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The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12

mean to still cut down my cot
ton acreage another year." This
man put his mind in his business
and followed out the government
directions and that of others
who knew how to combat the
pest, and has come out winner.
He is making money while his
neighbors are going around with
long faces berating the misfor-
tune that has befallen them.
Even the depot agent told me of
this man and what he was doing
and commented on the changed
condition that would have main
tanned had all other farmers fol-
lowed the same course this man
pursued. And he is not the only
man that has done this. We
learned of a few others who had
made good crops in spite of the
boil weevil. What these men
have done could have been done
by all others.
Experts tell us that the boil
weevil will continue his march
until the whole of the cotton belt
is infested, unless by accident
something is discovered that will
check his career. This section
will soon come to the point where
Neshoba is today, and unless
this people study the situation
and take the advise of men who
know they will meet the same
calamity. There is a way of es-
cape. Every man must follow
this way for himself. Your
~neighbor cannot help you or re-
tard you. 1t is a mere matter Of
learning to do and then doing.
This section is peculiarly we'll
provided with means to learn to
do those things necessary to
avoid the impending disaster.
The railroad company has gone
to Texas and brought Mr.. E. E.
Burrows here for this very pur-
pose. 1t pays his salary and ex-
penses and makes it his duty to
instruct the farmers in the way
to prosperity in spite of the boil
weevil. He was brought here
because of his knowledge &C.
quired in the government fight
in Texas where he was employed
in this work for four years prior
to his coming here. Consult the
man who knows rather thar the
windjammer who only has his
opinion to give you. People who
know least about the boil weevil
are apt to be most ready to tell
what they think. If a man tells
you a thing, find out his oppor-
tunity for learning the facts be-
fore you put much trust in his
advice.
Then, too, the government has
gone to great expense to learn
the facts relating to the boil
weevil and to find a way to COM
bat him in his ravages. The
Information gained has been
compiled in a number of PAM
phlets which can be had for the
asking. Write the Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D.
and ask for information con-
corning the weevil. Study this
literature when you get it and
also converse with well informed
persons and learn what to do and
what not to do. Then follow
the advice when you get it.
Don't let any false hope lead you
into the belief that you will es-
cape without an effort. God
helps the man who helps him
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
BOIL WEEvIL DAMAGE
Some Recent Observations-A
Way of Escape and How to
Find 1t.


ten days. stay in Winston and
Neshoba counties. where we for
merly lived, and where we were
conversant with every condition
as existed three years ago. At
that time the boil weevil was
beginning to make his appear
ance, indeed the pest had been
on a few farms for a year or
two before we emigrated to this
section. Still the people there
were prosperous and remained
so until this fall. This is all
changed now. The weevil has
spread gloom over the entire Sec
ton, and the people with one
accord are asking, what are we
to do?"
In the latter part of 1910 gov
eminent experts told the people
what they might expect and how
to avoid the calamity that hung
over them like a pail. yet they
needed not this timely advice
with the result that they are now
| all to the bad.
At. the risk of our reputation
for truth and veracity. we are
going to tell you just what we
saw and learned while in these
counties. But before we do so
we will say that we had a good
opportunity to learn of the con-
ditions there. We talked with
hundreds (perhaps more than a
thousand) of business men and
farmers. We made several trips
into the interior, some on foot,
some by team and some jim an
automobile. We went into the
fields and saw just what had
happened.
On the little farm that we left
in 1906 there was barely half
the cotton made this year that
has been made on an average
since we left the place in the
hands of renters.
We visited three good towns,
where IN years gone by the
streets at this season were
crowded with cotton wagons,
only to find them deserted and
the business men lounging under
the awning like early summer.
We saw fertile fields that had
been we'll cultivated that pro-
duced less than 100 pounds of
seed cotton to the acre. We
were told of one field of 10 acres
that ordinarily would have made
a bale to the acre that turned
out but a single bale.
There are a number of instan-
ces where two or three small
farmers together made but a
single bale.
We learded of one mercantile
company that had filed over two
hundred suits against persons
owing accounts. and were told
that most of them would be UNI
able to meet the debts without
great sacrifice, if at all.
We talked with one of our
boyhood friends, who is now at
the head of a large wholesale
and retail general mercantile
establishment. and he. said,
BILLY, l tell you this county is
just up against it. Most of the
farmers are more or less in debt
and they have made next to
nothing to pay with. For the
life of me / don't know what is
to be DONE"
We were in the store of an
other friend who was winding
up his business preparatory to
going to the delta. This man
told us that he had lost about
SIC, 600 this year.
Every train we boarded was
carving people to other lOcali-
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Will the U. s. Invade Mexico?

