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The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-08-17
A. o. n. Benefit.

Division 3 of the A. o. H. has de-
cided to give two benefits at the H.
N. G. c. On two successive Tuesdays.
Heavy demands have been made on
the treasury Of the division, and this
easy and practical method OF raising
money will be used.
All the friends of this most worthy
institution are requested TO help
The benefit is In charge Of w. Dryer
NJ. O'Shea F. Killeen. The tickets
will be out Thursday evening. The
show will consist Of a musical pro-
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Communions.

Sunday-Holy Name Society at
o'clock mass.
Children of Mary Society. at :
o'clock mas.
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n. N. G. C..

The club is depopulated these days.
The charms of the Gulf coast have
overshadowed the attractions of the
club, and the result is that instead of
basking on the front porch of the H.
n. G. C. several members are sporting
muti-colored bathing raiments on the
hollow shores Of Mexico Gulf. II a
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DR.. McMurrey, whose trip was de-
layed last week, has notified us that
he will be here Wednesday or Thurs
day of this week.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-08-17

Glorfously good Italian Beauty
srand, sweetest and purest Olive ca.
lO-oz. bottles, 30c; 32-oz. OF. tins, goo;
l2S-oz. gallon tins, $3.50. Always full
measure. Write for particulars. v.
5. Dantoni. $40 Hospital Street, New
Orleans, La. Worlds largest import
er OF the best Italian Olive Oil.
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gram and the usual high class pic
lures. a five-reel feature and three
! comedies.
Card of Thanks.
Father Petit wishes to thank all the
good people who helped directly or
indirectly to win the district prize, a
beautiful five-passenger Crow Elkhart
car. Through a happy coincidence
the winning of this prize came on
Father Petit's birthday He had to
come to Algiers to receive the best
birth present ever given him. The
car is now for sale, the proceeds to go
towards the H. n. G. c.
Father Petit finds it hard to be
walking the hot streets, whilst having
a beautiful car at his call. Well such
is life.
II. N. G. C. Stag.
All is now in readiness for the
great stag. The greatest ever pulled
off in Algiers. Coach Bowling and L.
Benedetto and Tad Gormley have
worked hard to make this a success
Twenty entries have already been
registered and many more are coming
in. Three champions will be seen in
action, Smith and the two Landrieus.
Several local boys have promised to
put on the mltts for that night, and
some night its going to be. This is
only one Of series of such events
to be pulled of. Some real good box
ing will be seen, and all will receive
the value Of their money. Beautiful
silver medals will be given to the win
hers. Tickets are now on sale at Peter
Rupp's drug store, and by Gus Lynker.
ice president of the II. n. G. c., and |
rom any members Of the club. Ad.
mission % and so cents.
n. N, G, C.,
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NEW ORLEANS. AUGUST l.. 1916
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-08-17
Grimes Back.

Arthur w. Grimes and Miss Goldie
Elizabeth Back were quietly married
at the home of the bride Tuesday
evening at Z o'clock. 1t was a quiei
affair, but nevertheless impressive and
pleasing. The young couple have the
best wishes Of their numerous friends
for long life of happiness.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1916-08-17
Holy Society.

The usual meeting OF this society
will take place tonight at 1880. The
subject of the lecture will be the
"Catacombs." All are specially re-
quested to be present. A new feature
may be inaugurated that will please
the older members.
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No News Received This Week.
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gram and the usual high class pic
lures. a five-reel feature and three
comedies.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
RUSH IN EXPRESS OFFICE
REOUIRB ADDITIONAL FORCE

Business vas SO heavy with the
Americsn-Sosthern Express COM
pany at til Brookhayen office
that Manater Hoffman and his
aides are pIt yet through checking
up. For mis- reason it was impos-
sible todk to get exact figures of
the holiAy express shipments to
and fpfn this city. Although
ManaRjr Hoffman could not give
out hi total receipts, it is known
that ne express shipments during
the Christmas season have been
Qres.er than those of 1914 to an en-
coUaging extert In fact so heavy
w the business that Manager
Hffman has been working until
rarIy midnight to keep abreast Of
He business.
Y Two additional men have been
employed in the o.five during the
holidays.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
Rice Bran Seized.

