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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

Doubtless the commander of the
submarine that chased the ST. Paul
thought he was the mayor of Mime
apolis.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

This may be an enlightened age,
but somehow or other the loaded auto
mobile and the speeding railway train
still manage to get together
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

On the other hand, the man who
made up his mind never to quarrel
with fashions vagaries is having a
desperate struggle with his self-con-
troll.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

War is said 10 be popularizing whis.
kers but II is really an exorbitan,
price TO pay for establishing whiskers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

The meanest man is in the limelight
again. He is a burglar who carried
of a bald mans wig.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

Talk is cheap. but the nearly lost art
OF conversation should be held yalu-
able.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

Metals are so valuable I'm Europe
that the junk dealer has become a
person of considerable Importance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

In advance of the seasons as do auto
mobile makers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

IL is announced that the allies are
Dombarding Atchetepe Sounds as
If they had strayed into Mexico
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

Again the cow begins to look az.
pectantly at the straw hat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

This is perhaps the best season OF
the year in which not to eat toadstools.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

Save first is as good as a young
mans motto as safety first
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

In m any homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause of the fact
that Lydia E. Pink
hams V e g e t bic
Compound m ak e S
WON en- norm al,
healthy and strong.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-12-03

IF You want special advice write to-
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi.
dentiaD Lynn. Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

New York, July 20.-Thomas A. Ed
ison has accepted from Secretary of
the Navy Daniels an invitation to
head a department of invention and
development that is to be a clearing
house for the natural inventive
genius of Americans" Associated
with Mr.. Edison will be men who have
specialized along similar lines of re-
search.
Chief among the problems it is
hoped the department may solve is
meeting the danger of submarine war
fare with new devices that will as
sure peace to our country by their
effectiveness"
Secretary Daniels extended his in
vitation to Mr.. Edison last Wednes-
day in letter in which he expressed
his admiration for the inventors
splendid and patriotic attitude in
refusing to devote your great inyen-
tive genius to warlike subjects eX
cept at the call of your country"
Can Render a Great Service.
"Such an attitude in these all too
commercial times is one that should
be an inspiration to our young men,"
Secretary continued, land a les
Il in the pre-eminent right of ones
country to the best that its citizens
have that will be Of tremendous bene.
fit to us ALL There is a very great
service that you can render the navy
and the country at large. and which
| am encouraged to believe you will
consent to undertake as it seems to
me to be in line with your own
thoughts.
Zone of the imperative needs Of the
navy. in my judgment, is machin-
cry and facilities for utilizing the ma
ural inventive genius of Americans to
meet the new conditions of warfare
as shown abroad, and it is my inten-
ton, if a practicable way can be
worked out, as ! think it can be, to
establish at the earliest moment a
department of invention and develop
ment, to which all ideas and sugges-
tions, either from the service or from
civilian inventors, can be referred for
determination as to whether they
contain practical suggestions for us
to take up and perfect
eve, of course, receive many sug-
gestions, but our only way of han
ding them at present is to leave them
to various bureaus already overcrowd-
ed with routine work. and it is not al
ways possible to give the necessary
attention to propositions that are not
SO definitely worked out as to make
them Immediately available for the
gpryina Jdoac wbiob ooDto;,, tbo ,orp-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

"The Goddess" the Vitagraphs
serial beautiful, introducing Earle
Williams and Anita Stewart, will be
shown at the Greater Gem theater to-
morrow, matinee and night and prom
Uses something entirely different in
the way of a moving picture serial.
The production, which is in fifteen
chapters will cost the Vitagraph COM
pany over $25O,OOO to produce. Fol,
lowing is the cast: Celestia, The God
dess, Anita Steward; Tom Barclay,
Earle Williams;l Professor Stilliter.
Paul Scardon; Senator Blackstone,
Frank Currier; Martin Semmes
Charles Wellesley; Gordon Barclay,
Thomas Brooke. "The Goddess was
written by Gouverneur Morris and
Charles w. Goddard, two of the great.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

