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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
INCH OF RAIN MEANS MUCH
Enormous Mass Of Water Falls When
That Precipitation 10 ~.
Recorded. I

Very few persons-even those who
are well informed on most matters
know how much an inch Of rain is.
The average man or woman prob
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

In your issue OF December 81 led
Atorial page) appears an article enti-
tied Germany Hoping to Get L.
4 IBERIA. ss .s
While we do not doubt Germany
would like to get Liberia, If might be
y timely to say the American Colonial
ton society, which founded Liberia,
m creating that republic reserved to
itself certain inalienable rights, to
b wit: Ownership. In fee, of each alter
nate block Of territory In the original
y republic for the purpose Of colonial
ii tion by American colored citizens. This
N covenant runs with the lands and wa
ters Of the republic. We shall oppose
II any alienation Of property rights or
sovereignty by any of the powers, and
shall expect full protection of our
q rights by the United States. a..
The Liberian constitutional prohibit.
tion against ownership Of land by
whites Is obviously plain, and a nee
essary protection to colored nation.
we are not committed to the theory
{ or belief that the aforementioned ar
& ticle IL q "feeler" in this country ad-
S vanced by an overactive German az
n fluent press. II. L. e. Johnson. Pres
IL 1dent American Colonization Society,
Id the Washington Post.
The widows cap is as old as the
Il days Of julius Caesar An edict of
tTiberius commanded all widows to
wear the cap under penalty Of heavy
D 5Mne and imprisonment. 5
The sinews Of the kangaroo are
I especially desirable for use in sur
\ cry. Tor sewing wounds and binding
broken bones together.
~ Electrical apparatus intended for
drying beer watts Is used for drying
motion picture films in q studio in
New York city.
me highest hotel in the United
\ States win be erected In California,
VI ~ elevation Of a. 900 feet above
40 ~ level.
\ Norway has IA tree planting so
Wciaties The first was founded In
IoO0, ana since then q. 00O. 900 trees
n W. ben planted.
he total J1umbsr of trees IL the
\ ~ of Psrts II 5000. ana TX these
Mo plane tree. Il, 600 N 0Rts
vi
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Obedience to the law was empha-
sized in speech at Tuskegee by
Booker T. Washington as a principle
to which members Of his race should
conform in their efforts to advance.
Doctor Washington was the chief
speaker at the twentieth annual Tus-
kegee Negro conference.
Carrying concealed weapons, theft,
gambling, visits to illegal liquor estab-
lishments and useless court litigation
were enumerated as evil practices with
which Negroes were often charged.
II know many colored people who
spend more on pistol every year
than they do on the education of their
children" Doctor Washington said.
THE pistol, in nine cases out of ten,
not only does not protect the individ.
ual, but leads him into trouble"
Resolutions adopted urged the pro-
duction Of food crops in the South.
1t was declared that there are 100000
farms. mostly tenanted by Negroes.
where there are no hogs; on $50 900 no
poultry Is raised; 100000 on which
there are no gardens, and 100000 on
which no corn is grown.
+ Bankers and planters were asked to
aid the Negro to raise products other
than cotton. ~ ?.s. ... a.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

DR.. Therbald Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg, imperial German chancellor, was
lawyer in his earlier life. He ia
now fifty-seven years of age. He stud.
led law at Gottingen and practiced
for six years, after which he was made
a Judge at Potsdam. There be be-
came intimate with and gained the
confidence Of the present emperor,
with whom he had formerly been
fellow-student at Bonn.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

AT the Greene (Me.) fair William
Haley, aged eight. exhibited pair Of
young steers which he had brought up
and broken. 4. ~ n f3i
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Tod Sloan, the famous American
jockey, Is at the front with the French
Red Cross, driving motor ambuiances.
He was rejected as soldier. but be-.
ing an expert motor driver, was i'm
mediately accepted by the medical
authorities. ~ a
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12
The ThIno u 5,

Ernest Thinker (seriously) n
5do you think q THU outcry ii IA ~ Massl
against the so;called football a. 49, s..na !,
Diagusted colles ian u ~ 49, !. J. !. 4.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

The letter carriers In Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays
by delivering letters at church.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

\. Japan's government forests last
year yielded $5,3sO,OO in revenue and
consumed $2,327,0O0 in expenses.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Tests by Irish scientists have shown
that tlle wind will carry disease bac-
IstsE|a u2oes ct wa a. high n 80 sfsst
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

The highest hotel in the United
y States will be erected In California,
" ~ elevation Of $4,000 feet above
1 10 - level.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

The widows cap is as old as the
days Of julius Caesar An edict Of
kTiberius commanded all widows to
wear the cap under penalty Of heavy
ane and imprisonment.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-02-12

Electrical apparatus intended for
Il drying beer watts Is used for drying
motion picture Aims in studio in
New York city.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
A Unique Liahtship.

