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The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
JOHNSONV|LLE

| We are still having hog kill
ing time, eating spring turnips
and poke salad.
| A good acreage Of corn is be
ing planted, some, OF which is up
and receiving the first working.
Mess. N. e. Harrington, j. H..
Mathews and K. u. johnson are
in arace for the first watermelon,
and the writer for the largest.
Oats are beginning to recover
from the winter freeze and bid
fair to meet our short corn crop
of last year.
We are in receipt of the de
linquent poll tax list and note
with pride our precinct (Sierra)
is not on the list, so you see we
can all vote on the school bond
issue. We note that some tax
payers are objecting to the in
creased burden Of taxes. Now
let us figure a little. Beat one
is now paying on a 500, 100000
bond issue and as this is to be on
| ly $50, 200. 90 for the whole coun-
ty, our beat will have approx
mately only $4,000 or just six
Ter cent of the Good Roads tax,
in other words if your good roads
tax is five dollars, your High
School tax would be about thirty
cents, or if your good roads tax
is ten dollars your school tax
would be sixty cents. Suppose
we had the school tax made all
TO fifty OF sixty cents, would you
see it go down in defeat and the
fair name of your county listed
as back number, rather than
contribute the little insignificant
sumg Then too we all stand an
equal chance Of getting it in or
near our community and If not
in your community it will be a
valuable asset in any portion of
the county. ltwill enhance the
tax values of any community
more than the cost of the college,
so it will really not cost You any
thing. Why refuse a good thing
when it is ours for the asking
We can not all be fortunate
enough to have it right at our
doors but we should be proud of
the fact our county has such a
school where every boy and girl
in the county can get high
school education absolutely free.
AS taxpayer of the county can
not see how we can, afford to let
this opportunity to educate our
boys and girls 60 down in defeat.
| Booster.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

II. B. Hutchinson
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
PHILADELPHIA, MISS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1910

cause the money is invested in
the education of the sons and
daughters Of the farmers Of the
county, and these same boys and
girls later on as men aud women
will return the investment a
thousand fold to the county that
makes it.
W. y. Taylor
Asst. State Supt.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

one thing that while in office
am going to perform my duty
as God gives me knowledge to see
The right and then let the result
speak for itself
WV. Gresham, Supt. Ed.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Taste1ess
chill Tonic IS equally valuable as q
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
ss'-~ = S-'~s@tn SO cents
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
Philadelphia, Miss.

a " . e <
Ii you are going to buya now
er or binder this season we would
be glad TO hear from you.
Spivey- Ross Hdw Co.
Subscribe for the Democrat
now while you can get it and the
Commercial Appeal or Times
Picaayne both for one dollar.
FOR SALE--Black OrpiDgton
and barred Plymouth Rock eggs
Toe for Is delivered.
w L Houston. at
Henderson-Molpus Co.
We want your ice business,
will give you prompt service,
quick delivery and the biggest
piece for your money.
Skinner 4 Pilgrim.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
An AGRICULTURAL
HIGH SCHOOL

