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The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
Ideal Home Life.

There are two of life's best ser
tants that are much unused in our
modern life. The first is the kindly
simplicities Of frequent familiar So
cial intercourse, and the other, the
confident trust that embraces every
one concerned in our home life; but
until we improve in both these things
the Christmas spirit will mourn owe
Its imperfect work. We think we can
not ask our friends to call and see us
unless we tire ourselves to death pre-
pairing a dinner or a tea for them,
and our act and thought is an unin-
tended reflection upon the quality of
the friendship we profess. The per-
sonal attraction ought to outweigh
the pleasures of the table. bUt the
fashion makes the visits both infre-
quent and formal. The children need
more than anything else a home at
mosphere where love shall SO domi-
nate that reserves shall be impossi-
BILE, for when love shares its posses
sions it takes wise care that there
shall be no evil to alloy its priceless
worth.-Mother's Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
Park Lake Notice.

The Tupelo Gun Club have leased
Park Lake for a period of two years
beginning March 3rd, 1918, and ending
April 18th, 1915.
Season tickets issued last year will
not be honored under the new lease.
but those holding season tickets can Sc
cure a rebate on them for the number
of months they are dated for. Season
Tickets will be SIS. co., and day tickets
so cents, as usual, and the city ordin-
ances will govern the management of
the lake. Copies of this ordinance will
be printed and given to purchasers of
tickets SC that no misunderstanding
will be had.
The offic ers of the club are: Ward
Allen, Pres, G. M. Crane, Sec. and
Treas. Ticket and all information can
be had from the secretary and from
B C. Whitehead at Kinds Bros. for the
present. An. order will be let for ample
boats and old ones remodelled and
every convenience will be carried out
for the patrons Of the lake.
Sign.d G. M. CRANE,
Sec. & Treas.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

President Wilson is engaged
with Mr.. Bryan in making d.
plomatic selections. AS the am
bassadorship to Great Britain is
vacant this important post will
be among the first to be selected.
1t is reported that Richard Onley
who held Cabinet positions un-
der MI. Cleveland during both
administrations, will be sent to
England. While Mr.. Onley is
an old man, he is a man of great
ability and force of character,
and would prove an able repre-
sentative of this country at the
Court of st. James,.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
TURN THE RAScALS OUT.

The report that Postmaster
General Burleson favors the re-
cent order of President Taft
which placed $4,000 third and
fourth class p~ostmasters in the
classified service comes as a sur
prise to the democrats who have
waited long for an opportunity
to turn out the gang and put in
members of their own party.
If the postmaster general in
tends to place the third and
fourth class postmasters under
the civil service regulations after
they have stood examinations, it
would not be so bad. To let the
order of President Taft stand and
keep the many thousands OF re-
publicans in these Offices would
be rank injustice to the demo-
ocrats. To the victor belong the
spoils is a political adage that
has been recognized since the
government was first installed,
and it would be unwise and i'm
polite to change the rule at this
time.
President Wilson should annul
Mr.. Taft's sweeping order and
make room for the democrats.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
WORTHY OF ALL HONOR
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
HAS GLORIOUS RECORD.
Less Appreciated Than 10 Deserved,
the NAVAL Army" Has Fought the
Battles Of Uncle Sam In All
Quarters Of the Globe.

