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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
Apaches Ready.

Columbus, n Mex, April Given
Apaches, wearing American cayal-
y uniforms. are preparing to start
Join General Pershing's expedition
o help hunt Villa. In a war dance,
hey pledged themselves to get Villa
Fourteen Of this twenty, 80 years
go, fought the American troops, Of
which body Pershing was a lieuten
mt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06

Queenstown. April 6.-The Brit
ish steamer Gent has been tor
pedoed without warning, west of
Fastnet. Forry-eight members of
the crew are missing, ana are sup
posed to have been drowned. TWO
men were killed by the explosion.
The captain and nine members OF
his crew have been landed here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
MICHIGAN NOM|NATES
FORD FOR PRESIDENT
PEACE ADVOCATE DEFEATS SEN
ATOR SMITH IN PREFEREN-
TlAL PRIMARIES.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Detroit, Mich, April 6.-Newspaper
compilation of returns from the prefer
ential primary of Tuesday, agreed to
day that Henry Ford has defeated Sen
ator Smith for the Republican nom
ination by from $500 to 4,500 majority
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
REVOLU7IONISTS NOW
IN CITY'S POSSESSION
by Associated PresS.)

Annoy. China, April 6.-The revolu-
tire city of Swatow today The natives
are panic stricken. and fear that the
government troops will make an at
tack.
The American gunboat Wilmington
is off Swatow, TO protect foreign in
terests there.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
Paris, April 6. A squadron Of
French and British WdrShips yes
terday sank a German submarine
and captured the vessels crew.
Make Air Raid.

Berlin, April 6.-The admiralty an
nounced today that German airshlps
last night silenced battery near Hull,
England, with bombs and destroyed
the iron works near Whitby. The air
craft returned in safety.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
TELEGRAPH BREWT|ES
RAISE THOUSANCS' PAY.
Captain 6argner OF the M;toppc.

st Louis. April "a wage increase
of 10 per cent has been given TO all
of the Liggett and Myers
Tobacco company, it was announced
today Between 5000 and 5000 en-
ployes are affected.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
BAD PLACES IN
COUNTY ROADS
TOLD BY BOARD.
Supervisors Make Report on
Recent Inspections Made
Of Their Beats.
IMPROVEMENTS ON MANY
RECOMMENDED BY MEMBERS

Should recommendations be Carried
Out, Forrest Will Have Excellent
System of Hi9hways-Boone Would
Strengthen Light Bridges in His
District - Northeastern Railroad
Must Widen Road At The Petal
Crossing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06

San Antonio, Tex, April 6.-The
most advanced cavalry detach.
ments pursuing Villa were beyond
communication today. At General
Funston's headquarters it is be-
lieVed that they already are at
SateVo. Funston is inclined to be-
lieVe the reports that Villa is near
Satevo, and is travelling south, are
true
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
BRITISH SHIP
.UNWARIt1ED, is
SENT To BOTTOM
Forty Fight Members OF The
Grew Are Missing; German
U-Boat Sunk.
FRENCH REPORT GAINS
AROUND vERnUN VILLAGE
(BU Associated PreSS.)

Washington, D. c., April 6.-The
American consul at Havre report
ed today the sinking of the Nor
Wegian steamer Baus, presumably
by submarine. Four persons per-
ished. There were no Americans
aboarG.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
BATSON ENTERS
MAYORS RACE;
HASGOODRECORD.
Present Head Of City Government
Comes Out For Re-
Election.
ONE OF C0UNTY'S
BEST KNOWN MEN

A Mississippian BY Birth, He Came to
This Section When Hattiesburg Was
Merely a Crossroads-No Blot on
His Record, and His Friends Be-
lieVe He Will Be Given a Third
Term as Mayor of the City-What
He Has Done.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
THE COTfOu MARKET.
(Bu Associated PreSS.)