tHOhs OVIt0SM
The movementfo for the estab-
lishment of Agricultural High
Schools in Mississippi has attrae-
ted wide spread attention. More
than half the counties in the
state have established these
schools and they have ahundent-
| " demonstrated their use to the
people. The following reasons
are submitted for the blish-
ment OF an Agricultural high
School in Neshoba County.
II. 1t is the only means the ru-
raj people of the county have
of offering free high school ad
vantages to their children.
For many years the towns and
cities of the state have provided
tree high schools but the agricul
tural high school is the first and
only opportunity for high school
privileges for the rural popu-
lation.
IL. The agricultural high school
offers an opportunity for educa-
ting the rural boys and girls
along industrial lines. The
school provides o four year
course in agriculture for boys
and a 4year course in home sci,
ence for girls. In addition to these
|subjects work in manual train
ling; blacksmirhing and the like
is given. Education must be
more closely related to the life
of the people and our boys and
girls must be educated in the
things they are to do.
3. The agricultural high school
opens the door of hope to the
poor boy and girl, the one who
would not otherwise have the
opportunity of securing high
school education. Tuition is
free and board is usually not
more than $500 or $500 per
month. Thus this school is with
in the reach Of the man oflimit-
ed means.
| The reflex influence of the
agricultural high school upon
the rural schools of the county
lis wonderful. 1t is a well known
fact that the rural schools can
rise to no higher level thanof the
teachers. The agricultural high
school, affording as it does ali
opportunity for good high
school education along both lit
erary and Industrial lines, is
la tremendous factor In sup
plying the rural schools with
properly trained teachers.
l5. In order to properly meet
II = = b. : J =.
the needs of the people, an agri-
cultural high school should be
suitably equippedwith buildings.
lands, apparatus ETC., and the
most feasible method of provid-
ling adequate equipment is
through a bond issue.
This enables the school to take
high rank from the start and to
meet the needsof the people by
Having the facilities necessary to
! do the work for which the agricul.
turai high school system was
established.
l6. Finally, the agricultural school
has been tremendous success in
other counties While not All
old institution, still it has passed
| the experimental stage. In estab-
fishing an agricultural high
school, no county now takes the
risk assumed by those pioneer
counties iii the movement. A
$4,000 90 bond Issue for an agri-
cultural high school is undoubted
i ly the safest and best Investment
4 county can possibly make, be-
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what YOU are taking, as the formula 10
printed on every label, showing II IL
Ouiniue and Iron Ia tastelsss form.
The Ouinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
FOR SALE-Tomato plants now
ready for transplanting.
j. @. Arnett.
YOUR SOLES

Get your soles sewed on. /
have the best machine for sew
ing Do not forget / still make
porch swings and iceboxes.
Thanking you for your repair
work / am.
III. B. Hutchinson
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
FHE BOND ISSUE.

3nal interest of the county and
xeep the people informed as to
expense Of any new educational
>eNterprise, will briefly discuss
tho contemplated bond issue. Let
me say right here that ! know
that some of my best friends are
met only opposing the bond issue
fbut are criticising me because |
ssvor it / wish to say to them
that ! hold them in the very
highest esteem, but as the head
of the school affairs Of the coun-
ty, l know nothing but the per-
A fermance of my duty as ! honest
7 ly see it. So now come and let
us reason the bond issue. First
it would not be right, if any
neighborhood is able TO build the
school, which NO neighborhood is,
for one place to build it; for it
would belong to and be controll
s. ed by the whole county, thus
making it right that the county
as v hole should build it. Sec
ond, the county can issue the
bonds and when they are paid
y *
off, the state will have paid the
county more than the bonds
would cost. Yes, that is o fact
as the following figures will
show: The $4,000 worth OF
bonds would amount to $4,000
in twenty years that is the great
est amount that it could be. The
h county would create sinking
fund TO pay the bonds at the end
OF the twenty years, providing
BIT in equal amounts for each
year. Now notice carefully, the
Nv provides that the fund is TO
be loaned on good security at not
less than 6 per cent per annum
The interest could and would be
collected at the end of every
wear and loaned, this being done
the sinking fund of $50, 100000 at
the end OF rhe 90 years would
emount to $59,79O.94. Subtract
amount which has cost the
nty only $4,000 from the
900 and you will have a de.
of only 5000 06, add this
the $50, 900 and you can read
~ nv see that the $4,000 worth OF
i bonds have actually cost the
county only $36,2O9.06. Now
the proof of the statement that
the state would pay more than
4 the bonds would cost. The state
would, in the twenty years, pay
y Neshoba County's Agricultural
High School $4,000. Subtract
m,the $50, ,2O9O6. the actual cost
OF the bonds, from the $4,000
and you can clearly see that Ne
shoba County would receive
S13, ,79O.94 more than 1T raid out
besides having the value of every
cent of all it paid out in good
property, and best of all the
poor boys and girls could have
the benefit of a good school dur
ing these 20 years and continue
to have the same advantages.
lie tax levy while the bonds are
ging paid would be abont IL
mills or sl.5o per $1,000 worth Of
property. When the bonds are
paid the levy would not be over
k;-2 mill, and ! believe by that
time the school would be com
pletely selfsustaing.
u Now my friends, ! am dealing
honestly with you in accordance
4 to my promise, end ! ask any one,
who wishes, to make the calcnla.
tion and see If am not correct.
am only asking that our boys and
kgirls be given an equal chance
with the other boys and girls q
The state. Knowing what i will
cost aud the advantages it affords
feel like that 4 would be betray-
ing the trust that you have placed
in me if ] was to be otherwise
than / am. | will assure you Of
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

