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day night. Just when the water Was lnost neeaed there was none to be had had this been the hrst tune that a conu etenps ot tnis nature occurred, 1t would hard ly justly remark but, it is not the nrst time. Indeed, there IS positively no assurance that the condition prevailing at the Dis- covery fire may not be repeated tomorrow or the next day or the day alter, in the event of fire oc- cnirng on those days. We are not aware ot the actual reason why the water failed to appear when needed Friday night, nor does any one else seem 10 know.
 he engineer on duty at the pumping station declares that he does not know and the officials of the fire department also pro- fess ignorance. Everyone con
 nectea With the department lays
 the blame on the suction but no
 one, from the chairman of the fire
 ana water conmlttee down to the
 humble engineer, seems to have
 the faintest iaea why the suction
 lalled to work. There are several
 theories onered but no one seems
 to have the slightest amount of
 actual knowledge as to the why or wherefore. The engineer says that the pumps were started
 promptly on signal with a full head ot water discharging into
 the main. This continued for
 hye or six minutes apparently, then, tor no reason that can be eAplained the water suddenly Ceased. The pumps were then shut down while an investix<tion was maoe 50 tar as can be as- cerrainea this resulted III the find- ing ot no tangible evidences of a.l5 tnlng wong with the appa- ratus. 1t is said that no eAam- or tne suction intake was possiDie as the contrlvance IS cov- cred With snow and ice. After jew minutes, knowing notning else to do under the circun- stances, the engineer again start
 ed the pdinpS, With the result that ample water followed. But, III the interval, many valuable minutes, minutes that under other less ortunate conditions might have resulted in the de- struction of much valuable prop erty, were lost. And no one can give a reason The pumps were all right-everything was all right as far as any one knows but the fact remains that there was. no water when the fire was T. the most critical stage and when the available resources of lile department were exhausted.
 Those who were on the scene and are awe:e of the circumstances readily sd-nit that i. i, nothing short of miracle that the fire did
 not gait sufficient heaoway dur
 ing the interval of waiting after the chemical was exhausted as to
 seriously jeopardize both the Dis
 covery building and much sur
 rounding property. As previous
 ly remarked, the whole fault is
 blamed on the suction. Probably
 it was. In any event it is plain that something should be done to
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MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916.

The complete absence of water for nearly half hour after the sounding of the alarm for the Dis covery fire Friday evening is an- other significant indication that a change of some nature should be made in the supply system so that an adequate and infallible supply of water will be ready for
 use at all times and under all
 conditions The present method
 of supplying water for fires is thoroughly efficient for the pur- -i..-aAra-.r- r-,rras, s,-h,it ona- hut that one is of a nature to, in a great degree, nullify practically every other good feature of the system. The whole trouble is that the plant cannot be depend ed upon to supply water exactly at the time it is needed. This IS apparently not a fault of the pumping apparatus but is due
 ather to the fact that the the connections with the source oi
 ater supply are of such char acter as to render the whole ap- paratus useless at times. This was exactly the situation for twenty five or thirty minutes af- ter the sounding of the alarm Fri.
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CALL. REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CONVENTION.

All delegates elected at primar- ies, March nth are requested to be present at Hunter Hall at 8 :3o p. m.. Saturday, March IS.
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 Sec. Ter. Com.
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The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

The plan of treating sick plants with
sprays of iron sulphate solution is be-
heved to be the solution of a serious
problem of pineapple growers in the
Hawaiian islands, though the details
of application are yet to be perfected.
The black surface soil near Honolulu,
over an area of 5000 to 10000 acres,
contains manganese, up to two or
three per cent and pineapple plants
in this soil, though growing well for a
time, eventually become weak and
sickly, with dropping yellow leaves,
The fruit, which develops and ripens
imperfectly, is made unpalatabIe by a
peculiar acidity and lack Of sugar.
The investigation of NJ. o. johnson, of
the Honolulu experiment station. has
recently brought the discovery that the
manganese dioxide in the soil renders
the iron insoluble, and that, in soil
having great abundance Of iron, the
plants have failed from lack Of this
element Injections of iron sulphate
promptly restored greenness and vigor
In field experiments feeding iron
to the roots gave no results, but it was
found that when the leaves were wet
with copperas solution enough iron
was absorbed to supply their needs.
The flavor of the treated fruit was
equal to that of the product Of the
best pineapple land.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
GRID TEAMS USE MASS PLAY
New Style of Attack Has Been Legal
lied by Rules committee-Tackling
From Behind Prohibited.


