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The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11
RUPTURE EXPERT HERE
Seeley, Who Fitted Gear of Russia,
Called TO Vicksburg

F. H. SeeIey Of Chicago and PhiIadel-
phia. the noted truss expert. will be at the
National Park Hotel and will remain in
Vieksburg this Tuesday only, June 10th.
Mr.. SeeleY says: The Spermatic Shield
as now used and approved by the United
States Government will not only retain
any case Of rupture perfectly. aaording
immediate and complete relief. but closes
the opening in 10 days on the average case.
This instrument received the only award
ia England and in Spain, producing results
without surgery, harmful injections, med
ical treatments or prescriptions. Mr.. See
ley has documents from the United States
Government, Washington D @. for in
spection. All charity cases without charge.
Or if any Interested call he will be glad 70
show same, without charge or fit them if
desired. ANY one ruptured should re-
member the date and take advantage Of
this opportunity.
Advertisement
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11
IMPORTANT rIEETING.
Live Stock Association In Planning to
Push Tick Eradication.

The county Live Stock As
sociaIion will hold an important
meeting al the court house Satur.
day morning at 10 o'clock. DR..
Ready of the department of Agri-
culture and DR.. Barnett of the
State Live Stock Board will be
here and will probably address the
meeting. The members of the
board Of supervisors are asked to
be present, and the various tick in.
spectors are urged to come.
The association now has large
membership who mean to make
this one of the most attractive
stock sections in the south.
1t has leaked out that some Of
the tick inspectors are not pushing
their work as energetically as they
ought, and 1t is expected that this
will come up for discussion Sat
urday At any rate, it Is an open
secret that the hundred or more
members of the association are not
satisfied to permit the work of
tick eradication TO drag. They real
ize that Mr.. Cooper. The govern
ment agent, is a bustling, deter
mined man. and they propose to
stand by him.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11

The County Supt. of Education
reported, which report was, on
motion, received and filed.
The chief of the FIRE department
reported the fire in the rear of
Marks stable and gave list of fire.
men entitled to pay, which was
allowed.
On motion, the FIRE chief was
instructed to make a bi-monthly
inspection of all hydrants and fire
equipments and report to the fire
committee writing.
On motion, Arthur Humphreys
was allowed $I.5o for damages
on privilege license to-
day.
THOS. M. REA, Clerk.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11

Interesting Letters from Different
Sections Of the County, Written
by Our Regular Cor.
respondents.
pattleon

Mr.. De Whit Butler OF Jackson
was here Saturday visiting Mr.
Willie Hugh Price.
A very young lady arrived Mon.
day morning at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Price. Her stay il
permanent and most welcome. and
promises Joy unspeakable.
Miss Corinne Wade is visiting
Miss Clara Darden
Mr. Rigby. director of the I. c.
Demonstration Farm on Mrs.
Montgomery's plantation, was here
Monday.
Miss Mary DeCell of Flora is the
guest ef Miss Bonnibel Barron.
Mrs. Hugh Rush of Jackson vis-
tied Mrs. E. D. Barron this week.
Two autos carried a gay party
out to Union Church Tuesday to
dance at Mrs. Fred Coor's. Mrs.
E. D. Barron chaperoned the
crowd. which consisted of Misses
Bonnybel Barron. Marv DeCell.
Anna Darden, Miriam Gistou,
Corinue Wade, Fannie Nesmilh,
and Messrs. Victor Barron, Willie
Hugh Price and B1lt McCay.
Charlie Mitchell, grand nephew
of Miss Rollins, is her dear little
guest.
Mrs. Guice. mother of Mrs.
Henry Dskin, had a recent stroke
of paralysis, and her life was for
while despaired OF. Her daughter.
Miss Susie Guice. came up from
New Orleans to minister to her.
Mr.. John Jones was here Mon
day with good news about his fine
Ice plant.
The "black ness of ashes," alone
marks the spot where stood the
nome on ScrogN and one of the
inest landmarks in Claiborne
county. 1t was built, more than
hree- quarters of a century ago. by
Mr.. Nathaniel Jefferies. who was
me of the wealthiest and most in
iuential men in the state-ahd it
las always been in he possession
# his family. Capt. Robert Owen,
Who married Miss Ellen Jefferies,
vas the resident owner OF the
,lace. Monday night, after be
etired, he heard the barking Of
lis beautiful Scotch shepherd.
lie fears now there might then
ave been some incendiary in the
ard. Later. about 2 O'Clock in
he morning, this faithful dog,
cratching and whining at his door,
nee more awoke him, aud un-
saved his life, as the
was sheet of fame aud
moke. He regrets most the loss
f his Confederate uniform, which
lie wished to be buried in. his flag,
nd papers, and books. The SYM
'athy Of the entire county is warm !
y extended to this valiant grey &
lay immortal" and 10 the entire
efferies family, in the destruction
# this beautiful old mansion. that
las been the scene Of so much rev.
Try, and happiness, and woe. 1t
vas entirely uninsured.
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which report was received and filed
and ordered spread on the minutes.
The marshal reported as follows:
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11
sUPERINTENDENrs REPORT.

