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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1915-02-19
President

The spelling match at the
court house Monday night was
an entertaining occasion and
some proved to a degree their
proficiency in orthogrophy. 1t
has been suggested that it would
be good for the country to haye
a spelling match every evening
IN the year. One party was
told to spell coke. e.-.'koak". Cor
rect, 60 head.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1915-02-19

Mr.. Morris Cohen took a trip
Crawford, Monday. N o t
the confines Of the two
Zuntles, Oktibbeha and Lown-
rs, he could not get up courage
Rough to eIectloneer for tue
flee of county treasurer OF this
punty.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1915-02-19

The Francis K. Willard Mem
orial services were held at the
NPresby yterian Church Wednes-
day evening to a full. intelligent
and appreciative audience. A
ssplendld program was arranged
by Mrs. Paul Castles, su stated
the president of the Union, high
ly complimented her fine taste
aud unerring judgement for the
interesting occasion. The first
q rendition by the choir: "Glve to
the Winds Thy Fears: Scripture
sreading and prayer by Rev. +.
z. Browne; Qaartette-O ne
Sweetly Solemn Thought; "What
the Francis Fund Is. assigned
to Rev. w. A. Jordan, but he be.
ing absent Mrs. Bertha Scales
vas substituted by the president
and in the most pleasing man.
ner did full justice TO the subject,
though had only a few hours In
which to consider. Mrs. Scales
a gifted aud most accomplish
ed lady and always efficient TO
whatever position assigned;
2eadtng-'Francis E. Willard",
Miss Owen, rendered IN that way
which gave pleasure to all;
Why a Francis Willard?" a.
veil prepared paper by Mrs. W..
W. Magruder splendldly deliver
ed and very instructive, Anthem
Radiant Morn'--beauti.
ully rendered by the Choir. most
Inspiring; Reading-''Llttle Bios
om"--Bat.e Marshall, rendered
nost beautifully and impressive
y, in lisping style as bright
ittle girl can only do; this bright
title girl did herself much cred,
and lmparted much pleasure
O all; Solo--Crossing the Bar"
sy Mrs. TN. Montgomery in her
,eculiarlV gifted and happy
hammer; This tavorlte song OF
Hiss Wizards was sung at her
aneral service; Short talk by
resident of the Y's--Mr. Joe
sice.
I Mr.. Rice rising young men,
er of the Starkville bar, made a
plendid talk of a few minutes,
Explaining this branch of the w,
- #. u, would admit males and
,male mem bers from Is to %
ears and that meeting would
80 held at the hospitable home of
lr. A. M. Maxwell, the follow
ag Thursday evening to organ
e and admit me mberS. Short
ut interesting address by the
resident of the local Union,
.5rs. It. w. Woodward. Mrs
.rs. Woodward is always al
,ady, willing, instructive, i'm
ressige and eloquent speaker,
all know who have had the
opportunity of hearing her; Of
etory--thanking the assembly
sr the nice collection and then
he benediction by the venerable
+. T.. G. Wier. 1t was a splen-
d occasion and an emphatic
ccess and we very much regret
at. we are unable to give the
commence of the affair more
stlstactory to our self.
We're it not for the good wOm-
a of the country, no doubt the
lie of whisky would be legallz-
throughout this fair land,
God bless the women in all
s,eir good works.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

And so you are surprised that your young man does not come to see you any more, are you?" said Mildred's un- cle. That he came to see you more than twice was a source of wonder to me, and when he came the third, fourth, and fifth times 1 began to be- lieve that insanity ran in his family. Any young man who has sense enough to go into the yard and shut the gate when 1t rains knows more than to settle down as a steady caller upon a girl like you.
 Now, now! Don't bristle up and look daggers at your fond old uncle. If I were not your uncle and if I did not understand you better than you understand yourself I would shun you as the dweller in the tropics shuns the deadly upas tree. You are just standing on the wrong foot, that is what is the matter with you.
 "No, don't sit up there opening and closing your mouth and snapping your eyes at me! I am here to do my duty by my sisters only child, and when l get through with you you are going to be all shotA to pieces. If you had only sat up and looked like that when the young man called upon you he would be calling upon you yet. And no doubt your fond mother would be giving an announcement party. But no accouneement party for you! You are on a greased toboggan and scoot- ing toward the discard to pick up your cat and parrot and slide into spinster-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
FEDERAL DRUG LAW,

With the opening of March there went into effect 8 new federal law rel ative to the sale of narcotic drugs, which should materially assist state legislation in the control and discour- Rgement of the indiscrimtnais use of many of the harmful drugs. By the provisions of the act, which is known as the Harrison law, it is required that every producer. manufacturer, con- pounder, importer, dealer or dispenser of such drugs as opium, morphine, CO., deine. heroin. their salts or compounds must register with the internal rev. enue collector in his district and pay a special tax of one dollar. No one else Is permitted to possess such drugs ex- cept through 8 prescription, it being required that all stocks must be re- corded and subject to the inspection of the internal revenue bureau, blanks being required for registrations and a heavy penalty Is fixed for the illegal use thereof.
 Most states have laws which are supposed to regulate the sale of nar- rotics, but the federal act supplements
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
ABOUT AS EXPECTED.