Considering the part he has played
in the worlds history of warfare,
there Is no fighting unit less under.
stood, less appreciated, or even less
known than the marine. Having taken
his share in the making and obliterat-
ing Of maps since the days of the
Phoenician galleys and the biremes
of the Grecian maritime states, at
least five centuries before the Chris
tan era, down to the present day, the
chroniclers of the glories Of arms of
all civilized peoples have mentioned
him in many a stirring passage. And
yet, today, a very large part of the
population of maritime nations, and
certainly of the United States, do not
know what a marine really is.
They have fought at Tripoli, in
Mexico and in the Fiji islands. They
were on the job in Paraguay, at Harp
er's Ferry, at Kisembo, on the west
coast of Africa, and in Panama. They
fought the Japanese at Chimonoseki,
the savages in Formosa and the forts
in Korea. They suppressed seal
poaching in the Behring sea, and pro-
tected the lives and property Of
American citizens in Honolulu, Chilli
and China. These and many more
things have the United States marines
accomplished.
The navy has in the marine corps
a little army of its own, which, with
out causing international complica-
tons, without even attracting undue
attention, it may pick up and move
to some disturbed center in a foreign
land for the protection of American
lives and property. These soldiers
of the sea" move speedily and unos-
tentatiously, frequently nipping a
revolution in the bud before the
world at large knows that there has
really been any cause for concern.
They are the first men on the
ground in the event Of trouble with a
foreign power and the first men In
battle in case Of hostilities. Great
mobility and facilities for quick &C
ton are required Of the marines.
1uSy dEc hopI III Icdulucoo W ulONo
at a moments notice. In many Of
the actions in which they have en-
gagged they have had to contend
against great odds in the way Of su-
perior numbers.
Aldridge says before a single YES
sci Of the navy went to sea a corps
vas organized" and from that a de-
tachment of 1t won, on the island Of
New Providence. one Of the Bahamas,
early in 1777, the first fight in the
history Of the regular navy. In this
noteworthy engagement the attacking
party, consisting Of 900 marines and
landsmen, under Major Nicholas, cap
tured the forts and other defenses Of
the enemy after a struggle Of a few
hours, and secured a quantity Of
stores and British cannon.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
SHERMAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Greene, Of
New Albany, visited Mr.. John
P. Caldwell and family Sunday.
Miss Elise Allmon was the
guest of her mother in West
Point Saturday and Sunday.
Ulrike Mills, of Ecru. was in
town Sunday.
Miss Nellie Beasley, of Poplar
Springs, was the guest of her
brother, G. S. Beasley this week.
We were gratified by a visit
from Surt. Clayton. Of Tupelo,
Tuesday.
Mr.. Dan Long visited his Sis
ter, Mrs. Charlie Reagh, of Red
Banks. Saturday.
Paul Richey and wife, of
Birmingham, visited friends
here Sunday.
Supt. Spain, Of Pontotoc, visi-
ted our school Thursday.
Revs. Outlet and Wages, Of
Blue Springs. were in town on
business Tuesday.
Rev. T. A. j. Beasley filled
his regular appointment at the
Baptist church Sunday.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

At Worcester, Mass, a panic
was stopped by the composure
of a blind singer at an electric
theatre when the building was
discovered to be on fire. The
crowd of men, women and chill
dren were on the verge of a
stampede when the blind man
stopped his song long enough to
reassure them that he was not
afraid and proceeded to sing on
with the smoke and flames ap-
preaching him. He sang until
rescued by two fremem who
fought their way through the
dense smoke and saved the help
less singer.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

That President Wilson will not
overlook literary men in his Sc
lection of foreign diplomats is
evidenced by the frequent men,
ton of the names of Thomas
Nelson Page, the story writer,
and Augustus Thomas. the play
wright, as pro bable appointees.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

New York, after much parley-
ing and red tape, finally gave
DIR. Friedman an opportunity to
treat with tuberculosis serum
patients that had assembled in
good numbers. The physicians
of the city at first threw every
obstacle in the foreigners way
and at one time it looked as if
he would have to go elsewhere
to make a test. The doctor states
that it will require several
weeks to ascertain whether or
not his treatment will bring re-
lief.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
TUPELO, MISS, MAR. IA, 1913
INEQUALITY oFAssEsSMENTS.