Off the island of Islay, On the west
coast of Scotland, there is stationed at
the Otter rock a unique lightship. 1t
is unnamed, yet it can be relied on
to display the warning light to guide
the mariner on this dangerous coast.
1t is a most ingeniously constructed
vessel and the only one of its kind.
In its two steel tanks q sufficient guam
tity Of gas can be stored to supply the
lantern for several months. Expert
ments have shown that the light may
be depended upon to burn continuously
for months at a time. The approx
mate duration Of the light a be pre-
determined. and there is no danger
whatever Of it's being extinguished by
wind or spray. The light is visible at
a distance Of from eight to twelve
miles. The lightship also has a bell,
which is made to ring automatically
by means of an ingenious device that
utilizes the gas as it passes from the
tanks TO the lantern to work the bell
c~lapper.-Every Week.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10

ing more dependent on her. RETAINED
from paying her any marked atten-
ton.
AS time went on Edgar perceived
that Edith was growing to be a neces-
sity to Ralph. Moreover, he noticed
that while Edith was devoted to Ralph.
there We're indications that her heart
was setting toward himself. One day
when he and Edith were speaking of
Ralph Edgar said to her.
II feel it my duty to say to you,
Edith, that l have seen what perhaps
has passed unnoticed by you. Ralph
loves you"
The girl paled. and she had cause to
pale. She loved Edgar and she knew
that while his brother held this view,
Edgar was lost to her. He would ney-
er stand between his brother and her.
II hope" she said presently, that
you are mistaken"
"And | hope said Edgar, ST you
think you cannot respond, that you are
mistaken. Our attentions to those de-
pendent upon us often draw us to them
with far greater force than WI realize"
Edith sighed. She knew that the
man she loved was e~ndeavoring to
persuade her to give herself to the man
she only pitied. But she said nothing
more. She knew what Edgar would
have her do. She did not know his
feelings toward her, but she surmised
that he had no desire to possess her
himself. Even if he had he would
give her up to his brother.
Soon after this brief dialogue Edgar
went away for a time, leaving Edith
and Ralph together. Before his de-
parture he said to Edith, II hope when
l return to find that you have decided
to make Ralph happy"
1t was thus that Edith was led to
Dear a part of the burden of the man
she loved by giving herself to the man
she did not love. She considered what
he had said to her a command, and
she would not disobey.s When Edgar
returned she told him that she and
Ralph were engaged.
She looked Edgar in the eye when
she made the announcement. hoping to
see him vince. If 1t was a shock to
him he concealed 1t SO well that she
was deceived. From that time she
gave herself up more and more to
Ralph's companionship. and when the
wedding day came went with him to
the altar a martyr.
Then Edgar. feeling that his brother
no longer needed him as before. spent
much Of his time away from him.
Some said he did not dare trust him
self near his brothers wife.
AS the years sped on Ralph Town
send grew more and more helpless, his
wife more and more devoted to him.
Ten years after his marriage he died.
Those who knew of the sacrifice that
had been made supposed that Edith
and Edgar would quickly come togeth-
er. They have been disappointed.
-Four years after Edith became a wild
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
Houses In Buenos Aires.


No building in Buenos Aires Is per
mitted to be higher than the width OF
the street upon which it is erected;
hence the skyscraper will become
popular there, despite the splendid
growth and wideawakeness Of the city.
Much as this metropolis is known, 1t
is not generally thought Of In the light
Of age. However, it is one of the old
est cities in the new world. The first
white settlement was made just forty
two years after the discovery Of Amer
lea by Columbus, and the first build
ings were mud huts matched with
straw. Then a brick kiln was made
and later tiles and bricks were import
ed from Spain. The first city was Of
Spanish architecture, and that style
prevailed for more than 800 years. De-
spite the many great changes which
have come through the passage of time
and the general building advance in
the world, four-fifths Of the houses Of
Buenos Aires are still of one story, al
though there are streets lined with six
story palaces.-Exchange.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
Smith. h

The many friends of Miss
Myrtis Threlkeld, of Saltillo,
were greeted with quite a sur
prise on the evening of Sept. 20
when the wires brought the
news of her marriage in Sidon,
to Mr.. T. C. Smith, of that
place.
They had planned their mar
rage for a later date to take
place at the home of the bride in
Saltillo, but Mr.. Smith became
seriously i'll and requested her
presence and her woman's heart
laid aside all formality and she
answered the summons in per-
son. ft
After comforting over the mat
ter the young people decided to
have the marriage ceremony
performed without further de-
lay, after which the brides par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Threl-
keld, were notified at their home
in Saltil!o. who forwarded their
parental blessing. May theirs
be the
Love that cheers life's latest stage,
And is proof against sickness and old
age"
A FRIEND.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
ThePower Of
Sympathy.
BY ESTHER vANDEvEER

