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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

inpr
know men right here In this
city. many Of them. whose minds
are almost continually sensual. One
can hardly bid one OF these scoun-
drels the time Of day without having
sduiterous suggestions hurled at
him. There Isn't linking young
lady In the city. dare say. who
does not know a score OF men who
are forever suggesting evil. Girls
ought not 70 associate with sueh
men. even tho they belong TO q
church and have other social ad.
vantsges.
Ny youthful mind was poisoned
by the suggestions Of a neigh boring
man OF family, who would often
gather a crowd Of young boys abou.
him and tell sensual stories. Even
now could repeat a dozen OF his
filthy stories. II 10 peculiar how
the youthful mind will asslmllate
the evil In preference to the good.
However, II the evil thought was
not suggested to him. II would be
impossible for a boy to asslmIla,e
I. Nothing 10 needed today 90
much as a worldwide campaign
against obscenity.
He who said. keep your mind
filled with God (good)" was a psy.
ehoioglst worthy Of mention; for,
II mans mind ls filled with good
thought how can he think and do
bac7
The writer was enabled TO give
up smoking. drinking and immoral.
lty by adopting tho simple expedl.
emit OF committing good authors to
memory. II 10 the eurs-sli beyond
question.
SO II man has bad habits that
he wishes 20 get rid OF, 10 restless
and W at ease, let him lay Nd
treasures In heaven--the nnInd--by
committing good authors 20 mem
Dry, whom he Ia to quote when
lonesome, restless or when evil ls
suggested. This will never fall In
bringing comfort, ease OF mind, and
restful sleep. Here Is the greatest
religion that was ever offered for
human consumption. II 10 not for
sale. II 10 the Christ religion and
10 a natural Gift from tho great
Master Creator; and the man or
woman who refuses 20 accept this
gift and develop II from within.
must surely face the converse from
without In uncomfortable bodily ap-
petltes and passions which will
make for them hell fn1lsery) upon
earth. This 10 why Christ said that
a rich man could hardly enter the
kingdom OF genuine happiness; for
Christ knew, az we all know. that
rich man 10 apt to sock health and
happiness thru tho material chan
nels from without, In the gulses Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
MONOPOLY'S TOES TRAMPED
UPON

stT HE CITY is not vested with authority to
engage in the wireless business or operate
wireless plant
Thus reads a complaint by the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Co., in suit in the federal court
against Capt. Paysse, city port warden, and the
city itself
The Marconi company would have the courts
demolish the city wireless station and leave the
field exclusively TO itself.
SO it has always been-whenever the city or
state has sought to free the people from the bur-
dens of monopoly Immediately the monopoly
would rush to the courts for an injunction.
At first il was claimed the city had no right
to operate water plant, that II had no right to
run light and power plant, or street railways
Recently, King county Judge held that the
county could not legally conduct poor farm to
give its.paupers chance to earn their own living,
and incidentally to reduce the cost of vegetables
and dairy products in county institutions
Next to furnishing adequate docks and piers
and warehouses, next to providing a real harbor,
what greater service can the city perform than to
give the ships that ply to and from this port and
to the merchants of the city the benefits of an in
dependent wireless SYSTEM
Municipal ownership Yes, that's what it is
But the bugaboo of municipal ownership,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
HOW TIMES DO CHANGE

I IN JULY. 1918
uAnEs testimony
4 Q.--Whea you w~ns
Mt council hearfnrs
up To the room tof =
cabaret girl st Taf~'s
csfcl = h ut what
time waa Ia
! A.-Oh. I should
say II WAS about half
pact one. somewhere
In hat neighbcr-
hood. or 1fss.
Q.-What too 4
place In the room
4 Ave aim ply Sat
there and chsficd.
4 Q.--somethinx has
been said about two
bottles Of beer. VIII
you tell the council
about that
! Ave sat fhern
about two minutes.
7 chattinx. when Mas
u q mn iiton says.
Don't you want to
have u Elass af
b~~r 2" She says. II
have n warm hotfis
here. and \ will teie-
phone down to the
boy and ask him 10
bring a cold one up
In exchange for THE
hot bottle that 10
here" shc did. The
bottle came. she
op~ned N and poured
out n gias. and set
the bottle down. I
SAYS. Amt you girls
going to drfuke~
she says. No, We
don't drink" I says,
IF you don't drink.
u won't"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

