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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1916-05-26

George +. Critz is still practices
ing law ut Paint Rock, Texas.
Frank Townsend is q lawyer and
editor at Ackerman. All the
Others except the writer are dead
unless perhaps II. s. Blair may be
still living. The last / heard Of
him some II or 15 years ago he
was county judge IN Jack county
Texas. Looking back through
the many years it seems strange
that the county could have sup
ported SO many lawyers.
Starkville then had little less
than 1000 population. The coun,
ty as u whole was not quite SO
porulous rs at present. 1t con-
tanned much fewer white people
but more negroes than it has now
The people were far poorer fnan>
cially than they are at preeent.
We had only one bank in the
county and its average desposits
were about $4,000. .00 to $4,000. 90
while now we haye five and sever
al of these have each many times
as great deposits as our original
bank.
But some way there was a great
deal OF litigation III the courts.
Justice OF. the Peace courts, espe-
cially in Beats 3, 4, u 5, often
lasted for z or 3 days at a time
and were held several times u
month.
James NJ. Arnold, afterwards
Supreme Judge presided as oul
Circuit Judge, Wiley Nash was
District Attorney an0 W. A. Hal,
W. E. Saunders aid Capt LII. {,
Powers were respectively Circui,
Clerk, CLancery Clerk aud Sheriff.
JAS. L. Harrison, Beverly Mat.
hews, s. NJ. Meek and Judge Orr
famous lawy ers OF that day usual,
attended every term OF ouI
court. The first week OF the tern
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1916-05-26
Blind Tigers Caught.

Swlmp Winston, Arthur Mack
and Johnny Young were tried be-
lore Mayor Sudduth "Wednesday
Charged with retaining and were
convicted and were hued 500 .OU
and given twenty days on the
streets each. The evidence upon
which these negroes were CONVICT
ed WAS secured by Two negro de-
teetlyes who travel over the state
tor this purpose. The testimony
ot these detectives was conclusive
aud could not he shaken. The
accused were represented by Saun.
deis u Walker while Beu u Ware
represented the city iu The proses.
ton.
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The next re. union OF Confeder
ate Veterans will be held III Wash
lngton, ID. q.
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Born, to Prof. and Mrs. Brooks
lon tuesday, 2ard, y tue toy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

Germany and Franco have reached
definite agreement IA regard to the
transfer to Switzerland OF wounded.
and sick French and German prison
sra Of U@E.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
The Bandit Hunt In Mexico

The situation along the Mexican
border is in the lap of the gods, as
the old saying goes. 1t may mean
much or little. If Villa could be
leans will feel a respect for Uncle
Sam they have not known since the
invasion of 1847. But meanwhile our
expeditionary forces are hunting for
vermin with lighted match in a dark
powder magazine Can they keep the
sparks out of the fiery Mexican tenn
perament2
Long experience with the red In
dian and the Filipino has made our
army men familiar with the game.
The mountains OF Sonora and Chihua-
hua will have to be raked with q fine
tooth comb. Villa and his men can't
live Indefinitely on roots and bark,
and must come out from cover.
Our people will have to pay the
price In a pitched battle, the losses
against the unframed and headIong
Mexicans would never be heavy. It
used to be said, while Huerta and
Villa were fighting, that after bat
tie the men would play cards instead
of prepare for the morrow's engage
ment.
But a long pursuit through rough
mountain country will bring its sad
toll of our boys. Every tree and
stone is likely to be the lurking place
of death. Our men, however, are
cool and brainy. They will play the
game as cleverly as it was ever play
ed by the willy old Sioux or Iroquois
The MexicanS are hot headed and will
throw their lives away on impulse.
Funston and Pershing have a task
that is quite as much diplomatic and
political as military. If they can only
make the Mexicans see it, their pros
perity is dependent on putting Butch
err Villa out of the way. A golden
store of American money and an
electrical current of human energy
are ready to pour into this fertile
land when the ruffian and the assas-
sin have been put down. The expedi-
ton will tell the Mexicans few
things about Uncle Sam that the pres
ent generation never knew before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
FAMED REGIMENTS
GO WITH PERSHlNG
ACROSS BOUNDARY

