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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Besl cough Mediclne for children.

Il am very glad to say few words
IN praise If Char1berlain's Cough Re-
meay, writes 4drs. Ida Dewey Mil
waukee, Wis. II have used it for
years both for my children and myself
and it never fails to relieve and cure
cough or cold. Nosfamily with chill
dren should be without it as it gives
almost immediate relief in cases OF
Group" Chamberlain's Cough Rene.
dy is pleasant and safe to take. which
is of great importance when medi.
cine must be given to young children.
For sale by All Dealers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17

F. H. Russell, Of Hollandale, attend
ed the funeral of the late Mrs. Lucy
Russell, at ZeiglerVille, Sunday.
The supreme court has reversed and
remanded the case of Miss Mollie
Wherry ct al VS.. Mrs. Norma Latimer
ct al,appealed from the chancery court
Of Holmes county.
Miss Cornelia Buck has accepted a
position as stenographer in the Mer-
chants & Farmers Bank 4 Trust Co.'S.
Office.
Joe Matlock returned to Yazoo City
Saturday after an extended visit to
his uncle, s. W. Cox, Of Black Hawk .
M. w. Parish has rented the Ran
dom Shot plantation from Hon. A. M.
Pepper for a period OF years.
J. Baxter Byrd, of Brozville, was a
Sunday visitor to Lexington.
S. E. Sample, of Ebenezer, was uI
Friday night to see the Goose Girl"
at the Opera House, and went to Jack
son Saturday to see Julian Eltinge in
the play, Fascinating Widow"
Mrs. Crawford and little girl, OF
Eden, spent the night with Dr. and
Mrs. S. A. Eggleston while on her way
home from Goodman.
j. E. Dodd war over from Bowling
Green Wednesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Home Brevities

The Masonic blue lodge held meet
ing Monday night. District Deputy
Grand Master P. H. Murphy was IN
vited to the East, and in most I'M
pressive, expressive and faultless man
ner conferred the Entered Apprentice
degree on his son, Charles M. Murphy.
1t develops thatZ there are 1900 less
educable children enrolled in Holmes
county than two years ago, and the
prorata share of Holmes county in the
state distribution will be S27OO less
than heretofore. The reason for this
is presumably that so many negroes
have moved from here to the delta.
H. W. Walton and John H. Walton
were down from Acona Tuesday.
H. E. Mullen, of Acona, transacted
business here Tuesday.
LIV-VER-LAX the Liver Tonic, ask
B. s. Beall.
Miss Aisle Hicks resumed her duties
in the school room Monday morning at-
ter a weeks absence on account OF ILL
ness.
Miss Lille Rathell made visit to
memphis f6CeNL udCS'
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Bailey have the
sincere and heartfelt sympathy OF
friends on the death Monday of their
four weeks old baby.
Supt. ]. M. Kimbrough on Tuesday
received a shipment of corn from
South Mississippi, which ne will sell
at cost to the Corn Club boys. This
corn took the first prize at the Mem
phis, Jackson and Meridian fairs and
averaged 120. bushels per acre on ter
acres.
W. Mcclellan, of Bowling Green,
spent Tuesday in Lexington.
]. Powers Williams returned Tuesday
from sojourn at Memphis.
T. w. Boyd, of Liberty Chapel, made
Lexington business visit Tuesday
B. s. Beall's is the headquarters fol
LIV-VER-LAX.
Buck Bros, of Acona, have a hall
page advertisement in this issue
These enterprising young gentlemen
are going after business in the right
way and as consequence their sale:
ever show a decided increase.
George Alexander resumed his stud
les at school Monday after an lines!
of two weeks.
II, C. johnson and Aubrey Flowers
visited Tchula Monday.
Hon. J. D. Guyton, of Durant, Wis
itedLexington on professional busines!
Tuesday.
The j. M. Alexander Drug Co., ha
received an attractive offer from
large and wealthy st. Louis patentRme
dicine concern suggesting consolidation
and removal to st. Louis. AS the 10
cal concern is doing very well, it
very unlikelyhthat it will accept tn
offer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
LW,VER-LAX FOR
SICK HEADACHE
II 10 Your inactive Liver and Clog
ged Bowels. LIv-ver-Lax Is the
panacea for all Liver Trou-
bles and Constipation.