Just about as much has resulted from the investigation of the alleged
 influences which each side claimed was back of the other relative to the ship purchase bill, as was expected. From such testimony as has been taken it would appear that a mountain has
 been made out of much less than a
 molehill and that such statements. as were made had little or no foundation.
 Inference and unjustifed suspicion often lead enthusiasts into strange ter
 ritory and statements and it is i'm
 possible to glean that there was any thing more back of the claims and counter claims that were put forth concerning the motives of the sup
 porters and opponents of the ship bill.
 Perhaps the best thing that the in-
 vestigation has brought forth is the
 very situation that it has disclosed.
 Little credence was given to the as- sert1ons when they were made, but it
 is far better that the truth should be known concerning them than that they should be allowed to stand unrefuted TOT future embarrassment. The inquiry thus far has brought forth no facts other than to show that the advocates and opponents of the proposed legis-
 latlon were actuated by sincerity in
 the stand which they have taken.
 There have been no sensational deveI- opments and it is doubtful if the state- ments made carried any influence one way or the other. The bill was as good as defeated at the time and it
 must be with satisfaction to all con- cerned, and the country in earticular that the investigation has resulted as
 it has. It shows the necessity of curb. ing irresponsible speech.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
AUTO LEGISLATION.

Some of the threatened trouble which the reckless and careless auto driver threatens to bring upon all users of the automobile is indicated by the movement put underway by the Ma tiona1 Safety First Federation, which would require all auto owners who drive their own cars to obtain licenses only through demonstrated evidence of their ability, and also require all driv- CTS, whether owners or not, to carry their photograph on their license card.
 It may be some time before such legislation is endorsed throughout the country, but it must be recognized that even more strict regulations can be anticipated unless there is a disposi- ton to observe regulations and assume the proper amount of responsibility by every driver of a car. The fact is that no such regulations would be call ed for or needed if there did not exist the disposition among a certain num- Der to disregard the rights of others and the laws of the state. If the same relative attention was given to the driving of automobiles as there is to other vehicles such departures from existing requirements would not even be suggested.
 There is, however, each week, lists of fatalities and accidents which are not only too large, but in a great many cases entirely needless. The exchang- ing of license cards or the loaning of cars is not responsible for all of them, but in view of the responsibility which should go with the driver of every auto it must be expected that if there is not disposition to furnish it without, it must be expected that it will be sought through legislation. Safety cannot be disregarded
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
Stories of the War
"Am I a Human Reinq?"

From a letter to the London Times:
 The damp has gone into my pock- cts l am wet from head to heel. My hands are caked with mud. I am wet through and have nowhere a chance to dry myself Everything in every pocl- ct is ruined, and my money is nothing but a lump of colored paper. I have tried to dry the pencil I am writing with by candle light in my dugout, but it is of no use. The water is trickling down the walls and giving me a shower bath all the time. My brooches are thick with mud. I don't suppose even my mother would recognize me at this minute. l have tried in vain to dry my hands. l have blown on them and held them round the candle, but it is no good. They are inches deep in mud.
 My revolver case has turned into putty and my muffler is more like a mud pie than anything else. The paper l am writing on I found round some chocolate in my dugout. Somehow it had kept dry. My watch has stopped at 5, as the wet and mud have pene- trated it. I have lived on chocolate all day long, and I am going into a eel lar near here to get something to eat whenever I can be relieved. This cellar belongs to a ruined farm that has not a wall standing.
 "All day long we have heard the swish of the shells overhead and seen them fall only a few yards away and tear up and rend tremendous holes in the ground. I have just waded through our trenches, which have fallen to pieces and are filling with mud and water, parapets falling down and al the dugouts collapsing; the men stand ing shivering in the bitter wind or sentry duty. others huddled together trying to keep warm, but wet and gri1ny and caked with mud.
 Am I a human being?" I ask my self. I am gradually getting cold and chilled all through, and will, to keep circulation going, be forced to go round my sentries to see if they are all stand ing by. We have not slept for nights and 1t is hard for every one.
 T am cheerful to have a laugh ready for all my men. They have been good to me, and it is marvellous how goot they are and how little grumblins there is. I dug one of my men out oI the mud yesterday. I thought we hai lost him, as it took an hour and a hal; to dig him out, but I am glad to say we pulled him round and he is quite fit again. Last night I fell into { trench full of water, and the men kept little box full of wood burning neal me all night long and brought me ho tea. They are fine and have worked splendidly all the time."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
FORGED BY SUBMARINES.

