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Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

Eighteen auto licenses have been
Issued 20 fnr thds year by the county
clerk, besides which two licenses for
machines running in this county were
issued In Denver. From the number
who claim they intend to buy ma
chimes this summer. there will be
perhaps 40 Joy boats in the county
by fall. The license fee is split CO.
30 between the county end the state.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

ID. p. Herrictt, OF Mccormick Theo
logical Seminary, Chicago, who filled
the pulpit at trre Presbyterian church
lest summer, is again with us and
will conduct the services during the
summer months. The Observer joins
with his church in welcoming young
man with such exceptional talent to
our midst
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

Sheriff A. s. Gundy went to Neder-
land last night TO take into custody
James Flynn and Gene Costello, who
were wanted on a charge OF assault
and battery. Mrs. Grace Clemmons
Is the complaining witness and 1t
is not known whether size can be
located or not. The capias under
which the men were arrested was
issued by the district court.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

money can pur-
sue Is to lavish
his earnings on
girls, it'll h t h g
h ope of making
himself popular
with them.
He could make
no greater mis-
take, for the very
girls who accept
his ice cream and
bonbons. theater
tickets. ETC., are
the ones who give
him the name of
spendthrift. They
infer that he can
not keep what he
earns. and they
IN ig hit as well
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
CARD OF THANKS

We take this method Of express.
ing our heartfelt thanks to neigh
bors and friends for their kindly min
istrations and comforting words dur
ing the illness and death of cur lew
ing son and brother. We apprec'at-
ed to the fullest extent the beautiful
floral pieces and the messages of
sympathy they conveyed.
Mrs. Fannie Sandefl and daughter.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
OUCH!

'Is cat meat very expensive, Nom.
ma?" asked Miss Gabb.
No." replied Mrs. Gabb. ''It is
very cheap. Why?"
II heard Poppa telling Mr.. Naybor
last night that it keeps him broke
feedirg tlat kitty at his club" re-
piled Miss Gabb.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

The county commissioners will put
a force OF men to work on the new
road to be bsitat from Dory HAL to
Guy hill, next week. When this road
Is completed the residents OF Gilpdn
county will have q fine auto drive to
Denver.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
WHERE TO BUY GROCERIES

The Hawley Mdse. Co., can supply
your wants from complete stock Of
fancy and staple groceries. The
freshest of vegetables and fruits in
the market. Hay and grain in any
quantity.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

The Denver Post came out Wed.
nesGay afternoon, acknowledged the
Speer election as legal, and like the
Kaiser, promised to be good during
his administration.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

The next meeting of the Tuesday
Reading club will be at TIE home OF
Mrs. klais, May 10th. Roll call:
Peace quotations. Topics. "The Mont
tessori Method" Mrs. Sayre, Alas
ka,' Mrs. Coaigrlin.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

"The Ballet Girl" In which Hoi-
brook BInn and Alice Brady are the
stars, viii be the moving picture
screened at the opera house Wednes-
day, May 18th.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

Mrs. Isabelle Mabee has rented the
jenkins house on County Road street
to meet the impending need OF more
room.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
HOUSES FOR SALE CHEAP

The two Rapin houses for sale at
a bargain. Some OF the best resi-
dence property in the city. Inquire
at Observer office.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

The First National bank shipped
100 ounces Of gold to the Denver
mint this week.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

James Cody hes been on the ply.
sicaldy indisposed list Tor the past
week.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
GOOD DOPE

BE kind to Others" said Sam Stalls,
Though they have their defects;
And, when a bill collector calls,
Just pay him your respects"
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
FOR SALE

A coed team of work horses. In
quire OF Albert Gnndy, Central City,
Cello.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

o. j. Duffield has opened an office
next door to the DR.. Davies drug
store for THE promotion of gold and
tungsten mines.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11
Boys Often Spend
Too Much
Money on Girls
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
Copyright. 1861

Copyright. 1861
Pleasures are like peoples spread
You seize the flower. its bloom is shed!
Or like the snowflake In the river
A moment white. then melts forever.
The most foolish course q young
man who works hard to earn his
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-11

