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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
GIRLS NEARLY DIE OF
THIRST IN BIG DESERT
On Walk to California Their
CanteGn Springs a Leak.

Chesaning. notwithstanding to let
tiers received by Chesaning friends
from Misses Marie and Kittie Bible
ritz. the girls had narrow escape
from death by thirst while crossing
the Nevada desert They left Saginaw
last spring to walk to the coast and
are now in San Francisco. having
completed the journey successfully.
At the point where they crossed the
desert it was fifteen miles between hui
man habitatiOns When they were five
miles on their way they discovered
that their only canteen had sprung
leak and that there was very little
water left. They drank this and then
FASTENED their pace. 1t was a race
against death
Very soon their tongues swelled up
from lack of water and their faces
turned purple. 1t was intensely hot,
with no shelter Of any kind. Several
times one or the other. exhausted. was
ready to give up and lie down beneath
the blazing sun. but they struggled on.
IF the courage Of both of us had
given out at the same time we surely
would have died there" said one OF
the letters.
AS they were staggering along, daZed
and half blinded. the building which
houses pool in the desert was dis
covered on the horizon. Their strength
was almost spent. but they reached the
spring. crawling the last few rods on
their hands and knees. They were too
inexperienced to drink sparingly. and
overindulgence almost completed the
work which privation began They
finally managed to reach little town
on the edge Of the desert and there
spent the night.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
SUEz MOST VITAL
TO GREAT BRITAIN
PrOtectorat0 Over Egypt Form
cd to Safeguard Canal
FEAR OF OTTOMAN ATTACK.

Proper Defensive Measures Could Not
Be Made While Turkey Held Theo-
reticaI Ruiership Over Pharaoh's
Land-New Governor Has the Title
of Sultan.
London. Long live Sultan Hus-
sein" Such is the cry which is re-
sounding throughout Egypt. over
which England. has now declared a
protectorate. giving her a freer hand
in safeguarding the SueZ canal. upon
which the existence of her vast empire
so greatly depends.
The naming OF Hussein as sultan ends
the 4OO-year-old connection between
Turkey and Egypt. The new ruler is
an uncle of the deposed khedive. AbbaS
Hilmi, who has made common cause
with the enemies of the British empire.
The SUeZ canal has been described
AS the most vulnerable point in the
British empire. It is England's chief
line of communication with Australia.
with India and with other British de-
tendencies in the east, not counting
it's value in the relations with Japan
Slightly less than 100 miles in length
the SueZ canal is even more important
to Great Britain than is the Panama
canal to the United States,
In any plan of war between Turkey
and Great Britain the Suez canal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
MEAT AT so CENTS; SHOES $40
Experts See This In Two Years Owing
to Shortage In Cattle.

Experts See This In Two Years Owing
to Shortage In Cattle.
Chicago.-Meat at so cents q pound
and shoes at $40 pair are possibili-
ties in the next two years, in the opin-
ion of government and stockyards ex-
perts after taking a census of the cat
tie in the country and finding the visi-
BILE supply less than 35.OOOOOO head
AS this includes calves. yearlings and
full grown stock. the number of ami
mails capable Of breeding is reduced
to an alarmingly deficient supply.
Meat in America will be Il rarity
before the war ends, with it's drain
on our supply" said Henry J. Will
hanson, government statistician in the
department of agriculture,
Unless scientific breeding becomes
general and the slaughter of calves
ceases before five years have expired
America will find herself in the class
of European countries that have to
look to importation to supply meat"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
An Effective Law,
expenses

