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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
RATS, RATS.

We have heard much complaint at
the great destruction wrought by rats
in our town. Some persons have sug-
gested the plan or having what might
be called Rat Killing Day. On that
day 1T is proposed that all our people
put out poison or adopt any other
method that they may consider the
most effective for destroying the rats.
Mayor j. B. Johnson has suggested
the idea of our citizens generally CIV
ing a small amount tor what shall be
known as the Rat Fund. That this
fund be paid out at so much each for
every dead rat brought to the Marshal.
Mayor johnson thinks such fund
could be easily raised and that five
cents each for dead rats would not be
excessive and would result in practical
ly exterminating the rodents.
Whether or not the city council will
take any action on the rat extermina-
tion question we have not been able to
learn. Some action may be taken at
the next meeting of the city council.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
FAITH NOT SUFFICIENT.
Holy Roller Woman Bitten BY Copper
head and Is n Dangerous gandi-
ton.

Holv Writ speaks of the faith that
will remove mountains. but 1t does not
include the venom of snakes. Some OF
the Christians sect known as Holy
Rollers claim, however, that the
venom of a poisonous snake will not
take effect on them or that poisonous
snakes may be handled by them with
out being bitten by the snake.
That belief received quite severe
shock Sunday night at Grab Orchard
when a widow woman by the name of
Steelman was bitten by copperhead
snake ana is now in a serious condition
and may die.
It seems that the Holy Rollers have
been claiming that they could handle
polsonous snakes without danger. 10
test 1t some person from Ozone brought
copperhead to the Holy Roller meet
ing and when Mrs. Steelman, one OF
the Holy Rollers, attempted to handle
the snake 1t bit her on the hnger OF
hand. When the snake bit her 1T
caused panic among the Holy Rollers
and all left in a hurry. The virus
soon took effect and at last reports
Yesterday the woman was in serious
condition and it was uncertain II she
would recover.
In different parts of the state Holy
Rollers have said to have handled ven,
omous snakes with varying success.
In some instances the persons were
not bitten while in other cases they
were bitten and fatal results have said
to have developed. Thlsls the first
instance of any Holy Roller attempt
ing to handle venomous snakes IN this
county that has come to the knowledge
of the Chronicle, In spite of the fact
that they have been very active in dis
semnatlng their faith at Crab Orchard
for some months.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
Grapevine
We have been having a few days dry

We have been having few days dry
weather.
There are lots of slaves being hauled
from here to Crossvllle now.
Mrs. Annie Brewer and daughters,
Minnie. Lille and Cleo, visited Mrs.
Brewers father Saturday.
Miss Edith Davis spent Sunday with
her cousins, Darthula and Sophia.
Several of the young folks from New
Era. have been attending the revival
at Hales Chapel the past week.
Tom Walker was Sunday school
visitor at New Era Sunday.
Several of the young folks from here
went to New Era to Sunday school
Sunday.
John Smith and Frank Foster, of
Dunlap, are visiting friends and rela-
tlves here.
July 26. Forget-me-not.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
SCHOOL MONEY.
Has Been Apportioned for This Year
and Cumberland County Gets
S2,367Il.

In conformity with the acts Of the
legislature IN setting aside one third OF
the gross revenues of the state after
certain deductions have been made has
been done for this year.
Thee ommon schools get 81 per cent
of the whole and that is apportioned IN
accordance with the scholastic popula-
ton of the several counties of the
state. This year Cumberland county
will receive from this state fund the
sum of So. 367 II.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
THEY WRITE EVERY DAY.

Every day Foley & Co. receive let
ters from grateful men and women.
falling how Foley Kidney Pills cured
them of backache, sore muscles, stiff
joints and other kidney and bladder
troubles. Is very quick to relieve lum-
bago and rheumatism due to kidney
troubles. No other remedy has long
er record of cures. For sale by Reed
4 Burnett.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST

For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee:
Moderately warm and generally fair
weather will prevail during the greater
part Of the coming week.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
MECCA.

Feature night has been moved to
Thursday Perils of Pauline, Friday
night. There will be no show the first
of the week for the present. Good
show every Saturday night.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-07-28
LEA 10 HAVE OPPONENT.