Just little hustng offer dur
Grand Prize and give each contestant 5000 start with Any
t hiscampai
are@ whether they received We friends
out the the this We and one OF
leceve than
o eter they receive. M II s4 98 1s8ss NJ gFa4
is o ntestyou II our
that better by trading than elsewhere We expect the volume
selling
readily
Votes the
One purchase
. subscriber
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
piles cured II s to 14 Days

Your druggist will refund money II PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case Of Itching,
Blind, Bieed1g or Protruding Piles In TO II days
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

LOST-One male & one female
Walker hounds about 8 months
old mostly white with gray spots
and yellowish ears. Left home
about ten days ago. Any infor.
nation or parties returning dogs
will be rewarded.
s. H. and w. ]. Stribling
Phila Miss.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20
KASDAN.

NIGE-An invaluable deodorant
for those troubled with excessive
perspiratien.
For sale by City Drug Store
The Neshoba Democrat., 1916-04-20

Buy your farm implements Q
Spiyey Ross Hdw. 90.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04

side. This means advertising. How
else can we accomplish all these de-
sirable things, assure the steady
growth TO which we are entitled and
at the same time avoid boom with
it's inevitable reaction and consequent
distress and loss of prestige? If we
cannot offer the large corporations
the same acreage and other advan,
sages which many small towns offer
50 lavishly, can we not attract the
smaller manufacturer who employs
a higher grade of labor? Are not
twenty small establishments with
high class labor worth more to the
town than one large corporation with
it's low-priced labor? This should be
/ woodworking and furniture center
comparable to some on the other side
If the Blue Ridge. 1t should be
steel center, a fruit, trucking and
poultry center.
Many people have heard Of The
beautiful Appalachians, but theil
mention always calls up North Caro-
lima, and especially Western NOrtf
Carolina. Then their mind concen
rates on Asheville as summing up al
she good things. Eastern Tennessee
Aith as beautiful scenery, better sol
and all is scarcely ever heard of. AL
his prosperity of the Asheville re
gion is the plain result of steady ant
persistent advertising. Result, lint
hotels, good roads and a large tour
| list trade. AS matter OF fact, W.
have within twenty-five miles o
Johnson City, gorges, passes, noun
tain peaks and valleys with whfict
the Asheville Region has nothing tt
compare, that is within equal dis
lance. This is said not to disparagt
any other region but to point on
how far behind we are in capitaliz
ing our natural advantages. In al
this outside capital is absolutel!
necessary, and once the matter is pu
in the right light there should be IL
trouble in securing it. Once a Van
derbilt locates in this region its flu
ture is secure on account of the grea
advertising value of such a person
, and the fact that people of wealth
flock together.
In a future article we propose tt
take up the mattdr of how the aver
age citizen can himself become
worker and take an active part il
the up-building of our beloved city.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04

son of the late Esq. S. P. Martin, of
Jonesboro. Mr.. Martin was at one
time Pullman conductor on the South
ern road and had scores of friends.
A few years ago he went to Chatta-
nooga and entered the automobile
business. He became ill several days
ago with pneumonia fever and al
though doing nicely, according to re-
ports received at Jonesboro Monday,
he took sudden change for the
worse Monday night and died. He is
survived by a widow, mother, Mrs.
Delilah Martin, of Jonesboro; Will H.
Martin, of Tumsuva, Miss; Mrs. Berta
Walker, near Jonesboro, and Miss Lu-
la Martin, Jonesboro.
The funeral was conducted in
Chattanooga Wednesday. His death
will be deeply deplored in this city
and elsewhere in East Tennessee.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
NO REASON FOR 1T.
When Johnson City Citizens Show
Way.

