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The Press., 1915-04-14
WELLINGTON.

James Carpenter spent Sunday in Hartford.
 Mrs. Cummings picked dandelion greens last week-the first of the sea. ! son, certainly.
 1 There were thunder showers Satur- day night and Sunday night with a rain fall that gave the grass its first real start.
 Several large fooks of wild geese have been observed flying northward within the week, and nest building birds are everywhere.
 Sunday morning early number of deer were prospecting for sprouting dandelions in the places where they know when to look for them.
 Next Sunday afternoon, the 18th, Bible school will commence at 3 o'clock and preaching service at 3 o'clock. Immediately following the service the Lords supper will be ob- served. MT. and Mrs. Jourean will be given the right hand of fellowship by the pastor
 At the suggestion of the lecturer, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Preston, members of the local w. 0. T. U.. arranged temperance pro- gram for the grange last Friday even- ing that met with general acceptance, and led to an interesting discussion, several of the members among the voters present expressing themselves l in favor of constitutional prohibition. l There was a good attendance. The postponed Easter concert was given last Sunday and was great success in every way, the young people and children of the Sunday school acquitting themselves finely. Thanks to Mrs. Darrow's training. The costumes of the different countries represented in the mission stations that encircle the world were pleasing and picturesque and represented much ingenuity and painstaking by the superintendent of the elementary de- partment. The music, under the leadership of Miss Cunning, MT. Tyler at the piano, was fine. The flowers arranged artistically by Mrs. Smith made pleasing display, mostly potted plants from the windows of Mrs. Robbins The lilies and cut flowers were kept over from last Sun day, The collection amounted to near. ly eleven dollars and goes toward the Foreign mission apportionment of the church.
 East Wilmington.
 Mrs. Ann Band is boarding al Frank Walton's.
 Miss Elsie Maine returned to he1 school here Monday.
 Mrs. Ella Copeland is spending g few days in Mt. Hope.
 Miss Helen Hutchinson of Bristo spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs B. l.. White.
 Mrs Frank Smith is spending the week with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Tinker in Huntington, Mass. | Moose Meadow.
 George L. Chittenden with a party of four from Boston were the guests at F. H. Fermier's last Saturday and Sunday. They reported some good fishing, getting away with 26, some good sized ones.
The Press., 1915-04-14

George L. Chittenden with party of four from Boston were the guests at F. H. Fermier's last Saturday and Sunday. They reported some good fishing, getting away with 26, some good sized ones.
The Press., 1915-04-14
Then He Was Fired.

Father-I cannot give you my daugh- CT my dear sir 1 am mighty particu- lar in such things Suitor Oh, pshaw! Now. l am not in the least so. Meg. yentlnrfer Rlatter.
The Press., 1915-04-14

''Hc:es il fellow. said tllp answer to correspondents e.itor. .Who wants to know what musical instrument pro duccs foot .nate;s''
 Tell him Il shoe horn." suggested the sporting editor.-Judge.
The Press., 1915-04-14

For dyspepsia, our national ailment, use Burdock Blood Bitters. Recommends ed for strengthening digestion, purifying the blood. At all drug stores. $l.OO a bottle.
The Press., 1915-04-14

What is not necessary is dear at a .oenny Cato.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
SUDAN GRASS.
That Wonderful New Forage
Crop.

In the year 1909 the Agriculture
Department obtained the first seed
from Sudan, Africa.
So satisfactory were the first
tests that more was rapidly grown
in order that extensive trials could
be carried out and it's possibilities
as a forage crop thoroughly studied
and understood, Trials have
proven beyond doubt that Sudan
Grass can be grown in any state in
the Union.
1t seems to be unaffected by tenn
perature and grows as well in q
cold climate as q hot one. It re-.
quires no special quality of soil,
black land, clay and sandy loan
have all produced successful crops.
It's most valuable quality, however,
is its resistance to drouth, in dry
or semi arid sections it thrives to
perfection and yet excessive mois-
ture does not iujure it.
1t surpasses all competitors in
quantities Of yield. A fair average
being five tons per acre each sea-
son.
Live stock show decided pre-
ference for Sudan grass over other
forage crops. IT you want to know
more about this wonderful plant
write the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington or your ex-
pertinent station.at Starkville, Miss.
Call at our store and see the
plants as they came from the field.
We have just received q large
supply of seed from a reliable
Texas grower and can supply our
friends at a lower price than they
can find in any market.
respectfully,
NOLEN BROS.
Seed Dealers.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
Family Of S Live On As Cents q
q Week