word In Romany-a sedaie old
brignnd with dundrearies ON his
cheeks and gold loops hanging
from his ears. a woman with
naked babe at her breast, n
swarthy young man who glow
cred at me. children OF every age
and dogs
HE HAS BUM BUMPS
Ny bumps. | say. made q
miserable showing.
For fit cent suggested
Anna Alana. Il change your
luck, En-"
protested that ! was a poor
man and unable to afford better
bumps than the ones was born
with. Which seemed TO amuse
Anna Aiana.
had the appearance. she as
sured me, as she caressed my
bump OF cupidity. of a wealthy
American gentleman who could
well afford 10 have his for II
mean the services OF Royal
Egyptian Phrenologist from Bra
I'll at a handsome fee.
SHE LIED TO OFFICER
TO the policeman / lie" she
confessed. 4 toll him read da
beeg book. That was a lie. To
you tell trut Me mudder she
phrenologist Her mudder phre.
nologist Her mudder's mudder
phrenologist. You understan'.
Way back,"
Your brothers and sisters,
then--are they also phrenolo.
gists?"
mo. no. come seven"
Seventh. child OF the seventh
child and born OF the veil"
recited.
Then was Anna Alana rejoiced
to find one who knew and be-
lieved in the ancient superstition.
WON'T TALK OF HER RACE
For fit cent ! change the
luck' En- Plees!" she wheedled.
But when offered her so
cents. and then raised the offer
TO a dollar. II she would tell ma
where she was born. and why
she roams the world. and why
the Romans must be forever out
casts. her lustrous eyes narrowed
TO Sits, and she hustled me into
the street with brusque Good
night"
Her next customer was logger
who looked like easy money.
| do not doubt his bumps were
better than mine.
You get what you pay for in
this world.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
WE HOPE THEY'RE RIGHT, BUT

= IRE MARSHAL BRlNGHURST and President
Eekstein now are making speeches in which
while they admit everything is not as il should be,
the children attending Seattle schools are safe from
safe from fire.
Well The Star hopes they're right But Pea
body, Mass. folks thought their children were safe,
too, until fire came along and killed score or
more of them.
II has always seemed to The Star that outside
fire escapes would provide an absolute safeguard
at comparatively small expense. The Star has
stated this belief repeatedly
But Bringhurst and the school board think
otherwise
Well as we have said, we hope they're right
IF PRESIDENT WILSON can't load his gun with
something better than appeals keep
their mouths shut about Austria he'd better put in
new stock Of ammunition.
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Will Asquith falll

The great prime minister of England has
come to be considered almost as much fixture as
the king. But leaders as surely placed in other
European cabinets have gone down in the past
year.
Asquith is admitted to be one of the most
able men in England, but he lacks training in how
to conduct country in war times,
Now England is Gin hole" she doubts the
capacity of her statesmen; she has trusted to 'mud
ding thru somehow" In the words of one Lon
don paper, 'the worthy gentlemen of the cabinet
are comfored in the belief that the war will win
itself, if they leave ii alone"
But the war is not doing So
In spite of the enlistment produced by the
threat of CONSUMPTION, Asquh called for 100000
men on December III And on Christmas day.
Lloyd-George. minister of munitions, addressing
the trades unions of Glasgow, endeavored to con-
vince them of the necessity of ''abor dilution" of
the introduction of unsklled labor into the arma-
ment factories.
The great war, ii has been said time and again.
will be won by the workmen who make the mu-
nitionS.
But today We learn that England has reached
her great crisis, and that the obstinacy of the Brit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

law OF sterilization may be carried.
into effect. II 10 safe to say that the
very greatest criminals In the land
tho Morpsns and Roekefellern-
would be allowed TO 90 on propa-
eating their kind very bad kind
while any poor person obnoxious
TO those In power would be quickly
stsrlIixed. ". s. c.
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eV A REPORTER

Anna Alana read my bumps FOR
tWo-bits
She WAS slghlng over the poor
showing they made--ior what can
you expect for IS cents when a
tall policeman stuck his head Ia
At tho door.
Telling the gen,isman's for
tune. sisterf" he asked.
No. no. moi" vehementiy de-
MED Anna Aiana- The bumpsl
What they ear know. What |
hnow ! tell heein. No Ike. no
pay. phrenologyi
The tall policeman winked Mt
me.
smooth these Gypsies. They
know they must not say they are
telling fortunes. But phrenology'a
n science. You know you're be.
ing bunked. don't yon7'
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PAGE
=: 4 =:
LAST COLUMN
PROMINENT
MEN FIRE
BROADSIDE
AT WILLIE
Mass Meeting Planned at
Uncle Sans Skating Rink
Feb. 30 or 81, Unless Big
ger Postoffice Site Can Be
Secured.

