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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-10-29
R. \. BLANEENSHIp
THE VALUE OF THINGS DIE.
FICILT

No advance in prices tor the hardest
game of the season. So read q notice
on the blackboard in the assembly room
OF Central high school the past week.
The person who wrote that notice in
advertently displayed the right kind Of
philosophy Difficult things are worth
the most. Its genuine privilege to-
get them for the same price as ordinary
affairs.
+ To do q difficult thing requires the
straining Of muscles both mental and
physical. II requires determination.
persistence, and number of other
things that are wholly desirable for
human beings to have. ~
Doing difficult things strengthen q
person In every part Of his being. IT
helps to make . man Of him.
The people who 40 the easy things,
the ones with the soft jobs, never
give very good aecDust Of themselves
| IN Z crisis. They ars not1hs kind Of peo
pie one can be sure Of They are likely
to shirk an important thing, for the
mind and body are alike fiabby. Flab-
biness Of soul, tiabbiness Of mind, and
fiabbiness Of body are not desirable, any
one of them. @
| To escape the curse of fiabbiness, dc
the difficult things = Duluth News Trib-
une.
III s y 4 !
/ My auto It's Of thee, short cut TO pow,
/ erty thee chant. blew pile o'
dough on you two years ago. now yot
refuse to 60, or won't or can't. Though
town and countryside, you were my jos
and pride; happy day. ] loved tina
gaudy hue, thy nice white tires 90 new
but now you're out for true, in ever,
i way. To thee, old rattle box, cams
many bumps and knocks for thee
lgrieve. Badly thy top is sforn, frayes
are thy seats and worn; whoesaing cougl
| has thy horn do believe. sshy per
fume sweIls the breeze, whfa goo,
folks choke and wheeze, as they pas
! by. paid for thee price, 'twoul
buy mansion twice, now all are vel
ing 'ice" II wonder why7 Thy motto
has the grippe, thy spark plug has TIL
lpip and woe Is thine. too have suf
fered chills, ague and kindred ills. try
ing to pay my bills since thou wer
. mime. Gone is my bank roll now, n
more 'twould choke COW as once be
fore. Yet, If had the mon, 50 hel
me John-amen. I'D buy new ca
again, and speed soasa more. Elk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
ISSUE BIDS LOWEST.
Contract for Printing State Farm Bul
letin Not Awarded.

misunderstanding to notice, bids
were opened by Secretary Of State
Power, Commissioner Blakeslee, Al
torney.General Collins, Auditor Thomp-
son and State Superintendent of Edu-
cation Powers, who are members ex
officio OF the board Of public con-
tracts, for the contract OF printing the
monthly bulletins of the State Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Commerce.
This was the second attempt to dis
charge this function, the former nav
ing resulted in such a decided miXup'
after the contract had been awarded
to the Issue Publishing company OF
Jackson as the lowest bidder, that II
was necessary to call it off temporar
ily, meanwhile tentatively giving the
contract to the next lowest bidder
which was Paul & Douglass of Mem
phis.
On the former occasion the low BIT
was held up for the reason that GOV
Brewer declined to approve the cor
tract on the ground that state officer
were financially interested in the Is
sue plant. This refusal was insiste
. on, in face of an opinion given b
the Encouragement that the bid wa
t sound and that there was no seriou
legal obstacle in the way Of consun
mating the transaction.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
sUPERsEDEAS GRANTED.
~erookhaven Bank Case viii Go to
Supreme Court.

N~atchez.-In a decision rendered
Chief Justice Sam Cook and Associate
Justice Richard f, Reed, sitting IN
Natchez. granted Louis Cohn and Il.
II. Dagger, assignees of the CONNER
cial Bank & Trust company OF Brook
haven. an appeal and supersedeas OF
certain orders entered in the cause by
Chancellor p. Y. Jones. The applica'
ton for appeal and supersedeas was
filed by the assignees, the receivers
stockholders and depositors.
In an order issued Aug, Chancellor
Jones removed the assignees and re-
c~eivers and refused to recuse himself
In said cause. The s~upersedeas grant
ed by Chief Justice Cook and Asso'
ciate Justice Reed suspends Chan
cellor Jones order, and the appeaI
will be filed and argued before the
supreme court at Jackson. The petit
TONERS in the case are required tt
enter into bond, conditioned according
to law, in the sum of $1,000, to b'
approved by the Chancery Court o
Lincoln county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
PERMIT PURCHASE OF SHIPS
conferees of House and Senate Agree
on Measure Regarding Foreign
Built Ships.

