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The Detroit times., 1916-03-09
~ HAPPENINGS

ethletics should be abolished, VIII
he the subject OF debate at the meet
ing os the Yona Teka club OF Norm
western high. March 10. The affirm'
alive team will be composed OF Miss
A T.. Robertson, Miss Ethel vii
liams and Miss Margaret Savage.
The negative team will be made up
OF II, Goodrich. Ralph Haviland anu
Edward Hart.
On March 10 and III the glee clubs
OF Northwestern high viii present
The Pirates OF Penzance' in the
auditorium OF the school. under the
direction OF Miss Clara Ellen Starr.
director. The principal parts will
be taken by James Beattie, James
Williams, Wright McClenahen. Ruth
Chipman. Gladstone Booth, Jackson
Marks, Rhea Searles. Mildred Chase
and Adelaide Courisnder. Miss Ada
Whitney, OF the art department. is
in charge OF scenery and stage light
ing effects.
Al special meeting OF the East.
ern High Debating society. Tuesday
afternoon. the following members
were winners in the preliminary
defamation contest and will repre-,
sent the club in a public contest 10
be held March rs. in the school:
George Kitson. Alfred Kern. Her.
man Barrus. Jacob Pearlstein. Wal.
ter AIbrecht and Macarthur Pipe
A gold medal for a first prize. a
bronze medal Tor a second. and an
honorable mention for a third prize
viii he awarded.
The Checker club of Highland
Park high has secured a new mem
ber in William Rice who is the in.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-09

Mems 75c Shirts. SOC Each
Very exceptional values In new. clean goods |
~ to H. basement store.
WOmen's or Misses Gloves at 25c
Lisic thread. ehamoisette. and sir gloves
gloves in this lot. so hurry. Basement store.
WOmen's Cotton Hose at &c Pair
Medium wtIsht; Jus, ,sh! t for spring; falI
sizes sls to 10. basement store.
WOmen's Cotton Hose at 7c Pair
This Is about half price FOR fine sauze double |
to 10. Csecondsj basement store.
Mems Handkerchiefs, SC Each
In sheer and heavy canbric: several stylcs |
of initials This price is one-halt less than |
regular basement store.
Boys (2.Trouser) Norfolk Suits, 1925 |
sizes Z 20 is years. Trousers lined brown. |
tan Spd gray o ppss su Fasy s, e, ms
Strong Leather Hand Bags at 59c
Neks rse xoS ss'bss ss nns; % s nss a,"s S.
some cases. Basement store.
WOmen's Cotton Union Suits, 35c
Low neck. no sleeves, lace and c,,n kuoe. Sizes
81. sn.eme", store,
Women's Swiss Rib Vests at &c
Elastic rib cotton: low neck no sleeves Sizes
- Go 90, Worth more, Basement store.
Misses Fleeced Union Suits, 39c
Good weight for spring BIssched while
IN gray Becanse there are only odd sizes /
In tho lot the price IL Sec. Bs-ement store.
Scanned. Hemstitehed Sheet at 37c
72xo0, Good quality cotton. Friday priced.
Basement store.
Children's Black Rib Hose, &c
cood fast black hose, heavy durable weight
rSeconds," hut splendid vaiueE-madc To sell for
much more Sizes sIs to ga
basement store,
Hemmed, Seamless Sheet at 63c
sixso, Good .ervicesbie cotton Worth msre
Basement store.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-09