The State Department of Agri.
culture yesterday seized and cun-
fiscated shipment of l0l sacks of
rice bran at Clyde, Miss. guaran-
teed pure rice bran. but which
upon analysis showed fiagrant adul-
teration with rice halls. material
injurious to live stock and which
for this reason is not permitted
TO be used in any feed sold in Mis-
|sissIppi. Inspector Chisholm Of
1.-THE department arrested this feed
Ion December 6. and the cease was
gwen final hearing at Sumrall
yesterday. Chief Inspector 6. d.
Cunning representing the depart.
merit Judgment was taken and
the feed confiscated on account Of
1.-THE adulteration.
| Every cooperation was given tht
department by the court officials
Judge A Graham, of SumralI, anC
Hon. ]. E. Cooper, county attorney
lpg Lamar county.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
PREPAREDNESS ISSUE IN CONGRESS
IONAL FIGHT.

One candidate for Congress in
the Fifth District, to succeed Hon.
s A. Witherspoon is against pre-
paredness, aligning himself with
Senator Vardaman. This is Hon
W. Il. Joiner, of Scott, former
private secretary of Witherspoon.
The other four candidates, Vena-
BILE, Dobbs. Byrd and Ellis have
declared for a reasonable state of
preparedness.
1t is stated that Judge Venable
is in the lead, living in the most
populous county Of the District
de is a son of Rev. r. A. Venable,
d D /, president of the Clarke
Memorial College. and a former
pastor of the Brockhaven Baptist
Church and a grandson Of the late
DR., w. s. Webb, an ex-president
of Mississippi College
Down this way, where DR.. Vena-
BILE is known. the. opinion prevails
that the son of his father should be
excellent timber for Congressional
halls in Washingtonh
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
THEY WANT GOOD ROADS
Petitions Seem to Assure An Election
-12O MiIes'tO Be Built Il Before
Board Next Week.

When the Lincoln County Super
visors meet at the Court House
Monday it is probable that one of
the first bits of business that will
be called to their attention will
be the subject of good roads. in
the form of lengthy petitions from
qualified voters, asking for an issu-
ance of bonds for the Improvement
If highways throughout the County.
10 the plan. which is backed by
Commissioner of Roads McCul-
Tough, a hundred and twenty miles
of good roads are called for Pc
titions are being circulated in each
of the FIVE ''beats'', or districts of
the County, and all of them are ex-
pected in by Monday morning.
Signatures of twenty per cent of
the qualified voters Of the County
are required to the petition for the
Board can take action. and some
indication of the popular approval
of the plan can be had from the
fact that, according to Commits
sloDer Mccullough. more than half
of the voters of the First District,
in which Brookhaven is located.
have already signed their names.
and those actively circulating petit
tious report that easily four fifths
of the pesple of the county are in
favor of an Issue of bonds for more
and better roads. Only fifteer peo-
pie out of 500 in the First District
declined to sign the petition for
better highways
Two hundred thousand dollars
W ere spent on gravel roads in the
First District and although they
have been built for two years. they
are in fine condition. If the bond
issue is approved it is planned for
gravel roads to radiate throughout
the County from the ends of the
gravel roads of the First District
to the County line. .a24s <'.l g.
There is a movement on foot to
have convicts to do the road work
in case the petitioners wir to with
the Supervisors. thus making a
great saving in the work. of con-
struction Even if this is not
done, Commissioner Mccullough
says that he believes gravel roads
can now be constructed cheaper
than heretofore
with the sentiment for gravel
highways almost unanimous IN the
County. l believe that the day
when we will have among the best
roads in Mississippi IL not far
distant, !" said Mr. Mccullough,
''There is no way to escape the
losses the farmer and others have
incurred through the failure to
build these great arteries Of trade.
but if it would be done the total
sum would startle the most pessi-
mistic among US. The good these
improved highways do is exempli-
fed right here in Lincoln County
by the First District"
There Is a chance that the petit
tions will not all be in by Monday,
but Tuesday at the latest will wit
ness the question of good roads be-
ing discussed before the County by
the Supervisors.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
IMANY :GRAMS SENT
$4,000 Messages Sent From Here 4
19l5-4S,4OO Are Received
S4S,2OO.OO Spent.

