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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1916-05-31

NJ. W. A. Camp No. 1880, me.ts
a. 1t STturd1y night OF each month
f. Stone, Consul; Z. c. Chocns, Clerk.
Eastern Star. meets second and
fourth Tucsday n'r' Is Of each ,north.
Mss Aatiie Hamilton, Worthy Ma.
tl2n; l.. c. Cchin, Geere,ary.
Ysenlan. m,e,s d 81 Tuesday Might
Of each month. T. o. Miller, Fore
man; VIM. Vawter, Correspondent
\ / IL A. M,, As :, seeord ano
+ 'rth Saturday nighss ol eacn myn a
q. VI. Coffin. Master; w. ID. pugh,
Clerk.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1916-05-31

Not all Self- made men have
reason to be proud Of the carpen-
ter.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1916-05-31

suhscrise for tho FARMERS
CnAafioN and get all the local
neca.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Honoring Mrs. Naughton
and Mrs. Bridgers.

Mrs. w. j. Haynen and Mrs. j. 3
| Grain entertained at lovely surprise
| party Thursday afternoon to celebrate
: the birthdays of the latter's mother,
Mrs. Leota Naughton and Mrs. Eugene
/ Bridgers. The courtesy was extended
at the home of Mrs. Grain on Busch
man street which was most attractive
| in it's decoration of cut flowers and
smilax. The dining room table was
centered with cut glass basket of
sweet peas.
The afternoon was spent in needle
work and at the close salad course
twas served. There were Two birthday
cakes and they we're especially pretty
Mrs. Naughtons which was white and
finished with white carnations, va
presented to her by Mrs. Haynen and
Mrs. l5ridgers' was of white with pink
carnations, ana was given to her by
Mrs. ]. E. Mckay. A number of pretty
gifts were received by the honorees.
The guests in addition to Mrs.
Naughton and Mrs. Bridgers were Mes
danes Santa Cardemone, Walter Bal
ley, Olive E. Robinson, E. NJ Allen,
Stephen Burr, J. Johnson, Frank Hill,
Mrs. Caldwell and Miss Lily Warner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

whether an explosion could be. caused
in the manner described. The tests
proved conclusively that the article
was correct. The article follows:
"Garagemen, bewarec Autoists, at
tention: There is death in the cham
ois strainer. Whenever you filter
gasoline through channels you are
playing hide and seek with one of the
deadliest combinations known to man
electricity and gasoline.
IF your tank is under the seat. be
careful when you fill it. If you are
not, you will be as foolish as the man
who looks for gas leak with a light
ed candle
Read every word of this article.
Let it make an indelible impression
upon your memory.
Never strain gasoline through
chamois. Now we'll tell you why it
is dangerous.
Gasoline and chamois do mot get
along. They are incompatibles.
Let us assume that you are about
to fill your tank. The funnel is in the
nozzle. A chamois strainer is in the
funnel. The gasoline is turned on
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

q 49, -.A-zssss ~ 3 80
of the members OF the Serbian parlia
ment. and most Of the higher Serbian
government Officials are now gathered
in Nice, which may almost be said
to have become the PROVISIONAL CAPT
tai of the Serbian kingdom, although
not officially recognized as such. The
members of the national assembly have
held several meetings, bls nothing has
been done except to extend thanks
to the French government for offer
ing them refuge here. Meetings are
held in a part OF the Mayors office, not
as official sessions OF the assembly,
but as meetings of the Club of Serb
Deputies of All Opinions. .
The colony includes number o!
officers and hundred wounded Ser.
bian soldiers, besides the statesmen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Mrs. West o. Tatum Entertains
for a Former Hattiesburg Matron.

