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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-02
2 Plus 2=3
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Well, Read
BY moss.

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E{yH - wasn't wiped
off the map of rea
RN32&. ~ soning over 1000
NJ LMA years ago, al
RLHIE though it certainly
XST@ deserved to be.
~ II The Sophists in
ancient Greece,
you remember. taught false
philosophy of life and things,
their premises being based on
fallacy. They tried to make two
plus two equal three.
The Sophists are not all dead.
A few thrive today. They argue
of newspaper advertising:
'Oh, ! never buy anything
widely advertised or patronixe
merchants who make a splash in
the newspapers. Their articles
are either inferior or more cost
ly because they have to include
the cost of advertising"
BOSHi
AS a matter of fact, advertls-
ing enables you tosbuy BETTER
things at CHEAPER prices.
Through advertising the sales
are INCREASED ten. twenty,
fifty cold. The manufacturer or
merchant is thus able to sell
BETTER and CHEAPER goods
and still pay for his advertising.
This recognized BUSINESS
FACT is backed up by the ex-
perience If successful business
men of this community and by
wise home providers who close
ly watch the ads. in this paper.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-02

From Lee Brown who was up from
the Edith community in the mid
week we learn that the ANN railroad
has connected up their extension to
Evanston by making a fill over the
over the M. l.. Davis track high e.
nough to cross his grade, and then
using the old K G Lbr. Co. track on
in over that potion of the route, and
that they expect to begin passenger
service in July with an excursion,
but that is will be along in the fall
before they complete their main line
over that part OF the rout witch will
dispace the KC. Lbr. Co spur. Tins
is good news as it will mean a great
convenience to people going and CO.
ming down that wav, as it will give
direct connection to Moss Point
points up and down the K-C line.
such as Lucedale, Hattiesburg. and
Laurel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
The Story
of a Big
Man in a
Big Town

After a little while, "It's too badv' he
half whispered, his lips forming the
words-and his meaning was that it
was too bad that the strong brother
had been the one to go. For this was
his last thought before lie walked to
the coupe and saw Mary Vertrees
standing all alone on the other side
of the drive
She had just emerged from a grove
of leatiess trees that grew on a slope
where the tombs were many. Against
such background Bibbs was not in
congruous, with his figure, in black,
SO long and slender, and his face so
long and thin and white; nor was the
undertaker's coupe out of keeping, with
the shabby driver DOING on the box
and the shaggy horses standing pa
tiently in attitudes without hope and
without regret. But for Mary Vertrees,
here was a grotesque setting-she was
vivid, living creature of a beautiful
world. And a graveyard is not the
place for people to look charming.
She also looked startled and con-
fused, but not more startled and con-
fused than Bibbs. All his life Bibbs
had kept himself to himself-he was
but shy onlooker in the world. New
ertheless, the startled gaze he bent
upon the unexpected lady before him
had causes other than his shyness and
her uneSpectedness. For Mary Ver-
trees had been a shining figure in the
little world of late given to the view
of this humble and elusive outsider,
and spectators sometimes find their
hearts beating faster than those of the
actors in the spectacle. Thus with
! Bibbs now. He started and stared; he
lifted his hat with incredible awkward
ness, his fingers fumbling at his fore
head before they found the brim.
"Mr. Sheridan" said Mary, "I'm
afraid you'll have to take me home
with you. L" She stopped, not
lacking a momentary awkwardness OF
her own.
"Why hy-yes," Bibbs stam-
mered. "I'll-I'll be de Won't you
| get in?"
In that manner and in that place
they exchanged their first words. Then
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02

Mary, without more ado, got into the
door.
You're very kind" she said, some.
what breathlessly. II should have had
to walk, and it's beginning to get dark.
It's three miles, 1 think"
YES" said Bibbs. TIT is begin
ming to get dark. II noticed that"
81 ought to tell you'll" Mary be-
gan, confusedly. She bit her lip, sat
silent moment, then spoke with COM
posure. "It must seem odd, my"
mo, no" Bibbs protested, earnestly.
''Not in them the least"
at does, though" said Mary. ~
had not intended to come to the ceme-
terry, Mr.. Sheridan, but one of the men
in charge at the house came and whis-
pered to me that the family wished me
to- think your sister sent him. So
L came. But when we reached here
I-oh, 1 felt that perhaps L"
Bibbs nodded Gravely. Yes, yes"
he murmured.
II got out sn the opposite side of
the carriage" she continued. 81 mean
opposite from-from where all of you
were. And l wandered off over in the
other direction; and 1 didn't realize
how little time-it takes. From where
1 was 1 couldn't see the carriages leav-
ing-at least / didn't notice them. So
when 1 got back, just now, you were
the only one here. l didn't know the
other people in the carriage 1 came in,
and Of course they didn't think to wait
for me. That's why"
"Yes," said Bibbs. "I-" And that
seemed all he had to say just then.
Mary looked out through the dusty
window. "I think we'd better be 60
ing home, II you please" she said
She gave him a quick little glance.
~ think you must be very tired, MI.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
CHAPTER Xl.