Milwaukee Journal The inadequacv
of a statute in raising standards Of
morality is being constantly brought
before us by persons who do not believe
in reform by fat Assuredly no one
thinks that law decreeing that human
beings shall be good, can make them
good, but an instance Of how a wise
law can operate to reduce serious
delinquencies which result from social
Embellishments has just been found in
Chicago.
An investigation of the workings Of
the mothers pension law in Cook
county, ILL.,, has shown that Judge
Neil, father of the mothers pension
law, told the truth when he said that
it would reduce crime and save
children. Joel Hunter, official distri
butter of mothers pensions in Cook
county, who made the investigation,
reports that:
Before the pension law was enacted
in Illinois, $50 children (out of group
of 1900 whose fathers were dead and
the mothers poor) were brought into
the Chicago Juvenile court charged
with crime. Since the pension law has
been in operation, only eight children
out of 1900 children whose mothers
were receiving pensions have been
brought into court charged with
crime"
This is the greatest reduction in
crime ever known by the operation of a
single law Mr.. Hunters investigators
report that more than half of the pen
stoned mothers moved into better neigh
borhoods, upon receiving their pensions,
thereby taking their children away from
the temptation of the slums. The ma
jority of the pensioned mothers stayed
home and took care of their children
instead of leaving them alone while they
went to earn scanty living by scrub
bling Offices or washing.
Mothers pension law pays for itself
in Cook county. 1t is wise and eco
nomical piece of social legislation, well
administered, which fulflls it's purpose
of keeping homes together and saving
chil6rnu
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31

GEORGE W. BEATTY Is TURNING OUT EFF.
FICIENT AvIATORS FOR ENGLAND'S NAVY.
with which he had hoped to cross the
Atlantic. was appointed commander Of
the aerodrome. while Claude Grahame-
White was given commission as fight
lieutenant in the navy.
The whole scene at Hendon was al
tered. Instead of walking about in
civilian attire men were now to be seen
in the uniform of the British navy.
while detachment Of marines formed
an encampment Oh the fringe OF the
great Enclosure and carried out the du-
ties Of safeguarding the numerous
aeroplanes and their hangers. AS has
been the case in so many other depart
ments of the state, complete change
took place in the appearance of this
most important adjunct OF. British de-
lenses, and thus it came about that
George Beatty came upon his great
opportunity.
Grahame White, finding it was nee
essary to devote his first attention to
the training OF pupils for the navy di-
rect. had to look elsewhere for school
where lay pupils could complete their
flying apprenticeship. No better man
could have been found than Beatty to
take over this surplus from the Ora
hame- White school. and the aspirants
were duly transferred to the Beatty
school. Mr. Beatty was equal to the
occasion and quite in his element. He
at once took these students in hand
and gave them some good practice on
the biplane. machine with two pro
pellers.
The dual control of this type Of ma
chine renders the tuition of pupils ex-
ceptionally rapid and thorough. Each
lesson occupies about fifteen minutes,
and the student of aviation sits side by
side with his tutor. keenly observing
his every move. The various evolu-
tons in the manipulation of the ma
chine are thus actually felt. as each
movement by the pilot is accompanied
by corresponding motion on the pu-
pil's side of the biplane. becomes trans
ferred and hence necessarily enables
the pupil to be in sensitive touch with
the motional changes directed by his
master.
Again. the explanations and instruc-
lions are more readily conveyed than
in the case of the average biplane.
where you do not get in close proximi-
fv oc thu pr1n;l and fo00hoy In u0f Cit
side by side. Practice proceeds in
winds up to twenty miles an hour.
Mr.. Beatty does not believe in giving
his students experiences on the biplane
only He also utilizes the monoplane
for intermediate trials.
Mr.. Beatty is big favorite with his
pupils.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
AIR CRAFT TEST LABORATORY.
Second of Its Kind and Most Elaborate
Opaned In Bay State.

Boston.-At the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology new aero
dynamic laboratory. second Of its kind
in this country. has been opened. Its
equipment for testing aeronautic de-
vices and models of air craft is said to
be the most elaborate in the United
States. The government has assigned
Assistant Naval Constructor Jerome
C. Hunsaker to duty as superintendent
Of the laboratory. which is expected to
prove of great service In training the
future builders Of aeroplanes and diri-
gibles and in giving assistance to con-
structors who have begun the work Of
upbuilding the nations aerial fleets.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
BUYING REACTION.