You are bilious, your thirty feet of
bowels become clogged up, poisonous
gasses are generated in the bowels and
thrown out in the system, your head
aches. you have chills and fever, you
are nervous and i'll tempered, your
system is full of bile not properly
passed off. Your disordered stomach
and biliousness cannot be regulated
until YOU remove the cause IL is not
your stomach's fault. Your stomach
is as good as any.
Try LIV-VER-LAX, it is purely Ve-
getable. Do not resort to harsh phy-
sizes and calomel which ruins the sys-
TEN and softens the bone.
LIV-VER-LAX acts gently, yet po,
sitively on the liver, stomach ana
bowels, is pleasant to take and does
not gripe or sicken. 1t is recommend
ed for grown ups and babies all alike.
You will be surprised at the amount
of bile a bottle of LIV-VER-LAA Will
clean out of your system. Buy reg
ular soc or $l.00 bottle at any drug
store onlour guarantee and be con-
! vinced. ., o,,r,,, r,,yrH
MEDICINE CO., Lebanon, Tenn.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Escaped After fifteen Years.

W. P, Broyles made successful es-
cape after fifteen years of suffering
from kidney and bladder troubles.
Foley Kidney Pills released him and
will do just the same for others. He
says "They cured a most severe
backache with painful bladder irregu-
larities, and they do all you claim for
them. Refuse substitutes. For
sale by Swinney & Stigler.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Cnt the liigh Cost Of livinr.

W. H. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb..
tells how he did it. my two children
had very bad cough and the doctor s
medicines did them no good. got a
bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, and before it was all used the
childre1 were free and cured of their
cough. | saved Doctors dill for one
25c bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. No opiates. For sale
at Swinney & Stiglers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
d M I. Iordan has resipned b

w. L. Jordan has resigned his posi-
ton as deputy circuit clerk and ac-
cepted one as Office man for the Herr
man Grocer Co. In addition to MIR.
Jordan the force of this enterprising
concern will be: Morris Herman,
Jake Herman, Isidore Herman, Miss
Bette Alexander. Miss Cornelia Buck.
DR.. M. L. Pollard, of Thornton, visit
ed Lexington Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Hints for tiouskeeners.

Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound always on hand, and you can
quickly head off cold by its prompt
use. 1t contains no opiates, heals and
soothes the inhamed air passages
stops the cough and may save a big
doctors bill. In the yellow package.
For sale by Swinney & Stigler.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Walton, of Acona'

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Walton, of Acona'
visited friends in the city Monday.
P. s. Baker, of Acona, was here IN
a business way Monday.
A dispatch from Ruleville announces
the death Of Mrs. C. G. Boyett on
January l2. Mr.. Boyett was s ni,.r,a for
number of years resident Of Durant
and his many friends in Holmse conn
ty, who deeply sympathize with MN
in his bereavement.
]. r. Moody, Of Goodman attenoeo
TO business in Lexington Monday.
c. ]. English, of shaddon, exchanged = g
greetings with Lexington fiends Mon
day. . CT
M. M. Beard visited Lexington sat SAT
urday while enroute home 70 lolar. !.
vile from soiourn Of several days at
Mr.. Shute's, in Carroll county
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
chnmherIain,s Cough Remedy.

This remedy has no superior LOT
coughs and colds. 1t is pleasant to
take. 1t contains no opium or oIn9l
narcotic. 1t always cures. FOR sale
by All Dealers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17

