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The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01

say that | fail to see by
what right he conceives the
idea, that the Board OF
Supervisors are holding
this county educationally in
the back grounds by not in
creasing his salary. | am
sure this was not the inten-
ton OF the Board.
He further says it would
not cost the county one cent
OF course not by direct tax
alton, but the Board does
not care to take that re
sponsibility on them that
will cause the teachers sal
ary to be reduced which is
already at a minimum. We
feel that they must be liber-
ally paid and if there is not
enough school funds to just
ify them they will be forced
to ask for a supplement- as
some are already being sup
supplemented. But If the
judgement OF the Board OF
Supervisors is to be CRITICS
ed in this matter, and the
teachers OF the county think
their action detrimental to
educational interest OF the
county and they think the
Supt's salary should be rails
ed from hundred to hundred
and fifty dollars per month
at their expense and by SO
doing, this county would be
put on equal basis with
other counties in the state,
would advise as the matter
is entirely under your con-
troll regardless of what the
Board of Supervisors may
think about it, to contribute
any amount you see fit to
his salary.
Now if this meets your ap-
proval you certainly have
my consent.
am yours for better rur-
al schools.
r. j. Breazeale.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01

expense charged up the borrow
er. When land is once register
ed each subsequent transfer costs
only fifty cents and there is no
question raised as to the validity
of the title.
Requirements of the Owner
Any farmer who desires land
under this act must present to
the chancery court petition
signed and sworn to setting out
a full description of the land,
with plot of the same by meets
and bounds: corners to be mark
ed by iron, stone or cement max
ers. He must show when, how,
and from whom it was obtained.
by whom occupied, and give ac-
count of all lines. equities and
claims vested in or contingent
upon this land, as well as the
full name and address of all per-
sons who may be interested by
marriage or otherwise, including
adjoining owners and occupants.
If the meets and bounds are not
known the chancery clerk may
order survey. The date of pro
posed registration m ust be pub
lished in county paper, ltlng
all claimants to court.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
Bethlehem's Bid on Shells
for the United States Navy

To The American People:
The Secretary of the Navy has awarded
contracts amounting to over $4,000, 900
to British bidder for IA and l6-inch
projectiles for the Navy because Of very
much lower prices offered by the English
bidders.
We eknow nothing of the basis upon which
the British bids were made, but the pub
kc Is entitled to know the facts upon
which we ourselves bid for this work
Two years ago we took contracts
to make 400 14-ineh shells at a
price of 81, ,51S,0o0 Up to now
not a single shell has been ac-
ceptcd by the Government, al
though we have expended, In
wages, materials, etc., ON these
orders $50, 1881, and we have not
received SINGLE DOLLAR ON
these contracts.
In addition, literal Interpretation Of
the contract might make as liable for
penalties amounting to $678,0l6.
In the light Of our experience, and hav-
ing no other basis, we bid for l6-inch
shells approximately the same rate per
pound as that which the Navy Depart
ment actually awarded l4-inch shell
contract one year ago.
Bethlehem Steel Company
CHAS M. SCHWAB, Chairman
EUGENE GRACE, President
(Advertisement)
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
TO THE PUBLIC

For a square deal and a square
meal, prompt attention and cour
teous treatment go to the. depot
restaurant run by Arnold Taylor,
the confederate soldier.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01

me luInIpe That Does Not Affect Tho Hsa0
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect LAxA-
TIVE BRoMo QUININEi Is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
icok for the signature Of r. w. GROVE. 25c.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
NOTICE

Notice is hereby Civ n to every
one not to hire or harbour my
son Welton, minor.
e. 1. Cumberland.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
Shears & SaWbuck.