The Standpatters are bound to have
reaction, even if they have to pay for
it. Since the last election those who
stand for less democracy against more
democracy have rejoiced greatly over
the return to congress of ex-Speaker
Cannon. But their joy may come sud
denly to an end. The federal grand
jury probe down in Terre Haute, Ind,
which landed a lot of Democrats and
Republicans in Jail, for election of
frauds, is making darkness light before
the people. The following press dis
patch to The Milwaukee Free Press
makes interesting illuminating reading:
The raid of the federal district attor-
ney and grand jury on Terre Haute
election frauds, which has resulted in
1877 indictments and the impris 'nment
of almost every important officer of this
city, including the mayor, the sheriff
and the judge of the circuit court. has
now extended over to Paris, ILL.,, and
will call in question the election of
Uncle Joe" Cannon, one of the "come
backs" at the November election.
Evidence was given before the feder-
al grand jury that not only did thirty
one "foaters" from Paris come over
the state line and vote at SIS head and
that no fewer than 700 of them were
bought by some one representing the
"stand pat" G.. o. P. machine and cast
their fraudulent votes for Uncle Joe. -
II find the Republicans conducted a
conspiracy of their own" said Daily
last night. THE grand jury will meet
again Jan. 4, when we shall question
the witnesses who know all about it,
The corruption extended to the con
gressional election and the grand jury
declared in its finding that an attempt
was made to have declared elected q
candidate for congress who was not
elected. The man finally declared
elected is Congressman Ralph Moss.
The bringing of Cannon's election
into the case was purely accident. II
was while taking the evidence of sever
al ''floaters" who confessed they had
been hired to come into Indiana and
vote, that it transpired they had done a
similar service in their own state. They
came from Paris. Ill.,, which. during all
the years "Uncle Joe" was regularly
reelected, was always counted on to
roll up big majority for him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
AMERICAN TRAINS
BRITISH AvIATORS
George Beatty Coaches Ali
Men Who Go to the Front.
HOW STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT

Each Lesson Occupies Fifteen Minutes,
and Instructor Sits In the Seat Beside
the Recruit - Practice Proceeds In
Winds Up to Twenty Miles an Hour.
Two Kinds of Machines Are Used.
London.-If there is one man more
than another who has prof1ted by the
war that man is George W. Beatty.
the American aviator. who has estab-
lished a school of aviation at the we'll
known Hendon aerodrome.
At the outbreak of hostilities the
aerodrome underwent a complete meta
morphosis. The exhibition fights were
abandoned and the place completely
taken over by the British government
-aerOplane, hangar and aerodrOme.
The exigencies Of the war called for
the construction Of new aeroplanes and
tuition of many pilots for the royal
flying wing. Needless to say. there
were innumerable recruits clamoring
to become proficient air men so as. to
render good service to their country
in the matter of accommodating and
in scouting work
Lieutenant Porte of the royal navy.
who. as most Americans are aware.
was previously busying himself with
the preparation of hydroaeroplane
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
Germany Wort Buy Our Oil After War

Germany Won't Buy Our Oil After War.
Observation-Disclosures Wygodsinski.
lecturer on economics at the Univer-
sity of Bonn. in discussing in the Koeln-
ische Zeitung the economic measures
which Germany will adopt after the
war. expresses indignation at the Uni
ted States for not insisting that Great
Britain permit the passage of petro-
Ieum. He declares that after the war
Germany will make herself independ-
ent OF American oil generally.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31

owners of vessels that used the Panama
canal. Ninety per cent of this sum
came from coast wise traders who
would have been exempt from any pay
ment whatever if the presidents op-
ponents in congress had had their way.
Instead of being in the United States
treasury it would have been in the
Golfers of the ship owners?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.

The following paragraph from The
Commoner shows how the administra.
tons policy in regard to Panama
Canal tolls is working out in practice:
A government report shows that from
August LIST to November LIST there were
collected $735, 900 as tolls from the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
Censor Opened Princes Mail.

London. When the Prince OF Wales
sent two long letters TO his mother de
scribing Ills experiences at the front
they were opened By the censor in the
same manner as those Of ordinary SOL
Hers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
ARM BROKEN, HE HUNTS ON.
Man, Seventy four, Keeps After a Deer
For Week After Accident.

man, oeVenty-IouF, NeePS AItSF DeeF
For Week After Accident.
Bellefonte, Pa.-ISaac Miller. seventy
four years old. a member of Belle
fonte hunting party out on the Alleghe-
MES after deer. fell Oft box in the
hunters tent and dislocated his left
shoulder SO eager was be to get a
shot at a deer that he refused to listen
to the insistence of his friends that he
come home. but strapped the upper
part of his arm to his body and hunted
all week. He walked six miles to the
nearest settlement and was brought
home. distance of forty miles, by au-
tomobile The arm was reset. and ne
is little worse for the experience
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
CURFEW FOR "CARD FIENDS."
It Strikes at Midnight In Muncie. When
Cigar Stores Close.