Showing a gratifying increase
over the business Of 1914, the
Brookhaven Office of the Western
Union Telegraph company sent a
total of 48. 600 messages during the
last year and ia the same period
received 48.40C teleRrams. This
includes all classes of messages
day letter, night letter and regula-
tion ten word form-but Manager
d C. SchWem is inclined to give a
large amount of credit for the in-
crease to the day letter system,
which, she declares, is rapidly
growing very popular with the
public.
If the messages received and
sent were pYid for at an average
of fifty cents each. which is about
the average figure. it means that
the people of Brookhaven and Lin.
coin County and people who COM
municated with them spent S48,-
200 on telegraphic messages II
each message contained an average
of only twenty words it means that
over million nine hundred thous-
and words were sent and received
over the local wires. There are
about one thousand words to inside
solid columns of The Leader. which
is tip to the lover of statistics
who would still further carry out
the interesting comparisons. How
many columns, for instance. would
1t take to print the number of
words sent over the Western Union
wires and end to end how far
would thoes columns reach?
Most of the messages sent and
received had to do with business
but in the vast number of tele-
grams matters touching almost ev-
cry phase of existence were men,
toned. Sorrow and joy. announce
ments of deaths and births hum
med over the wires without senti-
ment.
kilograms came from and we're
sent to every state in the Union
and many cable grams from and to
foreign countries passed through
the Brookhaven office
Miss Schwem declares that
the local office compares more than
favorably with Western Union
branches in the msiRzjty of citieg
of equal population and she isa
firm believer IN the trade outlook
fer 1916, with the result that she
expects a greatly increased BUSH
ness by the close of the year 1916.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
.ENOEAVOR TO PASS Sis CHECK
GETS A NEGRO IN TROUBLE

Quick work on the part of the
sheriff's office of Franklin county
and Immediate action by Chief of
Police II. l. Davis of this city re-
suited Thursday morning in the
capture of Tom McGee, negro.
charged with forgery Still feeling
the effects of his holiday celebra-
tion and having spent his Christ
mas money, the negro signed the
name of Auditor W. L. Finney. of
the Homochitto Lumber Co. at
BuGe, Miss to $l5 check and
then began a series of attempts to
get the counterfeit paper ccshed.
Not only the merchants in the town
of Bude itself were approached by
McGee where he might have ey-
pected immediate detection. but
several other parties we're asked by
the forger to cash the "check F"
Failing in his efforts at Bude.
the negro came to Brookhaven and
went To TIC DEOUhudNCn Oohh ~
Trust company. where the check
looked too suspicious for the bank
to take any chances with it. Nc
Gee then went to Meadville,
where he obtained the money from
a party whose name could not be
learned here today
When it dawned on McGee's VIC
tim that the check was a forgery
he notified the authorities, who
learned that he had taken a train
for this city 1t was only few
minutes before the negro's arr iva
Thursday morning that Sheriff Seal
Of Franklin County. got in commu-
nication with Chief DAVIS and the
forger was easily identified He
made no resistance and was held
here until Thursday night wher
the Franklin County Sheriff took
him back to Bude.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
WHAT WE DIDN'T SEE.

The Leader is not fully aware OF
all that Others saw in Brookhaven
on Christmas eve; but is noting
here what it didn't see.
An observant reporter pressed
through the dense crowds on Cher
okee, Whitworth Avenue and W
Monticello Streets, where white
folks. negroes and our foreign pop
uIation we're all very much in evil
dence at about four O'Clock on the
evening of the 24th. There was
noted festive Christmas spirit
everybody smiling and intent on
trade-stores absorbed with Gus.
tomersjoIIy groups bidding each
other goodbye as they turned to-
ward their homes--but IL there
was any drinking or cussing j
must have been done in Q cur
ner'' or in the caIatoose. for theri
was no evidence of this ancieF
and condemned method Of 'celebra-
ing Christmas.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
5000 ARE VACC|NATED.
One Of the Reasons Attributed for
Good Health Conditions in and
Around BrOOkhaven.