One Of the most remarkable fes-
lures Of the campaign 70 convincs
Congressman Wlllle Humphrey mat
the people of the state OF washing
ton are nearly unit for the policy
Of insuriug q panic. a. he 70 Monty
advocated Ia the halls OF congress.
H. the large number % personal let
ters written 20 the Washington
statesman by prominent men OF Sc.
attic. as well as other sections OF
the state.
Rome Of these letters have gone
directly 10 While, others have been
sent thru this here colyum.
hot Sea bone writes thus.
"You'r~ right. wIIIi~. Thtsgs
mr.. sure going pspi~ky. sete
the Crouch, of which . am High
Oom-Psh and general McGoog-
Iups. Ifs Sz.0OO-AsD GOING
DOWN. The only mistake you
made - that you said were
going Ga have the biggest panic
the United states ever sew.
You should have .nid the big
ge-t Ia the whole universe and
all of history"
Peter Miller. formerly Of Eeattls.
now OF Waila Waiia. writes as fol-
lows.
81 can't see any prospect of
better times for ~ least the ~
msinder Of my natural life. You
certainly made n hit with me
when you said things looked
gloomy
big. rourtnR mass meeting. TO
indorse Willie on his duck pond.
now a skating rink. at Sixth ave. 4
and Atlantic st. n being planned
II r. feared however. this will not
be big enough. and n has been sag-
gerted that willie get Uncle sam TO
buy few more Kinks from his
friends BY February 30 or 81. when
the proposed meeting u 20 be held.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

Dear Miss Grey: II seems we
haven't como to a successfuI cor
eIusion Of our discussions on ster-
lIixation. Let me conclude this sub
jeet by asking . question and an
swerin9 II. What member OF the
body do our reform friends pro-
pose TO sterliixe7 Before q man can
commit an act Of adultery, he must
think an aduiterous thought--before
man commits wrong he must
think wrong, for thought must pre-
csde action. This being the case,
don't you think that the only ster-
IIixation worth while would be 70
sterilIxe the evil thinking brain with
good. clean and wholesome think
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

-" @s't NM tFA-
tIanE- statement

tIanE- statement
% new ord~rl
Before the first Of
the year nearly all
of them "worked"
the cafes.
Tho snow kept
them In for two or
ihSr~ days The first
good night WAS
Thursday night. 80
No struck out after
them. w h~n they
n Ga oh plain
clothes m~n Z ey
land In Jail.
We didn't 20 into
fbe Gales aftef tnFu
before because there
was no way OF tell
ing when the Of
fic~r> got the right
ones. We AREN'T Ko-
ing 60 80 into the
h oteta Hut the
street walk er---thcy
will have 20 fellow
tho booze out of the
kiAfe-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

tUif lililf Oi lUt
year.
There are sim
pie cong stiv 9
colds from expos
% re. yet many
conditions co M
monty called colds
are ca use d by
germs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

hospital attentions. theatrical az.
fractions, etc, Instead Of seeking
within for the knowledge Of whs,
constitutes the things that arc good.
clean and wholesome for the mind
and body, and living In the light OF
this learning.
When ! tell you that only five
years ago ! was human flend and
could scarcely read and write, and
that IL took me two weeks 10 com.
NIT the Lords prayer TO memory
(Which, by the way. was my re-
denptlon. for II started me to i'm
proving my mind. and that am
now the picture OF health and able
10 compose articles Of this nature.
think you will agree with me that
the only sterilization worth while
10 this Of the Imagination.
In conclusion I will venture 20 say
that any man or woman can give
up the most Vicious habit by using
every spare minute In committing
good authors 70 memory. Co 70
sleep In the attitude OF committing
some new piece TO memory; pop
out Of bed In the morning In the
same attltude-try IL; II 10 so mex
penslve. so simple.
A. PHILOSOPHER.
0-Hsve the national suffragets
colors7 II so. what are they7 Also
has the same organization OF the
state OF Washington coiors7
iNouisiTiVE.
A.--Sunflower yellow Ia the color
claimed by the national suftragets.
Green IL the color of the Washing
ton state organization.
Dear Miss Grey: Vitalixstlon, not
sterilization, 10 tho cure for crime.
According 20 recent statistics fully
one-hah OF tho working people OF
this nation do not receive wage
large enough 20 permit them 10 live
decently.
They are literally starved, phys.
iesliy, morally and intellectually,
and then we wonder why our Grim
inaI element 10 so large.
Tho vltallzatlon Of criminals TO
transform them into honest people
10 an old scheme, and waa found
very successful. ! refer 20 Enoland's
penal colonies In Australia.
The very lowest Of Brltaln's Grim.
inal element--murderer forpers
and hievos-trsnsporte d TO new
country, where the means OF life
were easy TO obtain In very short
time, with few exceptions became
upright and self-rospeeting citizens,
and their descendants were higher
In the scale Of humanity In every
respect than the offspring OF their
old law-sbldlnu neishbors In cruelty
exploited England.
No matter how strenuously the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
SPREADING COLDS

