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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-06-28

Emerson says: Write it on your heart that every day is the day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly knows that day is Dooms day
 That is is task for today, which can be done now better than at any other time. It is todays duty
 And we writing judgment upon our lives by our fahfulness unfahfulness at the present mo ment.
 This moment has it's priceless value, and il wasted be recovered than jewels that are cast into the depths of the ocean.
 Each day has it's share in the making of our tomor TOW and the future will be nobler or meaner by reason of what do, or leave undone.-Sunshne Bulletin
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

We like the reformers who
trough kindness and consideration
the weakness Of their fellow be-
gs would try to restore them to
pefulness in the world. And while
fully realize that punishment is
Pcessary as deterrent of crime
% many criminals deserve the
Iougest punishment the law in
cts, yet somehow the self styled,
pier that thou people, who are
Rusinually advocating new pains
y penalties for the short-ct III :
gsof their fellow men and wo-
70, get on our nerves. SO to speak i.
|ould the preachings and practi-
OF the Lowly Nazarine become
Z philosophy of his followers in
pe world oftoday there would be
S. hypocrisy aud more Justice and
'oarlty In the world, and soon there
'ould be no living truth in the
entence, Man inhumanity to man
naKes countless thousands mourn.
Greenville Democrat.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

Cotton holders who got caught
under the deluge of a S25 90 per
bale drop will regret that was not
a leak" in the German ruthless
sea war proclamation. Such fall
must be strain on scme banks,
that have been so loaded up on
cotton by the car shortage that has
been an embarrassment during the
active season. Bhere will. presun-
ably, be a reaction, though full re-
covery of the loss at any early date
is not to be expected. While pre-
sent prices NAV allow calculations
upon a moderate profit in the yield
of the next crop, deliverauce has
been effected from the temptation
to plant a large acreage, which has
been so largely discussed i'll recent
months. 1t is noted as hint TO
the wise tillers of the soil that the
convulsion from over seas did not
jar prices of butter and eggs, meat
and potatoes. little bit.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

tA1 last a leak!" The firmly
Aeo common belief that the Law
y 'eaK story was lie out of the
u0le cloth has been mighty badly
A'ed. AT the close of the testi.
:ay disclosing the telegraphic
-'ast OF the Presidents peace
We sent to scores of brokers by
'oker button, and which he tes.
''hsd to him in a message
"sm T. A. Connolly & Co., the
Supany being the president bro
'st.ln'law. R. w. Boiling. the in
augat'on took ON a shape and an
se'est that was lacking until then.
ne effect of so locating the leak
'no'cated in the silence of the
/ ~ocratic committeeman wheh
>p'eSentative Campbell of Kan.
- mixing Republican member
'us cemmittee. emphatically de-
,.-''ed !. after the close hearing
0"eooky read the note" Fur
.s' man the remark that a mos,
slpleasant and sinister impression
4ss oeen cast over the case as i,
!, 'uus' comment at tfiis time would
: Ou' OF order. r.-Vicksburg. Her
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

as whole the highway compares
favorably with those of the two
states.
Before the road was built it took
from a week to ten days for the
truck twins to negotiate the dis
tance between Columbus and Colo
MIA Dublan With the new road
an ambulance train makes the dis
tance in nine hours. Truck trains
are now scheduled to make the
route in two days. and the majori-
ty of the trains make the distance
in a day and half.
1t was cnlpable if not criminal
negligence that no, adequate supply
of motor cars or auto trucks had
been provided for eXpediting and
supplying such movement as was
visibly imminent long before the
Villa raid. But that essential is
now provided as part ofthe equip
ment of the border army-assuring
a mighty different outcome for the
next bandit raid across the border.
Exchange.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
BIDS WANTED.

