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The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25

A. C. Hearon shot and fatally wound
ed Jim Blevins, a negro, on his plan
tation in the Caledonia section, north
of Columbus, June Is, the negro sue
cumbing to his wounds late in the
night. The tragedy took place on the
Hearon plantation at the home Of the
negro, Mr.. Hearon having gone TO see
Blevins about some work. It appears
that Mr.. Hearon shot in self-defense,
as the negro was advancing on him,
according to information reaching
here, with a monkey wrench. Four
shots were fired, all Of which took ef-
feet. Mr.. HeGron gave himself up to
the authorities and was given a pre-
llminary hearing before Justice Of the
Peace James Dale. AS the case APP
peared to be one of purely self-defense,
The accommodation train from Men,
phis ran over and mutilated beyond
recognition a white man just north
Of the crossing Of the Tupelo and
Pontotoc road, at Tupelo. The re-
mains were scattered along the track
and part of the clothing was on the
cow-catcher when the train reached
Tupelo. Engineer Holt, who was run
ming the engine, stated that he saw
something lying near the west rail
when 40 or so yards distant, but
thought it a dead calf or bundle of
paper. He did not check his train,
nor did he realize anything had hap
pened until he reached the station and
discovered the clothing on his engine.
He Immediately went back and found
the particles of the body and clothing
/ scattered along the track. In the
pockets of the dead man was found
a memorandum book with the name
Of E. C. Johnson Of Tuskegee, Ala.
/ Communication was had with his
father in Tuskegee, and arrangements
made by undertakers for the shipment
Of the body there. The train was in
charge Of Conductor Webb and En-
gineer Holt. A coroner's inquest was
held by a jury under Squire G. w.
Ritter, all Of the train crew being
present.
Natchez Is to have a Boy Scout or
ganlzation. A meeting was held re-
Gently at the chamber Of commerce to
perfect an organization. Prominent
men Of the town are backing the move
ment.
Judge W. H. Hughes Of Raleigh
heard the writ Of habeas corpus in
behalf of Mrs. Bob Holloway, who is
charged with attempted murder, fol
the reduction Of bail, fixed IN the jus
tlce court at $500. After examination
Of several witnesses Judge Hughes al
lowed her bond IN the sum Of $1,000
] whichswas made.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Un The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TAsTRLESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, az the formula g
printed on every label, showing It 4
Ouinine and Iron IN a tasteless form. Tbs
Ouinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents Adv.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25

AS vanishing with vaseline is both
expensive and difficult only the lime
water and water glass methods were
recommended by this investigator
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25

converts.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25

The following is taken from Exten-
sion Bulletin No. 2s Of the University
~ hrshrosie.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-06-25

Natchez is to have a Boy Scout or.
ganization. A meeting was held re-
Gently at the chamber Of commerce to
perfect an organization. Prominent
men Of the town are backing the move
ment.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
MUST HAVE SHOCKED JUDGE
What He Regarded as "onbbllnss" Of
Hay Was Al He was Go,
inc TO Get.

A distinguished member OF tho
United States judiciary has dlscov.
cred that he still has something to
learn In the direction OF agriculture
He bought a farm as summer
home for his family, and finds especial
delight IN walking about the place,
commenting on the condition OF tho
crops. and In many ways showing hia
interest In his new possessions.
One evening during the summer he
was btrolling over the farm The
hired man had cut the grass during
the day--a very thin erop--and left
It on the ground to dry. The Judge
saw II, and calling his man, he said;
1T seems to me you are very care
less Why haven't you been more par
ticular in raking up this hay? Don't
you see that you have left little drib
blings all around?"
For a minute the hired man stared.
wondering II the judge was quizzing
him. Then he replied:
Little dribblings? Why man.
that's the cropl"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Laws Of the Anclents.

The oldest code of laws in the world
has lately been added to the Baby.
Ionic collection Of Yale university as
a result of archaeological research. It
includes 287 sections of the laws of
Babylonia enacted during the reign
of Hammurabi
Hammurabi was contemporary OF
Abraham, and reigned from the year
2285 to the year 2242 B. c., according
to well-authenticated records. The
newly discovered laws are engraved
upon a block of diorite rock about
seven feet in length. Bible students
will be interested to know that this
old code contains many of the thoughts
incorporated in the Mosaic law, as re-.
vealed in the book of Exodus, espe-
cially in the twentieth and twenty-first
chapters, although according to ar
theological proofs, it must have pre-
ceded Moses by more than two cen.
turtles
A complete translation of this old
code is now being made, and will be
published under the auspices of the
Yale Alumni association.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
WAS WILLING TO COMPROMISE
Ernest Wanted Increase In Wageo,
Though He Stood Ready to
Make a Concession.

