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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26
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Commercial CONGRESS Opens

Muskogee, Okla, April 26.-Indians
driving automobiles, and cowboys in
their costumes of the plains, gave a
picturesque touch to the parade which
marked the opening of the Southern
Commercial Congress here today.
John c. Futrall, president of the Uni
Yersity of Arkansas, in discussing the
agricultural problems of the South,
said that many small farmers would
be better off if they sold or rented
their plows and hired out as day la
borers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26
WO0DMEN UNVEL
FIVE MONUMENTS
Continued from Page One.l

and friends Of the FIVE men whose
memory the Woodmen were honoring
was as follows:
4 object Of Ceremonies.
/ 'T shall count myself happy and
shall feel that I have met the require
ments of this occasion if / can at this
time fifty put into words the thoughts
and sentiments that lie embedded in
your heart crying for expression.
! These ceremonies are the joint
and collective act of the members of
Leaf River Camp No. % of the Wood
men Of the World, to fulfill and per-
form their obligation to reverence the
memory of deceased sovereigns. This
occasion therefore does and should
excite like emotions in our breasts
which clamor for voice with which
to give them utterance. II when I
shall have closed my remarks your
hearts feel relieved of the burden of
unexpressed appreciation of the lives
OF these departed friends, of unspoken
sorrow and sympathy for those who
mourn for them, and Of unprecedented
devotion to the great and noble order
of Woodcraft, then will I feel that the
duty resting upon me has been salts
factorily performed
These monuments were erected by
willing hands and loving hearts to
honor the name and to perpetuate the
memory of Sovereigns Joel Baughman,
]. w. Parker, T. j. Williams, J. G.
Lewis and A. B. Poole. You knew
and loved these comrades while yet
the blood ran warm through their
veins and ere affliction and disease
had blasted their hopes of long and
happy lives. And by your presence
here this afternoon you bear testi-
mony to the fact that you have not
forgotten them, though they be gone
from your sight forevermore. And
my ouOUlN AOt 10 lOl 5OLlCu ny us.
They were as good or better than you
and |. They worked and planned and
hoped and loved, had the same as.
pirations and ambitions and fought the
hard battles of life, surrounded by the
same influences and temptations just
as you and |. At the days close they
wended their way with eager steps to- |
ward home and wife and children the |
same as you and I. They loved life |
as much as we. They were made hap |
Ply by it's joys, its music, and its good !!
fellowship, and under the weight Of it's
sadness and misfortunes their hearts
were courageous, and they faced all !
adversities with smile. They were
good men and true, and established |
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26
SIX YOUNGSTERS ARE
CAUGHT IN CARD GAME

Policeman Tom Moore put sudden
end to .skinning' game in which
half doven Hattiesburg negro boys
were engaged yesterday and unassist.
ed. captured the last one of them.
They did not appear in police court to-
day. but asked for continuance OF
trial till tomorrow morning.
The ones arrested were Sylvester
Cross. better known as "Pie." Ernest
Barber, Willie Caraway. Blanks Mills.
Sidney Colman. and Bob Lee Jones.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26

V''oS'ootpptS VOOOnen.
Our own state of Mississippi shines
as a bright and particular star in
Woodcraft, having $4,000 members,
and being second to one only In all the
Union. While we have contributed
largely to the funds of this order, 1t
has literally invested millions of dol
lars in our own securities. Those who
are not acquainted with the facts
would be surprised to know of the
numerous benevolences and benefits
which issue from our local camps like
stream of living water, giving health,
ife, and happiness to those needy
ones who are under the protecting
wing of Woodcraft.
That word Woodcraft is shot to the
core with faith, hope and charity
the living, breathing, tenets of the or
der-the foundation stones upon
which has been reared the superstruc-
ture of its greatness, and in the sta.
bility of which its destiny is secure.
"Sovereigns:
Today in obedience to our plighted
obligation we gather about these
graves to unveil to the world these
monuments which shall point out to
generations yet unborn the last rest
ing place of these Woodmen. Here
beneath the broad canopy of heaven
they lie in peace to await Gods good
pleasure. May this spring-time, with
its bursting buds and its opening fiow-
ers and its singing birds and caressing
breezes be prophetic of another and
gTander Sprin2 time whose genial Sun
shall kiss into life these land all the
other countless dead of earth, when
our friends and loved ones shall be
gathered to US again, and all tears
shall be wiped away" :.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26

