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The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17
TheGirlH eLeft
Behind Him
By F. A. Mitchell

John Hobbs was a YorkShireman,
born on his fathers farm, worked on
his fathers farm and was %contented
on his fathers farm. He had received
only a few years schooling, but he
was a bit of a philosopher in his w
way. He was engaged to be married
to Ellen Briefly and expected to in
herit her fathers farm and live and
die there. Ellen was a high strung,
emotional girl and when the war with
Germany broke out insisted that John
should enlist.
What for?" asked John.
"Why, all the men are enlisting."
ut seems to me, if that's so. some
one 'ad better stay 'ome and do the
farmin'."
But think Of the excitement of 60
ing off to the war with the flags flying,
the drums beating and the band play
ing The Girl l Left Behind Me-"
"And hobblin' back singin' the leg l
left behind me-"
John, I'm afraid you're a coward"
John looked at her. leaning on the
spade with which he had been dig
ging, then threw it down and said:
Il can't stand that from b girl l
love. I'm goin' to enlist"
Forgive me- said Ellen, throwing
her arms about him. Il knew you
weren't afraid to go to the war. l
thought you needed a little prodding."
I'm goin' to wal to please you. l
don't believe in wars. The fellers that
go either don't come back or. if they
do, they find the excitement all over
and people talkin' about somethin' else.
They don't cut no figure at all. The
feliers that stayed at 'Ome has got the
jobs. and the soldier as to git a Twin
the best way e can.
Don't fear for that. Johnny. dear.
I'll be ere to welcome you back. and
If you are MANNED I'll take care of you
for the rest of your life
She kissed him and patted him to
make him feel better about the sacri-
flee he was making, but Johnny refus-
ed to be comforted. However. he vent
to the nearest recruiting station u
enlisted. When he marched away with
the regimental band playing "The Girl
/ Left Behind Me" Ellen stood by the
roadside waving her handkerchief at
him, her eyes bedimmed with tears.
One day. the better part of a year
later. a discharged soldier. walking
along a road in Yorkshire on one flesh
leg and a wooden one, met a man with
a hoe on his shoulder.
mister" said the ex-soldier. HI
been to the war. Hi was taken prison
er by the Germans on the battlefield.
all hexcept my leg. that was shot on
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17
Notice to Overseers

To the Overseers of the 9Th District
of Lee County, MISS
Notice IL hereby given that the Su-
pervisor Of the Fifth District will begin
on the second Monday in October. 1915,
the inspection of the roads of the Fifth
District. preparatory to making his re-
port to the Grand jury at the November
Court, 1915, and all Overseers are r.
quired to have their roads in as god
condition as possible for inspection. so
the report may be made as favorable
as possible.
This September 10th. 1915.
Is |. B. COGGIN. Supervisor.
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to pay my fare. and / sailed for San
Francisco. ! had not been out twelve
hours before / recognized in n of
the passengers the mar who had seen
me pick up the diamond.
1t is a very uncomfortable feeling to
know that you are cooped up with one
who is determined to relieve you Of a
valuable article. 1t seemed to me that,
whatever l did to conceal my diamond,
this Indian would get it from me |
was sure that he had come on board
for it. and the natives of India are so
stealthy. have so many insidious ways
of securing their ends, that l consid-
cred my property as good as lost.
On the forward lower deck was a
coop containing chickens. They were
of a rare variety and We're going to
some American chicken fancier. One
morning. standing before the coop. a
singular plan of c%oncealing my dia-
mond occurred to me. 1t was to let
one of the chickens swallow it. He
would hold it in his crop. and | could
shadow him as the Indian was shad-
owing me and in time get it away
from him. From my next meal l took
away with me some crusts of bread
and, going to the chicken coop as soon
as l was sure | vas unObServed, be-
gan feeding a stately rooster. He took
down one piece Of crust after another,
and among them / fed him my dia-
mond. 1t was rather large for him.
but he got it down. and l congratulate
ed myself that if it was lost to me that
rascally Indian would not get it.
l visited the bird, that was now
worth a small fortune, the same even
ing and went again to the coop the
next morning. He was there In the
evening, but at my morning visit was
Mortified to see that he was missing
from the coop. l knew that the Indian
had got him. but did not trouble my
self to discover how. Not a word did
| say to any one on the subject. | met
the Indian later walking the deck n
fancied that there was a look of tri-
nmph In his eye. As for me, | en-
10 cOucedl ally cNAuChSC VI
knowing that he had secured posses
sion of my property. If he was obliged
to kill the rooster for the diamond l
was resolved to kill him before | would
permit him to leave the ship with my
property.
Where did he keep the bird? | was
not long in finding out. My stateroom
was in the stern of the ship directly
yer the steerage. In the middle of
the night / heard a crow. Jumping
from my berth. | threw on some
clothes, ran below and hunted for the
Grower. | found him in possession of
the Indian. l drew a long knife. with
which | made a pass at the man. seiz-
ed the rooster and ran with him to my
room and locked the door.
l never left the room. nor did the
bird till after reaching port. killed
him in my stateroom and was delight
ed to find the diamond in his crop. l
got It safely ashore and sold 1t to a
jeweler for $4,000.
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NONRESIDENT Notice