Speaking of the high price of
living, it came to the knowledge of
the writer few days ago of a re-
cent instance Of q mother and five
children living on the sum Of 45
cents a week for two consecutive
weeks.
Times" are always hard with
the family referred to, notwith-
standing that the husband and
father works in the shops ard pre-
sumabIy makes living wages and
draws his pay twice a month, for
he's q whisky drinking, crap-shoot-
ing negro and for weeks at time
does not appear at his home and
rarely brings home even q small
portion Of his pay.
During the two weeks referred
to above. he did not come home
during the term, and the wife and
mother and five children, one of
them an infant in arms and the
eldest little girl of some seven or
eight years, lad for their sole
means Of subsistence As cents q
week earned by the mother.
The money was spent for corn
meal 80 cents. sausage (used for
shortening as we'll as meat 10 cents
and molasses 5 cents. Not varied
menu, it will be seen, and undoubt-
edly the mother and children were
actually hungry much Of the time;
but they lived on it, which is the
main thing.
The mother is q deserving young
woman-not yet 21 years of age
and is heroically striving to rear
children as human beings and not
as beasts or pigs.
The husband, well, he's the kind
that should be ploWing cotton land
down on the Rankin farm.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
Respectfully,
NOLEN BROS.
Seed Dealers.

The Grand Chapter Order East
ern Star of Mississippi will hold it's
annual meeting in Greenville April
20 and 81.
The Penitentiars Trustees have
drawn from the state treasury $780,
600, with which to pay the ex-
penses Of 8, 400 bales of state cot
ton to Copenhagen, Denmark,
where it has been contracted for at
about IL cents a pound.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
NOTHING BETTER |
FOR WEAK WOMEN.
n Never Spent Any Money
That Did Me So Much
Good as That | Spent for
Vin0I."

Bellefontaine, Ohio. tel wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Vinol for never spent any money in
my life that did me so much good as
that spent for Vinol. My nerves were
in q very bad condition, makingme very
weak, tired, and worn out and often
drowsy headaches. / had tried cod
liver oil, DOCTORS medicines, and other
preparations without benefit.
Zone day friend asked me to try
Vinol. | did and soon my appetite in
creased, ! slept better and now / am
strong, vigorous and well and can do my
housework with pleasure. - Mrs. j. F.
LAMBoRN, Bcllefontaine, Ohio.
Nervous, weak, tired, worn-out wo-
men should take Mrs. Lamborn's advice
and try Vinol for there are literally
thousands Of men and women who were
formerly rundown, weak and nervous,
who owe their good health to Vinol.
It is the medicinal, tissue building ele-
ments of the Gods livers, aided by the
blood making, strengthening influence
of tonic iron, contained in Vinol, which
makes it SO efficient in all such cases.
Turnage- Atkinson Drug Co.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
A Card.
To THE VOTERS OF YALoBUsHA

To THE VOTERS OF YALoBUsHA
COUNTY:
lam before you for reelection
to the Legislature and ask your
support in the August primaries. l
am not before you with a great
batch of supposed needed legisla-
ton, we have laws enough. 1t is
true we will need a few, also q
modification of some we already
have; yet, il a members constit-
uents want any measure presented,
it is his duty to do it, My four
years experience will enable me to
take hold of the business consistent
ly and intel gently. Some say I
am old; we'll, a man is about as
old as he feels, and | don't feel so
old. True, / was in the Confederate
army nearly four years when | was
boy, I belonged to Gen. Wal
thalPs famous Brigade, whether
I helped to make it famous | can't
say, ask my comrades. Well, the
old maxim is old men for council,
young men for war. / hope this
rule will be observed this time. I
again say, it is not SO many new
laws We need, we had 1854 Bills in
troGuced in the last Legislature.
Maybe, again, new members as
a rule, not all, think they have to
do SOMETHING or their people at
home vii think they are not doing
anything. / think as good a plat
form as q member needs is to al
ways be present if possible, study
all questions from every stand
point, then get on the right side
and stay there.
Thanking you for past favors, /
am now your servant and hope to
be again.
Sincerely Yours,
w. Niece.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
Which, Vegetables or Tin Can.


