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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-16
Temperance
lssNOteSa
THE JUGcLER.
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)

Ladies and Gentlemen: ! will now
show you how the saloon helps your
town financially:
With your KIND permission, shall
represent the hloon; Mr.. Jones here
will represent 1pur town.
You see this troll Of bills? 1t con-
tains twenty tlkkusand dollars in cash
(the exact and Hnt Of revenue paid by
the saloons of ybur town.. You see
now put this twenty thousand dollars
down in Mr.. JOKES left-hand pocket
Now, l shall give anyone here one
hundred dollars p gold who will prove
to this audience that Mr.. Jones is
not exactly twebty thousand dollars
richer than he Was before All, see
no one is foolishienough to claim this
one hundred dolldrs.
What's that? Will | explain how
can afford to be lso generous? With
pleasure.
You see, while' you were watching
me put twenty thousand dollars into
Mr. Jones left-haItd pocket, was busy
taking this other roll here out of his
right-hand pocket. Now this larger
roll contains two hundred thousand
dollars (the amount of money received
by the saloons of your town from your
citizens every year, And SO you see
that Mr.. Jones, instead of being twen-
ty thousand dollars richer than he was
before, is really one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars poorer
Strange you didn't notice that" you
say. Not at all. You see, / made so
much fuss about the twenty thousand
dollars was putting into Mr.. Jones
left-hand pocket that | kept you from
seeing me take the two hundred thou
sand dollars from his right-hand peck
ct.
Every pickpocket knows this old
trick.-The American Issue.
BETTER OFF WHEN DRIVEN OUT.
Just before Rockford, ILL.,, voted dry
one of the saloonkeepers of the town,
addressing a meeting of the Retail
Liquor Dealers association, is report.
ed to have said:
If this town goes dry-as it prob
ably will-you'll putlup an awful howl.
But, cheer up! You'll be better off
when you're driven out of the bust
ness. can count on the fingers of
one hand ell of you who are really
making more than wages. The brew
cries are getting the money. You'll
not lose anything financially by be-
ing forced into other businesses. Most
of you will gain by the change. Near
ly everyone of you is going down hill
physically. Your saloons are a long
way from being health resorts. You
get about as much bad air in the
course of day as any set of men in
this town. Then most of you take
too much of your own medicine and
too little exercise. But you'll keen
on just as long as you're in the bust
ness, and you'll stay in it until you are
driven out. And think the time has
come"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-16
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMSOlOOL
LESSON

By f. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
What Of the Democratic Party:

We commend to the attention Of It's
principal beneficiaries the state Of III
health to which the Democratic party
has been reduced by the eXpedients
Of inexpert leaders, the errors Of
quack ply sicinns and the hlunders Of
ignorant managers. The situation in
which II lies indicates heroic and in.
teiligent treatment If 1t is TO survive
the further activities Of the first ses-
sion of the Sixty fourth Congress.
Already two Of its Representatives.
Mr.. PAGE Of North Carolina and Gen.
eral SHERWOOD Of Ohio, have an.
nounced their decision not To seek re-.
nomination. Mr.. PAGE was assured
that no opposition would be offered
10 his candidac! General SHERWOOD
won his last election by Il majority
rising 1000. The example they have
set will be followed ny others. some
actuuted by conscience, more seeking
u respectable ESCAPE from expensive
and hopeless c%anyasses. The outlook
for this fall In debatablc districts
does not lure ambitious men to the
front in the Democratic party.
There Is much talk Of war and
peace from the lips of the majority
In Congress. But in their own or
ganization there is nc peace. 1t Is
war, war against their leaders. war
between factions, bitter strife he.
tween individuals. The semblancc of
unity has disappeared. overwhelmed
in the up>urge of those characteristic
qualities from which the Democratic
party derives It's popular emblem.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
OYERWORKED ~"DEcIMATE."
4 Protest From AN E~Xasperated
Reader Of the War News.