The mass play devised by George
Foster Sanford, the Rutgers college
coach, may be adopted by elevens of
other colleges as a result of the an
nOuncement that the new style of at
tack has been legalized by the football
rules committee. The play consists Of
the alignment of three of the four
backs Immediately behind three adj
joining players on the forward line.
1t was used effectively by the Rutgers
eleven and proved formidable when a
little ground was needed to retain the
ball or when the team was near the
enemys goal, but in one instance last
season it was declared Illegal
Mr.. Sanford submitted the question
of its legality to the rules committee
and obtained decision that the play
was legitimate provided no part of the
bodies of the three players forming the
secondary attacking line was within
one yard of the line of scrimmage.
A suggestion by Mr.. Sanford that
rule should be adopted prohibiting the
cutting down of a player from behind
was approved by the committee in
formally. He described it as ''the most
dastardly play in football, a ham,
stringlng, knee-breaking, face-smash-
ing play that allows a man on one
side to injure a member of an opposing
eleven"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Don't Neglect Kidneys
SWamp-ROot, DR.. Kilmer's PreScrip-
ton, Overc0meS Kidney Trouble

It is now conceded by physicians that
the kidneys should have more attention
as they control the other organs to a re
markable degree and do a tremendous
amount Of work IN removing the poisons
and waste matter from the system by
fltering the blood.
The kidneys should receive some as
sistance when needed. We take less ex-
ercise, drink less water and often eat
more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than nature
intended. Evidence of kidney trouble,
such as lame back, annoying bladder
troubles, smarting or burning, brick
dust or sediment, sallow complexion,
rheumatism, maybe weak or irregular
heart action warns you that your kid
neys require help Immediately to avoid
more serious trouble
An ideal herbal compound that has had
most remarkable success as a kidney and
bladder remedy is DR.. Klmer's Swamp
Root. There is nothing else like it. It
is DR.. Kilmer's prescription used in pri-
vate practice and it is sure to benefit you.
Get bottle from your druggist
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
LISTS COvERlNG8OCOUNTIEs
Rolls Show Twelve Hundred increase
In Year-s925, 900 VIII Be Paid
by the State to Pensioners


Biloxi Miss -Mississippi's pension.
ers during the next two years will
number 8,4OO, according to Judge 2. T..
Champlin. Of Biloxi. member Of the
state pension board, which has COM
pleted the work of tabulating. CLASH
flying and correcting the pension roll
sent to the state auditor from each Of
the 80 counties Of the state. Judge
Champlin has returned from Jackson,
after finishing his work there, and
states that the pension roll would be
1,200 short of what it was last year,
on account Of the fact that all pension
ers were forced to make new applica-
tion to each Of the county pension
boards, this having been required as
result Of law passed by the last legis-
lature. The appropriation for pension
ers In 1916 will amount to $475,O00,
and for 1917 will be $45O.000. Judge
Champlin states that no pensioners In
the state were turned down by the
state pension board of which he is q
member.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
FARMER IS
SHOT BY UNKNOWN
FRANK DAsHlELL, PLANTER. AS
sAULTED BY AN UNKNOWN
HlGHWAYMAN.
INvADES SCHOOL DORMITORY.
Believed Man Who Did Shooting Also
Intruder Found In !. |. & c. Sleep
ING Apartments and Attempt
ed To XIII Watchman.

