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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1915-11-04

The safest liver medicine which you Of
ten need, is Po-Do-Lax. Headaches bill
iousness and dizziness caused by constipa-
ton readily yield to this May Apple lax
alive Remember that it is non-griping
and easy in action. It arouses the liver
and increases the how Of bile without sick
eninq effects. Get over that irritableness
by removing the cause-constipation. No
gas. no fermentation, no pain. Po-Do-Lax.
the perfect woman laxative. SOC bottle.
AdY7
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1915-11-04

Prizes Awarded In Various De.
partments. Report Of Schools
and Conferences.


and Conferences.
In the automobile contest at the
fair, Mrs. Mott Headley was given
first prize for most attractive dec
oraIion, aud Mrs. Baylissa Leib
man was awarded second prize.
The other decorated cars were very
attractive also.
The Reveille failed to give an
account last week of the base ball
games between the country team
and c. H. A. The country team
was composed of players from
Westside, Red Lick and Pattison.
Two games were played, and the
country boys walked away With
both. The score in the first was 9
to one, and the defeat was even
greater in the second. The visitors
bad two first class pitchers, and
put up good playiHg all the way
through. Their playing was a
surprise to the on.looklng who
became their ardent rooteEs.
There were two exhibits at the
fair which were out of the ordina.
ry. One was au Industrial display
by Eunice Gibson, the colored
representative in this county of the
jeans fund. She teaches indus
trial work in three or four schools,
and the exhibit was the work of
herself and pupils. 1t was indeed
a creditable exhibit. The other
display by a colored woman was
a number of beautiful patchwork
quilts made by Laura Green.
The baby department. or child
welfare, attracted much attention,
and 700 babies took the test.
The two bales of lespedeza hay
shown by w. M. Richmond were
magnificent specimens of this le-
sume and were pronounced by the
udge, Mr.. Bradner Moore, the
government agent, to be the finest
le ever saw.
Mr.. Moore stated that, during
be three years he has been coming
0 the Claiborne fair, be has noted !
wonderful improveme each, :
ear, over the former, in lbe class +
f the agricultural exhibits. He
avs the improvement has been \
reater here than at any other fair 7
e has attended. 7
The draft horse display was the t
est ever had, but 10 other de-
artments of live stock the exhibit c
,as small. Two capable and I
thoroughly alive men have prom
sed to work up a big exhibit of i
orses and cattle for the next fair. ,
The ballots, asking whether the !
voter thought the fair should be 7
continued and il so what sugges-
ion for improvement could be
made, lacked but one vote of being
in favor of continuing
be fair. Pledges tc help were
luite numerous, and some of the
are good and may be
adopted by the association. The
ballots also showed a number of
visitors from other counties voting.
The reports from the various
departments were furnished the
paper by the superintendent of {
each department, and if there is
any complaint about the report it
should be made to the superinteu-
ients and not to the paper.
Below we give the reports and
awards which were omitted last
week:
Continued on Second Pagsl
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1915-11-04
A Card to Owners
of Rural Telephone Lines

We are anxious % see that ell lines owned by
other parties and connected with are kept In such
condition 60 furnish efficient service. Where the
owners Of rural lines responsible for their uDkeep
we want to co-oparate with them.
All hnes require . thorough overeauling occa-
GionaIly If the BEST service is 60 bo obtained. We
recommend that every line connected with 10 be
overhaulsd at least year. and that at least one
experienced telephone man assist in this work. The
cost Of this work when divided among al the patrons
Of the line, makes the amount paid by each man
snaall and this cost will be mOre than offset by the
improved service.
the owners Of rural telephone lines fn this sec
ton are experiencing trouble with their service
will apprecats their talking the matter ever with
Manager or writing - fully. We will gladly DO
what we can toward hOIping you improve the con-
dition Of your hae.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
MIKE AT THE TELEPHONE
Could Hardly Be Called a Success at
the Work to Which He Had
Been Assigned.

Mike had just come over from the
old country to work with his brother,
who was butler in a millionaire's
home. 1t was a morning custom for
Mrs. Rich to have several chats with
her friends over the telephone. Some
times these talks stretched well into
the forenoon. James, the brother,
was tired of this, and indicted Mike,
the greenhorn, into the work
The first morning Mike tried his
hand disaster resulted. Mrs. Bucks
called up.
Answer that" ordered Jimmy to
Mike. IF it is Mrs. Bucks tell her to
hold the line"
Mike took down the receiver and
listened.
''Is Mrs. Rich there" a voice asked.
No answer from Mike.
who is at the phone?" in a mad.
der tone.
ITS me, Mike"
Il want Mrs. Rich-this is Mrs.
Bucks" said the lady in anger.
"All right" said Mike. Just hold
the rope"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
HAD VISION OF BURGLARS
But Midnight Alarm Turned Out to Be
Something That Was Easily
Put Right.