Observer-the family paper-s2.oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
STATE BUYS FARM LAND

The trustees of the penitentiary farms | have purchased 5000 acres of land in | Quitman county, as authorized by the | last legislature for the purpose of en- | larging farming operations and have also secured an option of 5000 acres ad- joining, to hold until the next legisla- ture convenes, so as to double the size Of the farm if it is found the state is able to buy that much. These lands cost s25 per acre, but when the convicts shall have cleared them of the timber they will bring $100 per acre. The legislature appropriated $145,000 for the purchase of this new farm, and the money is in hand. Last Wednesday was celebrated as Emancipation Day. by the negroes of Mississippi, thousands of whom assem-
 bled in Jackson for that purpose and had a great time. AS race the negroes of Mississippi have prospered, thou l sands of them owning and operating good farms and making an honest liv- ing. They have and enjoy every right enjoyed by their white neighbors, except that of voting, and it has been so very long since they attempted anything of that kind, they care nothing about it.
 and election day is just like any other with them. They are now preparing to
 give the biggest and best Sair they have
 ever had, and that is saying a good deal
 for they have always made most cred
 itable exhibit of agricultural products,
 live stock, etc.
 The federal inspectors report that dur
 tng the month of July 690074 head of cat
 tie were dipped by Mississippi farmers
 7i,022 herds being represented. The first
 of next January statewide tick eradica-
 tion becomes law, and dipping will
 have to be inaugurated in every county.
 The majority of them have already be-
 gun to get ready, having their vats com-
 pleted, and some of them have not waited
 for the time limit to expire. There used
 to be great deal of opposition to cattle
 dipping in some of the interior counties,
 but that has all been brushed aside, and
 for the reason that it has been demon
 strated tick free steer sells for good
 deal more money than one that is tick ridden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
ENCOURAGED BEEF RAISING

Frank w. Farley, United States agent in animal husbandry, and who has charge of the Baby Beef" clubs in this state, is encourae ,elieve that beef raising has received an impetus that will be hard to lose interest in, and which will place Mississippi in the forefront of beef cattle production in a very few years, just as the Boys Corn Clubs have forged the state ahead in corn rais- ing The boys have shown their fathers that 100 bushels can be made, and more, too, on lands that had heretofore made but about 15, and the corn crop of the state has doubled in less than 10 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
WOULDN'T TAKE ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR GOOD T DID HIM
Ex-Official of Jefferson Says Muscles Drew Up With Pain Gains 30
 Pounds on Tanlac

W. H. Chambers, better known as 'Will' Chambers by his friends and fel- ' low workers at the Imperial Coal and Coke works in Bradford, Ala, told the Tanlac representative in Birmingham a
 few days ago that he wouldn't go back to the condition he was in before taking Tanlac for any amount of money.
 Mir Chambers, whose address is Pin son, Ala, R. F. D. No. 2, served as deputy sheriff for about two years and
 his remarkable statement will be re- ce1ved with interest throughout Jefferson ! county, as everybody knows him to be
 a man whose word is as good as his ! bond"
 m now able to go back to work . said MT. Chambers, land I want to say that can hardly estimate the benefit my five bottles of Tanlac have been to me,
 for it's put me on my feet, and I can
 now eat a boiled dinner with meat and vegetables as good as any man, and it had been good many months since I was able to do that without its giving me all kinds of misery and trouble. T suffered with rheumatism in my < back and limbs and my kidneys troubled me till would have to be up and down five and six times every night. They bothered me all the time, and my stomach was in such bad shape that I just
 seemed to stay in a bloated condition, and , would have to belch up sour gas and l. food almost every time I'd eat anything
 at all
 q had to be awful careful with my i! diet, and my appetite went to pieces so bad that I generally didn't want anything at all to eat. The rheumatism ached me and drew up my muscles. and all of { 1t had me in such shape that I was go-
 ing down hill all the time, and I actually I fell off till I didn't weigh but 115 pounds; " weigh 145, and I consider 30 pounds {, some gain when I think of the condition was in.
 7 'I tried four weeks in the hospital along ! last February, but didn't get any relief,
 and when I started on Tanlac a few weeks ago it put me on the mend before .Id finished the first bottle. My kidneys don't bother me at all now, and my di- tgestion is first rate The fact is, I'm just about normal, and I just feel like telling everybody I meet about Tanlac and what it's done for me. Several of my friends are taking it and getting almost as good results from it as I did" Genuine Tanlac is sold in Birmingham ;exclusively by Eugene Jacobs drug store land Patton-Pope Drug company. It is sold in Bessemer by the Pegram-Patton !Drug company; in Ensley by the D. W. Morris Drug company; in Pratt City by ! the Gale Drug company; in North Bir- lmingham by the Walker Drug company, each carton bearing the names of G. F. Willis and the Cooper Medicine company. t-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
TO ACT ON REFERENDUM

