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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30

true Importance of this thirty-eight
millions lies in the fact that it means
expert supervision of the expenditure
of considerable portion of the vast
sum of two hundred millions. When
each county built as it chose and
when it chose. the services of trained
engineers were usually out of the
question. There was little opportun-
ity to test innovations, little advance
In the science of bodybuilding, and
there was also difficulty in arousing
each county individually to do its best
to improve conditions within its own
limits. State aid has changed all
this. The best engineering skill ia
available for all works of Importance,
there is cooperation and a constant
stimulus to further improvements.
The money contributed by the states
does not only build more roads, it
makes better those that other money
builds.
At the present time there are in the
United States 20,741 miles of roads
improved either wholly or in part by
state aid. This is nearly the mileage
of the French routes nationales, the
system of great national highways
which is the envy of every civilized
nation. The routes nationales are, oil
course, only small part of the tota
mileage of France, where practically
every road of any Importance is ar
improved road, and France is vastly
smaller country, both in area and il
population than the United States, sc
that this comparison is not, in itself
very fiattering to our progressiveness
1t shows, however, that we have a
least made a beginning. OF the 2,
226,S42 miles of roads in the Unitet
States, 223,774 miles, or approximate
ly 10 per cent, are classed as improv
| ed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
by Associated PreSs.)
GEORGE w. MAXWELL

Shanghai, July 9O.-Evidences of a
government, lenient for a while, has
become so severe that the summary
executions of sentences to death or
exile for political offenses are again
numerous. 1t is not only those who
violate the law but also those who
but passively support it and who will
not work for reforms, ON whom the
hand of the law is set.
Yuan Skikai has found that drastic
regulations are necessary for improv-
ing the provincial administration and
purging the country of rebels, who are
still striving to turn the army against
the president. A recent presidential
mandate prescribes execution for Of
ficials who receive brides for pervert-
ing the law. Life Imprisonment is
prescribed for those who accept brides
for neglecting to put the law in force.
1t appears from the mandate that
punishment by death may take the
form of shooting" instead of the old
time decapitation, and penal servi-
tude may take the form of Punishment
to remote and unhealthy provinces"
Besides rebels and corrupt officials,
persistent gamblers and secret service
men of vicious practices are also to
be put to death, if the presidential
orders can be enforced. Such lists as
the following are appearing daily, indi
eating those whose life may be the
forfeit Of their crime:
"Tong-chong, acting magistrate Of
Hsiac Kan Hsien, failed to perform
his duty and practiced 'squeezes,' Civ
ing great trouble to the people.
"Tu Chong-Yu, acting magistrate Of
Ching Shan Hsien, allowed his rela
tives and servants to receive brides
and to frequent evil house.
"Tung Lai-yu, Magistrate of Chis
Yu Hsien, Incorporated govern
ment funds and has the habit of smok
ing opium and gambling.
"Feng Jui-sung, active magistrate O
Shung Yang Hsien, refused to han,
over his office when instructed to al
tend the examination of magistrates.
Opium Smoker Executed.
One regretable phase of the ,drasti
program which the government ha
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
A HATT|ESBURC MANS
EXPERIENCE
Results Tell The Tale.

Can you doubt the evidence of this
Hattiesburg citizen?
You can verify Hattiesburg endorse
ment. Read this:
w. M. Taylor, Box 239, Hattiesburg,
says: 81 suffered from pain in my
back and could hardy do anything.
knew that the suffering was due to
disordered kidneys, as was shown by
trouble with the kidney secretions.
read about Doans Kidney Pills and
decided to try them. | took a dose
and | could soon see a change for the
better, and in a short time was cured.
From that day to this i haven't had to
use medicine for my kidneys. can
just as strongly endorse Doan's Kid
ney Pills now as l did at the time
they cured me-
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Taylor had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
USURY,

