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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
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One For Connecticut

One For Connecticut
The following is an extract from the
viii of Lewis Morris, OF Morrisania.
who was the father of the celebrated
orator and statesman, Gouverneur
Morris of New York, who died in
1916. II is a curious instance of the
manner in which men sometimes
seek to perpetuate their animosities
beyond the tomb, and TO transform
the probate records into book of
doom.
His will recites:
my desire is that nothing be men,
toned about me, not so much as n
single line in News Paper, to tell
the World | am dead; IL is my De-
sire that my son. Gouverneur Nor
ris. may have the best education that
is to be had in England or America,
but my express will and directions
are, that he never be sent for the
purpose to the colony of Connecti-
cut. Lest he should imbioe In his
Youth that Low Craft ana Cunning
81 iHVtutnt w lHt ftoplc VI llldL
Couptry, which is so interviewer in
their constitutions that all their Art
cannot Disguise It from the World,
Tho many Of them under the
Sanctified Garb Of Religion have en-
deavor'd to Impose themselves on
the World for Honest Men"
1t does not appear in what way
the colonists of Connecticut had in
cured the wrath of the testator. In
any event, the will was written so
long ago that any acrimony which
accompanied It has doubtless long
since been lost by Imitation
Ancient, Curious and Famous Wills,
bv Y. II. Harris.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

Governor Whitman is the reform
executive OF New York. whitman
ana his staff visited the Panama Pa
cific exposition. More than N'ze7
CAV was expended on The ianset. and
the entire cost Of representation at
the Panama Pacific exposition 10
the people of New York approxmaie-
100000. Reiormers appear 70 come
as high as just the ordinary servants
who IN the offices o. tie peop'e.
When an official is out for good
time Why should the peop'e pay his
freight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Current Poetry


Before we take an auto-ride pa says
to ma, My dear,
Now just remember l don't need az.
sistance from the rear;
II you will just keep still back there
ana hold In check your fright.
III take you where you want to 20
and get you back all right.
remember that my hearings good
and also I'm not blind,
Afa | can drive this car without sug.
eestions from behind"
Ma promises that she'll keep still
then off We gayly start;
Rp' soon she notices ahead peddler
and his cart.
"-oL'd better toJt your horn," says
she, "t, let him know we're
near.
He might turn out" and pa replies:
Just shrek at him. my dear"
And then he adds: Some day some
guy will make lot OF dough
Sy putting horns on tonneau seats
for women folks to blow"
A little further on ma says: "Hs
signaled for turn"
And pa says: Did he?" In tone
that's hot enough to burn.
"Oh. there's toy on roller skates"
ma cries. Now do go slow:
I'm sure he doesn't see our car" An
pa says: Il dunno.
' think | dont need glasses yet, but
really it may be
That am blind an cannot seo
what's right in front Of me-"
II pa should speed the car a bit, some
rigs 70 hurry past,
Ma says: "Now do be careful! You
are driving much too fast"
An. all the time she's pointing out
the dangers Of the street,
An keens hin posted on the roads
where street cars he will meet.
Last night when We got safely home.
pa sighed an said: My dear.
I'm sure we've ell enjoyed the drive
ycu gave US from the rear
--Ed0ar 4. Iaest. In Detroit Free
lress.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