Ernest was very big and very black,
and when It came to sleeping and eat.
ing fully justified his name. Ernest
did not fancy steady work, but he was
apt to be avaible when spring came
for odd jobs at a dollar a day and his
dinner.
One spring he came in with a sheep
ish grin.
Miss Sally. been hearin' in do
lodge meetin bout desc hard times,
and l low ! better raise my sal'ry TO
dollar an a quarter a day"
You're not worth that. Ernest, and
you know it. Besides. can't afford
to pay more"
Ernest scratched his head this was
matter for more thought than he had
anticipated.
81 figgered out when dey wuz talkin'
bout dem hard times dat | couldn't
ford to work for no less, But"-his
black face cleaned with a sudden
thought won eat so much"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
TOLD OF Won HlNDENBURG
Many Anecdotes Concerning Famous
German strategist Are Being
Put In Circulation.

or the telling of anecdotes about
the doughty Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg there is no end just now in
Germany. SO huge is the fame won
by the victor OF Tannenberg, Lodz, and
the Masurian lakes that anybody who
knows anything whatever about him,
important or unimportant, is hurrying
TO have II printed in the German pa
pers for the deleotation of Hinden'
burg devotees.
Some of the things unearthed must
be distinctly embarrassing TO the
grim old war dog. For instance, one
newspaper has discovered n poem dat.
ing from 1886. written in the visitors
book Of the castle Of Kynast in 81.
lesia, which is declared 70 be the work
Of him who is now the idol OF Ger
many The poem deals with the writ
er's thoughts as he looked out from
the tower of the castle over the land
scape spread below, AS might be ex.
pected, Hindenburg saw in that land.
scape a possible battlefield, and wrote
to that effect. Perusal of the verses
leaves the impression that he is bet.
ter at fighting battles than writing
about them.
The field marshal's sister has also
raked up from his past poem. This
one consists of exactly three lines,
and is Of waggish nature His sis
ter had made a sketch of him on the
anniversary of the battle of Sedan,
showing him comfortably installed at
his Prussian home, and her brother
wrote under il the three line poem,
which humorously contrasts the ex.
citement of the day on which he took
part in that memorable battle with his
peaceful laziness on the anniversary.
Here is another Hindenburg anec'
dote recounted by his sister:
After the battle of Tannenberg last
August, when Hindenburg annihilated
a Russian army opposed to him, he
went to church in small village neal
the battlefield When the services
were over, hundreds of the villagers
crowded about his automobile, shout
ing their thanks to him for delivering
them from the Russian invaders. But
the victor cut short their demonstra,
tions by pointing brusquely upward
with his hand and saying:
Give thanks to him up there"
Then he signaled to the chauffeur
to speed away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Annther Shark Story

Passengers arriving at New York by
the transatlantic liners bring strange
stories, not all of which are based on
the war. Some time ago a shark was
swimming along in the wake of ship
catching all the refuse thrown over.
board. One of the sailors, who had
a well-founded antipathy for all sharks,
determined to try a new method OF
soaring the shark away. With this
end in view he procured an alarm
clock, which he carefully wound and
set to go off in 20 minutes. Then the
sailor tied the clock to a rope and
dropped it overheard. The shark in.
stantly swallowed it. When the alarm
went off he was truly scared. The
shark manifested this in various ways.
He first stood on his hind legs and
turned somersaults. The big fish final
ly took refuge in flight, meanwhile
lashing the water furiously with his
tail. The other day this same shark
was captured by the same ship. When
the monster was drawn on deck by
the triumphant crew il was discovered
that he was the one who had swal.
lowed the clock When he was cut
open the alarm went off again.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
The Kaiser,s Wardrobe.

