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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

for the sins OF his pred cess. ). The
Abbasside revolt grew from mere
sporadic discomfort till. during his
reign, it became an immense reyolu-
ton. that swept through the length
and breadth OF the Mohammedan
empire.
The Abbasside family at this time.
a. D. 149. Glanced to be Represented
by men Of far more than average
ability In domestic council they
decided to invest with the rank OF
caliph one or the younger genera
ton, Abul Abbas, whose parentage
was noblest. The chief general of
the war against the ommeyyads
was not OF the Abbasside family; he
was Abu salma. a warrior OF heroic
courage and consummate ability.
He defeated the greatly superior
army OF: the Galiph Aterwan II. a..
the battle Of the zad, and pursued
the feeing ommeyyad into Egypt.
where he was at last captured and
ignominonslF put to death.
Ahnl Abbas. assuming the title o.
" ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

y EQnnlen[ #LHaL- IN time LHe GOHA1AEs-5
yads, whom they persisted IN ac-5
counting mere usurpers. would be
swept into the deepest pits Of the.
Moslem hell. It is one of the ironics
OF history that sadah, weak and
worthless youth, was the one 10.
reap the reward Of the heroic devo-
ton of the men who for hundred
years struggled against ommeyrad.
supremacy.
The Ommcyyads fell largely be-
cause Of dissensions among them
selves. Not only were their support
ars divided by tribal jealousies. but
their family ramilcations came into
bloody conflict. Also. the later On
lneyyads lost the ririle vigor Of the
first caliphs OF the line. and lapsed
somewhat Into luxury and ineff-
cheney
The Abbassides, of whom Saffah
was the first caliph. were descend
ed from -Abbas. uncle or the found
er of Islam. They came in time to.
be considered the legitimate sue
cessors Of the prophet. and, with
the weakening of the Ommeyyad
grip on8the great world empire. they
gained q tremendous following
among the more fanatical of the.
Inslems. MerRan II. last or the
I ommeyTads. 5vas a good and an
able man but The doom Of his fam
lily had been sounded. Like many
another excellent ruler he suffered
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

He was the lounder Of a great
dynasty. he reigned only Eve years,
and died when less than thirty years
Of age: His name was Abul Abbas.
but he dubbed himself "saffah,''
which means .'the shedder of
blood. IL and By this designation he is
always known in history. He was
q man Of small ability. OF no per-
sonal courage. OF infnitesimal ac-
compliments. Though he was first
Of a magnificent dynasty he was
himself but the fortunate creature
of circumstances
The great caliphate, extending
unbroken from the Himalayas to.
the Pyrenees. from India to France,
had submitted for century to the
Z rule Of the ommeyyads. This line
of sovereIgns was sprung from the
family that was. during the life
time OF Mohammed. his bitter enemy
and prosecutor. After the death Of
the prophet four caliphs- Blu Bekr.
Omar. Gilman and Ali-connected
/ with the family Of Mohammed By
ties of blood. marriage or sympathy.
succeeded peacefully to the com.
mand Of the Mohammedan world.
4 The last OF these. Ali. own cousin
4 and son-in-law of Mohammed, vas
slain by Moawiyysh the Ommcyyad.
who made himself high priest ard
chief potentate Of the religion which
\ his family had sought to cxtcrminatc
with fire and sword.
For FIVE years less than cen
fury the Dmmeyyads held sway.
over the Moslem world They gave
I to Islam several glorious rulers.
and their armies carried Inc cresc-
ent east and west almost to the
ends Of the earth. They became the
mighticst OF rnonarchs. and their
court at Damascus Was second
4 scarcely to that OF Eoastantinople
Z as the center of civilization.
But during all these years there
remained a faithful minority Wig
resented the rule or men descend
ed from the prosecutors Of aIohan,-
med. caliphs whose line was estab-5
lished by the Inurderous aioawlyyah,
I. the slayer not only Of the sainted
Ali but also or the prophets grand
E son. These malcontents held tena-
\ cionsly to the cause Of the Hashimite
family the family Of the prophet,
4 and deyntedly planned and plotted
through long hopeless years. through
reign after reign. To bring back
to the blood of aIohammed tho rule
OF tho sfohaulmedan world. Cheer
sf,iIlr they suffered nnarty;rdo m, bold
4 II they led forlorn hopes. sublimely
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

monster was one day worshipinH
his own mirrored Image when one
OF his slaves, speaking in an under
tone to his fellow. said
The term between us Is two
months and five days
II vas q matter OF mutual agree
ment on a private contract between
the slaves. but the boy caliph took
1t as an evil ausury Of his own term
OF life
He killed the slaves.
And thereafter he was stricken
with "a fever, and in two months and.
fiTe days he died.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-28