There is a state law which provides
that the legal rate of interest on money
shall be six per cent. One party or
concern, it is difficult to tell which, is
charging 240 per cent interest. There
may be others conducting organized
business of this nature. In fact, we
have been told that there are other
concerns in Jackson which charge the
same or similar exorbitant rates, their
prey being mainly the poor, ignorant
and helpless negroes who are in the
clutches of misfortune.
These concerns or individuals are
commonly known as loan sharks-a
very fitting and applicable name; for
of all the beings that masquerade in
the garb of man the most detestable
and certainly the one most bordering
on the parasitic animal life is he who
would sap the life blood from his help
less fellowman.
1t has been difficult for the officers
to reach them, and yet there is a state
law dealing directly with them and a
supreme court decision which plainly
declares that the devices used by the
loan shark to cover up hi sdirty and
nefarious work shall be swept aside
and the light thrown directly on the
real issue-that of whether he is charg-
ing More than the legal rate of inter-
est.
Since the grand jury has done such
excellent work in ferriting out viola
lions of the law in this city, we would
respectfully admonish that they look
very closely into this phase of law
violation and If there are concerns or
individuals who are charging $40 per
cent interest indictments should be re-
turned in each instance.
Jackson has as much right to rid it.
self of loan sharks as it has to rid itself
of bootleggers, blind tigers and gamb-
lers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30

green malachite killed the larvae with
in six to twelve hours. A $40 per
cent solution of gallol killed the larvae
within six to twelve hours, and the
larvicide at $40 per cent killed them
within two hours.
Fumisation Used in Houses.
Fumigation is frequently employed
to kill the adult mosquitoes in houses
and in trees and shrubbery. Various
fumigating agents have been used,
among which are sulphur, tobacco,
pyrethum powder, eucalyptus, iodoform,
tLrpentine, camphor, formaldehyde,
and ammonia. Boyce advises the use of
sulphur used in the following manner:
ALLOW two pounds of sulphur to
1000 cubic feet. Use two pots, place
them in a pan containing one inch of
water to prevent damage, and set fire
to the sulphur by means of spirit"
Mosquitoes that have found winter
refuge in cellars or cracks can be kill.
ed with sulphur fumes. The rooms to
be fumigated should be sealed as tight
ly as possible. After the sulphur
fumes have had eight hours in which
to do their work the doors and win
dows should be opened wide and the
rooms thoroughly aired.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
China hsureS Progress
By Executing StandpaHers

undertaken is the fact that many in
nocent persons have to go to the exc
cution grounds. 1t has long been the
practice of trade rivals or any per-
son who holds a grievance against
another to bring the authorities down
upon that person and perhaps bring
about his execution. One of the most
familiar methods has. been for one to
send through the mail letters which
would seem to connect his business
enemy with rebel operations. The
government authorities, carefully
watching the mails, detect these let
ters and believing them genuine, run
down the person to whom they are
addressed, and take summary action
Perhaps hundreds of guiltless persons
have already been executed as a re-
suit of such fraud. 1t would seem that
the administration could easily detect
such fraudulent letters but the Chi.
nese authorities are still naive and
life is held very cheap because it is
so wretched and miserable.
A serious evil continues to exist in
the secret service branch of the gov
eminent. The detectives have long
made it practice to extort ''squeezes''
by threats of denunciation and to OBJ
tain rewards by accusing innocent
men of completely with Sun Vat Sen
and his party.
An account comes from Chengtu, in
Szechwan province, of an opium smok.
er being executed publicly as a warn.
ing to others who persist in defyine
the prohibition against use of this
drug. 1t is not clear from the report
but it seems to be the case, that the
execution was performed at one of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
HAS YOUR CHILD WORMS?

