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The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
THE AUTHOR OF THE WEBB
KENYON LAW

It is not generally known that
the much discussed and popular
Webb enyon statute had as one
of its authors Prof. "Sawney''
Webb, of Bell Buckle, Tenn.
Prof. Webb has been known for
many years in educational circles,
having made famous his prepar-
atory school for boys, which was
at one time located at Wartrace,
Tenn, and now at Bell Buckle.
A vacancy having occurred in
the Senate of the United States
from Tennessee, which the poll
ticians did not get interested in,
Gov. Hooper, whom Prof. Webb
had supported, appointed "Old
Sswney" to fill out the unex-
pired term. Prof. Webb had
only a few weeks to serve, but
he got busy with Congressman
Kenyon and as a result they pre-
pared and put through Congress
the bill which is solving the
liquor problem for the dry states.
Prof. Webb is an old man and
was never classed as a statesman
but his few weeks of service in
the Senate gave him ansoppor-
tunity to stamp his name indeli-
bly, upon the legislation of the
country. He is a great educator
and there are thousands of men
scattered over the southern states
who practically got their educa-
ton under him. They have made
their mark wherever located
and belong to a very progressive
and reliable class of citizens.
The former pupils of Prof. Webb
have had under discussion the
question of building a monument
to him, and they will doubtless
feel that the record he made in
the Senate will entitle him to a
nationwide monument.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16

Died at his home near Palmet-
to Tuesday evening. Mr.. j. N.
McCord, after a short illness.
He had not been in good health
for some time and With his en-
feebled condition and advanced
years, he soon succumbed to the
disease from which he suffered.
Mr.. McCord had been a resi-
dent of the Palmetto community
for the last fifty years. Coming
out of the war he married and
settled at Palmetto and has lived
there ever since. He was a
member Of the First Mississippi
Regiment under Colonel Simon
ton and bore a reputation for
soldierly bearing second to none.
He engaged in farming and
was a successful farmer. As a
citizen in the communitv in
which he lived he bore an honor
able name. His good name was
never brought into question and
he loved his neighbor and was
ready at all times to help and de-
fend him. For many years he
was steward in the Methodist
church at Palmetto and took a
leading part in all matters of the
church. He leaves two sons and
a daughter and a host of friends
to mourn his loss. The county
loses one of its truest and best
men in the death of j. N. Nc
Cord. fhe remains were laid to
rest in the cemetery at Palmetto
Wednesday, where many friends
gathered to pay their last tributes
Of respect.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Notice of Purchase of Mules
and Outfit

Notice Is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors and the road commits
sioners of the Fifth district of Lee
county will on Friday 9th day of March.
1917, receive bids for the sale of mules
and road outfit for the working of the
roads in said district, with a view to
an outfit for the work. e of
the roads in said district, but r~eserving
the right to reject any and all bids.
This February 9, 1917.
A. S. Parham,
Pres. of the Board Of Supervisors.
]. w. Battle, w. w. Gray. A. S.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Bailif First District

We are authorized to announce w. ].
BENNETT as a candidate for Bailiff
of the First District, subject to the
action of the primary February n.
W. are authorized to o LEE
PARKER as a candidate for Bailiff of
the First District. subject to the action
Of the primary February n.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Sumner. Road Commissioners Fifth
District. AS
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

State of Mississippi.
To Lucy Patterson, postotice I'M
known, defendant. You are command
ed to appear before the Chancery Court
Of the county of Lee, in said State. on
the Sd Monday of April, A.. D., 1917,
to defend the suit in said court of Re-
dus Patterson for divorce, wherein you
are a defendant.
This 18th day of February. A. D.,
1917. John NJ. Witt. Clerk.
Mitchell & Clayton Solicitors for
Complainant. az
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