Spring Dresses Of Taifeta at s7.95
Dresses with distinctive spring touches that
& Wo have sold for a much higher price right
a along. but oner them at s7ss Friday Just 10
- TO ~. Basement Store.
Odd Lot Silk Dresses, $3.50
eisss is 70 g on,y--eat a seasons chance for
and green. Only 35 In the lot.
go Basement store.
Odd Lot of Skirts at s1.25 Each
4 Ns.y blue snd bl.sh.-serse and checked ma
a 4ertale. futl mare. Waist band sizes ~ TO 2S
Only - IN the lot basement store.
Sarge & Poplin Skirts at s2.ss
Black, navy snd brown. SIX different styles
Coenp1e<e size range % TO 80 waist band a
third sliced from the regular price for FRIDAY.
@s3 "a basement store.
800 Seco SILK Waists at Csc Each
Pia.s tailored waists with convertible collar
&n9 long sheevee Good line OF solid colors.
Hsse~seat store!
500 MILDLY Houses at 75c Each
y, o. GOOD xs,sssas and twnls IN spring models.
scprs sises TO la Friday priced, rsnembcr.
w w s44 1 Bssemest store.
" Chllirrn's School Dresses at 5sc
sy:s: 'sssa% ss ss and :. ,s,ss' r..,-s s%
q ~ ~ years distinct Friday
N 81 (, AZ. ~ "A ~ = - - s'sss.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-09

Soon "a you see these good waists you
VIII realize they are worth considerably
more, 76c 10 their Friday price.
pla1n lingerie cloth and fancy sheer white
gnateSlals striped, high and low
QollAxS. Long sleeves. Lace trimmed styles
Plain tailored styles. Every wanted size.
~ You win want several of these simple,
|'oerv1ceahle. suifed-to-many-occasion waists
when you can get them for mere 75c.
Basement store.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-09

The Checker club of Highland
Park high has secured a new mem
Der in William Rice. who is the in
terscholsstic checker champion. hay
ing won the honor in Rochester re
Gently. Rice has played SO games in
one contest and lost but four
The Detroit times., 1916-03-09

Chief Tohan. a noted warrier and
lecturer, gave an address on his life
and Indian traditions and customs.
in the auditorium OF the Highland
Park high. TUESDAY afternoon. The
seniors OF the school had charge OF
the entertainment
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
On the Field of Honor.

In a field in the Department of the
Aisne, where the English were beaten
in September, 1914, some of our terri
torials discovered two isolated mounds
covered over with grass and surmount-
ed by wooden crosses, one of which
bore the word Tin" and the other the
word Rubbish" Greatly affected, our
territorials gathered flowers, of which
they made bouquets, which they pious-
ly placed upon the mounds. Then,
with a trembling hand, they wrote up
on the crosses this inscription: Dead
on the Field of Hopor!" There the in.
scriptions remained until one day,
when an officer, who understood Eng
lish, had the sod broken open and dis
covered in one of the mounds many
empty cans. and in the other a lot OF
WORKOUT clothing.-Le Cri de Paris.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Notice of Public Works

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Superv sors of Lee Co nty will on
Monday, the 9th day of March, 1916.
at the Court House in the Town of
TuDelo, within legal hours, receive bids
to furnish mules to the several districts
with a view to buying mules for said
districts, and also will award the fol-
lowing public works by contract to the
lowest and best responsible bidder, the
Board reserving the right TO reject any
and all bids and re advert se, to wit:
For building new bridge across new
Campbrltown Canal, near Outlaws on
Baiowyn and Bryson road
For building new bridge across new
Campheitown Canal on Guntown and
Baldwin road.
For rem owing and replacing iron
bridge on County pike in Robins farm.
For new bridge east of VIM Shum
pert on Richmond road across slough.
For levee in Sand Creek bottom on
Guntown and Saltillo road.
Ordered IN open court this Feb. 9th.
1916
A S PARHAM. President.
JOHN M WITT, Clerk. AZ
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
PATROL DRIVES SAILORS MAD
Letter From a British Tar in the At
iantic Blockade Makes Pathetic
Reading.

