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and fourth divisions are commanded by
ensigns, while the first and second ul-
visions are commanded by junior lieu
tenants.
Plans also were mapped out at the con-
ference for the instruction course in the
battalion up until the time the organi-
zation goes on the annual cruise next
summer, 1t was pointed out that during
the past few months there had been a
laxity in the discipline at the battalion
and that efforts must be made to correct
it. The determination was reached to
have a regular ships routine In force
every drill night The drills are TO be
divided between sea and port routine.
This will give the large number Of re-
cruts who are now coming into the
battalion a chance to became thoroughly
familiar with ship life before they so
away on the annual cruise.
1t is proposed to maintain the routine
both in the armory and on the Sylvia
as it is tied up alongside of the dock.
Lieut. W. Granville Guss. acting execu-
tive officer of the battalion, ispreparng
a scheme of drills. Each member of the
battalion will be given regular station
both in the armory and on the ship al
which he must be found after the bugler
sounds fire, collision or general quarters.
was re-established last Thursday night
All of the recruits who now enlist in the
battalion will be assigned to this divi-
sion, which will In reality be the train.
ing ship of the local naval militia In
i! this division. under competent petty Off
| GERS. the rough edges will be taken of
| the recruits. and they will be smoothed
| down SO that they will be in a position
| to take up the work Of the other divisions
when they are transferred.
| AS soon as recruit shows that he is
| thoroughly familiar with all that is
! taught him in the third division. it il
proposed under present plans, to trans
fer him to other divisions where he will
| get some actual experience. While in
| the third division he will be taught how
| to handle rifle, the honors due officers
| how to tell the rank of an officer by his
uniform, the art of signalling and how Il
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connection with the unwilling of the
mast of the old battleship Maine at
Arlington, and also in connection with
the unveiling OF the Barry statute in
Franklin Park.
* x x x
After a holiday of more than two
weeks the members Of the local Naval
Battalion returned to their drills last
Thursday night prepared to start a year
which 1t is hoped will be one of the
most successful in the history of the
battalion. The men were started right
in on the regular drills. The schools
of signaling and engineering were es-
tablished
The officers shortly before Q O'Clock last
Thursday night went into a conference
which lasted until after IL o'clock. A
number OF important matters were taken
up which developed much discussion and
some little difference of opinion. Every
officer who thought he had a grievance
was given chance to present it and to
have it thrashed out before those officers
who were present.
The question of the coming examina-
tions for promotion from the ranks to the
grade of ensign was taken up, and de-
veloped into one of the lveliest discus
sions Of the conference. The opinion was
advanced by some of the officers tina,
there should be no more officers ap-
pointed for year. The statement also
was made that several of the candidates
who were about to come up for eXamina-
tion had not had the requisite experience
for the grade which they desired to enter
However. the whole matter was left com
pletely in the hands of Commander
Dempf, 1t was declared Although none
of the divisions has its full quota of Of
ficers, a commanding officer of one di
vision was reported to have remarked
that he had enough officers for the pres
ent. The commanding officer of another
division was reported to have made the
statement in the conference that although
he was the only officer in the division
he could get along without any assistant
Each division is entitled to lieutenant
a lieutenant. junior grade, and two en-
signs. No division in the battalion ha:
a full lieutenant in command. The thirt
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BoATs AWAIT ovERHAUL1NG.
Many Craft to Be Gone Over Before
Spring Season Opens.