maintain its measures; so. too,
in England, the Asquith Minis
try. and now the Lloyd-George
Cabinet, have had no majority
granted to it with the mandate
of a general election; while in
France the Center, the Left, the
Right, and the other groups of
Deputies have always been the
despair of foreigners and of
Prime Ministers alike. Many
European publicists have looked
for a new condition in the United
States, which has remained stead
| tasty a two-party country. /
may be that that day is past ant
that we, too, shall have the blocl
system in politics.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Walter Lee Ware, Oct. 16, 6 days.
Valeria F. Tate, Oct. 10, rs years.
p. c. Zindorf, Oct. 20, 62 years.
Melvin C. Rantz, Oct. 27, 1916, !
months.
Jonathan Gorsuch, ex-sOldier, No
vember 3, 72 years.
Susan S. Stinger, Nov. 4, 62 years.
Minnie c. Hays, Nov. 5, 80 years.
Keith Brandenburge, Nov. 6,
year.
Infant of [Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Woot-
en-, Nov. 8, still born.
Elizabeth Hart, Nov. IA, IA years.
Mary Keesecker, Nov. IA, so years.
Mary L. Merrill, Nov. II, "a years.
Matilda Pearce, Nov. 10, 65 years.
Henry c. Folkerth, Nov. %, 81
years.
Henry w. Shaeffer, Nov. %, 32
years.
Mary Jane Sears. Nov. %, so years.
Chas. Sentman, Nov. 25, 81 years.
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Petry,
Nov. 2S, 1916, still born.
Opal Lais Bryson, Nov. 2S, years.
Infant of Roy Cordell, Nov. 81, still
born.
Ruth l. Davidson, Nov. 81, 20 years.
Infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Roll Mann,
Dec. l, still born.
Samuel Augustus Hostetter, Dec. g.
50 years.
Infant twins of Mr.. and Mrs. r
Hoffman, Dec. 4, still born.
E. Eden Wise, Dec 6, 10 years.
Geo. w. Rain, Dec. 9, 60 years.
Bessie Grote, Dec. 10, 10 years.
Mona Mildred Rhoades, Dec. 13, %
years.
James M. Jamison Dec. 1S, 81 years
Walter B. Lott, Dec. 10, SO years.
James Lincoln O'Brien, Dec. 10, 81
years.
Catherine Rolfe, Dec. 29, 73 years
Total number of burials since Apri
l, 1884, to date is Bills.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1917.

The Nashville Tennes sean,
owned by Senator Luke Lea, in
Inmates in editorial fashion that
the direct election of president
should not be repugnant to the
South. Senator Lea is to retire
from Congress in March; so his
advocacy Of the proposal is not
likely to reach a highly practical
stage. The suggestion from such
a source, however, is significant
that high-minded southerners are
coming TO think of their election
laws in terms other Than those of
partisan advantage,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Mr.. Cox's word, apparently.
meant more to these appointees
than the statute.
Now it is announced that the
Stoneman lease, saving the
state, approximately $11, 900 a
year, is to be regarded by the in
coming administration "as a mere
scrap of paper" The debt owed
by the Cox forces to Ross will
thus continue to be paid at the
expense of the taxpayers of Ohio.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
How to Check That Cold.

~ '" SS
When it is painful to breathe
and fever sends chills up and
down your back. You are in for a
cold. A timely dose of DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey will stop the
sneezes and sniffles. The pine
balsam loosens the phlegm and
clears the bronchial tubes, the
honey soothes relieves the
sore throat. The antiseptic quail
tiles kill the germ and the con.
gested condition is relieved.
Group, whooping cough and
chronic bronchial affections
quickly relieved. At all drug
gists, 25c. ADV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

The Independents in the next
Congress are meditating an Or
ganization of their own, with the
object, as their spokesman SAYS.
of securing changes in the rules
which will permit a larger free.
dom of action among the Repre-
sentatives. The size of the grorp
is problematical. 1t is doubtless
large enough to carry control to
Cne side or other, if all the indie
pendents shifted en- bloc. The
chances are that the next Con-
gress will more nearly approx
maCe conditions IN most Euro
pean parliaments than any we
have ever had. In Europe, there
is scarcely a Chamber of Depu-
ties where any one party can
command a majority. The Ger
man ReichStag has existed for
years with the Socialists as the
largest single group in its mem.
berShip. and the government has
had 10 depend upon a coalition to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

