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The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-14

When I was your age our great game was Hide And Go Seek and II Spy" Do not tell any one, but a party of grown-up children played these self-same games not long ago out in the moonlight. Of course one of the real children was having a birthday party, and to celebrate the achievement of nine long years the entire family, including parents, uncles and aunts, joined in the after supper pastimes. It was the dignified college professor who proposed Hide and Seek" and a jolly game it was. I am sure I do not need to tell any of you how to play 1t.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-14

Prescriptions called nor, delivered. Public Drug Co. phone 645. If
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-14
From a MascuIine Reader.


 I. as young man, have found many helpful suggestions in your space in the paper, so I ask your help now.
 have birthday about the middle of the month and would like to have a few friends in. Would this be proper for a young man to do? What would you place on the invita- tions?
 What would you serve that would not make too much work? What could we do for amusement, as they do not allow card playing at home and there Is not enough room to dance?--Art.
 It is good to know that we have readers among the men in our big family; it makes us feel really worth while. It will be perfectly proper for you to entertain on your birthday, and I think, as such affairs should be very informal, that would just phone the invitations or ask the friends when I saw them. All you need have at an evening party will be ice cream and birthday cake. am sorry you cannot have either card playing or dancing. as both are such satisfactory means of entertain ing. fear you will have to rely on guessing contests or some of the schemes that have in the paper each week
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-14

We deliver promptly anything. any time. Public Drug Co. phone 645. uf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-30

claims thatwith the retirement of
Johnson he is the champion.
Little attention will be paid to
Burns. Either McCarty or Palzer
could whip him at present, and Al
has a knockout in two rounds
over Wells to his credit.
Both of the contestants in the
New Years battle have finished
their training, and each claims to
be in tAe-best of condition, Bet
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-30

Al Palzer and Euther McCarty
are ready for the gong Wednes-
day afternoon for their battle for
the white heavyweight champion
ship. The,winner will be given
the title and recognition as the.
best man in his class.
Tommy Burns tried tomuddle.
the situation by declaring he will.
re-enter the ring; meeting Bonn
barber Wells in Canada, Burns
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-06
FOUND OUT.

Long, Long Way.
= x + ** &&A
Miss Celia Grey stopped
abruptly in her walk. A voice
floated out to her from the open
window of the house she was
passing. 1t was the voice Of Geo
Mercer, her fance.
Margaret, | love you. You
must marry me. L have never
loved any other girl, though peo-
pie who did not know my heart
may have thought so.
The words were full Of passion.
Miss Grey was almost ready to
faint. But she controlled herself
and waited. breathless, for the
answer, 1t came in the clear voice
of a girl she knew, Margaret De
laney.
Il can never marry you l do
not love you; and, besides, 1 think
that you, IN asking me, are not
true to one whom l need not men
ton.
Faint with a sudden weakness.
Miss Grey walked out Of hearing.
So this was. the two-faced life
Geo. Mercer was living. And she
had always thought him to be the
very essence of fidelity. But she
had been away from home nearly
a month and this had given him
an opportunity.
She hurried home. Scarcely
knowing what she was doing, she
wrote note, addressed 1t and
sent1t by a boy. 1t read:
! know all. Please do not let
me- heir from Won. aOai1 7 chaI1
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-06

you will be happy. Good-by for
ever"
When Geo. Mercer received
this note he became fairly fran
tic. At first he thought it might
be a joke, but he knew Celia was
no girl to act on sudden impulses.
But whatever it was, he wanted
to find out at once. He hurried
almost at run to his faneee.
Miss Grey is not at home"
said the servant who opened the
door.
90, yes, she is" replied Mr..
Mercer, almost rudely. 1t was no
time for formalities. He pushed
past her and sat down grimly in
the dark parlor. Much was at
stake and he was masterful.
He. waited long time. (Itre-
quireS long time for a woman
to be satisfied that her eyes are
not red.)
When pretty Miss Grey finally
entered the room her head was
high and there was no smile on
her lips. George rushed forward,
holding out his hand.
Il think this is no time for
handshaking, Mr. Mercer" she
said coldly.
Mr.. Mercerp he exclaimed.
"Since when have L become Mr..
Mercer to you? Explain to me,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
MECHANICAL DOLL
EXHIBITIONS ARE
DRAWING CROWDS
THE RATHER NOVEL PREsENTA.
TON OF AN APPARENTLY
ANIMATED FIGURE.
AT ANDERSON BROS. 8 FOSTER
First Shown at the Dixie Theatre.
Power Of Movements Apparently
Furnished by Electricity--An Ex-
animation Saturday.

