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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16

extension work, the A. & NJ College,
in cooperation with the FEDERAL gov
eminent, is doing in this section,
dairy clubs are being formed in our
rural schools. Mr.. Higgins gives the
following account of the organization
of some of these clubs
With the cooperation of the super
intendent of education of Covington
county, dairy clubs were organized last
fall at the Williamsburg and Salem
consolidated schools, and short cOurs-
es in daiTying were put on. The
courses were outlined as follows:
Lecture Butter making demon
stration explanation of herd record
keeping and distributing milk record
sheets and scales to the members of
the club.
Lecture "A talk on the care and
feeding of the farm COW; making a
Babcock test of samples Cf milk
brought in by the pupils who had kept
records of their COW; and working
up their record sheet for the previous
month.
Lecture "A butter contest made
up of butter made by the pupils of the
class. The pupils test the milk which
they bring.
Lecture A lecture on COW judg-
ing and on caring for the calf. A
COW and calf were used in this work.
The calf is taught to drink from a
pail.
Lecture "a separator demonstra-
ton and a judging contest i'll which
the pupils participate. For this con-
test three or more COWS should be Sc
cured in the community.
The clubs were organized with II
members at Williamsburg and at the
Salem school, The club at the latter
place soon grew to u boys and girls
of the higher grades. There were
number of the parents attending the
lectures and they were much interest
ed in the work, some of them taking
part in each exercise. 0. f. Gran
than, the principal of the Salem
school, gave this work strong support
and his interest and enthusiasm soon
began to manifest itself in the increas-
ed interest of the members of the club
in the work.
Early in the course we devised a
plan by which the members of this
club might receive credit for this ad-
ditional work which they were taking.
After discussing the matter with the
state superintendent of education and
with the county superintendent the
following system was adopted: To
give an examination at the close of
the school, on dairying, and those
making a grade of 90 or above on this
subject were to be given 10 per cent
credit on their other school work;
| those making between so and 80 to get
an s per cent credit This caused the
pupils to give stricter attention to the
details of the work and to get more
out of the course At each lecture
circulars on dairying We're distributed
and the pupils were questioned on this
work at the next lecture.
| At the third lecture at the Salem
school we made the proposition that
CONTINUED on Page 22)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16

Rapidly
be coming
through
the South which
the highway between Washington D. c. Richmond
area n he
As result the formerly
numbers
threading
the levels
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
THIS Is the Time
to Advertise, Says
Cash Register Head
FoREsEElhG PROS
PERITY, BACKS HIS OPINION
WITH HIS MONEY.

DAYTON. O., Dec. 16.-In the cOnVen-
ton of statesmen of the National Cash
Register Company, gathered here from
all parts of this continent, reports
were made indicating the general i'm
provement OF business everywhere.
Out of the eight hundred statesmen
present, all but one said that his terri
tory was moving fast toward a bust
ness boom.
On the basis Of these reports, John
H. Patterson, president and general
manager of the Cash Register Com
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
A French Custom.

In France children place their
shoes before the mantlepiece, in an
tlcipation OF q visit from Father
Christmas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
H0MESEEKER INVITED BY.
STATES FA|REST SECTION

FAVORABLE CLIMATE VARIED CROPS LAND THAT
RESPONDS TO GOOD INVITE THE SEEKER
FOR HOMES AND ASSIST THE SETTLER PRosPERINe-NA
ruRE,s GIFTS ARE sUPPLEM SERVICES THE Ae,
RicuLruRAL AND MECHANIC COLLEGE OF MISSISSIPPI,
WHICH REACH EVERY FARMERS FAMILY THIS SECTION.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
South Mississippi, States |*Pronised
Land" Reflects Christmas Prosperity
DYKES ROADS ARE NOW
BEING GREATLY IMPROVED

AUTOMOBILE TOURING MAKING
THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAYS
ARE EXCEPTIONALLY GooD-THE ROADS BEEN
LOGGED, STATES ARE FULLY ALIVE TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD RoAoWAYs. al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
Smoke Signals.