There are any number of vacant
lots in and about Waier Valley that
should be put in gardens this sea-
son.
This should be dono for two
reasons to furnish the people with
fresh VEGETABLES at more reasonable
rates, and as a sanitary and health
precaution against disease germs
lurking in patches Of tall weeds
and the ever ready mosquito. q
proficient breeder in rusty tin cans
partially filed with rain water.
Which is Water Valley to have
this year, vegetable gardens on the
vacant lots or the usual crop Of
weeds and rusty tin cansi
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03

Mrs. Mamie Purnell Sisson, wife
of Congressman T. U. Sisson, and
daughter of Capt, and Mrs. j. G..
Purnell, died at the family home in
Winona Saturday. She leaves five
small children. Mr.. Sisson has
the sympathies of a number of Yal-
obusha friends in his sore bereave-
ment.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03

The Mississippi State Woman's
Suffrage Association will meet in
annual convention in Greenville
April and s. DR. Anna Shaw,
president of the national associa-
ton, is expected to be present at
the meeting.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03

Within the past few days Ger
man submarines have sunk three
more British merchantmen, with q
loss OF 40 lives, including crew
and passengers
The allies in addition to twenty
great battleships and nine cruisers,
are assembling q land force of 30
900 men for the final attack on the
Dardenelle forts and land defenses.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
Saints and Sinners.

/
the tragedy Of war it is not a time
to be supersensitive or sentimental
just now England is facing an
issue which is viewed with mixed
opinion by saints and sinners. The
question Of the scarlet letter and
war pensions is the disturbing issue,
Very properly and justly the
English government is doing what
lit can to support the wives, widows
and children of the men who are at
the front fighting and of the men
who sacrificed their lives for the
sake Of the crown.
The war Office has not been bias
cd by the question Of marriage.
Children of soldiers born in we'd
lock, and the mothers of such
children, have shared the war PEN
sions with children born out Of we'd
lock and mothers of such children.
Lest the unmarried mothers of
English soldiers children should
get support for their children from
the state without stigma English
churshmen have entered 2 vigor-
ous protest. They are not in
favor Of letting these unfortunate
children of parents who are not
married die for want Of bread,
but they do want to be absolutely
sure that the scarlet letter. is
displayed in full view Of all Eng
land.
The English press has not COM
mendei tho churchmen for their
ungenerous attitude. The resolu-
tion was defeated by majority Of
one vote. The house of laymen
Iof Canterbury, = Says the Pail
Mall Gazette, lis certainly indebt-
led to its working class members,
lWhe were able 81 restrain il by one
vote from casting q stone at the
unmarried mother. It shows little
confidence in the stability of mar
riage, as an institution, to assume
that it will be injured by chivalr-
|ous treatment Of women whose
position is hard enough at any
time, and is now accentuated BY the
surrender Of their breadwinners to
thescountry's service. The kind
ofvirtuesw which feels itself outraged
unless the relief given these women
Lie accompanied by some explicit
stigma does snot commend itself to
any class Of the community
The London Times, the Star and
the Chronicle are equally emphatic
ina their stand. gas ~
The fact admitted By. those. op
posed to the action Of .thAsWar De-
psrtment that such women are en-
titled to support should be sufici-
/ |ent. Why isit necessary. to add
Ito, her misfortuneiby declaring she
| is entitled to MD, !, bnt must be
branded when she receives it9
This is, not 3 time when such a
question should be injected in the
matter Of pensions. The children
|of such marriages may some day
become loyal supporters Of the
crown onssthe field Of battle them
sefvess Az zss
It's unjust to the mother; it is
unjnst to the child. Such children.
in the history Of England haverisen
to positions Of high estate. # the
pension is deserved, it should be
given without the humiliation Of
thescarletl letter being conspicuous
|ly displayed Commercial Appeal.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
A Law that IS Needed.