The Supt. of the E. Lo& w w.
plant reported as follows
The Port Gibson reveille., 1914-06-11

Advertisement
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21

vision, health instruction, and perfect
sanitation. The rural school can aid
in health supervision; it can supple
ment and drive home health instruc-
ton, and above all 1t can teach good
health and clean living by being itself
a model of sanitation for the commune
ty. No matter how energetic a Ma
tional or State campaign for eradica-
ton may be; no matter how many
cases of hookworm disease are cured
for the time being, unless the school
and the community maintain con-
slant vigilance in behalf of positive
measures for good health, permanent
control of hookworm or any other dis
ease transmitted by soil pollution will
be impossible.
"Hookworm disease, like typhoid
fever, is due to careless disposal of
human excreta, Once schools and
dwellings in country districts are pro-
vided with sanitary privies of one type
or another. there will be little danger
from hookworm.
"A study of the hookworm problem
has shown not only the need for SAM
tary privfes, but the need for more
adequate sanitary supervision by COM
plete medical officers. There should be
in every community capable superin-
tendent of health, devoting his whole
time to public health work.
Frequent and systematic instruc-
ton by the public schools in the ele-
ments of personal and community hy-
giene is necessary for permanent con-
troll of disease. When the citizens of a
community are taught from early
childhood the necessity for the care
of health, they will need no urging to
provide expert health supervision and
sanitary privies in every community.
THE campaign against hookworm
disease is a campaign of education,
and it is right that it should be waged
in the public schools"
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WONDERFUL ESCAPES
Tales Of Soldiers Who Have Defied
Bullets.

There is story told of an old vet
eran of the First Napoleon who lived
until 1865 in the French village of Sa =
vary, and who owned wooden leg, a
wooden arm, glass eye, a silver pail
ate, a complete set of false teeth, and a
silver plate on the top of his head, and
yet died peaceably in his bed. Com
pared with such men, the proverbial
nine-liyed cat is nowhere. But as one
reads the stories of great wars of the
past the manner in which famous gen.
erals have played touch -and-go with
death is little short of miraculous.
The wonderful escapes of Napoleon
and wellington were proverbial.
Though bullets graZed them and rid
died their clothes. and both had horses
shot under them, yet both passed
through a life of battle and danger
with two or three slight wounds apiece.
But their grim old companion-in arms
General Butcher. did not fare 50 well
Wounded several times while serving
under Frederick the Great, he retired
from the army when that irascible
monarch swore at him.
In response, however to the patriotic
call, he took up arms against Napoleon
ana was seriously wounded at LutZen.
AT Ligny. too, he was thrown down and
ridden over by the French and Prus-
sian cavalry; but by drinking guam
titles of his favorite gin and water the
old war-dog was able to lead his
troops on the following day. and to
materially assist in the winning of the
battle of Waterloo.
Marshal Ney, the bravest of the
brave, was continuously fighting for
20 years, yet he escaped with only a
few slight wounds to meet a traitors
doom at the hands of the Bourbon
king. He headed countless charges, had
dozens of horses shot under him, eag-
erly courted death when leading the
Old Guard at Waterloo, and yet was
never seriously Notwithstanding
Mercury.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
MEASURING THE WIND
Scale Has Recently Been Adopted by
y. S. Weather Bureau.