BY the Marshal Lone Star State
Messengers Poet.
Shears and Sawbuck ran store,
Such AS never was before.
City folks they wouldn't sell.
Wouldn t let 'em have a smell.
Fetched their money-but, by iing,
Couldn't buy a blessed thing!
Couldn't meet 'em face to face
An then sell 'em " it'll good grace.
Country trade is what they sought,
Folks who'd pay for what they
bought
'Fore they saw it hide or tail
They sent catalogues by mail
Out to ev'ry blessed one
Gettin' mail at Possum Run.
We set up at night and read
| When we'd orter been in bed.
Book was bout as big as sin
Had lot of pictures in,
And lotof merch andise,
Every kind and every size
Givin' prices that they swore
Knocked out every country store.
Looked so straight and seemed so
true
bit at it.Jim did, too.
Jim's my neighbor cross the way
Best man every worked in hay.
Just let him top off stack
Sheds rain like turtles back:
Pleasure jest to see him work;
Never knew old Jim to shirk;
Swings a scythe like it was play
Love to watch him in the way.
Well, we like pair of fools,
Sent off-got some paeyn' tools.
Jim got harness and a blow.
L, ran gel see it now;
Drat the thing, it was so light,
Used it for torch at night:
Thruw'd the darn thing In the yard
Use it now for rendering lard.
Fore Jim used the plow an hour
Found the blame thing wouldn't
scour
Tried the harness-broke tug
Sought for solace in jug.
In the cooler all that night
Jim reflected on his plight:
In the morning, Richard Stout,
Hardware merchant, bailed him out.
Jim said after that he'd stick
Close as bark to good OF Dick.
Since he left the Possum Jail
Says he won't buy goods by mail;
Says Dicks cheaper anyhow
Might have saved some on the plow.
| On the other goods some more
At his OF friends hardware store.
Jim says, "We can't sell no truck
To sick folks as s-Sawbuck.
They'll take our cash away,
But won't buy our corn and hay"
That seemed pretty strange to me,
So told OF Jim I'd see
SO 1 wrote them that night,
] ust to see if Jim was right.
Asst 'em "what they'd pay for oats?
Could they use some nice live shoats,
| And about four tons of hay
1 could ship 'em right away.
! Gould l furnish Mr. Shears
With him family roastin' ears?
Also would my friend Sawbuck
Buy some Of my garden truck?"
Answer came one summer day
Said they couldn't use our hay,
Couldn't use our oats or shoats.
Didn't like our billy goats,
When they needed truck to eat,
Bought it down on Water street.
sorry, but they must refuse
Anything but cash to use."
/ sat down and wrote 'em them
"Hate to trouble you again,
But want to thank you, sirs,
For you bunch of cookie burs,
If you love your fellow man.
Do him-good sirs-when you can.
While our merchants sweetly sleep
Scar and Sawbuck shear your sheep"
CALL ON ME WHEN
lM Dali hnEI DUlk
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
TO THE TEACHERS
OF NESHOBA COUNTY.

al nOlQ you III UnegredGeSJ es-
2teem, that [ consider your
profession as one that is
rmore important than any
'other. And in my Judge
ment; your responsibility is
I so great that you are not
amply compensated for your
service. 1t is you who are
greatly responsible for the
q outcome OF the boys and
girls of our county and es-
pecially in an educational
sense.
TO educate the youths Of
our land and country in the
right way, means a higher
!, standard of citizenship to
y which the true fathers and
i mothers are lookingforward
with eagerness. And | wish
to say to you that it is not
my purpose to cast one
thing in the way of educa-
Y tional interest, but bid you
y God speed to go onward and
h upward.
You presented the Board
Z Of Supervisors with a petit
u tion signed by about one
third or one fourth OF the
teachers of the county, ask
y ing that said Board raise
the County Supt's salary
4 from twelve hundred to
4 eighteen hundred dollars per
year. This petition was
\ presented by your worthy
!, president of your associa-
y, tion, Prof. VanCleave, who
Us indeed an able man setting
2aprth the reasons why the
ketition should be granted.
So we took up the school
work and looked at it in
J every way our wisdom would
], allow.
In view of the fact that
y the teachers of the county
, we're only getting for their
: work from twenty to forty
dollars per month and be-
lieving in our judgement,
| that this is entirely too
/ small a salary to justify the
! teachers to prepare and
equip themselves for such
a great work, SO we declin-
ed the IDEA of increasing his
salary.
\ Now | do not know wheth-
er this has met the approx
al of the majority of teach
ers Of the county or not; but
we can clearly see that it did
not meet the approval OF
county supt. from, an arti-
Gle to the teachers in the
Democrat. He says in this
that he thinks that the
Board of Supervisors are
4 d Z #
!, concientious men, but in
!, their Judgement they failed
to grant the request Of the
! teachers and by their action
have withheld from the boys
\ and girls Of Neshoba county
the opportunities ofthe boys
and girls Of other counties;
thus holding this county
educationally in the back
gronnd.
Now to this | beg leave to
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01
Highest prices paid for
all kinds Of country produce
See me before selling.
H. z. Land
To Cure q Cold In One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works OH the Cold.
Drugxists refund money II IL fails to cure.
Il, w. GROVE'S signature on each box' &c.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1917-02-01