The peril, hardship, cold and loneli-
ness that has driven mad some of the
tars who man the British blockade
fleet outside the three-mile limit of
our Atlantic coast, has been written
of by an Englishman riding THE Tides
of Barnegat" aboard the Sydney. to an
old mate in this city. This is the
same Sydney that ran the notorious
German raider Emden ashore On an
Indian ocean island and shot her to
bits. The Sydney recently has been
transferred to the Atlantic blockade
feet. The letter says in part:
Dear Jerry: It looks as though
we were to spend another Christmas
on the briny deep. 1t has been ter
ribly cold out here and we have had
a hard time of 1t. The other night we
al short of coal and had to shoot
down to Bermuda.
Jerry. of all the places God yer
made, Barnegat, or whatever they call
1t, is the worst. II it amt blowing
it's showing or raining, and there is a
continual swell running that keeps
your insides snug against your main
companionway for days at a stretch.
Give me the life of the North sea,
chasing perrys Submarine peri
scopes). You could get a bit of a
thrill doing that-and it was worth
while getting hit. Out here you might
as we'll be on a training ship. The men
are mostly sickly and you can't exactly
to think of except the arrival Of the
cutter with papers and letters. Lord
save us from another job like this.
II heard some of the boys in the
Caronia (former Cunard liner, now
converted cruiser) went crazy, and /
don't blame them a bit. A lot of us
will be going the same way before
long. We are looking for the cutter
today and expect to get a supply Of
fresh green's. But she'll smash her
self to pieces against our side, l sup
pose, and lose everything. That's
what happened last time. The bloody
pilot must have been a tram conduc-
tor in Putney.
I'VE lost a man over the side who
was reaching for a sack of lettuce or
something. God! He shot down be.
tween us and the rotten little tug so
quick that there was no chance to
save him. He was a young fellow, too,
and had a mother living in Fulham
Palace road. Hammersmith."
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Notice of Municipal Primary
Election

Notice is hereby given to the qualified
electors of the City of Tupelo, uissis,
sippl that a Primary Election for the
purpose of nominating all the elective
officers of said City, will be held in SAID
City on Saturday, April 9Th, 1916. and
a secor d primary, if one be necessary,
on Saturday, April 18th, 1916
All white qualified electors. affiliating
with the Democratic party may pariic
ipate in said election. Candidates for
the various offices are required by law
TO furnish their names to the Municipal
Executive Committee at least 80 days
before the holding of any primary
election Therefore all candidates are
hereby required to furnish their names
to D. S Ballard, Secretary of such
Committee, not later than 80 Gays
prior to April 9Th, 1916
Each candidate for Mayor, Marshal
ard Clerk will be required to pay the
sum of $500 ard each candidate for
Alderman will be required to pay 81. 90,
this fund to be USED to oefray expenses
OF hold ne election Each candidate is
required to pay such amount when he
furnishes his name to the secretary
The following officers are appointed
to hold said election:
w. X Wilson, Ticket Commissioner;
D. r. Gentry and j. Y. Cummings,
Judges, Worth Gardner and Geo. F.
Maynard. Clerks; Mayfeld Reese,
Peace Officer.
This notice is given by order of the
Municipal Executive Committee which
met on February 18th. 1916. pursuant
to call, aud upon consideration ordered
the abe We notice to be published.
This February 18th, 1916
GUY MITE HE'LL, Chairman.
D. S. BALLARD, Secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tain Deed of Trust executed by w. A.
Smith and wife, s. E Smith. on the
2nd day of March. A. d, 1914, to Sc
cure certain Indebtedness therein men
toned to Mrs. M. M. Frazer. which
Deed of Trust is duly recorded in the
Chancery Clerks office of Lee County,
Mississippi, in Deed Record Book No.
1l5. page IL. l will. as Trustee, in said
Deed of Trust. on the
9Th DAY OF MARCH. A. D., 1916.
at Post Office Door IN the City of Tu-
pelo, Miss. within legal hours. offer
for sale. at public cutlery. to the high
est bidder for cash the following de-
scribed property:
The N. ! of S. E / of Sec. 80. T. 8,
r z. E.. 80 acres in Lee County, Mis-
sissippi.
Such title conveyed as is vested in
me as Trustee. aforesaid.
This 4th day of February. 1916.
Al j. W. HOYLE. Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Fountains in France.