State of Mississippi. No. 1902
To Sallie Crosby. whose post office is
unknown, Defendant.
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the County of
Lee. in said State, on the Bird Monday
Of October, A. D. 1915. to defend the
suit in said Court Of w. w. Crosby vs..
Sallie Crosby for divorce wherein you
are q defendant.
This 9th day of August, A. d. 1915.
24-3t JOHN M. WITT. Clerk.
O. X Gary, Solicitor Complainant.
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and wasn't worth anything. I been a
prisoner for months. but was hex
changed not long ago and sent 'ome.
l went from this place and want to
arsk you about some people / left ere.
Wot's become O. Ellen BrierlyT"
"Wot's Ellen Briefly to your snarl-
ed the man.
"Wot's she to me? A good deal.
SEEM that Hi went to the war for 'er
'er sake too"
"Are you John 'ObbsT'
"Fauncy | are. wot's left O. me. Be-
sides my leg. my right and 'as gone
and my left heye."
"And you've come back to marry
your sweet'eart?"
Hi fauncy. She promised to take
care O. me for the rest O. my life If l
came back MANNED"
The man looked thoughtful. stroked
his beard. changed the leg he was
standing on several times. then said:
This ere promisin' to take care O.
any one for life is a bad business"
"'Ow 500"
II promised to take care Of a wOm-
an for 'er life. and I'm a-doin' Of it.
but it's a ard job. l wouldn't mind
givin' 'er to you to take care of you"
81 don't want 'er. want Ellen
Briefly. the girl l left behind me when
l went to the war and the girl | went
to the wal to please
I'm sorry you did that"
"Why?"
"Well. your goin' to the war got me
into a lot O. trouble. l was mighty
independent in them days. l 'ad no
wOrryment wotsoever. A girl took a
shine to me and married me. l amt
'ad no peace since"
us that wot comes O. matrimony?"
That's wot come to ne. See ere.
young fellow. l fancy it was very
ard stayin' in German 'ospitals and
leavin' your leg and your fingers be-
hind you and losin' your eye. but you
missed a lot o. troubles worse than
that by goin'."
"Wot troubles?"
lQe lFOuDlcS y mdCIIuiOuys AOu
missed 'em; l got 'em."
low so|"
II married the girl you left behind
you"
"Wot! You married Ellen Brierly?'
II did. | knew that a Teller named
John 'Obbs that 'ad gone to the war
was expectin' to marry 'er when e
got back-if he ever did git back-and
/ thought | was wrongin' i'm. | don't
mind dom the best ! can to make
amends. If you want 'er I'll light out
and say nothin' about it. leavin' 'er to
you.r
John Hobbs thought awhile before
accepting or declining this very self
sacrificing offer. Finally he said:
That's very kind 'earted o you. my
friend. but seem 'ow you and Ellen
is married it wouldn't be 'onorable q
me to crowd you ut I'm goin' to my
father and mother. and ! fancy they'll
be glad 20 take car o. me. So long,
And he stumped On.
Cures Old Sores, UtasI nemeusss Wont Cufo.
The worst cases, no matter Of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17
piles Cured in 6 to IL Days

Your druggist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or PTotruGinE Piles In 6tc IA days.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17

To pretend to satisfy ones de-
sires by gratifying them is about
as successful as trying to put out
a fire by piling straw on it.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-17
Cures Old Sores. O1nsI Nsmsalss Won't curs.

worst cases. no matter of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-24
GERMANS PURSUE RUSSIANS
RITREATING FROM MEMEl.