John Barrymore, the prominent
young comedian, has often been en-
We'd and admired, but upon a recent
occasion was sincerely pited. During
his engagement with the Famous
Players Film Company in the pho
toplay version of Leo Ditrichstein's
celebrated farce, "Are You a Mason?"
the current Paramount release at the
Lomo today. the action of the play
necessitated his appearance at an an
tique shop in the downtown section Of
New York, in front of which there
stood an old statue of Venus. Mr..
Barrymore's business" in the scene
was, while in a state of semi-inebriety,
to drape the statue with coat, ear
muffs and other articles of apparel
sympathetically intended to prevent
Venus from catching cold.
A well-dressed lady, accompanied by
a dignified gentleman, passed down
the street just when Mr.. barrymore
was at the height of his sartoriaI eff
forts. The lady, after a surprised
stare at the star, turned to her escort
and remarked: "Why, that's Jack Bar
rymore. Just look what he has come
to, The last time I saw him he was
acting in Kick In And he's drunk
| suppose that's what brought him to
working in this antique shop. Isn't it
strange how these stars recklessly
throw away such opportunities? And
with many other plying remarks they
passed on while Jack Barrymore be.
came so remorseful over the sudden
realization of his sad plight that he
spoiled the scene.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank all those who rem
dered their tender services and sent
such beautiful floral offerings and who
so deeply sympathized with us in the
sad loss of our loved one, an affection
ate wife and mother, Willie Ingram
McElroy.
Linsay McEIroy and sons, Oscar
and L. D. McEIroy
Marshal Ingram,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. McEIroy and
Family. 20-1t-p
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

THE Romance of Elaine" the famous
Pathe drama, featuring Lionel Bar
rymore, Pearl White and the Mysteri.
Gus Mr.. X, will be one of the attrac-
lions on the Greater Gem theater's
program today, besides the following:
Honor Thy Father" Kalem drama,
in three acts; "The Web of Crime"
Selig drama, in two acts; "a Bird in
a Gilded Cage" Essanay drama. Also
several comedies and the Gems or
cheStra.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
EDISON TO ASSIST
NAVY BUREAU ON
NEW WAR DEVICES
ACCEPTS SECRETARY DANIELS
INVITATION, SAYS START
SHOULD BE MADE NOW.
AID OF NOTED SCIENTISTS
IS TO BE OBTAINED, ALSO

Problem of Submarine Warfare Is the
Chief One That Is To Be Solved
Will Develop Ideas Suggested BY
Inventive Americans, Especially
Army and Navy Officers-Suggests
That a Special Laboratory Be Built.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
w. E. Riggs, of New Orleans, was
a recent visitor to Hattiesburg.

Pat D. Rawls left today for an eX-
tended visit to friends in Texas and
will be absent from the city severat
weeks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
Will Consult About Assistants.


with you it might be well to asso
ciate few men prominent in special
lines of inventive reearch and |
would like also to consult with you
as to who these men should be. It
is. of course, your aid that | rely upon
most, and if you are not able for any
reason to do this, | will, frankly hest
tate to undertake the matter at all.
Should you feel like accepting the
task however, know the relief which
the country would feel in these trying
times at the announcement that YOU
are aiding us in this all important
matter. If you could let me know as
early as you may how you feel about
this, | would appreciate it, as every
thing waits for your answer, and l
think we cannot be too expeditions"
Edison Gladly Accepts.
In announcing last night at West
Orange, N. j., that he would gladly
accept Secretary Daniels invitation.
Mr.. Edison said that he believed the
proposal so important that it should
be attended to at once, while the war
in Europe was bringing before the
public the Importance of encouraging
the developing ideas and inventions
of Americans, especially officers and
men of the army and navy.
"The United States is far behind in
these matters" said Mr.. Edison. 81
believe it is highly important for a
board of civilians made up of en-
'gineers from leading industries to be
formed for the purpose Of looking
into the feasibility of ideas develope1
by young men. While all ideas that
will be submitted may not be feasible
at least they will have the benefit of
expert judgment and advice.
In addition to the Advisory Board
of Engineers, would also suggest A
department of experimentation, where
ideas might be tried out. The cost
would be nominal. Only few acres
of land would be required with proper
buildings and corps of efficient men
calculated to carry out experiments
under the direction of those suggest
ing them after they have been ap-
proved.
THE European war has served to
draw attention to the fact that many
American ideas and inventions have
been allowed to slip by, and if this
matter is put off until the war is over,
there is danger OF it being forgotten"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