Who is responsible for the dry foun.
tain? asks the London Chronicle. A
correspondent cites a case from
Groombridge, in Sussex. Just before
you enter that picturesque town you
see a fountain, with a seat, a horse
trough and eve a dogs drinking
place. Alas! never once, on several
visits, could / get a draft Of water
from it, though the drinking cup re-
NAMED to testify to it's one-time
beneficence to thirsty wayfarers.
They do these things so much better
in France. You will find few French
villages without a public fountain, a
fountain, moreover, that is often a
work of art. What English villages do
you recall where a free draft of
water is available? Should you desire
such, you must summon up enough
courage to ask at a cottage door, to be
COMPOUNDED, probably, with that nui-
of rural life, the tramp. Exter-
nally, we English take water literally
enough; internally, we seem agreed to
boycott it.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Cape Cod Canal a Success.

The government test of the Cape
Cod canal has been declared a sue.
S Two submarines made the trip
from Boston to Newport at the rate OF
eleven miles an hour, and at a great
saving of time, as compared with the
outside route. The eight-mile trip
through the canal was made in forty
five minutes, and by using this pas
sage the submarines saved six miles
of distance and avoided much rough
weather. The Kiel canal was built
by the Germans at a cost approaching
$500, 900 600, mainly for strategic puT-
poses; yet it is a fact that the reduc-
ton of distance between the German
base in the Baltic and the North sea
by this canal is little greater than the
gain to the American fleet, which
would result from the enlargement of
Cape Cod canal to accommodate our
battleships between those two impor-
tant stategic c%enters, Newport an6
Boston.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Activities of Women.

Greek women, generally speaking,
have no individuality.
Only n woman finds employment
in Ireland as against II men.
Mrs. Harold Almert of Chicago, ma
tional woman champion trapshooter, is
the mother of two children.
Chinese women have started an ag-
gressive campaign for the restoration
OF a monarchy in that country.
Since the %no-treating law went into
effect in London the drinking among
women has greatly decreased.
There has been an increase of %
per cent in the employment Of women
in London banks since the war began.
Miss Laura Taylor owns an S0-acre
farm in Cleveland county, Oklahoma,
where she specializes in hogs and
beeves. While she does not do the &C.
tual labor on the farm, she is head of
the project in every sense of the word,
planning, directing and overseeing the
work.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Bond Sale

Notice is hereby given that the BOARD
of Supervisors of Lee Coanty, Missis-
sippi, will on the 7th day of March,
1916. at the Court House in the City of
Tupelo, within lawful hours. offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash at
public cutlery road bonds of the Second
Supervisors District in the sum of
Twenty-Four Thousand ($24, 600 OOl
Dollars. Said bonds to bear a rate Of
interest not to exceed six per cent. per
annum, semi-annually, and to be in the
denomination of $500 90 each. Each
bidder will be required to furnish certi-
fled check in the sum of $500. 90 as evil
dence of good faith.
This the 18th day of February, 1916.
A. s. PARHAM, President
of Board of Supervisors.
j. M. WITT, Clerk of Board of Su
pervisors. AT
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
The Charter of Incorporation
of The TupeIo Fiber
COmuaOv