New Orleans April 6.-The cotton
market at ?: 80 o'clock was Hay. 1l.SO;
July. 1I.97. opening at 11.90; October
1904, opening at 1872; December
1aa.1S.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
Washington Hears He Soon
VIII Intimate That Soldiers
Are on Cold Trail
ADVANCED CAVALRY OUT
OF COMMUNICATIONS TODAY

Funston Calls on War Department for
the Recruits Recently Enlisted Un-
der the Authorization of 10000 Ad-
tiona Men, to be Used for Patrol
Duty Along the 5order-ViIIa Be-
lieVed to he Near Satevo Today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06

T. E. Batson, Mayor of Hattiesburg,
today authorized The News to an
nounce his candidacy for reelection
TO the position he has administered
successfully for two terms.
The Mayors announcement comes
close on the heels of the issuance by
the Democratic Executive Committee
of call for the municipal primary on
June 6, and it is the first formal an
nouncement to be made for the posi-
tion he seeks. Although various men
have been mentioned as possible op-
ponents to Mr. Batson, the Mayors
friends hope that he will be given a
third term without opposition, as was
the case when he announced for Il
second term
There isn't better known man IN
the county than Tom Batson. He
moved here when Hattiesburg wasn't
much more than a wide place in the
road, and has been an important fac
tor in the development of the city
Both as a citizen and an administrator
of county and city affairs. he has won
the admiration of a large number of
friends, who point with pride to the
fact that in his long record of public
office-holding there has been no blot
on his record, no intimation, even by
those who are not his political friends.
that any act has even been tainted by
dishonest motives
Born Near Lumberton.
Mr.. Batson was born near Lumber
ton, in Lamar county. His parents
removed to this county, however,
when Tom was only IL years old, and
the following nine years of his life
were spent on Forrest county farm.
He attended school, when in his teens,
at Old Enon, and received there all
the schooling he ever got, except in
the hard school Of experience.
At the age of 90 he came to Hatties-
burg, then a struggling village with
but few stores, and he was employed
at several of these stores as a clerk.
At the age of 26 he was elected city
marshal and tax collector of Hatties-
III
(CourInued on Page Folu.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-04-06
Germans Storm Village.

Berlin, April 6.-The Germans have
stormed the village of Haucourt on
the Avocourt-B Bethincourt front, north
west of Verdun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15

have to cost very much to make
hit with me if l give it to myself with
the proper spirit.
IT'S the giving, rather than the re-
ceiving, of this gift that brings me the
more pleasure, anyway.
"Well, gasoline has been going up
pretty steadily lately-yOu notice l do
not talk in dialect in spite of my rural
name and predictions; if | talked in
dialect I would say gas was goin up
purity stiddy-and, due to the increased
cost of living expenses, l decided that
it behooved me to economic.
$50 / decided on haircut for my
Christmas gift to myself, and | decided
to get it early on account of the poor,
tired shopgirls who are wishing the
store would close so they can crowd
in few more dances with the dashing
young ribbon clerks three aisles over.
"Whereupon / got haircut, a good,
short one.
"The rest of the story is soon told.
I got it cut again last night, and
had to wait for six customers ahead
of me who were telling the BARRIERS to
shave 'em extra close so 1t would last
over to Monday.
"That much for early Christmas
shopping. I bought the junk for the
folks after they'd locked the street
doors last night AID have just been
making the rounds Of the drug stores
to pick up the odds and ends I've for
gotten. No more Christmas shopping
in mine. Giddap, Dobbin."
And with a peremptory cluck to his
steed Timothy Hay motored away In
high dudgeon.-Denver Times.
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SERVICE MORE THAN GIVING
Deepest Spirit of Christmas Does Not
confine Itself to One Day, but
Is Manifest Entire Year.