President Wilson on Nov. 1
sent Huerta, the de facto presi-
dent of Mexico, word that he
must resign the presidency with
out loss of time, and that he must
not leave as his successor any
member of his official family or
of the unofficial coterie whom he
might expect to control. To this
Huerta has defiantly announced
that he will not resign the presi-
dency of Mexico, but thathe will
retain it, and that he will seat
the Congress he has elected by
force, and will accept the conse-
quences of his act.
1t now remains to be seen if
President Wilson will enforce his
demands with the army and ma
Wy, as popular sentiment in the
United States desires, and as the
NATIONS of the world expect.
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The Fair at Pollock.

In common with good many citi-
zens of Colfax, the editor of the Chron-
icle spent several hours at Che Grant
parish fair on Friday, Oct. 81. 1t was
School Day on the grounds, and the
children from various schools were
present to the number of 5000 400, and
all seemed to enjoy the day hugely.
A number of most creditable displays
were made by the schools of the parish,
in the way of maps, plats, drawings,
ETC., and three of the schools, Colfax,
Oak Grove and Pollock, had quite hand
some booths, decorated and duly fitted
up for the display of their exhibits.
Thus far we have received only a
partial list of the prizes and premiums
awarded, which will be found in an
other column of this issue of the Chron-
icle.
The exhibit of horses, cattle, pigs
and poultry was good, also of preserves,
pickles, canned fruits and vegetables,
and some agricultural exhibits. The
agricultural exhibits, however. wore
rather meagre, much less than last
year, on account of the very unpropi-
tious seasons we have had for such
things.
School Day is reported to have beer
the best day of the fair, owing to the
continuous succession of athletic sports
during the day, which attracted good
deal of attention and never allowed in
terest in the program to slacken.
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Mr.. J. w. Duncan and wife attended
the opening of the State Fair Wednes-
day. Also Messrs. E. S. Murrell and
j. M. Straughn were there the same
day. Miss Ouida Seigel went up Thurs
day evening, and Mrs. j. N. Bourg
Friday morning. Mr.. j. H. McNee'y
went up Friday evening, and we under
stand that he will buy some blooded
stock during his visit. Others were to
go to the fair during the week Tut we
do not know whether they got off or
not A large number will take advan-
tage of the special excursion, which is
to leave Colfax at 1926 a. m. to-day,
Saturday, and run through to Shreve-
port without stopping. The round trip
fare will be only $3.50. Returning a.
night visitors can take the choice OF
two trains, one leaving Shreveport at
GAO p. m. and the other at 10 p. m.
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of Mr.. Abe Rubin, of Alexandria, to

of Mr.. Abe Rubin, of Alexandria, to
the Times Democrat, am much pleas
ed to note that you have evidently given
the matter more thought than he, and
do not censure the Railroad Company
as severely in this matter, over which
they have no control.
/ enclose herewith copy of my letter
to Mr.. Abe Rubin, dated October 10th,
in which advise that as far as the
Railroad is concerned, through mails on
the night trains could be handled with
out any Inconvenience or additional ex-
pense to this Company, and therefore,
would not in any way meet with our
disapproval. Yours very truly.
H. B. HELM,
Vice President.
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mail at various points, and the
delay is frequently as much as
"a hours when trains fail to make
connections.
Here at Colfax all mail for
New Orleans is sent to Shreve-
port, one hundred miles north of
Colfax, from whence it goes to
New Orleans over the T. & P.
Railroad early the next morning,
provided the distributing clerks
IN Shreveport make up the mails
an time to catch the early T. &c p.
trains.
The Superintendent of Railway
Mail Service. 18th Division, in
the city of New Orleans, is the
man in charge of the mail service
in question. The whole matter
should be referred to him by a
strong representation of the citi-
zens of Alexandria. Colfax. Cou-
shatta. Campti, and intermediate
points, and if he cannot be pre-
vailed on to order mail CLERKS to
be put on both day and night
trains of the L. R. & NJ, then
let the matter be taken up with
the postal authorities in Wash
ington and our Representatives
in Congress.
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Bazaar for Catholic Church
Will Open Tuesday Afternoon, Nov. Is
and Close Wednesday Night,
Nov. Is.