Thrae thousand persons in thil
city were vaccinated or revaccinat.
ed during the last twelve months
among them being every school
child in Brookhaven, and because
of this precaution City Health
Officer DR.. |. l.. Parsons announces
that 1915 has been a year free OF
any epidemic smslIpox-a fact OF
which he and the whole local medi-
cal profession are proud. Accord
ing to Dr.. Parsons the city never
had a better health record and
hereafter, as a matter of precaution
and prevention, no child can enter
the schools without trst being vac
cinated. He holds out promise Of
even better health conditions for
the future. for he believes that with
improved sanitary methods that
will be put in force next spring.
sickness ouch as usually occurs dur
ing that period of the year. will be
down to the minimum. DR., Parsons
said:
IL do not credit the almost en-
tire absence of serious sickness
on a large scale to vaccination
alone, for we have an unusually
fine climate and healthful and the
people are learning more every day
about what might be termed per-
sonaI hygiene. The construction and
flushing of concrete cutters in the
city is another reason for the good
health conditions. Waste water
can no longer be turned loose in
the streets and the new plan for
caring for outhouses is expected to
result in as perfect sanitary condi'
tions in that matter as can be ex-
pected at this time. F."
The plan to which Doctor Par
sons refers is the gathering of offal
by the city. This will be done be-
ginning with the opening days Of
Spring, taking the responsibility
from private citizens. Each house.
holder will be charged twenty. five
cents a month and the removals
will be made frequently and in
sanitary wagons, SO as to be as in
offensive as possible.
The water supply of Brookhaven,
which was tested three months ago
and declared by experts to be
chemically pure, is given as one OF
the main causes of the prevailing
good health found here.
The railroads entering Brookha-
ven are requiring and paying for
typhoid vaccination and the rail-
road employees in this city have
been absolutely free from typhoid
in the last twelve months, accord
ing to Dr.. Parsons, who is district
surRion for the illinois Central. the
MississipI Central and the Brook
haven and Pearl River roads.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
$4,000 HELLO'S SAID
Staggering Figures Of Local Phone
Office $4,000 Spent for Long
Distance Messages.

What one word have the people
Of Brookhaver spoken more than
any other during the past year?
The answer may be a subject of
discussion on the ground that
there are two sides to every ques-
tion", but if statistics prove any.
thing, it seems likely that the lit
tie word ''heIlo" was uttered more
frequently during 1915 than any
other expression out of the more
than six hundred thousand in the
English language Aud following
that word more than 1875 900
conversations have been held dur.
ing 1915 by people of this city ac-
cording to . statement given to a
Leader representative this morning
by Manager J. W Easley, of the
Cumberland Telephone company's
local office. This is at the rate of
an average of 5000 calls a day,
35, 900 week and $50. 90 for ev-
cry month of the past year. These
figures apply entirely to local tele.
phone conversations and show an
increase of 5000 calls over 1914.
That the long distance telephone
is becoming more popular than
ever with those who would transact
their business on the hurry up plan.
is disclosed by the statement that
during 1915 there were "a 900 long
distance calls to this city ard &c.
600 outgoing calls
These. averaged at twenty five
cents each mean that So. 900 were
spent during the year in cunversa-
tions in which Brookhaven and
Lincoln County people we're direct
ly interested
Since the use of transportation
and communication facilities con-
stitute an excellent guide to the
amount of business being done in
community. Manager Easley BEAM
ed with local pride as he discussed
the meaning of the above figures
Incidentally, he calls the attention
of the public to the patent fact
that a telephone Office If a very
busy place and pointed to the
thousands Of calls that pour into
the exchange as positive proof of
his statement.
Yet" said Manager Easley,
there are hundreds of people who
haven't the slightest patience if
the telephone operators do not in.
stantly answer when they pick up
a telephone receiver. Many per-
sons here. as elsewhere. attempt TO
hold long conversations with the
exchange. not knowing, perhaps
that a call comes into the office al
most every second of the working
hours There is not an idle mo-
ment in the Office, yet there are
persons. who are inclined to be
harsh with the telephone girls.
But / believe that there is not
city anywhere in the country where
telephone subscribers are as rule
more courteous than in Brookhaven
and for our part we are try ing
harder every day to give them the
best possible service 4"
During 1915 twenty new tele.
phones have been installed in this
city and Manager Easley is looking
forward to 1916 as banner year in
the telephone business Eight
girls are now employed in the local
exchange. and care for calls from
six hundred and twenty five sta
tions in the City and County.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
CHURCHES &c Fl
Increases Shown By All Denominations
All Plan Work for the
New Year.

