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Milford chronicle., 1917-12-21
ANNA K. GREGORIUS,
CHIROPRACTOR,

Consultation and spinal analysis free
No. 10, East Front Street, Milford, Del.
90, 10 to IL a, m.
Olnce nOurs 2 to p. m.
l1-23tf z to 8 p. m.
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Christmas and New Year Cards at
CnIIs1; CnIsba;s 12-l4-2t
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pels Mead Sweets for Christmas in
, . and s Pound Boxes at ]. R. Ben
!, ~ - 13-14-2t
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largest line of smokers articles in
town at lowest prices, at Holcombe's.
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V,u line of Confectionery by the box
., nound at Holcombe's. l2-l4'2t
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MUSIC.

Miss Maria Causey, Teacher Of Piano.
0O9 South Walnut St., Milford. lO-l9tf
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pov Paper for 10, 10, 20, 25, 35 and 50
cents I per box at J. R. Benefits.
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stationery at J. R. Benefits. l
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Christmas Mixtures att. R. Benefits.
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CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our sincere appre
citation and thanks to our many relatives
and friends for the sympathy and helI
extended to US in our recent bereave-
ment.
GEORGE H. DAVIS.
SALLIE A. THOMAS.
JAMES H. MACKLN.
MRS. LENA MANLOVE.
GEORGE T. MACKLIN.
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SWEET ORANGES.
FOR THE BOYS IN KHAKI.

Price them at Stewards.
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MILFORD ELECTIONS
Notice IL hereby given that the annual Town Elec-
tions In the Town Of Milford, Delaware will be
held on
Monday, January, 9Th, 1918,

from l2 noon until D. m, for the purpose Of elect
ing the following:
A fsrs-;iii55is e GTssS=ss. Council for year.
Two Member Of Council for years.
Two Members Of Council for year.
A Collector and Treasurer for year
A Member Of Light and Water Commission for s
years.
The election will be held at the Town Lookup or
Jail as required BY the Charter, and all taxables.
both male and female, who have paid the tax as
sessed against them for the year next preceeding
the election, will be entitled to vote at the Town
Election, and for the member Of the Light and
Water Commission.
WILLIAM C. DRAPER,
President Of Town Council.
G. N. Townsend. Secretary. E-2l-st
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Public Sale


will discontinue farming and will therefore sell
my personal property 1t public sale 81 my home
on the farm located on the road leading from
Courssy's Mil to Felton. on
Wednesday, December 10Th, 1917.
sale commencing At ten O'Clock. a. m. and will be
held rain or shine
LIVE STOCK
Ohe Cow, years old.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
Set Of Dearborn Harness, Wagon Harness. PioW
Harness. DeerinR Binder, good Drill Corn Planter.
Hay Rake PloWa. Hafrows, Cultivators, Shovela.
Spades. Hoes Forks Axes, Corn Shelter. Grain
Fan. "A Drag 50-Tooth Drag. Dearborn. Farm
Wagons, Carriage Pole. Double-seated Buggy. set
Of Wagon Springs, pair Of Beam Weights-2oO
pounds Sausage Grinder and Suffer. Lard Pots.
2 Half Bushels. also Bushel Baskets.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Bedsteads and Tables, Washstands. Chatrs. Rock
era and other things too numerous to mention.
Terms Cash-No goods to be removed until terms
are complied with.
DAVID R. CANNON
John G. Baker. Auetioneer.
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FRIDAY. DEC. 2l. 1917.
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Sale and Want Column

II you have = want that you think soaas one can
ILL., take in the whole field At once By Inserting =
want advertisement IN the MILFORD CHRoEIcI.E.
II YOU have somethinE foF sale. or have lest any
thing. put an ad. in this column II you want 10
sults- The rnteie cent word for each In sstoa.
NOTlCE-To all users af this column: Al ads
IN the Cent Word Column" MUST Be paid for
IN advance. No advertisement win be accepted
for this column under anv other conditions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Save The Roughage This Year.