A French paper gives the story OF
smoke from a chimney being employed
to give information to the enemy. The
members of a battalion of French in
fantry that had moved into a we'll
covered country and thought them
selves concealed were inundated with
shells The officers were astonished
at the accuracy with which these shells
were delivered and sought to find who
was giving signals to the enemv In
a farmhouse at no great distance from
the battalion a German. disguised as
a peasant, was found seated before
chimney in which was great wood
fire. The pseudo-peasant was alter
nately raising and lowering a Chin
ney cover or screen which caused the
smoke to come from the chimney in
long or short puffs as he desired.
While doing this he looked through a
window upon the field where the
French battalion was performing its
evolutions. These signals which had
been agreed upon between the spy and
the enemy, readily informed the Ger
mans OF the movements of the little
troop. On discovery of this stratagem
the false peasant was arrested and i'm
mediately shot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
If BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Fluah the Kidneys at once whsn Back.
achy or Bladder bothen-Heat
forms uric acid.

No man or woman who eats meat regu.
larly can make a mistake by flushing
the kidneys occasionally, says . we'll.
known authority. Meat forms uric acid
which clogs the kidney pores 80 they
sluggishly filter or strain only part Of
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism. headaches, liver trouble, nervous
ness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness,
bladder disorders come from sluggish kid
neys.
The moment you feel dull ache in the
kidneys or your back hurts, or if tho
urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi.
ment, irregular of passage or attended
by sensation of scalding, get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable
pharmacy and take q tablespoonful l.,
. glass Of water before breakfast for q
few days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithis and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine 80 it no longer
causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis
orders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can.
not injure; makes delightful effer.
vescent Whitewater drink which all reg.
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kid
ney complications
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
THRILLS OF A W0MAN'S DAY
Many and Varied Experiences Arc
Likely to Be Her Lot During
Twenty-Four Hours.

A woman turns from binding up the
broken head of a daredevil boy to
cheering husband whose affairs are
going to smash. She turns from en-
tertaining her daughters friends to
meeting the crisis of her sons first
cigar, or drink, or questionable COM
panions. She does 1t regularly, stead
lily, naturally: and under the neces-
sity she develops until she is ready
for anything. II the house burns, five
times out of ten she saves the baby
and the family records. while nine
times out of ten the husband saves
the coal pail and the looking glass!
II there's a crash and lacerated bodies
and bleeding wounds. she knows what
to do, and she does It. That's her
business. II she falters. 1t is only to
pull herself together for fresh effort.
you dare not faint; there is nobody
knows but you," quivering man told
his wife when she staggered after
an hour and a half of relief work
over a horribly burned man with the
scanty improvised remedies of pio-
neer home. She did not faint; she
knew, too, that she dared not 1t was
her business to stick. 1t was what
life had fitted her for, what her moth
err and grandmotners had done before
her. 1t was in her blood.-Woman'
Home Companion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
BROUGHT TO time
BY ALvINAH JORDAN GARTH.

Hiram-"Roly-Poly well
designated as a nickname, admirably
filled the Information" desk in the Of
ices of Bacon & Co.. brokers. He was
understood. rotund, big-eyed. pink as
posy, always neat and clean Of per.
son. He exhaled healthfulness. He
seemed built for the very chair he &C.
cupied and harmonized we'll with the
six 'pretty-and also pink-stenog.
raphers. filling in the office picture
just behind him.
Hiram was the office pet. but that
had not spoiled him. He had come
into the employ Of Bacon & Co. un.
der peculiar circumstances, and the
cooperation that had enabled the
connection was appreciated and cher
ished by young Hiram. II only for
the sake Of plain. honest, hard-work-
ing John Marvin. his sponsor, he was
determined to make good"
It was both curious and portentous
the manner in which these two met.
Hiram was at that time experiencing
the sorrows and hardships of his
first employment-messenge boy for
the Security National bank. One
morning Hiram was sent with two
packages Of securities to deliver to
two different financial institutions. He
placed each in q separate inside coat
pocket. It made him pun to walk
fast. and he appeared as a strenuous
junior business devotee as he swung
down the crowded thoroughfare. Alb
ruptly he checked himself to a stag.
gering halt as he CHANGED to put his
hands to his pockets. One of the
precious packets was missing! He
let out frantic yell with the full
power Of his lungs.
'Lost-ruined! I'll be hung!" he
walled next, and sank to the curb and
. crowd gathered. An officer came up
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
Trying To Stop Unloading
PauperS In Florida