About the most novel and attractive
exhibition that has taken place in any
city Is that which the people are en-
joying now In the mechanical doll.
This was first seen at the Dixie The
atre Tuesday afternoon, followed
Wednesday afternoon and night at
the same place. and then in the show
window Of Anderson Bros. G. Foster.
The exhibition will continue at this
latter place during the remainder Of
the week, and on Saturday afternoon
the public will be taken into the con-
fidence Of the exhibitor of this nov
city, r. Stanley Newton, as to the
particular workings of the figure.
An electric wire Is connected with
the figure and apparently the power
Of the movements which are timed
with the regularity and mechanism
of clock, is furnished in this way.
These exhibitions have attracted
large crowds and provoked no amount
Of comment as to just how the move.
ments of the figure are produced Mr..
Newton Ii clever gentleman and
says he has no disposition to mystify,
and in order to settle all controversy
regarding the exhibitions he has de-
cided that there will be complete
satisfaction Of all on Saturday at.
ternoon, even to the extent of allow.
ing all who choose to examine the fg.
ure until satisfied.
If you have not seen the exhibi.
tion. which Is all the more interesting
on account Of its animated appear
ance, you should take advantage Of
the opportunity and visit the store for
that purpose.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
HORRORS TOLD
ABOUT MEXICO

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-President
Taft listened today to some start
ling disclosures about conditions In
Mexico. Four American business
men with Mexican interests, two
members Of the senate and con-
gresham, sat in the cabinet room In
the White House Offices and heard
the story, vouched for by all, told by
one man who had been In the south
ern republic within the last few
weeks. It was q tale Of outrage on
women, Of murders and hold-ups Of
Americans. of bandits who seized
Americans and held them for ransom.
Of general lawlessness and disorder,
such as has seldom come to the ears
Of the President since trunble began
In Mexico nearly two years ago.
The story came out at hearing
which the President granted aparty
Of American business men. They did
not ask intervention, they said. after
the hearing was over, but they did re-
quest the President to see that Amer
leans were protected and that life and
property be made safe.
After hearing Of an hour and
half the President promised to take
up the case presented with the de-
partments concerned
White House offlcials had no state
ment TO make after the conference.
but II was understood that President
Taft had no intention Of asking con-
gress for authority TO intervene.
Senator Fan at several points cor
roborated the assertions Of those vko
we're heard
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
MUCH SICKNESS
PREVAILS NOW
MOST OF IT, HOWEVER. 10 CON-
FINED TO THE MINOR
AILMENTS.

The local sick list is long one
these days. Colds are very prevar
lent and there have been q number
Of persons down with the grippe.
while an occasional case Of incipient
pneumonia has caused the family and
physicians trouble. As general
thing, however, the sickness is con-
fined largely to the minor ailments.
The usual advice IN this period Of
pneumonia weather" il to keep the
feet dry and warm and get plenty Of
fresh air both night and morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
OKLAHOMA TOWN
SITE FACTIONS

MUSKOGEE, Okla. Dec. 13.--Dis-
trict Judge John H. Pitchf0rd tonight
appealed to Gov. Cruce to send troops
to Delaware county where factions
from the towns Of Old and New Jaw
are reported on the verge Of battle as
q result Of the dispute between the
two towns as 70 which should be rec
sgnized az the county seat.
Judge Pitchford sent his message
to the governor from Stillwell In the
adjoining county Of Adair where he
ia holding court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
vears he was engaged il the mercan-

