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The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

would they think of the government
they helped to found?
We notice that one of our learned
bishops is giving out interviews from
under a silk hat, in favor Of prepared
ness;" but is the bishop prepared to
give any explanation Of why it Is that
the Church is losing It's hold upon the
masses; and for that spirit of apathy
and indifference which is laying hold
upon the mind and hearts of the
masses of people of this country?
If this learned man doubts the cor
rectness of these suggestions, let him
lay aside his mantle of ecclesiasticism
and get down and mix with the com
mon herd for time.
Indifference is more deadly than any
skepticism, and all history shows that
loss of confidence in the Church has
preceded the downfall of every civiliza-
tion of the past.
And so we might go on indefinitely,
holding up to view these fostering
sores on the body polite, but the burn
ing question is, what are we doing to
prepare against these evils?
These problems are up for solution
and will never down till settled, and
settled right, and we submit that the
proper solution of them is of vastly
more Importance to the people of this
country than some imaginary foreign
bogy conjured up by the warped brain
of the jingoes who are seeking to force
the people into spending five billion
dollars on huge army and navy.
The battle between the forces Of
good and evil is drawing closer to the
individual, so let that remnant who
have steadily refused to bow the knee
to the image of Baal take their places;
for there is no being neutral between
right and wrong, and no degrees in
honesty.
p. A. Mcswain,
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Injustice to Railroads.

Then again, what disease has at
tackled the public mind when a man
can go into court and collect $1,000 in
damages from a railroad on the spe-
cious plea that he mashed his thumb
by dropping the sash of a passenger
coach on it?
A cetrain railroad was sued for dam
ages, and made to pay it, because
some fellow was accidentally struck
by a parcel falling from rack erected
in a passenger coach for the conven-
ience of the passengers.
Are we prepared to answer for such
violent perversions of justice as these?
All over the country, from Maine to
California, the same thing is going on;
the railroads are being held up for
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
when sifted to the bottom it will be
found that rs per cent of the whole
business is the rankest kind of injus-
lice to the corporations.
If those grim heroes, who wrung
Magma Charta from the most tyranni-
cal king of his time, and who shot to
death the divine rights idea, could
rise from their beds of dust, what
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ier-Journal.

from Chicago, the French government
has built assembly pens covering an
!area almost a mile square. Horses
bought in the Chicago ring are sent
Ito Crestline until trainload is assem-.
bled.
"At times more than $500 horses
have been in the pens. A special po-
lice force is constantly on guard to
prevent any persons injuring the
horses, and the water and food are
inspected by chemists daily. -
Numerous reports that German
agents were plotting to hamstring and
poison horses bought by the French
and English governments have been
|given little credence by the dealers.
One report was to the effect that Ger
man agents were paying higher prices
for the horses in an attempt to keep
them from being bought by the other
governments.
"The dealers declare that in the
United States there are 100000
horses which can be bought for less
than $3.50 each. The standard price
at the stockyards for cavalry horses
s $135. For heavier artillery horses
he fixed price is $780,"
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! EDITORIALS WORTH
READING


