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Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09
Patriotism

A nation is made great, not by
il fruitful acres, but by the men
who cultivate them; not by it
great forests, but by the men who
use them: not by its mines, but
by the men who work in them:
not by its railways, but by the
men who build and run them.
America was a great land when
Columbus discovered it; Amer
cans have made it a great Nation.
In lao our fathers had a vision
Of A new Nation conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the pro-
position that all men are created
euual." Without an army they
fought the greatest of existing
world empires that they might
realize this vision. a third of a
century later. without a navy they
fought the greatest navy in the
world that they might win for
their Nation the freedom of the
seas. Half a century later they
fought through an unparalleled
Civil War that they might estab-
H,h for all time on this continent
the inalienable right of life, hber-
ty. and the pursuit of happiness.
A third Of century later they
fought to emancipate an oppressed
neighbor, and victory won, gave
back Cuba to the Cubans, sent an
army Of schOOlmasters to educate
for liberty the Filipinos, asked no
war indemnity from their vanquish-
Ell enemy. but paid him literally
for his property. Meanwhile they
offered land freely to any farmer
who would live upon and cultivate
t. opened to foreign immigrants
on equal terms the door OF in
dlstrial opportunity, shared with
them political equality, and pro-
Flled by universal taxation for
universal esiucarion-
The cynie who can see IN this
history only a theme for MS ego
us'lcal satire Is no true American.
Shatever his parentage, whatever
III birthplace. He who looks
Elth pride upon this history
Shieh Ms fathers have written
BY their heroic deeds, who accepts
Elth gratitude the inheritance
which they have bequeatled to
hin- and who highly resolves to
preserve this inheritance unim-
paired and to pass it on to his de-
scendants enlarged and enriched.
/ 4 true American. be his birth
pace or MS parentage what it
may.
LYMAN ARpaT-r
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09
The SWAMP ANGELS
WENT Gown GAME
Convention Scene Turmoil and
Disorder-J. T. Thomas.
Chairman. Presided
5000 VISITORS SEE
GRENADA THURSDAY
Yes, We went to Grenada.

Yes, We went to Grenada.
We saw it aIi-at least what we
didn' see, We heard about it.
We went on the early morning
train Many people from Oxford
went.
Messrs. Adams. Russell. Davis.
Hamptoa, Butler. and several
other gentlemen went TO Grenada
ou that 500 a. N. train. Several
ladies, also. took the early morn
ing ride, among whom were Mr..
Holcomb and daughter. Mss
EHnice anil others
Of course, you are anxious to
know all about what was done At
the convention The weather was
very disagreabie out. and there
was a mighty am IN the little
court house. Il vas difficult
task To chronicle everything that
happened.
Notwithstanding the disorder.
which was disgusting. the route
for the jefferson Davis Highway
was established The Holly
Springs-Oxford route was adapt
Fl by 3 b. III jori5y.
The following story Is Just a.
nearly correct as any one could
get it. We don't claim it to be
absolutely correct
The convention. mass meeting
or whatever you may choose 10
term 1t. held in Grenada Thurs
day. to select the route for the
jefferson Davis Highway, vas
one of the most remarkable that
the writer has seen IN Mississippi
since reconstruction days.
In plain words 1t was simply an
enormous bowling mob of people
who had gone to Grenada to pass
upon the highway proposition and
were carried away with their en-
thuslasm.
The court house was jammed
and packed. while several thou
sand people stood in the court
yard and in the streets, all called
together to decide the choice Of
two routes. from the Tennessee
line South-one leading from
Memphis by way of Senatobia,
Sar,lis, Batesville, Coldwater,
down TO Grenada and jackson; the
ether beginning OF the Tennessee
line running to Holly Springs.
along the Frisco route and from
there down the Illinois Central
through tine towns Of Oxford
Water Valley, Cotfeeville to
Grenada and on TO Jackson by
Winoua. Durant and Canton. The
advocates Of both routes were
present in large numbers, not
more than one-tenth Of whom
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09
lconarusd OF last paEsl
A New Agency.