Congressman Thetus W. Sims, of the
eighth district, has announced as a
candidate for United States senator to
succeed Senator Luke Lea.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
Houston Hotel Barber Shop =
SoIicits Your Patronage.
SANITARY BARBER SHOP
o. C. Ehrlich Proprietor
0. C. Enrich, Proprietor

One 40 #. trestle on 0kolona and
Houston road.
One 80 it. span on Sanford road
Holly Creek
One 35 #. span on Atlanta and
Woodland road.
All to be built according to plans
and specifications on file with the
Chancery Clerk at Houston, Miss.
The Board to let the contract to the
lowest responsible bidder but re-
serves the right to reject any and
all bids Each bid must be accom-
panied with a certified check for
$4,000.
Witness my signature this the
10th day of Nov. 1915.
HI Brannon, Clerk
by J C Williams, D. C.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19

With the expert Dwight Phillips
at the steering wheel, uses Joue
,uonas Christine ocAu and Zada
I45rdm. nouh uoukel Jolly o5
MES 10 see the loot-OaIl game at
upeio last saturday. Everybody
returned unhurt and yappy.
Mr. Jesse hluey also saw the
game between Ole Miss & A * M,
Mrs Emma oaIIef Jeff for Visit
to Mrs kay mona lumOle al Macon
Friday. one was accompanied ao
lar as UAolOua oy Mrs anne keed.
Nit v nj Harm was IN houston
Wednesday Trying to get a Farm
demonstration man from the gov
eminent TO nelp the farmers OF
ChIckasaw county,
sowing whea, Is the daily work
oil the progressive farmers now and
from all reports tnere will be many
barrels of home made bread next
year. Just Why the people, or
some Of them. won't quit depending
on cotton is beyond our guess.
With all the examples shown and
proven it seems the majority of the
farmers would quit living in paper
sacks. Mighty big holes develop in
them too just at the wrong time.
Some say it is LAZINESS. Maybe
so, maybe not
ON I(arrill raised a sweet pota-
to, The Triumph, weighing eight
pounds. We hear that several far
mers have potatoes weighing much
more. Please tell US about it so we
can print it. Anything you have
raised on the farm that is extraor-
binary plese send US a line about
/ it We will be GLAD to print it and
boost you just as much as you
want. And more too. Help us
make The Hummer a home paper.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
Contractors Notice.
State Of Mississippi,
Chickasaw County.

State Of Mississippi,
Chickasaw County.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors Of said county,
will on Monday, the 9th day Of
Dec. 1915. within legal hours, re-
ceive sealed bids, for the building
of the following steel bridges and
trestle work:
One SO #. Steel bridge on 0kOlOna
and HOulka Road.
One26 # Steel bridge on Houlka
Road
One n #. trestle on Tupelo and
OkOlOna road.
One % #. span on Tupelo and
Okolona road
One 80 # trestle on Jackson road.
One 20 #. uestle on Pontotoc
road in Houlka bottom.
One so #. span on PontotOc road
in HOulka bottom.
One 80 # span on OkOlOna and
Houston road.
One go fl. uestle on OkolOna and
Houston road.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
PETITION FOR PARDON
Hon. Earl Brewer, Governor.
jackson. Miss.

non. Edfl brewer, HONeEuOI.
jackson, Miss.
We, the undersigned citizens of
the First Judicial District of said
County of Chickasaw, do hereby pc
tition your Honor to grant a pardon
to J. D. Collins, a young white man,
who entered a plea of guilty on a
charge Of embezzlement at the Oct
tober 1915, term of our Circuit
Court, and sentenced to pay a fine
of S2500O and serve go days in the
County Jail This case was tried 6
months ago and resulted in a mis-
trial. The family Of the Defendant
has paid the Brand-Smith Hard
ware Co., from whom the money
was alleged to have been embez-
zled, all that was demanded Of the
Defendant and about 6 times as
much as laid in the indictment to
have been the amount embezZled;
that the Defendant is of an old,
highly respected family, none of
whom we're ever known before to
have been charged with a law VIC
latiOn, and this is the only time
that this defendant was ever in
Court We think that the majesty
of the law has been upheld and
that this Defendant has made sufh-
Gent reparatons for his act and
/ feel that it is the almost unanimous
opinion Of the people Of this com
munity that he should receive a
speedy p9rdOn
Respectfully,
L. d. Gray,
J. A. Evans. N. d.
H. c. Brevard,
and others.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19

Our facilities for writing Cotton
are better than ever, we insure it
anywhere, at your house, as well as
n Regular Warehouses. Call phone
$780, and we do the rest
Walker--JOhnsOn & Co.,
Agents.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
State 1851 pl,
Chick asa Coz y.