The power launch Dougherty, owned
at Alexandria, is out on the marine rail-
way at Deans boatyard to repair dam
ages she received by being thrown
against a broken pile at Alexandria in
the heavy northeast storm of last week.
The launch has a big hole in her hull
and is otherwise damaged. She Will
be ready for service by the time the
spring boating season opens The launch
Edna Early, belonging to Henry Fieisch-
mann and others of Alexandria, is also
one of the fleet of ten or twelve boats
that Dean has out of the water at Alex
andria to overhaul and make ready for
service in the spring.
At the local boatyards but little work
is being done, but in the latter part OF
this month the overhaulinS of the pleas
ure craft will be started. All berthing
spaces at the boatyards are filled, both
ashore and in the docks. 1t is estimated
that there are over hundred small pleas
ure craft ashore for the winter, and
twice as many are lying in sheltered
docks, waiting the coming of warm
weather All these boats will be over
hauled and painted before they return
to service in the early spring.
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MANAGERS ARE REELECTED.
National Geographic Society Holds
It's Annual Election.

At the annual meeting of the Ma
tionai Geographic Society. held Fri
day afternoon in Hubbard Memorial
Hall, all the members of the board OF
managers were reelected for another
year The board is composed of Alex
ander Graham Bell. Henry Gannett,
Prof. ]. Howard Gore, Gen. A. w.
Greely. Gilbert II. Grosvenor, DR..
George Otis Smith. o. H. Tittman and
Gen. John NJ Wilson.
The annual reports of Q. P. Austin,
secretary, and John Joy Edison, treas
urer, which were read at the meeting,
indicated that the society experienced
a successful year, a gain OF S2,000
members being reported The total
membership has grown to 236,000, and
extends to all parts of the world.
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Entertainment for the Blind.

Announcement is made that Frof
Gustayc :. Blumenthal is TO give an
entertainment for the blind Wednes-
day evening under the auspices Of the
National Library for the Blind, con
sisting of a lecture on What Does
Vocational Training Really Mean %"
Saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock a
selected reading will be given by Mrs
Azel Ford
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Mrs. Antoinette Funk Speaker.

Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago will
be the principal speaker at the regular
meeting of the District chapter of the
Wilson and Marshall League which is
to be held at o'clock next Tuesday
night at the Ebbitt House She will
speak on The Education of Women in
Politics"
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TWO THOUSAND
YEARS OF BONDAGE
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Two thousand years of nation
bondage ended December IA. 1918. when
the Island of Crete was formally
annexed to Greece. King Constan-
tine with his own hands raised the
Hellenic standard over the capital city
of Canea. This act signalized the 1uil
restoration of Greece, the return OF
the Cretans to the ancient house OF
their brethren. the banishment OF the
Turk from Hellenic affairs. 1t reduced
to an interregnum-a period OF cen
turies, but transitory period never
theless-that ong-drawn-out phase
which Crete endured under the DOM
ination of the Romans, the Nenetians,
the Saracens, the Turks and the con-
cert of European powers.
Beside this struggle of the Cretans
for 1000 years the American revolu-
lion looks like a militia drill on
sweet summers day. Before the COM
ing of Christ Crete passed from the
Greek federation to the Romans, after
a series of fierce fights. Throughout
the entire Christian era, up TO the
present time, this important isle in the
Mediterranean has been waging
bloody intermittent war. war not
for absolute independence, but for the
right to return legally to its Hellenic
brother. The world has been made over,
great nations have risen, science mas
and the human race has assumed more
OF the image of the Creator while
Crete battled against her masters.
Archaeological discovery has proved
conclusiNely that Crete was one of the
greatest of the Aegean states fully 1000
years before the Dorian invasion, which
eventually made the Cretan population u
mixture of Eteocretes, meaning the orig
inal inhabitants and Achaeans, Pelasgians
and Jorians. The Dorian invasion was
early in the sixth century Be. SO it
may be seen at a glance that the re1a-
tionship between Greece and Crete
reaches far back into antiquity. Homer
refers to the Cretes as the only Greek
people who even offered serious oppos-
ton to the Phoencians on the high seas.
Before the Honeric age Crete was Il
great factor in the mighty Minoan civil
ization. Crete is supposed to have been
the birthplace of Zeus. well parent
uf all the other divinities usually wor-
SHIPPED in Greece as Olympiap deities.
The laws and governmental system of
Crete We're famed throughout the world,
and from t'retan institutions came many
forms and practices for which Greece
a whole has since been credited. But the
fiourishing and cultured cities of Crete
lacked union one with another, and this
grave oversight permitted the overthrow
Of the country.
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~;
~ WING to the heavy fog which
covered the river the most OF
last Sunday. Commander Jo-
~ seph A. Dempf, commanding
the Naval Battalion of the
National Guard of the District OF CO.
lumbia, would not permit the Y. ,.
Sylvia to b. taken out for the cruise
down the river which had been
planned.
However, further plans were maoe
during the past week for the sylvia
to make a trip down the river TO-DAY.
1t is proposed to have the vessei iease
the dock shortly after O'CLOCK anu
to steam down the river snort us
tance and anchor, while the ofncers ana
crew, except those who are LETT ABOARD
to take care of the ship, will go ashore
for an oyster roast
This will be the first practice cruise
of the vessel since it returned fr' liz the
Washington navy yard after thor-
ough overhauling. Although the YES
sci will not accommodate the 1uii coH-
p,ement of the local Naval Battalion, a
large number of them will make the
trip. When the trips are oniy 1or
dav many more men can be taken lhan
if the vessel remained away over nlght,
on account of the iact that the sleeping
accommodations are small
The idea of Commander Dempf is to
get as much practice work out OF the
vessel as possible, in order that the
Navy Department will feel JUSTIFIED In
letting the local naval militia nave a
larger vessel later on. The sylvia is
only temporarily assigned to the local
Naval Battalion, the u. >. ;. w asp.
now ass gned to the New YORK naval
militia, now being under orders to come
to the Washington naval militia as
soon as the gunboat Isla dc Luzon,
now at st. LOUIS. arrives at New YORK.
The Isla de LuZon will be unable TO
leave ST. Louis until there is a ma
terial rise in the river, and this Is eX-
When the Wasp arrives Commander
Denpf then will be able to take the
full battalion on cruises down the river.
j X i X
There will be several parades within
the next two or three months in which
the Naval Battalion is scheduled to take
part. Commander Dempf has been
placed in charge of the work of getting
an assignment of regular sailors and
marines from the Marine Barracks here
as well as the Washington navy yard
to participate in the parade on February
10 in connection with the celebration OF
the anniversary of the blowing up of the
Maine. Secretary Danieis, in a letter
refusing to order sailors and marines
from the Philadelphia navy yard, in
dicated that he would be glad to order
any sailors and marines who happened
to be in Washington at the time to
participate in the parade. Commander
Dempf is to complete the arrangements
this week for the naval contingent in
the parade. The ceremonies are being
held under the auspices of the Army and
Navy Union, the officers of which or
ganization have placed Commander
Dempf in charge of the work. In the
early spring there will be parades in
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Located After Fifty-Eight Miles.

They were located by Lieuts. Carpury
and Seydei after a flight Of nifty -eisnt
miles. the total time being iorts 81
minutes. This is the second year that
the trophy has been won. The hrst
time was at College Park, when 1t was
won by Lieut.. Harry Arnold.
The flying activities of the navy
have been transferred to Pensacoia'
Fla, where an aero-hydroplane eI, othar STA
shin assigned to this station Is the
Mississippi. one Of the older battle battle
ships. She has rather smaller super
structure than the dreadnought class
Of battleships and more unobstructHsa
deckroom. She is now at Annapoiis
and is getting ready to sail for Pensa-
cola. accompanied by the collier orion
which carries the material for the STA
ton. &; .1r,,st
an ideal winter station for the navy
flying craft 1t has the additional ao-
vantage Of being on the Gulf OF Mex
leo. and in case of international trou
bic the navy experts say It wouid pe
desirably within touch of the Mexican
coast.
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ARMY AWATORS MADE
GOOD RECORD IN 1878
FLYING Activities of the Navy Trans
ferred to Pensacola for
the Winter.