The corporate title of said COMPANY
is 1.-The Tupelo Fiber Company"
The names of the incorporators are :
w. H. May, Tupelo. Mississippi.
w. S. r. Became. Tupelo. Mississippi.
A. c. Beane, Tupeio, Mississippi.
j E. Knox, Tupelo, Mississippi.
The domicile of the corporation is at
Tupelo, Mississippi.
The amount of capital stock is fixed
at $50, 000. 90 and the coz poration NAV
begin and transact business when $50
600. 90 of the capital stock is subscribe.
The par value of the shares of the
capital stock is $100. 90 per share.
The period of existence OF the corpo-
ration Is so years. Vs
The purpose for which this orpora
ton is created is to do a general bleach
ing and dyeing business. and the bleach
ing and dyeing of linters and cotton.
and cotton and wooden fabrics and
fibrous materials and to buy ard sell
same. I{
The rights and powers that may lie
exercised by this corporation are tho-e
conferred by the provisions of Chapter
and the amendments of said Chapter
eIos aoSC UCcu, vi uIdy ne pdbSeQ py
the Legislature of Mississippi.
A. G. Beane, Post Office, Tupelo.
Miss.
w. H. May, Post Office, Tupen,
Miss.
w S. R. Beane, Post Office, Tupelo.
Miss.
j. E. Knox, Post Office. Tupelo,
Miss.
Incorporators-
State of Mississippi. County of Lee.
This day personally appeared before
me, the undersigned authority, w. H.
May, W. S. r. Beane, A C..
Beane and ] E. Knox. incorpo-
rators of the corporation known as The
Tupelo Fiber Company, all of whom
acknowledge that they signed and ex-
ecutec tneaboye and foregoing articles
of incorporation as their act and deed.
This 10th day of February, 1916.
V. S. WHITESIDES,
48 Notary Public.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Notice of Bond Issue, Fourth
Supervisors District

To the Qualifi d Electors of the 4th
Supervisors District of Lee County,
Mls-,ssil p,:-You will take notice that
il IS the intention of the Board of Su-
p,r>isors of Lee County, M sslssippi,
at its next regular meeting, to be held
at The Court House, in the City of Tu-
pplo. on the ir-t Monday in March, the
same Den e the 9th day thereof. A. D.,
1916, to make an order for the issuance
ana sale Of road no DIS of said district,
as provided by Chapter 176 Of the laws
OF the State of Mississippi Of 1914,
which bonds are proposed to be issued
and sold IN a sum o to exceed 10 per
c.rt. OF the assessed value of all the
taxable property within said district,
the amount withia said limit TO be fixed
by The Commissioners and Board of
tor the purpose of bui ding and main
District as may be hereinafter decided
upon to b. built and maintained by
the Commissioners to be hereinafter
appointed by this Board as in said law
provided All of said bonds shall be
issued and sold and the proceeds used
as provided by said law, for the con-
struction and maintenance of such
roads in said district. This notice is
given as required by the provisions of
said law, SO that such qualified electors
of sucn district as may desire may pc.
tition against the issuance of SAID
bonds to this Board on or before the
date of said next regular meeting of
this Board f.
This 10th day of February. 1916.
A S. PARHAM. President
AZ of Board of Supervisors.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk of Board of
Supervisors.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Shocked by r. RS lnformaIity.

Harry A. Franck, famous as a world
wanderer, who has just returned from
a four years hike in South America,
tells the following about the impress
sion left by Colonel Roosevelt with
the natives of Paraguay:
Il got near the trail of Colonel
Roosevelt, though not nearer than a
couple of hundred miles. He was on
his trip to the River of Doubt and l
heard much about him from the ma
tives, and from two men who had been
with him, Father Zahrn and Mr.. Sipp.
l heard many yarns about Roosevelt.
At n village, in the widest part OF
Central South America, hundreds OF
miles from civilization and peopled
only by a few Indians. the inhabitants,
i was told, had been greatly shocked
because the colonel walked about their
streets without his coat on!'-New
York Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
GOT SAILORS GOATS"
REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE UN-
NERvED BRITISH SEAMEN.
Men refused to Stay on Ship That in
Their Opinion Had "Seen the Bot
tom of the Sea"-Vessei Held
In Thick Mud.