State issi5' pa,
Chicka8a Con y.
Notice Is hereb given that the
Boa.d Of >r)erv ITS of said Coun-
ty, will on londa the 6tl day Of
Dec. 1915. in front of the Court
House door in the town of iouston,
Miss, within legal hours, lei the
contract for the following work:
$50 yards Gravel WORK on Um-
berson road in l,0uIka bottom.
100 feet Trestle work on TIMBER
son road IN Houlka bottom on East
side of canal
I Bridge 48 feet long more or less
on Walker road East Of Sparta
Bridge 48 feet long more or
less on Ukolona and. Houlka road
in Sacatohoma bottom.
/ bridge 48 feet long more or less
on Church road across ditch,
1 bridge l6 feet long more or less
on OkOlona and Houston road in
HOulka bottom.
All to be built according to the
plans aud specifications now on file
in the Chancery Clerks Office in
the Town of Houston, Miss. The
board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Witness my signature this the
10th day Of Nov, 1915.
H. E. BrannOn, Clerk
by j. Civilians, D. c.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.


State Of Miss. Chickasaw County.
To Gladis Carter, minor and her
Guardian Frank Carer, whose
Post Office Address in Wealth
erfold, Texas.
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Honorable Chan
Gerry Court of the First Judicial
District of Chickasaw County. Miss,
at the Court House in the Town
of Houston, on the Fourth Monday
in May, 1916, to show cause, if any
you can why the final account Of
Mrs. L. V. Hickman, Administrative
Of the Estate OfMrs. A. CBailey de
ceased should not be allowed as
stated and filed
Given under my hand and official
seal of said court at my office in
the Town of Houston, Miss. this
the 5th day -ef November. 1915.
H. E. Brannon, Chancery Clerk.
by j. C. Williams, Deputy Chancery
Clerk.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
DJl SNIFF Fl

You can nd yourself IF that cold
in the head by taking Laxative
Quinidine Tablets Price 25c. Also
used in cases of La Grippe and for
severe headaches Remember that
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
Houlka High School
Notes.
School is progressing nicely

School is progressing nicely.
The girls Volley Ball has come
and they have begun practicing.
A lyceum number, The Red
Wing" will be here on Monday,
Nov. Path instead of the 18th.
Everybody come and bring your
friends.
The boys basket has come and
they are very busy organizing their
team.
We are looking forward to the
expression class POntOtoc to stage
a play here Friday or Saturday
night. If the weather is favorable
so they can come,
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
NOTICE

All parties indebted to me by
notes or otherwise will settle same
on or before November 18th 1915
All accounts unpaid will be placed
in the hands of my attorneys for
immediate collection.
DIR. j. B. MITCHELL
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
Houlka News.

severely. She has suffered
much since that time and does not
seem to get better up to We'd
nesday.
Mr. Easley was elected Marshal
over Mr.. Doc Freeman Tuesday
Mr. jeff Kirby resigned and cOused
a new election. Houlka wishes for
the new marshal the best order ever
spread over the town
Mrs 10 Hobson is visiting rela-
tives and friends here this week.
Mrs Boyd and Mrs ON Harrill |
went to Gershorm last Friday to
bring Miss Ruth Boyd home.
Mr. W L j McAbee will move to |
the old Charlie Saxon place south
of new town sometime soon. Old
Houlka regrets to give up this good
family Here's hopin.
Mrs Earnest Haney and little
daughter Dora of New Albany spent
a few days with DR. and Mrs W CT
I Walker this week.
Mr. Billy Cook has closed his
grocery business and is now
travelling salesman.
II Mr. Justice and wife mOtered up
from Houston and spent a few
n hours with friends in our city last
Thursday
Mrs Emma Quinn has been very
sick for the past ten days. The
Hummer and the people wish for
her a speedy recovery.
Mrs Fonnie Berry Morris left
Wednesday to JOIN her husband at
Clarksdale.
Ma and Mrs Wilbert Walker have
moved mo the nome of ms father
in-Iaw III Carol Murphy Wllbert
I'll. c5ucJc,s cribs and pouons'
b ,ae ousneL
our excellent Po5tmi5uess, Mrs
Mugde, Walne, visited IN Houston
la5l tuesday
Thanks u,mg services will be held
at the school building Friday morn
me, NOV 70, by Rev Collins.
'Lverpb5dy cordially invited to
come and give thanks.
Mr Bill Bland has established
I headquarters at Memphis and Mro
Bland viii move tins week HOulka
i regrets TO give them up.
Mr Asa scarborough and Miss
4 Salhe Paden were married while
B sitting IN buggy by Squire Chen
4 nault ar Houston last Monday. The
4 Hummer Jpes for them continued
] joy.
Miss Carrie Robson, after year S
visit with her sister and brothers in
Texas, returned home last week.
Mr. Ross Kimbrough is closing
out his business and is thinking OF
! locating in Osceola, Ark HOulka
: will regret to see this good family
leave.
DR. and Mrs J C Walker have
moved into the home formerly oc-
cupied by Wilbert Walker near the
home of DR. Billy.
Mr. Afford, the expert JeWeleI
has moved back to Houlka and es,
: tablished headquarters in the old
post office stand. Houlka vel
, comes you, DR. Afford.
Mrs Dan Alexander is still quite
ill., Hurry up and get well Miss
e Myrtle,
l. Miss McGovern of Alderman il
visiting her sister Mrs Paul Griffin.
= Miss Essie Gilreath and Mrs Laus'
Hobson spent the day with Mr.
Beasley last Thursday
Mr. Jim williams, son of I }
p Williams, was married to Mis-
= Florence Longest at Toxish Tues
day night The Hummer wishes
. banninaee forever
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19

