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dr. X. H. Lyon spent Sunday
IA. & M.
Pest quality Cement.
Hawkins & Hodges.
Prof. McCay. of T. M. ] was
& sunday visitor.
Or, S. NJ Majors, OF Corinth,
" : here Tae,dly.
looms to rent.
:. J. ". HA.-4.
WANTED Corn.
q AGams {: Neu5er
II. Milton Davis of T.
visitsd horne folks SUNDAY
re It.. L &. meet a49ta hrs
= ba L :. {, i'riday,a + 2;39:.
kANrED Corr. ~
/ 30 Atiailss& EGubert.,a
b tp.s:N.% :.
NAtcA H. u, Deaia';..~.biacsa :
b. afa for low prices.
Ms chapalald,, T. Of II aipjiss,I5., wa.
TIE &leit OF Miss Jliie Davis
Sunday.
Wi H. N. Knox Knox; AMI AMI little
daughter spent Sunday in $Co,
lumbns. es " q p
Yda viii find eyerythihg fIor
your fruit and nut cakes att
T. M. Deans.
For SALE OR EXCHANGE For
MULES One pair lay work
mares: medium weight, II hands
hi r..
A. T. STC VAIL.
For SALE-6 residences from
$1O5000to $4,000 and some
OTIS some bargains.
J. NJ. Haley.
Mrs. Cook and little da IL liter,
Maria, have returned from a few.
days visit to Columbus.
Mr.. w. P. Conner dressed a
Is months old pig Tuesday
which weighed 425 pounds.
MIR. and Mrs. viii E. N'srd,
of Starkville, spent the week
end here the guests Of relatives.
Mrs. ]. q. Parchman is spend
ing the winter with her son,
Mr.. Edgar Parchman. in Mem
phis. !,
MesHames Bell and McCorkie,
of Bonneville were guests of
Mrs. Flank Herndon on Thanks
givingr ,.4 ,j:''''
The EMethedist Ladies will
n
hold their annual bazaar Friday,
Dec. 1Qs A chicken dinner and
supperIwil' be served.
Mr.. Houston Howell and
chiIdreh. of Tranquil neighbor-
hood. visited, his daughter, Mrs.
w. d. Garner, the latter part of
last week.
Mr.. Ray Whiteside happened
to the misfortune to break his
arm Sunday. He attempted to
crank his car when it back fired |
and sent him to a physician.
Mr.. ]. c. Droke. of Rienze.
came down Tuesday and will re-
main through the holidays as
sisting his brother Mr.. w. R.
Droke in the Droke Jewelry Co. ,
Glover Bloom cheese, cold !
sliced ham and roast pork. X
Ray Bogolona also Weiner
Wurst. We are now wrapping
our bread in sanitary paper
sealed. |
VIENNA BAKERY. !
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. F. Clarke. Of
Amory accompanied by Mr.. |
Clarke's brother of Norris CITY,
ILL.,, mortored over to Spent
with Hon. |. V.
Alo~o4h,y and fa,,aslv Mrc 4
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-12-02
Demagoaues.

In every age the vilest specimens Of,
human nature are to- be found among
demagogues.-Lord Macaulay.
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convened in the Maple Creek Church, in
Washington county, Pa, near Charlie
roi. on Monongehala river. yesterday
and will continue today and tomorroW.
preached the introductory sermon from
st. Matthew. 22:42, What think We OF
Christ? Whose son is Her..
The Red Stone is one of the oldest
associations in America and Elder
Alexander Campbell was moderator Of
this association from 1922 to 1928, his
brother, Elder Thomas Campbell. was
also moderator for number Of years.
The District of Columbia Christian
Endeavor Union will hold its septem-
Der meeting Labor day at Falls Church.
being entertained by the Falls Church
Baptist Christian Endeavor Society
Ali Endeavorers in Washington are
urged to attend
Take Falls Church car at Rosslyn end
of Aqueduct bridge at 1870 pm, Mon
day, and get off at Crossman's Grove
station.
A program Of field sports, including a
base ball game, has been arranged for
the afternoon. In the evening the reg
ular devotional meeting will be held,
the president of the union presiding.
in Christian Endeavor work In the city
will address the meeting.
Endeavorers are requested to bring
a basket lunch with them: If desired
hammocks and ropes for swings may
also be taken along.
X y X
Mr. and Mrs. ]. g. Newsom. who have
been actively engaged In Christian En-
deavor work in this city for the past
three years, left on Tuesday evening,
for Elizabethtown. Ind.
X \ Il X
The Sherwood Presbyterian Christian
Endeavor Society will hold rally to-
morrow evening.
The Cavalry Baptist Christian En-
deavor Society will hold q rally early
in October. This rally will be at the
time Of the return of Rev. S. n Greene,
the pastor of the church, to the city.
X X X
DR.. ]. ]. Muir, has returned from his
vacation in Canada and will preach In
|Temple Baptist Church tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