DR.. W. B. Mcmahon, Sr.. fa-
secured tie Agency from The
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.
and now represents them. Take
out a policy in this splendid Com
pany. Is-3mO
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09
Seeds For Sale

91lanese seeded ribbon or honey
Aom 10 cents per pound.
- 80 pounds. enough to plant an
|of = cents | have two bushels
II Il "a .aardaman seed corn, every ear
L.. "nieh came from stalks having
r.. -; les s than FIVE ears per stalk.
ffiee 50 cents a peck.
+. G.. CALLAwAY.
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09

One swallow doesn't make a
summer. but some of our young
men should remember that too
many swallows are certain to
make a fall.
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-09

structed a highway through the
State Of Mississippi to be known
A. the jefferson DAVIS Highway.
Second. That said highway
shall begin at the Tennessee and
Mississippi line on the north 50 a.
20 connect by public highway with
the city Of Memphis. Tenn, run
thence A. near a practicable to
the Frisco railroad 70 Holly
Springs. Mississippi. thence a.
near a practicable to the Illinois
Central south through the cities Of
Oxford. Water Valley, Coffeeville,
Grenada. Wiona. Walden. Durant,
Canton and Jackson. Miss.
The above resolutions did not
>lir tie opponents of tic Holly
~pring~ rout, nnIt vr'em h Il
protested th., na uut l..rna 'op.,sI
hul tue chair ruiel tHey a AMI
rs the vote given above.
And The yelling anil bowling ruu-
tunuel, and then some.
DAN MORRISON SCORES.
ID. !. Morrison. Chairman of
the Mississippi Highway A>socia-
ton. mounted chair and ask the
convention to hear him Just for a
tsv minutes sitting it was to b.
regretted lat groWa. >,u~.l.e
men would act ike children when
the great question Of highway i'm
pr0vemeut was up for cousidcra-
tion. He was heard for a few
minutes but his language did not
seem TO be appreciated and he
was also yelled down but not IN
CD be had moved the adoption Of
the following resolution which had
becu introduced by ". Calvin
Wells.
Resolve by the Jefferson Davis
Highway Convention that the
Legislature Of Mississippi be and
: hereby requested to create a
safe Highway Department. !"
TINS resolution was unanimous
adopted and awhile It seemed that
The convention would be IN order.
Bu. nos 80, pandemanlum brUke
out anI ran rot for some ume.
\ temporary adjournment aus
ulasie untii 3 O'Clock but the dele
gates and the boomers declined to
leave tie court house though re-
questel TO 10 50.
THOMAS TRIES 70 rREsIDR
A. 3 O'Clock Chairmau Thomas
who hal been unable 70 get the
meeting % adjourn though the
efforts OF several sergeants-at-
arms had been employed N that
direction. recognized Jarlge Me
Lean Of Winoea, ~ho offered
Jae following.
Resolved. That the RoarI Of
Supervisors Of each OF the coan-
tics through which the jefferson
DAVIS Highway wa located are
authorized 10 appoint three gentle
mrn from their respective rom-
tie- 80 compose tie I.lT.r-p nslvi~
Gomm oz. ~ ! 3. T
tfneg8 IS.
g -alrmau Of J-- ~3ai spmn. -s,a.-r
and Jlat each county ctam %
shall take charge u tAe c.u<tr,i..-
tioH Of the highway in ~ re-
~Ieruve county AMI act Il concert
with the State commission.
This resolution was declared
adopted By tie chair, but op-
pouent Of the Holly Springs route
disSented therefrom.
Another resolution was de,lar
ell adopted wnich au.n0l ri
President Thoul1s TO call an carly
meeting Of the delegates provided
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
TWO SIDES
kansas City Star.1

The big feature of German pre-
paredness is likely to be overlooked in
this country, where attention has
been centered on the empires military
efficiency. Colonel Roosevelt is doing
an important service in emphasizing
the essential part in the war of Ger
man industrial organization.
America has been allowed its enor-
nous natural resources and the COM
parative sparseness of population to
take the place of efficient organiza-
ton. But there are evidences of in
creasing strain. The out-of-worll
problem that Kansas City-and every
other city-faces every winter is one
of these. The growing revolt against
injustices of industry, the demand for
escape from sweatshop wages, the in
sistence on decent working conditions,
the pressure for workmen's compen-
sation acts. widows pensions and the
like, all indicate that the United States
is beginning to face problems similar
to those which have confronted the
nations of Europe.
Germany realized the necessity of
solving these problems a generation
ago. England put off facing them
until the comparatively recent advent
of Lloyd George. The consequence
is that the industrial organization of
Germany has been far better adapted
to meet the strain imposed by war
than that of England.
Military preparation, as Colonel
Roosevelt has pointed out, is only one
side of the national problem of pre-
paredness. There must be a program
for social and Industrial justice such
as the Progressive party advocated in
1912 if this nation is to be prepared
to do its part in either peace or war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
HURRAH FOR THE sUNFTsH