Will have for sale home made cakes,
candy, preserves, and canned vegeta-
bles, dressed chickens, turkeys, salads,
cranberries, celery, etc.
Oysters prepared in any style will be
served at the fair, also gumbo on Tues
day and Wednesday.
All kinds of fancy work and aprons
will be sold at the fair. All desiring
nice Xmas gifts would do well to see
the display early.
A cavalier, donated by the Holy Name
Society, will be awarded the most pop
ular young lady in Colfax. All desir-
ing to enter please notify the ladies as
early as possible.
A baby contest, confined to babies in
Grant parish, will also be feature al
the fair, prizes to be awarded to the
baby girl from months to 2 years.
Also baby boy of same age.
Any one wishing special kinds Of
cake please notify Mrs. w. d. Lurry.
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Copy
~ s
Vice President.
Shreveport, La, Oct, 19, 1918

Shreveport, La, Oct, 10, 1918.
Mr. Abe Rnbin. Alexandria. La.
Dear Sir-I notice a letter from you
to the Times Democrat" of New Or
leans, which has been published broad
cast, criticising the mail service of the
L. X. & N. and seeking to saddle the
blame on the Company.
Frequently grave injustice is done
railroads by public criticism which is
altogether undeserved and without
proper investigation.
This Company has nothing whatever
to do with designating the trains on
which mail shall be handled, as that is
matter entirely with the Post Office
Department in New Orleans. The l..
R. & N. through night trains carry
exactly the same postal equipment that
was carried when this train did handle
through mail, ard csuld take care of
the matter you complain of without any
Inconvenience to its operation and would
be perfectly willing and glad to do so,
if the Postal department saw fit to uti-
lie the equipment which is at their
disposition daily.
have no disposition to argue the
point with you as to whether the SER
vice is the best THAI could be provided
or not, because | am very much inclin-
ed to agree with you in that portion Of
the letter; however. there is no way
that this Company could. improve the
situation as it is mattel entirely with
the postal authorities to: designate on
which trains mail clerks will be provid-
ed. Yours truly,
(Signed) H. B. HELM,
Vice Prest
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Let Us Have Better Mail Service.