THE rIfTlFTH BIRTHDAY Of Rudyard
Kipling fell on December 80. The
reading public Is glad that Mpling
at fifty Is in good health and comfort
able circumstances. yet regietful
that the flame Of his creative genius
has died down to mere spark. One
may always hope that the flame will
burn brightly again. but the au-
thor's devotion TO English politics
is not encouraging. More true than
aippant is the prediction that future
critics will say that "Kipling was
born 4 pnot and died an English
man"
In his stories and poems of India
is concentrated the real genius of
Kipling. He saw India with COM
pretending eye--"It came into him
life and went out from him truth"
lie saw the faults and virtues Of the
British administration; he under
stood, the servile but always aloof
lIindus. He had the double gifr Of
clear insight and adequate express
sion. In one short passage. for ex-
ample, he packs a world OF mean-
ing. The Hindu. Grish Chundor,
says, q am afraid to be kicked. but
am rot afraid to die, because
know shat | know. You are not
afraid to be kicked, but you are
afraid to die. II you were not, by
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
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cSTNCKLANDEM.yCluuiANo
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Why Is Il when ! 20 20 buy
A new song-recOrd for my Ed.
Tor Col OF Vie. IL you deny
The merit Of the thing I've saidl
The record that the jane puts on
sounds better than old wheat 10
me.
But that the beauty all has zone
When 1t gets home-hoW can this
be-
The talk-maehine have Is quite
The best that money can obtain.
My needle-points are new and
bright.
But yet that newly-purchased
strain
IL not so sweet when Il Is played
Upon my fine machine at home
As when its put on hy the maid
Who wears a rhinestone-crusted
comb.
Each day proudly carry thence
A piece that's quite the best, al
last
IL simply has 10 sound immense
Within my living room so vast.
but u sounds commouer than dirt
When reproduced for wife and
kid
What can It he that Chcmic Cert
Unto that record went aud didg
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Health Talks
The High Cost Of Spccialism
BY WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

II We oorrD publish some Of the
letters written b. renders who have
paid the price of consulting special
ifts ol their own selection We fear
the SPECIALISTS would never forgive
us. We suspect the ever marketable
Joke about the doctors bill Is kept
alive by this popular habit OF con-
sulting SPECIALISTS.
There arc All kinds of specialists.
most of them competent practl.
tioners In their oNn limited fields.
There are also self-stylgd Special
lists" who specialize Ia whatever the
patron happens to complain Of. And
then there are family doctors Oh.
yes. there are still family doctors
practising, and some OF them with
considerable success.
Every day some one writes In 10
ASK II We will kindly recommend
specialist on the ear, the stomach.
the foot. the elbow. or whatever
portion Of the anatomy seems to DO
at fault. We reply co1rteously.
after week or two. 20 the effect
that It Is contrary 10 the best In.
terests Of the community. ct cetera.
and We suggest that the logical per-
son 70 recommend a specialist, IL
specialist is needed. Is the family
doctor.
Now We hare said some pretiymean
things about the family doctor, and
he has not hesitaicd 10 talk back.
hut We wish TO 90 on record with
the following:
-Four out Of five patients who carry
their r0ubles direct 70 a specialist.
VA of 'er not to waste time on the
family doctor, would BE- better or
physically aud financially II they
had chosen TO see family doctor
first.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

As one looks about him at the
Infinite complexities OF the modern
problems OF life. at the great tasks
TO be accomplished by law, at the
issues Of life and happiness and
prosperity involved. one cannot but
realize how much depends upon the
part the lawyer is to play in the
future politics of the country
President Wilson.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

ASSdMtcd ttlth q fen-0hShcl ara
idnchc from some ncighbor'S roof
late. When snow Is moist, II can also
be moulded into a small, hard ball and
discharged with frightful velocity by
small boy. Because of this fact.
the gas lamp and the plug hat have
gone almost entirely out OF style.
Many beautiful poems have been
written about the snow by those who
enjoy seeing II fall. and have plenty
of husky relatives to remove it when
1t gets undesirable. But some Of our
most complicated and corrosive con-
yefsation has also been invented by
citizens wading home at night
through two feet OF snow, after the
street-car system has been extin-
guished; or who have just been as
saulted with a ten-bushel avalanche
from some neighbor's slanting roof.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

presiaen, II. \. Pope is urging a
-ather cent cotton acreage reduction
this year lie insists taa the iafm'
ers will make more money ont OF II
and not be at the mercy OF the spin
nefs and spectators Of the world
British orders in council have piled
nm cotton in this country A sweep
lao acreage reduction for 1916 VIII
force ready sale Of the small sur
Mus of 1915 and compel the world to
pay a fancy price for the new crop.
And why not?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Universal Misinterpraation

Maybe you could help me. ,crites
J. a. hare pains ia the small OF
~ back. caused by kidney trouble.
I suppose.
Answcr-Your kidneys are not In
the small Of your back, and kidney
trouble practically never causes
pains In the back you've been read.
ing somebody's almanac.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

Francisco villa made General Car
rama possible Now carrn@ has
formally proclaimed villa an ou'la"
ana authorizes his execution by any
c,,,zen OF the republic that might en-
counter him. Who is the traitor ana
,nrrate in this ircidcnte llueea Is
dead and Il IS impossible to saduie
,he o6oauy on his grave.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