10 tell you what your
wonderful remedies
have done for me. |
was a sufferer from
f EN- ale weakness
a n d displacement
and | would have
such tired, worn out
feelings, sick head
aches and dizzy
spells. Doctors did
me no good so ! tried
the lydia E. Pink
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26

After long and serious investigation,
an Italian scientist has decided that
dogs wag their tails for conversation
al purposes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26


The Gem theatre program for to-
night is as follows: Overture, "Choc-
olate Soldier" Gem orchestra; "The
Trap Door," 2-act detective drama,
with Ruth Roland; "True Hearts,
two-act drama, with Cleo Madison !
"The Outlaw, western drama );
Rooms For Rent comedy; 1.-The
Girl From Thunder Mountain" Essa-
nay drama in two acts, with Ruth
Stonehouse.. &c admission. STeInor-
row The New Exploits of Elaine"
The Lomo today presents Edith
Storey and Harry Morey with an all
star cast, in the three-part rVitagraph
Broadway star feature drama. The
Enemies an Essanay comedy, '4The
Fables of George Ade;'' The Galump-
tious Girl" a comedy; Biograph
comedy, "Just a Lark" the funniest
man in the movies, Charles Chaplin
in the comedy. "The Founders" Five
cents admission to all. Tomorrow
program is: Jesse L. Lasky offers.
Edward Abeles in the dramatic sue.
cess, Ready Money" also two special
comedies. lima Simp Detective" and
"IIis Friend The Captain" These
two comedies, with the five-part Para
mount, for Ave and ten cents. is one
of the very best that has ben offered
for the price in long time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-26
The Quinlne That Does Not attset The Head

Because of its tonic end laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE S2CMO QUININEi is better than ordinary
Qu:ri1e and Goes not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of f. W. GROVE. 2Sc.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

All Mems Wool Shirts go on sale at
25% off.
All Ladies and Mems Felt Slippers 60
on sale at 700 off.
All Mems Collars, Handkerchief, Sus-
penders and Belts 60 at 2025 off
All Mems Ties on sale at 25e6 off.
Window Shades all on Sale at 2025 off.
Floor Mattings all go on sale at 2595 off.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

Roman stripe Foulards and plain Rib
bons, all go on sale at one-third off.
40 pairs Ladies Corsets, special Sl.00
and Sl.25 values 60 on sale at Csc each.
All Ladies' Dress Trimmings and Braid
on sale at half price.
All Rulings go on sale in three lots at
l0c, l5c and Zoe yard.
All Ladies plain and fancy Neckwear on
sale at one-third off,
Plain and fancy brocaded and Foulard
Silks and Crepes go on sale at one third off
Special lot of Hand Bags, Mesh Bags
and Purses go at one-third off.
Plain and fancy Irish Poplins, regular Csc
values, go at Zoe yard.
All Shoes will go at 20M off and the
counters are filled with the best Shoe bar
gains to be had.
Special lot of Ladies' Coli Gloves go on
sale at half price.
Special lot Mems Hats at $500, $3.50
and $500 go at Sl.50.
Special lot Ladies Kimonas at 25c each.
Special lot Of 15c towelings go on sale at
7c per yard.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