HUNDREDS of fishermen who tire
of sitting in a boat in the hot
sun all day waiting for an in
different bass to gobble the toothsome
dainty so carefully prepared for him
on the end of long line will rejoice
that Fish Commissioner Butler is going
to devote much of the attention of his
blue gill sunfish.
This type of sunfsh varies from a
quarter to a pound in weight and he is
all appetite. and fight There never
lived a black bass with the ferocity
and pulling power of an adult blue gill
never lived a bass that raised such
large families as Papa and Mama Blue
Gill take pride in producing for the
amusement and edification of countless
small boys and older anglers, too.
Added to this, a half-pound blue gill
we'll Drowned and hot from the pan
can give even a trout cards and spades
as an appetizing tid-bit.
A blue gill may never have broken
tarpon line or pulled a fisherman
into the water but for all-around sport
he fills the bill. He loves to linger be-
meath shady banks or rocks, or along
sunken logs, where the water eddies,
the long grass blades sway and the
food floats right into his dining-room
door. But he is not afraid of swift
currents and frequently he may be
taken quite freely where the fisherman
wades knee deep in stream abound
ing in eddies and holes that tempt a
lover of trout TO try fly.
There is lots of fun fishing for blue
gill sunfish and Mr.. Butler will add
about % per cent. to the batting aver
age of the Joy of Living for the
average citizen if he succeeds in his
purpose of making the streams abound
with them as they once did, back in
the pleasant days of bright sunshine
and cooling breezes and blue skies
when we went whistling across the
dewy meadow at sunrise. calm in the
assurance of good sport in store and
of a well-filled creel at evening time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
ON THE COLOR LINE
LFrom the Crisis.l .

As a result of a gift of S25. 900
from Andrew Carnegie and an appro-
priation of 1000 by the city council, a
Negro Public Library has been opened
in New Orleans with 5000 volumes.
-Colored people at Detroit, Mich,
have effected an organization which
aims to care for the homeless children
in that city.
The colored branch of the st. Louis
Young Mems Christian Association has
just closed very successful. campaign
led by DIR. ]. +. Mooreland. The Cen
trail Association promised $4,000
toward meeting julius Rosenwald' s
gift of S25. 900, provided the colored peo-
pie raised $4,000. Committees were
organized, and the ten-day campaign
$6S,000 had been subscribed by the col
Mrs. S r. Givens is speaking
among colored clubs of the Southwest
in the interest of a movement to en-
courage history and art among colored
people.
AT a mass meeting in Atlanta, Ga,
colored people raised $500 for a Young
Mems Christian Association building
The Governor of the State was present.
The ground has already been purchased.
I'm Miami, Fla, negro voters helped
to carry the prohibition ordinance.
st. GATHERINGS School and Convent,
new Catholic institutions for negroes,
at Germantown, Pa. were blessed by
Archbishop Prendergast.
teacher at Tuskegee Institute. has sue
ceeded G. n. Grisham as principal of
the Lincoln high school, Kansas City,
Mo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
MIR. MANN's SPEECH

IF President Wilson meant to go be-
fore the people with an appeal for
support for the national defense
program based on the assumption that
partisan politics enter into the oppo-
sltion that has sprung up in Congress,
he will have to change the tenor of his
speech. The address OF Congressman
Mann, leader of the Republicans in the
House, made on the floor of Congress
yesterday, shows where the Republi-
can party stands on the matter of
preparedness. for applause on the Re-
publican side of the chamber indi-
Gated that majority of the speakers
colleagues heartily approved of what
he said
Mr.. Mann voiced the sentiments of
all good Americans, regardless of party.
when he declared that partisan feel
ing must not be permitted to have
r part in the debate preceding the pas
sage of adequate preparedness meas
ures. All that Republicans ask is that
the program be we'll balanced, that it
be sufficient to meet our needs without
being unnecessarily burdensome, that
it be free from the suspicion of pork"
that the expenditures in other direc-
tions be pared to meet the new needs
and that action be as prompt as the
urgency of the situation demands.
II President Wilson lacks support
for such a program he lacks it in his
own party and he should make that
clear when he goes before the people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
KNOWING A GIRL