The fish and game law injunction re- straining the secretary of state from or dering an initiative and referendum elec-
 ton on the ground that the initiative and referendum amendment to the constitu- ton was not legally inserted, will go di- rect to the supreme court for settlement along with the whisky petitions, which are under the same ban. It is expected that the supreme court will make these very special preference cases, and that they will be acted on about the first of September, during the courts vacation,
 so that they may be gotten out of the
 way and settled before the November
 election
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
CENTENNIAL MEETING

The directors of the Mississippi centen-
 nial have been called to meet at Gulf
 port next Thursday, August A, and the
 executive committee of the same board will meet the day before. At this time final arrangements will be made for be- ginning actual work on the grounds an l buildings. The bonds have been sold and the cash is ready to be placed to the credit of the officers of the exposition. The fund that thus becomes available amounts to about $500O00, but as other counties and towns take action looking to special exhibits the fund to be expended will grow very materially and a first class show is going to be pulled off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Some Fiddle

From the Chicago Herald.
 The antique dealer was trying to sell an old violin.
 "This is the very fiddle,' he said, lon which Nero played while Rome was burning"
 But that is a myth," objected the cust omer.
 Well, didn't say so?" said the deal- er ''The name of Myth used to be on the case. but it's so old, it's got worn off"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
Only 50 Per Cent of Demo. cratic Strength Was Ac-
 counted for
REFERENDUM MATTER
 TO BE DECIDED SOON
Supreme Court Will Advance Hearing on Petitions for Election on Liquor and Game Laws-Centennial
 Directors to Meet
By E. E. FRANTZ

Jackson, Miss, August 19.-(Special) The primary election last Tuesday was tame and uninteresting affair and only 50 per cent of full vote was boiled in spite of the importance of the offices to be filled. The eight congressman are re- turned for another term, four of them without opposition, Collier of VicksbuTs. carrying even the city of Jackson ovef his opponent, J. H. Howie, by six votes, though Jackson was appealed to vigor- ously to stand by your home man."
 Three of the supreme court justices of the -four who were in the running were returned for six-year terms. Judge Clay ton Potter of the Jackson district is the only one who has to stand for a second primary. George Etheridge leads him by several hundred votes, but the friends of Judge Potter believe that can be over- come. They are confident that the votes that went to H. B. Greaves will go to Potter, with Greaves eliminated, and the chances are that the majority of them will. Greaves was the anti-Bilbo can didate Potter and Etheridge have both always been dyed-in- -the-wool Bilbo men, but now it has come to pass that Cover nor Bilbo and his erstwhile friend and fellow sufferer at the hands of the once awful secret caucus' are at logger heads. Collins is therefore backing Eth ridge, while naturally Governor Bilbo is supporting Potter, whom he appointed to the supreme court bench, and if he would get out over the district where one blast from his bugle horn has always been worth 10,000 men, victory would be pretty apt to perch on the Potter banner. But whether the governor takes an active hand or not the race is going to develop a great deal more interest than did the first primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

tT oJ;ocs Free booklet describing LdulCS wonderful article, indis- pensable for private use of married
 ladies. Relieves mind from doubt and
 worry. Sent sealed. Hygiene & kalol-
 ogy. Co, Dept B. w. 14th street, New York City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
The Obvious Place

II From Tlt-B1tS.
 4 What is known in a certain town as ' "a. shop carnival was being held and i1ittle girls represented the various ishops One, dressed in white muslin ifrock gaily strung with garlands of q bonbons, advertised the local sweet { shop.
 t When the festival began she fairly sglistened with attractive confection- sery, but as time wore on her decora- 'tions grew less. Finally, at the end tof the last act, not bonbon was to be 'seen.
 {! "Why, Dora" cried the stage man lager, where in the world are all your 3decorations? Have you lost them?" [ "Oh, mo-" replied Dora; they're per- ,fectly safe. I'm wearing them inside"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20
What Did She Mean?

