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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14
FOR RENT.

We have 200 acres of land TO
rent. 2 to 3 miles south east of
Tishomingo. Will furnish haul
ing when not engaged in crop.
See us at once.
F. K. e. CHAs. C. McRAE,
1851 Tishomingo, Miss.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14
IN THE MATTER OF
THOMAS ARCH MILFORD, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy. No. 253.

To THE HONORABLE H. c. NILES,
JUDGE OF THE DIsTRIcr COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MIS-
sIssIPPI
Thomas Arch Milford, of Iuka,
in the County Of Tishomingo and
State of Mississippi, in said -Divis-
ion and District, respectfully rep
resents that on the day of
last passed he was duly adj
judged a bankrupt under the Acts
of Congress relating to bankrupt
cy, that he has duly surrendered
all his property and rights of prop
erty, and has fully complied with
all the requirements of said Acts
and of the orders of the Court
touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may
be decreed by the Court to have
full discharge from all debts prov
able against his estate under said
Bankrupt Acts, except such debts
as are excepted by law from such
discharge.
Dated this 1st day of Decemb ,r,
A. d. 1916.
Thomas Arch Milford. Bankrupt.
w L Elledge, Atty, Iuka Miss.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14
RIGHT at YOUR DOOR!

The Corinth News Company
have a line of Xmas books that is
seldom seen except in the larger
cities; enabling you to select your
presents for all. Also dealers i'll
Wall Paper, Magazines Office
Supplies and Stationery.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14

The corinth NewS Company,
(Corinth) have added big stock
of patterns to their store and are
prepared to fill all mail orders the
day received.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14

The Silver Medal Contest and
Box Supper at Providence was
ppotponed untilnext Friday night,
December IS. Every body invited
Respectfully,
FHAacEs MILLER.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14

Highest pgices paid for Fur.
1927. F. 6. MASSEY.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-12-14
BANKRUPTS PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE.

In the District Court Of the United
States for the Eastern Division Of
the Northern District Of Mississippi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19

have heard Milwaukee drinking its
afternoon Kaffee. o, Baumbach's 3,
with your deliciously crumbling
butter cookies and your Kaffee-
kuchen, and your thick cream, and
your thicker mattresses, and your
dinginess and your black, black
Kaffee, where in this country is
there another like you?
Blaekie, true to his promise, had
hailed me from the doorway on
the afternoon of the following day.
l must have passed it dozen
times without once noticing it
just dingy little black shop nest
ling between two taller buildings,
almost within the shadow of the
city hall. Over the sidewalk swung
shabby black sign with gilt let
tiers that spelled Franz Baum
bach"
1t was holiday time, and the
single narrow aisle of the front
shop was crowded. Men and wom-
en- were ordering recklessly of the
cakes of every description that
were heaped in cas9H and on
shelves.
AS we elbowed our way to the
rear room separated from the
front shop only by flimsy wood
en- partition, expected. l know
not what.
But surely this was not Blackie's
undetermined Baumbach's! This
long, narrow, dingy room, with its
bare floor and it's iron-legged ia
bles whose bare marble tops were
yellow with age and use! said
nothing as we seated ourselves.
Blackie was watching me out Of
the tail of his eye. My glance
wandered about the shabby,
smoke-filled room, and slowly and
surely the charm of that dusty,
dingy little cafe came upon me.
The clumsy iron-legged tables
stood i'm two solemn rows down the
length OF the narrow room. Three
or four stout, blond girls plodded
back and forth from tables to
front shop, bearing trays of cakes
and steaming cups of coffee. There
was a rumble and clatter of Ger
man. Every one seemed to know
every one else.
Continued In Our Next Issue.)
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ssDAWN O'HARA"
By Edna Ferbe Copyright by the Paget Newspaper Service
NEXT WEEK "CHRIsTMAs CAROL" BY CHARLES DICKENS
CONTINUED From Our Last Issue. J