Most children 40. A Coated, Furred
Tongue, Strong Breath, Stomach
Pains, Circles under Eyes, Pale, Sal
low Complexion, Nervous, Fretful,
Grinding of Teeth, Tossing in Sleep,
Peculiar Dreams-any one of these
indicate child has worms. Get a box
Of Kickapoo Worm Killer at once. It
kills the worms-the cause of your
ahilds condition. Is Laxative and aids
nature to eXpel the worms. Supplied
in candy form. Easy for children to
take. 25c at your Druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
Increase in Good Roads
NineXeQrS25OPerC Cent

Washington, July 30.-Approximate
ly $2O6,O00,OOO was spent last year on
public roads in the United States, ac-
cording to statistics prepared by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. In 1904 the total was only &c.,
100000. In nine years, therefore, the
Increase has been over $50 per cent.
This awakening on the part of the
country to the importance of good
roads has, experts say, been due in
great measure to the principle of state
aid to counties and other local COM
munities. New Jersey began the
movement in 1891, when it passd it's
state highway law. Massachusetts and
Vermont followed year later, but for
the most part the other states were
slow to move. In 1904 only fifteen
had state highway departments; today
there are only six that have not. In
1913 the individual states appropriate
ed total of $3S,755,OSS to supplement
local expenditures.
The value of this. state aid is, how
ever, not to be measured by the fig
ures alone, for the bulk of the money
comes, and always must come, from
the counties and townships. Thus, in
1912, the cash outlay by counties, dis
tricts and townships, was $137, 493,
1856. Complete figures for 1918 are not
yet available, but it is safe to esti.
mate the sum at approximately $751;
100000. To this must be added some
$15,O0O,00O to represent the value OF
the labor contributed instead of casf
in districts where this practice pre-
walls.
States Now Cooperate.
Last year, therefore, local communi
ties contributed, in round numbers
one hundred and sixty millions of dol
lars, as against appropriations from
state treasures of $3S,755,OSS. The
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
Mothers Friend
in Every 4


The old saying-what Is home
Q mother-should add Mothers
In thousands Of American HON
is bottle Of this splendid and fam
edy that has aided many Z woman
the trying ordeal, saved her from
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q most wonderful influence In dew
healthy. lovely disposition In the
There Is no other remedy 90 tru
to nature as Mothers Friend. /;
the pain and discomfort caused
strain on the ligaments, makes pill
abres and muscles which nature &
ing and soothes the inflammatioI
glands.
Mothers Friend Is an extern
acts quickly and not only banisl
tress In advance. but assures
complete recovery for the mott
she becomes a healthy woman VI
strength preserved to thoroughly |
rearing Of her child Mothers
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and 10 really one Of the creates
ever discovered for expectant
Write to Bradfeld Regulator
Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ca, for
book. Write to-day. 1t is NEST
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
Rain Puddles Form
HQtcherieS For MOSQUITOES

Rain creates a large number of
puddles, which, unless they are drain
ed, oiled, or dosed with larvicide,
will make fine breeding places for
thousands of mosquitoes. Street and
roof cutters which are not kept clear
of debris also will invite the female
mosquito to deposit her eggs, which
soon will develop into full grown mos
quitos.
Old tin cans, bottles, and other dis
carded receptacles which are not turn
ed upside down will be partly filled
with rain water, and in them myriads
of mosquitoes can breed. A little in
dividual precahtion can prevent the
uncomfortable presence of the mos
quitos.
Dose Puddles With Oil.
Cutters should be cleaned out, old
cans and bottles emptied, and kero-
sene Or kerosene and crude oil poured
on the bodies of water that cannot
easily be drained.
lie Prince states a larvicide consist.
ing of carbolic acid, resin, and caustic
soda was used with satisfactory re-
suits in Panama. The larvicides are
chemical compounds which are put
into the water and which kill the mos.
quito larvae.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
Beware of Oinhnents for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip.
tions frem reputable physicians, as the damage
sibiy derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o..
contains no mercury, and is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur,
faces of the system. In buying Halls catarrt
Cure be sure you get the genuine; 1t is taker
Internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by r. ].
Cheney L Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30