Bon on and Royal Worcester CorSetS
in all the new styles, on sale at 25G5 off.
We have nice line of Towels and Tow
cling which will all go on sale at $50 off.
Plain and Fancy Riplette at g off.
All D. M. c. goes on sale at zoo off.
Girls Dresses to fit girls from to IA
years in Lawns, Ratines, Chambray's and
Ginghams 60 on sale at halt price.
All Ladies' Muslin Underwear will go on
sale at one-third off.
All OF this seasons Dress Goods in all
the new leading colors and grades go on
sale at one-third off.
Indian head, plain colors and stripes for
Children's Suits, regular Zoe values for Sc.
Women's Silk Petticoats, stylish models
of brocaded Silk and Jersey, top values to
5000, pencil pleated founcings; colors, ce-
rise, green, navy, black, white, all go on
sale at one one-third off.
One lot of Laces and Flouncings, Shadow
Laces and Embroideries, suitable for waists
and dresses, go at $50 off.
All Laces and Embroideries go at one
half price.
All Childrens Rompers at 20T off.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-01-15

All Ladies Muslin and Outing Night
Dresses go at one-third off.
Special lot Ladies, Misses and Children's
Coats go on sale at $3.50 to $40.
All Mems and Ladies Umbrallas go on
sale at one third off.
All Mems and Boys Maczinaws, Duck
Coats, go at 25@5 off.
Mems and Boys Overcoats at half price
Outing Flannel on Sale at 20% off.
Boys Knee Pants one-third off.
SPECIAL dozen Boys Knee
Pants 60 on sale at half price.
Ladies Wool and Silk Scarfs go on sale
at half price.
All new fall and Winter Ladies Skirts go
on sale at one-third Off
All Mems, Ladies, Misses, Children's
and Boys Sweaters 60 on sale at g Oft.
700 off on all Wash Goods. This in
cludes Percales, Ginghams and Calicos.
Table Linens and Napkins all go on sale
Williams news., 1915-01-21
ROAD BUILDING
EFFECTIVE WORK ON ROADS
Pulling a Drag Through Mud When Soil Is Sticky Is Waste of Time
 Farmers Work Together

We have a road drag club of B members that has been in existence for nearly two years. About a third of the members own drags and these are in use nearly all the time. It is understood that any member has a perfect right to hitch to anybody's drag that is not in use.
 We have learned good many things about road dragging since we started, writes w. D. Dennis of Mis- souri in Farm Progress. Dragging a road is not quite as simple as it looks and there are some kinds of dragging that are not worth doing. For in- stance we have found that pulling a drag through the mud when the soil is sticky enough to cling to the drag is a waste of time.
 Nor do we ever drag a road that is bone dry. All the good that does is to heap the dust in the center of the highway. Of course, we have no one in the club who has authority to send a man home if he wants to drag a road in dry and dusty weather, but it is understood that such road work is foolish and no one does 1t.
 Drive the team at walk, always, is another of our unwritten rules. You don't want the drag bounding and hopping along, leaving the road sur
Williams news., 1915-01-21
FOOTBALL IS POPULAR GAME
Largest Crowd of Persons Ever Con- gregated in This Country Witness :
 Recent Harvard-Yale Contest.

If there are any left who harbor the idea that football is not popular game, or that it has no drawing pow CTS commensurate with baseball, they can disabuse their minds very readily by referring to an account of the Yale Harvard game which was witnessed by about seventy thousand persons.
 It is said that this is the largest crowd of persons that ever congre- gated in this country to witness a sin gle contest of any kind, and I can readily believe it, says a writer in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The fact that this number of people are able and willing to pay a large sum for the privilege of seeing a football game is good evidence that the game has some thing back of it.
 It is noteworthy and quite commend able that this game is still amateur that the professionals have not gotten hold of it and control it. I think the fact that it is an amateur game and that those who play it represent high | class of young citizenship are large elements in its popularity. Certain it is that professional football would not awaken anywhere near the interest that the game does as at present con- Stituted.
Williams news., 1915-01-21
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
 A CH|LDS BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a
 sick child.

Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" mother insisted on - castor oil, calomel, cathartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. :.
 With our children it's different. Mo others who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do The children's revolt is well-found- ed. Their tender little 'insides" are injured by them.
 If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli, cious California Syrup of Figs" It's action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it; that 1t never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet en the stomach, and that teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomor. row.
 Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Adv.
Williams news., 1915-01-21
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
 KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid Which Clogs the Kidneys and
 i.ritates the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys, like the bowels, get sluggish and clog ged and need flushing occasionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe head aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and ali sorts of bladder disorders.
 You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean, and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces of lad Salts from any good drug store here. take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with hthia, and is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. It also neu- tralizes the acids in the urine so 1t no longer initiates, thus ending blad. der disorders.
 lad Salts is harmless; inexpensive; makes delightful effervescent lithia- water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kid. neys clean, thus avoiding serious com plications.
 A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of lad Salts to folks who be- heve in overcoming kidney trouble while it is only trouble.-Adv.
Williams news., 1915-01-21
Ills Frame of Mind.

The horse had run away and was tangled up in the wire fence at the side of the muddy road. It's half-wit- ted owner had kicked and sworn and tried to lift the animal until he was out of sorts and covered with mud.
 A well-groomed man came along. took in the situation, and suggested: Spring the fence back, then he can get his feet free"
 The owner of the horse did as he was told. "Now give him a cut with the whip and he'll get up himself"
 This the owner did. Then he looked at the horse. up and ready for travel. looked at himself covered with mud. and looked at the immaculate gentle man in the road. Wrath filled his soul.
 Well" he grumbled, thank you just as much as if you'd helped me-"
Williams news., 1915-01-21

Coach A. A. Stagg of the University uf Chicago gives an enumeration of some of the greatest Maroon football players and at the same time hotly re- bukes the custom of newspapers se- lecting all-star elevens in a lengthy contribution to the Daily Maroon, the university student daily paper. The coach catalogues Des Jardien, Shull and Russell as three of the best Chi cago players of the year, and lists Des Jardien and Russell with the football immortals of the Midway school.
 In discussing the custom of select ing allstar elevens at the close of the annual football season Director Stagg states that there is no person living who is qualified to make selection of even an all-conference team, let alone an all-western or all-American eleven. This, according to the coach, is be- cause the newspaper writers are likely to overlook the work of players on de- fense for the men who are constantly carrying the ball. An error often made by sport writers.
 Bunk" is the term used by the coach to describe most of the football writing, as well as "four-fifths of the baseball stuff"
 "All coaches who have had much ex- perience know that it is only by close watching of their own candidates through days of practice that they can
Williams news., 1915-01-21
NOT TO BE CAUGHT MAPPING
Uncle Tobe Lived Up to His Reputa- tion and the Doctor Lost
 His Bet,

There lives in a certain Vermont town a quaint old character known as Uncle Tobe," who is so conserva- tive of action and speech that it is most difficult at times to get any thing definite from him. Uncle Tobe, like the Father of His Country, has the reputation of never having told a lie, and in addition he is so cautious of statement that he has never been known to tell an innocent untruth.
 On one occasion his doctor, in con- versation with friends touching Uncle Tobe's characteristics, ventured to lay a bet of five dollars that he could cause Uncle Tobe to tell what wasn't so. A neighbor promptly took the bet
 The doctor walked into Uncle Tobe's house next morning, and while he was talking with the old man, the neighbor who had taken the bet drove up to the gate. Uncle Tobe went to see what he wanted, and then the doctor, as he had agreed to do, went out the back door and hid in the barn.
 Good morning, Tobe," said the wis. itor, "is the doctor in your house?"
 "He was there when I came out, " said Uncle Tobe.
Williams news., 1915-01-21

