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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18
mississippi Route
Is Greatest Good
Greatest Number"
LuMBERroN MAN CITES MANY
ADVANTAGES OF THIS OVER
ALABAMA ROUTE.
BY II. c. Yawn.

The jackson Highway Association
which met at Nashville, Tenn, Sept.
23rd and gath. perfected a permanent
organization by electing Peter Lee
Atherton, of Louisville, KY, president,
and J, G. Creveling, of Nashville,
Tenn, vice-president.
A vice-president and three execu-
tive committeeman we're elected from
Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana, Tennes-
see, Louisiana and Mississippi respec-
lively. These together with the pres
ident and vice-president, constitute
the body who will finally pass upon
and select the route. This body, how
ever, will appoint path-fnding COM
mittee of three who, in conjunction
with government engineer, will in
vestigate the two proposed routes and
submit their findings with such rec
concentrations as they may see prop
er. to the committee. These pathfind-
ers are to be selected from territory
not interested in either route.
One of the proposed routes, begin
ming at Nashville, is though Alabama
via Birmingham and Montgomery to
Mobile. thence along the Alabama and
Mississippi coast, following closely
the L. and N. R. R. to New Orleans.
This route will be styles for convent
enee in this article, the Alabama route.
The other route, beginning at Nash
vile, is through, Florence, Ala, and
through Columbus, Meridian, Laurel,
Hattiesburg, Purvis, Lumberton and
Poplarville, Miss, to New Orleans.
This route we shall call the Mississip-
pi route.
In the call sent out for the meeting
just held in Nashville, it was an
nounced that three things would enter
largely into the consideration and final
adoption OF the route, namely: Direc-
tion. of the route, population to be
benefited and guarantee of construc-
tion and maintenance of the highway.
At this meeting, however, two other
considerations were given prominence
by speakers on both sides-the senti-
mental or historic, and the develop
ment of latent questions is not only
appropriate but essential if federal
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18
This territory along the coast has had

This territory along the coast has had
the advantage of almost century of
civilization and progress. Again Ala
bama has been blessed with the rich
est deposits of coal and iron known
to the world, and millions of dollars
have been invested by Northern CAPT.
talists in their development. The fish
cries and shipping of the seacoast
need no additional highways to ac-
centuate their development. On the
other hand, the vast stretches of
stump land in South Central Missis-
sippi, through which the Mississippi
route passes. and through the heart of
the yellow pine section. is crying
aloud to the nation for development.
Climatic conditions and soil that
responds to fertilizers, together with
the possibilities of the crops rotation,
makes this section the prospective gar
den spot of the South. The urgent
need is development and facilities for
marketing crops. Such highway as
is contemplated, through this section,
will meet necessity such as can hard
ly be found elsewhere. Such public
utility will be serving an ever increas-
ing population long after the iron and
coal fields of Alabama are exhausted.
Government Aid.
take it that the building and up
keep of the road will be assured, no
matter which route is selected. AS in
timated above, the only question that
could affect decision on this point
would be the enlistment of federal aid.
The contenders for the Mississippi
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18
THE TATTIESBURG NEWS

route can put much more reasonable
and logical appeal on the three prop
ositions than can the others, and when
it comes to the historic features OF
the routes there can be but one con-
clusion. Even Senator Underwood, in
his speech before the Nashville Asso-
citation, admitsSi inas the Military
road cut by jackson and his army
was along the proposed Mississippi
route. One of the strongest argu-
ments for the building of the road,
and certainly the strongest that could
be put up to the National Government
is that it shall be a memorial to An
drew Jackson. Let equestrian status
of bronze and glistening shafts of
Parian marble, be erected at halmette
and Horseshoe Bend, to the memory
of his martial achievements, but let a
public highway be constructed along
the line of his return march from New
Orleans, through the wilderness Of
Mississippi. Such memorial would
be far more fitting and lasting. More
fitting because, being a highway Of
peace and happiness, it would typify
that peaceful quiet that doubtless
characterized Jackson and his army
in anticipation of meeting with loved
ones at home, and more lasting be-
cause, along such a highway, the rich
and the poor, the high and the low,
the pedestrian and the tourist will
see thousand things that will arouse
the memory of Andrew Jackson and
his inyincible army, long years after
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18
aid, either for building or maintenance,
is to be sought or secured.
Route Is Shorter.