Or amnesty offered by him. at his
orders they were marshaled In bands.
within the sacred precints OF the,
great mosque. Here they were mas
sacred at leisure by Yahya:s sol
sdiery- No less than u 900 men per-
ished on this day of blood and per
ady. s
Attached to the army OF Yahya
were 4 200 negro auxi1iaries. After
the massacre OF the garrison these
black warriors were turned loose to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
Mrs. EBB M. DUNNAM
nee MOLLIE NJ. COCHRAN.

Death entered the home of Mr.
Ebb M. Dunnam on the morning of
Dec. 5, 1915, and claimed Mrs. Mol
lie NJ. Dunnam. (nee Cochran.) She
was born on Dec. 10, 1871. and would
soon have reached the fortv-fourtb
year OF age. She lett to mourn her
loss, loving husband, three sons,
three daughters and five brothers.
She was consistent member of the
M. p. Church, and those who knew
her best always remarked, she was a
good woman; what consoling
thought for those she has left to
mourn her loss.
The lnterment was IN the Buffalo
cemetery where large number of
sorrowlng friends and acquaintances
assembled to paw their last tribute
of respect to their deceased neighbor.
To the bereaved relatives | extend
my deepest sympathy and would say
do not weep for your loved one who
was SO dear to you by the ties of ma
ture, for she is not dead, but only
seepeth. Let not your heart be
troubled, We believe in God, believe
also in Me- !"
Do not tell us that our loved ones.
Lose their earthly mem ries quite.
When they sing among the angels,
In the heavenly mansion bright,
Oh | know that we shall know them
Though the angels robes they wear;
When they bid us welcome over,
We shall know our loved ones there
A friend,
CoRDEs DAWSON,
McIIain, Miss. Dec, 9. 1915.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

MRS. RHODERICK WALK.
( Nee MRS. MAUD wEsrERr1ELD WALK


Mrs. Rhoderick Walk (nee Maud
Westerfeld Walk). DIED, at her
home in Union, Newton County.
Miss, on Tuesday night, December
IA 1915 at six o'clock. succumbing to
an attack of pneumonia. She had
been 10 fainng health, however, for
two or three years and particularly
on the decline this fall. She had IN
fact never gotten over the effect of
injuries received in a head-end COLI
sion of a passenger train on which
she was on on the M. & O. few
years back. 1t broke some ribs
which pressing Oh her lung gave her
trouble at times every since and
made it easy for her to take pneu-
monia. She has visited her brother,
Rev. Y. ID. Westerfield and her niece
We editors wife. here several times,
and is we'll known to a number of
Leakesville and Greene county peo-
Pile in that way. She was woman
of rare consecrated walk in life ever
anxious to point souls to her Saviour
and had quite gift in such person
al work as she passed around over
the country. She had word written
out to her people just before the
end that she was fully prepared to
go aud had not fear. Her suffer
ings and tolls are over and she has
entered into the life more abundant
and loved ones who survive her have
the inspiration of life OF deep devo-
ton to the Lord left behind her to
cheer them on the pilgrim way to
the celestial city to which she has
but gone on before.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
OBITUARY
HAZEL LEE PERKINS.

In memory of my darling neice,
little Hazel Lee Perkins OF Rounsa.
Vile, Miss. She died Nov. n, 1915,
age 2 years 9 months and 4 days old.
This lovely bud so young and fair.
Called home by earthly doom,
Just came to show how sweet
A flower in Paradise could bloom
Ere sin could harm or sorrow could
fade, God took this lovely bud to
heaven and babe it blossom there.
BY her loving aunt,
Mrs. EDD CARROLL.
Plcayune. Miss.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS SEALS.
Vigorous Campaign Being waged In Miss
issippi.