That any completed plan Oh
paredness whether proposed by 'he
administration. or compiled by III.
committee OF Congress, will be adop'eu
as a result of agitation, more OF ie''
hysterical, and, in spite OF theo''Ne
and experts, still very far at sea' me
be doubted, It is an i'll time for con'
structive statesmanship. TOO h'a'
party politics to muddle pubic op'"o
for one thing. Too many cooks to spo''
the broth of legislation FOR ai'o'"e'
Over all the presidential election III
rectly ahead.
There is surely neither cause no.
occasion to get in a panic. we sno"'u
have, on general principles, a 'aisei
and better military organization. ! ne
army is scarce big enough for pol,.'
duty If it were called into action no ~
navy is confessedly inadequate BUN
must be overhauled to meet ''o
changed world conditions before u''
But it is not true that as soon as Hu'
ope has finished cutting its own 'h'o"'
the surviving part of it will turn upon
|us. Even if Germany could win' the
business of binding up the natioh
wounds. of enforcing their obligations
upon the vanquished, of guarding iroh
Tiers and maintaining order would keel
the legions of the Hohenzollern anu
the Hapsburg Ito hell with them!) a
home long enough for us to sit up aho
take notice. AS to England, there II
nothing which we have that Johh nu'
wants. AS to Japan. we need only u
place Hobson on promontory OUTSIDE
the Golden Gate to scare away 'h'
fleets of the Mikado and reduce ever
Chinatown to a pulp of peace piou'
ness and prohibition.
So, men and brethren. why such h"i
ry? Why grow hot in the collar, as 'h'
saying hath it? We should the rathel
let our reason with our choler ques
ton. EFFICIENCY does not call ior ai
Immediate war footing and the peopi'
are not SO rich that they may be taxe'
II it did. Between the quixotism o
the pacifists and the zeal of the jim
goes there is middle ground, ana, II
the end. when the quadrennial perio'
of greed. fraud and bombast is over
this is probably what will be reached
the country, through fantastic depates
through the clashing of crude schemes
with crazy theories, not to mentor
mercenary activities, having worke'
off it's patriotic and rhetorical excess
| In such discussions the eXtremis
thinks that those who are not for MN
are against him, whereas they are SIN
ply against extremism. All of us ar
for peace, but not at any price. Non
of us are for war, but we are neithe
afraid, nor too proud, to fight. In cor
sidering the hostility of the Europea
nations now at war we should recal
the circumstance that We have two re
liable and potential friends-the Al
lantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
and cut the cloth alike of our arma
ment and our oratory accordingly
The President seems over-excited
| That is because he is a candidate TO
reelection. Mars could not be NOR
warlike than Roosevelt, nor Pecksnii
more sanctimonious than Bryan. Rot
Let us hold the flag as high as tn
stars, but keep level head, our pow
der dry and our feet upon the ground
Col. Henry Watterson, in the coul
ier-Journal.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

WANTED-Men to learn the barr
trade. Few weeks completes. Ac-
tual experience, careful instructions.
A method that has placed thousands
in good positions. Can we help you.
Write MoIer Barber College, New Or.
leans. Established 1898. 22-6t-p
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FOR sALE-Horse and buggy; mare,
.; works anywhere; both in first
class condition; real classy rig. c. w.
3. Hamrick, sos Ross Bldg.
24.4t-p
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rs

Rate, in this column. one cen: z
word each insertion, cash with oIuer.
Count each aDDreviation. initial. street
number. etc. complete word. No
Classified ads charged. No e'assineo
ads taken over the telephone. No ~
vertisement taken for less tnan y
cents. Further information cheeriu''y
piyep at office. Both phones lSs.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Black and white pointer dog.
On collar. &c. T. Herndon." IS re-
ward If returned to T. l.. Morrow,
211 Second avenue. 27-2t-c
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NO HORSE SCARCITY
tContinued From Page Ons.)

ent time agents of France and Italy
are the only ones who are doing ex-
tensive trading.
Agents of France buy an average
of 400 horses day at the Chicago
stock yards. 1t is estimated that more
than 1000 horses day are bought
throughout the whole country and
are shipped to France. e
Assembly Pens at crestline.
"At Crestline, twenty-five miles
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FOR SALE-Orders taken for thor.
ough bred barred Plymouth Rock
eggs for setting. cumb. Phone fo2.
27-1t-p.
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FOR sALE-Farm 1Ss acres, two
miles east Of Lumberton; 100 in cul-
llvation; seventy cleared Of stumps.
Two four-room houses. eeiled. Good
water and hogs. Splendid market
ior truck farmer. Or. w. W. Hail,
nuieVilie' Miss, 24.6t-p
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a PUZZLE.

Why do a few people conNnas to
purn Sl1sc gasoline when Gaso,T Tonic
win reduce the cost to 12c or lbc, and
also remove carbon deposits? Answer
AZ Auto Repair Company. corner Short
and Railroad street.
20-22-2e-2e
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FOR SALE-MisceIlaneous

FOR SALE-Good, gentle, all around
work horse. Weighs over 900. L. e,
Witcht, College, near Broad streets,
Hattiespurg. 25-2tp
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eN1NNoNNN&N&NAN N>
FORUM OF THE
PEOPLE
"Preparedness' That Would Help
Humanity.