in cash and the hard work Jane and I
and the boys have done during the past
eighteen months.
To begin with, might say that we
could today turn the chickens we have
into cash and realize more than the $500
of actual money involved in the equation.
In addition, in the way of live stock,
we have a good horse, two splendid
cows and three hogs which will dress
next December more than 200 pounds
apiece. We had wagon and farm
implements worth more than 800 The
poultry buildings we have erected and
the equipment for poultry we have
bought represent more than $1O0 We
have cleared about six acres of land
and increased the fertility of the soil.
We have put out several hundred small
fruit plants and a number of fruit trees.
These are actual values which cannot
be expressed in dollars and cents.
The partial payment on the house and
original eight acres, the additional ten
acres Of land we bought and the cost
of the tenant house came out of James
$4,000. The rest of that money is in
tact-put away as an emergency fund.
Work and Savings Paid.
stock, in tools and equipment, build
ings. fences, improvements and better
ments, therefore, have been paid for
by the $500 we had saved to start with.
the 5000 we might have saved other
wise, and the work we have done. Even
deducting the loss we suffered through
the burning of the barn and Its con-
tents, the value of the chickens, stock,
equipment and soil improvement GER
tainly is not less than $1,000: On that
basis. we are $500 better off than we
would have been had we remained In
town. How much of that $500 Is due
to our having lowered the cost of liv-
ing and how much of 1t is payment Tor
the hard work we have done IS cues
ton I am wholly unable to answer. l
am not willing even to hazard guess
There is in the above estimate no at
tempt to place value on the expert
ence we have gained. There Is not, OF
course, any way to do this, but we can,
at least. take some account of the &C
tual losses we have suffered as dlrect
result of the super-amount of lnexperl-
ence we had to begin with. In chickens
alone that loss is not, roughly estl
move we made in poultry. except for
the twenty old hens we bought the
week we moved, was so serious mis-,
take that 1t might well have wrecked
us. In buying Matching eggs Tor our
foundation flock we went to a breeder
whose specially is show birds. without
ever thinking to inquire into the egg
laying capacity of his hens or the VI
tality OF his flock. The result was that
we Matched chicks of low vitality and
an appalling number Of them died be-
fore they ever sprouted feathers. And
the comparatively few pullets We did
bring to maturity only laid eggs when
they couldn't think of anything else to
do.
AS g. result Of this lack of wisdom in
buying Matching eggs and of other err
rors due to inexperience, the end of our
first year in poultrydom found US sew
eral hundred dollars in the hole. Even
If we didn't make any profit, we ought.
at least, to have broken even and been
able to start the second year with a
clean sheet.
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bred fine pullets ought, in all reason
ableness. to be laying by the first of
November, we expect the end of the
second year to show satisfactory bal
ance to the credit Of chickens.
In the growing of crops our mistakes,
numerous as they were, are less easy
to point out My first harvest last fall
didn't amount to much, due, in part, to
my lack of knowledge and, in part. to
the fact that it had been a summer of
prolonged and ruinous droughts. This
year, owing to increased knowledge
and more favorable weather. the har-
vest Will make much better showing.
doubt, taking the two years together,
whether there will be any actual cash
profit. but. at least, eight acres of my
land has been gotten into condition to
grow good crops next year, and 1 be-
lfeve I have acquired. at least, a rudi-
mentary knowledge SUFFICIENT to the
growing of them. What I know about
farming wouldn't fill many volumes,
perhaps, but. viewing it in the light of
what little I do know. would rather
have that knowledge than / would a
thousand dollars and start in all over
not set down a credit item of 81, 900 for
experience gained?
No Votes for the City.
What we have gained in health, in
happiness and contentment. of course,
are beyond financial reckoning. Were
it put to vote, no voice at Sunny
Knoll would be raised in favor of re-
turning to the city.
AS we look back on the years that
have gone, and forward through the
years that are to come. we have but
the one regret: That the adventure
back to the soil was not made years
ago.
It very well may be that had we re-
NAMED in the city and found means
of extra earnings by extra work We
might have gained as much or more
than we have gained at Sunny Knoll.
But the point is that in the city We
never had found means of extra
earnings. and the probabilities are we
never would have found one.
And now, in conclusion. Jane and l
beg to express our appreciation OF the
interest that has been shown in our
undertaking, and to the many who
have troubled to write us-some with
friendly advice and suggestion, others
with helpful criticism-we extend our
sincere thanks. z. >. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
ANOTHER IMMIGRATION
PATROL TO BE LAUNCHED
Motor Boat Ellington Will Be Chris
tened by Commissioner Caminetti's
Granddaughter.