est writer's of modern times, and the
photoplay was directed by Ralph Ince,
director general of the Vitagraph COM
pany.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

R. S. West spent few days in Lau-
rel recently.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

ling to do this, | would like a little
later, when my plans are somewhat
more matured, to consult with you as
to the details of the organization pro
posed, so that l can make it as effec-
tive as possible for the purpose in
tended.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

r. NJ. Martin returned last night,
after spending ten days in Laurel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

j. E. Chandler was a recent visitor
to New Augusta.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20
CITY BREVITIES

R. O. Jones has returned from a
visit to Jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

w. r. Pickett is visiting relatives in
Jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

saps College, left last night for Jack
son, after a visit of several days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-20

DR.. A. F. Watkins, President of Mill
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-03

produce It." Suggested Thorpe
partnership agreement, them" chaI-
Ienged Vernon.
Have you proofs of any?"
"Only moral evidence. Sir, I am
going to appeal to you in a new way.
The last anxious thought of Mr.. Ira
Wis was concerning his daughter,
Bertha. The disaster Of the fire
makes her penniless. She is left
a young girl at school, without dol
lar or relative in the world"
'She cannot expect any assistance
from me" declared the hard-hearted
merchant. 81 don't deal in sentiment,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-03


"SOMETHING TANGIBLE"
= > > = = -
BY May Bennett Earle
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
Something tangible~ pronounced
Richard Thorpe, with a self satisfied
smack of his fat sensual lips and
glOating glance around the establish
ment of which he was proprietor.
AS he spoke the venerable money
grabber ran one hand deep down into
a sample bin of coffee beans and let
them sift through his fingers with
sense of proud ownership. He in turn
swept his pudgy hand along the
scores of glass and tin receptables
stored with tea, sugar and spices.
Something tangible, young man."
he said Unctuously, property the
visible evidence of things material
That's my motto and business pre-
cept. Something 1 can weigh and
sell. You come to me with an airy
fairy story. Where's evidence, sir, the
documentary evidence?"
His visitor looked embarrassed,
confused and disappointed all at the
same time. He was 1.-THE, handsome
young fellow, with a clear ingenious
face, well burned burned by a trop-
ical sun.
"Sir," he said, arising to his feet,
81 come to you in good faith from Mr..
Travis in far away Ceylon. He was
my employer, my true friend until
he died. He was your faithful repre-
sentative there, as you know. When
the fire came that swept away your
entire establishment in Ceylon, in
trying to save your property he sus-
tanned fall from the effects of which
he died. Before his last moments ar
rived he called me to his bedside and
gave me the message 1 have just de-
Ivered."
''The phantasy of a disordered !
brain, remarked Thorpe.
'T cannot think that - resnOnded
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-03

the fact that when he went to Cey-
Ion he was to be considered a fourth
partner in that branch of your bust
ness, provided he made it. succeed.
He did succeed. He waited for you
to make some recognition of the fact.
He had a written agreement that COW
cred the subject"
Produce il" suggested Thorpe.
ct was destroyed in the fire"
"Ah!" observed the merchant with
a crafty smile, then I must decline
to discuss the subject further"
you deny the evidence. of any
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
Aid to School Library