aid, either for building or maintenance
is to be sought or secured.
Route Is Shorter.
AS to directness of route, there
could not possibly be any reasonable
or logical argument against the Missis
sippi route. The opponents of this
route concede that it is shorter by 21O
miles. This is evident by the scale OF
the routes on the map. If the 30
miles, caused by necessary detours
around the bays and inlets at Biloxi
and Bay st. Louis, and not accounted
for on the Alabama route, were added,
the difference would me 240 miles.
This much for distance. Further, the
Alabama route leads from Mobile
along the sea-coast to New Orleans.
This route is through one vast stretch
of sand, with very little clay for a
foundation. The clay or other mate
rial necessary would have to be Sc
cured at great cost. The Mississippi
route, on the contrary, is through ter
ritory consisting largely of clay sub
and lasting, was laidF by nature, in
the geological ages of the past, while
varying winds and shifting sands have
fringed the seacoast with a ribbon of
white, over which a solid road bed
could be constructed only at great
cost. Even after such road was
built it would be subject to the raw
ages of the storm and sea, which now
so often put solidly built railroads and
trolley lines out of commission.
The second condition, people to be
benefited, is susceptible to two con-
structions. II might mean greatest
number of people affected, or it might
be interpreted as meaning the greatest
benefit to accrue to those who are af-
fected. If the former is meant, then
doubtless the Alabama route has the
argument. On this route the highway
will traverse, as have shown, much
greater distance and will pass through
more and larger cities. The latter in
depreciation, however, is the more
reasonable, and would certainly be
considered of more importance by the
federal government. The Alabama
territory, through which the proposed
road would pass is already in high
state of development compared with
the Mississippi territory, and already
has good roads. The popular doctrine
of the greatest good to the greatest
number argues clearly for the Mis-
sissippi route. Settlements were made
in Southern Alabama and Mississippi
a century before Andrew Jackson, with
his immortal army, cut a road
through the trackless wilderness Of
Mississippi and Northern Alabama.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18

mn
Beckham County-Work Oh
feet of the sayre-Delhi sand-clay ro"'
was completed February II, 1914
South Carolina.
Anderson County-Work on z''VO
feet of sand-clay road from Ahueiso'
City line westward was compie'e' -
vember IA. 1913. am ,.s4s
Gibson County-work on 1900 M
of earth road from Cades toward N
ton was completed August III -
work an 1900 feet of earth road e%
tending from Milan toward Cades was
completed August IS, 1914.
Virginia.
Prince Edward County-A cement
concrete road extending from farii'
Vile toward Hampden Sidney was
graded "a feet wide for distance u
1.45O feet, and surfaced with concrete
16 feet wide for distance of 5l9 leet'
The work was completed October 10
1913.
Fauquier County--A macadam ROAD
$500 feet long, extending from INV
depot at Rectortown north to Marsnal'
Road was completed November l.
1918.
Appomattox County - CONSTRUCTION
work was begun on the Oakville top
soil road, extending northwest from Ap-
pomattox toward Oakville, on May lo'
1918, and supervision by the office rep
resentative ended May IA, 1914 Ihe
road was graded to width OF 2S ieet
in cuts and 20 in fills for distance
of 1900 feet.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-18


Jones County-Work was begun on
Main street extending from Trenton
. on September 6. 1918, and operations
continued to October 8, 1918. The
Improvement consisted in grading and
/ shaping the existing road and surfac-
ling it with sand-clay mixture. The
road was entirely graded to a length
of 5000 feet A portion of the road
was partly graded for 1900 feet.
Doplin County-The section of
l,sand-clay road, measuring 1000 feet,
/ from Wallace toward Chinkapin, was
completed on September 12, 1913. The
second section, 3,1O0 feet, from Island
fGreek Bridge toward Chinkapin, was
completed October 4, 1913.
Gates County-The section Of OBJ
ject-lesson topsoil road from Sunbury
Toward Suffolk, 1900 feet, was COM
pleted December 2, 1918. Work on a
section extending from Sunbury to-
"oiu Miiiudi1 was cohtihucu W Jan"
ary IA, 1914, when 1,75O feet had been
graded.
Davidson County-Work on a top
soil road from Thomasville toward
Randolph County was completed on
September 20, 1913. Three thousand
five hundred feet were graded and
1,200 surfaced.
Oklahoma.
Okmulgee County-Work on 5000
feet of earth road leading from Okmul-
gee toward Henryetta was completed
in July, 1913. A stretch of earth road
1920 feet long from okmulgee toward
Henryetta was graded in August, 1913.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06