The Beaufort scale for designating
various degrees of wind force has re-
Gently been readopted by the weather
bureau service of the United States
department of agriculture. This was
originally introduced in the British
navy about the beginning of the nine
teenth century and at that time refer
red particularly to the influence of the
winds upon sailing vessels. While this
does not apply to present day condi-
tons, several of the terms are still in
current use of mariners throughout the
world. The reason for using the scale
is that instrumental methods of meas
urfng the wind cannot be used easily
at sea, nor, for that matter in many
cases on land. Because of this, it has
been necessary to resort to an arbi-
trary scale, which designates, for in
stance, a calm as equivalent to a force
of from zero to three miles an hour;
light air, over three to eight; light
breeze, eight to thirteen; gentle breeze,
thirteen to eighteen; moderate breeze,
eighteen to twenty three; fresh breeze.
twenty three to twenty eight: strong
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dark. In trying to save it's under
graduates from this fate, Williams
College is entering upon a new field
of usefulness.
Through the generosity of Edward
w. Box, the Massachusetts, institution
is able to offer its students series of
talks which it is hoped will be of as
sistance to them in determining what
their work is to be. The college has
arranged for lectures by former
President Taft, Joseph Davies, United
States commissioner of corporations;
Frank A. Vanderbilt, president of the
National City Bank, and other speak
ers, recognized authorities in different
lines. These lectures will be supple
mented by informal discussions con-
Quoted by men of prominence in bust
ness and the professions.
1t is believed that the Williams stu
dent thus will be better prepared to
choose his career. The outcome of the
experiment will be carefully noted by
teachers and students generally.
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Coming Events

Dec 21-23-First annual meeting OF
Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs at
University of Maine, Orono.
Dec. 22-23-Maine Live Stock Breeders
meeting. Orono.
1915.
Jan. 5-7-Western Maine Poultry Asso-
citation, South Paris.
Jan. 5-S-Bangor Poultry Association.
City Hall, Bangor.
Jan 5-S-Passamaquoddy Poultry AS
ISOLATION, Lubec.
Jan. G-Maine Legislature, biennial ses-
sion. Augusta
Jan. 6-Maine Legislature. biennial sss-
sion. Augusta.
Jan IA, 1sl5-Maine Association Of OPP
tometrists.
Jan. 2i-Maine Veterinary Medical AS
ISOLATION, annual meeting, Augusta.
jan 27-Annual meeting Maine League
of Loan and Building Associations. Au-
gusta.
Feb. 22-western Maine Pythian Jubilee.
Portland.
March 22-27-Lewiston and Auburn au-
tomobile show.
April s-Grand Castle. Knights of the
Golden eagle, annual session, Carmel.
May 4-6-Congregational Conference
and Missionary Society of Maine. annual
meetings, South Parish church, Augusta
May 4-6-Masonic grand bodies annual
meetings, Portland.
June 27-30-New England Typographical
Union convention. Portland.
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MILITARY ANNiHiLATIoN.
Tho Term Does Not Necessarily Indi
cate Terrific Slaughter.

Many of the phrases of war are mis-
leading to the reader who Is ignorant
Of the technical meaning Of military
terms. That is the case with the words
"annihilated" and destroyed" The
breathless reader learns with horror
that IAN entire division was destroyed
while attempting to storm the forts at
A." or that "a regiment of cavalry.
while accommodating on the flank of
the enemy, was annihilated." He i'm
AGNES a terrible scene Of slaughter in
which all, or virtually all, the soldiers
are left dead on the field.
The truth, however, is quite differ
emit. BY no means was every soldier
or every trooper killed; the division or
regiment was destroyed or annihilated
as an organization or effective fighting
unit.
In time of war men fight, not as in
dividuals. but as parts Of fighting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
RATS IN SARAWAK.
Thousands Migrate, But No One
Knows Where They Go.