pauperism and tramps of this kind.
am writing you along these lines
to impress upon you just what we
are doing-we send no one into any
community unless they can show us
that they will be taken care of after
they reach there. ad 20 will not be
permitter to dump your paupers up
on this city unless you are assured
that they will be taken care of.
Copy for Publication
Il am sending a copy of this let
ter to mayor of Valdosta, to one to
WHOM you sent Mrs., and who
caused her to come this far. II 4
knew that she came from farther
North than your place and that a
mayor beyond your place had sent
her to you, as you did in sending
her to Valdosta, then I would send
her to them.
81 am not only sending a copy Of
this letter to the mayor Of Valdosta,
but l am sending a copy to the Ma
con Telegraph and asking them to
print same in order to notify other
communities in Georgia that Jack
sonville will not be the dumping
ground for the paupers.
81 hope you will accept this letter
in the spirit in which it is intended,
for ] assure you that it is intended
for the good and interest of all COM
Tunities. Times Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29

seeking an explanation. Hiram, in
his profound excitement and despera-
ton, had swollen the loss in securities
up to a fabulous amount. A man
pushed his way through the crowd.
It was John Marvin.
What was the address in the lost
packet, lad?" he inquired.
Blackstone, Wharton Winkleman,'
| replied Hiram in a breath.
There it u.s." announced Marvin, ex.
tending a package. You must have
dropped it on the street ways back
where picked it up"
'Hunkeydory!" shouted Hiram, and
he grabbed the packet eagerly and
his face fairly bloomed again. and he
chung to Marvin's sleeve till he was
piloted clear of the crowd. Mister.
please give me your card"
why, what's that for?" queried
Marvin.
Sos l can reward you-not now,
when I'm rich. Another thing: I
don't want to forget what you've done
for me. Tell you. it's a narrow escape!
It's me to deliver these securities and
back to the bank and resign my posi-.
ton"
why 40 you do that?" asked Mar
win, somewhat interested in this oddly
,, original character he had run up
against.
I'm through" pronounced Hiram
| definitely. mo outside work for me.
And the responsibility! Nix, not,
also never! I'm too heavy for exer-
else. Ill strike for an inside posi-
tion.'
why, come to think of 1t, our house
needs a new hand at the information
DESK said Marvin.
Say, mister. work me in, will your"
pressed Hiram eagerly. Il don't
care what the salary is, so long as
| / don't have TO get down before nine,
| and have an hour noontimes for the
| eats"
So Marvin gave his card and Hiram
| was duly installed in his new posi-
ton. He made himself useful, he
was polite, pleasant, accommodating.
| II was ideal to him to rest in cush.
toned chair all day long. He got fat.
ter and more in love with life each
succeeding day.
AS to Marvin, the new employee
dotted on him. He got to walking
home with him, after the days work
was done. Marvin even took him with
him to visit his fiancee, Mary Rob.
erts, who had heard considerable OF
Hiram, and wanted to see him. HI
ram felt grateful and honored.
For a week after that he noticed
that Mr.. Marvin was gloomy and re
served. He talked to him one eve
ming during their homeward walk. The
interest and gratitude OF the lad made
Marvin glad TO talk about his trou
bles, even if it was 10 a boy, for Hi
ram had said:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29

