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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"UNcLE BEN, SAYS HE D,pN.,
o the Editor of the Telegraph:

10 the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: Will you kindly cor
rect the, second part of the
story, regarding my speech-mak-
ing. which appeared in your issue
of the Sth instant 1t is true made q
speech in support, of the candidacy OF
berland. 1t is also true that I USED a
small. silk American flag during tn.
address. but was not suffering, from .
Sio%ins NOR mS Sia Nose mafs IN fSe the mistake
/ desire the writer Of the article to
understand that I have too much love
for the flag to desecrate it in that man
ner. The story, to some minds, makes
know me best must surely regard it a.
a joke on Uncle Ben"
brother. during the second days battle
at Corinth.. was. shot by a sharp
shooter and killed, another brother
General Scott, enlisted with the Three
month volunteers Of the Rebellion, re-
enlisted for three years and dropped
Il enlisted ain the One Hundred and
Thirtieth Regiment under Colonel linn
and on that forced march was stricken
discharsed from sch Church tfn Hospital ToI foI
disability; but the months Of servic,
had given me new love of country,
and my deyotion to our sacred emblem
ers of your valuable paper will not be-
lieve I could so desecrate 1t.
have been making Republican
pect to speak, during this campaign, for
Charles e. Hughes and the whole Re-
publican ticket ! shall carry my "lfttle
shall declare that Yield to nom no man ann my
fidelity to the American flag, and de-
mand. in the words of General Dix. tina,
he who descrates or attempt to tear II
down, shoot him on the sptt"
Yours respectfully
B. K. ("UNCLE BEN") SPANGLER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
END of a Perfect Roll"

When you come to the end of a per-
feet roll
And you sit alone with your thought
And you see in the bank but the
empty hole
That your two weeks trip has
wrought,
Do you think OF the fives and the tens
you had,
And wish for their sight once morep
Do your vanished greenbacks leave you
When your glad VACATIONS DER?
Well. this is the end of perfect roll
At the end of a journey, too
And it leaves a thought that is big and
strong
For the coin that SO quickly flew;
Now memory has painted this perfect
roll
In colors that never fade
And we md at the end that we need
that dough
For the bills that we left unpaid.
Ohio State Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
WHICH ARE NOITC

CUNBURY firemen celebrated yes
y terday the ninetieth birthday OF
William r. Roberts, an active
member of the city's volunteer depart
ment.
Alexander H. Phillips, of Ellsworth
N. Y, yesterday observed his nine
tieth birthday by seeing a motion pic
ture show, using a telephone and rid
ing in an automobile for the first time
1t was also the first time he had ven-
tured more than 1000 feet from his
sons home in seventeen years, al
though in good health for one of his
age.
Here we have two ways of growing
old-Roberts an active fireman al
ninety. filled with zeal for the prog
ress and improvement of his home
city. the subject of a municipal jubilee,
and Phillips doing things for the first
time on his ninetieth anniversary that
he should have been doing twenty or
twenty-five years ago.
Which of the two, think you, is get
ting the most out of life-Roberts the
energetic and interested citizen of his
community. or Phillips. content to
lnger along through the seasons pur-
poseless, save for the gratification of
his own meager personal desires and
ss dead to the people of his own town
as though the marble had been plant.
ed on his last resting place for, To-
these many years?
There are many like Phillips and
ail too few like Roberts in HARRISBURG
and not all of them are ninety years
of age. by any manner of means. But
they are spending their days and their
Fears as these two men spent theirs
The Phillips crowd is going its own
selfish way and nobody cares much
what becomes of it. When one of its
members dies the undertaken is the
e=ddsst psrson ct the funeral aud his
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12

Protection is the Republican watch
word this year. and the dust throwing
of the Democratic spellbinders will hav,
no effect upon the great body of the
people. With the new laws recently
enacted and the higher wage conditions
our competitive relations to other coun-
tries are radically changed. We must
protect our wage-earners from an inva-
sion Of the cheap products of those
countries where labor is on the lowest
possible scale Of remuneration and the
Republican protection policy is safe and
sane.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
DESIGNING, NOT REsIGNINo