The kaiser's enormous wardrobe eX,
tends only to the top layers of apparel,
according to the intimate disclosures
made by the author Of "The Private
Lives of William II and His Consort. "
In the matter Of shirts he is stated
to be restricted to the historical half
dozen of the Hohenzollern house, and
even these are innocent of cuffs, a
commodity William attaches with the
aid Of buttons and pulleys, "like any
poor lieutenant" OF socks also never
above a dozen pairs are in use,"
though there is no limit to handker-
chiefs. But the outer garments,
which could equip the marines Of a
first-class battleship or the officers
of ten army corps, are contrasted
with Frederick the Greats wardrobe,
sold to an old clothes man for 300
thalers."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
ON HIS WAY HOME
Passenger Had Cause for Con-
Stant Smile.
Ineonvenlenees Of Travel Unable to
Affect Him, and disappointment
In the End Must Have Been
Extreme.

His was the only smiling face on
the train. The other passengers held
on 70 the gritty. ex-red, plush seats
aud prayed that the quahng coach
might not be rent asunder before they
reached the main line. IL seemed a
forlorn hope, for brakebeam or some
thing underneath, aided and abetted
by the teuperamental track, ham
mered so forociously at the floor that
dissolution OF both car and occupants
seemed a matter Of minutes.
Among the countenances that de-
picted every motion from indignation
TO trepidation he smiled. When the
engine came to a wheezy stop on a
side track to let a calmly deliberate
freight train amble by he smiled.
When the shades of night had been
pulled clear to the bottom with com
parative civilization and food still
somewhere beyond, he kept on smil-
ing.
He must have felt that such be-
havior called for an explanation, for to
Nilt buhtltl aNlbbn AAAN NhbDllllb dlhAb
he unburdened himself. He had to ele-
yate his voice several times before it
reached the level demanded by branch
line conversation.
Been out five weeks this time" he
impaired when his vocal chords had
finally bested the brakeman. Yep.
been clear TO Winnipeg, but I'm going
to be home in the morning"
Then the secret came out.
I'm getting in day earlier coming
across this way" he confided. Mighty
bum connections tonight but it's
worth it to surprise the wife. You see
the smile became radiant-"this is
my first long trip since I've had one"
All the rest Of the Gathering way,
MS smile never faltered. 1t went into
eclipse scarcely ten seconds when the
station agent at the junction point In
formed him that, in spite of what he
may have heard, the train for Kansas
City did not pick up a sleeper there
Yes, it did look as If he would have
to stay up until three o'clock-that is,
1t would be three o'clock If the train
were on time.
In the lunch room, as shrunken as
the oranges in its windows, the smile
came back strong.
Look at that lemon pie" He pointed
decisively, only to grow philosophical
in the next breath. Lemon pie can be
the best or the worst stuff on earth.
That looks like the worst. I'll have
the best when get home. Lord, I'm
sick Of hotel cooking. But just think,
I'm going to eat breakfast at home in
the morning"
His smile was undaunted as he wan
dered up the disgTuntled street. A dis
pirited picture show and a magazine,
honored only for its age, made little
impression on the seven hours of
waiting. When the train came, he
smiled sleepily as the Pullman con-
ductor gave him all his change in sill
yer. At daylight he was awake. He
hung an eye over the window sill and
viewed complacently the barren land
scape in the dreary dawn.
1t seemed an inordinately long way
from the station home. He bounded up
the front steps and barely nodded to
the next door neighbor who was
sweeping off her front porch.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
GeooraphicaI Doubles.