| A pretty compliment to a former
Hattiesburg matron, Mrs. J. Morgan
| Stevens, who with her children is
spending awhile with Mr.. and Mrs. Stu.
art Stevens, at their home Happiness
Hill'' was the afternoon party at which
Mrs. West o. Tatum was hostess, en-.
pertaining Thursday at her home on
Main street
The rooms presented a spring scene,
with quantities of pansies, hyacinths
and begonias and beautiful growing
ferns and potted plants in bloom, form
ing the decorations.
The party was very informal and
delightful one, the guests being the
members of the Woman's Club Of
which the honoree until her removal
to Jackson, was a member, and a few
friends OF Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. Luther
A. Smith gave a pretty piano solo
followed by a voice solo and Mn
Leo H. Martin rendered two voice
solos which were very much enjoyed.
In the dining room chicken sand
witches, tea and minis were served by
Mrs. H. r. Wilson, Mrs. w. S. F.
Tatum and a younger sister of the
hostess, Miss Ruth Thrash. The cen.
trail ornament on the table was a beau.
tiful growing begonia in full bloom.
Mrs. Stevens wore an afternoon cos.
tune of brown silk, made jumper
effect, with waist of flesh col
ored chiffon. Her hat was built
of pink roses and brown tulle.
Sharing the pleasures of the afternoon
with Mrs. Stevens were Mesdames
Charles F. Ames, John Burkett. D. p.
Cameron, P. A. Carter, Leo H. Martin.
John A. Mcleod. Luther A. Smith. H.
r. Wilson, ]. B. Walker, w. s F.
Tatum, Hugh Wheeler, Will Nelson
]. K. Denham, Charles Chrisler J s
Turner. J. S.. Turner, Jr., Walton E
Bobo, E. j. Mitchell, Seth Heidelberg
!. c. Steen and A. H. Mcswain.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

and as it pours through the chan
it generates static electricity. ST.
electricity may be defined as elect
ity that is at rest. 1t is an az
neither of construction nor destr
ton so long as nothing is done to
leash il. Unleash it and you have
deal with a force that destroys "
the quicknass of lightning.
Static electricity, IS we have 50
is now in the funnel. The funnel
charged with it. So long as the 4
mel fits securely into the mouth of
tank, thus creating a ground you
safe.
you go about your journey
knowing you have brushed elbd
with the most deadly as well as
most useful force known to the sciei
electricity"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Pipe Organ Recital.

Rarely does one have the opportun-
ity of enjoying so great a musical
treat as was the pleasure of the audi
ence which assembled Thursday even
ing at the Main Street Methodist
Church to hear the pipe organ re-
citaI given by Mr. J. E. w. Lord, or
ganist of the First Baptist Church
in Meridian. His program was one
of artistic merit and was carried out
as published in these columns Thurs
day.
Mr.. Lord plays with beautiful feel
ing on the pipe organ and the two
numbers, "Traumlied" and Thanks
giving From the Pastoral Suite" be-
ing a decided contrast, showed both
the ability of the artist and the beau
tiful tone of the pipe organ which has
just been installed in the church
through the efforts of the Lydian Cir
Gle. His own composition, "Fantasie
on the Old Kentucky Home" was es-
pecially sweet and rendered with much
expression. n
The church was crowded and the
Lydians, under whose auspices Mr..
Lord appeared in Hattiesburg are de-
lighted with the success of thesaffair.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
HANDLE GASOLINE WITH CARE.

The following article, which was
published in a recent issue of the Tim
ken magazine, monthly publication
for garagemen and edited by the adj
vertising department of the Timken
Roller Bearing Company, was the
subject of considerable comment by
engineers of many of the largest au-
tomobile factories in this country. So
widespread did the discussion be-
come that the New York police de-
partment made tests to ascertain
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

tieing exercises for Sunday School
Mission Day, the first Sunday in April
Miss Ethel Baylis is serving as first
assistant in the school, finishing Miss
Hamilton's unexpired term, who is un.
able to be present on account of ill.,
ness
The old-fashioned quilting at Mrs,
Edmunson's was quite interesting an
well attended.
Miss Hazel Lovelace went shoppine
in the Hub today She is preparing to
leave for Jackson, where she will enter
school,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

The meeting ydst erday of the Thurs
day Crochet CLUB vas held IN the af-
ternoon with Ms n. " Hanklnsoa
at her home on Mcleod street. 4hleh
was decorated with potted plants and
carnations.
A salad course was enjoyed, the host.
ess being assisted in serving by Mrs
j. S. Lea. In addition to the club
members present, there were three
guests, Mrs. e. l.. Summers of Merid-
ian, Mrs. Frank Summers and Mrs.
Hartwell Cook.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
To Have Food Exchange

Saturday afternoon, the West Min
ster Aid of Bay Street Presbyterian
Church will hold a food exchange at
the store of Grove and Son, on Front
street. The sale will begin at 2:30 o.
clock and will last throughout the al
ternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