Standing in the black group under
gaunt trees at the cemetery, three days
later, Bibbs unwillingly let an old, old
thought become definite In his mind:
the sickly brother had buried the
strong brother, and Bibbs wondered
how many million times that had hap
pened since men first made word
to name the sons of one mother. Al
most literally he had buried his strong
brother, for Sheridan had gone to
pieces when he saw his dead son. He
had nothing to help him meet the
shock, neither definite religion nor
philosophy" definite or indefinite. He
could only beat his forehead and beg,
over and over, to be killed with an
az, while his wife was helpless except
to entreat him not to take on" her
self adding a continuous lamentation.
Edith, weeping. made truce with
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02

names OF the donors Of flowers ana
wreaths. She pressed Bibbs to remain
longer when he rose to go, and then.
as he persisted, she went with him
to the front door. He opened II, and
she said:
"Bibbs, you were coming out Of the
Vertrees' house when we met you.
How did you happen to be therer'
II had only been to the door," he
said. "Good night, Sibyl."
Wait" she insisted. 1--WE saw you
coming out"
Il wasn't" he explained. "Fd just
brought Miss Vertrees home"
"What?" she cried.
"Yes," he said, and stepped out upon
the porch, that was 1t. Good night,
Sibyl"
"Wait!' she said, following him
across the threshold. "How did that
happen? I thought you were going to
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02

Sibyl and saw to it that the mourn
ing garments were beyond criticism.
Roscoe was dazed, and he shirked, JUS
tifying himself curiously by saying he
never had any experience in such
matters" So it was Bibbs, the shy
outsider, who became, during that
dreadful little time, the master of the
house; for as strange thing as that,
sometimes, may be the result of a
death.
"Dust to dust" said the minister,
under the gaunt trees; and at that
Sheridan shook convulsively from head
to foot. All of the black group shiv-
cred except Bibbs. He had been close
upon dust himself for long, long time,
and the machine shop, If he had to go
back to 1T, would probably bring him
closer still. To Bibbs' knowledge, no
one and nothing had ever prevented
his father from carrying through his
plans. He had the gift of terrible
persistence, and with unlocked conf
dence that his way was the only way,
he would hold to that way of "making
man" of Bibbs, who understood very
well, in his passive and impersonal
fashion, that it was way which might
make, not a man, but dust of him. But
he had no shudder for the thought.
The truth about Bibbs was in the
poem which Edith had adopted. But
he had not hidden his feelings about
his father where they. could not be
found. He was strange to his father,
but his father was not strange to him.
He knew that Sheridan's plans were
conceived in the stubborn belief that
they would bring about a good thing
for Bibbs himself; and whatever the
result was to be, the son had no bit
terness. Far otherwise, for as he
looked at the big, woeful figure, shak-
ing and tortured, an almost unbearable
pity laid hands upon Bibbs' throat.
Roscoe stood blinking. his lip quiver-
ing; Edith wept audibly; Mrs. Sheri-
dan leaned in half collapse against
her husband; but Bibbs knew that his
father was the one who cared.
1t was over. Men in overalls
stepped forward with their shovels,
and Bibbs nodded quickly to Roscoe,
making a slight gesture toward the
line of waiting carriages. Bibbs gazed
steadfastly at the workmen; he knew
that his father kept looking back as
he went toward the carriage, and that
was thing he did not want to see.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
CHAPTER XII.