The property holder is again
confronted with the duty of
turning in to the tax assessor his
taxable property at a valuation
that will comport with the ideas
of Justice and right, and at the
same time place no greater bur-
den upon his shoulders than that
that falls on the shoulders OF his
fellow-tax payers.
Our laws afford no rule by
which the valuation of our tax
able property can be levied with
out discrimination. The average
man is disposed to give in his
property at a fair valuation !;
some are as penurious in having
their property assessed as they
are in other matters of business,
With this state of affairs the
liberal man is made to pay more
than his share of the public
revenue.
At one time we had on the
statute book a law that classified
our lands and the assessor listed
them according to the class in
which they belonged. This was
known as the Madison law.
The people did not take to it
very kindly and the Legislature,
that followed the one that passed
it, repealed it. This was a good
law, and we need something
similar to it at this time. There
are as many rules now govern
ing the assessment of property
as there are tax assessors in the
state.
The citizen is confronted with
a question of honor.
In some of the counties the
property is assessed at a low val
uation and the board of super
visors fix a high rate in making
the tax levy. Under this plan
the county retains the bulk of
the taxes and sends a small per
cent to Jackson to help defray
the expenses of the state gov
eminent.
This inequality is practiced to
such an extent that some coun-
ties do not pay anything for
maintenance of their own school,
of the state government or the
pensions of old soldiers. A rep
resentative of the state revenue
agent has gone over the assess
ments and books of Lee county
and he stated that this county
was we'll assessed.
A few years ago our valuation
was the same as that of Bolivar
county. one of the best of the
Delta counties.
The counties adjacent to Lee
fail to assess their lands in the
neighborhood of the prices at
which Lee county's lands are
assessed. Our citizens hereto
fore have been extremely liberal
in the valuation placed on their
taxable property.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that all
passing through the school yard
by either pedestrians or riding
or driving will be punished as a
misdemeanor. Trespassing is
forbidden everybody. Please
take notice and keep off the
school grounds. y
D. w. ROBINS. Mayor.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
Attention Veterans.

You are hereby called to meet
at the Court house at 10 o'clock
a.. M, on Saturday, March 29th
to elect officers and pay dues.
A. J. KENNEDY. Commander.
w. A. DOZIER. Adjutant.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14
Entered at the Tupelo post office as
second-class mail matter.
RATES OF

DISPLAY advertisements at rate OF
81 90 per running il oh per month OF
four weeks. Liberia, discounts made on
yearly contracts.
Notice of meetings of strictly chari-
table organizations will be inserted one
time free; all other notices must be paid
for.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

In the. democratic caucus to
select officers Senator Clarke, of
Arkansas, defeated Senator Ba-
con, of Georgia, as president
pro tenn of the senate. Senator
Clarke is a Mississippian.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

You can buy Red Cross Cough Rem
edy from all local druggists. Every
bottle guaranteed. For sale by ST.
Clair Drug Co.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

Packard, the great cartoonist,
at Comus Theatre tonight (Fri-
day. Don't fail to see him.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

Sometimes a man uses gold
bricks in constructing his air cas-
ties.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

Gossips repeat everything they
a lot they don't.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

When a pretty widow begins
to hand baby talk to a bachelor
he might as we'll surrender.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-03-14

After all is said and done, moth
ing is so stale as a satisfied man.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
Wilson will Have
Time for Treaties

Washington, Sept. 24-Apprehen-
sion lest the Democratic tariff bill
lead foreign nations to impose tariff
penalties against the United States
as soon as the new law goes into eff
feet caused administration and Senate
leaders today to plan the introduction
of a joint resolution in congress max
ing specific provision for the continual
ton Of existing relations with all
countries until President Wilson has
time to negotiate new trade agree
ments.
The seriousness of the situation
that will confront the administration
was impressed upon Chairman Sim
mons of the Senate Finance Commit
tee today by State Department Off
cials. 1t was pointed out that the
trade relations established by Presi-
dent Taft's proclamation under the
Payne-Aldrich law of 1909 would ter
inmate as soon as the new law be-
comes effective, and that the United
States then would face the possibility
of having higher tariff rates applied
against its exports by many coun-
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24

tries. While the tariff law would give
the President authority to negotiate
trade and reciprocity treaties, it
would also require him to apply spe-
cial penalty rates against any coun-
tries discriminating against the United
States.
To prevent the possibility of trade
wars, the State Department is now
drafting joint resolution, which will
provide that existing relations shall
continue for four months
This will not keep in effect the
tariff rates of the Payne-Aldrich law,
but will assure to foreign countries
that the new penalty provisions of the
Underwood Simmons bill will not be
applied to them until a reasonable
time has been allowed the President
and the State Department to negotiate
new trade treaties. Practically all
nations having any foreign commerce
will be asked to enter into such pacts.
At the White House and later at
the State Department, Senator Sim
mons pointed out to administration
officials that it would be impossible
to insert the provision desired as an
amendment to the tariff bill because
the introduction of any new matter
is precluded while the bill is in con-
ference. The provision will be put
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
Beauty Disappearing?