Through the efforts of Mrs.
Mullen assisted by Miss Edmonds,
quite a nice addition has just
been made to our library. Mrs.
Mullen consented to solicit sub
scriptions to Hollands magazine.
Twenty-Five dollars was thus Sc
cured for the library. The Ii
brary Association allowed her
five dollars as remuneration for
labor. Through the AS You
Like It Club she made a gift Of
this amount to the library for
the purchase Of fiction. Other
books of fiction have also been
added. Forty-four volumes have
just been received, a number of
these being fiction; the rest are
principally for the use Of the
pupils. X X X
EtI A2 EE
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

S. A. Jonas, has directed the
paper along lines that have been
helpful to its county, the state,
its contemporaries and all worthy
objects that it has espoused. No
writer of the south Yields a more
facile pen, and although its ed
itor has completed his three
score and ten years, yet the ed
itorials of the Examiner are as
bright and pointed as they were
when as a young man he first
established a literary career I'M
surpassed by any newspaper man
of the state. Although the hand
of affection has been laid heavily
upon him for the past few years
and his work has to be done
from his private room, the major
continues to display that indom-
table will which has character
lied his life and the Examiner
remains the best weekly under
his direction in the state. We
extend our esteemed contempt.
rary best wishes for a continue.
ton of it's useful career and hope
that the able editor may be re-
stored to his health and strength
again.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

. The Journal was favored on
Tuesday by a pleasant call from
Mr.. W. j. Evans. of Calhoun
county, who is a candidate for
state revenue agent. Mr.. Evans
is at present state senator from
the thirty-first district, which is
composed of Calhoun, Chickasaw
and Pontotoc counties. Mr.. Ev-
ans established for himself the
reputation Of being a conserva-
tive and far representative and
won many friends throughout
the state He comes very highly
recommended from his home
county and district, which lies
adjoining US, and can be looked
upon by our people as a close
neighbor. He is making a thor
ough canvass of the state and is
regarded as a prominent factor
in the race for revenue agent.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
F. c. Me- aughy
State Teachers Convention

Laurel, Mississippi, April 20. -
indications point to "a big meeting
Of teachers. The advanced reg1stra-
ton already reaches several hundred.
Nearly all of the reservations that the
hotels can make have been taken up,
but practically every home IN Laurel
has been thrown open to the teachers
during the three days of their stay.
The Commercial Club has already Sc
cured Accommodations for twelve hun
dred teachers.
The superintendents and high school
principals will meet at the Pinehurst
Wednesday night, April 28th. Other
organizations meeting with the State
Teachers Association are the School
Improvement Association, the Classical
Association, the American School Peace
League-Mississippi Branch, the Mis-
sissippi History Teachers Association
and the Mississippi Manual Arts As
ISOLATION.
The programs for these big meetings
have been we'll planned, and questions
of public and professional interest will
be discussed. Among the speakers
from out of the state who will take
part on the programs are, DR.. z. 7.
Claxton, u. S. Commissioners of Edu-
cation: DR.. Lincoln B. Hulley, President
of John B Stetson University and
Superintendent Lawton B. Evans of
Augusta, Ga
On Friday afternoon at 400 p. M,
the city schools give a grand historical
pageant, arranged especially for the
entertainment of the visitors. The
History of the state, especially as 1T
relates to educational progress will be
represented in costume and ~pantomlne
by more than 800 children from Laurel
schools.
Special trains over the G, & 5. l.,
will leave Jackson Thursday, April 20,
and Friday April 80, at4:10 p. M, thus
making connection at Jackson with all
trains leading into that point from the
north. east and west. On Saturday,
May LIST, the special will leave Laurel
at 800 D. M, and reach Jackson about
700 p. m.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
LEO FRANK S