Bibbs went home pondering. He did
not understand why Sibyl had laughed.
At home, uncles, aunts and cousins
from out of town were wandering
about the house, several mournfully
admiring the Bay of Naples" and
others occupied with the Moor and the
plumbing, while they waited for trains.
Edith and her mother had retired to
some upper fastness, but Bibbs inter
viewed Jackson and had the various
groups of relatives summoned to the
dining room for food. One great-uncle,
old Gideon Sheridan from Boonville,
could not be found, and Bibbs went
in search of him. He ransacked the
house, discovering the missing antique
at last by accident. Passing his IA
ther's closed door on tiptoe, Bibbs
heard a murmurous sound, and paused
to listen. The sound proved to be .
quavering and rickety voice, monotO.
nously bleating:
THE Lo-ord givuth and the Lo-ord
takuth away! We got to remember
that; we got to remember that! I'm
a-gittin' along, James; I'm a-gittin'
along, and I've seen a-many Of 'em
go-two daughters and q gon the Lord
gave me, and he has taken all away.
For the Lo-ord givuth and the Lo-ord
takuth away! Remember the words of
Bildad the Shuhite, James. Bildad the
Shuhite says, He shall have neither
son nor nephew among his people, nor
any remaining in his dwellings, Bill
dad the Shuhite-"
Bibbs opened the door softly. HiA
father was lying upon the bed, in his
underclothes, face downward, and
Uncle Gideon sat near by, swinging
backward and forward in a rocking
chair, stroking his long, white beard
and gazing at the ceiling as he talked.
Bibbs beckoned him urgently, but
Uncle Gideon paid no attention.
"Bildad the Shuhite spake and he
says, If thy children have sinned
against him and he have cast them
away"
There was muffled explosion be-
meath the floor, and the windows
ratified. The figure lying face down.
ward on the bed did not move, but
Uncle Gideon leaped from his chair.
my Godv' he cried. whats that?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
CHAPTER x-Continued.

He expanded this theme once more
and thus he continued to entertain the
stranger throughout the long drive.
Darkness had fallen before they
reached the city on their return, and
1t was after five when Sheridan al
lowed Herr Favre to descend at the
door of his hotel, where boys were
shrieking extra editions of the evening
paper
"Now, good night, Mr.. Farver," said
sheridan, leaning from the car to
shake hands with his guest Don't
forget I'm goin' to come around and
take you up to Go on away, boy!
A newsboy had thrust himself al
most between them. yelling, "Extry!
Secon' Extry. Extry, all about the
horrable accident. ExtryE
Get outT' laughed Sheridan. "Who
wants to read about accidents? Get
outr'
J The boy moved away philosophically.
""Extry! Extry!' he shrilled. 'Three
hen killed! Extry! Millionaire killed!
Two other men killed! Extry! Extryr
\ Don't forget, Mr.. Farver." Sheri-
dan completed his interrupted fare
wells. "I'll come by to take you up
to our house for dinner. I'll be here
for you about haif-past five tomorrow
afternoon. Hope you 'njoyed the drive
as much as have. Good night-good
ntghtr' He leaned back, speaking to
the chauffeur Now you can take me
around to the Central City barber shop,
boy. 1 want 10 get shave fore 1
go up home"
"Extry! Extry" screamed the news
boys, zigzagging among the crowds
like bats in the dusk. "Extry! All
about the horrable accident! E1tryr'
1t struck Sheridan that the papers sent
out too many extras" they printed
"extras" for all sorts of petty crimes
and casualties. 1t was a mistake, he
decided, critically. Crying Wolf!
too often wouldn't sell the goods; it
was bad business. The papers would
make more in the long rum" he was
sure, If they published an extra"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
SYNOPSIS.

Sheridans attempt to make a business
man of his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going to
a sanitarium, a nervous wreck. On his re-
turn Bibbs finds himself an inconsider-
able and unoonsidered figure in the New
House" of the Sheridans. The Vertreeses,
old town family next door and impover-
ished, call on the Sheridans, newly-rich.
and Mary afterward puts into words her
parents unspoken wish that she marry
one of the Sheridan boys. At the Sheri-
dan housewarming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly encourages
Jim Sheridan's attentions: Mary shocks
her mother by talking of Jim as a matri-
monial possibility. Jim tells Mary Bibbs
is not a Iunatic-"just queer" He pro-
poses to Mary, who half accepts him.
Sheridan tells Bibbs he must go back to
the machine shop as soon he is strong
enough, In spite of Bibbs' plea to be al
lowed to write. Edith, Bibbs' sister. and
sibyl, Roscoe Sheridan's wife. quarrel
over Bobby Lamhorn; Sibyl goes to Mary
for help to keep Lamhorn from marrying
alone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02