(By United Press Associations)
Yondon, Sept. 24.-Woman beauty
is gradually disappearing, says Rev.
A. NJ. Mitchell, vicar of Burton Wood
in a vigorous article in his parish
magazine which today is attracting
general attention throughout Eng
land. But it is not woman's fault
he declares. She is simply the heiress
Of preceding decadent generations.
ut is her great misfortune" he says
"now to inherit the plain features
the hard expressions, the rough skin
the furrowed brow, the toothlcss
gums, the thin, coarse, faded hair, the
ungraceful motion, and the mannish
stride. Conditions of lie must be en-
tirely altered to restore her the
beauty of which greed in the name
of civilization has robbed her. How
IS beauty possible to the many thou
sands employed in mills and factories
and on the pit brow, condemned to 4
life OF incessant drudgery: How can
the children of pale, emac.a,ed, over
worked, undeveloped mothers make
ary pretensions of beauty of face or
form. If beauty is to be restored 10
~omanhood, opportunity must be af
forded for its evolution, ard the mar
ntst see that "the woman thou gavest
inc is freed entirely from employ
rlents which hinder and destroy ply
sical development on the one hand
and intellectual or soul prog ression on
the other.
Is the treatment of our sisters un-
der the Cat and Mouse act calcu-
lated to restore to the women iof
the country in other grades of life
and beauty they have missed, of
which they have been defrauded?
1t is very plain and obvious duty
not to balk woman but to aid her
to the utmost in her search for the
peace which she has lost"
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24

surly mesquite grass, so notorious
that cattle went to market without
the use of corn. Year after year,
however, the small farmer crept fur
ther and further toward the west N
search of cheaper lands, and as his
numbers increased the cattle men
found their range narrowing and their
water supply decreasing, as the set
tiers fenced their homesteads along
the few streams in the country. These
new college" lands are all that re-
main of the unfenced area. They
lntermingle with the homesteads oD-
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
Princeton Opens New Building.
(By. United Press Association

(By. United Press ASsOciatiOn)
Princeton, N. j., Sept. 24.-Prince-
ton e,sity's new graduate college
buildings were opened for occupancy
today. The schedule Of rates for the
course was made to conform with
Princeton's policy of democracy" AMI
to give men of small means an op-
portunity to take the course. The
capacity of the new building is .1O2
students. The rooms are divided into
five groups according to price, and
some Of these show that a students
D." for furnished room, b)ard and
tuition for the college year will be
$500. The college year is thirty-six
weeks. There are a large number
who can be accommodate for $3.50 andd
$3.50 year. All the rooms are COM
pletely furnished including window
curtains, bedding and bed linen but
not toilet linen.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
SUMMONS.
In the Snnnrln n,

In the County of Imperial, State Of
California, Katie Cook, Plaintiff, VS..
Charles L. Cook, Defendant, Conk-
ling & Brown. Attorneys for Plain
tiff.
The People of the State of California
Send Greeting to: Charles L. Cook.
Defendant.
You Are Hereby Directed to Appear
and answer the Complaint in an action
entitled as above, brought against you
in the Superior Court of the County
of Imperial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on YOU of
this Summons-if served within this
County; or within thirty days if served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that IN
less you appear and answer as above
required, the said Plaintiff will take
Judgment for any money or damages
demanded in the Complaint, as arising
upon contract, or she will apply to the
Court for any other relief demanded
in the Complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the Superior Court of the County
of Imperial, State of California, this
9th day of Nov, A. D. 1912.
(SEAL) NJ. S. COOK, Clerk
Saturday, September 81. 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
Meat Packers Association
Urges Raising of Beef