Army aviators made what they con
slider a very satisfactory record In l9l''
The figures as compiled by the war De-
partment show that up TO the end OF De-
cember the army had mada total OF
3.o7i flights, making total of ia hours
in the air. During these nights 'hes
covered a distance of 1924 mites. nc
army altitude record for the year was
made by Lieut. Henry Post with helsht
of 10. 500 feet The army altitude with
passenger was 1850 feet, made py Lieut.
Joseph Carbury.
The competition for the Mackay trophy
was won also by Lieut.. Carbury, win
Lieut.. Frederick Seydel as observer. ms
is the aeroplane scouting trophy oil .he
army. It was flown for this year at san
Diego. Cal. The trophy is big silver
cup offered by Clarence Mackay- me
object of the competition is to locate q q
hidden body of troops in trlahsle o.
country ten miles on a side. Ihe troops
on this occasion were furnished ps ,n,e
artillery stationed at Fort hoseciahs'
near San Diego.
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Cuossus. Gurtyna and Cydonia were
the thre great cities OF Crete. They
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Crete was made autonomous to an ex-
tent March 20, 1897. Great Britain.
France. Russia
Greece Becomes and Italy each
n.A@4as assumed super
Do1s vision Of a part
of the country by the presence OF troops
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WI D.

" 1HILE the organizations COM
posing the National Guard
M of the District of Colum-
wv bia do not make UP a
brigade, it is considered an
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In throwing off the thralldom of Venice
these savage islanders, once the Gus
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
MISSISSIPPI
POTATO PATCH

Washington, Aug. 27.-The Missis-
sippi Irish potato patch contains $4,000
acres this year and the total produc-
ton will be approximately $4,000
bushels, according to estimates made
today by the United States Crop Re-
porting Board. The condition of the
crop is 70 per cent of normal and the
price at the present time is averaging
around SO cents per bushel.
In Continental United States there
are 3,7OS, acres planted to this product
and this years production is estimated
at 360,614,O0O bushels by the Federal
Department of Agriculture. This
years crop will exceed the average
crop of the past five years by approx
imately 100000 bushels. The nations
production las year was 331 $4,000
bushels, was produced on 3,66S,000
acres of land and sold for 1927, 900, 900,
or an average of 80 cents per bushel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
PRINCESS PAT
PRESENTS COLORS
Picturesque Function When Canadian
Troops Receive Flag.

Ottawa, Aug. 27.-Princess Patricia
of Connaught was the central figure at
the most picturesque and enthusiastic
military function seen in Canada
since war began, when, in the presence
of $4,000 enthusiastic Canadians she
presented a handsome set of colors,
worked by herself, to the Princess
Patricia Regiment of Canadian Light
Infantry. The ceremonies were held
on the ball grounds.
The grand-stand and bleachers were
crowded. First, Church of England
service was held on platform in front
of the grandstand The Princess then
presented the colors to Lieut.-Col. Far
quhar of the Cold Stream Guards, who
is the Duke of Connaught's military
secretary, and is in command of Prin
cess Patricia's Pets" as the new regi
ment is called
The Princess wore a raincoat and
wa, accompanied by her parents, the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The
regiment is composed of men who
have seen service. 1t will leave fol
the Continent soon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
nature TELLS YOU
AS Many Hattesburg Reader Knows
Too Well.

When the kidneys are weak,
Nature tells you about it.
The urine is natures index.
Infrequent or too frequent passage,
Other disorders suggest kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for disor-
dered kidneys.
Hattiesburg people testify to their
worth.
A. ]. Wick, 800 Newman st., Hatties-
burg, says: Some years ago, l had
kidney trouble and suffered from lame
and aching back. The pains In the
small of my back were severe. l had
to get up several times at night to
pass the kidney secretions and in the
morning | felt miserable. l heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and got box. 1t
only took few doses to cure me OF
the pains and two boxes rid me of
every symptom of kidney trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Wick had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
"A Running Brook Of Horror
A Characteristic Description Of a
Serpent.