The steadily increasing importance which is being attached to the sub marine as the result of the demonstra- tions it has given during the war can not be overlooked, and while it is nak- ing permanent place for itself in every navy af the world, it is also in dicating that it must have a strong influence in the remaking of the rules of war when the proper time comes.
 The submarine has upset the whole scheme of naval operations of the past. It is the submarine which has permit ted Germany to get many of the Brit ish naval vessels. It is the submarine which has, made 1t possible for Ger many to make it's recent extension of the war zone to include the British Isles and it is the submarine which causes the allies to decide upon this new form of a blockade which has just been announced concerning trade to and from German ports. In all these instances the underwater craft has brought about new conditions and con- ditions which are not now covened in international treaties.
 While there are precedents for guid- ance concerning many of the under standings relative to war measures "AAASii AAe"FC pScH pfdStlceu III the past, the submarine has been developed be- yond anticipation and it is unrestrfct- ed. It is able to operate without the restraint of such things as rules of war. even if there was a disposition to respect them. It makes the old type of blockade an especially hazard ous undertaking and by it's accom- plishments emphasizes almost daily the changes in warfare and war regula- tions which 1t is bound to cause,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
THE AMERICAN LEGION.

The announcement of the formation of an organization of first reserves to be known as the American Legion for the better insurance of the nation s preparedness for war presents sub- ject of much interest te the country just at this time. It Is a step about which the country will desire to know more, for it is directed along lines which correspond with suggestions which have been made to the govern ment for the establishing of a re- serve army, and it fills the position which the president referred to when he spoke of the citizenry trained and accustomed to arms.
 Perhaps one of the strongest features of the organization is the idea of mak- ing it volunteer body to be com posed chiefly of men who have spent more or less time in one or more de- partments of the country's defense By such a plan there can be had ai all times a body of trained men ir addition to the regular army and navy and the reserve of the state militia who for efficiency would be the pick o1 the nation. Such plan means the making the most of such expenditures as the government is making every year III tue tTdiI11IlS OI the men III LQe army and navy.
 Whether the effort proves a suc- cess remains to be determined If the government makes no effort to keer together those men who have left it's service at the expiration of their en- listments, the value of doing so car be readily demonstrated by the Amer ican Legion. Uninspired by the gov ernment and purely voluntary it can- not be considered as leaning towards militarism.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
MILDRED'S UNCLE ADVISES.

[ hood! You don't belong, that's all
 that's the matter with you!
 Please don't work your jaws like a turtle! It is not yet your turn 10 Lalk' and l hate to be interrupted.
 Do you remember the first night he l called? When you ran down the steps | to meet him you slipped and turned your ankle just trif1e. His so1cltude l for you knocked over the beans right there. You got your first taste Of real sympathy, and it tasted like more. You sat coiled up on the couch all that eve ming nursing an ankle that you could | have tangoed on. He sympathized with you to a fare-you-WeH.
 The next time he called you held your hand to your cheek and complain | ed of toothache-you who would not know a toothache if you met it in the | high road! He sympathized you you
 again. The next time he called you | had a headache. The next time he ! called you had acute indigestion. The next time he was here you draped your | self over my morris chair like Wllted | begonia and looked mighty interesting from an undertaker's point of view. | The next time he called he didn't call,
 and he has not called since.
 | Now, listen. That young man thinks you have falling hair, weak eyes, add | led brains, freckles, heaves. spavins, | tellect, cleft palate. tuberculosis and blind staggers. He imagines that all your life you will be sufferer, and | that every month of your life will mean a doctor bill for some one. So | he has made up his mind that this | some one will not be a certain yoAlng
 man whom we know.
 'fThe truth is that you haven't a
 fault or b!emisR You are sound in | jump higher and bite harder than any
 young man I ever knew. You have
 never had an ache or a pain, and if | you felt any better than you do at this very moment we should have to call ir l a doctor.
 'sNow listen, my dear; there is a
 little card party at Jimkins' tonight and you and I are going to drop ir
 there accidentally, as if we were go- | ing somewhere else. Your young mar
 is going to be there, and I want you
 to tell Jimkins that you are hungry | enough to bite a poker chip in two, as
 have seen you do a dozen times Then, when you have attracted atten- i tioE to yourself, I shall tell how you
 make a practice of walking me tt
 death, and of outswimming and out boxing me. I'll wish I had somebody
 to take you off my hands for the eve
 ming so that I might join the game
 and then it's up to - Here! StoI | hugging me! Have you forgotten tha you are merely an interesting invalid ; Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