Editor News:
| notice you are inclined to take
with pinch of salt the much talked
of preparedness" program; thanks for
your excellent reasons
While disclaiming any sympathy
whatever with the peace-at-any-price
fanatic, beg leave to observe the fol-
lowing:
First-It has been shown that this
preparedness program was hatched
and is being nurtured by the manufac-
turers of war munitions.
Secondly--If this country was in
danger of invasion by foreign foe
its shores could be effectually mined
against all comers, and at a fraction
of cost as compared to the proposed
preparedness scheme.
Third-None of us object to reason
able preparedness against real enc
my. and who among us would not
lay down his life for the land of his
home and of his birth, should necessity
demand it?
Now while the jingoes are working
overtime trying to work the public up
to fever heat of enthusiasm over the
fell game of blood and tears, let us
brush aside the cobwebs of convention
alites, look beneath the surface, view
what seems to be in the light Of what
really is. and see if we cannot discover
where preparedness is really needed.
Recent statistics disclose that there
are in this country every year six hum
dred thousand deaths from preventable
diseases alone, while one and one-half
million people are incapacitated all
the time from like causes. Infant NOR
tality is higher here than in any civil
lized country in the world; one out of
six babies die in the United States be-
fore the age of six years.
How about the price of a floating
murder palace or two to prepare
against this frightful loss and to save
tho III -bies?
In the past five years tnere have
been $4,000 deaths from pellagra, and
at present this malady bids fair to
become the scourge of this country.
What are we doing to prepare against
it? Nothing. Come to think of it,
Mr.. McAdoo did ask for an appropria-
ton of 100000 to prepare against it,;
as this would just about buy box
of pills around to those who now have
it, there's no need to worry.
There are 100000 little pale chill
dren wearing away their lives in the
factories of this country, being turned
loose on the world with dwarfed bod
les and consumptive lungs, while this
same white plague slips away with
one-seventh of the worlds population
every twelve months. What are we do
ing to prepare against this invisible
foe? Nothing!
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

FOR SALE-Green stove wood. CSC
per load delivered any part of the,
city. souie Mfg. Co., Cumb. 242.
25-6t-c. q
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

FOR SALE-Tomato eggplant, pepper
and sweet potatoes to plant. Write
for price list. J. v. Hutchinson,
Lakeland, Fla. 27-2t-p
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

hEMEMBER R. H. Walker Coal Co.
Best Kentucky coal SAFE ton. Phone
cumberland S25 or ATS. l3-1m-c
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27
GERMANY AS WAR TEACHER

dtorial Learning Washington
places
British shove how Russia
has profted instruction:
wrote
learned digging making their hold
gained They digging in along the line of their ad
until reasonably assured of their capacity hold
Wilt for another gain"
Rusan of those lessons of Germans
teaching, our Washington contemporary
s
trade They
their couns ndu ria sections into asena and
reinforcing with America"
Memphis Atlanta
siderable noise over their alleged orts toward closing their
be houses That would soon break up Instead they poun upon
poor
all harm than good has been accomplished Every
town that has district
that rid itself its restricted district
restricting from visiting that district Wherever you red
lights, there will find men as well as women
5s.--~- H Q4
James Russell ass
left no money erected square
whole earth where cany the life Of man
Of chris1ny IN the appreciation
Of new for regard for and interest
chndhood chrendom
alone teaches the Faherand God and the
xctherhcod
influence of all that is good and and noble
public provision
school The Angeles
access by largely by Boys
Southern California
production
training Of a diversified character is possible
that what he ought to do The man who hath no gratitude
fit for the helbo election day Let such
!.
York World wants to whether is Kentucky Georgia
that really entitled to be known the dark and bloody ground
occur n
The running
disturb public little
possible ~
you Q library
<5 ~ daughters Of The house II
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WANTED-More pressing. We use
new model machinery keeps clothes
from getting slick. Vacuum cleaner.
Strictly sanitary. Jones Tailoring
Co Roth Phones 90 th,fr&mo 12t
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Three unfinished rooms
for light housekeeping. Modern
conveniences. &c" care News.
25-3t-p.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