In church circles, as in business,
the professions and trades repre-
sented in Brookhaven and LiHcoln
County, leading workers express
qualification over the results of
their work during the past few
months and have nothing but the
most hopeful outlook for the fu-
ture, Every minister who could
be interviewed was more than
pleased with what he believes the
favorable view for the advance
ment of Christianity and the moral
principles of life. During last
year the attendance at all Of the
churches was good and all of them
report nice increases in member
ship, while the financial condition
of the Methodist and Baptist
churches. statements on the SUBJ
jeet show that they are financially
in excellent shape. and it is author
itatively stated that the Presbyter-
ian Church is in very good fnan-
ciaI condition." showing OF
which the members are especially
proud because the church is the
smallest of the three most active
Protestant bodies.
METHODISTS ARE GROWING
FAST.
The Methodist Church, which
was established here about eighty
years ago, is growing rapidly, ac-
cording to its pastor. Rev. j M.
Morse, who for the past twenty
years has served on Districts end
the leading stations of the Mlssis-
sIppi Methodist Conference and
now is President of the Joint
Board of Finance and Chairman of
tire Conference Endowment Fund.
In further discussing church work,
Mr.. Morse said:
"No years in its history has it
been more prosperous than the past
one: there were about sixty five
people who united with the church
and it raised for all purposes
large amount. All of the depart
ments are we'll organized, In the
Sunday School Department we have
an enrolment of more than 500.
and there has been splendid attend
ance every Sunday
1.-The Woman's Missionary Soci-
ETY. is we'll organized and they are
carrying on their part of the work.
which has been of benefit to
Continued on Fourth Page.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
WESTERN UNION CASH TAKEN
BY BURGLAR AT NATCHEl

+ Natchez. Miss Dec. 26.-The
office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company was robbed Christ
mas night, about SIT In cash being
taken from the cash drawer. A
side door was forced and the cash
drawer pried open. A considera-
BILE sum was in the safe but appar-
emily no attempt was made to enter
it
DR.. j. W. D Dicks, superintend.
ent of the Natchez Charity Hospit-
al has been appointed a member OF
Governor Bilbo's staff with
the rank of major. With the ap'
pointment of DR. Dicks and Will
liam Lyle. both of Natchez, Gov
ernor Bilbc has shown special favor
to this city. the present appoint
ments being the first from Natchfz
in many years.
The Marion Taylor fund of 500
will be distributed among the Ioor
of Natchez next week by the fol
lowing committee: Mrs w B..
Rhodes, chairman; Mrs. W. IA 5.
Wheeler. Mrs. Ed Ratcliff Mrs.
Clara Moses. Mrs. Laura Keyer.
Mrs. R. A Bost. Mr. Taylor.
now a resident of Louisville, KY.
AID one time a prominep citizen
of Natchez. donates yearp the sum
of $500 to the worthy p6r of this
city
Joseph Meath. who has been for
ten years past foremfn of Eagle
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
vas presented by thssmembers OF
the fire company win q handsome
gold watch. The pesentation was
made by Joseph Ksiser, president
of the company
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01

Preabyterians honored their pas
tor with a delightful Christmas re-
membrane While the poor should
be remembered the faithful leaders
who are heavy burden bearers 10
the Lords work should, through
recognition Of their co-Iaborers. be
made to feel they are cordially sup.
ported. morally and spiritually. as
we'll as materially.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01

Jackson has had a weekly paper
since Monday. 1t is the Monday
Morning Leader with c G. Jaap,
jr as editor and owner. Unless
this new paper has some special
field, it is a mistake. We shall
see and we snail wish il well MIR.
Jaap has been the city editor of
the Clarion Ledger
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-01
SAVE MONEY.

Whether you live in city Or
country, call and let us shoY you
the advantages OF coopertion.
Our prices TO members On y gro
ceries arc extremely low.