,F TU11I hIIU. q give that lawyer $1o,o00 year to keep me out of jail "Oh, John! Please stop spending your money so foolishly.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
Fire Destroys Cabin.

A negro cabin, located on North
Fourth street, between Fifth and
Sixth avenues, was destroyed by
fire Monday. Another cabin nearby
was badly damaged.
The alarm was turned in about 3
O'Clock. and although the scene Of
the blaze was five blocks away from
the nearest water plug, the firemen
quickly laid 1900 feet Of hose and
in a short time had the flames un-
der control.
The house that was destroyed was
owned by Mr.. Harvey Savage, and
the loss was covered by insurance.
The other cabin was the property
OF Callie Moody, a negress.
Tie firemen were called to the
home Of Mr.. w. G.. Webb, on South
Third avenue at an early hour Tues
day morning. The fire, which orig.
mated from a defective flue, did
damage amounting to abou. sos.
A cottage on South Eleventh
street, owned by Mrs. M. Runci.
man, was damaged to the extent Of
about ten dollars about 6 o'cloei
Sunday evening The origin of the
fire is unknown.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
WAsH|NGTON'S BIRTHDAY
IS LOCALLY CELEBRATED
APPROPRIATE PROGRAM is
GIVEN IN CHAPEL OF FRANK
LIN ACADEMY.

Tuesday marked the anniversary
of the birth of George Washington,
who commanded the American army
during the revolutionary war and
who was the first president Of the
United States, and the event was ap-
propriately celebrated at Franklin
Academy, where a program consist
ing of patriotic addresses, recitations
and songs was given.
The academy chapel, where the
exercises took place, was appropri-
ately decorated for the occasion, and
American flags were also displayed
on stores and public buildings
throughout the business district Of
the city.
Features of the exercises were an
address by Rev. W. s. Slack, rector
of St. Pau's Episcopal church, and
announcements by representatives
of both the local chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion regarding medals which will be
given at the close Of the present
session. The following interesting
program was given:
Scripture reading and Invocation
by Rev w. s. Slack, rector of St
Pau's Episcopal church.
Song.
Address, by Rev. Slack.
Saluting the flag.
Reading, Miss Mamie Liss Savage
Announcements relative to d. A
r. medals, given by the Bernard Ro
mans and Shuk-ho-ta Tom-a-hs
chapters, for historical papers b,
Miss Savage and Mrs Sheffield.
Song. The Star spangled Banner
Reading, History of the Stat'
Flag, Murle Graham.
| Song, Old Glory.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
CECIL TANNING DELIGHTS
LARGE AUDIENCE At COLLEGE
EMINENT BARITONE CHARMS
AND ENTHRALLS ALL WHO
HEAR HIM SING.
Continued on page 4.

Cecil Tanning, the world-famous
baritone, gave a recital in the chapel
Of the Industrial Institute and Col
lege Monday evening, and thorough
ly charmed and delighted the large
and discriminative audience which
assembled there to hear him.
Mr. Tanning possesses a voice of
exquisite timbre, and sings with
splendid effect, having throughout
the progress Of the recital held his
hearers completely in his thrall. The
versatility Of the artist is most
marked, and his program covered
an exceedingly wide range.
Mr.. II. 3. Turpin, who for years
past has been Mr. Fanning's instrue-
tor, and who was his companion on
his recent European tour, presided
at the piano Monday evening, and
accompanied the singer in finished
style.
On Tuesday morning Mr.. Tanning
appeared in the college chapel,
where he read several original
poems which were listened to with
lunfeigned pleasure by all present.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
Many Tigers Caught.