Saturday afternoon the Dramatic
Club will present Mrs. Nancy Rice An
derson in Peter Grimm at the Baptist
Women's College. The entertainment
will begin at 4 o'clock and the mem
bers of the club wish it known that
the Traction Company will put on
double cars at $3.50 o'clock and keep
them on as long as they are needed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

All Confederate veterans wanting
crosses of honor are requested to ap-
ply at once to Mr.. T. j. Pittman, Sec
rotary of the Hattiesburg Camp OF
Veterans, and have applications filled
out and send same to Mrs. McGregor,
p. o. Box 225.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Jewish Council to Have Bazaar.


The Jewish Women's Council will
have bazaar at the office Of the Hat
tiesburg Traction Company, Tuesday,
March 81. 1t is given for the purpose
of raising a cemetery fund, and it
is hoped that all friends of the coun-
Gil will attend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

Mrs. George Wolfe has returned to
her home in Jackson after visit to
friends and to her relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. Child on Third street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Collins Rejoices.

Collins, Miss, March 16.-Fi
local freight passed through this I'd
yesterday. This was pleasing to Id
merchants who were in need of vd|
tables, groceries, feed stuffs and fri
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

two tables OF PLAYERS, only members
enjoying the games OF auction. The
prize. dainty piece of lingerie. was
won by Mrs. J. E. Hutehins A salad
course was served by the hostess as.
sisted by Mrs. r. w. Hankinson.
The members playing were Mes
danes D. B. Holmes, ]. II. Child, L. NJ.
Began, w. l.. Oakley, J. s. Lea, ]. E.
Hutchins, T. c. RusseV and NJ. Dryfus.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
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SOCIAL CALENDAR.
Saturday, March 18th.

Afternoon, 2:3O o'clock: Glass
, No. 3 of the Hutheson Music
} Club will meet at Miss Ethel
, powe's studio on College street.
, Afternoon, 2::30 o'clock. Leofast
Club, hostess, Miss Ruth McIin-
mis- at her home on West Pine
street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
CHURCH ANC BENEVOLENT
SOCIETIES.


Miss Florence Stollenwerck of Bay
street will be hostess of the Guild OF
the Good Samaritan, Friday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock.
The Miriams of the First Presbyter-
ian church will meet Saturday after
noon at o'clock with Misses Edna
and Cassie Hearon on Columbia street
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

There will be choir practice this eve
ming at 7:15 o'clock at the Main Street
Methodist Church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
Progressive Bridge Club.

Mrs. Hartwell Cook was hostess
Wednesday afternoon of the Progress
sive Bridge Club entertaining at her
home ON Mcleod street. There were
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
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supt. E. J. Currie visited the new
school last monday.
The school boys and girls are prac.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

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The Future!
Whatever may store for U.s. we shall hope to
bear part bconngly. Man
we shall Try point deserving
we nave stu greater things planned for this and for Hae
burg--nu things The present position
IN the retail world of this city spur ambitions
simply points the wayshows what
there O
Cd large sum Of changing arrangement
storenaling it more comfortable home-ke
r our patrons You that anything
faction in shopping good
become service
The best years
OF past performance Not
satisfied To be satisfied
TO 60 forward always the TRAIL
One OF the planned for the future an
wider selection of
sened by buyer in New York who has touch
ana metropolis
affords 1t our hope that with
lure COMMUNICABLE has in the these
new styles evsk1Age often n greater variety
Sometimes We close the
In such instances kindly criticism help are busy
planning executing
Out constructive criticism what builds and
We want the future hold every
why grade
service than be afforded by largest
ana that what
ability permits and invite your corporations having we
shall seadasy endeavor Hatesbug the biggest
for for dollar to be anywhere
QlelMidSon(onpaIN
|lul
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17
ON THE SICK LIST.

80 . . = = = = = = = . = q =
DR.. Thomas ellis, who has been
very ill. with diphtheria at his home
on Laurel avenue. is improving.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

Subscribe For TIE NEWS.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-17

FLEEING SERBIAN Of
FICIALS IN NICE
Nice, France. March 17.-Nearly all
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Man as a Meat Eater.