FOR RENT-Furnished or unfurnish-
ed home. Mrs. Shoemaker, 809
Bouie street. Cumb phone 40S..
25-5t-p.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

WANTED-Plain sewing and quilting.
Reasonable prices. Mrs. N. {.
Saunders, Route s., Hattiesburg.
26-2t-p.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27
John D. RockefeIIer's Testimony

A few years ago John D. Rookie
feller, who was foreman of a federal
grand jury appointed by the govern
ment to inquire into the cause of the
increase of vice, reported that the aver
age working girls wages were So per
week, and that he found that 80 per cent
of the inmates of the red light dis
tricts were forced to sell their bodies
or starve. At present there are 100000
of these poor painted denizens of the
underworld, while 100000 is the yearly
addition to the list.
On one hand we are greeted with the
spectacle of the sweatshop girl, wear
| ing her fingers to the bone making
shirts at Is cents per dozen; on the
other, by the wife of a Millionaire war
munitions manufacturer paying $500
for a diamond-studded dog collar for
| her Scotch collie. Against such inequal-
| tiles, such injustices as these, what
are our preparedness plans? None!
A few months ago a commission
appointed to inquire into industrial re-
lations reported that in Maryland they
found institutions established for the
purpose of dealing in illegitimate
babies, where they were bought and
sold like pigs. They found that over
5000 of these babies had perished and
were buried on plot of ground only
So feet square. They also found that
in some factories and other places
where girls are forced to toll for daily
bread, that the girls were forced to
submit to every desire of the foreman
in charge on pain of instant dismissal.
Against such inhuman institutions,
such brutality, what are the plans Of
preparedness? None!
Fancy this government using its tax
ing power to put the traffic in opiates
out of commission, leaving thousands
of victims to gnaw their tongues in
pain. with no hope of relief, and leav-
ing us with whiskey burden of two
billion dollars per annum, together
with rum-soaked, staggering army of
habitual drunkards, 600.D00 strong.
Against that gang of commercial pi-
rates who are damning thousands of
souls and piling up pelions of silver
and ossas of gold through the traffic
in liquid sun-stroke, what are the pre-
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

paredness' plans of the jingoes
None!
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

ron library
z1t IA daughters o. The .
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

spois. Other things being
what he ought do The who hath au
In his soul
be trusted - !.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-27

running Sunday public
held
and disturb
possible. ~.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will DO is ten fold TO the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catar-h Cure. manufactured by F. j.
Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo. o.. contains no
mercury and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t is taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price sc per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
Grades w and V.

West Virginia electoral college is
divided this year, for the first time
in its history. 1t consists of six Re-
publicans and one Democrat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
Double Trouble.

A youngster had been very rude
to his mother, and she had turned
him over to his father to be disci-
plined when the following conversa-
tion was overheard:
''Ted, did you say so and so to
your mother?"
eyes, dad"
''Well, you will have to settle that
matter with her, because she is your
mother and not mine. But she is
my wife, and | will not allow any
man, young or old, to be rude to
her. Now you must apologize to me
for being rude to my wife, and then
you can settle with your mother for
being rude to her."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
Withering Winds.

The name "harmatan" has been
given to wind which periodically
blows from the interior of Africa
toward the Atlantic during Decem-
Der, January and February. 1t is
heralded by fog or dry haze, which
sometimes conceals the sun for
whole weeks together. Every plant,
every bit of grass and leaf in its
course is withered as though it had
been scared by heat from furnace.
Often within an hour after it begins
to blow green grass is dry enough to
hurn.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
Aoarded Riches.

: Riches are intended for the COM
fort of life and not life for the pur-
pose of boarding riches. I asked a
wise man, saying, "Who is the for
tunate man, and who is the unfortu-
nate?" He said: "That man was
fortunate who spent and gave away
and that man unfortunate who died
and left behind. Pray not for that
good for nothing man who did moth
ing, for ne passed his life in hoard.
ing riches and did not spend them" !"
Sadi
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21
ART OF SAVING MONEY.
The Wisdom Of Building Up Instead Of
Slicina Down.