A great many stories might be re-
lated Of rats. but the most eXtraordi-
nary thing I ever saw regarding these
animals was a migration which took
place one evening at dusk through my
bedroom. ! was just getting better
from a severe attack of malaria, and
was lying on the bed inside my mos
quito house, half awake and half
asleep, with my Malay ayah sitting
against the wall in a corner. Suddenly
/ saw two or three long objects NOV
ing across the middle of the room, their
black bodies standing out against the
pale yellow mating. My room opened
onto verandas from all sides--as every
one who is acquainted with the archi-
lecture of tropical houses will under
Standard it was easy for any animal
to climb over the outer veranda and
pass through the screened doors lead
ing to the opposite veranda. 1 watched
these crawling creatures, and, being
only half awake. wondered what they
were. At first l thought it was the re-
suit of malaria. making me see things
which did not exist; but when the rats
were joined by others. coming in at one
door and going out of the other in tens,
twenties, sixties, and finally hundreds
for the floor was one mass of moving
objects, I called to the ayah, who sat
motionless.
Don't move" she said, they are the
rats" l was too frightened not to
move and L screamed out to the rajah,
who l knew was in the room next to
mine. AS he came in the rats ran up
one side of him, and I remember the
dull thud they made as they jumped off
his shoulder to the floor. Some men.
hearing my screams, also appeared.
The rajah told me to make as little
noise as possible, SO l had to remain
still while thousands and thousands of
rats passed through my room. This
abnormal invasion lasted for about ten
of fifteen minutes. when the rodents
began to diminish in number, until
there We're only few stragglers left to
follow the main body.
1t appears that such migrations are
well known all over Sarawak and the
people fear them because they are &C
companied by certain amount of dam
ger. 1t is said by the natives that if
anyone should kill one of these rats
his companions would attack the ag-
BTcsSOr III SUCH large n0inDtrS Lnat MS
body would be almost torn to pieces.
Looking deeper into the matter, one
wonders why these creatures should so
migrate, and where they go; this no
one seems to know. Their area of OPP
erations is restricted one, for it ap-
pears that on this occasion my bed
room was the only human habitation
through which they went.-Wide
World Magazine.
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unit. That unit may be q regiment,
a division or an army corps. In order
to be of any real use those organiZa-
lions must be maintained. When the
organization is broken up the individ-
ual soldiers who compose 1t, no mat
ter how brave they may be personally,
degenerate into a mob, and, as mob
or mere disorganized collection OF men,
they are unable to attack the enemy,
and usually unable to make any de-
Tense against attack.
So, when the organization is thus
broken. 1T is said to be annihilated or
destroyed, although perhaps only a
small part of the soldiers have actually
been killed or wounded. Indeed, it is
rare that a fighting unit survives the
loss of more than 10 per cent of its
men. That Is because the mortality
of officers is always higher than that
among the privates. and when nearly
half of its officers are killed or wound
ed the organization generally goes to
pieces In such a case the men go to
the rear as individuals or in such order
as they can maintain. There they must
remain until the organization is re-
cruited, reofficered and reorganized
Until that is done they are useless for
war
In the Boer war General Butler
with an army of some 10000 men, at
tackled the Beers at the Tugela river.
He was defeated and lost about $500
men, killed and wounded-less than
one-tenth the whole army Yet his
army was said to be destroyed, as, in
fact, it was. After the defeat 1t had
lost all organization and virtually de-
generated into a mob. 1t had to re-
treat about twenty miles where it
would be safe from Boer attacks. and
there it lay for several months unable
to make single move until 1t was
recruited, reofficered, REINFORCED and,
most of all, reorganization Com
panion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21
RURAL SCHOOLS AND
HOOKWORM DISEASE

That hookworn disease Is RESPONSE
BILE for lack of progress in many coun-
try schools; that it can be eradicated,
and that the rural schools are now
taking the lead in the movement to de-
stroy this and other handicaps to good
health. are some of the conclusions Of
bulletin by DIR. John A. Terrell on
Rural School and Hookworm Dis
ease" just issued for free distribution
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation.
'Hookworm disease is one of the
most prevalent, most insidiously HARM
full, and most completely preventable
diseases known to man." declares DR..
Terrell. 1T causes human suffering and
economic waste altogether out of pro-
portion to its apparent death rate.
Many ills that have been attributed to
mutual and moral weakness of whole
bodies of people are now definitely
known to be due to this infection, and
durable with it's cure. It's eradication
IS one of the most important and
pressing problems before the people Of
the southern half of the United States
and of other semitropical lands.
I'm combating hookworm disease it
has been found that the rural school is
the greatest medium for the spread Of
the infection and the most important
protective agency against it, In some
schools investigated the infection has
been found to be 100 per cent-the
teacher and every pupil victim of the
disease
Records of the International Health
Commission show an average infection
among rural children of school age for
whole counties running as high as 70
to 80 per cent, while in some sections
OF Virginia, Kentucky. North Caro-
lima, Tennessee, Arkansas and other
States the disease is less widespread
with 10 per cent or less of the school
population infected with hookworms.
The general average for all the chill
dren examined to date is 40 per cent of
infection.
1T is through the rural school,
whence the infection comes, that the
remedy must also come. The measures
necessary for permanent control Of
hookworm disease are health suner-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-21