That man has eaten beef. pork and
fish since the remotest ages is deduced
by Professor NJ. W. Lyon, Jr., Of the
George Washington university, in an
article i'm Science, from the life his
tory of three species of tapeworm.
These three-ihe Toenia saginata, or
beef tapeworm; TOenia solium. or pork
tapeworm, and neutrality-suspicious. Ia
tus. or fish tapewOrm-aTe highly diff
ferentiated. Part of their lives they
spend in human beings, part In the
animals from which they are named,
and both these hosts are necessary to
their development
1--WE have no evidence that species
Of any kind are rapidly produced"
says Professor Lyon. land the para
sites have probably had as slow an
evolution as man. The conclusion
seems clear that man has been eating
cattle and pigs or their immediate an
cestors, and perhaps himself, for as
many ages as needed for these tape
worms to attain their present degree
Of differentiation"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Peasant. Won. Platinum Buttons.


"With platinum now COSTING around
500 an ounce" said q widely known
manufacturing jeweler of this city. lit
may be hard to believe that half Gen.
fury or so ago peasants in Russia were
wearing buttons of this metal on theiI
clothing. They were also using 1t for
handles of knives. forks and umbrel
las, and the workmen in the jewelry
shops were using it for making pickle
pans, a contrivance, now made Of cop
per, that plays quite an important part
In the making of jewelry. At that time
platinum cost about So an ounce, and
In Russia Il was so plentiful because
there was so little use for it that the
Russian government decided to make
coins of it In lieu Of silver The Rus
sian people, however, were suspicious
Of the new metal. fearing that it had
no value, and it was not long before
the coins were out Of circulation. 1t
was then that they began to appear as
buttons and to be melted for purposes
more unitarian than decorative."-
New York Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Capitals We Have Had.

1t Is asserted sometimes that the
United States has had FIVE Capitals
but the statement Is not correct. The
United States has had but three cap
itals-New York, Philadelphia and
Washington. In the period preceding
the adoption Of the constitution no
place was legally constituted capital
In q loose and unofficial sense 1t Is pos
sible to describe as a capital any ci1
which was the seat Of government
Taking the sessions Of the Continental
congress as establishing seat Of gov.
eminent In the Revolution and the
confederation, the following cities
may loosely rank as capitals: PhilA-
delphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York
Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton and
New York. The articles of confeden-
ton were passed by congress in Phil
adelphia, and the federal convention
charged to prepare constitution con
vsned at the same place.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Money No Object.

As an instance of the reckless char.
acter of tie old time British tar an
English writer quotes the following
authenticated "reminiscences:
Zone morning. as an officer was
standing in Fore street, Davenport, his
attention was drawn to three post
chaises, with four horses to each,
drawn up at the door Of the Kings
Arms hotel. These were presently
driven off. On inquiring what great
person had arrived, the officer was
informed that all this display was the
freak of a common sailor, who had
just received $500 in prize money, and.
having been granted but a weeks
leave, his ingenuity had devised the
most ostentatious mode of getting rid
Of this windfall. He had hired one
chaise and four for himself, another
for his hat and n'ird for his cudgel.
1t was his intentNI to make the trip
to London and back. which would, he
hoped, nearly consume the whole sum-"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
"Ihree Sheets In the Wind.n

What was the origin Of the phrase
for drunkenness, three sheets in the
wind?" landsman asked a sailor the
other day. "Well," said the sailor,
"Fn explain that matter to you. The
two lower corners of a ships sail are
held taut by two ropes, one called a
tack and another called a sheet. The
tack is always kept very tight, but
the sheet is loosened according TO the
wind, and the looser the sheet is the
more freely the sail swings. If the
sail is quite free its sheet Is said to
be Sin the wind Now. suppose that
all three of ships sails were quite
free. They would then fly about very
crafty, and the ship would wabble
The course of the ship would be a zig
gag one, and the reason for this would
be that she had three sheets in the
wind That, | guess. is why a man
when he zigZags in his course is said
to be three sheets in the wind also"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
How the World In Fed,

"a study, of how the world is fed re-
veals many interesting facts. Australia,
the smallest of continents, for in
stance, is the largest meat eater Of
them all. Asia, the largest continent,
on the other hand, is the smallest
meat eater among them. Africa and
South America lean toward vege-
tarianism, while Europe and North
America are large consumers Of meat
and other animal products. Taking
the worlds supply Of cattle, hogs and
sheep" writes Harold j. Shepstone In
the Mitigate Monthly. st appears that
mankind at large uses in the neigh
borhood of 100000 tons of meat a
year. This would be an average Of
about thirty-nine pounds per capita
throughout the world. In butchers
meat we find the Australian consumes
1872 pounds, the American 172 pounds.
the Englishman 119 pounds, the Ger
man lib pounds, the Frenchman and
the Belgian so pounds, the Austro-
Hungarian "a pounds, the Russian so
pounds and the Spaniard 40 pounds"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
'FIeesest Animals.

