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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-13
copyrisht. 1918. 81 Dodd. Mead q Company
BY j. Hartley Manners

OFF,
Mrs. Chichester looked at the iashed
face OF the young girl, at the mass of
curly hair that had been carefully
dressed by Bennett for dinner and was
now lowering around her eyes untidily.
The old lady Strengthened 1t.
'.Can you not keep your hair out of
your eyes? What do you think will
become Of you"
II hope to go to heaven, like all good
people," said Peg.
Mrs Chichester turned away with q
gesture Of despair.
what is It'll" continued the old lady.
IT say what is itT"
tWhat is what?" asked PEG.
els 1t that you don't with to improve?
Is it thatf'
"Tn tell you what / think it is" be-
gan Peg helpfully, as if anxious to
reach some satisfactory explanation.
II think there's a little diril in me ~
in there, an every now an again he
jumps out"
"a devilp cried Mrs. Chichester, hor-
rifed.
Eyes, aunt" said Peg demurely.
How dare you use such a word to
mel"
81 didn't. / used it about meself. !
don't know whether you have a divfl
in We or not. ] think | have"
Mrs. Chichester silenced her with q
gesture:
Tomorrow I am to give Mr.. Hawkes.
my first report on you"
Peg laughed suddenly and then check
ed herself quickly.
"And why did you do that?" asked
her aunt severely.
II had a picture of what we're goin'
to tell him."
why do you constantly disobey me?'
pursued the old lady.
81 suppose 1t is the original sin in
me-" replied Peg thoughtfully.
"WhatY cried Mrs. Chichester, again
taken completely aback.
"Oh, / say. you know! That's good!
Hal" And Alaric laughed heartily. PEG
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-13
DON'T FALL DEAD
OVER COURTS DECISION

Governor Byrne's son has been APP
pointed fire marshaIs clerk in the In
surance department. This viii help
some il the supreme court should de-
officials are drawing for the privilege
or living In Pierre Is an uneonstitu.
tional act. However, don't drop dead
with surprise If the court should hap-
pen to rule that the practice II le-
gal.-Iroquois Chief.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

For strengthening and hmberlng
the fingers of pupils beginning the
study of the piano, a device OF very
simple construction is made which
may be adjusted to suit the require
ments of different users. 1t consists
of a lever held between two uprights
and connected by spring with a
crossbar above. Notches cut in the
under surface of the movable mem
ber and the topside of the cross
piece provide graduating spaces IN
the rings holding the spring. SO that
the tension may be varied as desired
The lever bar is secured to the rear
upright By means Of hinge and
moves in a groove extending through
the front one. At the forepart OF th'
apparatus is rest which enables th'
wtist to be held in the correct posi-
thin, while the fingers are being ex
erAsed.---Popular Mechanics.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
GLYCERlN is PECULIAR.
From a Chemical Standpoint II Has
Many Curious Qualities.

Many Curious QUALITIES.
One Of the great advantages of give
erin in its chemical employment Is the
fact that 1t will neither freeze MOI
evaporate under any ordinary tempera
ture.
No perceptible loss by evaporation
has been detected ut temperature less
than 200 degrees T.. but IL heated in
tensely It decomposes with smell that
few persons find themselves able TO en-
dure. Ii burns with pale flame. simi-
lar TO that from alcohol, IL heated to
about 300 degrees and then ignited. Its
noneyaporative qualities make the com
pound of much use as Il vehicle Tor
| holding pigments and colors. as In
stamping and typewriter ribbons, car
| bon papers and the like.
u the pure glycerin be exposed for q
| long time 10 freezing temperature u
/ crystalizes with the appearance OF sug
ar candy: but. these crystals being once
melted. ii Is almost an imposslhllify x
get them again into the congealed state
i. If little water be added to the gye
erin no crystallization viii take place
though under sufficient degree or coli
the water win separate and form crys
tails, amid which the glyeerin VIII r.
main IN It's natural state Of fluidity
II suddenly subjected to intense col
pure glycerin Will form gummy mas
n which cannot be entirely hardened 9
0 crystallized. Altogether II IL quite
peculiar substance
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
A WoMaH's OPINION.