Pursuant to an order of the board
OF supervisors of Bolivar countp,
Mississippi, passed and entered of
record at regular meeting Of said
board, begun and held at he cour'
house in the town of Cleveland, III
the 2nd judicial district of SAID
county, on Monday, January Is
1917. notice is hereby given that
the undersigned clerk Of said boat
will, until the hour of IL O'Clock
noon of Monday, the 5th day OF
February, 1917. same being the
first Monday in said month, receive
sealed bids, at his Office in Rose-
dale, Miss for the following
materials and supplies for he road
working outfits of the county, to-
wit:
Corn, oats, hav and mixed feed
in carload quantities and less than
carload quantities, to be delivered
at any point in Bolivar county,
Miss.
The board of supervisors reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
This 1st day of Jan. 1917.
P. b. WCoLLARD. Clerk.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

1877 IS DANGER
YEAR FOR SOUTH
Twenty Million Bales More Likely
Than Twenty Cents a Pound,
Says Hastings.

Atlanta, Ga.-(SpeciaD-That 1917
is danger year" for the south, and
that there Is dynamite in the pres
ent cotton situation for the cotton
growing farmer" are the warning
words used by H. &. Hastings, presi.
dent OF the Southeastern Fair Asso-
citation and the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, in an interview given to
the newspapers here urging farmers
not to increase their cotton acreage.
Eighteen to twenty cent cotton at
planting time in spring." he says, "is
the bait that will lure hundreds Of
thousands of farmers in the south to
each put in few extra acres. and
should nature smile on the crop az in
1914. we will come nearer twenty
million bale crop than 20 cents per
pound, for evidence multfplies daily
that they are planting right up to
the graveyard as 1t is sometimes ex-
pressed
"On the Hastings farm we don't ex-
than we did last year, because We
think it a time above all others to
play safe. What we will increase to
the limit Of our ability will be food,
grain and forage, beef cattle and
hogs.
THE safe way is to first supply all
needs of family and stock from ones
own acres, and then put surplus acre
age in cotton. With bread and meat
in hand, and a garden producing
steadily through spring, summer and
fall; with home canned vegetables and
fruits on closet shelves for winter ia.
BILE use; with corn in the crib and hay
and fodder in the-barn or stack, the
farmer can be largely Independent Of
cotton prices in the fall. The farmer
so provided for is never distressed
He can sit on his cotton bales with
mind at ease, and sell in his own good
time when prices are right.
With labor comparatively scarce
and fertilizer high, any material in
crease in cotton acreage must nee
essarily be at the expense Of food and
grain acres that are in reality far
more responsible for the south's pres
ent prosperity than is Is to- 20 cent
cotton.
Memories are short, but wise far
mers need only to look back to 1914
and see the disaster due to too much
cotton that can't be eaten, and the
lack of food that one must eat. l re-
peat this year OF 1917. is danger
year. Any farmer who increases cot
ton acreage and cuts food crop acres
is gambling with the cards stacked
against him"
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

Notice is hereby given that the
firms of J. B. Bond & Company OF
Beulah, Bolivar county, Mlssis-
sippi, and Bond Brothers OF Pace,
Bolivar county, Mississippi, com
posed of b Bond and Thos. H
Bond. are by mutual consent dis
solved on this the 18th day OF
January, 1917, ;.
The said J. B. Bond assumes all
the obligations of Bond Brothers OF
Pace, Mississippi, and said Thos
H. Bond assumes all the obliga-
tons of J, B, Bond & Company OF
Beulah, Mississippi. according to
the terms OF agreement OF partition
and division of the property OF
said firms this day made and filed
record in Chanccry Clerks office
of First and Second Judicial Dis
tricts of Bolivar county, Mis-
sissippi.
This the 18th day of January
1917.
]. B. BOND,
THOS. II. BOND.
Sillers & Siilers, Solicitors,
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THEPVN.
TIVE EXPOSITION.

When the punitive force retires
from Mexico it will be with the ac-
QUESTION of experience lessons and
material achievements that VIII
possess large value for the mex
call of the kind. No one who un-
derstands the lay of the land over
which he came and went, can fail
to understand why Wills made a
successful getaway from the punt
tive force :hat was gathered at and
sent out Fl om Columbus. But where
the pursuit was carried over hum
d1eds of miles of crudest trails aud
and roads, the engineer force has
effected complete transformation.
The improvement is told in the
following:
Now, stretching from Columbus
along that little arroyo up which
the Mexicos crept that night IN
March, out along the prairie and
across the mountains. ovei chasms
and through valleys which are real
ly lakes in the rainy season, is Per
shine's road. Trucks may run day
and night over the surface and is
as smoothe as steam rollers. grad
ing machines and the very latest
models of road machinery can make
it. Of course, for scores OF miles.
even the very best of machinery
coulden't make the rocks aud gull
lies as smoothe as so me of the roads
in Pennsylvania or New York, but
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT JUS
Titled.