For SALE.--All of my household
furniture, including one Piano and
one Invalids chair. Cheap for
CASH.
Mrs. A. D. JamisOn.
The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-11-19
Protect Your Cotton.
The Cotton Season is now at hand.

Your Cotton is your money crop. Are you going
to SELL or hold it off the market for while and get
something for it? you don't care to SELL you can
borrow money on it, if youhave got itINSURED AND
PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER, AND IN GOOD
CONDITION IN OUR BONDED WAREHOUSE.
FRIENDS, the time has come when the cotton
buyers don't want your cotton when it is in adamag-
ed condition. for the cotton spnners will not buy it.
Cotton is cheap and hard to raise Are you going to
let it be thrown around on the ground, or in a half
covered shed, and have to pay just the same? Did
you ever stop to think what might happen to your
cotton when you leave it that way, tell what will be
done but just wait until you lose your Bale Of Cot
ton and then listen, nobody is going to pay you, at
least they don't have to pay you for it. and you can't
make them pay for it ifthey are not running bond
ed warehouse, did you ever experience anything Of
that kind if not talk to that has, we in the
Business of taking care of your cotton the
year round, put your Cotton in a BONDED WARE
HOUSE, where you won't be worried about it, we will
do it for you get a weight that you can sell by and
have a clean bale of cotton. We weigh for 10 CENTS
PER BALE. Store it the first month for Is cents
per bale, and for 10 cents each additional month,
insure it. and get you money on iii you wish us to
do So
Yours for business,
Grenada Cotton Compress Co.
A. j. Mathews, Supt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27
Token Coin Traps Gamblers;
OsbOrne's View Of Practice

Warden Osborne was asked last
night 70 comment on stories that
gambling with token money ut the
prison was running riot. He admitted
that gambling was going on and al
WAYS had gone on, but not more so
with the token money than before with
other forms of property. He said no
new situation had been created by any
sudden increase since token money was
put in circulation.
As a matter of fact, he said, the use
Of the token money was an advantage,
since it brought gambling 20 the at
tention of the prisoners court. where
it was being punished like other Of
fences. When men lost their token
money they couldn't pay their prison
bills. Thus their delinquency became
known 20 the court.
Mr.. Osborne was asked also about
the election as secretary Of the Mutual
Welfare League of Charles Gondorf,
the wiretapper. Gondorf was said TO
belong 10 the anti-Osborne faction in
the league. Mr.. Osborne said that an
"anti-O Osborne faction" as such was
pure fiction and that he knew Of no
organized opposition 20 him in league
politics. The election Of Gondorf. he
said, was perfectly acceptable 10 him.
and he would have the same right of
access 70 the warden other officers of
the league had.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27
OsbOrne's Witnesses
To Be Heard by Jury