Not SO very long ago the appear
ance of q new island off the coast of
Alaska brought to mind other rapid
uprisings of land on the ocean
An island suddenly came to light off
the coast Of Sicily. remained for two
months and as quickly disappeared.
Sabrina, near the Azores, retired from
public life before it had been fairly
charted. The Gulf OF Mexico has wit
messed the advent and subsistence OF
small islands. These ~upheavals OF
the bed of the ocean suggests all sorts
Of mysteries connected with the un-
known depths. A British vessel once
had an uncanny experience in this con-
nection.
The vessel was out twenty-three
days from Manila to the Hawaiian is
lands. 1t was a silent, dead-black
night. The lead showed a deep sea.
Suddenly those IN board felt as though
they had grounded.
Daybreak revealed a low and misty
SKY. The Britisher lay as If becalmed
in the midst of an oily sNa strangely
%discolored in patches. Suddenly the
water, to use the words of the mas
ter, "trembled." The ship rolled and
in the distance rose a huge balloon
shaped mass of vapor, steam or smoke.
There was not the slightest sound,
but a long line of chatting water
stretched across the streaky calmness.
Then the vapor settled over all, and
the ships company could hear but not
see the seething and pouring water all
about them. The captain ordered a
bucketful to be drawn up. 1t vas hot
and smelled like the product of a gas
works. Whereupon the captain re-
marked that "a new continent was be-
ing poked up" adding that he wished
himself well out of the way.
The air grew more oppressive every
moment. The vessel gave a gentle
side roll and word went round hat the
ship was aground. Over went the
lead and came up covered with blue,
loozy mud. The Britisher was wal
lowing in sludge, the darkness was
,palllike and the atmosphere %suffocat-
.ingly close. Then the air was rent
with reports dreadful to hear in that
darkness. There were three of these
blasts and all was still again.
When the light came, red and un
natural, a strange sight me the eyes
of those on board. 1t was as if the
bottom of the Pacific had been laid
bare. They were helpless in a sea OF
thick mud. The sulphur fumes were
choking and all had to take refuge be
low. Hour after hour they gasped
facing the probability of a death by
suffocation. Suddenly they felt that
they were afioat. The bank of mud
that held them had disappeared and
after a time the Britisher made heI
way out of the gruesome spot.
When Honolulu was reached the
crew deserted, for they held that there
was no luck in a ship that had seer
the bottom of the sea-"
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Notice of Bond Issue. Fifth
SUPERVISORS District

To the Qualified Electors of the Fifth
Supervisors District of Lee County.
Mississippi;-You will take notice that
it is the intention of the Board Of Su-
pervisors of Lee County, Mississippi,
at its next regular meeting. to be held
at the Court House, in the City of Tu-
pelo. On the first Monday in March, the
same being the 9th day thereof, A. d.,
1916, to make an order for the issuance
and sale of road bonds of said district
as provided by Chapter 176 of the laws
of the State of Mississippi of 1914,
which bonds are proposed to be issued
and sold in a sum not to exceed 10 per
cent. of the assessed value of all the
taxable property within said district,
the amount within said limit to be fixed
by the Commissioners and Board of
for the purpose of building and main
tanning such road in said SUPERVISORS
District as may be hereinafter decided
upon to be built and maintained by the
Commissioners to be hereinafter APP
pointed by this Board as IN said law
provided. All Of said bonds shall be
issued and sold and the proceeds used
as provided by said law for the con-
struction and maintenance of such
roads in SAID district. This notice is
gwen as required by the provisions Of
said law, 50 that such qualified electors
Ct such district as may desire may pc
tltioa against the issuance of said bonds
to this Board on or before the date of
said next regular meeting of this
Board.
This 9th day of Feb, 1916
A. S. PARHAM President
of Board of Supervisors.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk of Board of
Supervisors. AZ
The Tupelo journal., 1916-03-03
Notice of Contract for Erec-
ton of Dipping Watts

Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Lee County will on
Monday. the 9th da of March. 1916,
award the contract to the lowest re-
sponsible bidder. or bidders, at public
outcry. within legal hours. for the
erection of eight doping vats in each
Supervisors District of said County.
The plans and specifications for same
are now on file in the Chancery Clerks
office The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and re-adver-
tise.
Ordered bv the Board in open Court
February 10th. 1916.
A. S. PARHAM, President.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk. AZ