The deepest spirit of the Christmas
outpOuring that flows over the Chris
tian world is the impulse for human
service that runs through the whole
year.
1t Is easy to give recklessly out of
ones abundance, or even to share care
fully ones pittance. The distribution
of Christmas dinners through hun
dreds of self-denying families means a
days happiness for the giver and re-
ceiver. But it is greater happiness to
both to follow through the year with
aid to self-dependence, encouragement
to hope, and support in striving for
better living.
This is the giving of self, and they
who know how to give Of themselves
wisely are the highest givers. The
best feature of Christmas is its ma
terial expression of a whole year of
human service that runs like a thread
through human lives.
Only these holiday glimpses reveal
to the careless how many are dedi-
Gated to share in this unobtrusive
service to the humbly striving and to
the accomplishing needy: how many
families are under constant stimulus
to the best sort of self-help; how many
children are being quietly led to a
higher level of living and striving for
themselves between Christmas and
Christmas.
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the wedding, of course, right here at
the very opening of the story really
makes the story SupertluOus, which is
Bostonese for mo use" In story,
the wedding is supposed to be the very
last thing.
Harry was a young architect and
engineer who had only just opened an
Office in the town. When he came out
Of college he reached the conclusion
that he would do better to set up a
business in some small town and grow
up with it than to grow old unnoticed
In some older town. That is how he
came to be here He met Harriet soon
after his arrival and it wasn't long be-
fore he was desperately in love with
her.
There really wasn't very much the
matter with Harry-eXcept Harriet.
And there wasn't anything at all the
matter with Harret-in Harry'S Opin-
ion. So, after he had got down to
business-both at his office and with
Harriet-she said YES" Their mar
rage brought them a great deal of
happiness, and, what was more Pc
culiar, great deal of happiness to
someone who wasn't related to them
In any way. Which is what the story
Is about. This other person not only
was not related to them, but was
scarcely known to them. She lived in
the other end of town. Elm avenue
runs right through the town from east
to west. At one end, the west end, it
Is well named, for it is bordercd by
stately elms that shade fine residences,
and coy bungalows, like that which
Harry had provided for Harriet,
planned with the architects best
thought.
1t had been arranged that they were
to be married at high noon on Christ
mas day at Harriet'S old home. Then
there was to be quiet family dinner
there, followed by reception to their
friends at Harriet's new home, where
open house was to be kept in honor of
the day and the event. There their
friends gathered in the afternoon, and
there the presentation was to occur.
For Harry's young men friends, of
whom there were few despite his
short residence in the town, and Har-
riet's, of whom there were more, had
decided to give them, in addition to
all the little stuff" one practical gift
of larger proportions. SO they had
"chipped in" and bought them a mag
nificent leather rocker, one of the big,
comfortable kind; and that was to be
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of the missing gift, although not very
certain where S72 Elm street East was,
or if there were an 872 East, or pos
sessed of any knowledge concerning
who lived there.
Now, S72 East is a little tumble
down house, or was, well out Elm
street, and somewhat back from the
thorOughfare.
81 remember-theres some old wOm-
an lives here" said one of the party.
They all piled out and followed the
broken sidewalk up to the dwelling.
"Come in," answered a CHEEKY but
luavering voice when they knocked.
SO they entered in the dusk. 1t was
q bare room, with few old-fashioned
pictures in walnut frames on the
walls, some archaic furniture of the
same period, and a rag carpet itself
reduced to it's original material.
Not far from the window stood the
celebrated leather rocker, with cane
close at hand. In the chair sat little
old woman, with her face smiling hap
PLY under unkept gray hair. Her face
was white, her wrinkles were many,
but her eyes shone with the real Christ
mas light.
Il can't ask you boys to set down."
she said, trying to turn toward them,
because there isn't much to set down
in except this, and the sofy over there.
But knew you'd come, and l want to
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duly presented at the hour of its ar
rival that afternoon. 1t had been ar
ranged that it was to be delivered
while all the young folks were there,
as a sort of surprise extra offering.
But, as the afternoon wore on, the
face Of the chairman of the delegation,
who was to make the presentation
speech, grew longer and longer.
II can't see what has happened" he
said In confidence to group of the
fellows, when an opportunity for con-
fidences arrived, land why that darned
chair doesn't come"
Are you sure you gave them the
right number, and everything?" some
one asked.
"Sure-97 elm street West. That's
simple enough"
1t must have been five o'clock when
one Of the boys had an inspiration.
"Do you suppose by any chance that
chair was delivered to S72 Elm street
East7' he asked
At last here was a clue; and the
chairman, a chairman without a chair
and self-appointed research commit
tee OF three, loaded themselves into
q car, after making unbelievable eX'
cuses to the bride and groom, and
speeded away across town in pursuit
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" that he hates a spvl.