Washington. - Opening OF United
coastwise trade to foreign built
vessels admitted to American registry
during the next two years, the
pending Panama canal act amendment,
was agreed upon by the house and SEN
ate conferees. All such proposals
have been fought by shipping and Ship
building interests, and presentation OF
the conference report is expected 10
precipitate vigorous opposition.
The amendment as it passed the
house, designed as an emergency meas
ure to quickly enlarge the American
merchant marine and facilitate the
movement of exports while foreign
shipping is tied up by the European
war. would authorize the president in
his discretion to admit foreign built
sbips not over five years old to Amer
lean registry. The senate added amend
ments to admit such ships to the trade
between Atlantic and Pacific ports OIL
the United States and on the gulf and
great lakes. and from these grew the
plan agreed upon.
There has been some question about
the right to change the register OF a
shin owned by a ~belligereDt in time OF
war. but this was set at rest by a for
NAL decision by Cone Johnson, solic
itor of the state department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
BAILEY TO TRY FOR SENATE
Makes Announcement at Texas Demo-
cratic convention-Lose Fight
on the Floor.

Ell Paso, Transformer United
States Senator Joseph w. Bailey will
he a candidate for the senate in 1916,
according to his announcement at the
state democratic convention here.
Mr.. Bailey was defending his three
platform resolutions denouncing ma
tional prohibition and national woman
suffrage and demanding legislation to
limit campaign expenses. He said that
II the resolutions were defeated he
would take the issue before the people
OF Texas as a candidate for senator.
IT, resolutions were r~ejected-645 to
1O7.
Tie convention approved the execu-
tive committees action in declaring
Jeff McLemore of Dallas nominated
congressman-at-large. w. P. Laney o.
Austin contested the nomination.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Places ON BOARD SOUGHT
County Commissioners to be Nance :"
September.

.Jackson.-In a little more than thIee
weeks from now the state ooaru Vi
election commissioners, composed ol
the governor, the secretary OF sta'e
and the attorney general, VIII Ue
called non to get together and name
the election commissioners for each
If the 20 counties in the state see
ton 41O7 of the code Of 1906 proVlues
that such selection shall be maze Oh
three discreet persons who are free'
holders and electors In the county III
which they are to act, and who sha'
not all be of the same political party
~ such men of different political par
ties can conveniently be had in the
county
Section l1OS contains the following
provision as to procedure: .
1.-TWO months before every general
election Of representatives In con,
gress and of electors Of president ana
vice president Of the United STATES
the state board of election comm"'
sioners shall appoint the commission
ers Of election for each county, Who
shall continue in office for two years
unless removed, and until successors
are appointed, n of whom sHall DC
designated in his commission to nave
the official ballot printed II us
tributed.' -,
AS the next general election VIII
fall on Nov. 3, Gov. Brewer, secretary
of State Power and Attorney-General
Collins will find it necessary to mee'
about the first week in September
and discharge the task imposed upon
them by law. AS a rule, there are
always more aspirants for these posi-
lions than the law will allow, ana tht
duty of choosing the best and mos
acceptable men is by no means SIN
nile. II Is understood that already tht
field Is filled with men who are anx
nrs to serve in the capacity OF couh
~ election commissioner, and as ire
q%uently has happened in the past eac'
member Of the state board may nav
his own ideas as to the qualifications
deserts or general fitness OF men VIM
might be favored by their colleagues
On the first Monday in October, pre-
ceding a general election, the com
missioners for the counties are al
rected to meet at their respectlV'
courthouses and revise the registra
ton books. Also before nominating
primaries are held, under the pfimar,
election law, or on the third Monda,
of July, the commissioners are re
ouired to meet an drevise and purg
the registration lists. While the
are many men who would not haV
the office under any consideration
owing to the difficulties and perple'
tiles accompanying, there are Away
men who are willing enough to "ge
on"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
CASHIER RS.
West Banking & Trust Co, at West,
Miss, Closed.