of and Chamberlain Tablets cured
EN-. writes S. f. Fish, Brooklyn,
Mich. For sale by All Dealers.
Maj. and Mrs. S. L. Burwell went
to New Orleans Wednesday on a visit
J. d. Wigley, of Highland. attended
to business in Lexington Wednesday.
r. S. Bowman was over from Yazoo
City Wednesday on business.
j. 7. Moore. of Durant, spent We'd
nesday in Lexington.
j. W. McNeer, of Maxville, had busi-
ness transactions in the county capital
Wednesday.
]. T. Paxton, of Tolarville, spent
Wednesday on our busy marts.
Mrs. w. N.Morgan, Jr., of Ardmore,
Okla, was the priced guest of Holmes
county relatives and friends last week.
s. W. Cox, Of Black Hawk, made
Lexington business visit Saturday.
]. f. Wood, W. W. Williamson, Wal
ter Sherron, K. C. Rodgers, w. C.
Rodgers, Robert Rodgers, M. 6.
Brough, J. D. Truitt, j. |. Truitt, M.
|. Truitt. S. E. Tate, Wilson Tate, J.
n. Nabers, W. H. NaEers, of Bowling
Green, were noted on our streets Sat
urday.
j. N. Dodd, of Bowling Green made
business trip to Lexington Wednes-
day.
r. S Bowman, Yazoo City, is new
subscriber to the Advertiser.
W. A. Eubank, of Bowling Green,
attended to business here Wednesday.
W. W. Taylor and A. E. Ellington,
of Bowling Green, were discerned
among the many visitors here Wednes-
day.
l.. c. Rodgers, of HarIand's Creek,
was here Wednesday
H. c. Johnson and c. r. Robinson
contemplate opening restaurant and
lunch counter at Tchula in the near
| future.
Houston Roberts, of Harland's s Creek,
mingled with friends here Wednesday.
w. r. Fox, 1876 w. Washington ST.,
Noblesville, Ind, says: After suffer-
ing many months with kidney trou-
BILE, after trying other remedies and
prescriptions, purchased box of
Foley Kidney Pills which not only did
me more good than any other RENE
dies ever used, but have positively
set my kidneys right. Other mem
bers of my family have used them
with similar results. Take at the
first sign of kidney trouble. For sale
at Swinney & Stigler's.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-17
Chronic Constipation Cured.

Give years ago had the worst case
of chronic constipation ever knew
of and Chamberlain's Tablets cured
EN-" writes s. f. Fish, Brooklyn,
Mich For sale by All Dealers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
DEATH OF REV. DIR. SCHICK.
Deceased Minister Was Native OF
Richmond.

Knocked Gown by an automobile
ten days ago while hurrying to catch
street car at Fourteenth and T StS.,
northwest, Rev. DR.. John NJ. Schick,
pastor of Grace Reformed Church,
18th and o streets, northwest, died
at the Emergency Hospital yesterday
as a result of injuries. Col. Roosevelt,
while president, was member of Dr..
Schick's congregation.
Born in Richmond, Va, on Novem-
Der 8, 1913, Dr. Schick moved to
Pittsburgh, Pa, with his parents,
when he was II years old. He was
educated at Mercersburg College,
graduating in 1872 with the degree of
M. A. Four years later he was
graduated from the Pennsylvania
Theological Seminary at MERGERS
burg. His first charge was at Obi
sonia, Pa; Greenville, Pa; Meyers
dale, Pa; Greenville, Pa; Ohio, and
in 1900 went to Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
HAD 4 JOLLY GOOD TINE
Elks' Excursion Yesterday One Of the
Most Enjoyable That Ever Left
Alexandria

There are excursions and eXcur-
sions. There are good times and there
are better times. But when you can
ride on magnificent steamboat for
four hours and enjoy every minute OF
it you can say truthfully you had
the time of your life. Such was the
verdict of those who went to Colonial
Beach with the Elks yesterday. What
nature did not do to make things
agreeable the comittee did. 1t was
interesting to see Harry B. Quinn
disguised as a tramp, parading the
decks of the steamer amusing the
young and old. Messrs. Bales, Brill
Mayor Fisher, and others distributed
fans, raZzle-dazzles, and whistles tc
the young ones and with the assist
ance of the general committee, OF
which Chas. B. Marshall, was chair
man, saw that everything passed of
pleasantly. The dancing was fea
ture. On the return a beautiful moor
shed it's beams on those who were
cooling and some who were cooed, AM
the gentle breeze as it wfted owe
the beautiful river heard and carrie
many things that will reverberate IL
history
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
]. 7. BROWN IS ENDORSED
Trades Council Of Alexandra and
Other Places Will Support Him
For Commissioner