MISSISSIPPI u6tuS law Oh JIG
statute books that will not only
provide heavy penalty, for tres
passing on railway trains, but also
bar the trespasser who receives in
juries from right to recover dam
ages in the courts
Hardly a day. passess that the
press dispatches do not record the
stcry of some person being mangled
| by a train in this state, and, in q
large majority Of instances, the
victim was trespassing on railroad
property when the accident occur
red.
In the year 1914, fourteen tres
passers on American railroad prop
erty were killed for every pas
senger who lost his life, according
to bulletin Of the Railway Busi-
ness Association.
In other countries, where the law
against trsspass on railroads is
severe and rigidly enforced, the
death and injured list Of trespass-
ers is insignificant, compared to
American figures.
In the years from 1901 to 1910
there 5O,O25 trespassers killed by
American railroads and 4, ,434 killed
in the United Kingdom, in that
period 53,427 were injued in
America and 1876 in Britain.
The trespassers manned and
killed by American roads fall into
three classes tramps who walk
on the right Of way Of steal rides
on trains, persons who take short
cuts along the railroad tracks, and
children who play about railroad
stations and terminals.
It is q tradition In some localities
that the small boy who is not OK
pert IN Jumping on Oh . noxine
train ia a mollycoddle and will
never grow up to be real man,
It is, Of course, the boy who does
Jump off and on the moving train
who may never grow up at all, but
who will fall, one day. under the
wheels and leave his arm or his leg
or his life there.
There is, Of course, somewhat
more reason why Americans should
walk on the railroad tracks than
.Englishmen. While the right-of,
way is not an ideal path, it is fire.
quently better than the American
road; it is often the only short
road connecting two towns. But
that fact does not excuse pedes-
trianism.
The railroads are not hoggish"
about their right of way. They do
not object to the wear and tear on
the ties caused by the trespasser,
but they feel it their duty to warn,
the public against such dangerous
form of pedestrianism, and when
warnings are futile, to insist that
laws be passed to keep people out
of danger and people who will ex-
pose themselves to this danger be
punished.
1t is hard to say that boy who
Steals ride" should be arrested
and incarcerated in the same Jail
with the boy who steals purse.
There is no moral turpitude involv-
ed in the former offense, only reck-
lessness and defiance of rules and
of common sense. But if examples
were made Of offenders, the prac-
tice would be curbed, and more
lads would come to manhood with
fx,o or,nc on1 fmn 1ooc -Do;tv
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1915-04-03
The Thinkers of the
Country Are the
Tobacco ChelUers'-

said one of the greatest thinkers
this country ever produced.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
FOOLED ENEMY OF MANKIND
H~ezekiah's Memory Proved Its Worth
in a Remarkable Encounter
With Satan.

once heard of an old negro named
Hezekiah, who. it was said, had the
most wonderful memory ever known
to man. Indeed, it was so great that
the devil himself was envious of it,
and often dreamed of how much bet
ter he could conduct the affairs of
his dominion at home and abroad if
he only had Hezekiah's memory.
Hezekiah had let it be known that
if, at any time, anybody should ever
catch him forgetting anything that
somebody could have his power of
memory. This is where the devil saw
his chance and laid his plans. So one
day the "Old Scratch" dressed him
self up in citizens clothes and ap-
preached Hezekiah where he was
blowing in the field. Each greeted
the other and passed the compliments
of the day; then, presently. the devil
said:
'Hezekiah, of all the good things
that there are in the world to eat,
what one thing would you like best?''
After a moment of reflection Heze-
kiah replied: Chicken"
Without further words the devil
turned and walked away. He stayed
away from Hezekiah for 20 years;
then one morning, somewhat as be-
fore. he approached him as he was
there at work i'll his field. He looked
at him for a moment and said:
How"
Hezekiah looked up, scratched his
head, smiled a little and replied:
"Fried."-Birmingham News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
WOMAN WAS DESPERATE
WITH STOMACH TROUBLE
Gives UP Hope of Health After Long
Struggle and Treatment, But
Wins at Last.