CONTINUED From Our Last Issue. }
Norah swung about to face me.
mot New York again, Dawn! Not
New York;"
II am afraid So" I answered.
But you have been working"
walled Norah, "every morning.
And thought the book was COM
ing on beautifully"
"Oh, the book-it is too uncer-
tain. II will be months before the
book Is properly polished off. And
then ! may peddle II around for
more months. No; l can't afford
to trifle with uncertainties. And
anyway, DIR. Won Gerhard will tell
you how well and strong | am.
Won't you, Herr Doktor?"
WELL" said Won Gerhard, I'm his
careful, deliberate English, "since
you ask me, l should say that you
might last about one year, in New
York"
what utter blither!" I seoffed,
turning to glare at Won Gerhard.
Gently" warned Max. "Such
disrespect to the man who pulled
you back from the edge of the
yawning grave only six months
sgo!"
"Yawning fiddlesticks!" snap
ped /, elegantly. There was moth
ing wrong with me except that
wanted to be fused over. And
have been. And I've loved 1t.
But 1t must stop now" rose and
walked over to the table and faced
Won Gerhard, sitting there in the
depths OF great chair. There is
my living to make. And there is
Peter Orme. Do you think that
could stay on here like this? oh,
know that Max is not a poor man
But he is not a rich man, either.
And there are the children to be
educated. and besides, Max mar
ried Norah O'Hara, not the whole
O'Hara tribe. l want to go to
work. I am not free woman, but
when / am working, I forget, and
am almost happy. I tell you l
must be we'll again! I will be we'll!
I am welll"
At the end OF which dramatic
period ! spoiled the whole effect
~ bowling my head on the table
and giving way to a fit of weep
Ing such as had not had since the
days of my Illness.
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Looks like It," said Max, at
which | decided to laugh. and the
situation was saved.
1t was then that Won Gerhard
proposed the thing that set us
staring at him in amused wonder.
You have done me the honor
to include me In this little family
conclave." began Ernest Won Ger
hard. II am going to take ad-
vantage of your trust. l shall
give you some advice thing |
usually keep for unpleasant pro-
fessional occasions. Do not go
back to New York"
He reached out and took my
hand into his great, steady clasp.
Come to the happy, healthy, Ger
man town called Milwaukee, yes?
Ach, you may laugh. But there
you could live sanely, and work
not too hard. And II will speak
Of you to Norberg, of the Post.
And on Sundays. II you are good.
| may take you along the marvel
Gus lake drives in my little red
runabout, yes? Aber wunderbar,
those drives! So"
Then milwaukee," shrieked
Max and Norah and I, together.
After New York-Milwaukee!"
Laugh" said Won Gerhard,
quite composedly. 81 give you un-
til tomorrow morning to stop
laughing. At the end of that time
il will not seem quite so amusing
No joke is so funny after one has
contemplated 1t for IL hours"
Won Gerhard did speak to Nor
berg of the Post. And l am to go
to Milwaukee next week. l wish
that | were chummier with the
Irish saints. need them now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19

and where you en- have your mail
sent.
Il guess l told you about the
time Won Gerhard sent me abroad,
didn't ~"
Won Gerhard!" repeated
startled. do you know him."
well, he amt braggin, about il
none" Blackie admitted. 'Von
Gerhard. he told me l had about
five years or so t. live, about two
three years ago. l had sort OF
went to pieces about that time,
and l went t. him to be patched
up.
Take ocean voyage, he says
an try to get four hours sleep a
night anyway
well. say. mother she was scar
ed green. So l tucked her under
m arm, and we hit it up across
the ocean. Mother. she had some
swell time, guess. She never set
down except for meals, and she
wrote picture postals like mad.
But sa-a-ay, girl, was l lone
some! / stuck 1t out for four
months. Well, one day mother an
me was sittin' out on one of them
veranda cafes they run to over
there, wen somebody hits me a
crack on the shoulder an there
stands old Ryan, who used t. do
U. p. here. He was foreign cor
respondent for some big New York
syndicate papers over there.
Well, il it amt Blackie!' he
says. What in Sam Hill are you
doing out of your own cell when
Milwaukee's just got four more
games t. win the pennant?'
"Sa-a-a-ay, girl, it was me for
the big ship. Mother | says, II
you got anybody on your mind that
you neglected t send picture pos
tails to, now's your last chance. #
got to die I'm going out with m
scissors in one mitt, and m trusty
paste pot by m side!' An we hits
it up for old Milwaukee.
81 amt been away since, except
wen l was out with the ball team,
sending in sportin' extry dope for
the Pink. The last time l was in
at Baumbach' in comes Won Ger
hard an"
who are Baumbach's?" l in
terrupted.
Blackie regarded me pityingly.
"You amt never been to Baum
bach's? No wonder you amt hep
to the ways of this little communi-
ty. 1t amt hardly legal t live in
Milwaukee all this time without
ever having been inside of b"
stop! If you do not tell me at
once why it is so necessary to the
proper understanding Of the
city"
"I'll tell you what I'll do" said
Blackie, grinning, "I'll romp you
over there tomorrow afternoon at
4 o'clock. Ach Himmel! What
will that for a grand time be, nor"
"Blackie, you're a dear to be so
polite to an old married cratur'
like me. Did you notice-that is.
does Ernest Won Gerhard drop In
often at Baumbach's?"
CHAPTER vi.
Kaffee and Kaffeekuchen.
have visited Baumbach's. I
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19