South ern Agriculturist
This fall all the rough feeds should
be saved more carefully than ever
before. The cornstalks, the pea
vines, the straw. the rough hays
all should be saved and utilized.
Rough feeds will not altogether take
the place of grain feeds. but they
will reduce the amount of grain
necessary to be fed, even to growing
and productive animals. and they
will make every little grain indeed
necessary for mature and nonproduc-
tive anilnals-lhe Idle work stock,
dry cows, and feeding cattle that are
rot expected to gain in weight
during the winter. Especially
should all the legume hays and straws
be 10 ,ked after with much care.
They furnish protein in cheap and
digestibe form, and on most farms
protein is the ell ment most lacking
IN the farm animals rations.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Mey Liquor. Making Never Be Resumed

New Orleans Christian Advocate.
Lasl Saturday night at IL o'clock
the making Of whlskey 10 the United
States ceased, nor can any now be
imported. H. is esum tied that as a
result 40.0O0, 900 bushels OF grain
will be saved annually for worthier
uses. 1t is claimed, however, that
the stock of distilled liquors now IN
the country amounts to 230. 600, 900
gallons, but some of this may be used
for other than beverage purposes.
Still enough will be left to do meal
culable harm. This stopping of the
manufacture of liquor was war
measure. but let US pray and work
for the prohibition cause with the
hope that it may never be resumed;
or, if it should, that it may be only
for a brief time. If liquor making is
a curse 10 the time OF war, it cannot
be other than curse in the time of
peace.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Keeping The Garden Green Through Fall.

Progressive Farmer, Memphis Tenn.
Do you recall the saying OF the
Mississippi Agricultural College; BY
the first of October the garden
should look very much as it did the
first OF May? Maybe you have failed
to utilize August and Septem Der
opportunities for getting your garden
in this condition, hut anyhow there
is still time to put in all the crops
recommended by Demonstration
Agent Hudson for October planting:
cabbage (T), cauliflower (r), kale.
lettuce (T). onion, onion sets, rape,
radish. spinach, turnips. strawberry
plants, turnips for salad. plants
marked by w. are to be sowed in
bed and transpanted
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Prepare shosts For An Early Market.

BYE. R. Lloyd. Director cooperative hxten
Work A & NJ College.
with hogs selling around $1S :,
hundred weight we should plan to
get our shoats on the earliest mar
ket possible, SAYS |. W. Carpenter.
livestock specialist of the Mississippi
A. & NJ. College. Following this
method" be continued, will not on
~ utilize our forage and grain crops
to the best advantage uf our earlier
season, thus allowing our hogs to
get on the market ahead of the
northern farmer hogs, which gener-
ally cause break in prices
"Che shoats weighing around 100
pounds should he placed in the older
fields of corn to hogged down using
portable feLces where necessary.
These can be made cheaper than the
crop can be gathered Where these
are used the hogs not only eat u g
grain but a part of the beans and
any iegumes that might have been
planted There is no danger of the
corn being wasted. as it has been de
termined time and again that corn
is more profitable when hogs are
allowed to gather it than when it is
gathered aud fed.
p" a number Of sovbean fields will
be grazed with hogs and the mistake
of letting the beans get over ripe be
fore turning hogs on them should be
guarded against. The best stage u
sually is just as the first beans fill
and not later than when the earliest
beans begin to turn yellow, While
the hogs are running on beans pull
and feed 2 to 1 ears OF corn to the
hundred pounds OF live weight oil
hog.
Get IN touch with your county
agent and see what can be done to-
ward getting up carload shipment
vi strictly fat hogs. Do not hesitate
to put corn in hogs with the price
of pork and the abundant crop in
view, as this will be one of the best
markets for the corn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
OBITUARY
JAMES BEARD, sR.

On August %, 1917, the death an
gel visited our midst and claimed for
its own, our beloved husband, fath
err and grandfather, James Beard,
Sr.
He was born Oct. %, 1892 being
"a years. 10 months and days old
When he was SUMMONED to that
home on high. He was laid to rest
in Mt Pisgah cemetery on Sunday
Aug. rs, 1917, amid large con
course of sorrowing relatives and
friends; the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. Y. d. Westerfield
Grandfather had been a member of
the regular old Missionary Baptist
church for 60 odd years and lived a
devout christian life up to the time
of his death. He was in the Civil
War and received a wound while
thus serving his country which broke
out and gave him much trouble in
his last days. He lived a long life
and usually enjoyed the best Of
health, but at last days of affection
came on. His sufferings were great
but he bore all pain with patience
and fortitude.
He was the father of IL children,
6 of whom preceded him to the grave
years ago. He leaves to mourn his
loss his aged wife, two sons and four
daughters, namely: W. p. and 7. W.
Beard, Mesdames j. 7. Murray, JAS
Byrd, and ]. 7. Miller all of Leakes-
vile, Miss, and Mrs. Edna Thomson
of Leaf, Miss, besides fifty living
grandchildren and about ID great
grandchildren. He also leaves two
own brothers, T. j. and j. p. Beard
and two own sisters. Mrs. VIM. Blan-
kenship and Miss Caroline Beard, al
so one half brother, w S. Beard ana
two half sisters, Ms. Jepsy Clark
and Miss Bette Beard
We should mourn him not as feel
that our loss is surely Heavens gain
tbs hard to break the tender cord,
Wien love has bound the heart,
Tbs hard so hard to speak the words
I'VE must forever pirt
But the parting is not for eternity
F)r We shall meet him bv and bye.
In that happy home on high.
Faith will end at the gates of light
We shall meet him by and by.
Writ'on by
His loving granddaughter,
FLORA BEARD
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
BOunteOus Crop Call For Dsht-Paying.
Aberdeen Examiner,