Other Effective Larvicdes.
Other larvicides are given in order
of their ability to get quick results:
Potassium permanganate, per cent
solution.
Salt water, saturated watery solu.
ton.
Chrysanthemum powder.
Ammonia.
Formalin.
Lysol, ITO to 5-10 per cent
Commercial chloride of lime, per
cent.
Potassium bichromate, 1 per cent.
The aniline dyes also are used eff
fectively. Cell points out a small
amount of these dyes colors a large
quantity of water.
Weak Solution Sufficient.
Weak solutions are sufficient to de-
stroy the young larvae rapidly, and if
the solution be made little stronger,
bat still weak, the adult larvae will
be destroyed in twelve to twenty-four
hours. Besides, the aniline dyes re-
main active for a long time and are
not poisonous to man or mammals.
The three dyes which Cell has
used in experiments are: Green NAL
achite, gallol, and a proprietary larvi-
eide. A $40 per cent solution of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
PECULIAR FORM OF DoWRY.

Leo Ugardi, a Naples hairdresser,
married his sweetheart subject to an
undertaking on the part of her father
to spend $50 for tonsorial attentions
within two years of the wedding in
lieu of dowry, failing which the wife
is to be returned to her parents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
CHEROKEE NATION
DISSOLVED AS TRIBE
LAST OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED
TRIBES PUT ON EQUAL FOOT.
ING WITH WHITE CITIZENS.

Washington, July 30.-The passing
OF the Red Man and his slow, but
steady absorption into the body of
American citizenship, was made ev.
ident by the recent order of the Indian |
Office dissolving the Cherokee nation
as a tribal entity on July /, last. and |
placing the members of the largest of
the Five Civilized Tribes on the same !
footing as white residents of Okla. |
homa.
The Cherokees have figured in some
of the notable stages of American
history. Ethnologically they are said
to be branch of the Iroquois family.
although never allied politically with
the Iroquois nation. Originally they
occupied the Appamatox basin of Vir
ginia but were gradually driven south
into Georgia and the Carolinas with
branches in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Here they developed the powerful con.
federacy which made treaties with the
United States, and resisted the efforts
of the states to dispossess them. They
raised one of the first issues over the
states being bound by federal treaties.
When the United States Supreme
Court sustained the Cherokee treaties.
Andrew Jackson, then President, made
his famous remark: well, John Mar
shall has made his decision, now let
him enforce it,
The Cherokees made rapid pro-
gress in education and civilization,
abandoning the chase for agriculture,
and finally developing an alphabet and
language of their own. This was the
production of one of their mixed-blood
, members, Sequoya, or George Guss
, who invented a syllabary of IS signs
forming the basis of the Cherokee Ian
, guage since known as Sequoya. About
| this time newspaper, the Cherokee
= Phoenix, was started at New Echota
, in Georgia, the capital of the nation
The office was a log house and the
t paper was printed in English and
t Cherokee. Publication was suspende,
t after six years by the Georgia authori
ties
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
THE WORST KIND.

The hatefullest people in the world
are those who stand always ready,
when they do wrong, to address some
body in an audibl3 aside with "Now
see what you made me do"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
Dissolution Bio Job.

At the height of the Cherokee's pros
perity gold was discovered within the
territory and agitation for the removal
of the Indians soon began. After a
hopeless struggle lasting for years, un-
der their great chief, John Ross, the
Cherokees, on December 90 1885, sign
ed a treaty by which they agreed to
sell their remaining territory and move
out beyond the Mississippi to a coun-
try there to be set aside for them, in
Indian Territory.
Objection to the migration develop
ed among many of the Cherokees, and
General Winfield Scott was finally sent
to forcibly remove the 1900 Indians
to their new home in the West. They
suffered terrible hardships on the long
journey by foot, and it is said nearly
one-fourth of the number persisted Ar
irving in their new home they founded
a national government, with the cap
ital at Tahlequah
The task of dissolving the Chero-
KEGS, which might, in a general way,
be compared with that of winding up
the affairs of an immense estate, had,
by July l, last, progressed to such a
degree that it only remained for the
United States to execute a few deeds
to small tracts of land. All commun-
ity property has been converted into
cash and each Cherokee has received
his allotment Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, Casio Sells, in the near future
will distribute the remaining cash on
hand, 100000, or about SIS per capita,
to the 41,7S9 members of the tribe.
The Principal Chief, w. c. Rodgers,
has been invited to send in his resig-
nation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
MUST FIRST HAVE QUALIFICATION