tt THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sfr: That
word "decimate' gets me- every time I
read Il. I always thought II meant 10
destroy or disable a tenth, as, for In
stance. of the number ~ soldiers In u
battle. ! read vivid accounts Of charges
In which Il seems as though every single
soul had been blown to pieces, but a. !
go on md that the. attacking party
was decimated. | ponder over the word
il is derived from one meaning "A tenth
Il must be that these correspondents
mean that a tenth survive or are urtr-
jured. Maybe they r"yer studied Latin
and do not know nor care about the
derivation of our tongue.
Recent headlines say Three Army
Corps Decimated IN a Week" Aha say
I, here's one that knows bow 10 use the
word. Reading OIL | lind that three
fifths Of them 'thr troops engaged
'are casualties and the remainder are
too badly broken 10 serve IN a second
onsla ught." ~ that's what "decimate'
means.
7 am afraid that you folks like the
sound Of that word 'Lecimatc" So vel
that you are carried away. like the Old
lady who was go affected by tho
che gave herself w to a very ecstasy Of
tears and lamentations she was beside
herself. Asked after the service what y
was that affected her 50, she bura, into
another storm Of tears, Between sohs
she suffered. "D-d-dldu't you hear that
b-blessed word McsopOtania"
"D.cimatc" IL a grand little word,
NEW YORK. March :. AMBROSE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
An Unsolved Historical Mystery.

ON. Of the tantaliA,na mysteries In
the life If GtoRGE WA>HiNuToN Is
whether he did ar did q give nd
vice % Captain ions Poskn in II GER
tain perplc>ing matrimonial problem
which the Captain submitted 10 him.
We are indebted 10 Mr.. IAlL I.IlAND
HAwoRru's interesting volume on
"Gcurg,, Washington Farmer for Il
verbatim copy of the letter in which
CAPTAIN Po,Ly formulated the prob.
lem. Captain PosfY, who II seems,
even in those early days, had par
tially adopted the reformed spelling,
wrote as follows:
~ could laNe been able % Satisfied
al my Arrears some months AGoe ny
marrying an old widow woman In this
her and pr!t,ey good Estate, She is as
thick rs she is nigh. And gifts drunk
at Least three or foure times a weak.
Which is disagreahle to me. Has VIA
ant sperrit when DRUNK. Its been great
Dispute in my mind what 20 boo, !
beleave I shu'd Run all Resks II my
Last wife had been Even ~tcinper'd
woman, hut her Sperrit mas GAyen me
such a Shock tA.t | am afraid to Run
the Rcsk again.
Now, the trouble with this hisiOri.
cal romance Of the tender passion Is
that II stops right there. Absolutely
no record exists of any advice given
by WASHINGTON. We do not even
! know whether Captain loSlY mar.
ried the engaging equilatcrul lady or
not. To he sure, there Is indi~putablc
evidence that he was subsequently In
Jail, This may or may moi have been
the result of matrimonial infclicities
incident To the lniy'> ">inlant Sper-
rit when Drunk" We have in fact
Captain PosEN's " statement that
his prospective wife's habit of get.
ting drunk three or four times II week
was d~i>ngrceuhl" 10 him ANA that he
had misgiyings touching her "yinlunt
SIerrit' under such circumstances.
But II il II blind trail n best aud
I'm equally blind trail j. opened by
, the fact that WAsurNGIoN undoubt'
eddy did about that time give the
Captain the sum OF four pounds. OF
curse If Captain FosLY got into u
matrimonial mess and into Jail 10y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
FOR PURE AMERICANlSM,
A New Political Gospel Mach Needed
IN This Country.