Aberdeen Examiner.
There is every prospect az this
time that the present season will be
the most prosperous one for many
years. Good crops are being harves-
ted everywhere. Even cotton is
good. though the crop is small.
The rice is also good. and every
product is in demand as never before,
and will continue to be for some time
as the wor d needs the American
crops. Live stock, such as cattle,
hogs horses dnd mules and all animal
flesh is a valuable asset, and help the
rising tide of prosperity. The pres
ent good crops, with attendant good
prices, will help in many ways swell
ling the volume of business and filling
the banks to Overlooking with money.
Best of all, good times will enable
every body to get out of debt: and
makes no effort to meet.his obligation
whether great or small, is lacking in
common honesty. This is the oppor-
tune time to wipe out old obligations,
and stand with clean slate. keeping
it clean by STAYING out of debt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
DO IT NOW :; ::.; e;

cent of nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
and comparatively small amount of
potash. A material ana!yzing two
or three per cent nitrogen, eight or
ten per cent phosphorc acid. and
under present conditions. one or two
per cent potash will be sufficient.
Potash is high in price, bee use ofthe
war, and more than this amount is
not recommended, but If the farmers
of this State will use from 100 to 200
pounds of a fertilizer analyzing this
much Of these plant foods they will
find it to be profitable. This should
be applied at the time the grain is
seeded, or sown broadcast just pre-
vious to seeding the grain, and thor
oughlv narrowed into the soil,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
EDITORIAL

This section is rejoicing over its
escape from the severity of the trop-
ical storm last Friday Sept 2Sth
For awhile that day it blew mighty
hard, bard enough along in the after
noon to remind some of the terrible
gusts of last July, but it did not
reach that intensity nor was the rain
as heavy. though considerable rain
accompanied it too, but not in heavy
showers. The warnings Sent out for
the several days preceding this storm
kept the people appraised of its
course almost from the time it left
the West Indies, got into the Yucca
tan Channel then on into the Gulf
and up TO The coast The Weather
Department renders invaluable aid
IN that respect these days, as also
the Govt. radio service which was
the means used TO flash the first
news of the storm 5 depredaIions in
Pensacola, which suffered most in
this gale. All wire communication
was cut off from that city for about
three days. To God be thanks for
the deiverance from this storm as
much so as it was to all this section
of the southern coast country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
STATEMENT

OF THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
CIRCULATION ETC, REQUIRED BY THE
act of Congress OF August "a, 1912,
of the Greene County Herald.
Published weekly, at Leakesville,
Miss, for October LIST. 1917.
State of Mississippi
Count OF Greene.
Before me, notary public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared James Faulk,
who having been duly sworn accord
inHto law, deposes and says that h.
is the owner of The Greene County
Herald and That the following is to
the best of his knowledge and belief
true statement of the ownership,
management, etc. Of the aforesaid
publication for the date shown 10 the
above caption required by the Act OF
August "a, 1912, embodied in section
443. postal laws and Regulations.
That the name and address OF
the publisher and editor is:
Name Of Post office Address.
P Editor James Faux Leakesvi.ie. Miss
q That the Owners are: James
fhulk, Leakesville, Miss.
g. That the known bondholders,
mortgages. and other security hold
ers, owning or holding per cent OF
more of total amount of bonds, mort.
cages. or other securities are: Nc
direct-mOrtgages.
(Signed) JAMES FAULK, Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the LIST day OF October 1917.
]. W. BACKsTRoM. Notary Public.
(sEAI)
My commission expires Oct. II, 1918
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
THE MANTEAU COMES BACK.