Writers ui century ago were drm
In the conviction that the greyhound
was the fastest living animal; some
maintained that he could run mile in
a minute. Modern, observers. however,
have found that the best hound is by
no means able to keep pace with a
trained race horse. Indeed. the late j..
A. Graham, a careful student of such
- tiers, used to say that no living
animal could outfCot a modern race
horse.
A first rate horse running his best
and not handicapped by carrying a
rider can run a mile in less than 100
seconds. A feet hound. such as those
used in coursing. can run a mile in
about a minute and fifty seconds. A
jack rabbit is nearly as fast, and an
antelope is considerably faster. Mr..
Graham thought an antelope might
run a mile across the level prairie In
a minute and forty-five seconds.
On the other hand. Mr.. Cottar, an
old African hunter. thinks that Thorn
sons gazelle would have no trouble
whatever in running away from the
fastest horse and that Grants gazelle
and the gerenuk are almost equally
f1eet.-Youth' Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Wonders of a Rook

There is perhaps no greater wonder
than book. By the help Of little fig
ures upon spins or paper men have
been able to transmit their thoughts
through thousands of years. The
names and shapes of things, the deeds
and sorrows that have occurred as far
back as Adam, have been made known
to us. Even those invisible and abb
stract thoughts which have no shape
or substance, but which inspired the
writer and have since inspired others,
are all put down in the little letters
and made eternal. The songs of David,
the speculations Of Plato, the visions
Of Homer, have by these means been
handed down faithfully for many cen
tuies and distributed among man
kind. II there were no books our
knowledge would almost be confined
to the limit Of sight and hearing. All
that we could not see or hear would
be to us like the inhabitants of the
planet Saturn-a mere matter of idle
conjecture. Barry Cornwall
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
GIFTS FOR HOLY LAND
GO In CHRISTMAS SHIP
American Collier Will Carry Relief For
War Sufferers.

New York.-America's 1916 Christ
mas ship for the relief Of unfortunate
victims of the war will leave New
York Dec, 1. The American Red Cross Is
cooperating with the American COM
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief
in collecting foodstuffs and clothing to
be sent to Syria on government col
her placed at the disposal Of the latter
committee by Secretary Daniels.
The collection of the Christmas ship
cargo is in the hands of Albert W.
Staub Of the American Red Cross re-
ceiving and distributing station at
Bush terminal. Brooklyn. Mr.. Staub
has already received countless bundles
Of old clothing. unavailable for the
cargo, as military regulations preclude
the shipment of second hand clothing
In this cargo. He said, 1T must be
emphasized that the only clothing
America can send to the unfortunate
ones in Turkey must be new and must
be sent prepaid to the American Red
Cross, Bush terminal, Brooklyn" Mr..
Staub sent the following letter from
the war relief information and ship
ping Office:
ut is more than significant that the
first letter to go out from the newly
organized Red Cross war relief infor-
nation Office has to do with a Christ
mas ship. 1t is doubly significant that
1t is to take relief to a people living so
near the Holy Land"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-11-18
Felt For Him.

Bobbie Smith. aged nine, was the
shining light of the family, and his ia
Their was very proud of him.
81 shall call round and see your
teacher" said his fond parent, land
thank him for the kind interest he is
taking in you"
eff you do. father, want to tell you
that all the boys in our class are not
known by name. but by number only.
My number is %"
In due course the father called at the
school and knocked at the door. which
was after a few moments opened by
the head master.
Good morning, SIR" said Mr.. Smith
81 am the father of %"
Indeed" replied the schoolmaster.
with surprise. Come inside. my friend
I can feel for you, for l am the father
of twelve myself. "-London Globe.