married. What mockery to say
that l am married simply because
l must write madam before my
name! / am not married, and ]
shall talk to whom | please"
And then Won Gerhard did a
surprising thing. He took two
great steps over to my chair, and
grasped my hands and pulled me
to my feet. l stared up at him
like a silly creature. His voice
was very quiet and contained.
"You are married." he said.
Never forget that for a moment.
You are bound, hard and fast and
tight. And you are for no man.
You are married as much as
though that poor creature in the
mad house were here working for
you. instead of the case being re-
versed. as 1t is. &c."
What do you meant" I cried,
wrenching myself away indignant
ly. What right have you to talk
to me like this? You know what
my life has been, and how l have
tried to smile with my lips and
stay young in my heart! l thought
you understood. Norah thought SO,
too, and Max"
Il do understand. I understand
SO we'll that l would not have you
talk as you did a moment ago.
And | said what said not so much
for your sake, as for NINE"
"Oh," l said. like a simpleton,
and stood staring after him as he
quietly gathered up his hat and
gloves and left me standing there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19

not been in Milwaukee a month
before Blackis and l were friends
There is a sort of spell about
the illiterate little slangy, brown
Welshman. He is the presiding
genius of the place. The office
boys adore him. The Old Maj
takes his advice in selecting a new
motor car; the managing editor ar
ranges his lunch hour to sui
Blackie's and they go off to the
Press club together, arm in arm.
Blackie never went to school to
speak of. He doesn't know was
from were. But he can "see" 9
story quicker, and farther, and
clearer than any newspaper man
ever housekeeping Peter Orme
All these things, and more,
wrote to the scandalized Norah
There came back a letter in which
every third word was underlined
and which ended by asking what
the morals of such a man could be
Then | tried to make Blackie
more real to Norah, who, in all heI
sheltered life, had never come in
contact with a man like this.
AS for his morals
or what you would consider his
morals, Sis-they probably are
deep crimson; but I'll swear there
is no yellow streak. never have
heard anything more pathetic than
his story. Blackie sold papers on
a downtown corner when he was
baby six year old. Then he got
a job as office boy here. After
office hours he took care of some
horses in an alley barn near by
and after that work was done he
was employed about the pressroom
of one of the old German newspa-
per offices. He was the head of a
household, and every penny count
ed.
"And all the time he was watch
ing things, and learning. In some
marvellous way he knew more ball
players, and fighters and horse
men than the sporting editor. They
used to use him In the sporting de-
partment when a rush was on.
Then he became one of the sport
ing staff; then assistant sporting
editor; then sporting editor. He
knows this paper from the base
ment up. He could operate a limo
type or act as managing editor
with equal ease.
"All these years of work and
suffering have made an old man OF
little Blackie, although he is young
in years. But they haven't spoiled
his heart any. He is able to dis
tinguish between sham and truth
because he has been obliged to do
It ever since he was a child selling
papers on the corner
Such is Blackie. Surely the
oldest friend a woman ever had.
He possesses a genius for friend
ship, and a wonderful understand
ing OF suffering, born of those
years of hardship and privation.
Each learned the others story, bit
by bit, in a series of condolences
exchanged during that peaceful,
beatific period that follows just
after the last edition has gone
down.
"Y' see. girl. It's like this here"
Blackie explained one day. "W're
all workin' for some good reason.
A few of us are workin' for the
glory of 1t, and most Of us are
workin' t. eat; but there is some
few workin' for the pure love of
the work-and I guess I'm one of
them fools. Y see I started In at
this game when l was such little
runt that now it's ingrowing
habit, though 1t is comf0rtin' t
know you got place where you
en- always come in out of the rain,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19
CHAPTER V.
Blackie's Philosophy.