The lannon's Land home
canned beans and tomatoes
carried in stock. You have
tried them, you know what
they are. Phone us your
order.
H. P. Land.
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Senator McNichOL Borne to His Last Rest

Hafrg Waan pnmFs" PlS,
G"orSS Tr,6v p PqTtG,r T. rraSisT Judgs Geo5ss
6: KTcx, Jndst Howard. A, Davis. John Weaver Weaver
and sinr br "a bbdw9rd G1 thdS r M Martin 49,,
taken to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Mt
Airy. and placed in the McNichol family
mausoleum opposite the caskets containing
the bodies of the late Senator's first wife
and two of his fourteen children.
The steady stream of persons viewing the
body as it lay in the home of William T.
McNichol, banked with floral emblems from
scores of organizations and Individuals was
estimated at 10000, and those still in line
when the door was closed this morning for
the funeral were estimated at 1O,OOO From
Z O'Clock last night until 3 o'clock this morn
ing there was no end to the sad procession
the last person admitted being a grief
stricken negro The door was reopered at
o'clock this morning Three hundred
policemen, under Lieutenant Hearn ana
thirty-fve detectives commanded by Lieu
tenant Wood, formed guard of honor
about the McNichol residence.
SONS GUARD BODY
The body OF Senator McNichol lay last
night in the room in which he died
Beside it were his soldier sons, garbed in
the uniform Of the nation AS sentinels they
stood to receive the influential and humble.
the rich and poor of the city. who came to
pay their last tribute of respect. Prominent
men came who had been his associates /;
humble men came who in their daily toll
made his structural dreams and plans reali-
ties; poor men and poor women who re-
ceived benefits from his hand were there,
and then came others who had called him
enemy in political strife
These men and women came by hundreds,
even thousands For hours a long line p issed
before the bier. They saw something of the
Old smile upon his face tor even death
could not rob him of that genial counte-
nance which earned him such cheerful name
OF sunny jim" They saw his casket sur
rounded by banks of flowers, not alone the
pale and odorous white flower which is ~
significant of DEATH but colorfu blooms
whose beauty was enhanced by the candle
light to something of the beauty of flowers
in the springtime.
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EXAMINING
MILK DEALERS Boo
Promises Conclusion rh,. =.
Be Fair to Producer and "
Consumer