He was O tall, gaunto stoop-shout
dered man, with a long upper lip.
Deep lines, sharp as saw cuts, ran
down his cheeks, and from the ends
of his gashlike mouth. His neck was
fabby, the cords showing like the ribs
of fan. Rusty provincial garments
hung loosely upon him, draping his
bony body, and in his hands ne held a
soft, felt, prehistoric hat. He was not
at all a city person; one almost smelt
salt marshes at low tide, and clans.
His ill-cut hair, too, suggested wet
seaweed.
FIodie, at another time, would have
Now her heart was too heavy her
sense of the ridiculous inhibited. She
merely looked him over carelessly,
added him UP as some sort of drum
mer person, and replied that her en-
ployer was not in.
Amt in, eh?" He looked her over
inquisitively. What be you, anyway,
his wife?" He pierced her with his
little blue eyes.
The words stung her to the quick;
her nerves were all exposed. She
managed her face, however, and re-
piled, mo, I'm his assistant, that's
all. Bookkeeper, sort Of
He was still watching her shrewdly.
"Ain't going to marry him, be ye?"
Flodie, sensitive as she was, could
not help showing a little of her dis
tress The color began to rise on her
cheeks. In her embarrassment she
bridled. "Is that any business Of
yours ?" she answered in meek resent
ment
Yep" he said, considerable, as it
happens. Hassingburys my name.
Jonas B. Amt never heerd O. me, be
ye?"
Flodie gasped. "Oh! Not Mr. Boni-
stelle's cousin Jonas?"
He nodded solemnly. "Fust cousin
once removed"
"Oh." she exclaimed, "Mr. Bonis-
telle will be awfully sorry to have
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06
A Bird Mystery,

One Of the most curious and inter-
esting of the unsolved problems relat-
ing to bird migration, according to
Mr.. w. w. Cookies recent memoir on
this subject, is connected with the
chimney swift, more often called the
chimney swallow" very common
and well-known bird of the eastern
United States. After the breeding sea-
son the f1ocks drift slowly south and
concentrate in vast numbers on the
northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Then they disappear as completely
as if they hibernated under the water
or in the mud, according to the old
belief regarding birds in general. The
last week of March they appear again
on the gulf coast. Their hiding place
during the intervening five months"
said Mr.. Cooke, sis still the swift's
secret (Chapman's Handbook says
they winter in Central America.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06
QUAINT OLD STEAMBOAT
TURKISH CAPITAL PLACE OF IN.
TEREST TO THE TOURIST.
Quarters Allotted to Foreigners Are
Pera and Galata-Three Sundays
Celebrated During Week.
Method of Telling Time.