Miss Sadie Hapgood of 81 Thomp-
son street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, suf-
fered serious troubles with her stom-
ach. She "doctored" continually.
Physicians did not even give her re-
lief.
She gave up hope of health-and
then took Mayr's Wonderful Remedy.
The first dose proved to her that she
had at last found a way back to
health. She wrote:
"Mayr's Wonderful Remedy has GER
tainly done wonders for me. It is
worth its weight in gold. / feel like
a new person. 1t is worth being
praised to every one you meet ~ho
suffers from stomach trouble. Just
before reading of your wonderful rem
edy, | had given up hope of ever be-
ing cured, for l was doctoring all the
time and still getting worse. Too
much cannot be said of your wonder
remedy"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per-
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments. Eat as much and
whatever you like. No more distress
after eating, pressure of gas in the
stomach and around the heart. Get one
bottle of your druggist now and try it
on an absolute guarantee-if not salts
factory money will be returned.-AdV.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
PUT BLAME ON BAD HOUSING
One. of the Chief Causes of the
Shameful Prevalence of Infant
Mortality.

There is a direct relationship be-
tween improper housing, with all that
this entails, and the death of babies.
Commenting on this connection, a bull
letin of the United States children's
bureau IN "~Baby-Saving Campaigns"
says:
In organizing a baby-saving cam
paign the first and main point of at
tack is usually the milk supply. There
seems to be general agreement that
this emphasis is justified, but there
are also warnings from health experts
against CHASING milk as the sole fac
tor which brings about the high death
rate among babies. A large number
of disease-producing conditions are
covered by the term bad housing con
ditions.' In a broad sense the remedy
lies in having better building regula-
tons, more supervision of tenement
construction, more serious study of
the congestion in the large cities. and
the field is SO large that it is not pos
sible to accomplish much in a quick
campaign, beyond what good may re-
suit from giving the question pub
licity. But many of the accompanying
evils, such as bad ventilation and lack
of cleanliness, are being attacked
through the influence of the visiting
nurses, through instructions to little
mothers and through educational
printed matter, and doubtless the eff
fort has an effect in lowering the
death rate from bad air diseases,
such as pneumonia and bronchitis,
which make up approximately Is per
cen of the total causes of infant NOR
tality."
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
Father
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His Grievance.

A dozen deaf-mutes sat in a north
bound subway train the other night,
vigorously %conversing along and across
the aisle, with gesticulating arms and
fingers. The oar of the train was no
deterrent to that interchange.
At Grand Central station a man got
on plainly overloaded with effective
beverage. All the way to S%eventy-sec-
ond street he watched, fascinated, the
swift play of hands and fingers. Once
he shouted some remark, lost in the
racket of the train, and unnoticed, of
course, by the deaf-mutes to whom it
was addressed.
The doors were closed and the train
ready to start from Seventy-second
street; there was a bit of silence. In
to it the inebriated one broke with an
appeal to the guard:
Conductor! Conductor! l wick!-
wish you'd ask those people not to
tick!-talk SO loud. l can't sleep a
wick!-rwink."-New York Evening
Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
Preferred Stock.

"Mary's godmother is an estimable
woman, but in Mary's scale Of anec-
ton she ranks inconspicuously.
"Of course 1 love God first of all"
Mary said in reply to her aunt's ques-
ton. you have to do that-anyway
you have to say so. Then l love my
father and mother, and my sister and
brother. Then you, aunty. You
wouldn't expect to come before my
very W family, of course"
She went on with her sequence of
affection. At last aunty interrupted:
But don't you love your god
mother?"
"Oh, yes, l love her. l love her, but
she ONE at the very, very end of the
list-the last one. And In between
in between, are quite a good
many dogs."-New York Evening
Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02

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