He likes Holsters. The whole fam
lily likes them, in fact. So he brought
three of them home the other night.
They were alive and he planned to
boil them in the morning as usual. He
placed them on top of the refrigerator
in the back hall. That was a good
chance for them to spend the night.
1t was along toward midnight that
the son came home. The rest of the
family was abed and asleep. AS the
son stole into the pantry for his usual
forage before retiring he heard crash
and then a crawling, sickening scrim-
mage that started his hair upright. He
sneaked quickly through the kitchen
and up the stairs to his fathers cham
Der.
Hey, dad!" in husky whisper, that
brought awakening by its very tense
ness, pass me your gun"
Huh? What's up?" asked his father
as he reached for and handed over the
weapon.
Burglars" whispered the son in
awe-struck tones. They've got in at
the back door and are trying 10 open
the door into the kitchen"
Dad" followed his son softly down
the stairs without stopping for further
arguments or garments. Son walked
cannily ahead with leveled revolver
and pale face. They reached the
kitchen and, listening. could hear
strange sounds in the back hall. Lights
were flashed and then with caution
and ready for the shock of discovery
they opened the door.
There on the floor with their legs
twisted about each other lay two Of
the Holsters, scrapping and fighting.
They had evidently started the argu.
ment on the refrigerator and wriggled
of on to the floor, where they kept it
up.-Brockton Enterprise.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
BYE AND BYE.

When it was noised around that
The Man had secured his divorce his
friends congratulated him and said
that he had done the right thing.
They told him that no man had a
right to cucumber a career with a
woman who could not keep up with
the pace he set. They said it was a
crime against himself to hang such a
milestone about his neck, and that
they were heartily glad that he had
not let any sort of maudlin sentimen-
tally keep him from putting The
Woman away before she ruined the
splendid success The Man had made
of his life.
And The Man received this COM
mendation with a grateful smile.
He said that he had tried honestly
to pull her along with his own swift
moving procession, and that each new
year told off by the calendar had
found her more hopelessly in the rear.
He declared that The Woman was
broken and old before her time, and
that he had not been willing to be
dragged back by her when he was
Just in the prime of his life with
many successful years of splendid ac-
tivity ahead of him.
And even while The Man thus justi-
fled himself to his friends who had
aided and abetted him in the matter
of the divorce, The Woman sat alone
in the home she had made him-the
present an unreality, slipping from
her at the touch Of memory which
took her back along the road of yes
.teryear when she stood in the soft dra-
peries of her white satin gown, almost
enveloped by the billowy folds Of her
wedding veil.
She could not now remember which
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

had dominated her emotions-love or
pride, as she heard his clear, manly
promise to love, honor and cherish"
as they should Journey together down
the full length Of life's trouble road,
so intermingled had been the two.
In the years which followed their
marriage she always believed in him,
even when her own father pointed out
to her that The Man was very poor
and that his future looked none too
brilliant.
The Woman was an excellent mana
ger. She had been taught by prac-
tical mother how to make the pennies
go q very long way, SO she just smiled
up into her fathers face when he
threw cold water on her enthusiasm,
and began her work.
So 1t was that The Man was sur
prised to find himself very comfort
able and happy in the little home
The Woman somehow managed to
exc out of his ridiculously small sal
airy, and never once did he stop to
ask how it was accomplished.
AS she turned and twisted her own
clothes until they were worn thread
bare that he might make good ap-
pearance, and hold the respect OF
his fellow-men as well as his own.
she found out that it comforted her to
sometimes whisper bye and bye"
For. you see, she believed in to-
morrow.
Then came the children--one by
one, until there were four, and. al
though The Mans appearance OF pros
perity made possible by The Woman's
personal sacrifices had won him sew
eral promotions-the mother OF the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Paw knowa Evervthlnn.

Willie-Paw, do you know every
thing?
Paw-Yes, my son. Why do you
ask
Willie-I merely wanted to know
how a man is able to carry a mort
gage when he can't lift it?
Paw-You go sprinkle a little salt
on yourself, young man. You're get
ting too fresh.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
DON'T MIND PIMPLES
cutIoura Soap and Ointment VIII Fan
ish Them. Trial Free.

These fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients do so much to cleanse, purify
and beautify the skin, scalp, hair and
hands that you cannot afford to be
without them. Besides they meet
every want in toilet preparations and
are most economical.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. ky,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Tho unIlftara.