years he was engaged in the mercan-
tile business in Centreville. He had
been president of the First National
Bank for a quarter Of a century or
more. In all his enterprises he was
successful, and was one Of the most
substantial citizens Of the county. He
had been q member OF the NJ. e..
church. South, almost since the age
OF accountability. He was Mason.
and probably the Oldest in the state.
He is survived by three sens, Attor-
ney John Clagett. Robert M. Clagett.
Of Centreville and Will Clagett, mer-
chant at Union City; two daughters,
Mrs. John T. Walker, Of Union City,
and Mrs. A. H. Cunningham. OF Cen
treville, and several grandchildren.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
COLUMBIA DISTRICT
may Be ENLARGED
FIRST OF JANUARY.
ALABAMA TOWNS TO BE lNcLUp-
ED UNDER LOCAL MANAGE
MENT OF TELEPHONE.
CORPORATION LOYAL TO HELP
The Local Force Are Always Ready
to Correct Mistakes and Render
Any Accommodation Possible To-
ward Patrons.

Any corporation, in order to reap
the fullest harvest of loyalty, and CO.
operation from its employees must
lead the employees to feel that they a.
a part of the corporation, are being
recognized for their worth and work,
and that they have place filed BY
humans, and not merely inani,nate
cogs in machine whose products go
to I'LL the pockets OF the owners OF the
machine.
In accordance with the policy OF
setting aside pension fund OF $1O.-
100000 for the sole benefit Of its en-
ployes, the Cumberland Telephone q
Telegraph Company, subsidiary or
the American Bell Telephone Compa-
ny, will grant general increaes In
the salaries Of the greater part Of Ito
employees, effective January LIST, 1918.
This is movement so great that IL
cannot be estimated In dollars and
cents, but carries the fullest exempl1-
fcation of good fellowship and fair
ness.
1t is also a rumor that effective JAM
uary LIST, the Columbia district OF the
Cumberland Telephone Company,
with Ira E. Travis as district plant
chief, and Fred Latta as commercial
manager, will be enlarged to include
several counties in Alabama including
the towns of Decatur, Shefield and
several smaller towns.
The local changes recently made
are beginning to adjust themselves
to the public, and the betterment OF
the service Is already beginning to
be noticed. There may be times
when 1t appears that the telephone
company could render better service
but these instances are to be over
looked when it Is considere0 how
ready are the employees from the man
ager to the operators. to accommo-
date patron.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
JUDGE SLAIN
IN BREATHITT
~RAr. NOBEL, BROTHER or
1, "BAD~ JAKE, KILLED ~ A.
FRED 0AMsiLL.

JACKSON, KY, Dec. 12.-Alfred
Gambill, 4 farmer, surrendered to the
police here today after killing for
mer Police Judge RAT" Nobel IN an
encounter on q lonely Breathitt coun
ty road late last night Gambill sait
he and Nobel quarreled because OF an
alleged insult offered Mrs. Gambill By
Nobel.
RAT" Nobel was q brother Of Bad
Jake Nobel, who gained some nOtrie
ty In Breathitt county. Some time
ago he escaped from jail here eftel
killing his keeper.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
Change Of Oliver Chilled
PlOW Agency

We are now sole agents for the Genuine Oliver
Chilled Flows points and repairs and have full
stock
We feel great sense Of pride in this announce
men because the sales records proved that the Oliver
Plow Is more firmly entcnched than ever before in
the hearts Of the nations wealth-makers the farmers
No pow ever produced will work in many diff
ferent soils, popular around the civilized globe.
Don't overlook large stock Of Field Fence,
Galvanized Roofing, Weber Wagons, Edge Tools,
Furniture, Princess Ranges Heating Stoves, and
whatever you do see our line Of Cut GLASS; Hand
Painted China. Rochester Plated Ware, Silverware,
and numerous other things for practical Xmas gift
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-12-13
OLDEST MASON
IN THE STATE
HORATIo CLA0ETT. PROMINENT
CITIZEN DIES At HOME IN
cENTREvILLE.

CENTREvILLE, Tenn, Dec. IL
The venerable Horatio Clagett, II his
oath year died at his home In Cen
treville at 8 o'clock last night Of age
inflrmity. The deceased was born on
Jan. II, 1919, and spent his boyhood
days in Williamson county. He had
been citizen Of Hickman county
since early manhood, and for many
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
MANY LOSE THEIR LIVES.
Great Suffering Reported Throughout
Bogue Phalia Country.