Berlin, March 2i.-tBy Niclcss u"
sayvlllcp army headquarters to-
day statement was given cut which
says:
In Champagne there were only
artillery ducls, In the forest Of lie
Prctrc, northwest of POnt-a- MoussOn,
the enemy attempted to win back
ground gained By the Germans but
was repulsed,
German troops are pursuing tho
rctrcaring Russians northward Of
Momol. East Prussia. They captured
near PolanEch nyo hundred Russians
and took three guns ana three rapid
lrers. quantities Of rattle, horses
and goods were stolen oy the RUS
siaus. Ncar Lauss-Hargcn, south
west OF THuroggcI, ana northeast OF
Marlampol. Russian attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses for the en-
omy. Northwest of pstroienku sew
cral Russian attacks failed. Here we
caplurcd twenty officers, more than
$500 men ana i've machine guns.
Eastward Of Plock several charges OF
the enemy rallied
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-24
7oday;s War
Summary

What Is described In Berlin ~.
one of the greatest hattie, or the
c'-icrn campaign has developed
In the Carpathinns. For months
the opposing armies have been
cOntcnding tor tho mountain pas
49,. definite Possession OF which
hy the liussians would expose
Hungary To- the danger of inVa,-
ION. Berlin reports ~Hy the p~l.-
eat lntilc hrs not yet reached "a
stage where sucyc.. for either
side 3, indicated.
The French war office annuunc-
Cd that the belgian army ha,
made gains along the N-c, Aside
from this movement the uniN
change of note WIS Ia the Nosgc~.
where the French claim to have
occupied u considerable seCtion Of
German front.
The british admiralty an
nounccd thht ave acroplancs had
made successful raid. an tiic
German submarine plant at IIo-
bOkcn. near Antwerp. Two sub
marines la course of construction.
~ we'll ~ the works, are believed
Ia have been damaged consid-
crably.
The expected land attack ON
tho Dnrtiancllcs TortinCations la
conjunction with the operations
at the allied fleet probably VIII be
inauguratrd soon. u II reported
from Athens that trOops conveyed
To the Dardancilcs on transports
were landed yesterday ON the Gal
lipoli peninsula aud that the gen
crnI attack by land and sca viii
In made ON the arrival Of the
French and British warships now
on the way to reinforce the fleet.
Bombardmcnt OF the Turkish
forts II said 60 have been RESUME
Ell yesterday.
II n announced oniCihlly at
Ictrograd that the Germans in
northern Poland have virtually
abandoned their attempt to cap
turc OssOwctl. the fortress On
which the invaders ccntcrcd their
cnOTt O. break through the ku--
sian chain of defcnscs. II II said
that all but four heavy German
batteries have hccn Withdrawn
from before OssOwetA aficr lhV-
ing failed IN efforts to reduce the
Russian forts.
The dispatches from Austrian
sourccs state mat war with Italy
~ now regarded hy Austria Hun
gary Rs probable. According to
these adNiccs large numbers Of
Austrian troops are bcing sent 60
the Italian border, where ciabOr-
ate defensive operations are un-
der way.
\ Rome newspaper says that
every mcmbcr OF the chamber of
deputies u convinced that Italy
must act cncrge,icaIly even to tire
point of facing "a supreme strug-
glo' To realize the nations nsri-
ratiOns.
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were coiscly followed sy his wife.
seated near him,
oliver Osborne. the young man
who called on United states District
Attorney Marshall several days ago
and was quoted as saying he, aud not
James w. Osborne. was Miss Tanzers
admircr. was not present.
Upon taking the witness stand
James w. Osborne surveyed Miss
Tanzer Tor fully half "a minute In 81
lenee. She returned his gave with
unwavering eyes. Osborne then aaid
he had never seen Miss Tanzcr be-
fore In hts life.
Osborne admitted on cross exam
ination that he knew Miss Rose Helen
Kaiser. the young woman who says
oliver Osborne WAS her admirer
With the testimony OF Osborne the
government rested It's case. Formal
motion Of Daniel slade. Miss Tan
zer's counsel. that the charge against
his client be dismissed was denied
aud Miss Rose Tanner, sister Of the
defendant, was called to the stand.
She Identified Osborne aa man who
had called at the Tanner home In the
Bronx.
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Asserts that Uncertain Condi-
tions Of Production and
Damage to Rolling Stock
Absorb Profits.
RAILROADS WOULD BE
BETTER OFF WITHOUT 1T
Thousands Of Cars Held Idle
at all Times and Conditions
of Traffic Most Exacting,
He Declares.