sAli the iHslAss "a The =apf<sas
esafg s=af HnaAs q bsast sllk safs
frauds G. i.eapF q NslAs Alsus
NAsAsnHian ItaH Asbs fAs ani
ehlsf IHsflea fsllsssl usa 4elaAsf ue
naf1aY II - 81 addIsa esAlaF tpszid
tAa se4fiss. bot lbs passs<isisl : - nsi
followed ftas taaft has sslaafiia'sz
l.sa slyiea lhs mist disnlned Inihisl
tfllanal 10 the enfti alsd doailiie@s Y
deserves lhs compliment
The afsHmshis made t@fUFs 4 sfs
esnans=i b. ralm. uastnHllunal reason.
iaa The pleadsfa d. int raise ihssf
eoses= 1T forget tAesf manpefa ~ In
dalse H. personalities - ufatorf while
delatlnK. aud the opinions u the court
srr reeltel with quleiness almost
conversational These opinions afs
verv carefully guarded up 70 the mo
mslit they are read frum the bench, bot
now aud then. after a decision has be
come history. there leaks ont an enter
tanning story ~ how IT came to he rem
dered
"sueh an instance was In the case o.
an imported dellency which might have
been classcd either as n preparation o.
fsh or N a iiavoring sauce. The Gus
toms officers had levied duty ON II o
a sauce. and an importer had appealed
, The justices. when they enme to com
pare notes. confessed themselves sore
ly puzzled. and one of them suggeste'
that since the technical argument
were 80 well balanced II might he wis
5 10 fall back upon common sense. Tha
evening he carried sample Of the dii
puted substance home to his wife, VIII
, was an expert In culinary matters.
"sThere my dear said he. Is a sauf
for you to try
"With one look NJ the contents
the package. which she evidently re
ognlzed. she exclaimed. 'Pshay
That's no sauce; that's fish. Didn't "
y know IT.
l. "The next day the court met aga
for consultation and on the followil
Monday handed down decision owe
ruling the customs officers and sustai
ing the importers appeal"
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

Columbus Review, No. IL, Wo-
mans Benefit Association of the
Maccabees was organized in this city
during the past several days
by Mrs. Mary S. Herring, of Mon
roe. La, state deputy for Louisiana
and Mississippi, and she has secured
a class Of twenty-seven. On Decem-
ber 4th an all-day rally and school
Of instruction will be held at the
Knights of Pythias hall, the school
being conducted by Mrs. Laura b
Hart. of San Antonio, acting past SUI
preme commander and acting state
commander of Mississippi. Among
other prominent women who viii pt
in attendance will be Mrs. Eva
| McNett, of Hornell, N. Y, past su
preme commander.
The following program will o'
rendered Saturday night at 7:Ss
o'clock. at the X. of p. Hall:
Vocal solo, selected, Mrs. M. I
Flood; March by fifteen girls in cos
tune; Seating of officers by colo
bearers or guard; Reception OF dis
tinguished visitors; Welcome addres
by DIR. J. W. Lipscomb; Address o.
behalf of the Maccabees by Stat
Com. ]. N. Stuckey; Welcome ad
dress on behalf of the Order OF tn
Eastern Star by Deputy Grand Ma
tron, Mrs. d. +. Mccullough; ke
sponse address by Mrs. Laura
Hart, acting past supreme con
mander of the Woman's Benef
Association of the Maccabees; Voci
solo, selected, Mrs. Ike Simon; Rea'
ing, Miss Mary Flood; Vocal sol
Mrs. Joseph Peacher; Reading, MI
Lucy Lawley; Flower Fund Marc
by Members.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
TRUSTEES SALE.
The State of Mississippi,
County of Lowndes.