Ruskins perfect descriptive powers
can be attributed to his depth of feel
ing-to fine conception of reality. 1t
is because people are often lacking in
true appreciation of the horrors of
illhealth that they allow symptoms of
disease to go UNDECIDED. When at
tackled by pains in the back or lower
abdomen, do not pass over these plain
warnings as unimportant Watch
your kidneys-see that they keep in
normal condition; you will force upon
yourself incurable diseases if you do
not. Elco's kidne-Tone purifies the
blood-relieves all kidney and bladder
troubles, both acute and chronic. Buy
at Century Drug store, in Hattiesburg,
or write Ellis-Lillybeck Drug Co.,
Memphis, Tenn.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
SENATOR WILLIAMS
CONTINUED from Page One.)

that could happen to the South and to
the cotton industry would be to carry
over half the crop for another year.
If that were done and half of this
years crop added to a normal next
years crop, cotton would go down to
six cents a pound. Nothing could pre-
vent it.
IF, as l imagine will be the case,
the English mills run now that the
seas are clear, so that they can deliver
their goods to South America, the ORR
ent and to neutral ports, as well as to
the ports of the English allies, and if
the American factories will run on full
time, which they have not been doing
for some time, the drop in the price of
cotton ought not to be very great If
the American mills will take care of
the situation and run on double time
and capture their share of the markets
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
POST OFFICES WILL
HAVE ICE BOXES
PART OF THE FARM-To-TABLE
SERVICE OF THE PARCEL
POST.

Washington, Aug. 7.-Farm-tot table
service by parcel post has proved a
success, according to the reports of
postmasters in different parts of the
country designated last March to keep
tabs on the service Postmaster-Gen-
eral Burleson finds it has helped cut
down the cost of living.
The public and the growers will
both like it better, it is thought, when
they get better acquainted with pack
ing and shipping. The Postoffice de-
partment is instructing the farmers
how to put up their products for
shipment.
Though chief cause of complaint
has been damage to shipments, it ap-
pears by actual count that less
than one-tenth of l per cent will
cover all such losses. Broken eggs,
melted butter and stale fish are the
chief complaints.
Better conditions are looked for in
the fall. Some of the large post-of-
fees are installing Ice boxes.
The newspapers have played a large
share in in increasing the new service.
The farmers sometimes have in
jured themselves and their less
greedy colleagues by naming prices
for their butter, eggs and poultry IN
excess Of the regular market, and in
some instances in the neighborhood of
the seacoast combinations have been
effected to raise the price of fresh
fish unduly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We take this means for expressing
our thanks to the many friends who
came to US during our recent sorrow.
We wish also a thank the physicians
and nurse who rendered such splen-
did service during the short illness Of
our little Benton. In this hour Of
sorrow our hearts go out in deep graf
itude to those who lent a helping
cerely for their comfort and sympa-
,fh. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 3. Tillman.
gilt
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-08-27
WHY NOT TAG
ALL BACHELORS?

New York, Aug. 2T.-Peter ]. Rad
ford. a resident of Caldwell, n. j.,
wants the State to tag" bachelors
with a view to increasing marriages
in New Jersey.
MANY legislatures have considered
bills taxing bachelors and many con-
vincing arguments have been present
ed why men who escape matrimony
should pay a penalty" he sail yester-
day, ''but why not tag them as a more
painless and effective method of ex-
termination.
IF the bachelors were tagged the
widows could easily find them and
Cupid would do the rest. The bach
elor is naturally timid. but under the
encouraging influences of a merry
widow he can easily be led to the
altar
'.The women have tag days to pro-
mote most every other public enter
prise. and why not tag day for
bachelors? We have in New Jersey
approximately $4,000 bachelors and an
equal number of widows. Why not
get them together"