Cigar Stores Close.
Muncie, Ind.-Because of the COM
plant by wives and mothers that bus
bands and sons were being kept out
too late at night by the fascination OF
playing rhum and other card games In
cigar stores the police have issued or
ders that all cigar stores in this city
must close their doors at midnight
The owners of these places have
complied willingly. most of them say
ing that they welcome the opportunity
to get away from their places of bust
ness at a reasonable hour instead of
having to spend the night entertaining
"card fiends.''
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-12-31
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 81. 1914.

If the people of Wisconsin are alive
to their real interests they will prevent
any tinkering with the present excellent
water power law before it has been
given fair trial.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09

Mrs. j. g. Bennett was granted a
divorce from her husband at the recent
session of the Rankin county chancery
court. 1t will be remembered tnat
several years ago Bennett was marrieo
TO Miss Woodward, of Yazoo City.
Later it developed that he had living
wife at the time of the marriage. he
was arrested and sentenced to ten
wears IMPRISONMENT for bigamy he
defended the charges on the ground ne
had a divorce from the first wife and
that the records of the proceeding, in
An Oklahoma court had been DESTROYED.
Mrs. Bennett is we'll remembered by
Lexin ston people. having at one time
been a member of the faculty OF our
high school
s. H, Lusk, of Silver City, attended
the meeting of the Board of Supervls-
ors the fore part of the week, as tne
highly efficient and deservediy popular
member from Beat 4.
II you have any peas ready for
market get our price oeIoTe YOU
sell. Barrett Grocer Co.
M. l.. Rodgers and ]. W. Salley, o.
Hopewell, exchanged greetings with
thei. many Lexington friends Satur'
day.
d. ]. Crawford, of Hoffman, came
over Monday morning to PRESIDE ovel
the deliberations of the Board OF Su
pervisos at the regular October tern
of that august body.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
Miss Hood Of Fulton Quickly Re-
stored After Long Suffering
Digestive Troubles.

Miss Effie Hood, of Fulton, Miss,
was long victim of arrangements of
the stomach. She suffered great pain
and discomfort. A diagnosis of ap-
pendlcitis was made and she was in
despair.
Then she discovered Mayr's Wonder
full Stomach Remedy and in short
time declared she had been saved,
Here is part of letter from Miss
Hood:
"Most doctors declared my case APP
pendicitis, and then, like God-send,
heard of your remedy. ! tried it
Its beneficial results are startling. 1t
is restorin5 my health and my COM
plexion and has brought my stomach
back to its normal size.
Miss Hoods account of her remark
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
Wonderful Stomach Remedy
Gives Back Her Health and Beauty

able restoration is much like that of
thousands of others who have used
Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy.
The first dose proves.
Mayr's Wonjerful Stomach Remedy
clears the digestive tract of mucoid
accretions and removes poisonous mat
ter. It brings swift relief to sufferers
from stomach ailments, liver and bow
ell troubles. Many declare that it has
saved them from dangerous operations
and many are sure it has saved their
lives
We want all people who have chronic
stomach trouble or constipation. no
matter of how long standing to try
one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
Remedy-one dose will convince you.
This is the medicine so many OF our
people have been taking with surpris-
ing results, The most thorough sys-
tenn cleanser we ever sold. Mayr's
Wonderful Stomach Remedy is now
sold here by B. S. Beall and druggists
everywhere.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
Meeting of Cleveland Local.