Constantfnupie, or Stamboul, as the
Turk calls his metropolis, is much
discussed city just now. But CT its
important foreign quarters, Pera aid
Lalata, the stay-at-home Briton hears
little.
Galata is separated from Constants
nople proper by the Golden Horn. and
lies principally between the two
bridges which span that world-famous
waterway.
Formerly these bridges had cap
tains and crews exactly as if they
were ships Later they became re-
markable, for their shops, beggars
and dogs. Shops, beggars and dogs
have gone, but still the bridges are,
objects of intense interest to the
stranger.
In Galata may be found sort of
Petticoat lane in full swing every day
of the week. But, unlike Sunday mar
ket in the East end Of London, the
avenue is shifted each morning. For
example, the indescribable bargain
days at Pershembeh, which means
the Thursday market.
Dealers in secondhand clothing
have more or less permanent rem
dezvous at the Bit bazaar or Louise
market-an appellation more apt than
delicate.
Pera, which is modern Greek for
beyond" stands on the hills behind
Galata, which in double sense 1t
looks down on, considering itself the
superior suburb. Both are despised
by the real Turk, who, if he wishes to
tell you that another Turk has gone
hopelessly to the bad, will say "he
has gone to Pera," or, more correctly,
Ito Bey Olou," for the Turk refuses to
recognize the Christian designation of
either Constantinople or. its suburbs.
A stranger stranded at Pera might
possibly go hungry; but it would be
his own fault if he thirsted. Elabor-
ate drinking fountains are in nearly
every street.
There is superabundance of post
off1ces-but no postmen! No letters
are delivered. Each European power
has-or had-its own post Office.
Thus, one calls at the English estab-
lishment if expecting letters from
home, at the French If correspondence
is likely to arrive from Paris. and
80 on.
Three Sundays q week are observed
in both suburbs-Frida by the Turks,
Saturday by the Jews. and Sunday by
the Christians. And three distinct
calendars are used. This year the
Mohammedan is dating his letters
1888, the Jew 5675, and the Christian.
Of course, 1915.
But the Inconvenience of using three
different calendars is slight compared
with the bewildering method mostly
used in computing the hours of the
day. A watch which kept correct
time on the shores of the Golden
Horn would be, somewhat paradoxical-
ly, rather an erratic timekeeper, ac-
cording to the standard laid down by
Greenwich. For, as twelve o'clock is
reckoned always to fall at the exact
moment Of sunset, ones watch has to
gain or lose few minutes each day,
according to the season of the year
Answers
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06

weather-beaten chaIets whose nut.
brown color is relieved by the brilliant
red of fuchsias, geraniums and carna
tions which bloom on every window
ledge. The River Rhone has already
assumed all the characteristics of a
| rushing glacier torrent. A little higher
up it receives the tempestuous Binna,
which rushes down through a solitary
vale of the same name and from now
on up to Gletsch the district is known
as the Cons valley.
The inhabitants of this section are
of the sturdy peasant type, conserva-
tive and obstinate In the highest de.
gree. In the history of their canton
they played an important role during
the time of the Reformation and again
in 1899, when their natural seclusion
enabled them to ward off the French
invasion. Cardinal Matthew Schinner
the famous count-bishop of Sion, was
born in this district.
Picturesque CONS Valley.
Visitors to the Rhone valley are
generally interested in the remark
able water conduits, or "bisses," as
they are called by the natives, which
are found in nearly every side valley
and by which water is conveyed from
considerable distance to tho villages
and pastures. BY means of these ir.
rigation channels the fields are kept
green even in the hottest summer
| weather.
Delightful woods fringe the exten
sive pastures, which are covered with
soft, .velvety grass on which nature
has lavishly streMn the prettiest OF
Alpine blossoms. But the natives OF
Cons have no time for sentimental
flower study, and men. women and
children toll hard in summer to gather
their not overabundant crop of hay.
The dairy and cheese industries are
cultivated with great care, and certain
varieties of Cons cheese are consid.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06

!, isn't he! Why. he's mussed up my
hair awfully. But he is sweet, isn't
he, Miss Fisher?" She smiled wicked
ly and went out.
Into the studio Flodia shot, bullet
out of gun. Hall was not in sight
She pounded at the door Of the dark
room,, stopped and listened, pounded
again. Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hall emerged, scowling.
Whats the matter?"
She grabbed him by the arm.
"Mr. Bonistelle! Oh, Mr.. Bonistelle,' u
she cried, you haven't gone and done
it again, have you?"
Why, you see'-Hall began to STAN
mer-"really l think she's the best OF
the three-don't you? 1t just came
over me-she's so devilish pretty, Flo.
die-and-well, she's going to give me
my answer tonight"
"Oh, Mr.. Bonistelle!" Flodie, de.
spairing, dropped into chair and
stared at him classify. Then she shook
her head, and sighed.
WELL" she said in hard, dry voice,
1--WE heard Of men who went out
looking for trouble, but you are the
first one / ever knew actually to go
and order it delivered at the house!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06