81 believe that humanity is born
with the desire to improve ITSELF" said
the altruist.
II don't know about all humanity, "
said the cynical person, "but I'm con-
WINGED that half humanity is born with
a desire to improve the other half, re-
gaTdless of consequences"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

DON'T VISIT THE CALIFORNIA EX-
POSITIONS Without supply Of Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptlc powder to be shaken into the
Shoes or dissolved In the toot-bath. The Standard
Remedy for the feet for rs years. II gives instant
relief to tired, aching feet and prevents swollen,
hot feet. Ono hdy writes. = enjoyed every minute
Of my stay al the Expostions thanks to Allen 8
Foot-Ease In my shoes Get TODAY. Adv.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Whenever You Need a General ToaIC
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves TasteleSs
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because It contains the
we'll known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

make a home of his own, and that
The Man had reached a point in bust
ness where there would be no longer
any need of sacrifice.
The bye and bye" had evolved it.
self out of all the spent years Of The
Woman's splendid youth, and strange
indeed did it seem to her that now
when her promise to herself had been
fultilled-she did not care in the very
least.
One day The Man told her that his
place in the business world demand
ed much of his wife; that people
looked to her to become a shining So
cial light; to entertain his friends as
became his standing.
The Woman listened and was 81
lent.
She was awkwardly conscious Of her
work'stained hands, and the stoop Of
her tired shoulders; she knew that
her life-as numbered by years-was
but at its prime, but nevertheless she
felt the relentless grip of old age upon
her and for the first time since she
began her years with The Man she
was afraid.
For she knew Of certainty that the
demand he made of her was impos-
sible of fulfllment.
The autumn sunset bathed the
quiet patience of The Woman's face
in it's golden glow as she sat in the
home she had made for The Man.
Memories Of the years which had
poured the full strength of oil the
years of her radiant, splendid youth
took flight, leaving her face to face
with the present--and what there re-
NAMED of the future-alo
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Really Quite Arduoua.

"Tillbury seems to have no trouble
in winning the favor of the fair sex.
mo trouble? Are you aware that
he spends hours every day practieing
the latest dance steps?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Mercenary.

did you ever stop to consider how
many germs accumulate on a dollar
bill?" asked the cautious man.
In the hour of my need l never
did," answered his friends If could
become the possessor of enough dol
lar bills to stuff a pillow by merely
sleeping on them, would gladly avail
myself of the opportunity"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Local Color.

do you think the result of a short
age in dyestuffs will be serious?"
81 shouldn't be surprised" replied
Miss Cayenne, "if it changed the COM
plexion of affairs somewhat
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

Wisdom often amounts to this: Peo-
pie know lot of things that are really
not worth knowing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Not Proportlonate.

"They say the national conscience is
growing"
"They can't prove it by the national
conscience fund"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL You
Try Murine Rye Remedy for Red, Weak, watery
hyes and Gnanulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
just Eye comfort. Write for Book OF tie I've
by mall Free. Murine hye Remedy Co.. Chicago
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
Horrible Possibility.

Our engagement was most roman
tic. was travelling with her party at
the time, and proposed to her in the
far West on the edge of a mountain
gorge"
"oh. suppose she had thrown you
over!"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

When a jealous wife finds her hus-
bands keys she starts In to look for
trouble.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03

little brood sometimes found it diff
cult to keep the tears in bounds when
in tired voice she told herself "bye
and bye"
But the phrase had become her slo-
gan, and she believed that beyond the
skimping, and pinching, and sacrific-
ing of the years when the children
were young lay the bye and bye"
that meant different things for her
self.
So she worked from sunrise to sun
set-and often beyond that.
The Man leaned upon her strength
and judgment. He drew inspiration
from the sweet, clean home The Wom-
an made him; from the sweet, clean
children she sent out to meet him at
the close of each days work, and he
never stopped to ask how she &C.
complished so much with so little.
And if, sometimes, The Womans
heart was still so young that she
viewed her habitual shabbiness with
a sigh, and stifled her longing for a
new and pretty frock, she stifled the
yearning and whispered to herself:
bye and bye"
AS the children grew older the old
song on The Woman's lips was less
frequent, for with the years her bur
den increased. The children not only
demanded a greater number Of expen-
sive clothes, but The Man was put
ting money now into business which
he had builded on the firm founda-
ton of all The Woman's strong young
years of service and sacrifice-and
every penny counted.
So it was that The Woman sklmped
and saved and sacrificed as before, un-
til one day she realized that the last
young birding had stretched his wings
and flown out Of the home nest to
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-06-03
just So.

zone swallow doesn't make
spring"
mo, but it often makes one fall"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-23
Scranton News Notes.