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 If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound will help you,write to Lydia aE.Pinkham MedicineCo. (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad- vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

them through keeping in touch with the sources of supply and thus afford ing an additional means of control. There is enough illegal traffic to war rant both state and federal legislation for it is impossible to cause too severe a check upon this demoralizing trade. It is to be hoped that the means will be furnished by the new law to se- cure the strict enforcement of just such restriction as is desired, and that it will give additional aid to the uphold ing of the state regulations for the suppression of the evil which already has too great a grip upon humanity.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
FRUIT LAXATIVE IF C0NSTIPATED,
 TAKE "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS"

can not injure Even cross, sick, few erish children just love it's pleasant taste and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to eff feet a good inside cleansing"
 For thirty years California Syrup of Figs has been recommended by physicians as the ideal stomach, liver and bowel cleanser. Millions of fam lilies who are well informed use noth- ing else, but recently there has come flood of spurious fig syrups, so we warn the public to ask plainly at drug stores for a 50 cent bottle of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" and see that t is prepared by California Fig Syrup Company" We make no cheaper size. Hand back any counterfeit" with contempt.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
BEST LIVER AND BOWEL REG- ULATOR FOR MAMMA, DADDY
 AND CHILDREN,

If you're head achy. constipated, bilious or stomach is disordered and you want to enjoy the necest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced, take a tablespoonful of f"Californ:a Syrup of Figs tonight and in the morning all the constipation poison, bile and clogged-up waste will gently move out of the system without grip ing and you will feel splendid.
 Every member of the family should use this fruit laxative as occasion de- mands. It is just as effective for grandpa as it is for baby. It simply
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

v egetapi0 0 CoHl- pound. My back acheduntil I thought it would break, I had pains all over me,
 nervous feelings and periodic troubles. I was very weak and run down and was losing hope of ever b eing ell and strong. After talk ing Lydia B. Pink
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

The use of the Panama canal by sailing ships because they can save from s2,ooo to s3,o0o by so doing may come as a surprise to the canal off, cials, but it is quite evident that 1t is not the steamers alone that are going to be benefited
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

The chances are that nothing inter- ests the auto owners like the report that the output of gasolene can be increased 200 per cent, but more gas need not necessarily mean more speed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

Dr. Rittman has by his discoveries simply accomplish what it was always believed could be done in this country. Now it remains for such industries as it will stimulate to be given a chance.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

Not even by pressure of other duties should the attention of the leaders of the contending forces in Europe be
 allowed to escape what T and my four sons" are ready to do.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

If the prediction proves true that aeroplanes will be as cheap as autos in ten years, it is to be hoped that they will not bring with them lice amount of reckless handling.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

If it is possible to avoid trouble by photographing the hearts of the foot ball squads. it might be a good idea to try out such a scheme on the war lords.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

In nullifying the taxing plan against all foreigners Carranza realizes of course that the Mexicans don't dare to kick.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

It is the purpose of the allies tc stop everything headed for Germany except armies and ammunition prop erly guided
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

The man on the corner says: It is never the dogs fault that he is up ir arms when he has his picture taken.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

There is no doubt that President Wilson realizes he will have enough on his hands even after congress ad. journs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

Every time a ttrusty'' breaks out o1 prison he upsets the whole system o1 sympathy which it takes so long tc build up.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

Great Britain has no reason to be- 1eve that Germany has begun train ing for a hunger strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

Turkey may not believe that the all lies are going to get Constantinople, but no country prepares to change it's capital without some good reason back of it
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

It isn't a matter of choice with the people of Belgium as to what they will give up during Lent
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Thus far there is nothing of a. se- r1ous nature to complain about con- corning March
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

The latest Connecticut murder illus trates over again that as a rule there is always a reason for crime The trouble is that the quarrelsome dis position of some people is never re- vealed until it is to late. Along with the other uplifting plans underway one should be undertaking to determine whether or not a whole lot of people are not running around loose liable to work some individual up to the point of murder on the least provocation.- Middletown Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03

In almost all other countries there are more stringent laws for murder than we have here and there is less chance of the murderer escaping pun ishment than there is in the United States. Because of that there are less killings in European countries. What we must do here is to lessen the chances of the convicted murderer es- caping the death penalty rather than doing anything that will give more chances than he has now.-eMriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-03
LOSING HOPE
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 Vegetable Compound.

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