There are numerous factors re-
sponsible for the spread OF colds at
fhs. Alma - al
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Congr~ssmsa VIII ". Humphrey.
Washington, ~. q.
Dear WIFI We. ta~ members
of the u aoek~rs' club OF seattle.
want to enpress our stncere sp-
preeintIos of the effort. of your
self. the king pin ksseker. 10
kaock :b~ props cut of prosper-
tty. We heartily agree with you
that the eoustry r. goisE 10 the
dogs. We hope that panic which
you predict will come soos. We
Just dese On pssics. Hurrsh:
Frstsrnsiiy ysuss.
Naas -.........-..-.. -..-.-....
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BY WIREIES SIS

Dear Kempster: Understand you
have some floating ice Kinks run
aing around disguised as street cars
in Seattle. Save a few for me for
some new postoffice sites.
WILL +. HUMPHREY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

Probably one OF tho most common
methods of spreading these so-called
colds In thru the carelessness of
those who are sick with the infec-
tiouH condition. and who are care
less In handling their handkerchlefs.
and who sneeze and cough when
near others without covering their
mouths and noses TO prevent spray
ing tho droplets in the breath that
are often filled with thousands OF
lnfective germs.
II liz a common thing for colds to
20 thru an entire family This is
usually the result OF carelessness in
coming too closely In contact with
the sick or handling articles that
have been infected by the patient.
II is being clean all the time
that makes for health. happi-
ness and freedom from disease.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12
BY THE WAY. WHAT HAS BE.

come OF the fellow who used to say.
Seattle. Seaport OF Success?
Why. he's the chap who's now
singing: Sister Susie's Sewing
Shirts for Soldiers
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

the unreasonable opposition TO it by those who
should welcome it. is fast disappearing.
Many who opposed municipal ownership
heretoore-Inany leading merchants and shipping
men-will favor the city wireless plant. They
can see direct benefits in that
But monopoly fights to the last ditch.
And so the city may or may not be prevented
by the courts from giving substantial service to
its people and to the port thru the wireless station
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

ish workmen, in refusing TO enlist, and in refusing
to support Lloyd-Georges scheme for manufacture
ing war materials MAY NOW WRECK ENG
LAND-uneSS leader can be found who will
wake England up.
Asquith, highly trained in mind, but deliberate,
even diatory in action, has failed to arouse Eng
land Who can do it3
Some say Lloyd George, now minister of mu-
nitionS, who former chancellor OF the exchequer
at the beginning of the war arranged for greater
war loans than had ever been required before.
Can Lloyd-George manage the English in
duStral RADICAL
The war has, indeed, been carried to Eng
land, il is being fought out in England now, tho
the leaders are not generals and the men are not
in the trenches.
All things which have happened In thS war
since the French turned back the Germans at the
Marine are mere incidents compared TO events in
England today.
In September, 1914 the world waited breath
less while the Germans threatened Paris.
no less danger, tho an invisible one, threat
ems London today
England has reached her crisis in the war
And those who read between the lines of the
war news watch TO see WHO WILL SAVE ENG
LAND NOW
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-01-12

o.-Hsve the national suffragets
colors7 II so. what are they7 Also
has the same organization OF the
state OF Washington coIors7
INOuI9ITiVE
The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28