THE Planning Commission of
Reading is so disgusted with
the treatment which it has re-
ceived that the members are threaten
ing to resign. That may be the way
the planners of Reading meet official
obstruction, but not SO in Harrisburg.
Here the Planning Commission is GO
ing right on doing the admirable
work which the people are universally
approving. No matter what may hap
pen with respect to the other munich
pal bodies, this board of FIVE active
and public-spirited men will proceed
to meet public expectation in every
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Clifford Pinchot has been spend
ing part of the summer at his home
in Pike county and will make some
speeches this Fall.
The Rev. j. S. Wrightnour, prom
inent Baptist clergyman. has resign
ed his charge to go to a western
county.
bishop Franklin Hamilton, one
of the new Methodist bishops, preach
ed sermon from the pulpit filed by
his father in Pittsburgh.
Judge e. A. Anderson, of Phila-
delphia, has returned from Nova
Scotia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 12
/ att responsible before God for the
voyk l might haze done and did not do.
r. A. ToRREY.
Co,rsrENpABLE PUBLIC SPIRIT

CW1FT & COMPANY, by their
y action to-day in declining to take
advantage of permission granted
by City Council for the erection of a
runway across Seventh street, near
North, because popular opinion op-
posed the proposed structure, display
commendable public spirit. Manager
c. o. Hibler in his letter to City Coun-
ell sums up the position of the COM
pany in a single paragraph when he
says:
Notwithstanding the fact that we
still regard the privilege We asked
for as a proper one for you to
sss ssssairy for the eInhlargement NJ OF our our
least shadow of an improper light
and prompted by our desire. to con-
Beautifui M Il 4 Harrisburg, df d'tfi and the pros So
pect of legal proceedings, we will
voluntarily foreg0 the proposed con-
tage of the ordinance recently
passed by you.
1t must be said for Swift & Company
that their course in the matter at
Issue was altogether proper and they
were at all times within their rights
as they saw them. They asked council
for permission for a bridge which in
their view was necessary to their busi-
ness. That they have no thought of
attempting to force their own desires
upon an unwilling public, even with
the approval of council, is altogether
to their credit.
The withdrawal of the proposal to
erect the bridge is a distinct victory
for the City Planning Commission,
which was looking only to the good of
the city as whole and to prevent the
establishment of a dangerous pre-
cedent. The Commission has no
objection to street bridges as such.
The members doubtless would look
favorably upon the creation in Harris
burg of a distinctly industrial district
where runways like that proposed and
other conveniences of the kind might
be permitted.
The Swift bridge controversy is
closed incident. Doubtless it will have
served a good purpose. The Planning
Commission will now be able to go
about its important and praiseworthy
work with the knowledge that it will
have back of it the unqualified sup
port fo the public in safeguarding the
peoples interests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
BACK HOME!
BY Wing Dinger

Democrats who've been contendin'
That this year they would command
The Progressive vote for Wilson
Everywhere throughout the land,
Will please note that an election
Was held yesterday in Maine
And they sent the poor old donkey
To the hospital again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

IQuestions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the orsaniza-
tion's annual Municipal ouiz."l
What provision is made for the help
and Advancement Of backward pupils?
with teachers having special train
Ing for the work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
One Old Coach Still Runs
[From the Boston Postal

THE old stage coach is extinct in
Guess again!
The old stage coach--the same old
stage coach that was running more
than nifty years ago--sttll meets the
trains at Bethlehem, N. Fl. They built
things to last in those old days, ano
this old coach is still in good repair.
The age of the steeds drawing this
coach, by the way. Is in proportion to
the vehicle itself. One Is rs and the
other 80 years old, but they are not
ready for retirement yet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
TELEGRAPH PERlScOPE

"A federal probe of bread is pro-
posed. Well, we Judge it will be
kneaded.
1t Is pleasure to write the war
heads when the Russians are ap-
preaching nothing more formidable
from a pronunciation standpoint than
Lemberg.
Philadelphia newspapers are go
Ing to think an awful lot less of that
government armor plate plant if Dan
iels doesn't locate it in that city.
And after all these months of an
xiety. the German government finally
announces that it doesn't matter if
Limburg was smashed up bit because
the best Limburger cheese isn't made
there anyway.
Our idea of an example of will
full waste of perfectly good money is
the publication of $4,000 copies of
the Democratic handbook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12

Between now and the next Kipona a.
every good idea as to other interesting
features of the river carnival should be
developed. There will be plenty of time
during the winter months to originate
new ideas and develop plans for the
big affair of 1917
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
HISTORJC HARRISnI1Rf

The first public Improvement in
Harrisburg was draining Market
Square SO that people could walk over
it dry shod in 1890.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
Our Daily Laugh
/, NERVOUS
TrYYD~~

/ I, NERVOUS
HUBBY.
Wifey - John.
I'm going to q
masquerade.
John (much re-
lieved) Thank
heavens! ! tho't
you were starting
another new style
in gowns,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
TRUE.