When Johnson City Citizens Show
Way.
There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
lures of an aching back, the annoy
ance of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills, will fail
to heed the words of neighbor who
has found relief. Read what John
son City citizen says:
L. H. Barron, blacksmith and wa
gon-maker, 403 Claiborne St, John
son City, says. 81 had been troubled
for quite while by a weak and sore
back and it ached all the time. The
kidney secretions were irregular in
passage and sometimes I was hardly
able to pass them at all. l uset
about four boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills, that 1 got from II. c. Miller's
Drug Store, and they fixed me up in
good shape"
Price so vents at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge:
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mr.. Barron had. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
TO BEULAH HOLLAND.

Frank Holland VS.. Beulah Holland.
In the Chancery Court at Johnson
City, Tennessee.
In this cause. it appearing from
the bill which is sworn to, that Beu.
lab Holland, the defendant, is a non
resident of the State, she is, there
fore, hereby required to appear on OF
before the first Monday of June next
before the Clerk and Master of said
Court, at his Office in johnson City
and make defense to the bill filed
against her in said Court, by Frank
Holland, or otherwise the bill will be
taken for confessed.
1t is further ordered that this no.
tice bel published in the Johnson City
Comet for four consecutive weeks.
May 4th, 1916.
s. L. N. Moore, Sol.
]. W. CASS, C. & NJ.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
THE ARMY AND
NAVY UNION

Thomas S. Crago Garrison No. 81,
located at the National Soldiers
Home, Tennessee, enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the most unique CARR
son in the Army and Navy Union. Il
is composed entirely of men who
have long since proven their valor
and patriotism by defending thei'
country in it's hour of dire need, and
by reasons of sacrifices and hard
ships of the service have been com
PEELED to accept the hospitality of :;
grateful nation and become members
of the Soldiers Home in sunny Ten
nessee. Thomas S. Crago Garrison
has had three meetings: The first
meeting Major Robt. w. Griffin mus
tered in the garrison consisting CT
81 charter members. The second the
officers were installed and 10 "rool
les" taken in. The third 40 comrade S
were initiated. How is that for hust-
ling? Is there another Garrison in
the Union so Industrious? Every
member of Crago Garrison is q dis
abled veteran, and the Civil War,
Mexican War, Indian Campaigns and
the Spanish War, Philippine Insu'-
rection and the Boxer uprising are
well represented by many disabled
comrades. Uncle Billy Tucker"
Mexican War Veteran, is very popular
among the boys. He is 81 years of
age, strong and active. He was mar
ried when he was 90 years of are
and he and his wife are living Just
outside the Home grounds and they
are devoted couple. He has lived
with his wife for IS years. Crago
Garrison also enjoys the honor of
having the oldest comrade in the
Union, Capt. Edward C. Sandell, who
is 90 years of age. Comrade Sandell
is "some chicken" and says he will
live to be 125 years old. He is very
active, reads readily without the aid
of glasses and walks to the city cv-
cry day, distance of two and one
half miles. Comrade Sandell was
Captain of Company C, Eleventh New
York Infantry, during the Civil War.
He was captured and for ten months
was prisoner in Andersonville. An
other one of the youngsters of Crago
Garrison is Comrade Henry New
combe, age SO. Henry is active in
the interests of the Garrison and de-
lights in entertaining the boys with
stories of his war experiences. Com
rade Newcombe was Chief of Scouts
of the Army of the Cumberland dur
ing the Civil War and later served
in the same capacity during the In
dian campaigns. Garrison No. 81
bids fair to become the largest Gar
rison of the Union and its members
are all active in the securing of new
members. Among our members are
Col. John P. Smith, Governor of the
Home; Capt. Chas. Y. Deaderick,
Adjutant; James C. Donnelly, Chief
Clerk, Treasurer; Lieut.. Chas. E.
Troutman, Sergeant Major; Captain
Robt. w. Griffin, Commander Co. A.;
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04

Lieut.. Charles f. Carver, Quarter
master Sergeant; Capt. William Ea-
ton, Commander Co. e; Capt. Frank
Wentworth, Commander Co. F; Capt.
William Agnew, Commander Co. D.;
Robt. Sommers, Hospital Steward;
Robt. H. Bailey, Postmaster; Capt.
Daniel P. Hyatt, Chief Clerk; Adju-
tant's Office; DR.. John W. Cox, Sur
geon; George Liddle, Weighmaster;
j. Sherman Riley. Sergeant Co. C;
Richard Norris, Sergeant of the Fir
ing Squad: Crago Garrison also en-
joys the distinction of having the
largest and heaviest comrade of the
Union, Comrade William A. Abney,
late Sergeant Signal Corps, U. S. A.,
who weighs 410 pounds. bill" is a
hustler and a hard worker in the in
terests of 81.
ROBT. W. GRIFFIN,
National Deputy Thos, S. Crago Gar
risOn No. 81, A. & N. U.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
THE LAST REUNION.