10 TINE EDITOR or THE SUN-Stv. Some
wise or benichtcd citizens have sought
to explain the strange attitude Of "A dis
tinguished Senator OF the United states
and iuriscorsult In voting virtually to
abandon a long settled principle OF Law
~ ascribing To his conduct n motive IN
it's essence AS h~yphcnated ~ any OF
those motives which have inspired some
citizens TO place the interest OF America
not first but second in their regard.
But his motive differs from theirs IN
that his is not p~ro-national but contra
national. Has II occurred TO you how
Tar this worn OF hyphenation has bur-
rowed through our political system:
You are not able TO imagine the pos
sibil!ty OF even a Washington being
elected 70 Office in the state Of Vermont
on the Demo, ratio ticket. nor a Lincoln
on tho Republican ticket In the state
Of Mississippi. But tho spirit which de-
clines to be moved to approval OF the
best OF men or OF policies unless they
bear "A party seal Is no less a hyphenated
spirit han hat which sways a dis
tressed na~turalized citizen TO risk the
very security Of his adopted country by
tho folly ~ his sympathy.
Each subordinstes the welfare OF the
country to prejudice.
There IL a new gospel to be preached
% all the people, the gospel OF pure
Americanism that Is guided solely by
unselnsh, patriotic motives American
ism that tests policies and principles and
candidates by IL patriotic ana not a party
test Anericanism that Ia AmeriGanism,
neither Democratic Americanistn. Repub-
Northumberland, German-Amer!can-
ism, rish-.Anericanism. nor any other
mixed A~mericanism J. v. c.,
Troy, March Z.
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into bnttie under the scourge Of Ger
mar discipline. So long as the 'Teu.
tonic allies were carrying everything
before them on the eastern front the
Turks submitted. but with III grace.
to their military masters. There was
glory In Gallipoli. in spite Of ugly
losses. When. however. Erzerum fell
and the Russians, with incXhaustible
resources Of men and munitions, be-
gan their march south and west to
conquer kurdistan and Mesopotamia.
the Turks realized TINT they could
not expel the enemy themselves nor
count upon any sacrifice on the
part Of Germany to save them. The
Mesopotamin campaign was lost. and
no more was heard of the expedition
to drive the British from Egypt. n
the advance ~ the Russians was not
stopped. Alcrpo and ever Damascus
would ultimately he In danger. The
Turks lost their interest In the Bal.
kan campaign and thought only Of
saving the empire In Asia.
II Is now almost q year since
tNvrR Pnshn. tho commander in chief
Of the Turkish armies. declared In
Hn interview NJ ConStantinople that
Turkey entered the war mo-. 10 helm
Germany hut to save the national ter
ritory. eve n%ohIlizcd," said ENvgR
Pasha, because there was no way
out" He was then popular with the
army. this man OF many adventures
and many lives. But to-day he Is
being held responsible not only for
the disasters In Armenia but for In.
volving Turkey In the war. His pop
nlarity l. ehhinc fast. Another ut.
tnck nm his life has been made. He
was always suspected Of being n tool
Of Germany. Tile charge IS believed
now. TALAAT Bey n Minister of War
War shares the odium.
There l. naturally talk ~ y
lures Of peace To Russia. and there
are mutierings OF revolution. Exug.
ceration there may he in the reports.
hut with every day of the Russian
advance Turkeys usefulness rs All
ally declines and her condition be-
comes desperate. II starvation
follows In the wake of military re-
verses Turkey will soon ceasc To he
n factor in the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
SEE THE FRENCH EXHIBIT.
Latay cite Relies, Now on View. Attest
Frances Friendship.

70 THE EDITOR ui THE SUN-Sir: Those
who sympath'zc with France mot
merely for the, heroism that She Is dis
playing At the present day but also for
the unbroken friendship that has existed
BET ween the French nation ana our owu.
should not fam to visit the Lafayette
exhibition.
The clou Of the exhibit II the %collec-
tion Of LAFAYETTE relics owned hy the
French Government, This collection
formed u part ~ the French contribu'
ton to tho San Francisco fair last
year. a contribution especially notewor-
thy in that II represented the determine
ton of France Ia keep its cuGaCcmcuts
with the fair authorities at a time when
there were Inducements to cancellation.
BESIDES. these are times In which those
of the younger generation may with
profit refresh their memories concerning
the links which unite American ideals
with those NJ France,
THOMAS L. NvvuLoGk.
Ngw YORK. March I.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
Lent.

II the confident belief Of many In.
telllgent persons that the woes Of the
world must reklndle In humanity n
strong religious sentiment is well
based, the Lenten season which be.
gins to-day should bring forth evi.
dence Of that fact Of the most I'm.
pressive nature. Throughout Chris.
tendon the thoughts Of serious men
and women-and who to-day Is trivol.
ous?-must turn to the riddle Of
the future. All that has seemed Sc
cure in the past Is wasting away.
The confidence the race has built
UP in Its own achievements has been
wiped away. Where. materIalistic
philosophy was most firmly implanted.
doubt 10 its efficacy has sprung up.
The need Of man for support, for
comfort, for sustenance not to be
gathered from the victories Of his
6nite mind was certainly never
greater. perhaps never 80 great. As 1t
II In this twentieth century Of the
Christian era.
Already Lent. through the opera.
ton Of a number Of factors. religious
and social. has attained Il significance
Il did not formerly possess. Its OBJ
Is ~ confined q those com.
munions which enforce II upon their
members. It affects thousands, and
hundreds Of thousands. who do not
recognize the validity of It's establish
ment. The effect Of example. the i'm
pact Of solemn appeal. are felt outside
the walls Of the cathedrals and
churches In which the prayers are
uttered. They extend to the market
place and to the home. we shall not
say Of unbclievers. but Of the careless
and the th%ouchtlcss. The devotion Of
a good mai cannot he disregarded.
When the human mind Is tortured by
doubt, perplexed by fear. confused by
the destruction Of standards To which
It has given passive adherence. the
consequences OF contnct with Il SIN
cere trust in those forces that come
from Con and are no. from man may
he epochal.
Thus the season on which the world
enters to-day u an aspect Of
unusual interest. and takes on the
character Of n wonderful opportunity
for the agencies that labor Ia impress
on the needless the message of the
Christian faith. The ground has been
prppared. and II remains for the hus.
handmen to SOW the seed aud rear
the harvest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
Training Artists % the Theatre.