In this issue of the Chronicle
will be found a communication
from Mr.. H. B. Helm, Vice Presi-
dent of the l.. r. & N. Co. ex-
planning that the railroad COM
pany is not responsible for the
unsatisfactory mail service on
that railroad as at present con-
Quoted. He says the matter is
entirely in the hands of the Post
Office Department in New Or
leans, and that so far as the L.
r. & N. Co. is concerned they
would be perfectly willing and
glad" to have the postal authori-
ties make use of the equipment
which is at their disposal daily.
! The whole trouble is OCCASION
ed by the failure of the postal
authorities in New Orleans to
make use of the L. R. & N.
night trains, which leave New
Orleans and Shreveport, daily,
and run through to each of these
points during the night.
The daylight trains of the COM
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Timber and Stone Entry.
u. s. Land Office, Baton Rouge, La.
November 5, 1918.
PROOF UNDER LAW UNDER WHICH ENTRY
WAS MADE
Notice is hereby given that John
Homer Corley, whose postoffice address
is Selma, Louisiana, did, on the 9th day
of June, 1918, file in this office sworn
statement and application, No. 06434,
to purchase the lots / and 2 or M Ct
NE4, section 10, township north.
range east, Louisiana Meridian, and
the timber thereon, under the provi-
sions of the act Of June 3, 1873, and
acts amendatory, known as the Tim
Der and Stone Law, at such value as
might be fixed by appraisement, and
that, pursuant to such application, the
land and timber thereon have been APP
praised, two hundred sixty-eight dol
lars the timter estimated 27l, COO
board feet at $22S.C0, ard the land
$40. 90; that said applicant will offer
final proof in support of his application
and sworn statement on the 18th day
of January, 1914, before Clerk of Court,
at Colfax, Louisiana.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry. or initiate
a contest at any time before patent is
sues, by filing corroborated affidavit
in this Office, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
/ n8-9t Register.
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18th Judicial District Court, Parish
of Grant. State of louisiana
Succession Of Il. H. Thornton, deceased.
No. 1851.
BY virtue of an order of sale issued
by the Hon. w. F. Blackman, Judge Of
the 18th Judicial District Court Of
Grant parish, Louisiana, on the 3rd day
of November, 1918, ordering the sale
of the property to pay debts, the wild
ow s claim and the costs of administra-
ton, will offer for sale and sell to the
last and highest bidder, according to.
law, at the residence of the late E. H.
Thornton, at Pollock, Grant parish,
Louisiana. on
SATURDAY, December 13, 1918,
between the hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Lot five and the west half of lot four
in block four; and lots four and FIVE in
block two Of the Dowden Addition to
the town of Pollock, Grant parish, Lou
isiana, being the same property acquir-
ed by E. H. Thornton from John l..
Pinkston by act before c. u. Robinson,
Notary, on April ID, 1911, as recorded
in Book ''Hy of the Conveyance rec
ords of Grant parish, on page 627. AL
SO the following personal property: one
wardrobe, one dresser, six chairs, three
chairs, one table, three bedstesds, one
dresser, three cotton mattresses, five
feather pillows, one locker safe, one
cooking stove, one wash stand. three
comforts, and five sheets, and any and
all other personal property, furniture
and the like, found in the residence, of
the late deceased E. H. Thornton, not
specially named above.
All the property above described be-
ing and constituting the property of
the community of acquets and gains
existing between the said deceased and
his wife at the time of his death.
Terms of sale Cash, at the inventori-
ed price.
Colfax, La, Nov. S, 1918.
MRS. ELLEN THORNTON,
Administrative.
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No Community But is Helped by Daily
{. Interpretation of the Bible.

NO community Dut Is neipeO Uy Ddiiy
/. Interpretation of the Bible.
There never was a time when
the people needed an interpre-
tation of the Bible more than
they do at present, " said Secre-
tary Bryan, in addressing the
delegates to the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, in Wash
ington, d. c., and" the Secre-
tary added, there is not a COM
munity which cannot be purified
and redeemed with a better I'M
derstanding and larger applica-
ton of the Bible to their daily
life. No money invested pays
so large a dividend as money
spent for the moral uplift of the
community"
Mr.. Bryan strongly advocated
higher education of the young
men and women Of the country.
Il am inclined to believe, how
ever" he said, that we have
overestimated the value of men,
tai training and under estimated
the value of the hearts depart
ment. A good heart can use a
very dull mind and make that
mind serviceable to society, but
a bad heart cannot make use of
a mind, however brilliant.
The speaker expressed hearty
sympathy with both foreign and
home missionary work.
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The news was received here the lat
ter part of last week saying that Mr..
Jas. H. Walker, who is in the hospital
at Jackson, La, had received a fall,
breaking his hip and otherwise break
ing him up and bruising his body, and
that he was not expected to live. All
of the family here, went Immediately
on the train Saturday night to be with
him. Rufus. Leland and Marvin re-
turned Monday morning, leaving Miss
Hattie and Geraldine there, with their
mother, who had gone several days pre-
vious.
Rufus informed the writer Tuesday
morning that the old gentleman was
just alive and the chances are that by
the time this paper is off the press he
will have passed to that great beyond.
Pollock Progress-News, Oct. 81.
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The police jury this week voted an
appropriation to gravel about two miles
of the model road north of Colfax, the
amount to be equal to sum to be rais-
ed by private subscription. The citi-
zens of Colfax have already subscribed
about $500 for this purpose, and hope
to raise it to 5000, thus securing 1890
for this much needed work.
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wish to state to those of my friends
and the public who were under the I'm,
preston that had left or contemplated
leaving Dry Prong, that | have chang
ed my mind, and can be found at the
same old stand. where will appreciate
your valued patronage in the future as
in the past. Respectfully,
IRA w. SANFORD, M. u.
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Notice.