SpcClAA' u 4llueb-4Scpup1SdHs
Scranton. Dec. 23.-The fire depart-
ment was called to subdue Are that
broke out In the Brader restaurant
about o'clock Tuesday evening. Luck
lily the fire was discovered before It
had gained much Roadway and only
small damage was done.
A very large crowd was in attendance
at the public sale Of Calder & Head,
eight miles southeast Of town. yester-
day. Over 100 head OF live stock
changed bands 81 s0oa figures. Mr..
Calder will move here in the near fu-
turs 20 that his children will have bet
ter school advantages.
Charles Clampitt sold his personal
property at q public sale held on the
James McClurg farm and will move
to Grand Junction, where he will en-
gage in the automobile business. 4,
Some OF the farmers around, here
have commenced to shell out the new
crop Of corn and report that the cold
weather the past few days has greatly
bettered the quality.
Messrs. j. B. Evans & Co.. the con-
tractors, who have the contract for the
school building here. report that the
work Is progressing very satisfactorily
and that the building will be ready
to be occupied Jan. !. s., - 2.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-23
SIMPSON RAISES ENDOWMENT.
Total Of ssos. 900 Pledged Before Time
Limit Expired.

Indianola, Dec. 23.-All .1ndianola
was given over to a celebration when
1t was learned that all the 100000 en-
dowment sought by Simpson college
had been raised. In fact more than
the sum desired was contributed. the
total reaching $306.000. ~
A watch meeting. ut which the bulk
OF Indianola's residents gathered. re-
ceived the final returns on the endow-
ment. The meeting was held at the
Methodist church and three telephones
installed in the church brought the
welcome news. 1t was scarcely
o'clock this evening when the tally
clerks shouted that the three hundred
thousand mark had been passed. An
outburst ..of cheers greeted the an
nouncemsnt.
Immediately after the result had be-
come known bonfires were lighted and
all the church bells rang. Churches
and residents Of other than the Metho-
dist denomination Joined in the rejoice
ing. @
1ndianola, by an eleventh hour eff
fort. raised $4,000, bringing the total
given by the residents of the town to
$4,000. Denison has the honor of be-
ing the next largest contributor with
well over $4,000. The Methodist church
at Denison and Grace church Of Des
Moines led the individual churches in
the contributions with nearly $1,000
each. #
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-23
Southern Ioua Items

manufacturers. He IS longtime resi-
dent Of Muscatine and has given lib
orally to public charities and has con-
tributed largely to the upbuilding Of
the city. The Muscatine library Is q
monument to his liberality. The we'd
ding anniversary was happy occasion
and the celebration was largely at
tended. ~
Des Moines.
Alleging that he interfered with the
marital relations with his wife and
alienated her affections. E. O. DeBoard
has filed a suit for $4,000 damages
against Attorney Herschel W. Laton.
According to the petition, DeBoard and
Mrs. Mamie DeBoard were united in
marriage on Jan. 8. 1912. The plaintiN
claims that a short time after his mar
riage Laton began to interfere with
his marital relations with Mrs. De-
Board and has persisted in alternating
her affections by petitions of love,
demonstrations and affection. In one
paragraph Of the petition DeBoard
AYERS that Laton told Mrs. DeBoard
her husband was Of inferior birth and
that she was too good to associate with
him.
Clinton.
Walter Pearson, charged with as
saulting and seriously injuring his
tep-nother. Mrs. J. Pearson, of North
Second street, will be taken to the re-
formatory at Anamosa to serve out
an incompleted five-year sentence.
Pearson was taken before Judge Bar.
ker in the Clinton district court Satur-
day afternoon, and his parole was re-
voked. The young fellow had been SEN
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
for robbing the Bessler shoe shop but
was not sent to the reformatory he
having been granted Q. parole by tho
Judge. After the incident of last week.
when he attacked his step-mother and
broke her wrist with an iron bar. be-
sides inflicting cuts and bruises on her
head he was arrested by Sheriff Ram
sey. Because OF violating his parole the
judge ordered that he be sent to Ana
mosa to serve his time.
keokuk.
That the proposed Green Bay drain-
age district involving an expenditure
Of close to half million dollars, will
be ordered by the s..nsrvisnrssn9 4es
county as asked for by the petitioners
and as recommended by E. r. Perkins,
expert engineer. was the opinion Of
one Of the Perkins office engineers
who has been connected with the pro-
ject. Attic the claims for damages
filed by the land owners are large. ag-
gregating over 100000, the engineer
stated that the protest expressed IN
these claims was mild compared to OPP
position usually encountered by super
yisors in the establishment Of such .
district. It was his opinion that the
decision OF the board would be. gov
erned wholly by the points .f DANA sss
set forth in the petition filed, rather
than II the monetary amounts sitpu-
lated, s!.!c.:: ssfTs::,: 81 aae 70 800
900. Most OF the petitions are said Ia
have been drawn by Herminghausefl &
Herminghausen. nearly all OF them be-
Ing carefully prepared and settine
forth the items Of damage In concise
and clearly ineligible form. q