! problem to Democracy. In pursuit OF
the probability we would again quote
Mr.. Mckinley who said:
while the European war has de-
veloped talk in this country about ma
tional defense, we should give some
consideration to defending our indus
tries against the results which will
come upon the closing of the war.
Whenever the European war ends,
there is certain to be an enormous tide
of immigrants to our shores, many of
them skilled workmen seeking to dis
place American workmen. Natural
", the manufacturers of Germany,
Austria, France and England, when
peace comes, must resume their bust
ness on basis which will permit
them to take advantage of even
cheaper foreign labor than before the
war. They will look to America for
their market. You may look for
cheaper importations after the end OF
the war.
Business men who during Septern-
Der and October were inclined to be-
Iieye that the depression existing
throughout the country should be at
tributed to the war, know better now.
The falsity of this Democratic claim is
shown by the monthly statment of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce of the present Administration,
which sets forth tremendous increases
for the ten months just ended. We
are not at war with Australia, or
Brazil or China or Cuba or Holland,
vet the balance of trade with these
countries is against us. Nor has war
interfered with our business with Ar
gentina, which is increasing its i'm
ports into this country, without re-
stricting the output of the factories,
without laying off men; and for every
man that you lay off you create at
least five dissatisfied and complaining
voters"
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PERFECT HEALTH
IS A PRICELESS BLESSING

Poverty WITH HEALTH is better
than Luxury WITHOUT it. Yet the
cost Of Good Health is trifling. Thou
sands of families enjoy perfect health.
through the aid of Il. F." Atwood's
Medicine.
AS a reliable relief from stomach
troubles and indigestion-a certain
correction for constiptaion--the best
banisher of biliousness, headache and
colds. F." is New England's fav-
orite remedy.
Mrs. McAlpine of Prentiss. Maine.
says:
I'VE always keep IL. F." Atwood's
Medicine in the house. It Is the ONLY
medicine used in our family. We think
very highly Of It,"
(Signed) Katie McAlpine.
Get Big S5 cent Bottle or FREE
Trial Sample Today.
Il. F." MEDICINE CO.. Portland, Me.
ADV.
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Monday, December 81, 1914.
The Rate Decision

We know of none who claims that
the railroads have not established
their need Of greater revenue. 1t Is
also we'll understood that unless some
relief were forthcoming very soon the
public service must seriously suffer.
It has already suffered and we could
not condemn the management of the
railway companies. In spite of rigid
economies, expenses increased more
than $4,000, 900 last year. besides an
increase In taxation of s13.OoO,oOO.
The average reader gasps at the
news that the rate decision means
sS0,o0O0O year increased revenue to
the roads, and yet if he would pause
to consider the facts, he will wonder
that the decision was not more favor
able to the roads. The gross earnings
Of the railroads were nearly $4,000
900 less in the last year than in the
year previous.
Justice and fairness are American
attributes. No man wishes the capital
and brains which have made ou-
great railway arteries a great nation
al asset, to work for nothing, much
less to maintain public utility at q
loss. The general public bearing to-
ward railway and other large corpo-
rations is largely due to misunder-
standing and popular conception
that all concerned in a business whose
gross returns loom so large must be
making fortunes daily.
In recent months, however, the pub
lie has begun to take more seriously
the demands by the railroads for a
square DEAL 1t has been granted in
part and, we may feel, somewha.
grudgingly. We believe, not because
we wished to but because we could
not help 1t after studying the inform
alton available, that the roads have
yet been granted not enough for tho
countrys best interests. 1t is a fool
ish face that sacrifices it's eyebrows
to spite its eyes. This country's pros
perity depends largely upon the pros
perity of its public utilities.
The rate decision Is an expression of
American justice, so far as the pop
uiar grasp of the need extends, but
we believe coming months will prove
to the people that it is for their own
best interests to see that the great
transportation agencies so entirely in
dispensible to our prosperity are en-
tirely prosperous.