Another step in the plan Of the bu-
reau of immigration to surround the
country with a signal and patrol sys-
tenn to prevent the surreptittous entry
Of undesirable aliens will be taken next
Thursday when the motor boat Filing
ton will be launched at San Pedro. Cal.
The boat will go into commission about
two weeks after the launching. She
will be used in patrolling the coast OF
southern California to break up snug
Cling operations. which has caused
much trouble there. A few weeks
later a sister ship to the Ellington. the
Azalea, will be launched the Same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Little Sptl9
10 Bedtime
ny THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915. By J. q. Lloyd
The Funny Toes Of Sticky
Toes.

With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
But with fingers and toes that are queerer than
these
Is a spry little fellow that lives IN the trees.
OF course, you know who 1t is
Sticky-Toes the Tree Toad. Yes. sir.
he Is the very one. A lot of people
don't know what queer fingers and toes
he has. But then a lot Of people are
just like Peter Rabbit. Peter had
known Sticky-Toes ever since he could
remember without once thinking there
was anything very interesting about
him until he discovered that Sticky
Toes could change the color of his suit,
could wear light gray or dark gray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

light brown or dark brown, as he
pleased, and yet have on the same suit
Of clothes.
When he discovered that Peter be-
Sticky-Toes managed to keep from be.
ing seen, he just turned the color OF
his surroundings and kept ,Per1ectiy
stiIl. That set Peter to thinking. He
began to wonder II there was AWNING
more interesting and wonderful about
Sticky-Toe Then he remembered an
the wonderful things he had found out
about old Mr.. Toad. the cousin OF
sticky-Toes. whom .n ne h nao mound AND
that reminded Peter that he never had
seen Old Mr.. Toad climb tree, nor
Grandfather Frog. who IS also COUSIN
to Sticky-Toes. If they couldn chmo
how was it that Sticky-Toes could? He
didn't look SO very different from his
bigger cousins, not in shape. anyway
Could it be that Sticky-Toes had
claws?
ava for the first time he noticed that
his fingers and toes were unlike any
fingers and toes he ever had seen. Ihey
were bigger at the tips than anywhere
else In fact. they looked as ~ eaen
one ended in little ball. Riehe away
Peter became very curious.
"What is the matter with your toesF
he inquired.
Nothing y the matter ird M.1a my '0es
ret0rted
what are those funny round things
on the ends of them?' persisted Peter,
staring most impolitely.
"They are my climbers. and they are
not funny at all" returned sucky-Ioes'
ct Sciimybersw exclaimed Peter. as If he
thought he hadn't heard right
yves. climbers!" repeated sticky
Toes "Without them l couldn't
ci HID r don,t see how you climb with
them" nersisted Peter. looking very
'' sFeei T Of them said sticky-roes.
jumping close to 3, Peter .wbv. they're
S aof course. That's why I'm called
sticky.Toes." replied little Mr.. Tree
oh" said Peter. because he couldn't
think Of 1 sng,tah as e he felt You see see
~ neVer had occurred to him to wonder
ao %It.s ' Very handy" continued Sticky
Toes. "1 never slip and So OF course
l aRut where does that sickness come
fromr' asked Peter. eager to find out
az From nc n inside those little round things
YOU think so funny. OF course, stupid,
replied Sticky-Toes.
aoh." said Peter again.
"You may think my fingers and toes
verv funny, but let me tell you they
summed to the trunk Of a tree. up which
10 climbed and presently began to sing:
rt.s going to rain! It's going to rainl
rs surely going to rain again!
p.ter looked up at the sky Sure
.onoh. there were dark clouds there
pater started for home in the dear Old
Brier Patch
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place. and will be used in similar duty.