The proposal to endow the Re-
publican National committees
campaign committee with the
powers and functions of the eX-
ecutive committee runs counter
to the rules adopted at the last
National convention. If accept
ed, there would be, of course, no
one TO bring action and no way
to enforce punishment for an in
fraction of these rules. Yet it is
probably better to adhere to the
rules. The Republican party is
the party of law and order and it
will aubserve that purpose hest
when it maintains it's own laws
and regulations.
Pouring oil on the troubled wa
ters of Europe is not likely to di
minish the use of that fluid after
the war is over-for oil is dis
Uinctly a peace product. Oil bur-
ming ships are going to be more
numerous; good roads are multi
plying the demand for aut0mo-
biles; the perfection of motor
trucks and tractors gives oil a
new place in agriculture and in
dustry; the factories now used
for war products will turn to
peaceful outputs and will have to
be lubrlcated; coal is becoming
scarce and costly, and oil as a
fuel for heat and the generation
of power will be in demand. The
future of oil may in truth be de
scribed as provided with CREASED
ways.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
Here and There.

Helena (Mont.) } Record-Herald
-Carranza has promised to get
after Villa again. From the zeal
and promptness with which Car
rama has carried out similar pro-
misses in the past, Villa seems to
have a pretty good chance of dy-
ing of old age.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Oskaloosa Qa.) Herald-Noth-
ing will ruin the country if the
people themselves will undertake
it's safety; and nothing can save
it if they leave that safety in
other hands but their own.-
Webster.
Des Moincs Qa.) Register and
Leader-The inves .igators of the
high cost Of living have been TAX
ing the lid off, but nobody has
noticed the bottom dropping out
of the market.
Huntington (Pa.) Era How
pleasant to know Congress is CIV
ing liquor legislation its sober at
teption.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
A Limited Compulsory
Military Service.

Washington, Jan. l. Especial
Correspondence. Have we a
form of modified compulsory mil.
itary service in this country?
This question is prompted by
the recent action of the Presi-
dent. in his capacity as comman-
der-in-chief, in approving a ser =
tence of court martial passed up
on Lewis o. Gardner of the New
Mexico National Guard.
Gardner was an enrolled mem.
ber of the Guard in his state al
the time of the mobilization ord.
cred last June and he was one Of
a large number who resisted be.
ing mustered into the service o!
the United States. HIS comrades
who joined in this refusal at the
outset, weakened when threat
ened with court martial and took
the oath. Gardner remained OBJ
durate, stood trial and was sent
enced to dishonorable discharge
and to a years Imprisonment at
hard labor. This sentence has
just received the presidential ap-
proval.
Army officers regard the case
as an important one and look up
Oh it as applying in it's essence to
the ten thousand OR so of other
Guardsmen throughout the coun-
try who refused to enter the fed.
eral service last summer.
If this view is correct, it means
that every member of the Ma
tional Guard may he held for du
ty with the federal colors upor
the Presidents call and to thar
extent provides for compulsory
military service. It may alst
have a bearing upon the situation
of those Guardsmen who hav,
been returned from the borde
and who have declined to con
tinue their service in the rank!
under state authority. It wa!
generally understood that every
Guardsman who went to Texa.
last summer was obligated to siz
years duty in some form. The
exact nature of that duty has
never vet been formulated but
it is known that very large per-
centage of the regiments brought
back have returned with the
motto Never Again" as relat-
ing to service in the Guard.
If the present ruling applies to
them, it is evident that compul-
sorry military duty is a fact with
more than a hundred ,huuSa. Il of
the young men of the country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Two years ago, in the last week
of the Cox administration, the
Industrial Commission, controlled
by Cox appointees. entered into
a two-year lease for quarters
owned by James Ross, Demccra-
tic b6ss of Franklin county, at a
rental, said by the Budget Com
missioners' office. to be the high
est paid in Ohio for similar off
ces.
The Willis administration, af.
ter thorough investigation, OBJ
tained even better quarters for
the Industrial Commission in the
Stoneman building at a saving
for the state of approximately
$11 900 per year. The Supreme
court, however. held that the
Ross lease held until January,
1917.
Recently. the Adjutant Gener-
al's Office directed the Industrial
Commission to prepare to move
into the new quarters at the ex-
piration of this lease. But the
Cox appoinrees, who control the
Commission, announced in the
press that they would consult Mr..
Cox first. The law gave the Ad-
jutant General the control, but
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q ASTO RIA
From the Ohio Republican State
Executive Committee.
Continued from first page.