Greenville.-The conditions of most in
tense suffering in the flooded district
center in the Bogue Phalia country, in
the vicinity of Napanee, Choctaw and
Elizabeth. No authentic reports of the
loss of life are obtainable at this time,
but it is known fact that it is great.
A large number of negroes and one
colony OF italians in this vicinity are
still marooned in their houses. The wa
ter ranges from three to ten and fifteen
feet in depth and is rising at the rate of
eighteen inches in twenty-four hours
Five hundred negroes rescued from this
section are loaded in box cars at Stone
vile and no sort of provisions have as
yet reached them. Two hundred negroes
rescued in the vicinity of Benoit were
brought to this city and provisions por-
vided.
A rescue party consisting of Capt. w.
A. Chapman, VIII Beach and Bob Wing
arrived from the vicinity OF Benoit and
report heart-rending and indescribabe
scenes of distress. This party has res
cued 200 white people and negroes in the
vicinity of Benoit They report all the
flood-stricken sufferers in that vicinity
now in place of safety, but they are
still in destitute condition and with the
seantiest food supplies. The party re-
ports the total number drowned in this
vicinity as twenty.
The government relief boats King and
Wynoka arrived here from Helena with
100000 rations for the flood sufferers in
this section. A portion of these were
transported to Leland, while the balance
is being distributed from here.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
HELENA SENDS sUccoR.
Food and Clothing Sent Into Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.

Helena.-Lashed to an enormous
barge, upon which had been loaded $4,000
rations and upwards of 10000 pounds
of forage supply, the Melville j., one OF
the most powerful gasoline crafts upon
inland waters, left Helena for the
vicinity of Beulah and way landings
Immediately this side and beyond that
city.
The Herman Paepcke, also working in
the army relief service under Lieut..
Hanna, from this base, is working her
way north slowly, picking up suffering
refugees and destitute humanity in the
vicinity of Beulah and Immediately con-
tiguous. Estimates show there are hun
dreds of people both north and south
of this break who have not been reached
vet. and every effort is being made to
reach them by the government rescue
fleet. Lieut.. Frederick Hanna, in
charge of the Helena headquarters, and
Lieut.. Catron, with a large supply OF
boats, barges, gasoline launches and
skifs. are in the vicinities named, doing
great rescue work and relieving suffer
ing whatever possible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
Distress in Interior.

Rosedale.-As the rescue parties go
further inland they find much distress
and suffering. On the Jacobs and Kuhn
places, twelve miles or more inland, the
water is up almost to the tops of the
houses and the people have gathered in
gins and other places. According to a
report which reached here some of these
people have not had anything to eat
since they were driven from home.
Around Skene, six miles from Boyle, on
the Peavine railroad, alarming news was
received. This is settlement OF hum
dred or more Northern white people, who
came to this county within the past few
years and did not know much about
floods. Then, too, it was supposed that
Skene was too far north to get much
water and they were caught there as UNI
prepared as the people along the front,
and telephone messages declared that if
they were not rescued within twenty
four hours many would be drowned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
RELIEF WORK SPREADING.
100000 Rations Sent to Greenville-Suf-
fering Is Everywhere.

Vicksburg, Miss.-Relief work from
the government base here, under Capt.
A. III. Hageman, is rapidly spreading, and
since the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad north of here is practically
closed down. due to the increasing in the
flooded area, The matter of getting sup
plies to delta points, where they are
badly needed for thousands of people,
has been a problem.
Capt Hageman has arranged to have
100000 rations reach Greenville, which
city is to be made substation for dis
tribution of supplies and rations in that
section, and an effort is being made to
get steamers and barges to go up the
Sunflower and Yazoo rivers, where there
is an urgent call for assistance.
flake Beulah crevasse is now four
thousand feet wide Much suffering is
reported and want of food both by river
and rail. Elizabeth is overflowed and
the river is rising a foot an hour. The
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad
has abandoned service between Green
vile and Rosedale. Southern railway
is cut off east of Elizabeth Bogue Pha-
LA basin is rapidly filing. The water
is slowly approaching Greenville Zine
in Arkansas in good condition Trouble
from stock refuging ON the levees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
MUCH SUFFERING REPORTED.
Waters Spreading Over Country Around
Greenville.