90" show me a mother who is
kind of heart, decisive of will, Chris
tian in character, a good housekeeper,
whose daily orders are that dirt, debt
who can play as elegantly on the
cookstove as she can on the piano
in short. a mother given to industry,
self-sacrifice and conservation - and
the reproduction of such a mother is
easily seen in the daughter."-Som
clergyman in Chicago.
Show us a woman such as you de-
scribe. and nine times out of ten we
will show you a woman who is trail
ing the girls about eight hours a day,
turns with her silent partner in sit
ting up watching the front door until
the young ladies arrive about two a.
m. from an evening of turkey-trotting
and grizzly-bearing.
Scientifically speaking, to tell
whether a girl is going to make a
good wife or not, requires something
more than the knowledge of what her
mother is. Strange as this may seem
to our misguided Chicago brother, a
knowledge of the girls father is inn
portant. His very insignificance may
have great bearing upon the case.
Her grandparents also enter into the
calculation. The best rule by which
to judge a girls capacity is to take
account of everything-of her father
and mother, her grandfathers and
grandmothers, her environment, her
companions, her schooling. Write this
all down carefully on paper, making
due allowance for each influence
Then throw it out of the window,
and you will know as much about
what the girl will do under given
circumstances as you did before. -
life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
APPRECLATING THE POTATO
By Frederic J. Haskin

The Irish potato. like the prophet,
has been not without honor save in its
own country. It gets its name be-
cause it saved the Irish from famine.
The French recently erected a monu-
ment to Antoine Augustin Parmen-
tier. the man who introduced it into
that country. 1t is most widely ap-
preciated in Germany where potato
meal is just now an important factor
in the empires war economics.
In America, where 1t originated, the
potato is, of course, widely used, but
almost as much is wasted as is eaten.
Owing to its large content of water,
it is not profitable to ship raw pota-
toes far. Practically all of the other
potato -eating countries have invented
methods of converting 1t into meal
which is used for bread-making and
stock food. In Germany potato meal
has been a staple for a century.
Now this country is beginning to
follow suit. The homely spud, long
neglected, is being pushed into the
spotlight of science. Ways to dry it
and dessicate it and pulverize it, so
that it may be preserved indefinitely
are being devised. Its varieties are
being multiplied so that there will be
one suited to every section of the
country. New ways of cooking it are
constantly coming to the fore. We
now have potato meal, potato bread.
potato mullins and potato pudding. 1t
looks as though the potato was deter
mined to masquerade in every dlsh
on the bill of fare.
The climax of the potatoes glory will
be reached in few weeks when the
department of agriculture will hold
an extensive potato show in one of
it's new buildings. Here will be placed
on exhibition all the different Varie-
ties of potatoes which the government
experts have succeeded in producing,
together with full data upon the con-
ditions of climate and soil to which
they are adapted. If there is any sort
of a potato which you can raise in
your back yard or on your farm, go
to the government potato show and
you will find it there.
The department of agriculture is
now observing and studying the po-
tato from many angles. On it's expert
ed a plant for drying potatoes and
grinding them into meal for stock
food. So far the experiment has not
been a complete success. The ap-
paratus consists Of a potato-washing
machine which was purchased from
Germany, and a travelling wire screen
for drying the pulp by pressing it
over steam-heated pipes.
The perfection of practicable ap-
paratus for doing this work will be
worth many millions to American
agriculture. From 10 to 20 per cent.
of the American potato crop is wasted
every year because it is not good
enough for table uses and there Is no
means of preserving it for stock food
or converting it into flour.
The problem in this country is to
produce the stock meal cheaply
enough so that the farmer can sell
it at a profit. The government ex-
perts believe that the producer would
get about twenty cents bushel for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26