A specialist is physician whose
knowledge and experience Is limited.
not all-inclusive. OF course he has
Lad a general medical training. and
should have few years Of general
practice before entering upon special
practice, bat as a general rule the
competent specialist Is unable TO
treat skiifully anything outside OF
his immediate field.
The specialist is a blessing 10 suf-
fering mankind. but suffering man
kind should rely upon the family
doctor TO point the way to these
blessings.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

The fact that a kings son helps
unload army wagons is no more in
terestinc to sane person than the
fact that a plumbers son got a toy
pipe wrench Tor Christmas. But
the fact that anybody thinks It Is
news is really remarkable enough
for a scare headline.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

Please orplaia rhqi is meant by
"sifept0c0ccuS sore thFodf"f IN II
dlficat 10 teH IL from scarlet feperf
Is Il contagious, aad II SO. .chy are
the houses not pldedrGedf
AHswcr-Acute, and severe. sore
throat caused by the streptoeoccus "a
yirulont germ. II Is sometimes diff
heult TO diagnose from scarlet fever
sore throat. 1t ~ as contagious as
diphtheria. Health officers are diff.
iident. Anyway. placarding is no
bar to contagious disease.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

A Boston exchange declares tha'
n president Wilson nominates
Tan many Democrat for postmaster
~ New York il would be an open
challenge 30 William Jennings BY
- Why a challenge William leh
rings gets his nail in Nebraska. lie
ism, citizen Of New York, pat
,on OF New York postoifice or the
distributor Of New York patronage
utbx should Nebraska dictate to
>ex York or New York dictate to
Nebraska?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

The Germans hurled 2eeoO shells
I; one day in small distric, around
<ieupori and Il is barely mentioned
IN the dispatches in any previous
war that number OF shells would nave
meant one Of the grsatest battles oA
fha mr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

While ambassadors sit around
and talk over the full conditions
OF peace" the folks at home stand
or lie around and discuss the empty
conditions OF war. as affecting tho
flour-bin, the potato cellar and tho
stomach.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW

4 sluggish liver can cause person
end awful lot of misery. Spells Of
dizziness. headaches. constipation AMI
tiliousness are sure signs that your
l4er needs help Take ~ King 5
New life Pills and see how thoy heln
tone up the whole system Fine for
The stomach too AIDS digestion
Furifies the blood and clears the com.
llexion. Only 25e at your Druggist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Finnigin rilosofy

Whin tn responsibility av job
We have criticised falls upon US. We
fale good dale like buryln' our
eilyes whin We raymlmher some ay
tn things We said about tn former
ineumbint.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Pocket ESSAYS

by GEORGE FITCH

Among the crimes committed by
the beautiful snow is the snowdrift.
Snow Is great traveller and loves
to gather in ten-foot deep conven-
tioEs In railroad cuts thus making
the morning mail seventeen hours
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

When q woman who has been mar
ried ten years doesn't show it, that
means she has an i1-uigsnt husband
and re children.
The first thing a farmer boy learns
after he enters college IS TO wear
pajamas. After that he ,aSeS !.
otner branches Of stu2v.
Transportation facilities n this
country are so good that it is CON-
paratively easy to bring the ct' ns
and the slot machine together.
"The trouble with our mine" said
a man from the coal country res-
terday. is that We had to go thr sgh
twenty-eight feet CT trouble to get TO
thirty.three inches OF e1al."
Another argument you have no
chance to win Is the one with the
barber which he predicates on the
theory taat you need a massage.
II man has money he Is called
"Uncle Joe" But If he IS a charge
on the bounty of friends n -elatives
he is called "Old Joe"
The injured husband eventually
finds 1. out. but tie ccroner's Jury
seldom achieves s,s. that peer dis
tinction.
The fact that the Normons believe
In polygamy accounts for good
many of ,heir male Converts.
When an American celebrates on
behalf Of his country he does II with
frecraeker. But when a French
inan celebrates on behalf of his coun-
try he 19as it with a c5rkscrew.
There are number OF invielabla
rules. One os them Is that when a
mar wea.s whiskers hts pc.aer
Shout ret call aim Willis"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
As A Cnsrnetician