Two very famous United States reg
iments-the Seventh and Tenth Cav
alry-are with Gen. Pershing on the
march into Mexico.
1t was the Seventh Cavalry which
Gen. Custer led in his lost fight when
he and his command were all put to
death, fighting to the last a horde of
Sioux Indians on the Little Big Horn
1t was the Tenth Cavalry which did
such effective work at San Juan Hill,
in Cuba, and that many people be-
Iieve saved Roosevelt's Rough Riders
from extinction, or at least from de-
feat.
Spectacular Record
The Seventh is one of the crack or
CARNATIONS in the army, old in tradf-
ton, experienced in fighting, and
with a knack of figuring in spectac-
ular achievements. The Seventh
fought all through the civil war anf
saved many engagements for the
North, but Clusters massacre prob
ably was it's most famous battle.
Gen. Custer who had won repu-
tation as a fighter IN the civil war,
was engaged in putting down g. Sioux
instruction in 1875. With his force
divided into three divisions he came
to the junction of the Big Horn and
Little Big Horn rivers, in what is
now the State of Montana. Here he
The reports were that the hostiles
did not far outnumber his own
troops.
He went after them with part of
the Seventh Regiment, and at the
river junction he was surrounded by
a force which numbered well over
10000. His was less than 5000 men.
He made his stand, and in the course
of an all day battle he and all his
troopers were killed. The only sur
vivor on the government side was
Comanche, the horse of Capt. Tom
Keogh Clusters brother Tom was
killed in the same fight. Comanche
lived to be 81 years old, honored and
cared for by the United States gov
eminent.
Avenged Gen. Custer
Fifteen years later. at the battle
of Wounded Knee, the Seventh had
an opportunity to avenge Custer. In
a war against the Sioux they sur,
rounded a force Of the enemy in a
valley The resultant slaughter was
so great that the officer in command
was tried by court-martial, but was
acquitted. When he was asked why
he did not give the order to cease
firing he said:
4.I gave it, but I had a cold that
day, and my men could not hear me-
The Seventh also saw active SER
vice in Cuba and the Philippines.
The Tenth. a negro regiment, won
its reputation as a fighting in, Cuba,
not alone at San Juan Hill but at
many other engagements into which
it was called.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
MILITIA
NOW SECTION OF
REGULAR ARMIES
Volunteer Training Corps
Gets Recognition After
Bitter Fight.

London, March 1.-THE decision of
the government to recognize the mill
tia organiza ton known as the 'FVol-
unteer Training Corps as part of the
military forces of the country solves
a difficulty that for many months
threatened to wreck the whole VO1un-
teer home-defense movement.
The trouble arose in connection
with Ireland, and shows how the old
Home Rule quarrel persist even in
the face of war. The Irish Nation
alists-Home Rulers-saw that bill
giving official recognition to the Vol
unteer forces would strengthen the
power of the Nationalist Volunteer
force, which is a considerable body
of men, all united with the intention
of backing the demand for Home Rule
with force if necessity should arise.
To prevent this strengthening of the
Home Rule element, the government
prepared a bill at the last session
which was carefully worded SO as not
to apply to Ireland at, all, but the
Nationalist saw through the ruse
promptly and threatened to put up a
big fight. The government then in
c1uded Ireland, and proposed to in
clude both the Nationalist and the
Ulster Anti-Home Rule militia. But
the Obstetrics rose in force against
this compromise, pointing out that
practically all the young men of the
Ulster Volunteers had forsal1en it for
large numbers of menNof military age
in the Nationalist militia.
So, while ireland was quarreling,
the bill was allowed to die, and ac-
cordfngly no official recognition
could be given to the Home-Defense
organizations through Act of Parlia-
nent.
The ministry has now got around
this by merely recognizing the Vo1un-
teers under an old military act of
inasmucn as the act in question never
applied to Ireland
The Volunteer Training Corps thus
enrolled as part of the nations
fighting forces are believed to ag-
gregate nearly four hundred thousand
men. The Corps was organized spe-
officially for home defense, and in
c1udes mostly men past military age
or otherwise exempt from military
duty. The organization led a thank
less and unhonored existence during
its first year. The papers poked a
good deal of fun at it, and the War
Office ignored it. But despite re-
bluffs, the movement spread with re-
markab1e rapidity. It adopted a gray
green uniform with red brassard,
With the initials &c. r., standing
presumably for George Rex, and
drilled faithfully in the highways and
byways. Punsters explained the &c. |
r. as standing for Georges Wrecks,
Going Rotten, or Government Re-
jects, but no amount of ridicule avail
ed to hinder the growth of the move
nent.
At one time it was suggested that
the Volunteers should go to Flanders
to dig trenches, but the scheme fell
through. When the Derby canvass
began, they proved of the greatest
assistance They helped in the can
vass, and as soon as the canvass
was completed they threw open their
ranks to the Derby recruits, offering
them free preliminary training, so
that when they were called up they
would not have to begin absolutely
at the beginning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