The Labor Day committee of the
Alexandria Trades Council has APP
proved the action of the executive
board of the State Federation of La
Dor in indorsing the candidacy of j.
Thompson Brown for Commissioner
of Agriculture.
Resolutions upholding the action OF
the executive committee of the State
Federation of Labor in indorsing the
candidacy of J. Thompson Brown, OF
bedford County, as a candidate Tor
Commissioner of Agriculture, have
been unanimously adopted by Rich
mond Machinists' Union, No. 10.
Union men generally have been
much stirred over the controversy
which was precipitated by the Rich
mond Labor Day committee.
Ten days ago the executive com
tmittee of the State Federation of La
Dor, meeting in Richmond in confer
ence with an executive committee o
the State Farmers Union, adopted
resolutions indorsing Mr.. Brown.
week later the Richmond Labor Da!
committee severely censured this &C
ton, and resolutions condemnng
as placing the unions in politics wer'
passed by the Typographical Unlo1
No. 90. After some hours of storm.
debate the, Central Trades and Labo
! Council on Sunday afternoon adopted
a noncommitta resolution, declaring
that the action Of the state executive
committee was mot binding on an!
trades unionist in the CITY,"
The Carpenters Union, of Newpo.'
News, representing 210 men, ha
passed resolutions commencing thu
action of the executive board of thu
State Federation of Labor in indor
sing the candidacy of j. Thompson
Brown. The holders Union, will
ninety-seven members, fifty of whom
were present, took similar action.
The Sheet Metal Workers Local
No. III, of Roanoke, unanimously in
dorsed the candidacy of J. Thompson
Brown for Commissioner of Agricul
! ture, and of James B. Doherty, TO
Commissioner of Labor, and also up
i hel5 the action of the executive boarc
Of the State Federation of Labor il
indorsing these two officials.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
CHICKEN FOOD.

Forbes Bros, feed dealers, have
just secured the exclusive agency for
Alexandria and vicinity for the we'll
known Park and Pollard Company
brand of chicken foods and remedies.
The first carload of their dry mash,
growing chick feed, gritless chick
food, intermediate chick food, and
screened scratch food for chickens
has just arrived and been placed on
sale by Mr.. Forbes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23

Funeral of the Late ]. 2. Peyerlll
The funeral of the late j. Frank
Peverill took place at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon from the First Bap-
fist church, and was largely attend
ed The services were conducted by
Rev. DR.. w. F. Watson, pastor, and
burial was in Bethel cemetery. Mem
bers of the lodges of Odd Fellows and
Alexandria Council, No. 5, Fraternal
Order of Americans, attended the
funeral in a body.
The following were the pall-bear-
ers: w. E. Latham, Jr., 0. H. Dan
iels. Nelson Cradln, Harry Arnold
Andrew Sullivan and Isaac Groves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23

Mr.. Anthony Armstrong, formerly
of this city, who spent the past four
years in Panama, is the guest of rel
atives in this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
SUMNER SCHOOL.

During the month of August Con-
rad Johnson and NJ N. Fisher, in
structors of Alexandra High School,
will conduct a school in Lee Build
ing for applicants for high school or
college. Term, $3.50 per week, pay
able in advance. Pupils will be en-
rolled between 25th July and LIST
August, 1913. Wv
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
ROY SCOUTS TO CAMP OUT.

Troop No. l, Boy Scouts, will leave
Alexandria Monday morning at 1920
to camp below Fredericksburg. to be
the guest of Judge Alvin T. Embrey.
About sixty Scouts will 60. The camp
will be in charge of Harry w. Rudd,
Scout Commissioner of Alexandria.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23
SOCIAL and personal
Interesting News Notes AboutPeopk
= of Alexandria Happenings
# IN Society. -

(, Mr.. j. Randall Cation has returned
from Ocean Grove, N. J, where ne
went to visit his brother, Mr.. Harry
B. Cation who is i'll at that place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23

Mrs. Lawrence w. Rose who was
recently operated on at Providence
Hospital, is rapidly improving and
expects, to return to her home this
week. I,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23