Leaving out the flowers of the field
we must pass on to those of the palm
garden and conservatory to find paral-
lels for the splendors of new ribbons.
These latest blossoms of the looms,
especially the lovely monotone rib
bons, leave us marveling at their color
and texture and amazed at the re-
suits of intricate weaving. 1t is no
wonder that they inspire the artists
of apparel to think out such happy
coquetries of dress as picturedhere.
The ribbons used for these pieces
are shell-pink in color with a satin sur
face broken by figures woven in,
which play hide and seek as the light
strikes them. One catches a waver-
ing water line which is lost, while a
rose leaps into notice or dots spring
out like stars. 1t is all the trickery
of light. Truly mankind has gone
very far in the weaving of silk.
The girdle and buoyant hair bow
shown are made for a half-grown girl,
and the slippers to add one more
charm to lead to the story of the
boudoir. They are Of pink brocaded
satin ribbon trimmed with narrow
satin ribbon of the same color.
, The girdle requires ribbon six inches
wide, or about that. There are many
patterns in the monotone ribbons to
choose from, but those showing small
dots scattered over the surface are
beautifully suited to young girls. A
girdle like that shown in the picture
fastens at the back with two short
standing loops, and one longer hang
ing loop over two ends. These are
trimmed in a curve instead of the
usual diagonal.
A buckle Is made of buckram and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06
Thousands Of German Nurses.


"The nurses of the German Red
Cross are divided into three classes,
says recent bulletin of the American
Red Cross, "the first being the Red
Cross Sisters, who for years have car
ried on the profession of nursing. Sec
ond class, the volunteer auxiliary sis
ters, who undergo one-half years
training, pass an examination, and who
are called out from time to time to take
part in repetitive courses and practical
service in military hospitals. The
third class comprises the volunteer
helpers of the Red Cross. They are
employed only in the home military
hospitals, and even then only under
the supervision of trained nurses.
"Over 60 per cent of the Red Cross
nurses, about $500 in all, are now on
the battlefield or in the field, war and
base hospitals. The remainder are at
home, not only nursing sick and
wounded soldiers, but also men, wom-
en- and children of the civil popula-
ton"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06
Splendid Exhibit of Shells.

At time when there is so much
said and written concerning shells of
human manufacture designed to de-
stroy life, it is just as we'll to be re-
minded that there are other kinds of
shells to which the name more proper
ly belongs, and which serve life as
means of protection. The American
Museum of Natural History in New
York has just opened remarkable ex-
hibit of shells in which practically
every variety now extant within the
knowledge of conchologists is dis
played. Because of the part played by
shells in the lower organisms and the
value they have as fossilized records
of earth's earlier ages, few exhibits
could be of great interest to people
with mind and leisure for other things
than war.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06
CHAPTER V-Continued.

She sat bolt upright and stared at
him with harder and more glittering
eyes. To-day? What in the world do
you mean, Hall Bonistelle?"
"Why, I'm in hurry-aren't your"
She rose and smoothed down her
skirts. Why, you know, Hall, OF
course I've got to get mas consent
first, anyway. Naturally. 1 suppose
she'll want to know whether you're
able to support me, and all that. You
don't really have to work, do you?"
'Tm afraid do" He looked at her
queerly "why?"
"Oh, nothing, only don't know
mas funny, sometimes-it really
doesn't matter, but-well, you know
I'm crazy about you, in spite of any
thing, no matter what happens!"
when can you find out?" he asked
Z little angrily. 1t was maddening.
just as he had his millions within
reach. For with her consent again the
millions beckoned.
ooh, don't see that there's any par
ticular hurry. OF course I'd have lot
to do in any case. There's my clothes.
Bother your clothes! I'll get you
anything you want after we're mar
ried. I'll be well able to afford it."
You will?" She eyed him shrewd-
ly.. "Oh, well, then, I'll go right
home and speak to ma. OF course you
want it settled, l understand. / tell
you, I'll let you know tonight, when
come to the party"
Fine! You will come, them"
"Of course I'll come! I say, Hall. II
ma gives her consent, we'll announce
our engagement tonight" Her eyes
sparkled, as she held out her hands
and let herself be folded in his arms
for farewell kiss. In that caress his
fears were forgotten. Then she freed
herself and walked to the Office door.
"Good-by, Hall, dear! Oh, l hope
We can be happy! And say, won't
those swells open their eyes, though,
when they hear the news?" She hur.
ried through the Office without 50
much as a nod to Flodie.
Flodie jumped up. "Oh, your boa,
Miss Gale!" and handed it to her.
"Oh, yesi" Rosamund took it, and
emerged from her dream to look the