When the Spanish -American war
broke out Ralph and Edgar Townsend,
brothers, enlisted in the same .regi-
ment Of sh~arpshooters and were as
signed to the anne company. One day
they were out OF the picket line snip
ing for the S~paniards. Their posi-
ton was behind a stone wall. its con-
tinuity broken here and there. Ralph
was on one side of a gap, while Ed
gar was on the other side, the opening
between them being eight or ten yards.
Edgar concluded to make a dash to
Join his brother. He had passed safe
ly over all but a couple of yards of the
distance when Ralph saw a Spanish
sharpshooter taking aim at his brother.
Ralph had just emptied his piece or
he would have shot the %Spaniard. AS
it was, he sprang between him and
Edgar and received a shot which.
grazing the spine, paralyzed his lower
limbs. He was discharged from the
service and sent home. where he sub
mitted to an operation that partly re-
stored his locomotive powers. but he
was in a measure crippled for life.
AS soon as the war was over Edgar
Townsend rejoined his brother. resolv-
him. Ralph was twenty years old,
Edgar twenty-five. Ralph would not
admit that he was crippled and was
very sensitive at the mention of his
being so. AS for Edgar making any
change whatever in his life'S plans on
his accoun he would not hear of it.
nor did Ralph seem to realize that he
had sacrificed himself for his brother.
He considered what he had done sim
ply in the line of his duty as a sol
der. Edgar, on the contrary, was I'M
pressed with the idea that his brother
had taken a burden which he should
have borne himself.
Nevertheless as soon as Edgar saw
that Ralph was averse to such an In
depreciation of the status between
them, he refrained from any mention
of it, and wherever it was possible to
conceal any sacrifice he made for his
brother he did SO. He 500 came to
studying Ralph's wishes. and wherever
they conficted with his own. made pre-
tense that what Ralph wanted was dis
tasteful to him.
Then came Edith Payne into the
lives of the brothers. She was sympa-
thetic with Ralph, but her heart went
out to Edgar. The one she loved as
one who needed her, the other she
loved as one she needed. Edgar, MOTTO
ing hat his brother was daily grow
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
NettletOn

Alva Francis, of Huntsville,
Texas, spent the past ten days
with his relatives here.
Miss Marjorie Hicks left for
Baldwin, where she resumes her
work as piano teacher.
Miss Ethel Hansell has been
visiting Miss Imogene Kincannon
in Verona.
Miss Ruth Buckley, of Sulli-
gent, Ala. has been the guest of
Miss Eva Bryan for a few days.
Mrs. A. l.. Burdine and daugh-
ter. Gladys, of Verona, spent
several days with relatives here
last week.
Mrs. R. L. Pound, of Tupelo,
was the guest of Mrs. A. P.
Smith a few days last week.
Miss Carl Gladys Wiygul spent
the week. end with her brother
in Amory.
Miss May belle Smith. of Aber-
deem, spent a few days with
Mrs. A. P. Smith recently.
Mrs. Fultz, of Buena Vista,
was the guest of Mrs. Will
Buchanan several days.
Miss Millage Reid Wiygul en-
tertained a few couples on Friday
with a Progressive Bunco
Party. The honorees were Miss
Ruth Buckley. of Sulligent, Ala.
and Miss Maybelle Smith, of
Aberdeen. Miss Wiygul served
sherbet with cake.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
Miscellaneous Shower


Nettleton, Miss, Sept. 8.-On
Thursday afternoon Mrs. Ruth
Bryan gave to Mrs. Clyde May,
of Tupelo, a Miscellaneous
Shower" Quite a number of
handsome things in china, cut
glass. silver and linens were
showered. Little Billie Francis
and Lynn Hudson Bryan brought
the gifts in on a toy wagon.
After the shower" quite a
delightful salad and ice course
was served.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
of Nettleton School


Nettleton, Miss, September s.
The Nettleton public schools
opened Monday morning, Sept.
6, with a splendid enrolment.
The following teachers were
present: Prof. E. F. Pickett.
superintendent; Mrs. E. F. Puck
EFT, first assistant; Miss Alkaline
Jumper, second assistant; Miss
Millage Reid Wiygul, third as
sistant; Miss Ballard and Mrs.
Murphy. primary; Miss Dale
Raymond, piano.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10

ow she and Edgar had not married. It
is said that she illustrates Edgar's
words to her years before, Our atten-
lions to those dependent upon us often
draw us to them with far greater force
than we realize"
Edgar Is still a bachelor.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
piles Cured in 6 to IA DAYS

Your druggist will refund money if PAZo
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching.
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to IA days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. SOC.
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The Systt

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in q tasteless form,
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cent?
The Tupelo journal., 1915-09-10
Then He Met a Just Fate.