County of Lowndes.
BY virtue of the power vested in
me as Trustee in a certain Deed OF
Trust made and delivered on the
11th day of December, 1909, by
Jake Lawrence, to secure the pay
ment to j. T. Armstrong of certain
Indebtedness therein mentioned,
record of which said Deed of Trust
is made in the office of the Chancery
Clerk Of said County and State, in
Chattle Deed Book, Numbered "a,
Page l1O, | will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, in
front of the Court House door in the
town of Columbus, said State ard
County, on the oath day of Deem
Der, 1915, within legal hours, the fol-
lowing property, to-wit:
The N. w. a Of the N. W. "A OF
Section 25, and the S. E. a OF the
IN. w. u of Section 25, and the ).
w. u of the N. E, 4 of Section 20.
I All in T. IS, Range Is W. Contain
! ING One Hundred and Twenty (l20)
acres more or less.
The title to the above property be-
Iieved to be good, but | will convey
only such title as vested in me as
Trustee under said Deed of Trust
G. G. FRANKS,
Trustee
Columbus, Miss, Dec. l, 1915.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
Martha Washington's VIII.


Anything which belongs to the
world cannot belong to an individual.
When the thief stole the "Mona
Lisa" from the Louvre-because this
patriotic thief believed that Lisa be-
longed to that Italy which had pro-
duced her and Leonardo, and that
France, whatever the vicissitudes of
war and poverty, had no real right
to the picture-the picture was re-
turned; but not because it had been
purchased by Francis Fina or stolen
by Napoleon or what not, but be-
cause the Mona Lisa had become a
world-possession, and the world had
grown accustomed to her place on
the wall of the Tribune at the Louvre.
But the other day valuable bit
of world possession was taken from
individual possession in the United
States, and given back to the county
which held the higher right to own
ership, and which holds its trust for
the world. The will of Martha Wash
ington has been returned to Fairfax
county, Virginia, and is lodged N
the safe of the court house. Tha'
will has been missing for forty
wears. ever since the Fairfax county
, court house was rifled of its con
tents. and the will, found by sol
, der of the north among a heap Q
] napers about to be burned, was save
2 and kept for brighter day.
During large part of that TIM
! this will was kept in Minneapolis, O
Irving avenue, south, byt the daugf
II ter of the northern soldier. In l90
e this woman sold the document to ,
ID Pierpont Morgan. After the deaf
e. of Morgan the possession became at
I vertised. Fairfax county attempte
lg to re-establish ownership. Morga
= Junior, offered to give the will
: Mt. Vernon. But Fairfax woul
have none OF this. 30 the -. A.
ne and the state Legislature of Virgin
Cd and the supreme court of the Unite
rh States combined in their efforts
u, and Mr.. Morgan has sent the will ba'
to it's first home.
No one knows what the eld
Morgan paid the Minneapolis wom'
for the document. But not all 9
Morgan wealth is sufficient to
NJ cure ownership in such documei
m ne That was admitted when the antiq
q cope, stolen from a small ltah
In. town, was restored by Morgan an
ira its purchase There are sevel
points in law besides the nine OF p'
IDS session. Paul Pioneer Press
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
TRUSTEES SALE.
The State Of Mississippi,
County of Lowndes.

County OF LoWhues'
Ry virtue of the power vested IN
me as Trustee in certain Deed OF
Trust. made and delivered on the Il
day of December, 1912, by j. W.
Cooper, guardian of Irene Cooper,
Ethel Cooper, Frank Cooper, and
William Cooper, to secure the pay
ment to Mrs. NJ. E. Godbee, OF GER
tain Indebtedness therein mentioned,
record of which said Deed of Trust
is made in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of said County and State, IN
Deed Book, Numbered SO, Page 633,
II will sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, in front OF
the Court House door in the town OF
Columbus, said State and County, or
the 25th day of December, 1919
within legal hours, the following
property, to-wit:
East Half (E. ~ of Northwes
Quarter IN. W. u and West Hal
! Nv. NJ Of West Half CIV. - o
Northeast Quarter IN. E. A), am
Northwest Quarter IN. W. ho o
Southeast Quarter Is. E. ~, les
one CD acre in the Northeast corne
thereof, all in Section Sixteen l5)
; Township Eighteen tls), Range se'
enteen (l7) west, in Lowndes eouf
ty, Mississippi.
The title to the above property o.
lieved to be good. but will eonve
only such title as vested in me
!. Trustee under said Deed of Trust.
]. /. STURDIVANT,
J Truste
] Columbus, Miss, Dec. 2, 1915.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