Chicago, March sf.--Figures de-
signed To show that the western roads
spend fortunes annually on equip.
ment To handle soft coal. on which
they earn no profit. were submitted
today By y. N. Daily. former general
superintendent OF the Illinois Central
railroad. In the interstate commerce
commissions hearing Of thc applica-
tiOn OF forty-one western railroads
for higher freight rates.
In behalf of the contention OF ths
railroads that they should be allowed
10 Increase rates on soft coal an av-
crage OF T:95 cents a ton IN order 10
make coal hauling profitable. DAILY
cited what be called the exceaaiyo
cost OF handling the commodity.
In damage TO equipment alone
he said, central western coal roads
would have saved sfz,0o0.o00 year
toward maintaining their credit u re-
pairs to their freight cars could have
beea held down to the proportions
prevaiiisg on non-coai roads In tac
west.
Prom t1.sO0.Ooo 20 ts.0o0. 900 In
vested Ia coal ears" he continued, ia
standing idle every day. This repre-
sents 1000 10 10000 cars day
which are not In uao through nine
months OF the year. Bltuminous coal
requires special shipments which. in
the western coal fleldp. cnnnoi be
used for other commodities. such ~
iron ore. lumber. etc. In the east
there ia movement of coal to the
lakes and Of ore hack, 5us out here
the return II mostly empty.
Every two years the mines close
down. or threaten 10. from labor
causes. In 1910 the loaded car mile
age on one coal branch fell 20 one
twenty NTH of normal In a few days.
due 90 strike. This comes almost
every two years and lasts iron two 40
five months. resulting m more idle
equipment"
Cross examined by r. W. Ropiauct
of 81 Louis, representing coal Oper-
ators Daly explained that the coal
business WAS increasing. but under
the prevailing rates the railroads did
not think Il would Improve their sit
uation,
"You say some OF the western coal
haulers are now In the hands Of re-
ceivers Is Il because Of freight
rates on coal that they are la receiN-
crshipsg" the witness was asked.
1T is fair TO assume that II they
were making money on coal the,
would not be In recelyershlps," replied
Mr DAILY. "a large percentage OF
their tonnage is on coal and they
have 10 make money handling that
commodity " they make money at
all"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-24
OSBORNE SWEARS He NEVER SAW
DAMSEL WHO DEMANDS $4,000
FOR DAMAGES TO HER HEART

New York. March 24--JameH w
Osborne. former assistant district at
torney Of New York county. faced
today Miss Rae Tanner. who Is sulng
him for $4,000 damages for alleged
breach OF promise To- marry, and
sworc on the witness stand he had
never seen her IN his lie before.
y. +. Stafford, clerk al the Kensing-
ton hotel. Pialnfield. n. j.. second
witness for the defense. positively
identified James w Osborne as the
man who had registered at the hotel
with Rae Tanzer.
Miss Tanner charges that Osborne
wooed her under the name OF Oliver
Osborne.
Today hearing was before United
States Commissioner Houghton on
Osbornes compaint that Miss Tanzer
had used the mails TO defraud The
basis OF this complaint was a bundle
NJ letters whie'. Miss Tanzer. II is
charged. mailed him before she filed
her suit
Seven letters had been sent 10 him
at the New York Athletic club. the
witness asserted.
As Osborne testified. his words
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London, March g. G.s5 %. mJ-
The magnitude Of the surrender oi
rr1cmysl ana speculation as to how
quickly the Russians will lc able to
press The advantages derived there
from IN an advance into HunaBrg AID
Silcsia continued Co Jc the chief tupi.
ul discussion 900 the War UcWs today
The iiusslns are putting the fort
Tcss ln order They are sending the
prisoners 10 the rear; focd.as tho
starving popuiacc and tending the sick
and wounded. As The task is an
enormous one II is presumed that
Russia for sometime will not be able
to divert her strength elsewhere. II
b. estimated the Russians had siN ar
my corps around Prz"mysl.
stubborn lighting iu Tho Carpath-
ians is going ON Inahatcd
a. the northcrn extremity 81 the
eastern lirc the Russiuns admit they
have been thrown back from the East
Prussiau port OF M"mcl and they
characterize their advance 10 this
point as merely "a reconnaissance.
Farther south the Russians claim thai
the German attempts tp take Osso-
witz are weakcning, maIorit, Of the
big guns having been Withdrawn.
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Brazeen Terre Haute Execu-
tive Undertakes to Bribe
United States Witnesses
and Gets Deeper in Mire.
EVEN COURT AMAZED AT
MAYORS CR00KEDNEss
These Men," Exclaimes
Judge in Surprise, Have
no Regard for Law at ALL"
Three Others Held on Same
Charge.