The success Of Miss GEusGE In con
Quoting a so.calied stock" company
has been n notable incident Of the
closing theatrical season. The stock
company. supposed in many ways to
embody all the best traditions Of the
older days Of the theatre, went out
Of existence Il score or more Of years
ago. It's departure vas assumed to
be an inevitable result Of changes In
the system Of the theatre. Its resto-
ration has been regarded by many Is
a most artistic influence for the stage.
or course n new generation of actors
cannot he trained in one theatre. But
the good example and the popular
success Of this enterprise are *.
pected to encourage others.
Whether or not this example will
lead other theatres TO engage their
actors for the season remains to he
seen. Probably the interesting and
successful experiment will not be
copied In many theatres. 1t is In the
first place too much trouble. Man
ayers with companies acting Il roper
toire must he inspired by the great.
est artistic enthusiasm 10 keep up
such constant rehearsals as a play
house of this kind requires. The sys-
TEN Of long runs and n company for
every new production Is the result Of
n development that came about nat.
uraIly In the evolution Of the theatre
of the day. So probably that system
will survive. Hut the training which
used To make skilful and experienced
actors may still be missing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
ENLARclWc WEST POINT.
More Ground and Buildings rs Well
as Cadets VIII BE Needed.

To THE EpiroE OF THE SrN-Sir: Since
Congress has taken up the very i'm
portant question of preparedness several
bills have been introduced to enlarge the
corps of cadets, in some cases 800 per
cent. But In none of these bills Is tho
extremely limited accommodation at
West Point considered. There are now
at the Point about 900 cadets. with
quarters and mess equipment for about
100 more.
The records show that II takes from
three to five years TO erect a fair sized
building at West Point hence the de.
sired enlargement cannot be mado very
soon. Moreover. sites for more build
ings are decidedly scarce.
In 1889 the Government acquired the
klnsley land Immediately south Of tho
post for necessary expansion and all OF
the level portion Of that tract Is now
we'll covered with officers quarters.
soldiers barracks, stables and
terrain.
While serving as Superintendent OF
the Academy a few years ago. General
Albert l.. Mills. with c~ommendable fore
sight, became conscious OF this danger
ous limitation Of domain. and strongly
recommended hat additional property
on the same plateau AK West Point and
extending to natural boundary lines. u
brook and the Hudson River. about a
half mile stili further south should he
acquired. but. unfortunately, no action
was taken. This extension would take
in about two.thirds OF the village OF
Highland Falls, but aside from I.adyclif
Academy and tao or three business
blocks there In no valuable improved
property in II. Indeed, the total valua-
ton OF the entire village IA only
Sl.50o.ooo.
The Government reservation now ex-
tends alorx the west side Of the village
to the above mentioned boundary line,
but II IL mountainous and was acquired
to protect the watershed. The acduisi-
tion Of this village tract would give a
definite and indisputablc boundary line 80
the reservation and supply the very
much needed building sites closely re-
lated to the present plant. This will
have to re done sooner or later or an
entire new site must be selected for the
military academy. The city Of New
York appropriated means to wipe sev-
eral villages Off the map in the extension
and protection Of lie water system.
Surely the Government should be a.
forehanded. REpovBr wEBB.
WEST PoiNr, March :.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-08
To Make the Gas Range Resutifnl and
Blessing.

To Tur EDIron OF THE SuN-Sir: For
twenty-five years | have been ole OF the
well satisfied customers OF the gas conf
pany and am surprised al the complaint
of ID about the "~Cussedness Of Gas
liangos," Not only have | had no trouble
with roasting. baking or broiling with
Gas. hut in addition to the comfort OF
cooking by gas | enjoy the moderate
eSpense ~ indicated ny the reasonable
monthly bills.
II "b." Is "A regular reader of THE sun
he must have seen the gas %compans's
declaration of it's willingness 20 send,
without charge. an instructor TO those
unfamiliar with the uHe of gas ranges.
| availed myself OF that offer and on the
very same day the request was made n
representative Of the company came and
instructed my cook how to use gas eco
nomlcally and efficiently.
My gas range IL a thing OF beauty and
q Joy forever. { II. H.
NEW York. March :.
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A SECTIONAL SURVEY.
Ph1osophic Inquiry Into Certain Pro
tests Against Mention Trading.