statement will be i.,r.s
Following several months Of car.,u, ~ ,oss'v -
legation OF the milk situation by ~ y. my y \
l.. King. of the University OF -. ~ u't
who was appointed by the r.a..'@!w,ak
m'n'stration to go thoroughly in,o ~ ' y
ject. He has examined the boos. - -
ers and dealers. and the pub,,. !. IN
that the conclusion reached, an.
OF careful research, will be- AZ. nsad
ducers, dealers and the public ~
Howard Heinz, Fedora, ,..
traitor and director of the food d... as
o. ,ne Committee Of PUBLIC safetx ',asx y.
s"'u ina. tne rarm situation had - ~
a serious one for the coun,,,. neccna
the desertion of labor TO othay IollcSiq
He predicted that II would h sctlvitis
for the Government to thorouss,n Necessary
gate this subject. He also nr.2 nvet
use OF Chinese coolies, Mexicans tee @ II
atics on American farms durin" sna ~
This situation will be consdsrsa ia. ~ ~
port OF Doctor King, It ia sajd W n
There will be greatly increa ssa
demand for tractors in farm ~ ~
year" said Mr.. Heinz. ,"Also W eU
Working Reserve will be caiIsa y. ~
furnish more volunteers. The co,, Spea
munition manufacturers and othsr. "uea aAt
ing labor have taken men awav s.uh. seuh.
farms. 1t will be necessary TO ob,.,sm om "
ly increased number of farm labor..s s!sat
year or the Government will hav. Nn
a hand to assure us Of the proper ~, " IN 4
ply. The prices obtained by m. r
at the present time are not too hI.h ann
must receive a fair return for thsI. Mq
or we will not have sufficient cron. IVA
year. The farmer has had IA nsp ' sm
higher wages recently" ~ ma
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
FORD TO INJECT "PEP"
INTO ship ENTERPRISE
Hurley Depends on Detroit
Mans Genius to Accelerate
Program
NEW YORK. Nov. II.


rJenrv Ford js to nut into American ship
construction the same drive and steam that
made his automobile industry a record
breaker.
This Is what the Government wants from
Ford. and this is what Ford will deliver
Chairman Hurley. Of the shipping board
declared today.
Ford's Job with the shipping board VIII
nut him In control of ship construction
Hurley said. He will direct the manutac-
turing of necessary parts in all sections OF
the country supervise their assembling AT
ghipyards and see that Americas war
born merchant marine outstrips U-boat de-
struction.
Ford will appoint his own cabinet OF
American industrial leaders TO work with
him. ~
speed is the watchword in shipbuild-
ing" said Hurley. ut will not be Fords
plants that will be so valuable to the GoN-
ernment It will be his genius.
I'VE aim to standardize shipbuilding' VI
course, we cannot build all the ships alike'
but one of the first steps will be to reduce
the number OF models.
Boilers and other mechanical parts OF
the ships must be built in all parts OF the
country and of a uniform type, SO tnev
may he used In n ship at Portland. Me-
or be sent to the Pacific coast. And they
must be ready for installation when the
hull is ready.
"It is this management of materials and
manufacture which will be handled by Ford.
I'VE now have all the marine engineers,
designers and technically trained men need
ed for the operation end of the work, but
we have no train dispatchers or general
superintendent OF this nationwide ship
building yard. We have been operating on
the old sde-track style.
I'VE are now going to lay double
track II the parts are not ready when
the construction has reached a point where
they are necessary we are now compelled
to wait for them. This delay must dis
appear"
work would be Hurley said:
THAT is UP to him. / have confidence
that he will select the best production and
speed experts in the country"
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DOES NOT MEET WIFE,
BUT WAITING SLEUTH
Alleged Bigamist and. Thief Has
Disappointing Experience
at Railroad Station