Siicins Down.
In the American Magazine writ
er on the art of saving money says:
"When an old uncle of mine died
and left me a little bequest of S545
my first impulse was to even it of,
and if it hadn't been for an old
friend OF my fathers | think l
would have succeeded in neatly par
ing it down to zero.
"'What were you thinking of do
ing with that money! he asked cas-
1allv one day.
"Well,' | replied, 4 think Pll
Just take that SIS and 60 for little
lake trip, and then I'll have $500 to
put in the bank
"Why s5OO:?' he said. why not
$545:'
"'Oh, l replied, you might as
well have an even amounte
"'Do you suppose you could spare
me S5?' he asked suddenly.
"'Why, yes l replied. little
surprised that he should ask to bor-
row money of me, but | handed it
to him.
"'All right, then, he said; heres
$5,' handing me back that same
bill. IF you'll just put this with
that $545 you'll have $3.50, and
that's q nice even amount. Now,
if you'll put that in the bank, in
three months it will have earned
$3.50 more, and surely in the mean
time you can scrape together $44.5O,
and thea you'll have an even $500
instead Of $500
"sWell, what could l do with
$6oO?' asked, not very much i'm
pressed, as the difference didn't
seem worth the trouble.
"'One thing you could de- re-
piled the old gentleman, would be
to ask your banker to buy thou
sand dollar bond for you or. rather,
to lend you the extra $400, keeping
the bond as security, and then it
wouldn't be long before you would
have $1,000, which for "even
amounts" is little better than
$780,
sThen with a pencil and paper
he showed me carefully just how
long it would take.
"'Of course you don't have to do
it if you don't want to, but | have
noticed he went on thoughtfully,
that this business of having little
by you is pretty much a matter Of
the way your mind works. Some
people always want to even things
off in money matters, others want
to even them up, and once you get
started at it, thinking up isn't much
harder than thinking down. For in
stance, if / showed you 13 cents
you might say, II can spend 8 cents
for popcorn, and then I'll have a
dime," or you could say, "lf l put 2
cents with that I'll have Is cents"
"It's the downhll people, the
people who follow the path of least
resistance, the people who slice off a
little instead of building up little,
who never get anywhere in life
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-12-21

JOHNSONVILLE High SCHOOL.

The pupils and teachers are very
glad to get ilto the new building
1t makes US feel as if we could dc
better work.
The Woodrow Literary society was
glad to have with it at the last meet
ing about fifteen boys from the EX,
celton graded school. We hope they
will come again.
Several of the teachers spent the
holidays away: Mss Johnson at
Ridgeway, Misses Hale and Tomlin.
son at Cades and Mr. Stackley at
Peachland, N C.
The honor roll for the third month
is as follows:
Grade l. Advanced.
Clinton Hanna. ......... ... go
Grade II.
Hazel Eaddy. . -. ............. &c
Norman Eaddy ........... ,..... . 81
Thetis Prosser. ........... ........... =. . "a
Hydrick Poston .......... =. ......... $685.. SO
Clyde Bellf1owers. ......................... 81
Grade III.
-
Wilson Dennis SO
Leneau Taylor. ..... ..... 81
Lanis Poston ............ ........ .......... 81
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Evidence.

s'There goes another married
man." said the girl at the candy
counter.
'|How do you know" asked the
cashier.
"He used to buy three pound
box of candy twice week, and now
he buys half a pound once month" "
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-19
Single Takers Meet.

Dallas, Texas, Oct. 19.-The second
annual Single Tax conference, under
the auspices of the Single Tax league
of Texas was opened here today for
a two days session by President Roy
Bedichek of Austin. Two hundred
or more delegates from Texas and
Oklahoma were expected to be on
hand for the conference.
Matters pertaining to the single-tax
method of taxation were foremost on
the program, including discussions
and addresses on the subject. ]. J.
Pastoriza, tax commissioner of Hous-
ton. and widely known for his ad-
vocacy in tax reform, is treasurer of
the organization and will have a prom
inent part on the program.
Among the matters to be discussed
are the future of the tenant farmer in
Texas, and the increasing number
of persons who do not own their