from this immemorial belief that we
must trace the present day faith in the
virtues of the bayberry candle
The bay is u species of laurel and as
poets and yictors were crowned with |.
the laurel or the bay, wishing them long
life and happiness, 50 is the same wish
conveyed in the bestowal of candle
made of the waxen berries borne py
the sacred tree.
Bayberry dips are also made as Wen
as the nodded candles. These dips are
smaller and less even In shape ana
show us how candles were made by re-
pearedly dipping the wicks IN the melt
ed wax of the bayberries and drying
each layer till the dip was OF proper
size. That was before molds were In
troduced, early In the eighteenth cen
! tury.
TO accompany bayberry candle one
should send In the little box In Whlch
I II Is daintily wrapped G card on which
is printed, In red and green lettering,
the legend:
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
bayberry candle burnt 10 the socket
Brings luck TO the house
Food to the larder
i And gold TO the pocket.
When these cards are not to be found
the luck rime may be written on the
back of ones visiting card and wrap
ped with candle, but in that case u
must not be forgotten that the In
closure of writing necessitates extra
postage,
Their color, soft olive green, blends
beautifully with other Christmas
: decorations, and they burn with
steady flame. emitting a delightful!
pungent fragrance. and they are con
: sumed evenly all around without max
! ing unsightly cutters or ridges of wa
A down the sides as ordinary candles DC
! From New England comes the tradl
E ton that IL lovers separated by dis
K tance each lights a bayberry candle i
) honor Of the other al the same hou
5 the aroma or incense arising from th
! burning wick will drift In the diret
b ton Of the absent one; hence tn
Il candles make a strong appeal To youn
r people of romantic temperament
> A candle must be presented TO yo'
$ not bought by yourself. in order to II
sure good luck, and You must not llgi
It your own; that must be done for yo
/. by some other person. not neccssari
Is the donor.
Is Christmas eve Is the time for bur
Is ing. either at dinner or later. and
ts follow out the old idea Of the laure
II and the bays TO the victor eand
should surely be bestowed on the rel
,r tive or friend who has recent
NJ achieved some success or won di
~ tinction. Philadelphia Press.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

NOTICE..
State Of Mississippi,

State Of Mississippi,
Lowndes County.
This is to give notice that the
Board Of Supervisors will meet on
the 9th day of December, 1915, be-
ing the first day of their regular
December meeting, 1915, receive
sealed bids or proposals for the
building of a steel bridge with con-
crete floor over Duck Slough on the
Caledonia and Steens road in district
one, according to plans and specifl-
cations on file in the Chancery
Clerks office. The board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
BY order Of the board this the
/ 10th day Of November, 1915.
b. A. LINCOLN,
Clerk.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
PESTS or THE TROPICS.
Insects Whose Bite Is Like the Touch
Of Redhot lron