The romance and financial dreams Of d.
r. Mccormick alleged bgamist and en-
bezzler, of Pittsburgh, suddenly col
lapsed late this afternoon. when he was
arrested in his handsome suite In Broad
street hotel by City Hall detectives.
Mccormick. who is dapper-looking In
divdual with an easy flowing voca abulary,
is charged with the larceny Of 100000 from,
Mrs II. A. Voigt, widow Of a former banker
OF prominence In Pittsburgh. Mrs. Voigt.
according TO the police, Is the second wife
Of Mccormick. who. It Is alleged. has an
other. from whom he has not been divorced.
A clue TO McCormick's whereabouts came
from the Smoky City. a temporary lack OF
funds, It is said. compelled the prisoner to
wire to the second Mrs Mccormick for
$4,000. She was expected to arrive at
North Philadelphia Station with the money
this afternoon. Mccormick, In happy mood
went there, but instead of meeting Mrs. Me-
Cormck he was greeted by Detectives J..
Martin and Perkins. of Pittsburgh. They
accompanied the disappointed husband to
the Broad Street hotel. where he was sub
sequently arrested by local sleuths.
Through his rather persuasive manner
Mccormick. according to the police, induced
his alleged second wife to Part with $40, 900
while they were spending week END at
Atlantic City. To obtain the money he told
of wild speculation in stocks. according to
the police, and moved wife No. 9 to such
sympathy that she readily came to his aid
When Mccormick was arrested a tele-
gram was found in his pocket announcing
that Mrs. Mccormick would arrive with the
$4,000 he needed for the present emergency
Why the woman did not arrive and how
the detectives happened to come in her place
will have to be told in the next reel OF the
picture. which will be unfolded in the night
court. for which the rather sportily dressed
prisoner Is being held.
Incidentally he denies everything.
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"He Kept Faith" Priest
Says at McNichOPs Bier

EXCERPTS from Monsignor Will
~ liam F. Kieran's sermon over
body of State Senator James p. Nc
Nichol in Cathedral today:
PUBLIC LIFE
"No man better known in city and
State. He had qualities which make
a great public leader: A strong, de-
termined will; warm. tender heart;
deep knowledge of men,"
Few holding important positions
can have such unanimous testi-
mony of their worth"
The "son of an Irish exile" he
was "an example of the wonderful
opportunities to all men" in America.
"IIe had many rivals, but can it
not be said that he never had an
enemy? He was too manly not to
fight in a manly way"
PRIVATE LIFE
"No man was cleaner. He never
entered place unbecoming the
purity IF his home. nor uttered a
word that would bring the blush of
shame to an innocent cheek"
Christian education made his
boys sturdy Americans. three with
the uniform of their country on their
backs"
"Let the widow and the orphan
express their gratitude for his
charities"
an threatened disgrace he smiled
and earned from his fellow citizens
title prouder than any that King
or Kaiser could confer"
"No wonder death had no terrors
for such a man." =
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the suffering, the abandoned ones of Christ.
We all were witnesses of how manfuly he
bore himself In that great trial when he
was held up to public eXecraton, when
crowds followed him in the public streets
jeering at him and his house surrounded
by "A dursing mob. All seemed lost to the
dsgraced politician and bankrupt con-
tractor. and through it ALL he smiled and
earned from his fellow citizens a title
prouder than any that king or kaiser could
confer.
TOOK DEATH CIIEERFULLY
Before this altar where he worshiped
the best of his life. every man knew that
he was a sincere, practical Catholic. When
the occasion arose, he ever defended the
rights of his Church In the halls of legis-
lation he blocked many an il-adyised or
ignorant movement that would have limited
the freedom of religion, which Is granted
to Protestant and Catholic alike by the
fundamental laws of the nation and State
THE walls OF this Cathedral are wit
nesses of the humble, practical piety of a
man. who, through a stormy life Of strug-
giles with his fellowmen, preserved child
like faith in his Church and left IL as the
best inheritance TO his children.
"No wonder death had no terrors for
such man. Well could he say: + trust
in the Lord: Whatever lie picks for me
will take cheerfully.' And so James Nc
Ncho took alSthings cheerfully. even death
tesf.
May he then say; I have fought good
fight. have finished my course have
kept the faith"
LIST OF PALLBEARERs
perfs, The honoEnry Jdgy pallbeayers We're Senator
Tho%ss fsesisr isdse cassIss e. BTUsS BsSsTs
RSissH prSys.s P Hdssnn,f 81 s@ss Hsv GRayss R
Gin y s,,s
2r OF RpSs
and CHARITIES, George II. Earle. ". Colonel
Wm fsn"tGF tqow wia% sPEsS ssts
jorsnS McaSs
Achsr Ecker Th9mss W cunnnghsm Clerk q ne
Js..SS S0uSf ssn THnns cy
MI;sEis,Isteelee, lanes careS Select n SS.n
Sop%s;IiIji y, IoqsssAsl%, AIt.hSs ies$, Sadss
HesSS %Ss: S$s ssss.! S'%ss sss A%Ss S5Si
ssdeT pfsss General 2an fsm
& ass Erns. Hs..s Ratfy Ta.ts s q ss
MosGahsisse, Judge Jehn MonsshaI. M1 }EdTe JOkn
kspSs stat yGsn Of H.,S P;
q The state House ot Representatlve,; Select
cOSonsr Of .pi,isbrrgh' Jsmes +. wooSWard.
chairman OF the Appropriatlcns Committee Of
president, pro ten Of ne STATE senate; ,ssns,,
TOR T. Larry EHTs o., senptot a, Clarence hges. &
p. sheehae. Rssis,er, 81 wnlsi Frank Ssven.
aessg eop Gh5o'ss Joseph Mse psris'is Rstan e.
District ATTORNEY; lanes +. sulllvsn, oustayui
VII VII. S;' y;e ss:2s 'i5ss::
i|;';I' ~ I'S|' & i||''4i - 3l'I|'
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HEAVY FIRING AT SEA d:
STARTLES BARNEGAT
Fishermen Believe Mysterious
Target of Destroyers Was
Submarine
RARNEGAT CITY, N. J.. Nov. II.