Responding to the appeals af a
misdirected ssntimentalism the last
preceding session of the Tennessee
legislature abolished capital pun
ishment. Already convinced of the
folly and the vice of that action,
the Senate has passed an act restor-
lug the law as it was. Restoration
will be hastaned by the near lynch
ing of two negro robbers who MUIR
dered a worthy citizen of memphis
under the most atrocious circum-
stances. In commencing on the
dispersal of the mob that sought
TO lynch the pair after sentence to
life imprisonment, the Nashville
Banner said:
But there is another thought that
this attempted mob violence in one
of the largest cities of the state
brings out; it would in all proba-
bil,ty have not occurred if the law
provided the death penalty for
murder. If there had not been any
mob, this Memphis murder in it.
self is most potent argument tor
capital punishment for that class OF
offenders. These negroes were high
waymen. They met their victim
on the street, accompanied by his
little ten year-old gill, and shot
him. This crime was the culnlin'
alton of number of hold ups in
the same community, of which the
same men were guilty. There can
be no adequate punishment for a
crime like that but death penalty.
There can be no deterrent to such
crime with criminals of that class
except exPia,ion on the gallows or
electric chair. 1t was an absurd
sentimeutaiity that abolished capt.
tai punishr ent for murder i'll Ten
uessee. This Memphis case strong
ly illustrates ist faulty.
There is still another thought
that this Memphis mob brings out
Had such a murder occurred III any
community where there was less
state of preparedness for mob sup
preston, the lynching would in all
probability have occurred. The
moral of this thought is that Ten
nessee cannot be too prompt In re-
moving such all incentive to the
mob as the abolishmens OF capital
punishment. And day while the
law stands unrepealed, it may lead
to lynching or bloodshed i'll resist
| a mob. Not with social condition:
as they are, in the Southern state:
especially, can capital punishment
be wisely dispensed with.--Vicks
burg Herald.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
THE LATEST.

Inst as The Democrat goes to
x We learn that diplomatic
I,;ons have been severed be-
n the United States and Ger.
hy. lust at this time III tull
sequences Of this act can not be
.een, 1t is not known what
\ We are to take i'll the war, but
|steyer is to be done. will be
\. and when the war is over
,many will never again be In a
,ition to cause another world
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
No. 9S42.

No. 2S+2.
State OF Mississippi
Bolivar County In Chancery
First District Court
In the Matter of the Estate of
Burnly. deceased.
Whereas, letters Of administration
in the Estate oi j. Burnly. deceased
were ganted to the undersigned on the
18th, dav OF January. 1917. by the
Chancery Court OF the E. t Judiciary
District of Bolivar Coun,. Mississippi
Now notice is herehr given that all
persons having claims against the Es-
tate of the said |. Rurnly, Diseased.
are hereby notified and required have
the Same prsbatcd and registered by
the Clerk of the said Chancery Court
within one year from this date, and u
failure to so probate and register said
claims within one year will forever bar
same.
This Goth day Of January. 1917.
(Signed) w. NJ. BURNLY.
Sillers &, Sillers, soils.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION

Notice is hereby given that the
firm of B. Wolf &
Company heretofore doing Business
at Beulah. Bolivar County, Miss
issippi. is this day bv mutual
agreement dissolved.
This 4th day of January, 1917.
B. Wolf
Sam Baskind
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

The Southern Pacific railroad
it is claimed in suit pending,
stole S32, 900, 600 worth of govern
ment land. and the booty is so
great that the culpits think that
the government cannot take it back
The magnitude of the steal ought
not to give immunity from punish
ment to the guilty or prevent res
titution being made.-News- -Scim-
itar.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

Many thousands of future"
spectators have been broke, in
the past two weeks. Presidents
Wilson's peace proposals knock
ing out large numbers, aud the
new submarine policy of Germany
killing still larger number. Not
only the small fry, spectators,
but many of the larger ones, were
caught in the avalanche.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

II the Uuited States is to get
|xed up in the great worlds war
|all, now is the best time in the
br to start in. for as yet there
been no crops planted and it
b give the people a chance to
|se something to eat. If we 60
|war, this is one of the things
bt We Of the South must learn to
!. 1t is something that we ought
have learned long ago, but did
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