"My God!" He Cried, whats That7"
wait while those men filled the-the-"
She paused, but moved nearer him in
sistently.
II did wait. Miss Vertrees was
there" he said, reluctantly. "She had
walked away for while and didn't
notice that the carriages were leaving
When she came back the coupe wait
ing for me was the only one left"
Sibyl regarded him with dilating eyes.
She spoke with slow breathlessness-
"And she drove home from Jim's fu-
neral--with your
Without warning she burst into
laughter, clapped her hand inefrectu-
ally over her mouth, and ran back up
roariously into the house, hurting the
door shut behind her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
The :: Turmoil
81 BOOTH HARRINGTON


straight in his face. young North
side millionaire insuntly killed! Ex-
tryv
"Not--Jim" said Sheridan.
own.
"And you come to tell me that?
Sheridan did not know what he said.
But in those first words and in the
first anguish Of the big, stricken face
Blbbs understood the unuttered cry of
accusation:
"Why wasn't it your
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
For all his reslstIess energ,

For all his reslstIess energy
and confidence, Sheridan Is
about to reeeIve great blow.
Bibbs shows to better advan-
taue In tho crisis than you'd
believe he could. It Is a ques-
tion, now, whether the old man
will recognize his "weak" sons
power and give him something
better to do than working In
tho factory.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02

Did Mary Vertrees wait at
tho cemetery until eibbs was
ready to 90 Just because she
wanted to make his acquaint-
ance? Jim is dead, you know,
and the aristocrats must have
money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-11-02
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Anything Beilevable.

Anything Beiievable.
After reading the actual accounts
of the fighting in several regions of
the war. we believe every fairy tale
we ever read-and Jack the Giant
Killer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-29
ALLIES CLAIMING
BRUTAL MURDER"
OF SEA CAPTAIN
News of Execution by Ger
mans of British Officer
Makes Painful impress
siOn-Details Asked

Berlin July 2S-(By Wireless. )-Captain
Charles Fryatt of the Great Eastern
Railway steamship Brussels, which yes
sci was captured by German destroyers
last month and taken into Zeebrugge, has
been executed by shooting after trial be-
fore a German naval courtmartial. The
death sentence was passed upon Captain
Fryatt because of his alleged action in
attempting previously to ram a German
submarine
Testimony was presented at the court
martial to show that while Captain Fry
att did not belong to the armed forces
he had attempted on March 2S 1915, to
ram a German submarine.
Captain Fryatt and the first officer and
the first engineer Of the BRUSSELS re-
ceived from the British admiralty gold
watches for brave conduct" and were
mentioned in the House of Commons.
The submarine U-33 according to the
official account of the trial, had sig
nailed to the British steamer to show
her flag and to stop. but Captain Fryatt
did not heed. and. 1t is alleged, turned at
high speed toward the submarine which
escaped by diving Immediately several
yards below the surface.
Captain Fryatt, the official statement
says, admitted that he had followed the
instructions of the British admiralty. SEN
tence was confirmed and the captain was
executed and shot for franc tireur
crime against armed German sea forces
The trial was held at Burgess. Belgium,
yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-29
Concerted Warfare on
Infantile Paralysis to
Be Waged by Experts

New York, July 28-Concerted warfare
upon infantile paralysis by the most emil
nent in medical research in the United
States will be planned at a meeting to
be held in this city in the near future.
announced tonight. Funds to defray the
expenses of the conference were provided
yesterday by the board of estimate
The proposed campaign against the
dread disease which so long has baffled
medical science is designed to be the
most highly organized ever undertaken.
The meeting here will be preliminary
to extensive research work in the med
ical laboratories of the principal univer-
sites of the country.
Eleven of the countrys most prom
inent specialists and one in Canada
have been invited to attend the confer
ence and four already have accepted, in
Guiding Prof j. w. Jobling of Vanderbilt
university.
The epidemic still is unchecked. The
daily report of the health deparemnt to-
day dscloses a slight increase in deaths
and small decrease in new cases. Dur
ing the 24-hour period ending at 10
o'clock today, there were 1874 new cases
and So fatalities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-29
MEMBERS CONSIDERED