I'm your friend, Mr.. Marvin, aud
Just you believe It. Ill never forget
what you've done for me. You're wor-
rying about something. and II it's
money-for hear you're arranging to
get married to that sweet Miss Rob-
erts-why, I've got over a hundred in
the savings. and it's yours for the
asking"
Thank you. Hiram" returned Mar.
vim. considerably moved at the gener-
GUS offer, but it wouldn't help me.
l had saved up $500 to get married on,
and it's gone, I fear. l loaned it to a
friend-a false friend-who got me
to accept friend Of his as indorser,
and left the city. Last week the in.
dorser. q man named Drollard, paid
the note with a $500 check. Unfortu.
nately gave up the note, for when l
went to cash the check they stamped
it Not sufficient funds I've been to
the bank every day for q week. and it
has been no use. l have learned that
this Drollard. who is a sleek, clever
schemer, keeps an account at the
bank, but never allows 1t to reach
the $500 mark"
What bank is it drawn ON, Mr..
Marvin" inquired Hiram.
The Security National"
Hiram let out one of his characters
tic yells. Say. I'm solid there" he
added. "You give me that check. /
know the ways and all the fellows at
the Security, you see. l was a bank
er once, you know reminded Hiram
Importantly. "and-IM collect that
check for you II 1t can be collected
by anyone"
Hiram had not been q banker, as
he boosted, but he did know banking
ways. Forthwith he placed himself
in close touch with the boys he had
known at the bank"
Jaw! give me the tip-it's all in
the family" was his typical appeal in
turn to two of his former fellow work
ers in the bank, and the next day Hi
ram was placed in possession of some
very important and guiding facts con
corning the man who had given Mr.
Marvin the check that could not be
collected. The evasive depositor, Hi
ram discovered, had made it a point
to always keep from fifty to one hun
dred and fifty dollars on deposit un
der the face of the check he had giver
to Marvin His final "tip" late one
afternoon was that Drollard had $42;
to his credit when the bank closed
and Hiram proceeded to draw SIT o
his savings.
The next morning he appeared a
the Security National and deposited
that amount to the credit of Drollard
presented the check and received fiv'
crisp 500 bills on the check. which
Mr.. Marvin had endorsed over t
him.
There's your $500, Mr.. Marvin" an
nounced Hiram airily, who tried har'
to evade the 81 deficit, had to owl
the truth, and had one Of the $40
bills forced upon him by the delighted
Marvin.
At the wedding Hiram was happ,
"roly.poly," indeed a rotund sem
blance Of some beaming, intensely sal
isfled Cupid!
Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
KIDNAPPED HER OWN KIDS

r. J. Rodgrs, of Munson, Fla,
writs the Journal that his two chill
dreE have been kidnapped by their
mother and he asks help in locating
them. He says the children were at
tending school at Munson and that
the mother on Friday, Nov. 5, went
to the school AMI securing the chill
drep left for Milton. She left there
and her whereabouts are at present
unknown, although it is suspected
that she is at Mobile.
Mr., Rodgers gives the names of
his children as Clyde, a girl, IA
years of age, and Alonzo, boy of
ten years.-Pensacola Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
FLORIDA GAME

Hunters returning from the cy-
press swamps and arms Of the Ever
glades report the presence of deer.
in numbers, while bear are frequent
ly encountered, and wild cat, turkey,
quail and other small game abounds.
Tho game region is in a part of
the county now difficult Of access
and in a region which, it would ap-
pear, will be unreclaimed for culti-
walton for many years.
The field should be promising
one for men of wealth who cultivate
the game preserve habit as fad,
and il is cause of wonder that so lit
tie is said about this feature of Flor
ida's possibilities.
ii clubs or corporations of the
North and East, whose members en-
JOY season in the open without en-,
during the hardships imposed by the
rigors Of the northern climate,
should become interested in the
Establishment of permanent hunting
grounds here. they should find 1t
pleasant and successful.
OF course all of us are looking for
ward hopefully to the time when all
of rural Florida will become, as II
should be, the garden and orchard
Of the country. but until that time
arrives it might as well be known
that there's large area adapted to
the propagation of the black bear
and the wild cat.
In the absence of active interest
by clubs or other organizations. the
State will find 1t profitable to throw
every possible safeguard about the
wild game. which in season serves
powerful inducement bringing to
the country desirable class OF
tourists.-Bradentow Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
Wood Fires.