Greenville, AIiss.-Latest reports from
the district inundated by the Beulah,
Miss, break tell of much distress among
the sufferers still unrelieved, while the
flood waters rise and spread with a
rapidity never before experienced from
a single crevasse in the mighty river.
The water in the vicinity of Lobdell,
Dahomey and Benoit is reported all
depths up to fifteen feet and rise OF
four to six inches was experienced dur
ing. the last twenty-four hours. Ridges
in lower Bolivar never before inundated
are in three to four feet of water Re
ports of negroes drowned continue to
reach this city, and the total loss of
life is believed to be enormous, although
the reports cannot at this time be con-
firmed.
A prominent white woman of Benoit
died from the effects of her expe-
riences in the flood. All the women and
children of this and other towns in the
flooded district were brought to Green
vile today. The number of people still
without succor in lower Bolivar is
known to be great. Appeals from white
people for relief are continually being
received at the local levee BOARD Of
fee. The relief work is going on as
rapidly as possible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
PROF. MCKAY is
FEELING HOPEFUL
ONE MAN HAS AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW
OF THE CROP OUTLOOK.
CONDITIONS ARE NOT so BAD
Boil Weevils Are Maturing Earlier Than
Usual, and They Will Die of Old
Age Before They Are Able to
Inflict Damage.

Jackson.-Hon j. f. Mckay field di-
doctor of the A. & NJ. College corps, gave
the following interview on agricultural
conditions in the state that is the first
hopeful note sounded for several weeks:
1T would seem a difficult task to
find anything hopeful in the farm situa-
ton in Mississippi SO late in the season
with general rain coming down at
the rate of about an inch an hour with
comparatively little blowing done and
very little planting, due to the contin-
ued downpours since December, but ma
ture has wonderfully constructed COM
pensation balance that is hard to under
stand until final results have obtained.
"a monster crop of cotton to be used
up, reduction in the acreage has been
advocated and from past experience we
know that under ordinary conditions this
matter could not be controlled, but provi-
dence has stepped in and forced a redue-
ton, with consequent stiffening OF
prices. The warm weather of the last
few days is bringing the weevils out of
their winter quarters and a large part
of those coming out now will become
decrepid, die of old age and starvation
before they have any cotton to work on,
as there has been very few early plant
ing in larger part of the cotton belt.
1t takes the third generation to do any
considerable damage and they must have
squares to deposit their eggs before
these generations can be Matched and
brought to maturity, so the bad weather
condition at present provided we have
dry weather later may help the fight on
these insects later. We still have Is to
90 days left to get in the cotton crop
and with smaller acreage and rapid Gull
tivation the fight might not have proved
any more difficult if we had had nor
NAL season.
'In regard to the truck crops early
in the year we had promise of very
heavy paintings, and the first estimates
have been very greatly reduced, conse-
quently a better price can be expected.
Fair paintings have been already made
of the leading perishable crops. As to
fruit the trees have set a heavy healthy
looking crop and little damage can be
done at present to this crop The small
er fruits, such as berries, are about ten
days from maturity and are little dam
aged by the rains thus far.
"The farmers have taken advantage
of every hour that they could work and
have plowed up some land. Their labor
has cost them very little to date and
often their early work is thrown away
by unfavorable weather coming at this
time of year As to stock, it has been
q very hard winter, but pastures are now
good and feed bills mainly stopped.
Sometimes or late seasons have proved
good in the end and it is impossible
at this date to forecast whats our harvest
may be or what may be its final result"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-04-26
Want $4,000 Fund.

Washington. Representative Harrison
of Mississippi, at the request Of Rev.
w T. Griffin, Of Gulfport; Mrs. Watkins,
of Hattiesburg, and Mrs. Lewis, Of Co
luinbus, Miss, who are delegates here
to the Woman's Council OF the Methodist
Church, addressed the meeting at the
Mount Vernon Methodist Chucrh in the
interest Of obtaining an appropriation Of
SO. 900 from the council toward building
a seamen's home in Gulfport and "a school
in Biloxi The council will appropriate
this $4,000 to some place.