A new friend had come into my
life with the first day of my work
on the Post. Surely no woman
ever had a stronger friend than
little "Blackie" Griffith, sporting
editor of the Milwaukee Post. We
became friends, not step by step,
but in one gigantic leap, such as
sometimes triumphs over the gap
between acquaintance and liking.
| never shall forget my first
glimpse of him. He strolled into
the city room from his little domi-
cile across the hall. A shabby,
disreputable, out-at-elbows office
coat was worn over his ultra-smart
street clothes.
He eyed me a moment from the
doorway. l thought that l had
never seen SO strange and so ugly
a face as that of this little brown
Welshman. Suddenly he trotted
over to me with a quick little step.
Are you the New York impor-
tation?" he asked, his great black
eyes searching my face.
Pm what's left of it," replied,
meekly.
81 understand you've been in for
repairs. Must of met up with
somethin' on the road. They say
the goin' is full Of bumps in NJ
York"
Bumps" laughed, otis uphill
every BIT of the road, and yet
you've got to go full speed to get
anywhere. But I'm running easily
again, thank you"
I'VE don't speed up much here"
he replied. and they amt no hill
climbin' t. speak of. But say, il
you ever should hit a nasty place
on the route. toot your siren for
me and I'll come. I'm a regular
little human garage when 1t comes
to patchin' up those aggravatin
screws that need oilin'. And, say,
don't let Norberg bully you. My
names Blackie. I'm going to like
lyou. Come on over t my sanctum
once in a while and I'll show you
my scrapbook and let you play
with the office revolver"
And SO 1t happened that I had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19
CHAPTER Nv.
STEPPED in German.

am living at q little private
hotel just across from the court
house square. The house Is filled
with German civil engineers, me-
chanical engineers, and Herr Pro-
fessors from the German academy
The little private hotel is kept
by Herr and Frau KNAPP. 1 never
would have found 1t myself. II
was Doctor Won Gerhard who had
suggested Knapf's. and who had
paved the way for my coming here
you will find 1t quite unlike
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19

Prince Anton Karl of .Hohen-
zollern is a brother of the king Of
Rumania, but commander in the
German army invading Rumania
and the man trying to dethrone his
brother. Anton Karl has issued
proclamation to the people OF the
invaded territory, saying he has
come to punish their felon king.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19
Paralysis Case
Here Is Fatal

Thomas Feri, 9-year-old son of
Jackino Feri of Sumner, died at
the city contagion hospital Sunday
Of what is said to be sporadic
case OF infantile paralysis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19
CUNARDER FLOATED

United Press Leaned Wiso.)
LONDON, Dec. 19.-The Cum
ard liner Pannonia was safely
floated today after grounding In
the fog. She was apparently un-
injured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-19
TODAY'S
MARKET
PRICES

D o = = o O o o o O o . o o o o
o WHAT RETAILERS PAY y
o o o o o O o o . y . o . o o .
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
Importing AS
Much of Wine

LONDON, April 11.-Notwithstand
ing the restrictions on the sale of spir-
ituous liquors as a result of the war,
England is importing just as much
wine at least as before the war. During
last year her imports were 10,139,87S
gallons against 11,360,994 gallons in
1913 when the Rhine wines were not
cut off and the French exports had not
declined. During the first two months
of this year the imports increased over
the corresponding period in 1918. 1t Is
said that the imports from Portugal
have been very heavy during the last
six months, exceeding those of any
similar period
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
THREE BLIND MEN IN
RACE FOR CORONER

ATLANTA, Ca, April lift ma1
Who is blind, deaf and dumb and has
no arms or legs, will run for coroner
of Fulton county he will run away with
the field, according to a waggish At
Ianta newspaper man who is fond of
political jokes in the humorous col
Umn he conducts in his paper.
The idea is suggested by the fact that
Fulton countys present coroner, Paul
Z. Donehoo, is blind, while one of his
opponents in the present race is blind
and another is blind in one eye
The aforementioned candidate has is
sued a statement declaring he should
be elected, first because the coroner
doesn't need to be doctor, there being
q county physician; second, because
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
Not a Bite of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass of hot water and
phosphate prevents illness
and keeps US fit.