No better idea can be had of the
extent to which the Alkni against
tuberculosis has been Cared n
Mlssixsip6l. ara the aterest 81 llie
people II The iffaptef eedl rsss r.cg
thatone a,ilssop sswo bslaared sos:
sand seals ila 4 beer dlsAn5psfd by
the State comniliee ips sale through
ous the State. This is exactly
twice as many as was sent last year.
To date forty towns are selling
through local agents: two counties,
Washington and Tate, are conduct
ing local county sales; while every
other town in the State that can
boast hand full of Individuals is re-
ceiving Seals through the mail order
sale. Eight thousand letters haYe'
been sent from the State headquar-
tiers alone. Each OF these letters
contains one sheet OF a hundred
seals, or one dollars worth. The lit
tie stickers are seat on approval,
in each letter is stamped and ad-
dressed return envelope In which
may be returned the seals, or else the
more welcome and much appreciated
check. 10 many intances the checks
are for So 90, So. W or even 5 dol
lars. The letters to the State Com
mlttee which accompany these gen
erous checks are worth even more
to the Campaign than the actual
money, indicating as they do how
throuvhly the individuals of this
State are beginning to realize the
pressing need for sOme Immediate
steps to be taken toward providing
proper places of tr aanlent for per-
sons suffering with taoacalo.sis, the
most prevalent ana ie4idly of AL di-
seaSeS.
| Miss. ANTI-T EERcl Aosls COMMITTEE
Citronelle Cal.
Thos. Collus Nv ~ carries Ian
tern on the left S ds of his wagon
when he drives at night and it is a
wise provision fpr safety As sta
ted in The Cali iast week, An auto
travelling at nigh sDeed may moi
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

"A newspaper
That's from 1.-The Critic" one
of Richard BrinsIey Sheridan's
satirical comedies back In the
eighteenth century.
It's sad. but true. that few
such wonderful critics" still ex-
list today. Thus they rant of
newspaper advertisements:
The advertisements. Sir, they
are the most viilainous. abomi
nable. Internal Not that /
ever read them. No; ] make it
rule never to look at the adver-
tisements."'
Honestly, folks. isn't it too bad
that the fool killer germ hasn't
been invented yet?
You certainly know that this
is the age Of PUBLICITY.
You certainly know that our
careful and successful mer-
Chants spend thousands of dol
lars each mouth in .UDICIOUS
ADVERTISING.
You certainly know that it is
a PART OF THEIR BUSI-
NESS; that it PAYS THEM.
PAYS US. PAYS YOU
Surely there are no cobwebs
in your brain.
Please laugh at foolish crit
les" If you happen to stumble
across any
This newspaper prints only
what it believes to be HONEST
ADVERTISEMENTS. accepted
in GOOD FAITH from TRUST
WORTHY SOURCES.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
New Advertisements.
MURDER

That dandruf on your scalp and stop
throwing your money away on stuff that
does no good; buy u dollar bottle of NAH
deem and murder il and be through with 1t
first thing you know YOU win have to split
the odd one TO part in the center: dandruff
does it. We also have the only reody-for-
use Shampoo on the market 35c bottlo
Try us and see if we are not right.
ALBUMS BARBER SHOP
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
CITATION NOTICE.

State of Mississippi.
TO Margaret Hinton
You are commanded TO appear before the
Chancery Court of the County of Greene in
said state on the
End Monday of January A. d. 1916,
TO defend the suit in said court OF l. D Hinton
(bill for diyorce) wherein you are defendant.
This the iith day of December 1915.
II $. r. MCKAY Chnncery Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

Mr.. Asa Breland fell off of a tur-
key crate in which he was sitting on
his wagon in town last Friday an
bumped his head up pretty badly
having to have some surgical atten-
ton. He was able to get home the
next day, his wife coming down with
the buggy and taking him out. he
having been into his niece. Mrs. FL.
2. Smiths home near where the ac-
-cident occurred, and where he spent
the night. He had one of those sud
dent dizzv or fainting spells which
knocks him over so quick that he
does not have time to do anything
to escape fall.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
SUBSCRIBERS ROLL.

Davis, Albert, Exsho, Ala 81 90
Goats, |. ". Lvilie r 25
Dearman, ]. B State Line LOO
Stich .hn, Mrs. A.. Lvile r l 20
Mcleod, Louie, Fl Geo.
Wright Wash so
Plnkerton, ]. T.. MaYnesbaro ]. 90
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
ITALIAN MAxlMs.