October Number Harper's Bazaar.
IF there is one mode more strik-
ing than another for the coming
winter, - says Ma lame Paqnin in an
exclusive article cabled from Paris
especially for the October issue oI
Harper's Bazaar. 1T is the use of thu
dress with the manteau--the long,
separate coat OF many purposes,
which by its very simplicity carries
with it a certain sober distinction
significant of the pretty French
phrase, lie Mantern Royal. With
rare exceptions this manteau has
replaced the tailored suit. The
great couturiers of Paris in this
have thought alike. aud have made
charming not only the man eau il
self. but the frocks to be worn under
it," In these DAYS OF high prices,
andwhen clothes especially are so ex-
pensive. it is we'll to be sure that the
clothes you buy are in the very
latest fashion. We have noticed 10
our Office copy Of Harpers Bazaar
that Miss K. NJ. A. Steinmetz, the
wellknown American fashion artist,
and Soulie and Erie. the famous
Partisan designers. are contributing
their exclusive creations to this
magazine
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
FROM NIX
Our
EXCHANGES
Coast Beacon.

Coast Beacon.
The massive and fabulous fortunes
being made out of the war contracts
ought to bear the greater part of the
war tax. Congaess ought to place
this burden on those best able 60
bear it now. The great majority of
those who are to do the lighting are
sons of the poor, and the expense in
addition to the fighting should not
be put upon this class also. Those
who are amassing the wealth ought
to pay the cost.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR
AUGUST 1917.
State Of Mississippi.

U, S. Department OF Agriculture.
TEMPERATURE.
The monthly mean for the state,
as determined from the full reports OF
So stations, was 1872 deg rees, or l 3
degrees below the normal.
The highest monthly mean was
81 8 degrees at Biloxi.
The lowest monthly mean was rs 6
degrees at Boonville.
The highest temperature was 102
degrees at Anguilla on the 10th.
The lowest temperature was AZ de-
grees at Tupelo on the 26th.
The greatest local monthly range
was Al degrees at Yazoo City.
The least local monthly range was
80 degrees at Pascagoula.
The greatest daily range was Al
degrees at Tupelo, on the 18th.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Wheat Oats And Rye In Mississippi.


ByJ c. Pridmore. Agronomist Southern Fer
tilizer Association. Atlanta Tia.
The food situationi in this and the
allied countries mas grown so acute,
and the demand for wheat and other
small grains is such that the govern
lnent and state Officials in charge OF
the war Agricultural Program are
urging that farmers of Mississippi
increase their acreage mater ally to
these crops this tall. In fact this
must be done If the demands for
home consumption are to be met. for
il now seems that it will be well
nigh impossible for these to be impor-
ted from other states because OF the
Nv, r.; xed railroad iaci tiles and
/ the shortage of these grains IN other
states, while 1rving to meet the
demands of the lighting forces of til S
aud the allied countries of Europe.
1t is estimated that the wheat
acreage alone should be increased
455 percent in Mississippi. On the
heavier, more fertile soil types par
| ticuarly large increase in acreage
should be planted Oats and rye
will also be ia demand The prices
for these grains warrant farmers in
making every possible effort toward
producing unuSu lily large crops
next year Wheat will sell for rot
less than two dollars per bushel,
and it will be far cheaper to grow
it than 1t WI | be to buy the grain or
flour for bread purposes. when sell
ing at this price Oats and rye will
almost certainly be as correspon
dinghy high in price While efforts
are being to increase the acreage,
increasing the acre yields should not
be lost sight of. Farmers know that
it will be more profitable to them to
grow 100 bushels of wheat or other
grain on five acres thar it will to
grow the same amount on ten or
more acres. OF the various factors
that influence the acre yields Of these
crops there is none SO important as
the condition of the seed bed in
which they are sown. For biggest
yields profitable return it should be
finely puIverized on the surface, well
firmed and compacted just beneath,
and cont tam an abundance of the food
elements for rapid growth and devel-
opment of the plants. Unfortunately
large areas of the soils of the State
are naturally poor. or else have been
made poor by continuous cropping,
aud are now too low IN their content
OF nitrogen, phospEoric acid and
potash for biggest and most profit
able Yields. For this reason the
farmers will find it to heir material
interest to use fertilizers in 'connec-
tion with growing these crops.
Fertilizers contain these plant food
elements, and can be used as profit
abe in this State as they are in other
states having thes same soil conditions.
For best results on the soil of average
and low fertility, it is safe to recon-
mend fertilizer carrying high per
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05