Mr.. Anthony Armstrong, formerly
of this city, who spent the past four
wears in Panama, is the guest OF rel
atives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Justus Schneider have
returned to this city after spending
two weeks at Atlantic City.
Miss Della Phillips left today for
Rapidan to visit Miss Christina Furn-
iyal.
Mrs. Lycurgus E. Uhler returned
last week from an extended trip
through the, Western States.
Mr.. Louie Davis has returned to
this city after visit with relatives in
Winston Salem, N. c.
Messrs. Irving Tennyson, Nelson
Proctor, and Herbert Mingin, have
left for Colonial Beach to spend their
vacation.
Cadet Worth Dempsey, of West
Point, is visiting his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Phineas J. Dempsey, in
south Fairfax street.
Miss Ruth Payne, of Laurens, S.
c., and Miss Susan Leland, of Stud
ley. Va, are visiting the Misses
King, on Payne street.
Mr.. S. Magruder Dent, of Boston,
was the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Eva
G.. Mushbach yesterday at the Fair
fax Apartments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis H. Machen re-
turned last night from trip through
southern Virginia. Mr. Machen left
today for Fredericksburg.
Mrs. Lycurgus E. Uhler entertain
ed the children of the Children's
Home at delightful garden party on
Saturday afternoon at her home on
south Washington street. During the
afternoon games and music were in
5ulged in and delicious refreshments
were served. 1t was indeed happy
and enjoyable time for the children.
--o--
Special Officer Arthur Sisson invites
merchants who desire his services to
communicate with him al 715 South
Lee street, where satisfactory ar
rangements can be made. He will 60
on duty at s p. m. and remain until
< ~ % 1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-23

Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, MISS
Katherine Steele Barrett and Mr..
John B. Barrett, who spent the past
several months in Europe, arrived In
Boston yesterday, and are expected
to return to Alexandria the latter
part of this week,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
Orchard :
Inflammation
COMPOSITION OF THE PINK
stem should Be Strong Enough to
Support Flower Without 0roop-
ing and With Broad Petal.
- M IA GTLBERT.l

In a good pink the stem should be
strong enough to support the flower
without dropping, and not less than
from ten to twelve inches high. which
viii elevate it above the foliage. The
caIyx or rod ought to be proportionate-
u long, straight. and not to narrow.
but correspond with the size Of the
flower, not incurred, but rather turned
outwards. so that the flower may ex-
pand freely and without bursting out
at the side. The petal should be broad.
fat and substantial, and as free from
indentation on the edges as possible
II is not desirable for the flower to be
too double. and there ought to be suf-
ficient number of rows of petals to
show symmetry without being crowd
ed, each row being smaller in size
than the next below. lying over each
other in regular intoxicated form In
laced kind the betting should be
even and equal in breadth. surround
ing the outer edge OF each petal and
uniting with the eye. Whatever the
color is IL ought 10 be uniform, rlch
and solid In the purple rich purplish
maroon, and in the red the nearer APP
proach to scarlet the better. In all
the classes the white ought to be clear
and distinct, without blemish Propa-
cation is most readily accomplished
by pipings are simply the tops
Of the shoots-struck under hand
glasses; very strong soil should not be
used for the pink, for too rich com
post only Injuries it and makes the
color run. The most suitable soil is a
fresh loan. only ordinarily fertile, the
top spit Of an old pasture, with a
fourth part COW dung, and both thor
oughly rotted together. Care should
be used that there are no wireworms
in it. as they are very destructive, not
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
spInster LoNer Of cats.

a western Pennsylvania spinstsr
gers from Pittsburgh agency all the
anecdotes and poems about cats" sha
can secure. She has been doing This
for the last ten years, Insisting tba,
me clippings shall come to her in
such shape that they can be neatly
pasted in my scrapbooks. with the
names OF the papers ia which they
appear and the date Of their publica.
.ion Her country place 81 always
VIC nome OF sceve or more eats
Wi, ana sfrays she picks % on tha
A'eh"eys ~ @sg 'ogrs q the country.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-25
(1'O BE CoNTINUED.l
Woman's seIf.controI.

An Englishman travelling through
Ceylon describes in the London TeIe
graph startling experience that be
fell his hostess at a dinner in Trim.
GONZALEZ.
The dinner was excellent. but when
II was about half over was startled
by hearing my hostess tell the native
servant to place bowl OF milk on !
deerskin near her chair.
Although she spoke as calmly as i,
giving an ordinary order. I knew az
once that there was snake soma.
where In the room. for those crea.
lures prefer milk to anything else
AS a hasty movement might have
meant certain death, we all sat like
statues; but for all that. our eve,
were inspecting every nook and cor.
ner Of the room. However II was
not until the milk was placed On tho
deerskin that the snake appeared
And then. to our amazement. a large
cobra uncoiled itself from NV hostess,
ankle, and glided toward thu howl
where. OF course. it was imnA diatei,
killed
Imagine the nerve OF the woman
although she tainted when the snak,
lay dead on the floor. How man,
could have remained motlonless ur.
der the circumstances?