TRUE.
Who does a. thing,
and does It
we'll,
Is greater far.
though some
may doubt 1t,
Than he w h o
merely stands
to yell
And shout and
8 h o u t q n d
talk about it
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg manufactures
steel for making hooks and eyes?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12

Ed. .STACKPOLE, Prest and Editor-in.C Chief
=. r. OYSTER. Business Monogsr.
GUS Nd. STEINMETZ. Monoging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12

published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-12

Congressman w. S. Ware is out in
a long statement in which he says that
the recent Democratic Congress did
much for Philadelphia, notably for
the navy yard.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman jacobson have
as their guest their niece, Miss Lena
jacobson.
The Y. M. C. A. minstrel show scored
q decided success last night at the Co.
mus. The attendance was good.
The Journal was favored this morn
ing by a pleasant call from Mr.. Flow
ers, of the New Albany Gazette.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Howerton and
William Roper we're here Thursday en-
route home from Okolona where they
had carried Frank Howerton, who has
accepted the position of assistant sar-
geant on the camp where the state will
erect its crushing plant.
DR.. Sale Trice, who has been i'll in a
st. Louis hospital for several weeks,
reached home last Friday. DR.. Trice
is needing q rest from the strenuous
work he has been doing in his practice
at st. Joseph, La and viii remain at
home until he is fully restored in
health. His partner, DR.. Lilly, came
up the first Of the week to be with Dr.
Irice 9 few days.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
HOW TO CREATE PERSONALITY
Practice the Real Smile, the Heart,
Handshake and Musical Voice II
You Would Succeed.

To discuss personality without men.
tioning a pleasant smile and a genial
handshake would be as incomplete as
discussing good health without men.
tioning exercise. A natural smile is
readily obtained after n has acquired
a musical laugh, wholesome thoughts
and a pleasant voice. A forced smile
is easily detected and usually arouses
suspicion, as it is considered a mask.
1t is the forced smile that usually re-
suits in facial contortion. The genuine
smile prompted by ~cheerfulness is &C.
complished by slightly parting the lips,
gently raising the of the
mouth, and is completed by a happy
expression in the eye Stand before
your mirror and see how easily you
a be convinced that this is true, also
how we'll it will pay you to wear a
genuine smile. The handshake needs
no practice, only remember that a firm
grip and a hearty shake inspire conf.
dence and are a token of frankness
and accord with spontaneous laughter
and a well-placed musical voice.
To prove conclusively that person.
ality can be acquired by anyone, 1 have
even seen invalids change an irritable
and unattractive personality to one oil
cheer and sunshine, winning all who
came in contact with them and accom-.
plishing for themselves many more
hours of happiness and many less
hours of pain. If you will but consct
entiously carry out these instructions
you will soon have a personality which
attracts, giving pleasure to your
friends and great satisfaction to your
self.-The Christian Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
A TUPELOINTERVIEW
MIR. Funderburk Tells His Ex-
perience

The following brief account of an in
terview with a Tupelo mar over seven
years ago, and its sequel, will be read
with keen interest by every citizen.
j. A. Funderburk, Green ST., Tupelo,
says: "My back panied continually and
dreadful headaches untitled me for
work. The dull, gnawing pains in my
kidneys were increased by my being on
my feet so much. l felt more tired out
in the morning than when / had gone
to bed. When l Strengthened after
STOPPING, sharp twinges would often
make me cry out. Doan's Kidney Pills
Immediately gave me relief (State-
ment given May 1st, 1908
Over six years later, Mr.. Funderburk
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
and l have stayed cured. At 50 years
of age, l am still at work"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr.. Fun
derburk has twice publicly recommend
ed. Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
To Protect the Birds.