The doubles" of geographical no
menclature are endless. They may be
partly accounted for by the tendency
of all people to assimilate place names
to something with which they are fa-
miliar. Galicia takes it's name from
the town of Halicz, but the Hungarian
king who annexed the region at the
end Of the twelfth century called hirl-
self REX Galatiae" presumably re-
calling the country in Asia Minor
known to us through st. paUi's Epistle.
And now we call this country by tne
same name as the northwestern corner
Of Spain once inhabited by ths CaliHici
or Gallaeci And close Ey are the Car
pathian mountains. which have no coz
nection with the Carpath!sn soa. tho
part Of the Mediterranean near Rhodes
named after tho Island Of CarpathUs.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Jaw, huge grinding teeth, retreating
forehead, widening behind and covered
with tangles of black or brown wool
ly or wavy hair-all these would inn
press his mind. She would certainly
exercise her power of speech, such as
it was, in yells, howls and resonant
exclamations. Perhaps she was intel
ligent enough to throw stones, sticks,
fruits or whatever came to her hand,
at the enemy
"These three things, all very unsu'
ual in the Pliocene world-energetic
If inarticulate vituperation, an erect
position and action at a distance
would surely confuse and impress the
primitive brain of Felis Groeneveldtii,
and he would probably retire, with
dignity. to seek sc0e easier prey"
The description is based on a skull
fragment discovered by Doctor Dubois
in Java-the skull of a creature al'
most exactly on the line between man
and the higher anthropoid apes.
The very origin Of the human race
according to Professor Elliot, may
have been in North America. On this
subject he writes:
at seems probable that it was in
North America that the very first
primate originated. These interesting
animals are found in the lower Eocene
deposits. which mean that they are
perhaps the most ancient Of all known
mammals"
Later, primates-that is, the very
first links in the chain binding man to
his beginnings in antiquity, the forms
of mammal life aeons older than even
the Missing Link-were living in
Egypt. Near Paris and in South
America more Eocene lemurs dwelt-
they were widely scattered.
Though the primate probably origi.
mated in North America, Professor Ell
liot believes man did not come to the
new world until after the Ice Age
long after he was to be found in the
old world.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Bird Calls and Their Names.

Most of us know the chickadee when
we hear him calling, over and over,
"Chick-a-dee, dee dee, Chick-a-dee, dee.
dee!" But when he sings his clear
whistling note, phoebe, Phoebe" we
are likely to mistake him for the
phoebe bird. The chickadee stays in
the North in winter, and the phoebe
does not come North till the early
spring. The phoebe bird sings its
name over and over, a very sweet but
penetrating sound. The peabody bird
says, Peabody, peabody, peabody"
over and over, in a rather senseless
way as If he went round in a circle.
Another bird that sings his name is
Bob White, the quail. Only he often
says Poor Bob White!" His notes
go up and down, and are stronger than
the notes Of the smaller birds and may
he heard at long distance. Of course
these birds do not really sing their
names! But people listening to them
have fancied that these names are
what the notes sound like, and so they
have given the bird the name.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
CATCH NOT SUCH A BAD ONE
Some Method In Madness" Of Nice.
Looking old Man Pictured by
Representative Bartholdt.

Representative Bartholdt said et a
German.American banquet in Milwau-
kee:
Those people remind me OF the
old man. Yes. they remind me very
much Of the old man.
HE had a soft, daft look-the old
man I'm speaking of-and he sat on a
park bench in the sun with rod and
line, as II he we're fishing; but the
line, with a worm on the hook, dan
gled over a bed Of bright primroses.
Daft' said passer.by to himself
Daft. Bughouse. Nice looking old
fellow. too. It's a pity
Then, with a gentle smile, the
passer-by approached the old man and
said:
What are you doing, uncleT
Fishing, sir answered the old
man, solemnly.
Fishing, eh? Well, uncle, come
and have a drink
"The old man shouldered his rod
and followed the kindly stranger to
the corner saloon. There he regaled
himself with a large glass of dark
beer and a good tive-cent cigar. His
host, contemplating him in a friendly,
protecting way as he slipped and
smoked, said:
$50 you we're fishing, uncle? And
how many have you caught this morn
ing?'
"The old man blew a smoke cloud
toward the ceiling. Then, after a
pause, he said:
You are the seventh, sir"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