Who climbs too high is sure
to fall.
A kiss of the lips does not
always touch the heart.
When a pretty woman laughs
ii is certain that a purse COM
plains.
He who has good health is rich,
though he may not know it.
He who relies on anothers
table is apt TO dine late.
Choose neither women nor lin
en- by the light of candle.
Every weak man finds some
one to tyrannize over him.
Pleasant words are valued and
do not cost much.
Misfortune does not always
come for our injury.
That is sad house where the
hen crows louder than the cock.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
UNIVERSITY LETIE9
vAbE Of MoatL TRiIkite
II Ths Public Sehools I

lBy W. l. A.a,e..oa. psSss o. ot pltssophy
and EtnicsA
This quIstioa IS opfesed IN the
minds OF Nm peopld WITH hglops
training n she bublf chools
There is I'd d foE ailfeT opin-
ion as to ! , ndvIsagF giving
religious I'd luine by tuition
of the state ~ y not
under the esfy39 We iurch.
ing moral inq b aid every
agency vi +lsye q riaug the
e e.: !: &c: e; J, I. s. {: ::
such tral Iig " ihe ay s hool
The d ion OF Que people into re
ligious o. les or secs, is along re
ligious or heologicalines of cleay
age and b Fe no reference to moral
ideas.
The qud zion is not whether NOR.
al training kshall be given in the
public schJb bis, but whether it be Civ
en- Systematically and under INTEL
lgent supervision. Moral training
is gwen by all activities and exper-
FENCES of life. The public. school is
where most children acquire their
notions of things and'of conduct; or
at least, is where their notions are
modified and fixed. They are being
trained morally, but the training is
not satisfactory III 81 aid be Civ
en- systematicalgy ART daier proper
supervision.
This article is wsistsn p.alnarilv
to call the attentica tbe Public,
and especially III school Trustees,
to lucid and euaniently practical
plan for such intrl4hipp given in the
Hand Book for Missi ppi Teachers
1912 1916. on page zo This book
is in the hanos'ef tha teseIiers of the
State, and ever1 scaol trustee
should read these pags Ibis is a
matter of much mppftnce
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
GREENE COUNTY HERALD.

One obituary to each deceased published free
II 1t does not exceed 400 words. Count the
words and cut 1t down IL excessive.
Card of Thanks (not politicaD will be inser-
ted for 81 where of average shortform; II long
winded, extra SC per line for such average. Let
the thanking parties bear the expense of their
'Thank-you' talks In print which is but fair
30 the newspaperman.
Local Reading notices of commercial or
business nature will be run for 100 per line for
the first insertions one-haf price for subse-
quent insertions. When such notices are Of
religious or benevolent nature SC per line No
charge for church or charitable notices where
there is no admission fee or benent-string All
tached.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
NON REsIpLNT NoTIcE.

State OF Mississippi.
TO Matthew l.. Davis Defendant whose
post office add ress is Oak Grove, Alabama,
Youare commanded to appear before Spe-
eiaI Eminent Domain court Of Greene County.
mississippi to be begun and held at 10 o'clock
a. m on the
9Th day OF January 1916.
ut the Brown School house in Supervisor Dis
5rict No 4, Greene county, Mississippi, as a
defendant to protect your rights as against
the Alabama s. Mississippi Railroad Company
the applicant who orays the condemnation OF
certain property in which you as defendant is
alleged to be interested and in which appli
cation you are named as a defendant.
Given under my hand and seal of court on
this the 18th day OF December 1915.
fcir3 Gu SeaD 5. II. MCKAY. Circuit Clerk.
.'H.'s ass IL Kin. L
AsSA 49, CD ~------ToUEs~-.
zrsxzus3sasssssssz 6AY-E RuL0
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
Any CObwebs
In Your Brain?
BY MOSS.

"THE newspa-
Il persi Sir,
they are the most
villafnous. aboni-
nable, Internal
Not that | ever
read them! No; l
make it a rule
never to look into
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

There are some outstanding bills
which the Herald has that we would
be glad that al the parties that can
do so. will close up ere the year rolls
out. OF course we do not expect
those who are SO situated just now to
do so, who can't conveniently, but
will appreciate any special effort made
to favor US at this time and aid US
to both clean up our books and make
showing with those whom in our
turn we have come to have made
bills in the necessary conduct of bus
itess. We make but few of these
and like to keep them cleared but
we are in the hands of our friends
aud they have never failed us yet.
Mr. J. &. Alderman, attorney, was
in Mobile last week looking after Sc
curing divorce for the wife of Geo.
BoyingtUn, who resides at Roberts
dale, Ala, in which latter place he
had to go to take some testimony.
Mr.. Alderman was struck with the
difference in Alabama and MISS
.ssippi law governing chancery court
sittings, as over there he had to try
his case where party resided IN an
other county in Mobile county, as
the court only sat in that one coun-
81 u The chancery district, while
over ~ this state 1t sits in every
eaaa4s of the district in each one 5
tt3fr
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