Insects Whose Bite Is Like the Toueh
Of Redhot iron.
The pestiferous Insects that infest
the region tributary TO the headwaters
of the Amazon make Sic miserable TOT
any one who may venture into the
region. Commander II, A. Edwards
of the Bolivia Brazil boundary com.
mission declares that there ~ no es'
| Gaming them and that you are always
scratching or slapping your fcdy. ex'
| cent when You are underAgour mos
quito net--and even then II you are
not asleep.
| In camp ants are a contlnuhl hul
/ sance. They eat your clothes. gnaw
i the softer parts Of your boots and raw
age the food. Many kAds bite saw
agely. One kind, which the natives
call itashi lives In palosantos or holy
posts--trees that they hollow out them
selves Their bite Is like the touch or
j redhot iron. and If any one mad
! ycrtently leans against palosanto
thr little red demons swarm out upon
him instantly. and SO bite nm that
for an hour afterward his life IL al
most undesirable.
Most dreaded of all are The tuean
deras-black ants with bodies one ant
5 half inches long that live III the
1 forks of trees, but that often invade
> your tent. They bite very hard ant
nrohably inject some sort OF poison
into their victims. for the part bitter
swells and pains excruciatingly Th'
sauba or leaf carrying ants. biacl
!" ants chat make broad. straight road
!. Of their own aud move about in armies
= with scouts aud tanking parties; era.
{ ants that live in mounds OF red eartl
i six feet high, yellow ants that dwel
l. IN rotten wood --all make the travele
, unweleome, either hy damaging III
! belongings or 10y intlicting pain on hi
/, person
y Mosquitoes. the bite OF which is nc
only painful and irritating but IN
parts malaria and yellow fever: variot
phlebotolnous flies that inject the germ
of what Is called three day fever: wasl
Ig of All kinds; bees of all sizes: horne'
le as large as the smaller humiain
wi birds; the matoucha and the tabana,
N sort of mangrove ily With a taste u
bloodsucking- each aud every one
then, does It's share toward makii
- the life OF the explorer in those !
y elons almost unbearable. There a
a tties that lay their eggs IN your iie'
ne or In your clothes.
n Where there is any sort OF grass y
,ss cannot guard against the attack
in the muauim, microscopic tica VINO
at soiourn on your body causes mo
= fontalizing itch that You can aiievia
!. - only by sponging your body night al
morning with alcohol And IN MAJ
mha no places the plum. a small black hy ~
gn looks like speck of dust. drives y
he half crazy by its bite. Although inc
he regions are a paradise for the EN-
ISL mologist. the ordinary traveller "
ex- hardly regard them In that light
Youths Companion
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
RECEIVERS SALE.
The State Of Mississippi,
Iowndes County.


BY virtue of the power vested in
me in certain decree made by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes county,
Mississippi, on the 2sth day of Octo-
Der. 1915, said decree being duly re-
corded in the Minutes in the Chan
Gerry court of Lowndes county ,Missis-
sippi, in Book No. IA, Page NO. S7o,
|. ]. I. Armstrong, us receiver for
the Standard Stove Works, will sell
at public auction TO the highest bid
der for cash, in front of the Court
House door in the city of Columbus,
County Of Lowndes, and State Of
Mississippi, on Monday, the 9th day
of December, 1915, within legal
hours, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
All of Block Number Four (4,
and Lots Number One, Two, Three,
Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, and
Nine mos. /, 2, 3, A, 5, 6, Z, 8, and
9), in Block Number Three (3),
in Stephenson, Stinson ,nd Cosss
Addition TO the City of Columbus,
J, Lowndes County, State of Mississip-
pi, as per plat on file in the office OF
, the Chancery Clerk, Of Lowndet
, County, Mississippi; and at the same
) time / will also sell under simiiiai
!, terms and conditions the following
!, described personal property, to-wit
Post hangers, shaft couplings
cupolas, Buffalo fan, friction drum
9 cable hangers and pulleys, flang
! couplings, box hangers, counter shat
and hangers, counter shaft with con
pulleys, wooa lathes, ripsaw, han
! saw, stove trucks, friction cone pu
leys and hangers, carpenters vis'
!, pattern makers bench leveling PLATE
car places, blacksmith anvil, lumbe
i dynamo, nickle anodes, copper az
:, odes, lead tank, nickle tank, scrut
= bing tank, scalding tank, wrenchin
I, tank, lead carboy, carboy sulphur
y acid, copper rods, buffing stand,glu
"a stand and pots, buffing wheels, VOC
, snap jackets, wood snap board
q steel snap jackets, snap benche
u snap flasks, fire clay, lime rock, fl
brick, red brick, platform scale
a. tongs, sprinkling cans, moulde
brushes, tea kettle flasks, sto'
4. flasks, stove puttey, set cupoia pa
q, terms, set of emery patterns, elea
Il ing mill patterns, star water from
y steel drums, tea kettle handles, S
!. tin shop tools, roll sheet lead, bal
III OF kettle handle wire, wire plye
~ files, wood split pulleys, cast il
~ pulleys, office furniture, TANKS, q
n,l pans, elbows, joints Of stove PHI
=, broons, moulder riddles, fac ~
Ealing wire, entfy wheels, wo
screws, belt dressing, graphite, dc
tiles, packing bags, assorted ha
lNGFS, pdSutiut bolNhS9, ihV0iNN
tool boxes and shovels, stove Dc
knobs, stove door catches, 81
IN knobs, bottom tin doves, washe
OF door piers and rivets, stove bo
= rods, lace leather, stove scrapt
W. stoves, and stove making tools
per, material, the same constituting
anu part Of the equipment of the ST.
'ay- plant erected on the real prope
GER above described.
'ed' The title of the above property
rust believed to be good, bat | will
'ery yay only such title as vested in
: IN as Receiver under said decree.
535, ]. T. ARMSTRONG,
the Receiver of Standard Stove Wol
OF Columbus, Miss, Nov. 4, =
a Of
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State Of Mississippi,
I.owndes County.