indianapolis. March 2l.-Mayog
Donn N. Roberts, one of the defend
ants in tho Terre Haute election
fraud cases IN the FEDERAL court here.
was ordered into the custody Of the
United States marshal today and was
further ordered to Eiyo additional
bond Of 5000 for his appearance TO
answer TO "A enarge Of corrupting gov
crnment witnesses Three men were
sent To jail hast night ON the same
charge.
Roberts has bern al liberty on the
conspiracy charge on bond of slO,-
600.
sherin Dennis Shea. City Judge
Thomas Smith and street Inspector
Alexander Aczel. alias steel, Nefend-
ants. who were placed In JUN lass
night by order OF judge Anderson,
also were held under additional bonds
of $4,000 each on the same charge as
placed against Mayor Roberts. The
four were taken into custody by Unit
cd States Marshal Mark Storen.
Judge Anderson waited until the
jury had retired al noon before place
ing the charge against the four, He
read two United states statutes. one
OF which places the penalty for In
terfcring with witnesses at $1,000 OF
"a year in prison OF both, and the other
fixes the punishment az fine OF
5000 or six years in prison, or both
The court reviewed evidence which
he stated proved conclusively that ef-
forts had been made 10 corrupt wit
nesses and added that court attaches
had detected shea in the act Of sis
mailing TO witnesses on the stand.
These men, said the court "ap'
parently have no regard for the Law
at all.
Two other witnesses. who have
pleaded guilty, today testified tina
siael had attempted 20 influence thel
testimony and had told them tina
Roberts wanted to see them beforl
they appeared on the stand.
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VICE PRESIDENT TO
FORMALLY DEDICATE
EXPOSITION TODAY

san Francisco. March 2i.--Vice
President Thomas u. Marshall ~iii
formally dedicate late today the Pans
anna Paoinc exposition az representa-
tive OF Prcsideat Wilson. ceremou-
ious exercises, which include military
and naval demonstrations. Wiz pre-
cede the dedieatory address Of tbs
vice president.
Vice President Marshall will be- se-
luted with the nineteen guns from the
Pacific feet anchored on the EXPOSE
tlon grounds 10 which his rank en-.
titles him
The program includes an intro
ductQry speech by Charles G. Moore.
president Of tho exposition and ex-
presses By United states senator
james D. Phelan, Governor Johnson
and Mayor James Rolph. Jr., 81 san
Francisco,
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Dardancllcs, Thursday March Isl
tyia Constantinople and Berlin
March "a. and via London. March %.
l.l5 p. mD--Ouc French battleship.
the Buuyct, sent To- the bottom. one
British battlcship. name unknown us
yet tu the observers on shore. driven
ON the beach and battered TO pieces,
ana three other ships Of the allies
damaged To such an extent that u
WAS found necessary 90 take them
uut of action while on the other side
the Turkish forts on the pardunelles
have not beer silcncCd and the losses
sustained hy their garrison are nom
iual these are details OF the result
of the tremendous effort made by the
allied fleet ON March IS tu force lhe
passage of the Dardanelles.
The action lasted nearly seven
hours, during which time there was
a terrific uaunonnde from the ships
of the allies ANA the Turkish forts
The fire from the warships al times
WAS exceedingly severe. while the
Turkish gunuers maintained their
precision wonderfully. even whom
they were literally buried In the earth
and debris which the exploding shells
from the warship threw broadcast
The fire from the warships soon
became general About half past IL
Il was seen that the British had con
centrated their fire upon the forts.
The noise of the explosions and the
replies OF the Turkish batteries were
deafoning
The British ships were firing heav-
| ny and continuously. AZ times the
smoke WAS so thick that II completely
blotted out the horizon and totally
envolopcd the particular Turkish fort
under fire But time and again the
smoke cleared aud showed the Turk
| ish position virtually updamaEed.
The hnmhardmcnt reached its
greatest intensity az 3.i5 ia the af-
! tcrnuon, when OF a sudden the French
battleship Bouyet was observed 10 he
| riding low hy the stern. For about
/ two minutes she held this position,
then settled completely by the stern.
her bows clear Of the water aud
| pointing toward the sky The next
| instant tho waves closed over her. On
! shore Il was believed that she had
struck "a mine. Boats rushed 20 the
rescue but only a few men were
! saved
A few minutes later large Turk
ish shell struck British vessel, cut
ting Oft her torcnast near the GROW q
nest. This aamo shot apparently also
damaged the machinery. FOR IL could
bc seen that the vessel was expert
encing difficulty In gaining the open
sea.
This was hardly over when another
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