Columbus, Miss.-W Working on the
theory that all three crimes we're per-
petratsd by the same individuals, the
police here are prosecuting diligent
search for an unidentified man who on
the night of October 18th caused con-
sternation and alarm among the teach
ers and students at the Mississippi In
dustrial Institute and College by con-
cealing himself in sleeping apart
ment of one of the dormitories at that
institution, later attempted to assassi-
nate J. A. Noland, night watchman at
the local plant of the Refuge Cotton
Oil Co., and concluded his vicious es-
capade by shooting Frank Dashiell,
well-known young farmer.
The invasion of the college dormi-
tory occurred early in the evening.
The intruder is described by members
of the faculty as having been either a
mulatto or white man with swar-
thy complexion. According to the
ory, which seems to be generally ac-
cepted. the man went from the college
t. the plant of the Refuge Cotton Oil
Co., and after mixup with the watch
man, hiked out for the country and
met young Dashiell on the Robertson
road, one mile west Of Columbus.
The young planter was mounted on
horse and, according to officers in
charge OF the investigation, reached
for his pistol, when ordered to hold
up his hands by his assailant. The
young nan succeeded in securing his
revolver but the revolver was shot
from his hand by the marauder.
After having fred four shots into
Dashiell's body the unknown highway
man made his escape. Farmers living
near rushed Dashiell to local infirm-
ary, where he is IN a serious condition.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
.1yOTES %l
.SPOHDOHI|
Heine Zimmerman in any other uni

Heine Zimmerman in any other uni
form would be fired just as often.
Some golfers would make very poor
teamsters judging by their drives.
There is nothing else quite compara-
bic to the intense earnestness of a foot
ball squad.
Eddie Plank says Koob of the
Browns needs only a slow ball to make
him slab wizard.
There is a difference between a
waist ball and waste ball. Sometimes
the difference is three bases.
It is understood that flock of in
ventorS are staying up all night work
ing on an electric home-plate duster.
Looks like wrestling is going to have
a tough winter except in towns too
small to support board Of health.
If Chick Evans persists in winning
golf titles, don't be surprised to hear
they've named the home town Chick
ago.
Harvard is trying Westmore Wilcox
in the quarterback position, which In
dicates the need Of quarters at Cam
bridge.
See where the boxing season viii
soon be uncorked. Then Wen get
new line on all the latest ballroom
prances.
Ping Bodie will report to the Mack
erels next spring. AS Mackerels are
noted for their bones, Ping ought to
feel at home.
"Woofl woofr reads headline over
box score in a Philadelphia paper. Is
this an intimation that the Athletics
are dogging it?
Johnny Kilbane has held the feath-
erweight boxing title since February
%, 1912, through a decision over Abe
Attell of Los Angeles.
Hannes KOlehmainen, who was the
hero of the last Olympic games in Swe-
den, is said to be all through as a
champion in the American iong-dis
tance runnings.
Allan Thurman, Virginia, brilliant
linesman and punter, delivered blow
to the Southerner's football prospects
the other day. He has gone to France
to serve on an ambulance.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

under my personal guarantee that It
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomeI; it won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
viii start your liver, clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chill
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because it is pleasant tasting and
doesn't grippe or cramp or make them
sick
lam selling millions OF bottles Of Dod-
sons Liver Tone to people who have
found that this pleasant. vegetable, liv-
er medicine takes the place Of danger.
GUS calomel. Buy one bottle on my
sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your
druggist or storekeeper about me. Adv.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Radaes for the Mounded.

Those people whose curiosity leads
them to study the many badges of
rank which now decorate the sleeves
of officers and men of the allied armies
have been puzzled by the appearance
of a new badge in the French army.
French soldiers on leave in England
may be seen wearing narrow stripes on
the arm above the elbow and ordinary
people have been unable to understand
why some of the rank and file have
been able to sport even more of these
decorations than officers of high rank.
The explanation is simple. Every stripe
means wounded once. The French
government has inaugurated scheme
by which every soldier is entitled to
wear one for every time he has been
wounded.
Some men have already won several
such stripes and the other day one
man in London was the proud wearer
Of nine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Guarantee "DOdsons Liver Tone Win Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever ad-DOnt Lose Days Work.

Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
days york Calomel is quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel Injuries your
liver.
II you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, If your bowels
are constipated and your head aches
or stomach Is sour, Just take a spoon
ful Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
instead Of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real
liver medicine. You7l know it next
morning because you will wake up
feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular. You win feel like
working. You1l be cheerful; fun Of
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
S0-cent bottle Of Dodsons Liver Tone
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Work on Hotel.

Greenwood, Miss-The brick work
on the handsome new $4,000 Hotel
Irving, being erected at the corner of
Howard and Church streets, is almost
completed, and plastering will soon be-
gin. The roof will be put on when the
brick work is completed and will be
followed by the plastering.
The new hotel is four stories, and
from appearances and from the archi-
tect drawing, promises to be a bea-
tiful structure. The building will con-
tain So rooms, besides parlors, lob.
bies. etc.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Walden, Miss Joseph King, large
planter and cattle dealer of Swan
Lake, bought of c. B. Alexander, and
shipped from this point to his planta-
ton, car lot Of .2-year-old beef steers.
There were 25 of these young steers,
which sold for an average price of $45
each. These beefers were Black An
gus grades. A finer lot of young cat
tie has rarely been shipped from any
point in Central Mississippi. Our
farmers are just beginning to realize
that cotton is not the only money
making crop.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
More Horses Than Ever.

For all motor vehicles which are
multiplying like rabbits, horses are in
creasing in number. In New York
State census was taken by school
children last year under the auspices
of the State education and agricultural
departments. This was the first CEN
sus of its kind ever attempted.
The children's figures give the num-
Der of horses last year at 1,O17, ,72S,
which is an increase of 1O8,OOO over
the Federal census of 1910. The num-
Der of horses last year at 1,017, ,728,
Der of cows remains unchanged, but
sheep fell off 100000. A gain of 2OO,-
600 is shown in swine.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Eddie Plank says Koob of the
Browns needs only slow ball to make
him a slab wizard.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Allan Thurman, Virginia. brilliant
linesman and punter. delivered a blow
to the Southerner's football prospects
the other day. He has gone to France
to serve on an ambulance.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
GOLF QUITE POPULAR SPORT
Becoming Close Competitor With
Baseball for Title of National
Game-Has Firm HoIds

1t is an Indication of hopeless pro-
yincialfsm for anybody to deride the
game of golf nowadays. This sport
has taken such firm hold upon all
classes of people, it has become so
universal and its popularity is so per-
manently founded that the jibes and
wheezes of dull wits no longer have
any force. Only the hopelessly igno-
rant now characterize it as sissy" 1t
is, in fact, a full-blooded, strong-bodied
and absorbing sport that demands the
best brain and muscle that can be put
into it. Golf is really becoming close
competitor with baseball for the title
of the national game.-Kansas City
Journal.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
CLEVELAND GETS BIG EVENT
National Track and Field Champion
ships Will BE Held at Ohio Me-
tropolis Next Season.

The national track and field cham
pionships will be held in the middle
West next year, according to an an
nOuncement of Frederick w. RHbien
secretary treasurer of the Amateur
Athletic union. at the outing rendered
by the New York Athletic club to the
visiting athletes at its summer home
at Travers island. Cleveland is the
place selected.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Yazoo City, Miss.-The bridge to
cross the Big Black river at Scott's
Ferry, near Flora, at cost Of $780,
600, is fast nearing completion. The
Madison county highway is also being
finished, and when the bridge is COM
pleted the Yazoo road and the Madi-
son road will be connected, making a
straight cut to jackson.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
preshu4eru Annluersaru

Hazelhurst, Miss.-The Tooth ami
versary Of the Methodist Presbytery
was celebrated near Natchez Tuesday
and Wednesday, at Jefferson coll
lege, which is the oldest college in the
state. The church is said to be the
oldest protestant organization in the
Southwest.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
MURRAY OURS TENNIS GAME


r. Lindley Murray. the tennis player
is to be lost to the New York group Of
star men with the racquet. He has
taken position with prominent
chemical company at Niagara Falls.
and win make his home there. This
means that only In the most important
tournaments viii be appear next year
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Trainlosd Of cotton.