no impairment of facilities. At
a time when the state institu-
lions cannot meet the demand
upon them. this is exceedingly
important, and is an act of the
Willis administration highly to
be commended.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

VIM. Russell, Feb. II, 36 years.
Truman John Southern, Feb. 18, 90
years.
Emma Jane Arnett, Feb. 26. So
years.
Peter David Weaver, Feb. "a, 55
years.
Eta w. Mong, Feb. &c, 20 years
Phoebe Pedan, Feb. 26, SO years.
Gottlieb Duerr, March 3, S3 years
Vesta Laurel Heistand, March g.
35 years.
Sophia A. Weaver, March 10, 81
years.
Mary Ungericht, March 10, 79
years.
Mary D. Parsons, March y, 1916
AZ years.
Arabella Lucas Burch, March Is, Ga
years.
Rev. Lewis E. Jones, March 16, 50
years.
Geo. P. Bliss, March %, 63 years.
Adora Viola Hartzell, March %, 81
years.
Lawrence Gilmore Reeder, March
"a, l month.
Pauline Geneva Fisherbaugh, Mich
"a, 1916, months.
Anna May Pieffer, March %, az
years.
Henry Shoemaker, March "a, 80
years.
John w. Ludy, March 25, "a years
John Forest Chenoweth March 80
days.
Smith Dye, ex-soldier, March 81
70 years.
Mary Woods, April 8, As years.
Sarah Wright, April IA, 76 years.
Roll D. Beedle, April IA, 3S years
Martha Ann Bowman, April 16, sc
years.
James L. Wills, April 10, 76 years
Herman Vanness Hewitt, April 25
60 years.
John Hiram Stubbs, May IL, "a
years.
Anna w. Swoop, May 20, SO years
Clement Lemuel Bates, May "a, 81
years.
Melinda A. Boyd, May "a, 72 years
Christiana Sickle, May %, S.
years.
David Ungericht, May 81, As years
w. E. Horney, June 2, 80 years.
Keziah Pitzenberger, June 4, Z!
years.
Mary Jane Heath, June 5, 68 years
Samuel F. Hamilton, June 6, z
years.
Mary Lucinda Van Dyke, June IL
68 years.
Jennetta Riser, June 16, rs years
Ollie w. Walker, June 21, A years
Frederick Froelich, June %, Z
Iyears.
VIM. Deardourff, June 26, 81 years
Nancy c. Hahn, July S, 80 years.
Amos Dumford, July 6, 81 years.
Anna Brown, July 10, Sc years.
James Niswonger, July IS.
| Caroline Coblentz, July 18, 72 year
Mary Jane Swartz, July 10, s
years.
Mary E. Judy, July Il, rs years.
Clellie Clem, July rs, % years.
Louisa B. Smell, August IA, Z
years.
Solomon Hartman, ex-soldieF, Aut
II, 80 years.
Magdelina Hershey, Aug. IS,
years.
Ida H. Pitzenberger, Aug. 1S, 4
Iyears.
Noah Brumbaugh, Aug. "a, so year
Lydia Ann Brown, Aug. "a, 68 year
Elizabeth (De Rush) Dye, Aug. Is
"a years.
Harley c. Pearce, Aug. 20, A
years.
Anita Potter, Sept. II, still born.
Ernest Clifford White, Sept. 1S, 6
years.
Caroline Lecklider, Sept. IA, g.
years.
Alice Brown, Sept. Is, 8 months.
Dorothy Alspaugh, Sept. II, s.
years.
Henry Lewis Fisher, Sept. II, q
years.
Geo. Ralph NlcMiller, Sept. 20. II
years.
Albert Mansfield, Oct. 8, SO years
Richard D. Craig, Oct. 9, z days.
Sarah E. Ketrow, Oct. 10, Sc years
Lydia Ann Benner, Oct. II, II
years.
Elijah Vance Rolfe, ex-soldier, Oct
IL, n years.
Nancy NJ. Woods, Oct. IL. 90 years.
Samuel Cole. Oct. 10. 50 ysazs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR RIA

The passing Of Il leader like Booker
7. Washington punctuates an epoch,
but not with period. The good work
will go on. under lesser men, perhaps,
but its impetus is too great to be
wholly checked.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Bellefontaine CO., Index-Re-
publican - Hughes carried Will
son, Pennsylvania, and Wilson
carried Hughes, Alabama.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Radium has been reduced to $4,000
per gram. Ibid yOu get that?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04

Flannel cakes are much more season
able in unreasonable autumn weather
than flannel underwear.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-05-10
W. 0. W. Banquet.