Your state convention in executive
session, September l5 and l6, 1914, re-
some changes and amend.
ments to our state constitution and by
laws 10 be submitted.to to the member
ship for ratification, and in complying
with the above resolution, | hereby
call special meeting of the Cleveland
Local on Saturday, the 18th, at 8
o clock, for the purpose of considering
this matter, and earnestly request that
every member be present as this is a
matter of great Importance to the
membership. Come.
L. M. LAWSHE. President.
w. S. SHIPP. Secretary.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
Home Brevities

Miss Lille Elmore. of Durant, visit
ed her brother Hon. h. ii. Eimore.
the early part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Hutter returned
Sunday from Memphis, where the lat
ter has been under hospital treatment.
Hon. and Mrs. A. M. Pepper left
Tuesday on visit to Sardis ana
Memphis.
T. J. Brown made business trip to
Yazoo City Monday.
s or G doses 66S will break any
case of Fever or Chills. Price. 70 cts,
w. B. Newsom was down from Wi
mona Monday on visit to the parental
home
Or. L. L. johnson returned Monday
from a visit to the Tri-State Fair at
Memphis, which he pronounced mag
nifcent success in every detail.
4 Bring 80 your Peas. Highest
market price paid at all times.
Barrett Grocer Co.
Mrs. NJ. E. johnson, OF Acona, is
visiting her daughter at Monroe. La.
w. C Durham, of Durant. attended
to matters of business at the county
capital Monday.
C. r. Dicken, Sr,. was over from
Durant Monday on business errand.
d. n Noel, of Franklin, transacted
business in the county metropolis Sat
ur1ay.
Mrs. W. B. McKenna, for many
wears a resident of Durant, died Q
short time since at McComb City after
a brief illness. aged seventy years
Among her surviving children is Mrs
I. L. West, of Durant.
Fl. H. Harding. w. H. Hocut, ". II
Hocut, Jr., II. H. Hocut, d. A. kIlle
brew, ] w. Roberts, of Harland'
Creek, were noted on our throbblnE
thoroughfares Monday.
RED RUST PROOF SEED OATS
now ready for delivery. Barrett
Grocer Co.
L. E. Ashley left Sunday for Merl
gold to resume his duties.
DR.. Nj. L. Pollard, of Thornton, at
tended to business before the board o
supervisors Monday
Frank Ashley, of Philip, after
brief visit to the home circle here lei
Sunday for business trip to Tyler
town.
or 6 doses 666 will break an
case of Fever or Chills. Price, % cts
L. C. MCGEE. Of Sheuoah Hill. gree
ed his numerous Lexington FRIEND
Saturday.
w. c. Mcclellan, of Shaddon, hol
nobbed with friends in the city MOI
Gay
w. 7. Martin and son. Albert, {
Coxburg, greeted friencs at the count
seat Monday.
We have bought the first spscS
led peas in the hull. We save yo
the threshing. They must be dr.
and sound. McBee lumber Co.
J.F. Martin, OF Howard. attend'
to matters of business in Lexin9t'
Monday.
]. R. Netherland, of Coxburg, w
dscerned among the mary visitors
Lexington Monday.
E. r. Lipsey, Erastus lngold and
K. Lipsey were up from Franklin Mo
day on business errand.
ID. W. Beal. Jr visited Mempf
Thursday and Friday of last week hu
ing goods and attending the Tri-Sta
Fair, which he pronounced a succe
from every point of view.
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
Paint Now.

fyou ought to have painted last
year and waited. how much do you
think you made?
You'll buy an extra gallon this year.
There's SIS or Sc for paint and labor.
You think you won't, but YOU will you
can't stretch paint.
1t is always so: the longer you wait.
the more paint and wages. Besides
what paint is for. What is il for?
DEV0E
Biggs-Cross HardwareCo. sells it. 3
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09

month and was very
weak. / was also
bothered q lot with
female weakness. /
read your little book
Wisdom for Wo-
men, and / saw how
others h ad been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound, and
decided to try it, and
IL has made me feel
The Lexington advertiser., 1914-10-09
W. S. SHIP. Secretary.

Mrs. S. K. Moore and Miss Bessie
Lunsford left Saturday for Belzona to
visit DR.. and Mrs. +, K. Lunsford.
Tom McGraw, Yazoo county tim
herman, attended TO business here
Monday.
Z w. Abel. of Eulogy, exchanged
salutations with friends here Monday.