New York, March 17.-"How many
in your ships company?'' the Quaran-
tine Health Officer asked Capt. I. ".
Chapman of the schooner A. J. West
when she arrived Wednesday from
Manila after a voyage of 290 days
and through the Panama Canal, at
that.
well, there my life mate here, :"
the skipper replied, "our two kids.
he's second mate. two Japs and this
morning we had nine FILIPINO sea-
men,
None of the latter was in sight and
the health officer ordered them on
deck.
Cant be DONE" the skipper ex-
planned. Gold weather and hot stuff
finished them about six bells of the
middle watch. They're below singing
something about a bamboo tree now"
And from the fo'castIe came weird
strains of stringed music accompany
ing a yawp, while Charley, the Cap
tains months-o1d son. dane
ed on a hatch.
Sailed 22,292 Miles to Go 1880.
Captain Chapman figured that he
sailed the chugged-for the West has
gasoline auxiliary-9,7 $50 miles in
covering the $500 miles from Manila
to Honolulu; 8,912 miles to get from
Honolulu to Balboa which is 1920
miles on the chart, and $500 miles to
cover the steamer course of $500
miles from Colen here, all told, 22,292
miles to make 500.
Capt. Chapman, who is thirty-f1ve
years old. was born in Tacoma, Wash,
and went to the Philippines just be-
fore the Spanish war, in 1898. The
West a four-master of 544 tons, 81
feet long, was. built in Aberdeen,
Wash, eighteen years ago and is own
ed by the Manila, Import Company &,
Co.., of No. II State street, to bring
$4,000 feet of Bataan mahogany and
Capt. Chapman jumped at the chance
of showing his family New York.
The mahogany was packed in the
hold and piled on deck. leaving the
schooner only nineteen inches free
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

West had to be drydocked at Colon
for repairs and her cargo of mahog-
any unloaded. There all hands went
ashore and they had been at sea so
long they staggered all over the place.
Charley could not stand up ashore.
So far as Colon there were two Of
fcers who turned out to be Germans
They shipped as quartermasters.
How did they get on?'' Capt. Chap
man repeated in reply to a question.
well, Sarson, the mate. weighed 24O
pounds. There's no use. going into
particulars
They claimed at first to be American
citizens of Swedish birth. but one, at
Colon, went to the German Consul.
Capt. Chapman said, telling him he
was a German and asking the Con-
sui to collect his pay. Capt. Chap
man paid both Germans off.
The nine PHILIPPINES were fine sailors
until three days before the West ar
rived here. Then they had their first
taste of cold weather. But Capt.
Chapman at Colon, had laid in a sup
ply of gin. Even with that under their
belts they couba keep only ten minute
watches Tuesday and Wednesday. BY
yesterday morning the gin had pro
duced such wonderful effect that
they kept no watches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
SAILS 22,292 MILES TO GO
1850 IN 2SO BUSY DAYS
Schooner A j. West Here From Manila With Native
Crew, "stewed,'' Below Hatches-sea Supplies
Green Turtles When Grub Gives Out, With Baby
Charley Chapman Food Lookout.