Clarksdale, Miss.-The largest ship
melt of cotton ever received here at
one time arrived over the Y. & M. V.
It was solid train load, consisting of
48 flat cars loaded to their capacity
with cotton of all grades. There were
2,44O bales on the train, valued at ap-
proximately S355,OOO.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Creamery for ourant.

Durant, Miss. .-Durant is soon to
have one of the most up-to-date cream
cries in the state. All of the machinery
is on the ground, and the erection of
the building is well under way. The
machinery when installed will have a
capacity, Of 1000 pounds Of butter at
one churning, said to be the largest
churn In the state.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Biloxi, Miss.--Acting under instruc-
tions of Judge Louis Goldman, Off
GERS r. NJ. Randolph and Zudie High
tower destroyed $3.50 worth Of liquor
held in the jail at Biloxi. The liquor
was confiscated when J. o. O'Rourkes
schooner, which brought the booze
from New Orleans to Biloxi, was raid
ed several days ago.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
AMERICAN SPORTS ARE LIKED
Japanese Rapidly Assimiiatino occi.
dental Athletics-Fond Of Golf,
Tennis and Motoring.

Americans interested in athletics, re-
turning from Japan, report that the
Japanese rapidly are assimilating Oc-
cIdental sports in general, just as they
did baseball following it's introduction
into the land Of Nippon. Golf, tennis
and motoring are all gaining devotees
by the hundreds and some Of the play
ers are showing a proficiency on the
courts and links that promise to make
them formidable opponents in few
years
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

The average value of farm land
throughout the United States in 1910,
aside from buildings, was $50. .49 an
acre, according to the census. In 1916,
according to the department of agrlcul-
ture this value had grown to $3.50,
an increase of 40 per cent. Since the
total value of farm lands, aside from
buildings, was returned in 1910 as
$28, 475, 100000, the total increment
since then must be more than clever
billions.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
Poor cotton crop.

Heidelburg, Nashville the wealth
er has been ideal for cotton picking
since the 1st of September, only forty
bales Of cotton had been sold in Held
elburg This is not 10 per cent of what
is usually sold here during September,
and it is estimated that the town will
not get over $50 bales this year.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
NEW SWIMMING RECORD MADE
Henry Sullivan Defeated Charles 10th
In Recent Long Distance Race
Lowers Former Mark.

Henry r. Sullivan Of Lowell, Mass.
who defeated Charles 10th IN their re-
cent long-dlstance swimming race,
swan the breast stroke for 20 hours
z8 minutes during the contest, and es-
tabIIshed new. American endurance
record. beating Toth's former mark Of
10 hours AZ minutes
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Yazoo City, Miss.-M Il. Brewer, a
civil engineer of Silver City. has be-
gun the work of making a preliminary
survey for the canal to complete the
drainage of the land known as the
Wills Creek drainage district. Recent
ly a committee appeared before the
city and asked that they share some
of the expense with the county, owing
to the fact that Beaver Dam, "a stag
nant lake near here, would be drained.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
RyhaIla For eood Road.

Byhalia. Miss.-The people here are
elated over the fact that Byhalia is to
be on the route of the Bankhead high
way from Birmingham to Memphis.
The proposed highway will join the
Jefferson Davis highway at Holly
Springs.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19
YOUNG Men,s Rusiness clubs.

Jackson, Miss.-Addresses by DR..
Charles Hillman Brough, governor
elect of Arkansas, and A. o. Wright. of
Shreveport, were features at the ses-
sion of the second annual convention
of the Young Mems Business Clubs Of
America held here.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1916-10-19

Amsterdam. According to the Ham.
burger Nachrichten, Capt. Paul Koe.
mig OF the German submarine Deutsch.
land, replying to & telegram Of con.
gratulations from his native town on
his voyage to the United States and
return. ssid he was busy with prepa
rations for a second trip.