There is no reason to suppose that
the president will refuse to approve
the regulations for the protection OF
migratory birds which have been is.
sued by Secretary Houston. This is
a task which only the federal gov.
eminent can perform with success.
Much useful state legislation is less
effective than it ought to be for the
reason that it can apply only locally.
Thus the robins may be guarded
from slaughter in Pennsylvania or
Massachusetts, but thousands of
them a still be sacrificed to the
greed of pot hunters as they fly South.
Nor is it for purely sentimental rea.
so~ns-though these should be sufficient
that protection is demanded. Our
songbirds are t~ireless destroyers of
noxious plant and insect life. They
are the best friends the farmers have.
Even such as now and then take toll
Of fruit or grain do much more good
than harm. There is no more i'm
portant form Of conservation.-Phila
delphia Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
NOn.R resident Notice
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Fontaine ct al
VS.. :
Mobile e. Ohio Railroad Co. ct al
State of Mississippi Lee County.

State of Mississippi Lee County.
To Frank A. Gillespie. Bisbee, Arizo-
ma; Mrs. E. A. Torvea, Bisbee, Arizona;
Mrs. James Garnett, Mount Sharpe,
Texas; Ina Gillespie, Mount Sharpe,
Texas; Mrs. Mary Sue Conlisk. 102 N.
7th St., Temple, Texas; VIM G.. Rid
die, care of j. W.. Benefited Co.,
Go'dthwaite, Texas; Chas. S Riddle,
83l N. 21st St., Birmingham, Alabama;
Henry Haines Riddle, are of Santa Fe
Railroad, Temple, Texas; Bart Cook
Riddle, 102 N. 7th St., Temple Texas;
W. P. Gillespie. Valdosta. Georgia.; T.
d. Gillespie, Wilson, Arkansas; Mrs.
w. A Parker, Slidell. Louisiana; Mrs.
w. M. Gray, 1922 Elsmore St., New
Orleans. Louisiana; S. B. Giles pie,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
And the unknown heirs at law and
distributes of James Gillespid, de-
ceased; and the unknown heirs at law
and distributes of ". P. Gillespie; the
unknown heirs at law and the distribu-
tees of the following parties, deceased,
to- wit:
Mrs Nancy Gillespie, widow of James
Gillespie, deceased; w. S Gillespie. j..
B. Gillespie. F. M. Gillespie. A. j. Gill
lespie, A. A. Gillespie. Mrs. Mary Il.
Greene. ]. M. Gillespie. j. j. Gillespie,
Letitia Gillespie, Mrs. Nancy L. Giles
pie, James White Gillespie, Jacob Jas
per Gillespie, James S. Gillespie, Mrs.
James S. Gillespie, widow of James
S. Gillespie. Miss Jessie Gillespie,
James Gillespie, Jr,, A j. Gillespie,
j.. Mrs. Fanny Lou Peele, Thomas
Gillespie, Mss Nanny Gillespie, Dudley
Gillespie, Mrs. Mary e. Shackleford,
Mrs. Victoria Gum, w. P. Gillespie,
DR., Mrs. w. P. Gillespie, Hal Shack
elford, Mrs. Sallie Shackelford Haugh-
ton, Mrs. Sue Shackelford Riddle, Mrs.
Augusta s.. Cahall, Jacob Gillespie.
And all unknown persons, firms and
corporations who have any interest in,
or assert o. claim any title to, or lien,
pledge or claim of any character what
eyer against the certificates of stock
in the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Com
paLy, or to the dividends thereon, as
follows, to wit: Certificate No. 1855
for n share of stock, dated December
5th, 1860. issued and standing in the
name of James Gillespie; Certificate
No. 1855 for one share, datee March
Oath, 1861, issued to and standing in
the name Of James Gillespie; Certificate
No. 3139 for ten shares, dated Februa-
ry Oath, 1857, issued to and standing in
the names of James and w. P. Giles
pie: and Certificate No. 1864 for nine
shares. dated February 10Th, 1858, is
sued to and standing in the names of
James and w. P. Gillespie, Defend
ants.
You are hereby commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Lee. in said State, on the
Bird Monday of October. 1916, to de-
fend the suit in said Covrt of Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Fontaine ct al, wherein
you are defendants.
This 18th day of August, 1916.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk.
Robins & Thomas, Solicitors. %
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18