Do you know that there is differ
emit fragrance, a different manner OF
burning to each tree. whose parts you
bring to the open campfire or your
own hearth; that some woods shrek
at this second death after the cutting.
that others pass with gracious calm.
and still others give up their dearest
reality at the moment Of breaking I'M
der the fire, like the released spirit
of a saint that was articulate hereto
fore only In beautiful deeds!-Wm
Lexington Comfort In the Craftsman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
M Effects of Worry.

The effect of worry upon the In
ternal glands has not been fuiiy
studied. Enough is known. however
to assure the physician that 1t affects
the secretions of these glands very
seriously through the sympathetic
nerves. II thus becomes an important
agent In producing exophthalmic goitef
and a train Of other ills that can only
be defined when the real functions
of the glands In question are more
adequately studied.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29

Mayor. J. e. T. Bowden has taken
a firm stand relative to travelling
tramp question. Every winter. large
numbers Of people have been in the
habit Of coming to this city for the
purpose Of securing free transporta-
ton to some other towns farther
down the state. Recently investi-
cations have been made in these
cases and it has been discovered that
a large majority OF these travelling
poor have no relatives or friends
who will care for them in the cities
to which they desire to 60.
Recently a woman and several
small children arrived here from Q
Georgia city and applied for trans
portation to st. Petersburg. She
statcf that she had relatives there
who would care for her II she could
get to the South Florida city. Upon
inquiry 1t was found that such was
not the case. She was refused a
railway ticket to st. Petersburg. She
then went to the union depot and
there made speech to the travelling
public in which she stated that she
had been refused help by the mayor
and the Associated Charities. The
people at the station aook up a COL
lection of $1S and gave it to her.
She went to Townsville and asked
for transportation from there to
points west. She told the authorities
of that city that she had been sent
to Thomasville by the Associated
Charities here.
Will Break Up Practice
Mr.. Bowden has decided to make
an effort to break up this practice.
The last case to come before him was
that Of a woman who was sent mere
by Mayor Bridges Smith, of Macon
She wanted to 90 farther south. but
upon inquiry it was found that there
was no one there to care for her.
She was sent back to Macor..
Mr.. Bowden sent the following
letter to Mayor Smith:
ION November 18th l received a
letter from you with reference to the
sending to valdosta of one. At the
time you sent this woman away you
knew that she was an Judgment,
ana I see from your letter you know
that she mad been an inmate of an
institution; you also knew that she
was a drug addict, still with this
knowledge you sent this womtn upon
some other community to take care
of, and q am returning her to your
city today. T he woman has been in
jackson Vile in destitute condition
for about ten days. and we have
about all of the papuers we can take
care of without taking those from
the outside.
IN the futurt, any person sent
from any other city or town to jack
sonville expecting us to forward
them on further south will be sent
back We adopted the plan of not
sending these paupers from one town
to another. and I have written you
a very strong letter already as to
this evil.
"If the cities of the South would
stop the practice of assisting these
travelling paupers in going from one
place to another they would do these
people and the community a great
good; the sending them from one
p,ac,. tc another simply encourages
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-29
OF Two Evils

Hugh had been left with his grand
parents when his mother was called
away by the illness of her father. A
few days after she went away the little
fellow said: Il wish | was where
mother is" His grandmother said.
why. just think: If you were there
you would be missing your school," to
which he replied. Yes. but don't you
know 1t 10 . great deal worse to miss
your mother than your SCHOOL,"