mlSS', SlOSCu'
LeXington-Bank Examiner Ander-
son closed the West Banking 4 Trust
company, at West, in this county.
He began an examination when I.
O. Ellis. the cashier came here and
gave himself up, saying he was short
in his accounts.
The bank examiner and his assis'
tants will make an audit to find out
the extent Of the shortage, which Is
thought to be between $4,000 and
$4,000.
The last published statement which
this bank made vas on June 20, and
they then showed resources as fol
lows:
Loans, $3S,3S3; overdrafts, $i,S44.6S'
cash and exchange, $1l,37S,22; build
ing and fixtures, f4,45S.44, making
total of ~$59,l54.45.
The liabilities were the capita
$4,000: surplus and undivided protitS
s2.272: bills payable, $7,o65.59; de
posts, $3l, S1G,S6, making a total
s~59,154.45.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
RANKIN COUNTY FARMERS TO
GET A MORE DIRECT EN-
TRY ROUTE.
PEARL RIVER Is MANAGEABLE
Cannot Build Bridge Because River Is
I NavioabIe and Government Must
Be ConsuIted-New Roads
Will Be Built.

Jackson-A delegation from the
Jackson board Of trade composed Of
Messrs. Robert Powell, A. c. Crowder
and Edward Yerger appeared before
the Kinds county board OF superViS-
ors to request that some actoh oe
taken towards building a bridge
across Pearl river north OF Jackson
in order TO give the farmers in north
ern Rankin a shorter route into JACK
son.
The supervisors stated that this en-
terprise. which was under considera'
ton some time since, was abandoned
because of information from the wal
department that Pearl river nOrth OF
this city is regarded as a ~naVigaDie
stream, and it will be necessary 10
secure an act Of congress authorlzihe
the construction Of a bridge OF the
plan desired.
After considerable discussion OF the
subject It was agreed that the boaro
OF supervisors will arrange Tor esta''
"
fishing a free ferry at some POM
north of Jackson best suited 10 the
farmers of Rankin. A road VIII DC
built from the Kinds county side, ano
the supervisors will ask the RANKIN
county board to build a similar ROAD
In the meantime Congressman col
lier will be asked to get a bill passed
by congress authorizing the construc
ton of a bridge, and the supervisors
will also ask the New Orleans Great
Northern road, which has for seVera
years been contemplating the build
ing of an extension ~northeastWarc
from Jackson, to consider plans for 6
combination railroad and Wagon
bridge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
NEW CONCERNS LAUNCHED.
Charters Drafted and Will Soon Be
Presented to Governor.

Jacksonville following new cor
porations have been formed in the
state during the past few days, and
will shortly submit their charters to
the governor for approval:
Big Point Canning company, Big
Point. Jackson county, capitalized at
$4,000; II. C. Herring, l., f. Cox, B,
S. Coopman and others.
Bell Cafe, Brookhayen, Lincoln
county, capitalized at $4,000; 7. II,
Montgomery, Kate Hobbs, and others.
Stonewall club, Magnolia, Pike
county, capitalized at $4,000; ]. f
Norwood, R. b. hampton, E. w. Reid
and others.
Mississippi Coffee company, Gulf
port. Harrison county, capitalized a
5000; j. S. Aban, c. NJ. Smith, AMI
others.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
PRESIDENT ORDERS
FOOD PRICE PROBE
WOULD PUNISH ANY WHO ART'F''
c,ALLv MANIPULATEs PRICES
WAR TAKEN AS PRETEXT'
MAY INVOKE SHERMAN LAW
pr.s;dent in Letter to A~ttorney-Geh
eral Directing Investigations ASKS
Whether New Laws Are Need
cd to Cover Situation.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson sci
the machinery of the federal govern;
mont In motion to determine whether
the cost OF living is being lncreaseu
"upon the pretext of the conditlonS en-
;sting in Europe" He called upon Az
torney-General McReynolds to report
If criminal prosecutions were warrant
ed. and II any new law were necessary
The president may send a speclai mee
saqa tn congress in the latter event.
"Certainly the country ought to pc
defended" the president wrote 10 the
Encouragement, IF possible, agains.
men who would take advantage Oh
sucb circumstances to increase the
price of food and the difficulties u
living"
Attorney.General McReynolds al
once set at work the bureau OF lnyes-
tigation of the department OF JUSTICE
with hundreds of agents throughout
the country. Agents of the depart
ment of commerce also were started
upon the inquiry and Secretary heo'
field conferred with Secretary Hous-
ton of the department of agriculture.
Within a few hours from the time
the president acted three OF the execu'
tive departments Of the government
were moving to learn the cause OF the
soaring prices of food throughout the
country. :.
Some officials who believe the great
proposition Of price increases lave no
connection whatever with the EURO
pean war, but are the result OF manlp'
ulations, attempts at corners OF lndl.
vidual efforts Of the dealers, contend
that the conspiracy section OF the
Sherman law covers the situation. At
torney-General McReynolds, however
will give an opinion on that feature TO
the president later.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Wheelers 1T Hull,