Harrisburg Road, Near Houston, Texas. face dragged in places and skipped in others. Slow and steady does the best work
 We have no heavy drags. A few months experience showed us they were not what we wanted. We use light drags, pulled over the road at about the regulation angle of 45 de- grees. This pulls small amount of earth over to the center of the high way and firms the whole wheel path.
 We have a 60-foot highway. Natur- ally we do not try to drag all of that surface. What we try to maintain is a roadway of about twenty feet in width. We begin in the center and try to first get good wheel track width in fair shape. As soon as this is done the drags are Tapped a little farther over into the undragged roadway at the sides.
 We drag the roads as soon as pos sible after every rain. The best work is done after a rain and just before the road surface begins to harden as IL LII iOS' OhC oioC OI luS WaSSi pdlu IS taken going in one direction, and the other side is smoothed up on the re- turn trip. Half a dozen drags on road after spring rain will work wonders. Keep this up a few weeks and you are able to build the center of the road up to height of from ten to twelve inches above the level of the. edges. This gives a good drain age and makes the future dragging easier and much more effective.
 Road dragging is, something that must be kept up continually. Eternal dragging is the price we have to pay for dirt roads that are above the av- craze. If we paid for the work put on them it would probably cost us all of S10 and maybe SIP a mile for the year. Some years the roads will re- quire much more work than in others because of the weather conditions The amount of traffic and the nature of the soil on which the road is built are other factors that affect the amount of dragging necessary.
 There are some spots in every road that should be graded and filled be- fore you can expect to do very much with the drag. A drag will not help these bad spots much. Get them fixed up once, though, and you won't have much trouble in keeping them in shape with the drag.
Williams news., 1915-01-21

fully determine who are best qualified to fill the different positions, and to concede that it is possible for any newspaper man who is busy creating his story to be able to do justice in the selection of an all-conference or all-western team, after seeing some of the teams, or even all the teams in action, throughout the season, is most preposterous.
 "A statement gives the impression that Captain Des Jardien had not played up to the standard of last year. This in my opinion was not true. Be- cause of his being invaluable, I took the precaution of changing his de- fensive play in three of the big games by using the guards to occupy the central defensive position on shifted formations, while he took the place of guard. Under this plan he was safe guarded from carrying the burden of the work. I feel that Des Jardien so far surpasses the other centers that the University of Chicago has had that no former player will feel hurt when I say he stands first and fore most in the position.
 There have been three great quar- terbacks on the University of Chicago teams, and Pete Russell is one of them. Furthermore. in my opinion, he easily classes up with Eckersall and Steffen.''
Williams news., 1915-01-21
MIR. BUSBY AS A HUMORIST
Of Course It Doesn't Often Happen, But on This Occasion He
 Failed to Score.

Busby-I see tn Turks have been kicking up tn sand around the Suez canal.
 Mrs. B. (faintly interested) religious ceremony?
 Busby-No-o-o! It's war They're fighting. The report from Berlin says they've licked tn British army to a frazzle. It looks as if the canal would fall into tn Turks hands.
 Mrs. B. (calmly)-I can't see what good it would do them.
 Busby Heading up to his climax)- Why. they'd loot 1t
 Mrs. B. (innocently)-Of what?
 Busby (triumphantly)-Of the hard ware. They'd take the locks, of course. Ha, ha, hal"
 A brief silence ensues.
 Mrs. Busby (sweetly)-But there are no locks in the Suez canal.
 And 1t wasn't any consolation to Busby to remember that he had no one but himself to blame.
Williams news., 1915-01-21
Strange Scorpion Found.

A curious, strange specimen of liz ard or scorpion was captured by Wal ter |. Todd near the trolley station of the Chambersburg, Greeneastle & Waynesboro Street Railway company at Highfield, Pa. The reptile, or what not, was about eight inches in length and the color of brick dust. It was found lying on the ground only a few feet from the station and, on account of the rain and cool weather, was un- able to use it's locomotive powers very actively and was easily captured.
 The reptile had an elongated body without scales, four short legs and short tail, and its body was almost as tough as rubber. Where it came from no one seems to know.
Williams news., 1915-01-21
Quiet louvain.

had look at the now much-talked- of Louvain, quite pretty old place, with it's magnificent hotel de vile crowded in by the impressive church in the center of the town, and its in- numerable other old gray churches with long sloping roofs-the place @ perfect nest of nuns and friars. The streets were lined with the high walls and closed windows of convent after convent, and huge clusters of monas- teries were on the hills about the town many were newly built and modern and the town was seething with black-robed priests and brown bare footed monks and coped nuns. This was the great Roman Catholic center, where some of the monastic orders have their chief establishments. The library of the university. so ruthlessly destroyed, contained a priceless col lection of church documents.-"A Glimpse of Belgium Before the War" Isabel Anderson, in National Magar zine.