board. The West was placed under
Philippine registry and was the first
vessel of that registry to come here.
The vessel encountered head winds
and Gains almost from the time she
set sail. In a fat sea the kicker
was used all the way to Lots Wife,
a rock in the Pacific, southeast of ia
pan. There Capt. Chapman picked
up a breeze and then a, blow. Three
typhoons came between July II and
July %. Several sails were blown to
shreds and the wash of the seas the
scuppers could not carry off soaked
into the hold. The crew manned
the pumps for sixteen days until Hon
olu1u was reached, Aug. 8. Repairs
took eighteen days, and Aug. %, the
schooner began her second leg across
the Pacific.
Thirty-seven Days I'm DOldrums.
After beating up to Socorro Island,
off the west coast of Mexico, there
was wind for thirty-seven days.
The kicker was resorted to again, but
it coughed and fused so that only
800 miles were covered during those
thirty-seven days. Then south of So
zorro another storm was, encountered.
All the provisions except rice were
spoiled and for several weeks a small
boat was used to catch green turtles.
The first was harpoOned. Then it
was discovered that the turtles were
asleep on the surface. so the others
were simply turned on their backs and
lifted into the boat.
This is where Charley, who won't
be two years old until July 8, came
in handy. He had learned to walk
on shipboard-and he and his little
elder brother, Ira, kept a close watch
for turtles. chair such as a sword
fisherman uses was rigged up in the
bow for Charley and when he saw
turtle he blew the bosuns whistle,
while Ira shouted, Turtle ahoy, pop!"
Seven turtles were caught at one time
and Ira almost fell overheard in the
excitement. All were tired of turtle
soup and turtle steak and turtle hash
except the youngsters, who cried for
more turtles most OF the way here.
Balboa was reached jan l, T@e
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
THE TIN CAN MENACE.

Who would have thought that the
tin can is menace TO the public
health? The expert malaria .investi-
gators of the U. 8. Public Health Ser
vice have found however, that dis
carded tin cans containing rain water
are breeding places for the mosquito
which is the sole agent in spreading
malaria. A hole in the bottom of
the empty can might have resulted
in the saving of a. human life Ger
tain1y it would have assisted in pre-
venting a facilitating illness Empty
tin cans have no business about the
premises anyway, but If we must so
decorate our back yards let's see to it
that the can has a hole in the bot
tom.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
COSTLY
DUST EXPLOSIONS

Large property losses occur annual
ly from dust explosions in the thresh-
ing and milling of grain. 1t is re-
ported that during last years har-
perty was destroyed in thresher. ex-
p1osions in the States of Washington,
Idaho and Oregon. IN cooperation
with the Bureau of Mines and other
divisions of the Department OF Agri-
culture, the Bureau of Chemistry has
completed an investigation and de-
vised means which, it is believed go
render these accidents less frequent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
Spring Is Jnst Around the Corner

Any day now the much delayed
spring weather will descend upon this
section of the country with its warm.
bright, sunny days which mean that
preparedness is essential in clothing,
but it is not only the spring weather
that makes it necessary to buy cloth
ing at the present time The new
spring fashions are being eagerly
snapped up by both men and women
and are now appearing on the streets
of Bridgeport so that you will soon
shed the garments of winter that arc
of style and in these piping times of
prosperity it is not the thing to do
to take chances by appearing old
fashioned. The Caesar A1isch stores,
at Main, Goolden Hill and Middle
streets are making q special display
of great varieties of spring fashions
and in order to impress their notice
upon the public more quickly are
holding special sale Saturday. Cheer
full Credit which form of buying has
been well tried and proven satisfac-
tory win be availabl to all who ask
for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

Emil Bohme, former member of
the crew of the liner Kroonland,
awarded a Congressional medal for
rescufne passengers from the burning
eamship Volturno, has been located
in a British prison camp
The Southern Railway Co. within
the next two weeks will distribute
bronze medals to 1,758 men who have
been in the service of the railroad for
ap eriod of 25 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
HEROIC ACTIONS OF
WAR DETAILED IN NEW
FRENCH PUBLICATION