The best fruits in town at the
Peoples Restaurant. Candies of all
kinds Boys give your girl nice
box of Chocolates for Xmas.
]. w. Thomson, Prop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

We serve the best of every thing
at the Peoples Restaurant, when
hungry come to see US. we like to
see hungry people.
j. w. THOMSON, Prop.
ADVERTISEMENT
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
The Greatest Of
Modern Time Savers
The Newspapers

" YOUR gra n d.
4 mother used
to do her buying
wICfI uiucn uIoro
difficulty than you
do now.
She had to in
spect nearly ev-
erything PERSONAL
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

l2-lO15.- j. N. Sowel 10 Miss Ber-
tha Byrd.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17

12-11-15. -Ad Bradley to Miss Ida
D1unam.
None to COLORED.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17


ly. She took more time than you
could possibly afford to waste.
Tames have changed
EFFICIENT BUYING is now
simplified through ADVERTIS-
ING. You go direct to the point.
Newspaper advertising Is the
SHORT CIT TO economical buy
ing. It's TIME SAVER and
DOLLAR SAVER. 1t aids you
SPECIFICALLY and QUICK
LY, more so than any other form
I of advertising.
Newspaper advertising hits the
nail on the head. 1t holds the
attention of thousands. Its re-
suits are IMMEDIATE. POSI-
TIVE and SURE.
We want you actually to real
ize what newspaper advertising
does for you. Don't you think
you ought to be glad that you
are living in this wonderful age
of NEWSPAPER CONVEN-
FENCE?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
N. ?. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.

The Mississippi Conference of the
Methodist Protestant church, which
met near Meridian last week made
the following appointments OF inter.
est to people in this section:
z. A. Harrington McLain. Circuit;
A. L. Creel, Richton; Gibson(the
elder Mutual Rights; ]. p. King,
Pineville end. Year, and Gibson
(the younger) to Clara. Rev. Fl.
H. Poole was elected president
succeeding Rev. r Ii. NJ. Watson
retired account of time limit. Bro.
Watson was elected Conference
Evangelist which office he has fill
ed before between times serving as
president. The New president,
Rev. H. H. Poole Will make his
round in Greene County next
month coming to Washington the
1st. Sunday lin january and to
Corinth the God. Sunday
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1915-12-17
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

lnkerton, J. r., Waynesboro
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-06-04
Wars of the Future.

The war of the future will be the
war of the inventor, even more than
ii is today. Science. mechanics and
electricity have, as we all know,
revolutionized modern warfare to a
terrible degree. Talk to men who
remember the Crimean war and
they will tell you that the present
conflict is not war; ii is wholesale
murder, fearful, horrible and inhu-
man. The wars of the future, how
ever. if the scientist is to be believed,
will be even more destructive,
At present he is experimenting
with heat rays. If. he contends.
light rays can be thrown upon hos
tile position with the searchlights,
why cannot heat rays be similarly
refiected: il the rays can be sent to
distance, why not the hottest rays
possible-namely. those of the oxy-
acetylene torch ?Before such a glare
fortress of steel and stone would
melt, the biggest guns would crumble
down into the pools of steel. and
whole regiments of men might. with
one blast, be shriveled into ashes.
Neither do scientists consider It
outside the bounds of possibility in
the future to devise means of de-
tonating explosives at a distance by
wireless waves The latter at pres
ent scatter is in every direction, but
the day may come when 1t will be
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-06-04

what basis the computation is made.
It is evident that the natural re-
sources are not highly capitalized,
otherwise this state would lead its
Sucker Sister. Chicago must have
been making an awful lot of money
lately. and, of course, we must admit
that Pennsylvania has lost some bill
lions of late through the policies of
the Democratic party But we can
reform all that in a short time
The amazing thing is that the
whole of British Empire is valued at
only sos, 900, 900, 900, of which only
$73,O00,00O,OO0 belongs to the Unit
ed Kingdom which is little less than
the sum assigned to Germany
These are all ante-war figures.
When the combat is over our pre-
miership will be much more strink-
ing. We will then take the leader
ship of the yorld.