Just as coal when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incombus-
tible material in the form of ashes, so
the food and drink taken day after day
leaves in the alimentary canal a GER
tain amount of indigestible material,
which if not completely eliminated
from the system each day, becomes
food for the millions of bacteria which
infest the bowels. From this mass Of
leftover waste, toxins and ptomain-
like poisons are formed and sucked in
to the blood
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash out of the
thirty feet of bowels the previous days
accumulation of poisons and toxins
and to keep the entire alimentary canal
clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, billiousness, constipation
others who wake up with bad taste
foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff
ness, or have sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from the
drug store, and begin practicing in
ternal sanitation. This will cost very
little, but is sufficient to make anyone
an enthusiast on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb i'm
purities into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do. Just
as soap and hot water cleanses, sweet
ems and freshens the skin, so hot
water and limestone phosphate act or
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bow
els.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
GEORGE W|NSHIP
DIED At SARASOTA

Mr. George Winship, prominent
citizen of Atlanta, died at his winter
home in Sarasota, Florida, Thursday
morning after an illness of some time,
suffering from a stroke of paralysis.
Mrs W. D. Bailey, of Americas, is
d sister-in-law of the deceased, and
she left today to attend the funeral,
which will be held in Atlanta.
Mr. Winship was one of Atlanta's
pioneer citizens and was so years Of
age. He was loved and admired by a
wide host of friends who mourn his
death aud sympathize with the rela-
tiyes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
Uncle Sam Offers Guns And
Ammunition Free In Practice

tional Rife Association of America.
Blank forms and copy of bylaws pre-
scribed by the National Board for Pro-
motion of Rife Practice in the Unit
&C States and instructions how to form
rife club may be secured from Major
Fred H. Phillips, Jr, assistant recorder
National Board for Promotion of Rife
Practice, and secretary, National Ri
fIe Association of America.
The object of the National Rifle as
sociation is to encourage marksman
ship throughout the United States,
particularly in the direction of qualify
ing as finished marksmen those indi-
yiduals who may be called upon to
serve in time Of war; to encourage
competition in craftsmanship be-
tween teams and individuals; to en-
courage legislation for the establish
ment and maintenance of ranges; to
secure the issue of military rifles and
ammunition to those practicing on the
ranges, and to create a public senti-
1nent in respect to the necessity of
rife practice as a means of national
defense.
The association membership on De-
cember 81, 1915, as reported by the
secretary, was: % State Rifle associa-
tons; 60 regiments; Al separate mill
tary organizations; 639 civilian rifle
clubs; Ga college and university rife
clubs; 1923 school rife clubs; boys
rifle clubs; $40 life members; 943 an
nual members.
During the past three months Jan
uary 1st to March 31sD 1861, inclus-
i've the National Rifle association has
gained in membership as follows:
State association; 1 regiment; 40
civilian rife clubs; 4 college and uni
versity rifle clubs; 10 school rife
clubs; 4 boys rife clubs; "a life mem
bers; 1877 annual members.
The National Rifle association was
incorporated in 1871, and since that
time has been the one active agent in
proomting rifle practice in the United
States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-04-11
HARRIS SAYS: NO WHISKEY
]] MEANS Dope USERS

In the opinion of Dr.. H. F. Harris,
secretary of the state board of health,
expressed in statement issued recent
" that the enforcement of the dry"
law, effective May 1, will greatly slim
ulate the use of narcotic drugs, and as
for the Harrison anti-narcotic drugs
act he says that it may do much for
fl ture generations, but it will not be
OF much help in curing the present
drug addicts of Georgia, Mr.. Blalocl
tC the contrary Notwithstanding.
Dr. Harris statement indicates that
he is aroused to high pitch through
criticism of the state authorities by
Mr.. Blalock, collector of internal rev.
clue, and L. c. Brown, state represent
alive from Clarke county and proprie-
tor of a sanitarium at Franklin
Springs, Royston, and who made the
statement a few days ago that the
state board of health had promised q
minimum of 40 patients from among
the drug addicts of five of the twelve
congressional districts, but that only
about seven had been sent to his in
stitution.