William Payne, Frank Payne,
Miss Anne Payne and Mrs. Hen
ry Wade.
For many years Mr.. Payne was
a faithful member of the Baptist
church and supported the church
literally and observed closely all
it's ordinances. In the commun-
ity in which he lived he was a
neighbor that could be appealed
to at all times, and a friend
whose LOYALTY was never ques-
toned. To the young he was a
wise counsellor and it was his
pleasure always to render as
sistance to those who needed his
counsel and help.
AS a husband and father he
was devoted to every interest of
those nearest and dearest to him
and his life was spent in caring
for. and making comfortable
those dependent upon him. In
his last hours his devoted wife
and children and g a1d.hildren
were unsparing in their affec-
tionate attention, and his last
moments were soothed by their
presence and devotion.
The funeral took place in Nc
Nell cemetery Thursday morn
ing where many friends gathered
to pay their last tribute Of re-
spect. Beneath the spreading
boughs Of the large oak near the
entrance his friends gathered
around his casket. while Rev.
Thompson, his pastor, and Rev.
S. D. Shelton, a warm personal
friend. conducted the services
and paid a high tribute to the
life and character Of the deceas-
ed. Above his last resting place
many beautiful flowers were
laid, brought by his sorrowing
friends.
The pail bearers were: w. w.
Cherry, F. M. Roper, Ed. Jones.
W. A. Dozier, w. a. Davis and
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
CARD OF THANKS

It is with profound gratitude that we
express through The Journal our sin
cere thanks to our friends and neigh
bors who SO nobly stood by US through
the sickness and death of our husband
and father, A. z. Jumper. And es-
pecially do we wish to thank our good
physician, DR.. Chas. McCown, for his
untiring efforts. He was always ready,
day and night, to administer to the suf-
ferer. Again we most tenderly thank
each and every one. May God bless
you all.
Mrs. A. q. Jumper and Children.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
The Race for Judgeships

The race for Judges of the Su.
preme Court resulted in the nomi.
nation Of Chef Justice Smith
over Elk Governor Longino for a
term beginning May 10th, 1918,
for the Middle District. In the
same district there will be a run
off between Judge Clayton D.
Potter, the present Justice and
Geo. H. Ethridge Assistant At
torney General, for the term be-
ginning January l, 1917. with
Ethridge in the lead.
In the third or northern dis
trict Justice E.. O. Sykes, the
present incumbent and the Dis
trict Attorney R. H. Knox, of
Houston, will be in a run-of in
the second primary. Justice
Holden in the Southern district
was unopposed.
The democratic executive COM
mittee Of the State will meet in
Jackson rext Tuesday to tabulate
the votes and declare the result.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
E.. F. Payne

Died, at his home ten miles
northwest of Tupelo, on the even
ing of August l6, E. F. Payne,
in his 18th year.
Mr.. Payne was taken i'll with
an affection of the stomach only
six days previous to his death.
but the skill of physicians and
the tender nursing of his family
and friends could not arrest the
malady and on Wednesday even
ing surrounded by his Borrowing
family and friends he quietly
breathed his last.
Eph Payne, as he was famil-
iarly known to his friends, was
born with n three miles Of the
place upon which he died, and
his entire life, except four years
as a Confederate soldier, was
spent in this immediate vicinity.
He was born on Yonaby creek
in what was then Pontotoc coun-
ty and grew to manhood there.
His early education was received
in the local schools of the day
and while yet but a youth en-
lis e ] as a private in C, mpany F,
3lst Miss. Regiment. under Col.
]. A. Orr, and served with his
regiment in the many battles in
which his command took part.
As a Confederate soldier he bore
an honorable record and was
recognized as one of the most
gallant end fearless soldiers in
his command.
Returning home after the war
he took up the battle Of life and
was a successful business man.
He was a man of sound judg-
ment and took a practical view
of affairs. When a young man
he married. and from this union
three sons and two daughters
were born; a son died in infancy.
His children surviving him are
The Tupelo journal., 1916-08-18
Notice of Public Works

Notice is hereby given that the road
commissioners of the Third District of
Lee County, Mississippi, will on the 1st
Monday in Sept 1916, at the Court
House in the City of Tupelo, Miss,
within lawful hours, let to the lowest
and best bidder, contract for placing
sand on a link OF Tupelo andMantachie
road, south of Eggville, amounting to
about l, 500 feet.
D. w. ROBINS,
M. B. HEARD,
7. E. WHITESIDES,
" Commissioners.