Leo. MI. FRANK, the AClanta
Jew, under sentence of death In
the Fulton county court for the
murder of Mary Phagan, the
fourteen yearold girbwhose body
was found in the cellar of the
pencil factory over which Frank
was superintendent. has lost his
suit in the United States Supreme
court where it was carried on ap-
peal from a habeas corpus pro-
ceedings through which Frank
sought his liberty. Franks case
has become one of the celebrated
murder cases of the country.
Convicted on the testimony Of a
negro man, who was also charged
with the crime, and before a jury
that was evidently influenced by
a demonstration of a mob spirit
which pervaded the crowd that
attended his trial, Frank has
sought to establish his innocense
by reversing the judgment
through appeals to the higher
courts. In this he has failed and
now only a pardon can save him
from the gallows.
The trial judge, Judge Roam,
now deceased, stated that Frank
had not had an altogether fair
trial, yet, he failed to grant him
a new one on the motion before
him. The Court of Appeals of
Georgia refused to disturb the
judgment of the lower court.
The Supreme Court of the United
States. with members dissenting.
also let the verdict stand. Justice
Holmes, who wrote a dissenting
opinion, used the following lang
uage in opposing the decision of
his conferes:
ct may be on a hearing a off
ferent complexion would be given
to the Judges alleged request
and expression of fear. But sup
posing the alleged facts be true,
we are of the opinion if they
were before the Supreme Court
it sanctioned a situation upon
which the courts of the United
States should act; and if for any
reason they were, not before the
Court, it is our duty to
act upon them now and to de-
clare lynch law as little valid
when practiced by a regularly
drawn jury as when administered
by one elected by a mob intent
on death"
Notwithstanding this re-
strong opinion held by
two members of the court of last
resort, Frank must die on the
gallows unless reprieved by ex-
ecutive clemency. The princi-
pals involved are a Jew and a
negro. The crime was not that
of a Jew but too frequently that
of the negro Frank has never
been given the benefit of the
doubt.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

W. A. Martin, of Meridian,
candidate for commissioner of
insurance for the state of Missis-
sippi, was here Monday in the
interest of his, candidacy. Mr..
Martin is one of the best known
men of the state, having served
as Head Consul for the Woodmen
of the World for the past two
years. He is familiar with the
work of the office to which he
aspires and his friends say that
he will be in the running in the
August primaries.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
The Prospect of Peace

The quietude existing on the
eastern and western lines of the
European war has given rise to
the hope that there is an under
current at work which pressages
a cessation of hostilities before 2
great while. The heavy fighting.
promised in the spring has not
materalized and both sides seem
reluctant to press the fighting
further.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

1t is reported from Berlin that
Roland Garros, the daring French
aviator, had been captured by
the Germans. Garros was in the
bunch of aviators that flew IN
Tupelo in December, 1910. 1t
was reported early in the war
that Garros had been killed by
his aeroplane falling to the earth.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

Just how Gen. Huerta managed
to pass immigration authorities
and reach New York is a puzzle
to the uniformed. If Huerta is
not an undesirable citizen. then
we would not like to undertake
the job of furnishing one. He
should be made to keep company
with Jack Johnson.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

C. M. Savage, president of the
Merchants and Farmers Bank OF
Okolona, died at his home in that
city Saturday last. Mr.. Savage
came to this country from Eng
land and had spent so years as a
citizen of Okolona, during which
time he had won his way to
prominence.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
Telegraphic reports from the

Telegraphic reports from the
war zone indicate that Germany
has abandoned further pene-
trating French territory and in
future will remain on the de-
fensive. The Germans still oc-
cupy positions around Arras,
only so miles from Paris, but are
unable to press forward.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23

The Aberdeen Examiner last
week issued the first number of
its fftieth year. During this
half century its able editor, Maj.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-04-23
Our Center. ofrArea.

The. center Of area Of the continental
United States (excluding Alaska. Ha-
swaii and other recent accessions) rs
in northern Kansas about ten miles
north Of a place called Smith Center,
county seat Of. Smith county. in lati-
tude 1885, longitude $3.50. The 70
ter Of population is 81 miles south and
about 657 miles east Of the center 81
area.