This Is the limit. just about.
But pardsl this one burst;
When woman and her man fall out,
The woman makes up first.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

II America were attacked there
would be immediate demand for all
the lam) bush league pitchers to
throw hand-grenades.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

Mans sentimental. too. you bet.
Although he gruiiiy swears he's
not
There never was a callous, yet.
That didn't hide "a tender spot.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

PRETTY toagA' The Democrat e
senate SAYS Democratic Governor
synnams Is "anamorlcan undemoeral'
ie and anti.repuollcan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

All the Russians need to do in
order 10 make surprise move, is
to move toward the enemy
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

Outstanding ones resources can
hardly be called marrying money.
can itp
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
On Jones' Account

We often think We should like
TO celebrate ground hog day al
Fort Atkinson. Wisconsin.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Told Him, ,

paw. what kind of Indians were
those the British had in the French
trenches ?" "Digger-in-d -dians.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

In unsoramhling the conversa-
tion between two one-languago
rinks, il is the interpreters own
fault il he doesn't have an enjoy
able time.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
Sounds Dangerous

Al Greenfield. Mass, is tho
American Tap and Die Company.
Sounds like nitroglycerine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

The seating capacity of a church Is
always too small for a fashionable
wedding and nearly always too large
for the other gatherings for which i.
Is utilized.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29
fagShap9ho}sp
A Jay E.Aouse ~

When a girl decides to 60 away
and have her voice cultivated II is an
indication the young men in her COM
mnnity aren't biting very we'll
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

The average farmers contribution
to the development OF an artistic
landscape is to paint his barn red.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

When a woman employs a check
ing system 1t is for the purpose Of
keeping track Of her daughter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-01-29

When woman who has been mar
ried ten years doesn't show it, thas
means she has an ia-uigsnt husband
anG re children.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
Fair Coed Morries
and Returns 10 Her
Studies Next Day
STUDENT OF OLE MISS GOES TO
CHANCELLOR AND HAS NAME
ON BOOKS CHANGED.

Oxford, Miss, Feb. Miss Sallie
Bell Hamilton. who lives in Oxford
and is a student in the University,
being a member of the sophomore lit
erary class, left her home to come out
to the campus to spend the night Sat
urday evening. but instead boarded
the north-bound 3 O'Clock train and
went to Holly Springs where she met
Ben H. Smith, whose home is in Hick-
ory Flat They were married there
that night. They returned to Oxford
Sunday Monday Mr.. Smith went to
Bowling Green, Ky, to take busl-
ness course. His bride went back to
her school work, but first went to
Vice Chancellor Hume and had hei
name changed on the books from Miss
Hamilton to Mrs. Ben Fl. Smith.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
Yes, He SdW His
Shadow,DidG. G.Hog

Il
Did he, meaning Mr.. G. Hog, see
his shadow today?
He certainly did. There's no doubt
about that. For something like an
hour this morning, at irregular inter-
walls, the sun burst through the obscur
ing clouds, and shined beamingly ON
Forrest county, and the little weather
prognosticator, out in his burrow look
ling for that event, was right there to
see it.
It means that there is going to be
40 days of real wintry weather, some
thing like the kind that has troubled
Hattiesburg for the last three or four
days.
| This is grounding day, and early
that little weather prognosticator be-
gan stirring about, poking his nose
from out his burrow. He emerged
surveying the landscape with know
ing eye.
The little animal realized that to-
day was fraught with grave meaning
Ito those whose welfare depends upon
! wind and wave, sunshine and shadow,
or a change of time and tide. And on
this, Ground Hog Day, with regularity
eaualled only by the movement OF the
sun and the stars, out he popped ms
head for his look around.
There are those persons who main
tain that there never has been FEB
: ruary when the sun did not shine, a.
, lleast moment or two. They say i
happened today. Others, who watch
ed the skies just as closely, say ther'
was not enough sunshine at any TIM
to make a regular shadow.
: OF course, it's fable that has bee
handed down from generation to ger
Grafton, but it is one that appeals
the imagination, and it fingers. Ther
are people in some parts of the coul
n try who really pin their faith upon l
!, But the naturalist has no faith in tn
d fable. for he has found that Broths
n Ground Hog is one of the sleepiest
$ the hibernators, and is usually one
-. the last to appear.
IL In Scotland, the fable omitted Il
Us famous grounding, and ran thus:
ot
n. s1f Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
"A The half O. the winters TO come al
k mair;
If Candlemas Day be wet and foul,
:, The half of the winters gone
Yule."
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
MERCURY AT FREEZING;
STEALS CREAM FREEZER
POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE
NERvlEsT BURGLAR YET AP-
PRETENDED.