Paris, March 17-The4 first pub
lished collection of heroic words and
actions of the war on the Franco
Belgian front has appeared in a vol
urne of 300 pages edited by Paul Sou
chon. There are remarks of soldiers
leaving for the front, in battle and in
the trenches, anecdotes of generals
and other officers, the talk of the
wounded, and the words of dying
heroes.
Wen toward the beginning is the
reply of a soldier marching through
Paris to a news vendor who offered
him the latest extra saying: Here,
my brave boy. is the latest news
News ?" replied the soldier. cit
is we who are going to make the
news
Four young artillery men of the
contingent of 1913 passed along the
Avenue Trudaine in Paris on the
way to the station. pretty woman
on the arm of her husband stopped
on the sidewalk and cried: Poor
boys! Good luck to YOU while a
tear rolled down her cheek. One of
the artillerynen sa1uted. then took
off his cap, twirled it in the air and
cried: ''Come now, my dear lady, just
a little smile please
Two sergeant-majors chosen from
a number of volunteers left the
French trenches near the Ves1e for
an abandoned farm where, climbing
to the garnet, they were able to dis
cover the situation of German bat
teries that were causing considerable
losses to the French troops. The
French three-inchers soon forced the
Germans to change their position to
the very sport where these two SER
geant-mapors were in observation.
The French gunners ceased firing un-
til this message came over the teIe-
phone: 1.-The guns are in position. Go
ahead-you may fire, fire, aim at us,
commandant, go on fire" The COM
mandant hesitated to give the order,
but the German battery must be 81
fenced, and finally the three-inchers
struck up again destroying the bat
terry an annihilating the farm with
the two ergeant-majors.
Souchon tells a similar story of a
lieutenant posted in tower a few
hundred meters from the German
trenches. from where he te1ephoned
to the French artillery the position of
the enemy. During a half hour he
sending indications and
then finished with the words: CT hear
the steps of Germans who are coming
up the stairs. Believe nothing more
that is said to you over the wire, 1
have my revolver, and shall never be
taken alive" Nothing has ever
been since heard from this officer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17
FRENCH PRISONERS WHO
ESCAPED TO GET AWARDS

Paris, March 1.-THE Minister of
War has announced that French SOL
diers taken prisoner by the enemy
and who have subsequently escaped
shall be recompensed in the largest
measure possible for their courage
and attachment to their country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

Fraternities and women,s clubs of
the University of Chicago have adopt
ed 81 French children, orphaned by
the war They are to remain in
France, the clubs paying one-haf the
funds to support and educate them
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

The schooner Agnes Manning was
lowed into port at AppIedcre. Eng
aand. In a damaged condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-17

Friends of DR.. Walter Gellhorns
Seattle physician, have received word
that he was executed in England. IEe
was captured at kirkwaI last De-
cember as he was his way to join
the German Red Cross.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-26

the upbuilding of the city
He has never had the advantage of college education
but he makes good of what schooling secured He
is Publlcsp1red and will contribute literally worthy
cause such as an educational religious charitable pur
pose He in the prime of fe and is physically strong
and is well qualified by experience handle any vessel
from hshing smack to going steamer,that is to
safety
He can be depended upon to discharge faithfully and
promptly any obligation he He is the possessor
OF bright sunny cheerful disposition that act
ed with crouch, and has happy faculty Of making
friends OF those with whom he comes in contact in social
or business way This the first time he has asked
public favor, always preferrng make his living in
quiet uassumng way but he enter the
race for Harbormaster by his many friends who knew how
well qualified he is to fill the place
1t will be pleasure to those who know how well
qualed Capt Bob to fill this place to give him Their
votes and to those who we'll acquainted with him
1 can safely say VOTE FOR BOB EDMUNDSON
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-05-26
STATE REST s
ON MAN FROM
EGYPT TRIAL
Waite's Dual Personality
Shown BY Woman He
Had Studio With.

New York, May 25.-The state
rested its case late today in the trial
of DR.. Arthur Warren Waite for the
murder of his father-in-law, John E.
Peck. The trial will be resumed to-
morrow.
Mrs. Margaret Horton, with whom
Waite studied languages and shared
a studio" in a fashionable hotel, took
the stand today. Although witness
for the state, she seemed most at
her ease when cross-examined by the
defense. BY testimony which told of
Waite's "dual personality" and his
evil side, which manifested itself un-
der the form of the '1ittle man from
Egypt" Mrs. Horton gave the first
inkling of the theory upon which
Waite's lawyers will proceed in their
efforts to prove Waite was insane at
the time he killed Peck.