place, and will be used in similar duty.
The Ellington is named after Com.
missioner General Caminettrs grand.
daughter, Miss Ellington E. Caminetti.
who will break bottle of California
wine on the vessels PROV as she slides
down the ways.
The vessels are each sixty-one and q
half feet long, ten feet Of beam and
draw three feet OF water They are
built for heavy sea service, and have
machinery designed to propel them fast
enough to run down the swiftest boats
used by the smugglers in their opera
tions. They will be equipped with
wireless and with collapsible masts.
This latter feature Is designed to change
the appearance of the boats and pre-
vent easy Identification while at sea in
their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Profted by Mistakes.

Fronting by our mistakes Of the first
year. we have done better the past six
months, and, estimating the chickens
we have on hand at their fair market
value. we are just about even with the
game. As the most Of our several hun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Calvary Baptist Church s.. 81 : : =

Rev. SAMUEL H. GREENE D. D.. Pastor.
Rev. A. F. ANDERSON. D. D., Assistant.
REV. A. u. BRYANT. Minister to the Deaf.
Sunday school, $50 am. n. S. Faucett supt
II O'Clock. morning worship. with sermon BY
DR.. Anderson: subject, Gods Secret" followed
by the Lords supper.
pm, evening worship. with sermon by DR..
Anderson; subject Gods, Versus Mans.
Way Of Seeing Things"
Thursday, pm, prayer meeting; pm,
deacons' meeting, Teachers Club. Christian
Endeavor meetings, Sunday pm, Tuesday
pm.
Ali are cordially invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

execution was deferred because Of the ex-
pense of getting the farm in condition
where there would be some chance OF us
paying a profit. With the passing OF time
and the making Of these improvements
we have been growing fonder and prouder
of Sunny Knoll, and more and more con-
WINGED that it is here we want to spend
our remaining years We have been try
ing to build up business. but we have
been even more anxious to build up a
home.
Last week we had a chance to sell the
place at price that would have given us,
after allowing for our expenditures in i'm
provements, a clear profit Of nearly
ST. 900 We have refused the offer Con-
sidering Sunny Knoll as a business propo-
we should have sold. But we were not
willing to sell our home-"the first home
we ever have known"
am convinced that the years will JUS
tify our decision. 1t may be, in fact I am
quite certain, that with our original in
vestment and $1,000 added, coupled with
the experience we have gained, we could
have bought larger and better and more
profitable farm. But always, am equally
convinced, we would have regretted Sunny
Knoll. By staying here we close the door
to regrets-for I do not think we ever
shall regret the fiat in town.
Second Purpose Realized First.
And so, Of the two motives that led US
into adventuring back to the soil, the Sec
ond is first to be realized. We have found
the larger and fuller life we sought. and
with it we have found contentment and
happiness and hope for the future. We
have come into understanding of what it
means to have home"
I promised, early in the experiment,
that before 1 finished the story I would
balance up the books and give an ac-
counting in dollars and cents as to the
success of our undertaking. That
promise shall have to break. 1t is no
more practical today than it was when
the undertaking was a month or six
months old There are too many in
tangible values that would have to be
taken into account to make reckoning
worth while.
Mistakes we have made have cost US
mistakes we gained experience. Who
Is going to say whether the experience
is worth more or less than it cost us?
When we came to the country We had
IS. 900, which Jane inherited from an
uncle, and about $500 besides. We
haven't that much cash now, but we
have a house and eighteen acres of
land, with mortgage on 1t. The fact
that we were offered for our equity
thousand dollars more than 1t cost US
OuSnl 10 p0 Convincing SAdI LILO AhNCbl-
ment was not unwisely made.
But that doesn't get down to the meat
Of the question whether we actually
have reduced the cost of living by COM
ing to the country. When we were in
the city the margin of income over liv-
ing expenses did not exceed $40 a
month. Since coming to the country
laying aside our investment in house
and land-we have spent every cent of
my salary and have drawn on our saw
ings And, in addition, all Of US ex-
cept little Margery have worked a great
deal harder than we ever did in the
city.
One Way Of Comparison.
Had we remained in the city 1t is
air to assume that we still would have
the $500 Of savings we had March
If last year, and might reasonably have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Not Up to Description.