About ten negroes and one white
man were arrested the first of the
week charged with unlawful retail
ing, and those who have not been
tried will oe given hearing this
week.
Virginia Hooper, negress, who
was tried Monday on a charge of
selling whiskey, was found guilty
and sentedced to pay a fine of $50
and costs, and sixty days. Jack Wor-
thy, negro, who was also tried far
retainng was fined $50, thirty days
and costs His case was appea eJ.
Three other negroes, Alex McFields
Bert Land, and Beverly Gerald were
founi guilty of retailing and each
was fined $50 and thirty days on .he
streets.
Oscar Lee Tucker and Zack Banks
two colored boys were tried on a
charge of stealing DR.. C. R. Cerry's
aui mobile, and each was fired ST
ard 80 days. The days were held
up pending future good behavior.
Mr.. Willis Brazeele was the
whi.e man arrested on the charge OF
l.. " full retailing and he will prsb
atiy De given a hearing this week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
TWO BASKETBALL GAMES TO
Be PLAYED HERE THIS WEEK
INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE & COL.
LECE TEAM WILL MEET HAT
TIESBURG ACCREGATIONS.

Two games of basket ball are to
be played on the campus of the In
dustrial Institute and College this
week, the varsity team of that insti-
tuition being scheduled to meet rep
resentatives of the Mississippi Wom-
ans College, of Hattiesburg, Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock while at 4
o'clock on Saturday they will face
a team from the State Normal Col
lege, from the same city
Both the Hattiesburg teams have
recently met defeat at the hands of
the local aggregation, which went to
the Forest county capital some three
weeks ago and trounced their OPP
ponents in hard-fought games. The
girls from the piney woods district
are naturally anxious for revenge,
and two spirited contests are there
fore in prospect
The price of admission will be
rs cents, and as the expense o!
bringing the team to Columbus il
rather heavy it is hoped that large
crowds will witness both games.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-02-24
OF INTEREST
GATHER[D HERE AND THERE
CIST OF NEWS FROM OVER THE
COUNTRY GIVEN IN A BRIEF
FORM.

Ohio cities, moved by President
Wilson's preparedness speeches, are
getting ready to resist the invader,
whosoever the enemy may be and
whensoever he may come, says a spe-
cial from Cleveland, Citizens mill
tary companies have been organized
rifle clubs formed and endorsements
framed by the chambers of COM
merce. In Cleveland arrangements
were made for . monster military
parade on Washington's birthday as
a d.mo,lssl asion OF tile city's ,upvors
OF preparedness.
Only eighty-three arrests were
made at the San Francisco axposi-
ton for drunkenness last year, al
though nearly 100000 persons
passed through the turnstiles.
Henry Ford, who is in New York
for the first time since his return
from the Ford peace expedition, has
denied that he is planning a $1,000,-
900 campaign against preparedness
for war.
News from the flooded districts
of Louisiana is to the effect that the
towns of Newlight, Marydale, Issa-
quena, Dickard and Coutre Point,
previously unheard from, are in ur-
gent need of assistance. The inhab-
itants in these towns are in danger of
being drowned unless motor boats
are sent at once to their relief. Live
stock in these towns have been plac-
ed on scaffolds and mounds in the
hope Of keeping them above the
high spots on which the cattle are
corralled and unless speedy aid is
given they will perish.
An earth tremor of slight but dis
tinct nature that made itself felt
through Georgia, North and South
Carolina, Virginia and portions of
East Tennessee and Alabama, was
reported early Monday night as hav.
! ing been felt at about 545 p. m
central time. In no case was any
damage reported and while in some
cases persons hurriedly left build
ings, there was nothing in the nature
Of panic.
A Zeppelin airship was brought
down by French guns in the vicinity
of Brabant-Le-Roi, in the Meuse, ac
cording to reports from Paris Tues
day. The Zeppelin was flying from
St. Menehould toward the soutf
when it was hit by an incendiar!
shell, which caused it to fall il
flames in the vicinity of Brabant
Le-Roi.