The police believe they have locked
up in the city Jail today the nerviest
burglar they have run across in
months.
He is Allen Beasly. driver for the
Foster-Ryan Hardware Company, and
, he is charged with having burgiarized
that store last night and stolen an
ice cream freezer and several knives.
He will be given a hearing tomor-
row.
Last night. c. Z. Lineman was on
his way home in the bitter cold rain
storm. when he SKY someone prowl-
ling around in the Foster-Ryan store.
He telephoned, police headquarters
/ but on the arrival there, no one was
: found. This morning it was found
| that the store had been entered IRON
) the rear bx someone climbing up on
i shed, aud raising a window. Two pc
E licemsn we're put to work on the bure
!. larry and Beasley's home was visite
and searched. There fhes. found tn
Il freezer and several knives. The nj
e gro was taken 70 headquarters, an
o positively identified BY MI. Linnema
/. as the man he saw IN the store
I'll Beasly was employed by the Foste
sRyan Company for abeet montl
h fall He went TO work fpr the
.s : Y. -. Z. 1.><.<..4<. !, 4 xI.zrj
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
Lena Had An Itchy
Foot; So She Came
Here to Scratch 1t
THOUGHT HATTiEssuRe DANCE
HALL FLOORS WOULD BE
CURE FOR AlLMENT.

Here's new ailment--tho itchy
foot"
Lena Ritchie, sister of Mary, Of
Gulfport, who came to Hattiesburg last
week to study at close range the cab
arets of the Hub City's darktown, had
the ailment. 1t took violent form, and
so Lena came to Hattiesburg to
scratch it on the dance hall floors
which caused Sister Mary so much
trouble recently.
Mother wouldn't let me go to
dances with the collud gem'men OF
Gulfno't," said Lena, when taken in
tow by Policeman McInnis last night.
$50 All decided to come to Hatties-
bug and dance, even if Ah did have
to pay de fiddler"
Lena was found outside of Howard
Hall, sitting on the steps, long time
after the other dancers had fed fol-
/ the night, to dream of fried chicken
watermelons and three-hour worn
day, with two and half hours off fol
lunch. She couldn't give very good
reason for being there, so the officer
brought her along and had her locked
up. She was returned to Gulfport thi'
morning.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
Helen Keller sued.

Omaha. Neb., Feb. 2.-Helen hehar,.
blind and deaf: Mrs. Annie sullivan
Macy, her teacher. and Mrs. Macy 2
husband John Albert Macy, are de-
PENDANTS in suit for $4,000 broushe
by Frederick w. Withey, charging We
,ation of contract for the 1912 lecture
season, for which Withey says ne vas
engaged TO act as Miss kellsr's man
ager and booking agent.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-02-02
REEFS IS indicted
FOR PURv|s MURDER
BAIL FIXED AT $4,000; EFFORTS
TO RAISE THAT AMOUNT
NOW BEING MADE.
Sn, cinL to The NeWs.


Purvis. Miss, Feb. "A bill charg
ing first degree murder has been re.
turned by the grand jury now IN 5o
sion here against DR.. Sam E<
who some time ago shot 49,
Wiley A. Blackburn, editoz
gressive star as the Cd
long continued feud betN two
who were competitors in news
paper business here.
Sheriff J. c. Shedd at once took pr.
Reese in custody and his attorneys
Salter and Hathorn, made application
for bail to Judge Weathersby,s now
holding circuit court at this place,
who announced that upon agreement
of the counsel for the state and de-
fense bail could be granted; that ne
would fix the bail to be given at sio'-
900.
Steps were at once taken by detend- &
ants attorneys to arrange for the ban
bond and ii is reliably reported thats
ii will be made.