To iii EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
sections OF this country that are bowling
loudest about the ''unhoiy traffic OF
the Eastern States In var munitions. and
threaten the prohibition of, by a prohib-
1.-Two tax on. the manufacture OF such
munitions. are the same sections that
are swelling their bank ccoun on the
profits OF war exports of horses. mules
and foodstuffs.
The furnishing If hoNes and mules
II really a more pronounced contibu-
ton to the game Of war than the fur
nish'ng Of munitions. for while the
Allies are speeding up their output OF
munitions and may be able to produce
their full supply II forced TO. yet there
is no earthly way FOR them to produce
horses and mules. without q supply
OF f~oodstufYs neither men nor beasts
could keep up the fight,
However, the proposed legislation 4.
simply n Of many schcmes for sad
ding the cost OF miseovernmcnt OF the
country on the Eastern States, and We
will probably have TO submit.
THE EAST, March Z. FAIR PLAY,
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SAFE CONDUCT NOT ASKED
A Correspondent Biames Senator
Corr for LoosA Statements.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--sy:
Some OF your correspondents have called
attention to the confusion OF mind likely
to result from loose or inaccurate state
ments concerning our present "on'el-
ton with Germany as 10 tho rights "
b~elllserent merchant ships, armed or
unarmed for defence.
want to call attention to an instance
applicable. In a formal statement is
sued by Senator Core. published In THR
SUS of Friday. February %. he used
this language In reference to the matter
chieay involved In this contention
DO not believe tina; public opinion In
the United States would Justify q var with
on account OF her refusal 70 grant
safe conduct TO such ships.
Now the fact IL that neither Mr.. Lam
sing nor ans other eane person has ever
claimed safe conduct for such ships"
that is to say. merchant ships OF bel
liEerents. armed for defence or unarmed.
Such u ship clears from our ports with
every n on board M every one who
has placed goods on board aware that
the ship IA subject 20 capture b. an
enemy and there Ia no Law to the con
trary. No n asks for safe conduct"
because M one has the right to.
All that Mr.. Lansing asks Is that neu-
trail passengers on U shre shall not
be murdered. II the ship on which
they " rtghtfully taken passaee In
captured International law requires that
neutral passengers shall be taken to or
put in a place Of safety.
Germany contends for the right to
murder them by shooting or drowning.
No other nation claims that risht, nom
other has ever exercised t. II We adj
nit Germany's right We admit ourselves
to be too cowardly to assert u rights.
NEW YORK, March Z. T.
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The city Of Newark has voted a lib
eral sum to aid the celebration of It's
25oth anniversary: citizens have SUBJ
scribcd "a quarter Of a million dollars
e. make things easy for the celebration
committee; music, p~ageantry, athletic
events will all be Of high class: its new
hotel, the Robert Treat. lust AS good
a. any in Manhattan" will he opened
on time: the Newark Erenin0 he,cs
printed a really friendly piece about
the restored good health OF the Hon.
JAMES X. NuGESr: the spirit Of hustle
and brotherly love seems all pervad!ng.
and we reckon Newark will have a fine
celebration beginning OF the first day
Of May.
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lily stated. It's terms were more ex.
actly defined. It's phrases were more
satisfactorily composed. by the Rep
resentatives than by the Senators. but
In each Ease the essential sentiment
was conveyed that the American re.
public has not been delivered into the
hands Of co%nspirators. Of weak,ings.
Of sentlmentalists, or To the mercies
Of a combination Of these unwhole.
some elements.
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The women Of st. Paul want q :is
cent piece added to Uncle SANS coin
age. They say 1t would do away with
the need of overbuytng to save the
half cent on articles priced At 1ei.
cents or We for a quarter" This does
not s~uhs'antiate, at first sight, the
frequently made charge Of American
housekeepers' extravaganza; hut will
economists praise Il? Masculine spec
uiation Is directed. coarsely. IA the
cigar ounter and the short beer" of
the pruden, barrister. II is a new
America that car endure to think OF
two bits" divided ny ten. How much
popularity had tho half rent once
coined?