- The Waynesboro News Beacon
has recently changed hands, Mr.. j
w. Alexander its former editor and
publisher having sod it out TO b. q.
Waterman, who now has it in charge.
In fact that was one of the very, very
few newspaper properties recently
referred to in all editorial in these
columns in which names were not
called, and it went quick and we are
satisfied bought a good price from
the advt. which We saw prupos ng
such sale, and f. ON its known value
in, the new spaper field IN this part of
the country. We do not know wheth
er the new editor of the News
Beacon is any kun To the WATERWAYS
who make the famous fountain pen
which writes SO smoothly, but we
notice he wields a fluent pen never
theless and we wish to doff our hat
in courteous bow to him and wave
our welcoming nod as to his entrance
into journalism in this section.
May he and the good people of
Wayne County feel that they have
mutually much in common in their
relations from week to week in both
entertainment, pleasure and profit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05

One of the best pieces of legisla-
tlon that Congress is about to euact
in connection with the war is that
providing automatic insurance for
the soldiers. This is in justice due
them and a much more equitable
plan than the old pension system
and also a more selfrespecting one
where the soldier himself lives to
enjoy some of the many benefits
which 1t will provide. We hope to
see it become law speedily and ev-
cry boy who RISKS his life and limbs
on the bloody fields of France to feel
assured that the strength of his gov
eminent is behind him not only in
pressing the battle over there but
taking care of him and his depen-
dent ones in case he is injured or
killed in the terrible effort the allied
world is making to bring the deluded
people of Germany to realiz ltion
of what their war lords have brought
them to as a nationein the matter
OF ruthlessly running over weaker
countries and waging war IN such
cruel way upon their fellow beings
equally as feeling as they are with
reference to their rights as to the
sacredness of personal property and
human life and liberty.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
400 TYPEWRITERS

All X nds and all grades. REMINGTONS els
Instruction book with each machine. Typ Q.
and repair parts for all makes OF Typewriter)
EMPIRE TYPE FOUNDRY BUFFALO. N. Y.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
SUBSCRIBERS ROLL.

Owen, Nat, Gulfport. $1.OO
Clark, A. r.. Lville--R A LOO
Cooley, ]. d., Merrill 80
Gordon. R. A., Rlchton. RIB l,5O
Ball, Clayton. c., Merrill / so
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
PRECIPITATION.


The average for the State as de
termined from the reports of IS sta
tions was 4 ~ inches or 0 81 inche.
above the normal.
The greatest monthly total was 8.
81 inches at Magnolia.
The least monthly total was los
inches at Crenshaw.
The greatest amount in any "a con
secutive hours was 3 "a inches al
Leakesville on the 1st.
The average number OF rainy DAYS
for the state was 10.
MISCELLANEOUS
The average number of clear days
for the state was ID; partly cloudy,
IL; cloudy Z.
At Meridian the sunshine averag-
ed SO per cent of the possible; at
Vicksburg, 20 per cent; both about
normal.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was from the southwest.
The maximum velocity at Meridi-
an was rs miles per hour from the
north on the 22nd; at Vicksburg Al
miles per hour from the southeast on
the 10Th.
W. Z. BARRON,
MeteOrologist,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05
Y. E. BARRON,

MeteOrologist,
Vicksburg. Miss, Sept. %. 1917
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-05

OF THE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
CIRCULATION ETC, REQUIRED BY THE
act of Congress OF August "a, 1912,
of the Greene County Herald.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
LONDON TAPS LATEST DANCE
It's Fox Trot and Grapevine Com.
bined, With Accentuated
Steps.

Do you dance the London Taps?"
You do if you are up to date.
For this is the dance of the hour.
Because of its simplicity 1t is easily
mastered.
Originating in New York city, de-
spite it's British name, 1t is simply
variation of the familiar fox trOt, re-
marks the Boston Globe. In fact. it
IS merely combination of the fox trot
and grapevine steps with the addition
of five taps of the foot, which are
made to accentuate beats of the music.
But as the grapevine steps are trife
intricate they are often omitted and
the London Taps" then becomes a fox
trot with five taps every time the music
calls for them.
Thus it will be seen that the name of
the dance is derived from the taps In
the dance steps and not from the
fact that it is supposed to be danced
after taps is sounded in London.
|. AS in all modern ballroom dances,