When members Of the Westminster
grand Jury resume to-day their inquiry
into conditions at Sing Sing prison,
after a weeks rest, il was learned yes
terdav. the rest of the witnesses for
Warden Osborne will be heard. Then
District Attorney Weeks will rapidly
wind up the states evidence. Nine
convicts are still in the White Plains
iail. Three will testify this week.
They are from Comstock. where they
had been transferred from Sing sing
bv Superintendent Riley. II IS sald
thew will contradict certain statements
made by Warden Osborne regarding
serious felonies.
The grand jury has not Yet taken, up
the question of indictinG the warden,
but il is believed a blanket indict-
ment will be found covering various
alleged acts and omissions by the war
den Nearly every official at the prison
discharged BY Warden Osborne has
started actions to be reinstated. war
den Osborne has filed his return 70 the
alternative writ Of mandamus obtained
BY Hugh s. Sullivan, former keeper.
Sullivan. a veteran Of the Spanish
American War, claims he was dis
charged without a hearing. The war
den saws Sullivan was found intoXicat-
ed while on duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27
CHURCH AFIRE, PRIESTS
WITS PREVENT PANIC
Tells Flock Smoke Was Caused
nv Back Draft from Storm.

Quick thinking by Father Rudolph
Upselbush. rector of St. Augustine's
Roman Catholic Church, Sussex Ave
nue. and Jay Street, Newark, yesterday
prevented panic at the 8 o'clock
mass. when fire was discovered in
the cellar.
Father Huselbush was celebrating
the mass and had finished giving COM
munion when one Of the altar boys,
mounting the altar steps, whispered
that he smelled smoke.
Twenty-three years ago, on Christ
mas Day. the church had been de-
stroyed by fire. The priest recalled
this and realized that the gale blow
ing outside quickly would whip a fire
INTO fury. He told the boy to notify
the ushers without arousing the con-
gregation. The boy ran to the front
of the building and told two OF the
men, who found that an overheated fur
mace had set fire to a crossbeam. They
turned in an alarm. BY that time
smoke had worked through the floor
and. noticing a restlessness among the
people. the priest said the smoke was
caused by a back draft resulting from
the storm.
The engines arrived as the people
left the church at the conclusion Of
the mass. The fire was extinguished
without damage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27

ever, that skilled British workmen,
whose patriotism has already been
manifested by the readiness with which
they have given their sons TO hgnt their
country's battles, will give me an un-
favorable answer in this hour of need.
Help Must BE Prompt.
"Time is vital. time is victory, and
time is life. Already there have been
$4,000 British casualties, including
100000 since the agreement between
the trade unions and the government
last March. Further delay means fur
Their losses. Help thoroughly, help
quickly, and you strengthen your claim
at the end Of the war upon the Brit
ish people for the redress Of any
grievance.
This is a weird business for Christ
mas morning, but I want you TO re-
member that while we are comfort
able here at homo there are hundreds
of thousands Of our kin in the damp
dreary trenches with death hurting
around them, and the proposal come
TO submit to you mean not only We
tory, but the saving Of numoeriesS
lives Of these brave men.
II have often feared that the BRUSH
people think Of this war as only a pass
Ing shower. have wondered II they
realize the tremendous issues involved.
This is a cyclone, an earthquake. Inc
skilled workmen as well as others must
realize that 1t Is really opening before
Thorn the greatest opportunity ever
presented 70 their class, and there VIII
emerge after this war that future nope
which the great leaders Of democracy
Of all ages have pictured in tneir
dreams"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-27
YUKON HAS OLD VOLCANO
Its Last Great Eruption Caused Enor-
nous Destruction.

Every traveller on the upper Yukon
River has noted a conspicuous white
bed. four TO six inches in thickness,
that occurs on the river banks, says
Stephen R. Caps, Of the United States
Geological Survey, in his book, IAN
Ancient Volcano Eruption in the Upper
Yukon Basin" This is made up of vol
canc ash derived from a volcano To-
Gated IN the northern mar-'u Of the St
Elias Range, more than 100 miles 10 the
south. Though, geologically speaking,
the material is of recent age, yet 1t was
probably erupted 1,400 years ago.
There are, of course, no historical
records of this eruption, but in the
course of explorations In Alaska much
has been learned about the distribution
and thickness Of the material elected.
Ii originally covered an area of over
10000 square miles, and some Of II was
carried over 450 miles from the volcano.
The deposit varies in thickness from
800 feet near the volcano to an inch
or two at the margin of the area COW
cred by it.
A rough estimate indicates that over
ten cubic miles of material was elected
az the time of this eruption. During
the eruption of Katmai volcano, in
Southwestern Alaska, in June, 1912,
about five cubic miles OF ash was eject
ed. and about the same amount fell
from the Krakatoa eruption Of 1888.
This Yukon eruption is therefore
comparable in intensity with some OF
the larger eruptions Of historical time.