During the two-mile drive over muddy
roads back to the station, and the fifty
minute ride by trolley to the city. Jane
and I were two as discouraged NOR
tails. think, as ever lived. The agents
description of the place had led US to
believe it was what we had been look
Ing for so long. And then we saw it.
1t was several days-a week, perhaps
before either of US asked the other
the question: Shall we take It? In the
meantime we had alternated between
defamation and defense. of the place
Even now l recall every detail Of that
night when we came to a decision
Margery had been feeling unusually
bad that day, and was feverish and
restless In her crib. Jane sat a long,
long time by her little bed. Finally
she came out into the room where l
was wrestling alone with the problem,
and said, simply:
IF you decide we ought to take that
place. I am ready to go"
1t was thus the die was cast. We
moved on March day, when it was
half showing and half raining. and the
roads were deep in mud. 1t was al
most dark when the wagons arrived
and fully dark by the time they had
unloaded. We stood up to eat a supper
Of sandwiches and coffee. No oil had
been provided for the lamps, and, tired
went to bed wherever we could by the
Pickering light Of couple of toy can
dies left over from a Christmas tree.
1t would be hard. would it not, to
imagine more unauspicious beginning
for a new career2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Methodist Church,

Meh0p0utan Wetnodlst Inurcn,
Corner Of John Marshall place and @ st. NV.
James shera Montgomery, Minister.
Public worship at II O'Clock, with sermon by
DR.. Montgomery on
"A Glimpse Of the Emotional Christ
ysss Seats 70 the People.
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One Way Of Comparison.

Had we remained in the city 1t Is
air to assume that we still would have
the $500 OF savings we had March 1
If last year, and might reasonably have
been expected to have added 5000 to the
sum; What you van. to know is what That
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04
Better the Next Morning.


But when the sun came up next
morning things looked better, and
they continued to improve as the
weather grew warmer. Within a few
days we bought some hens and, as they
went singing about their business,
they added a cheerful tone. Jane
went to an auction and bought a
spawned old horse and a dilapidated
wagon. 1t was an outfit that would
excite scorn and derision on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, but at least 1t was a
means of conveyance and broke the
chains of isolation. In due time we
planted garden which, as 1 look
back at it now, l realize was more or
less Of joke. but we were growing
things to eat and that was what we
were in the country for. Still later,
after a good deal of scheming and
maneuvering by Jane, we bought q
COW, and then we began to make the
first visible impress on the high cost OF
living.
Gradually I got the place cleaned up
and Strengthened UP. Grass grew in
the yard where only weeds had been,
and when the days became hot and
the several really magnificent trees.
Jane was busy and I was busy. and
Jim and Ned were buster still. Mar
gerry played outdoors all the long days
through and slept peacefully through
the quiet nights. Roses came to her
cheeks, and week by week we could
notice appreciable gains in health and
strength.
AS the summer advanced and we be-
came more and more engrossed with
our work and our plans, we almost
forgot our dismal first Impressions of
the place. We were busy and con-
tented and happy, and. more than all,
We were hopeful We grew to have a
downright liking for the place. and
were not a little proud of it. I did
not realize. however, what it had como
to mean to us until Jane went to Bal
timore to spend two weeks and came
home at the end of the first week
glad to be back.
"This," she exclaimed. as we drove into
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Exercised Option to Buy.

After that there never was much doubt
as to what we would do. We had a one
year lease, with the option at the end Of
|. the year to buy at an agreed-upon price,
or to renew the lease for q term Of years.
We bought when the year was up. and
when opportunity offered little later we
added ten acres to our holdings.
We have kept on improving the place
as our means permitted, clearing the land.
building fences and outbuildings. and this
summer we erected a tenant house. In
fact. until the barn burned couple of
months ago we had pretty fair working
plant for our purposes. For long time
we have had plans drawn for moderniz-
ing and improving tho house, but their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

Rev. Dr. F. NJ. Mccoy, pastor Of
Waugh M. E. Church. has returned to
he city and will occupy his pulpit to-
morrow. The pastor spent his vacation
It North Beach and Mountain Lake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-04

in cash and the hard work Jane and I
and the boys have done during the past
eighteen months