Franklinton Camp No, 254, W.
0. W. will give a banquet on
Saturday night May Il, 1917, in
honor of all members of the or,
der who are located in transfer
ring to our camp. Get your re-
ceipts for April and hand you,
name in to Wiley M. Wood clerk
in order that provision may be
made for you. All members G.
our camp who expect to be pres
ent will also hand their names in
and do so at the earliest possible
date. All members of other
camps who expect to be presenl
will hand their names in at once
and get their receipts later.
This does not obIigate you t,
transfer to our camp because
you attend this banquet.
W. A. Erwin, G. G.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-05-10

In the Matter Of the Success
sion of Mary G. R. ConerIy,
Deceased. No. 249.
25th Judicial District Court of
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
Notice is hereby given to the
creditors of this estate, as we'll
as to all other parties to show
cause within ten days from mott.
ication hereof, Gf'any they have
or cam why the final account
presented by Tilman S. Conerly,
Ad mini>'r4tor . of this estate
should not be approved and no.
IN icgated, and disposition OF
funds be made accordingly.
By order of the Court, April
IS, 1917.
NJ. A. Thigpen,
Clerk of Court.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-05-10
FrankIintoD, La, May 10, 1917.
Police Jury Proceedings.
F'rankIinton, La, May L.

at the courthouse in the town Of
Franklinton on the above date
with the following members
present: r. H. Spring, T. D. Foil,
S. S. Thomas. j r Leslie, Walter
Green, Louis Grain, G. M. Tate,
J. P. Starnes, T. B. Roberts and
F, L. Sanford, absent, M. K.
Pearce.
The minutes of the last meet
ing we're read and approved.
Committee to investigate the
matter of the probation officer
has reported and says that there
is no allowance requiring that we
pay any specified amount for
these services, and that their
opinion is that we should dis
pense with the services of such
officer at this time.
Dipping vat committee reports
that they find that no other par.
ishes are paying for animals
which may die or be killed at the
dipping vat.
Motion made by R. H. Spring.
seconded by T. D. Foil, that the
parish donate $40 toward the
support of Mr.. Peterson, the
money to be expended by T, H.
Brumfeld. Carried.
Report of special road com
mittee on Boyd and Bradshaw
matter,
To the honorable board of po-
lice jury, we your special road
committee on the Boyd and
Bradshaw matter make final re-
port that every effort has been
made to get these people to re-
measure and agree to some term
of settlement, to no effect we
have been able to get any re-
Spouse except one letter to the
effect that the measurement was
correct as made by themselves
and the former police Jurors.
This committee has already re-
quested our legal advisor, Hon.
J. Vol Brock to handle this mat
ter in the courts, secure iudg.
ment against Boyd and Brad
shaw or secure a restraining or
der from the court against the
outstanding road certificates tc
the amount covering this short.
age of 1873 miles at the contract
price amounting to W.
: hope our board will take necess
airy and prompt action to ge
this matter settled at the earlies
possible moment, and we woul,
recommend extra legal service
If found necessary.
Walter Green
T. D. Foil,
Louis Grain,
G. M. Tate,
R H Spring,
Special Road Committee
Motion made by J. P. Starnes
seconded by S. S. Thomas, tina
we accect the report of the CON
mittee and that we have J. VI
Brock our legal advisor to inyes
tigate the possibility of securin
Judgment for the over payment
Carried.
Motion made by J. P, Starne
seconded by Louis Grain that
committee be appointed to dra
up an ordinance taxing dogs !
per head as required by A,
1918 and toamake penalty, ct
Committee to consist of ]. T
Leslie, R. H. Spring and Waite
Green. J. r. Leslie chairman
wmmittes, CARRIED