The average man has to become
powerful enough to feel sure he has
the whiphand in order to be able to
forgive his enemies successfully.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
burnings of confiscated opium
takes place from time to time
made occasions of public rejoi
FACT,

You are never so sure o.
cured of what ails you as wi
Taught at it. A trouble that .
come funny is half dead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-30
PAY!

There is only one way to Ike
credit good and that way is n
strain it.-Galveston News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
LEGAL.
In the Matter OF the Estnte of Euclid
LauriauIt, Deceased.

State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss-
In the Probate Court OF said county.
June term a. -. 1914
To All Persons Whom this May Con-
cern--Greeting:
Notice Is hereby given that Achille
w Lauriault OF the city OF Champaign
county or Champaign, and state OF Ilii-
nois. did. on the goth OF June, A d.
1914. file petition in the probate court
OF Rock Island county. Illinois. together
with the affidavIts OF Achille w. Lauri-
ault. John r. Lockney. NJ. T. Lockney
and IL. a. Lockncy. setting forth the
facts and circumstances raising the Ie-
gal presumption OF the death of Euclid
and asking to be appointed
OF the estate OF EucIid
Lauriault, deceased. that said petition
has been set for hearing by the said
court on the 3Oth day OF July, A. u
1914. at 10 o'clock a. m, at the court
house in Rock Island. In said county
and state. when and where YOU can an
pear, n you see Mt and show cause II
any YOU have, why the prayer OF said
petition should not be granted.
JOHN r. FLEMING
Clerk OF the Probate Court
Dated at Rock Island. III. June rs,
John X. Scott attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-27
Masters Sale.


State of Illinois. Rock Island coun-
In the Circuit Court In Chancery
Foreclosure. General No. 1917.
Hjalmar lSo.:=.. compIainsnt va
William a Olsen. Lille Olsen, Grace M
Olsen. Harold w: Olsen. Lydia Ann OIL
SEN Elmer Edwin Olsen. the Peoples
Savings Bank d Trust company. ad-
minisIrator. Cum Testamenta Annexo.
OF the Estate of Mary Olsen. deceased.
and the peoples Savings Bank * Trust
company. guardian OF Harold w. Olsen.
sen, minor heirs OF John a. Olsen and
Mary Olsen. both deceased: defendants.
Notice - hereby given that by virtue
OF a decree OF said court, entered In tho
above entitled cause, on tie tenth (l0th)
day OF April A u. 1919: 1 shall. on
May, A ID. 1914. at the hour OF 1915
o'clock In the forenoon. at the east door
Of the court house IN the city Of Rock
Island in said county or Rock Island.
TO satisfy said decree. sell AT public
vendue 10 the highest bidder Tor cash
uate in the county or Roc Isalnd and
state OF Illinois. known and described
as follows. to-wit: Lot number one ID.
in block number one %. in Howard's
addition TO the city OF Rock Island or
so much thereof as may be sufficient TO
before adJudged 10 be due TO the com
DIaiuant with legal interest thereon |
and the costs in this case. and which |
may be sold separately without material /
Injury To the Das iiss Interested.
Dated at Rock IalAno. Ill. this 18th 1
day OF April. A. y. 1914
JOSEPH l. HAAS.
Master In Chancery. Rock Island Coun-
axei Kohier. compliments solicitor.