CIhey say tAat ne
He won't leave the
ball and the pic
ture-bOok,
But jolly we'll pass
US by"
And while they Won
dcred If they
should peep,
Somehow, the bears
fell off to sleep!
But the curious
noise went on all
night
Scampering. rush
and run
Til the darkness
flew and the day
dawned bright,
And the rats had
had their fun.
And the rascals chuC
fuss!
If they'd only known
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thank you, want to thank you all,
and every one of you, for the lovely
present you sent me, and for remem-
BERN an old woman like me. When
it come, and / read the card, From the
boys of the old town. the boys of the
boys 1 used to know, for guess knew
all your fathers, l told them to put ii
here, and / would set in it and wait
until you come. Amt you Will
StearnsT
YES" stammered the chairman,
quite undecided what to say or do.
81 thought so. My, how you favor
your father! And l was at your
christenin'. l guess that was about
the last time l was anywhere when
my rheumatic got so bad. And your
father would "a been proud of you
this day If he could known what you
was goin' to do for an old friend of his,
God rest him!
At the mention of his father, the
chairman was astonished to find his
hat still on his head. He pulled it off,
hurriedly, ashamed. Then through
that head went fitting first a quick
memory of his father and then the
most astonishing thing in the world
his carefully-prepared speech to the
bride. He had said it over so many
times to himself in secret that after
noon, to make sure he would not break
down when the moment came, that now
everything else seemed to have van
| ished. Then an even more astonishing
thing happened. 1t astonished him,
and it quite paralyzed the other young
men.
That presentation speech, altered by
but a word here and there as he STUN
Ibled and steered away from the inap-
propriate phrase, came falling from
his lips.
"And for many a year." he finished,
may you sit by your own fireside as
the shadows of life lengthen, with this
chair to give you comfort and to re-
mind you of the boys of the old town."
There was nothing for the rest to do
but applaud that speech, to wish
Merry Christmas !" over and over, to
bend the head for that venerable God
bless you! !" and to go quietly away.
The car was turned westward again
before any man spoke word. Then
it was viii Stearns:
well, what do you know about
that?"
There's nothing for them now, but
we can scare up something tomorrow
and say nothing about this" said an
other.
But someone told one of the girls
who knew all about the chair, and at
the collation. the whole story came out.
viii Stearns was even made to stand
up and give that speech. And the
bride declared, and, bless her dear
heart everybody believed her, that she
was glad it had turned out just the
way it did.
Somebody remembered the old lady's
name, and then somebody else remem'
bered that it was said that her father
was the man who planted those elms
on Elm street in the early days OF
the town. The bride announced that
she was going over to see the dear ole
soul.
She did go, and often, and her nurs
ing did much TO ease that rheumatic
When Harry and Harriet moved into
the big house they now occupy, a papel
circulated among the old residents
bought the bungalow at a bargain
price. There the pioneer was moved
by "the boys of the old town." wher,
} she could be under the shade of thu
elms her father planted. There, TO
she was q wonderfully spry old lady
she may be living to this day.
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OLDEST CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
Decorating Houses, Churches and
Streets With Evergreen Popular .
Since Dawn of History. I

~> ERHAPS the very oldest of all
4 u Christmas customs is that of
Va decorating our houses, churches
and streets with evergreens.
At the very dawn of history began the
worship of the trees, or forest worship.
Piles.
All our instincts, our passion about
nature, are forest memories, for forest
worship was universal.
In later times to each god some tree
was dedicated: Apollo had the laurel,
Jupiter the oak, and Greece for ages
had its sacred groves.
The forest worshipers could not
worship without giving, because to
worship is to give, and these boughs
and garlands were the oldest gifts Of
man. Before he had learned to shape
offerings of his own rude skill he could
bring to the sacred trees and hang up
on them the first flowers and greenery
of spring and the perfect fruits Of au-
tumn.
These gifts, remember, were never,
as with US, decorations; they were sac.
rifices.
The Romans, with a fine eye for
beauty, used to garland their temples
and homes and gathering places and
even the big Coliseum with bOughS Of
green and ropes of flowers. This par
ticular custom was received by the
Christians with a special sort Of ap-
proval, recalling, as it did, the fact
that our Lord entered Jerusalem amid
the strewn branches of the multitude.
We must not forget the welcome and
lovely mistletoe and holly. Indeed,
Christmas without them would not,
with us. seem quite complete.
Mistletoe was for ages regarded as
sacred by the old British pagans-the
Druids-and was surrounded with
great mystery and sentiment, little I'M
derstood by US.
1t was supposed to possess healing
powers and that it could ward off evil
spirits. The reverence paid to this
little parasite seems to have been re-
stricted to it, only, when 1t was found
growing on the sacred oak trees in the
Druids' groves.
Once every year the Druid high
priest cut it with q golden sickle,
blessed it and distributed the sprays
among the people, praying aloud that
each one who received it might receive
divine blessings, of which it was the
symbol. Having received the sprays.
the people hung them above the doors
to propitiate the gods during the year.
The only remaining significance at.
tached today to the mistletoe is the
idea that if a maiden is not kissed
under it on Christmas day she will go
unwed throughout the year This idea
goes so far back into the past that one
cannot trace it.
1t is because the mistletoe is rare
and not easy to get that we found
and brought forward the holly, which,
though lovely, is used only as a sub.
stitute for the mistletoe.-New York
World
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CHRISTMAS