BARNEGAT CITY. N. J.. Nov. II.
Residents along the beach were startled
Thursday by the firing of heavy guns at
sea. Thirty or forty shots were fired in
rapid succession.
Shortly after the shots had been fired
five vessels of the torpedoboat destroyer
type appeared so that they could be seen
plainly with the aid of glasses.
Some Of the residents declared that the
vessels were merely at practice, but fisher
men of good reputation for veracity in the
communities said that the actions of the
vessels and the manner in which the guns
were fired indicated that some 'object had
been discovered. probably n submarine
Inquiries from Sandy Hook added to the
mystery and Navy Department officials
were retcent In the matter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Governor Would Make Migrants Work

HARRISBURG, Nov. II. Governor
Brumbaugh today advocated the Federal
Government rounding up vagrant men and
compelling them to work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
Madden Refuses Nomination

COLLINGSWOOD, n. J., Nov 17.-Dr r
W. Madden has declined TO stand as a can
ddata for commissioner. Candidates for
commissioners are former Mayor Barnard.
Councilman Bond Mayor Jack. A. Moulton
McNutt, Philip Knebel, Walter Charrere,
John 7. Parr and Isaac Ceilings. Two cam
didates will probably appear in West COL
lingswood, Councilman Haines and Joseph
Wescott.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
SUFFRAGE PICKETS GET
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Petition of Women Imprisoned
at Occoquan Granted by
Federal Judge

80 RICHMOND, Va. Nov II.
Judge Edmond p. Waddill, of the Federal
District Court. this afternoon granted a
writ OF habeas corpus sought by counsel
for the White House pickets imprisoned
at Occoquan. He directed that they ap-
pear In court In Alexandria. November 81,
AZ 1880. In the morning.
In, their petition the women alleged they
hAd been stripped OF their clothing and
denied focd and medical attention, and
tortured In number of Instances, and that
they were confined In the mems ward at
the workhouse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
U. S. Soldier Shot After Court Martial

WASHINGTON. Nov. IT, General
Pershing has reported to the War Depart
ment that an enlisted man of the American
forces, convicted of felonious assault. follow
ing a court-martial. has been shot The
name of the man was not made public nor
of the unit to which he belonged.