The State OF MISSISSIPPI,
Lowndes County.
Letters testamentary having been
aranted and issued to the undersign-
"a upon the estate of Miss Mary =.
Harrison, deceased, by the Chancery
Court of Iowndes County, Missis-
sippi. on the sth day Of October, A.
n. 1916. .
This is to give notice to all
persons having claims against
said estate to Probate and
Register sare with the Chance
nv Clerk Of Lowndes county, within
one year from this date. A failure
! to so probate and register said Clam
will forever bar the same.
This October 30th, 1915.
BLEWETT LEE,
Executor
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

II is often difficult to compre-
hend from a small map the signifi-
cance of different movements and
the stragetic value of certain posi-
tions in the present European war,
because of the vast territory involy-
ed. Seeking to get around this diff
Guilty several English lawns have
been experimentally converted into
large scale, open air maps, as Illus
trated in the December Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. On these huge
plats one can actually stroll up and
down the "firing line" observe how
close one position is to that OF the
enemy, and, in general, get com
prehensive idea of progress in war
ring operations, Small national flags
mark the positions each country's
armies occupy, and the towns are IN
dicated by small posts, also appro-
priately tagged. Colored tape, stak
ed down at intervals, shows the loca
ton or rivers, and small stones set Il
the sod spell out names of the va
rious districts. 1t has been suggested
that such large maps as these. install
ed in city parks in this country
might be useful in giving American
shortcut knowledge as to progres
| in the especially in these day
when much of the war news is ne
read because of its confusing cha
acter. and the concentrated attentio
which must be given it in order
gain an adequate comprehension.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

Mrs. X. p. Mcconnell, who has
been in at the Columbus Hospital,
was able to be returned to her home
on North Fourth avenue the past
week, which is pleasant news to her
many friends.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

Mr. J. @. Young, Of Birmingham,
arrived in Columbus the first Of the
week and win be with his brother
Mr.. 4. NJ. Young, who is manager OF
the Davis Five and Ten Cent Store
IN this city. He viii act as assistant
maaaeef and decorator at this pop.
ular place of business.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

Mrs. william Morris was taken to
the Mckinley Sanitarium Tuesday
afternoon suffering from nm attack OF
appendicitis. Her many friends hope
soon 10 hear of her recovery.
The Columbus commercial., 1915-12-02

Miss Annie Long has returned to
her home in itta Bena after a pleas
ans visit to relatives here. She was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Eu-
sone Beard who viii be her guest foI
some time.