London.-Post Wheeler, recently ap.
pointed secretary of the American en-.
bassy at Tokyo, and Mrs. Wheeler,
who were compelled to turn back at
Berlin while on their way to Japan,
arrived at Hull from Copenhagen, &C.
companied by 80 stranded Americans
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21

Meridian.-As soon as sales Of real
estate, held by the receivers of the
Union Bank & Trust Co, as collateral,
are held and collections made, anoth.
er dividend will be paid depositors Of
the institution which failed over q
year ago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Neoro Attempts Suicide.

observation-disclosures Smith, a negro,
shortly after being placed in the city
iail. drank an ounce bottle of carbolic
acid. with evident suicidal intent, Drs.
]. r. Tackett and T. d. Bordeaux
vere hurriedly summoned and used a
stomach pump.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Mortalitv Rate Low.

Jackson.-Dr.. S. H. Mclean, super
,ntendent of the Jackson State Char
ity hospital, reports an exceptionally
low mortality rate for July. Out Of
The 1876 cases handled there were II
deaths.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21

Jackson.-Gov. Brewer and mem
hers of his family, who left for
Natchez, where they participated in
the state encampment ceremonies and
functions, reached here, having mo-
torad homeward in their touring car
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Would Keep Roads Enoineer,

Meridian.-District |, Good Roads
Commissioners Henry Broara, George
Lockard and T. c. Kinard have asked
the county supervisors to retain a
good roads engineer in the county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21
Stranded Americans Relieved.

Geneva.-Secretary of State Bryan
advised Pleasant A. Stovall, the Amer
lean minister, that he had deposited
$4,000 gold IN q New York bank to
help Americans.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-21

King Albert Of Belgium, who went
to the front to command his army that
bravely opposed the passas OF Ger
man troops across Belgium to France.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
HOW TO SAVE YOUR EYES
TRY THIS FREE PRESCRIPTION,

Do your eyes give you trouble? Do
you already wear eyeglasses or spec
tacles? Thousands of people wear
these windows" who might easily dis
pense with them. You may be one of
these, and it is your duty to save your
eyes before it is too late. The eyes are
neglected more than any other organ
of the entire body After you finish
your days work you sit down and rest
your muscles, but how about your
eyes? Do you rest them? You know
you do not. You read or do something
else that keeps your eyes busy; you
work your eyes until you go to bed.
That is why so many have strained
eyes and finally other eye troubles that
threaten partial or total blindness.
Eyeglasses are merely crutches; they
never cure. This free prescription
which has benefited~the eyes of SC
many, may work equal wonders for
YOU. Use it a short time. Would you
like your eye troubles to disappear as
If by magic? Try this prescription
Go to the nearest wideawake drug
store and get bottle of DIPLOMA tab
lets: fill a two-ounce bottle with warn
water, drop in one tablet and allow l,
to thoroughly dissolve. With this Ii
quid battle the eyes two to four times
daily. Just note how quickly your eyes
clear up and how soon the inflammation
will disappear. Don't be afraid to use
It: it Is absolutely harmless. Man,
who are now blind might have saved
their eyes had they started to carr
for them in time. This is simple
treatment, but marvelously effective II
multitudes Of cases. Now that yo'
have been warned don't delay a day
but do what you can to save your eye
and you are likely to thank us as lonl
as you live for publishing this prescriT
ton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
Meridian |. VIII Be
Host of Southern
College Track Meet
VANDERBILT, AUBURN, sEWANEE
AND OTHER BIG UNIVERSITIES
TO BE REPRESENTED.