potatoes which were ultimately used
in that form. This price would not
make it profitable to cultivate them
in many sections of the country for
use as stock food alone. 1t would,
however. make it possible for the
farmer to get something for his culls,
and by sortino them thoroughly, to
put higher grade of potato on the
market for table use.
There is one commercial organiza-
ton in this country which has for
its object the manufacture of potato
meal. This concern is experimenting
with the various drying and grinding
processes with a view to establishing
a string of Community potato mills"
in sections where the production is
heaviest and hence the waste greatest.
The idea seems to be large one and
ought to be worth a great deal both
to the promoters and the farmers. At
present, however, the experiments are
rather at a standstill because Ger
many is about the only source of po-
tato machines and the war has put
her out of the market.
The German method of handling
potatoes is more elaborate than any
of those tried in America. In Ger
many the potatoes are first washed,
then cooked in a steam vat and crush
ed between rollers. The resultant pulp
Nis passed through heated steel cylind-
ers which are perforated so that they
press the product into fiat cakes.
These cakes may be ground up fine
and made into -four Potato bread has
been a staple in Germany for over a
century.
Experiments in the use of potatoes
as a bread stuff are being carried on
in this country by the Michigan State
Agricultural College. The Michigan
cooks have produced a sort of potato
bun which is declared to be quite a
delicacy.
In this country of course, our
bumper wheat crops make it unnec-
essary to use substitutes for bread
stuff. The high cost of living in this
country, however, is traceable largely
to our national extravaganza and
wastefulness, of which allowing 20 per
cent. of our potato crop to rot on the
ground is q fair sample. If we ate
more potato bread we might not have
to pay so much for beefsteak.
Germany produces about four times
as many potatoes as the United States.
This immense crop is used for wide
variety of purposes. Not only is the
vegetable eaten fresh and made into
bread, but alcohol for industrial pur-
poses and in the form of brandy, and
starch are manufactured from them.
The Department of Agriculture is
encouraging the farmer to grow spe-
cific varieties of potatoes which are
suited for special purposes. In this
way, a higher market price may be
commanded. Thus the making of po-
tato chips requires a dry, hard potato
which will absorb a minimum Of
grease. High-c class hotels and reStau-
rants soon find that in order to main
tain the reputation of their cuisines
they must always obtain the same sort
of high-class potato. Some potatoes,
for example, will bake much better
than others, while potato salad may
require yet a different sort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY |

Lancasterites will not have the
pleasure of seeing the wonderful pro-
duction of David Griffith, THE Birth
of a Nation" which has created such
intense interest all over the country
where 1t has appeared. Mayor Trout
has made the announcement that it
will not be shown because of his be-
lief that the story libels the great
commoner, Thaddeus Stevens, who is
buried in Shreiner's cemetery, Lam
caster. This production is booked for
the Orpheum in Harrisburg in the
near future.
Northumberland county's youngest
wife died yesterday in Sunbury of
pneumonia. 1t was her birthday ami
versary, and Mrs. William Kline, the
10-months-old bride, was only sixteen
years of age.
One hundred of the fairest daugh-
ters of Reading will participate in a
tag day" which it is planned will
bring in a large revenue that will be
used for the aid of Hebrew sufferers
in the war zone, following the recent
proclamation of President Wilson and
Governor Brumbaugh "Tag day" has
on every occasion proved successful
when pretty girls were used as tag
gers" and this will not prove an ex-
ception.
Says the Lancaster Intelligencer,
the game of golf in the United States
is so big that there are 1864 listed
clubs scores of public links, dozens of
private courses and countless unlisted
clubs. Imagine if you can, all the golf
balls required to keep these clubs ac-
tive for a year; imagine them piled
up in one huge pyramid, and If you
don't become light-headed, it isn't be-
cause the mound doesn't reach to the
clouds.
An iron furnace belonging to the
Freeman estate at Cornwall, having
been idle for fifteen years, is now to be
operated again by the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel Company. This makes
the fifth stack which the Lackawanna
company is now operating in Corn
wall
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-26
SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL

TIME colored people of town very
generously have appointed a
committee to raise money to as
sist in the support of the Harrisburg
Hospital. Their effort comes at very
opportune time. The calls upon the
hospital during this winter of excessive
sickness have been exceedingly heavy
The funds. however, are no greater
than before and every care must be
taken in order that the efficiency of the
institution be not weakened by the
great amount of new work 1t has been
called upon to do. The forethought
and helpfulness of our colored citi-
zenry ought to be hint for others.