that we have abnormally high prices
for meat fooa pre- ducts.
"The farmers are not furnishing
nearly sufficient number of animals
to keep the packing houses in opera
ton on anything like full time and
this results in heavy losses, owing to
lack Of volume of business. And there
seems to be no prospect of relief. De-
spite the higher prices for livestock
of all kinds, statistics show that the
farmers not only are not increasing
their production of meat food animals,
but that such production is decreasing
at an appalling rate"
Among other causes for the short
age Of meat, the report pointed out,
were the loss of meat food animals
through preventable diseases and "the
unthinking slaughter of calves and
especially heifer calves"
The committee appointed to confer
| with government officials regarding
pure food laws, in its report chal-
lenged the wisdom Of the federal gov
ernment debating what ingredients
shall be used in meat products.
"Our principal difficulty has been
that those in power know practically
nothing of the actual conditions of
packing house operation. We have
been in the hands of capable, we'll
meaning scientists on one hand ard
political office-holders on the other"
The report declared that the action
Of the government in changing the
character Of labels on canned goods
after they had been once accepted by
the government cost the packing in
dustry s25O,OOO annually.
Speakers at the national convention
Of butter and egg men urged the need
of national legislation to regulate the
storage of these products, in order to
avoid repeated charges of price rais-
ing and monopoly.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24

Chicago, Sept. 23.-The RESPONSE
bility of averting a future meat
famine was put up to small farmers
today by speakers at the eighth an
nual convention of the American meat
packers here. All agreed that if the
decrease in meat production Of the
last ten years is not stopped, the sup
ply for the people Of the United
States will be most serious. Among
the remedies suggested by the speak
ers were:
Every small farmer should raise
at least two beef steers year in
order to offset the decreased produc
tion Of the great ranches of the west
The remaining ranges should be
cut up into small farms to put all
farmers on an equal footing.
Development of the hills of New
England with their bountiful springs
and shade as a beef producing coun-
try.
Substitution of corn for cotton in
the southern states and consequent
development of the hog and cattle
production.
"The American meat packing house
situation and that of consumers OF
meat food products in this couprtry
are both in a condition more precar-
ious than at any other time in our
history" the report stated.
"We are facing conditions in the
production of meat food products
which would have been though i'm
possible ten years ago. The short
age Of livestock which has been i'm
pressed upon US packing house pro-
ducers for several years. has been in
tensified during the last year. Our
population is growing at it's normal
rate. We have passed the point where
demand has overtaken production and
we are now on a basis which shows
that demand exceeds supply so much
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24

The eucalyptus trees on the streets
in the eastern part of town are max
ing good growth. Pasadena avenue
is especially beautiful.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. O'Hagan have
returned from their vacation and Mr.
O'Hagan is again busy relieving un-
fortunate automobilists Of their
troubles.
Mr.. Chas. Pronde, one of Imperial
Valleys best known horticulturists
was a recent visitor in Dixieland.
He pronounced the lands about tbs
town the best he had seen for many
kinds of fruit The sub-irrigateG
lands near the canal, he stated, are
especially adapted to the growing Of
date palms.
Mr.. Geo. w. Nichols has a nursery
of date trees that are making a fine
growth.
The school board is advertising for
bids for a new three room concrete
school building. AS there is plenty of
sand and gravel near the town, Dixie
land expects to get superior build
ing at a nominal cost.
The H. P. Schermann Department
Store is taking care of the bankin;,
business of the neighborhood. So far
they have been abe to cash all checks
presented including the large number
that have come to them from the
Robert Shearer & Co.'s grading camp.
The Brewer & Averill Co. are hav-
ing a good trade. Transient business
is especially heavy this fall.
The San Diego, Ell Centre road that
has been flooded for few days is now
open for travel again. The prompt
opening of a new road through Mr..
McDonald's ranch saved the public
from serious inconvenience.
The Western Land Co. will assist
again this year in putting the road in
the neighborhood Of Dixieland in good
shape for San Diego, Phoenix races.
Mr.. R. E. Lee, Dixieland's artist, is
doing some work in Ell Centre this
week
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-24
Peoples Verdict. There's No Soda Like DUNAWAYS


tanned by settlers from the govern
ment, and with the public lands own
ed by Oklahoma and held under lease
by their occupants. The cattlemen
have paid an annual rental of three
cents an acre to the state for grazing
privilege on the new college" lands.
Now, however, they will be compelled
to buy them in competition with other
bidders at public auction, and without
the preference right of taking them
at the highest bid. The cattle out
fits are making their last stand in
that part Of Oklahoma, and like the
buffalo, are quickly to disappear.
Their going will close the last and
one of the most romantic chapters IN
the story of the plains country. Many
an old cowboy will choke as he tries
to swallow his "sour dough" biscuit
that day.