Meridian, Miss, May 14.-College
athletes from all parts of the south
will be in Meridian Friday and Satur-
day to compete in the nineteenth an
nual field and track meet of the South
ern Athletic association.
The program as arranged calls for
the run of the preliminaries Friday
afternoon leaving the final event to be
contested for Saturday.
Indications point to the most holly
contested meet in the history of the
association, which, for the first time
in its history, has chosen one of the
smaller cities for the occasion. Here
tofore the meets of the association
have been pulled off in the largel
cities, last years events being held a
New Orleans under the auspices o
Tulane, at which time Louisiana uni
versity carried off the honors nosini
ahead of Mississippi A. and M. witt
Vanderbilt third.
This year A. and M. proposes to d
the nosing herself, the boys fror
Starkville being greatly encourage
by their success at Jackson, last weel
There are good prospects that A
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
CQCC Half Dozen EQEE
lhLL Beautiful Spoons nLL

To acquaint you with the very latest,
surprising attraction in CONNECTION IA
RITA" Chocolates, we will give abso-
lutely free six beautiful "cuban Pat
tern" Extra Crown Brand silver tea
spoons. A fortunate purchase Of this
celebrated silverware and our certain
ty that you'll buy our LA RITA Choco-
lates after one taste, prompts us to
make this generous offer. LA RITA
Chocolates are dollar pound every
where.
Upon receipt of $1.0O and the names
of five lovers of good candy in your
locality we will send you postpaid
full size box of LA RITA Chocolates
with the six teaspoons. There is nc
other way you can spend dollar ant
get such delicious surprising flavor'
and absolute purity.
PURITY CANDY COMPANY
p. O. Box 81 MiddIetown, Ohit
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
Death OF CATTLE {
not DuETO DIPPING
DIR. HERMAN EXPLAINS WHY 100
HEAD DIED IN ADAMS
COUNTY.

Jackson, Miss, May IA train
load of Florida cattle were recently
received at Natchez for use on the
splendid pastures of Adams county.
They were, of course, tick-infested and
compelled to pass through the disin-
fecting station provided by the state
and federal authorities for that pur-
pose.
About one hundred out of the one
thousand died, and a great deal of
misinformation has gone out to the
public concerning the matter. Unin-
tentionally, considerable damage has
been done to the cause of tick eradica.
ton, which has made such excellent
progress in Mississippi
The state live stock sanitary board
considered the matter at a meeting
Saturday and is investigating the oc
currence. A statement OF facts VIII
be issued as soon as they can be got
ten, and without bias of any kind.
Attention to the following state
ment is asked. 1t was issued by Dl
> J. A. Herman, agent in charge Of sey
eral states for the federal bureau @
animal industry: "An investigator
: was made of the circumstances SUI
rounding the incident by number {
the safest and best men with the fe,
eral department of agriculture.
!. Died Before Dipping.
twenty-five or these animals die
before they were dipped. The trai
= load of cattle was inspected by myse
A and some good cattlemen when
u. passed through Jackson, and son
dead ones had already been unload
- at other points.
IT "An investigation has been made
q an official of the department of ag
&c culture of the recent loss of cattle
n Natchez, Miss, alleged to have be
id caused by dipping the cattle in
rs senical solution. AS a result of
investigation it was ascertained I'll
five cars of the consignment of cat
10 shipped from Florida to Mr.. ]. n. G.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-14
Travelling Men
Again Open War
Against Tipping
M'eRIFF APPEALS TO
sHERIFFs, MAYORS AND 9TH
ERs TO ENFORCE LAW.

special TO The Netos.
Jackson, Miss, May 14.-President
Frank c. McGriff, of the Mississippi
Travellers believes it is high time to
enforce the anti-tipping law, and, &C.
cordingly, he has sent out 500 letters
to sheriffs, chiefs of police, mayors
and constables, calling attention to the
provisions of the statute, and urging
them to see that it is enforced.
The anti-tipping law was passed at
the 1912 session of the legislature, but,
so far as known, not a single arrest
has been made in the state for its VIC
lation. 1t was sponsored by the Mis-
sissippi Travellers, and President Nc
Griff expresses regret that not all O
the members of that organization ODE.
it's provisions. However, he is de
termined to arouse public sentimen
on the subject, and abolish all form
of tipping, if possible.
, President McGriff has also addresse
!, letters to the seventeen circuit judge
: in Mississippi urging them to specifi
ally mention the anti-tipping law
s their grand jury charges.