G for the Christ Child. so help.
.. less. so sweet;
II for the Holly we lay at His
feet.
K for the RIDERS three. seeking
their lord;
l for the Incense with which
they adored.
) for the Shepherds. who heard
angels sing,
| for their Triumph in finding
the King
M for all men of peace and good
will
A for the Angels. whose songs
the cave fill.
y for the Star which shone out
on that night.
So radiant SO hopeful so Glo
rious so bright
$E7kS#e--SRs7
The model husband is he who
smokes his wife's bargain cigars with
cut a murmur.
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TIMOTHY HAY ON
EARLY SHOPPING
BY JOHN sTocKBRIDeE.

OU can say for me-"
S tate d Timothy
Hay, when seen
this morning by a
reporter, that this
do your Christ
mas shopping-early
stunt is all off with
me now and for
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(Copyright.)

CHRISTMAS we'd
ding is always a
very charmin e
thing, The holly
lends such gayety
to the decorations,
and the mistletoe
seems so appropri-
ate. Then it makes
one present do
w h ere otherwise
two would have
been required. And
anyone who brings
that to pass is a
public benefactor.
This reference to
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ever, one and indivisible world with
out end, amen.
Il started to do my Christmas shop
ping early" continued Timothy, giving
his flivver a disciplinary kick as it
grOwled at passing terrier, but it
was right on the start that l overlook,
discovered and otherwise apprehended
the Senegambian in the woodpile.
"Christmas shopping, you are at lib
erty to quote me as saying in your
valuable medium, is bunk if you add
an early to it.
at was about Thanksgiving time, if
l recollect rightly, that we were first
admonished to do our Christmas shop
ping early. 1t struck me as the proper
thing to do. | decided I'd do it.
NATURALLY, the thought first came
to ne what to give myself for Christ
mas. l always hand myself some slight
token of my esteem at the happy yule-
tide. 1t compensates for what other
folks hand me. A little gift doesn't
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15

~ ERHAPS the very oldest of all
4 u Christmas customs is that of
decorating our houses, churches
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Christmas Message. 81

~ Fear not; for, behold, n
bring you good tidings Of
aR great joy, which shall be to &
all people" ~
,sE Glory to God in the high &
~ est and on earth peace, good NJ
rE will toward men," =
~ THE spirit of the Lord is n
.ls upon me, because he hath .
" anOinted me to preach the n
gospel to the poor; he hath
.T sent me to heal the broken a
hearted to preach deliver
iG ance to Captives, and recov- Is
~ cry of sight to the blind, to -
.,s set at liberty them that are {
y bruised" ~
This is day for magnify
YS ing the blessings of peace, {
AZ not selfshly, but with the re- Si
aR joicing that should attend ,
~ the reminder that we have 81
s,s a cure for the troubles Of the
" world and part in the 4
spreading of the remedy. Let
W. the songs of joy be carried s
into every corner of gloom.
s9 If peace is to achieve victory, {
its spirit of gladness must be VI
NO irrepressibie. No less today Z
~ than two thousand years ago ~
Nh is it the mission of peace to ,
" show by example that in good d
s,~ will alone lies the happiness
w of the people. n
S&~ w. w. NJ. IT,. ~ ~ ~