nothing to signify, for even at this
period he probably chased small ami
mails and hunted on foot.
AT night he would retire to a rough
ly woven nest in the branches of a
tree. When sleeping his head would
be bent forward over his wrists; these
would be crossed in front of his chest,
with elbows down and outward His
legs would be strongly bent or flexed,
so that the knees were also near the
wrists. His waist measurement would
be excessively small or he could not
assume this position, which is, as a
matter of fact, hardly possible and
certainly painful for civilized man.
On a similar nest close by would be
his wife or wives, with Titan red or
bronze babies sound asleep, and yet
clinging round their mothers neck.
Should a raging gale, with sheets
of driving rain, fall upon him, he
would still sleep on. The rain would
be conducted away by his hair and
beard, by his elbows and hip joints, SO
as to drip nearly clear Of the face and
body. The hair on the arm even of
those civilized men who retain suffi-
cient to trace the arrangement, turns
down both upper and forearm to the
elbow outward and downward from
the wrist Moreover, If the reader
tries to realize this attitude he will
see that what with hair, whiskers,
beard and eyebrows, even midges and
mosquitoes might be puzzled; they
might lose heart. being diverted and
led astray by the tangled labyrinthine
masses of his chevelure. But we must
leave him in this position asleep, per
haps dreaming, T. e., apprehending by
his senses some particularly delectable
dainty Cperhaps with corresponding
motor refexes)."
Can you trace, from this descrip-
ton, a family likeness in any of his
descendants?
And here was his diet:
Fruits of all kinds nuts and fleshy
fruits, small birds and eggs, honey,
grubs and insects.
"He may, Of course, have eaten
shellfsh, and especially oysters; West
African monkeys are still fond of them,
and for many primitive peoples she'll
fish are of the first Importance"
Barring the grubs and insects, he
was something of an epicure, it seems
plain
Even in those days, it seems, "the
female OF the species was more dead
ly than the male" Mrs Pithecanthro-
pus Erectus was a fighter-a danger
GUS foe for beasts, no matter how fero-
cious.
Professor Elliot says:
"One of the hardest problems in the
story of the earliest ancestors is to
how early man succeeded
in surviving through a period when
many ferocious carnivora undoubtedly !
existed. Suppose that Pithecanthro-
pus was caught, when munching fruit, |
by the redoubtable Felis Groeneveld- |
til, the name (somehow appropriate |
enough of the fearsome creature, half |
lion and half tiger which was one Of |
her contemporaries in Java
"She would at once draw herself up |
to her full height (about 1,7OO milli-
Her appearance would then
be sufficiently alarming; the strongly
marked eyebrow ridges, the powerful
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
The Northeast Passage.

Commander Vilkitskii, the discover,
er of Nicholas II. Land set out last
summer from Vladivostok on his
third attempt to make the northeast
passage from the Pacific to the At
lantic According to news recently
received, he was wintered in Taimyr
bay, to the west of Cape Chelyuskin.
Here he has been in wireless communi,
cation with Captain Syerdrup, who
sailed from European Russia last sum.
mer in search of the missing Brussi'
Low and Russanov expeditions, and has
also wintered on the coast of the Tai
myr peninsula. A note in Nature
states that Vilktskii proposed to
send part of his crew to Sverdrup's
ship, in order to economic his sup
plies, with view to the possibility
of not getting through the ice next
summer-Scientifc American.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Plan Humane sunday In May.

The American Humane association
a federation of societies and individu'
ais for the prevention of cruelty. re-
quests clergymen Of all denominations
throughout the country to observe
Sunday, May 90, as Humane Sunday.
calling attention to the need for pro-
lection for suffering and helpless chill
dren, and also for unfortunate ami
mails.
DR.. VIM. o. Stillman, president OF
the association Albany, N Y. wilS
send literature to all persons interest
ed in the work of humane societies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Orqanlzed Charity.

The craze for organization and what
is called efficiency has reached its
apex in New York city, where the at
tention of the newspapers and Of many
thoughtful persons has been attracted
to the large pay rolls Of the charitable
societies. and the relatively small part
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Hard Matter to Decide.

Polly-Molly seems to realize very
fully the seriousness of getting mar
ried.
Dolly-Yes, the poor girl is just
worried to death. There are 16 girls
who want to be her bridesmaids, and
she can't decide which eight she can
best afford to- make enemies Of
Puck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07
Big Shoes Keep Feet Warm.

Frozen or swollen feet are so COM
mon among soldiers living in the
trenches, says the Paris correspon-
dence of the Associated Press, that
hundreds of depots have been estab-
lished behind the line for the repose
of these lamed soldiers, who are other
wise In perfect fighting condition.
There they rest from four to eight
days before they are able to return
to the trenches.
In addition to the action Of water
and mud the men have suffered cru
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-07

Willie" said his mother on her
return from a shopping expedition. -
told you if you were good while was
out, you might have a piece of candy,
and now | find you've taken all there
was in the box
Yes, mamma" replied Willie, "Dus
you've no idea how very good I've
heen"