Someone has suggested that the
reunions of the Confederate veterans
should be discontinued, saying that
those still surviving are becoming too
old and feeble to attend and to march
in the parades which have always
formed an important feature of
these occasions.
We are not convinced that the time
has come to urge discontinuance of
these gatherings. There are and for
some years yet will be many of the
old soldiers still strong enough for
the annual pilgrimage. The parade
is not a necessity, and for that matter
as the numbers increase it should
not be impracticable for the enter
tanning city to provide carriages for
all the veterans during the parade.
AS the ranks thin down these gath
erings will become more and more
dear to the survivors.
Let the reunions continue. Let the
gray-haired warriors of a past age
still meet and talk of the days that
are gone. When it finally becomes
evident (perhaps in 1925, the Goth
year from Appomattox) that it is inn
practicable to further continue the
gatherings, let the last one be held
in Montgomery, the birthplace of the
Confederacy. There in the old cap
itol let the last survivors gather
around the star which marks the
place where Jefferson Davis took the
oath of office, furl the tattered flags
of 'the storm-cradled nation that
fell, salute the glorious banner of a
reunited country, and disband for
ever.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
LEGAL NOTICE

Caldwell Sites Co. ct al. VS.. johnson
City Printing Co. ct al:
In Chancery at Johnson City, Ten
nessee:
To the Creditors of Defendant, John
son City Printing Company:
In obedience to an order made by
the Chancery Court at Johnson City
Tennessee, in the above styled cause
the creditors of said Johnson City
Printing Company are, hereby, noti-
fled to have themselves made parties
to said cause by petition, and to file
and prove their claims against said
Company in said cause on or before
the 18th of July, 1916, or they may
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
Pay OF Crowned Heads.

London, May liking George, who
has made a gift of 100000 to thu
treasury for war purposes, is by NJ
means the richest of European mon,
archs, for though he receives clos,
to $2,500,00O per year, three quarters
of that sum has to be set aside fol
official expenses. The king of Ital!
receives $3,750,O0O. the emperor OF
Germany $4,6OO,OO0 and the emperor
of Austria $5,25O,OOO from the state
and the two latter like the car Of
Russia, have enormous private in
comes.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
KEEPS BABY FROM CRYING.

be excluded from said suit and from
sharing in the assets of said Com
pany.
Said creditors and claimants are
also notified that by order of said
Court in said cause they. and each
of them, are enjoined from institut-
ing any suit against said Company
otherwise than by petition in said
pending cause; and all parties now
suing said Company are enjoined
from proceeding their suit further
than in judgment.
This April II, 1916.
J. W. CASS, C. & NJ.
j. r. SIMMONDS,
GEO. c. SELLS,
Solicitors.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
KEEP YOUR SKIN CLEAR AND
HEALTHY

There is only one way to have a
clear, healthy complexion and that is
to keep the bowels active and regu-
lar. DR.. Kings New Life Pills will
make your complexion healthy and
clear, move the bowels gently, slim
ulate the liver, cleanse the system
and purify the blood. A splendid
spring medicine. 25c at your Drug
gist.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-04
A Card to Owners
of Rural Telephone Lines

We are anxious to that all lines owned by
other parties and connected with kept in such
condition to furnish efficient service Where the
of rural lines responsible for their upkeep,
we want to cooperate with them.
All lines require thorough overeauling occa-
sionaly if the best service is to be obtained We
recommend that every line connected with US be
overhauled at least year, and that at least
experienced telephone man assist in this work The
cost of this work when divided among all the patrons
of the line, makes the amount paid by each man
small, and this cost will be than offset by the
improved service.
If the owners of rural telephone lines in this
ton experiencing trouble with their service,
will appreciate their talking the matter over with
Manager or writing fully. We will gladly do
what we can toward helping you improve the con-
dition of your line.