TO the Citizens Of Ward Sir, Grant
Parish, Louisiana.
An election will be held in Ward Six
on Tuesday, December 8, 1913, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or not
the people are in favor of the adoption
by the police jury of an ordinance pro-
hibiting hogs from running at large in
the ward. r. S. CAMERON,
ne Clerk of Police Jury.
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The most common cause of insomnia
is disorders of the stomach and consti-
patton. ChamberIain's Tablets correct
these disorders and enable you to sleep.
For sale by all dealers. ADV.
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Owing to the length of the second
days proceedings of the police jury,
Secretary Cameron was unable to pre-
pare them for publication this week.
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Railroad Not Responsible for Mail
Service.

Shreveport, La, Oct. 81, 1919
Mr.. ~. G. Goodwyn. Managing Editor cofax
Chropiele. Cs.lfax. Louisiana
Dear Sir-I notice the article headed
"Our Miserable Mail Service" in your
paper of October 25th, and although
you publish in the same issue, the letter
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. An unkissed girl has delivered =
lecture on the decline Of chiyalry.
Gee, she must be homely.
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A contemporary says there are 1000
poets in this country Who supports
I'm?
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There is no question but what It
was q tough who assaulted the Chi
caso girl who lost two teeth In biting
him.
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It win be funny II the huge cotton
crop does not make silk skirts cheaper
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FOR SALE-At a bargain; vacant
lot corner Furlow and Jackson; also
house and lot the most conveniently
constructed in the city. See G. Nj.
Bragg. 7-1w
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NATURALIZATION as overseer on
farm for remainder of this year; best
references as to qualifications. Ad
dress, "Overseer," Box 385. 1t
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= TIMELY TOPICS
\ IN THE AID COLUMNS.

y IN The AID COEUMNS.
= In this midsummer month of =
\ July when all of us are partici- =
= pating in or planning at least some =
\ measure or rest or recreation, it =
\ is most desirable to move, with =
= the minimum amount OF effort to :,
y obtain the maximum amount of =
= results. =
= 1t is of special Importance. =
= therefore. that one keep we'll y
\ posted on all of the various shop >
r ping opportunities and sugges- =
= lions set forth in our advertis- y
= ing columns. =
= Many a perplexing question Of =
y what, how, when and where finds =
= ready answer in the advertise =
= ments. In fact, the service rem =
y dered to our readers by our adj =
y vertisers is so distinctly helpful =
y that one must be of a particularly y
= improvident disposition to disre- y
= gard the timely hints and helps =
y printed daily in THE TIMES-RE- y
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FOR SALE-Six-room house; well
located, and with all conveniences;
can sell at a bargain, if sold soon.
See me at once. A. G. Crockett. tt
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FOR SALE-One thirty horsepower
Overland roadster in good shape ana
good tires; $425.0O. ]. w. Oliver,
Plains, Ga. 6-6t
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LOST-Ladies grey coat white collar
between here and Andersonville. Os-
car English 80S Lee st.
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Those Who Come and Go


Sheet Music all the latest hits. Bell,
the Jeweler. adVt
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FOR RENT-Three houses. See r.
E. McNulty, at Commercial City Bank.
6-tf
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Miss Sarah Sheffield viii return next
week from ST. Augustine where she
is now the CUES; OF her aunt, Mrs, j,
NJ. Osborne,
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turpin came
from Macon in their car yesterday
and viii spend several days here, as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Turpin.