President Wilson is understood to have
at least score of men under considera-
ton for appointment for commissioners.
Among them are Chief Justice White,
Major General Goethals, former governor
of the canal zone; Frederick Lehman,
former solicitor general, and Louis
Brandes, associate justice of the supreme
court. 1t was stated authoritatively to-
night that the President had not at
tempted as yet to make any selections
Unofficial information from Mexico City
has been to the effect that Luis Cabrera,
Mexican minister of finance, would head
the Mexican membership of the commits
sion. Neither the state department nor
Mr. Arredondo, however, has any official
information on that point.
General Carranza's reply is not expect
ed for several days, and officials here
do not believe the commission can begin
sessions for two weeks at least. The
state department will insist that the
meeting place be within the United
States, as the question is not one of
mediation which would require neutral
setting.
The proposal to widen the scope of sub
jects to be discussed by the commission
is viewed in administration circles as an
extremely important aspect Of the situa-
ton. 1t is through an exchange of ideas
on the whole Mexican problem that it is
hoped way may be found to furnish
constructive aid to the de facto govern
ment in the financial and economic prob
lens with which it is surrounded.
Mr.. Arredondo issued today a summary
of his advices from Mexico City, saying
that 10000 Carranza troops were closing
in upon Villa and his followers in south
ern Chihuahua and that destruction of
the bandit command was certain. 1t is
the first official Mexican admission that
Villa still is alive. The state and war
departments have no positive informa-
ton on this point and officials differ in
their opinions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-29
WASHINGTON VIEWS

Washington July 2S.-Germany's execu-
ton of Capt Charles Fryatt master Of
the British steamship Brussels, for an
alleged attempt to ram a submarine, is
regarded in allied quarters here as u
brutal violation of international law like
ly to result in prompt retaliatory meas
ures by Great Britain. They contend that
If hostile submarine approached the
Brussels 1t was in effect an attack, and
Captain Fryatt, in making a counter-at-
tack by attempting to ram, subjected him
self only to treatment as a prisoner of
war in event of capture.
The United States government Is in
terested in the incident and what may
follow it, particularly because of the bear
ing it may have upon the difficult prob
lens involved in submarine warfare,
which in the past have brought the coun-
try to the brink of war, because it is
charged with the interests of prisoners
on both sides
Reprisals by the allies, it is feared,
might be followed by change in the
German submarine policy which has been
satisfactory to the United States since
the last assurances tina, merchant ships
would not be attacked without warning
or without provision for safety of the
crews and passengers.
Authorities on international law agree
that Captain Fryatt. If the submarine at
tackled or was about to attack him, was
right to counter-attack, but If he was
seeking out an enemy vessel for attack
he placed himself in the class of Grim
inal subject to summary execution upon
capture.
The question involved in this case has
been clouded by the belligerent charges
and counter-charges concerning the con-
duct of subma rine warfare. and the al
lied efforts to exterminate the German
submarines. Germany claims British
ships have orders from the admiralty to
ram any submarine sighted and that the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-07-29
STUDENTS IN ARMY
BEING CONSIDERED
War Department Will, No
Doubt, Take Action in
Allowing Burroughs

Washington, July 23.-(Special)
Serious consideration is being given by
war department officials to suggestions
that college men in the National Guard
who have to complete their course be
furloughed in time to return to their
college work in the fall.
While there has been no official
statement given out, and no final de-
cision reached upon the matter, it is
known from reliable sources that the
war department is discussing the ques-
ton. and may issue orders that it be
done. While the exact number of ma
tiona1 guarsmen who have enlisted
with courses unfinished is not given, it
is known that there are a great many
and that requests have been received
from relatives that they be allowed to
return and finish their schooling.
The fact that actual hostilities now
seem much less likely than they did
when the National Guard was first
called out for Mexican border duty is
one element in favor of granting these
requests. In this connection, army Of
ficers believe that it may be many
months before the National Guard will
be relieved from border duty. Nego-
tiations have not yet begun between
United States and Mexican officials for
the final arbitration of present diff
culties, and these are likely to be pro-
longed.
Pending a settlement, it is regarded
as certain that the border patrol by
state troops will be maintained, some
officers going so far as to say that
even though there are no hostilities,
national guardsmen will eat their
Christmas dinners on the border.