Then He Met a Just Fate.
Welt" he muttered, butting his
head on a landing as he fell down the
elevator shaft, "as Mr.. Kipling would
say, This is another story"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-27
HOW TO KEEP GOOD HEALTH.

National Negro Health Week Pro-
motors Issue Some Timely Advice.
One of the things that the national
Negro health week. March Fl to u. Is
intended to do is to spread information
concerning how it is possible to keep
from having consumption. also what to
do to cure consumption, says the Ma
tional Negro Business league through
its president. DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton. For long time it was supposed
that consumption was inherited and
incurable 1t is now found that this Is
not true. Consumption is disease that
is acquired and with proper care can
be cured.
Many things are necessary to over
come this monster, for consumption Is
a disease Of poverty and is spread by
bad houses. insanitary methods Of life,
carelessness and excuses. But Of all
things that help to overcome consump-
ton nothing is SO important as abun-
dant fresh air. Do you sleep in a room
where you keep the windows tightly
closed in cold weather? Do you keep
out fresh air because it may "chill'
you? Do you work In room or a
shop where the air cannot enter? If
80 you are hazarding your life and in
viting death.
Open your windows and keep them
open at all times, especially during the
hours Of sleep! If you have not cover
enough to keep you warm in cold
weather, save money and buy it. for
ample cover. permitting you to sleep
with your windows open. will do more
for your good health than all the medi-
cine you buy. If you want to live and
to keep from having consumption live
with your windows open!
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-27
THE MORAL PHASE OF NEGRO
LIFE.
Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.

Home Training Most Important.
Says Miss Mamie H. Burroughs.
The moral phase of the Negro
problem is the most serious part of
the whole aggravating question. To
improve the standard of the life of the
masses is the only solution.
AS with other races, the standards
in the homes are set up by the women
who preside over them. Therefore
to bring about a reform the woman
hood of the race must be taught
how to instruct their children in
those virtues, that have made the
most advanced races what they are.
We are prone to think that the
Negro is by nature religious and
therefore moral. He is both; but he
is not enough of either when it comes
to living up to fundamental principles
every day life. Because of his crude
conception of what the Christian re-
ligion really is he too often practices
one thing and breaches another.
Often the foremost woman in the
church is so far from a model for her
less ambitious sisters that they look
with contempt upon her and dis
credit religion. This misrepresenta-
ton of the genuine article takes many
forms and sometimes the one woman
is a combination of all. She allows
beer drinking, card playing, and rag
time music in her home She is loose
in her conversation. Her language is
often smutty. Her demeanor be-
comes a woman of the street. Her
home is hangout for sliding elders"
and loafing, hungry preachers. Her
house is poorly kept. Her children
are too young to be men and wom-
en- and too old to be children They
are therefore, the freshest things in
the neighborhood. They run the
church. They sit in the front heat,
chew gum, talk and keep their gang"
giggling. To speak to them is to
throw a match into a magazine of
powder
These wise and talented youngsters
of the leading sisters, get into the
choir and start trouble for the Choir
listers. They get religion and start
trouble for the deacons. These chill
dren of too many of those who aspire
to leadership in our local churches
presume too much on the standing
and influence of their mothers and
give our churches all kinds of trouble.
What we need is a new type of
women in our homes as mothers,
and a new type of women in our
churches as leaders and examples for
the young.
The wig wearing, gum chewing,
beer smelling, mouth running, street
trotting, home neglecting, convention
fever type of women are out of style,
and from them may we soon be de-
livered.
The Worker.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-27
new ABOLITION
AND The CRISIS
Features Of Program Named
For Racial Advance.
DEMAND FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

Head Of Publicity Department Of Ma
tionaI Association Says We Must
Have Political and Industrial Free
donna Revival Of Art and Litera-
ture, Education and Organization.
New York.-The fifth annual meeting
Of the National Association For the
Advancement Of Colored People, recent
ly held in this city. brought its growth
and mission widely before the nation.
This association sprang into being on
account Of the Springfield riots Of 1908.
A meeting was held early in 1909 and
a call issued. The first conference met
in New York city in May, 1909. and the
second in May. 1910. Permanent head
quarters were opened, and the Crisis
began publication in November Of that
year.
The growth of the organization has
been phenomenal. Today 1t has fifty
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-27
MEM Err
NATIONAL NJ EG no PRESS
SoCiATION
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