thomas he 60 to he'll
down / no know. but. mine brethren
und sisters. we must be brebared to
meet him"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Several Fine Lectures.

Mendenhall.- Simpson county was
fortunate in having the leading men
of ''the state deliver lectures at the
county seat. Prof. w. Fl. Smith, the
rural school superintendent, delivered an
address to an apprecative audience. DR..
Turner, the director of the boys corn
club of Iowa, gave very instructive
address upon the growth OF corn and the
selection Of seed corn. We were for
tunate in having Prof. Cobb, the di:
rector Of the boys corn club Of Missis-
sippi and the agricultural high school
inspector, give an address.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Abolish Preparatory Department.

The committee on. education report
ed back to the house the bill abolishing
the preparatory department, of the In
d,istrial Institute and College and the
Agricultural and Mechanical college at
Siassville.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Organize Mill Company.

Greenville. important meeting Of
the committee organizing the Greenville
Mill and Elevator Company was held
Friday and it is reported that the work
of securing stock is progressing rapidly.
The organization of the Greenville Mill
and Elevator Company is to supply q
necessity in line with crop divsrsification,
affording market for corn and cold
storage for cattle, hogs, etc 1t i pro.
!. posed to organize a stock company with
"a capital Of $4,000. to be taken up by
the planters and business men d Yash'
'ngton county. ST q
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
HELP CAME
JUST IN TIME
Lady in Pierce Relates An Expert
ence of Interest to all Girls
and Women.

Pierce, Neb.-Mrs. DoIlie Schilow'
lky, of this place, says: "Cardai did
me so much goodI had dreadful
backache and dizziness. and suffered
from pains in my eyes and In the
back Of my head. as we'll as low down
in my body.
Sometimes, 1t seemed like would
die with the pain. l was compelled
to see the doctor, but he did not help
me.
At last. began to take Cardw. and
three bottles gave me great relfef.
My health is getting better every day.
l can recommend Cardui to suffer-
Ing women, for 1t helped me wonder
fully. 1t is wonderful medicine
Other women. who suffer as Mrs.
Schilowsky did. should learn from her
what to do. to be relieved. Take Car
dui.
For women's pains. for female troub-
les, for nervousness, for weakness.
It is the best remedy YOU can use. the
most reliable you can obtain.
For over so years. CardaI has been
helping weak and miserable women
back to health and happiness. These
many years Of success prove Its
merit
Pure, strictly vegetable. perfectly
harmless, Cardui Is sure to help and
will leave no disagreeable after-ef-
fects. Try 1t.
N. Bs-Wrfte tot Ladies' Advdsory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Ce., Ohst-
| tnnooga, Tenn, for Special Instruc-
lions, and e4-page book, "Home TREAT
ment for Women" sent I'm plain wrap
| per. en- request.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
Appeal for Starving.

Jackson. Governor Brewer issued a
proclamatiop calling the attention of
Mississippiahs to the famine in China
and asking the enlistment Of their aid
in the matter. The governor had re
cefved an appeal from President Taft,
president of the American Red Cross
society, asking that the people Of Mis-
sissippi make such financial contribu-
tions as their means will allow for the
alienation Of the untold suffering and
misery by the many thousands Of starv'
ine Chinese.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08
On a Main Road.

Pottleton drew up at the side Of tho
road and accosted man sitting on
top of load Of hay.
Il say. colonel" said he, ARE we on
the right road to Claypool Junction."
'Ya-as." said the farmer.
"How's the road, pretty gsod?"
asked Pottleton.
Fine" said the farmer. We've
been 20 years wearin' them ruts
through. Harper Weekly.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1912-02-08

The mind has more room In It than
most people think, il you would but
furnish the apartments.-Gray.