The singing here Saturday was
quite a success.
Mr.. and Mrs. pet" Patterson
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will Askew
at Richmond Sunday.
The M. E. meeting will begin
here next Sunday.
Master Grant Armstrong has
returned to his home in Amory
after visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Kate Armstrong.
Misses Sallie and Erin Austin,
OF Mooreville, spent Saturday
night with Miss Ruby Mullins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wynn Mullins
and Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. McMas-
ter visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.
Stovall Sunday afternoon.
Joe Lee Deaton, of Planters
vile, attended singing here Sat-
urday.
Prof. Allen Armstrong closed
his singing school at Greenwood
Friday.
Master Elvin Stovall has re-
turned to his home in Tupelo
after visiting his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H.. C. StovalI.
The young people were highly
entertained Saturday night with
an ice cream supper given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie Francis.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28
Petition for Pardon

To the Honorable Board of Pardons,
State of Mississippi:
We. the undersigned citizens of Lee
County, Mississippi, who live in The
neighborhood of said County in which
Tom Jeff Thompson lived at and prior
To the theft of a horse for which he
was sent to the penitentiary, and we.
the citizens who have known Tom jeff
Thompson for some time and his people
before him, respectfully represent to
your Honorable Board that the person
from whom a horse was stolen has been
fully compensated. That Tom jeff
Thompson has been in Jail some time
prior to his conviction in the Circuit
Court and has served some time in the
penitentiary and has been sufficiently
punished.
We therefore respectfully ask that a
pardon be granted to the said Tom Jeff
Thompson.
Tom jeff Thompson
IS st And OtAers.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28
Religious Services

Rev. A. B. Morris of the Prim.
tive Baptist church will preach
at the Courthouse, Thursday
night. August 3rd, services be-
ginning promptly at 8 O'Clock.
Everybody invited.
Memorial services will be held
at PricevilIe at 1890 o'clock in
the morning and at 100 O'Clock
IN the afternoon, Friday August
4th, conducted by Revs. Blanch-
ard, Morris, Huddlestou and
Shackleford. Preparations will
be made - entertain the aud,
an this occasion. \
The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28
Young Society People Meet
Untimely Death

Aberdeen, Miss, July rs Miss
Laura Fite of Nashville. Tenn.
and Wheeler Watson, of Strongs.
Miss, were instantly killed last
night at 9 O'Clock in an auto
mobile accident. Miss Flte was
driving the big seven-passenger
Chandler on the. Gibson Road,
five miles west of Aberdeen,
when the accident occurred.
J. NJ. Higgason. merchant at
Gibson, was in his buggy. and
was the first white man on the
scene. He says that the car
turned completely over into a
deep ditch with about three feet
of water in it. Miss Fite's head
was under the water, with her
feet out. and Watson was I'LL
DER q water.
Before they could get them
from under the car it was
necessary to send to Mr.. Fowier's
country home for some mules to
pull the heavy car off. When
the two bodies were recovered
from the wreck DR.. r. M.
Boyd, the first physician on the
scene, made a careful examin-
alton and said that no bones
were broken. Miss Fite received
a bard blow on the face, which
might have caused her death.
The news spread, and at IL
o'clock there were 80 cars lined
up in front of Fairyiew, the
Fowler country home, anxious to
give aid to those in distress. The
remains were brought to Aber-
deem.
Miss Fife wass carried to the
residence of Capt. George C.
Paine and Mr.. Watson to his
home in Strongs, Miss, IL miles
south of here.
Miss Fite and her father, Frank
G.. Fife, were visiting his sister,
Mrs. George C. Paine. Her
home was in Nashville, Tenn,
where she was very popular.
The remains were carried to her
nome for interment.
Mr.. Watson was one of Monroe
ooanty>s progressive young
farmers and had many friends.
Fuperal services were conducted
from bis home this afternoon at
2 O'Clock.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-28
Mi. Vernon Club

Our home demonstration agent,
Miss Lena V. Bolt, held a short
course of two days-Monday and
Tuesday of last week-with our
club. We canned in tin the first
day and in glass the second.
We certainly feel proud of our
agent, as she understands her
work so well and is so kind you
can't keep from loving her.
Despite the rainy weather. our
school was attended by the COM
munity at large. there being 81
regis cred the first day and 70
the second.
We had with us on Tuesday
afternoon, Prof. Milan, Mr.. Ruff
and Rev. Bradley. of Tupelo.
After we had finished our can
ming, Mr.. Ruff and Prof, Milan
made interesting talks, which
everybody enjoyed, and all went
away with smiles on their faces
and saying they had never at
tended q more pleasant and ben
eficial occasion before.
MARY KINNEY, Pres.
ARBIE HIGGINS. Sec.