A full line of the latest style box
stationery. All shades and colors
to select from. Patterson Wall
Drug Co.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

snool books and school supplies
l,,sasnlvely sold by Patterson-Wall
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-02-03

FOR SALE-Two houses for
colored people. Rent for $3.50
per month. Apply to LeRoy
Jones, Rosedale, Miss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
INCONSISTENCY IS CHARGE BROUGHT
 BY MISS SzOPO

Breach of promise to marry is the claim made by Lizzie Szopo of 97S Wordin avenue in her suit against Steve Beres for $1,50Q damages which is being tried before Judge John R. Booth and jury in the Common Pleas court today.
 Lizzie, who does not speak English, told the court that April 12 last Steve induced her to promise to marry him, but that since then while she has been ready and willing Steve has turn ed cold hearted and has failed to carry out his promises. She is 19 years old. and suit is brought through her best friend, g. relative.
 Lizize and Steve came from the same town in the old country. Steve coming to America first. Lizzie first came to South Bethlehem, Pa., but when she came to Bridgeport to visit an aunt, learned that Steve was here. Later she came to Bridgeport to live. Soon after her arrival Steve Is alleged to have induced her to make the promise he is now accused of breaking.
 Steve denies in toto the entire ale gation, and claims he never made such 8 promise, and that the suit is a scheme to force him into marriage he does not wish to make.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
ERWIN TOHEAD
 MAIL CARRIERS

Robert Erwin was chosen president of Bridgeport branch, No. S2, Ma tional Association of Letter Carriers, at meeting on Saturday night. Other officers elected were: Vice president, Thomas Sheedy; financial secretary, Samuel A. Lefkowitz; recording secre- tary, Elbert R. Patterson; treasurer, Hiram Munson; sergeant-at-arms, Thomas Lynch.
 The annual convention of the asso- citation will be held in this city on February 22 and in accordance with the governments food regulations no banquet will be served, and the so- cial activities will be omitted. George W. O'Shea Is chairman of the ar rangements committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
FIGHTER FROM
 FRONT TO TALK
 AT STATE RALLIES

Hartford, Dec. 4.-SergeAnt Arthur Gibbons of Toronto, has been secured by the Connecticut council of defense as one of the speakers in it's series or statewide war rallies. He will speak at six meetings this week and next and was on the program of a meet ing last evening in Clinton.
 Sergeant Gibbons was one of the first S0,000 Canadians to land in FranOs and was in the thick of the fighting in which the first British col oniaI troops participated. He was seriously wounded and lay helpless on the field until found by Germans and taken prisoner. g He was held captive for several months and was finally exchanged as soldier incapaciated for further military service. He is a natural orator and has held many audiences spellbound with his descrip- tions of life in the trenches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, pEsTRZCT or FARFTELD, s., COURT OF PROBATE.


 Dec 3,A, D., 1917.
 In the matter of the will of Win thrnp W. Thompson, late of New York city. in the StatS Af New York, daeeased, conveying property situated n this state and distrRctS
 Upon the petition 2of ElnA A. hompaon of Brook n, New York. requesting this court 4of reasons in la petition set forth to order on file and record in this court, certain fapera produced as duly authenti- ceteA end, exemplified copy of the last Nlli and Testament of said deceased and of the record of the proceedings, proving and establishing the same, in the State of New York and that the 9Epcutrtx named in said will be ap- proved by this court, as by said peti- ten on file in this court will more fully appear, 1t is 0rdered--That said petition be heard and determined at the Probate Office. in said Fairfield. on the 12th G2F of December, 1917, at Il o'clock eefenoon; at which time and place all persona interested therein are hereby rited to appear and show any objec- ton which they may have to the granting of said petition.
 tt is further ordered that said pe- ttkiouer give public notice of this orr der and citation by publishing the same ina newspaper having a circula- tion in this district, and by posting a copy Of said order on public sign post in said Fairfield at least 5 days before said day of hearing.
 BACON WAKEMAN,
 Judge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
CONTEND TROLLEYS
 ON 5 CENT FARE
 CAN MAKE MONEY

An an-day hearing on the petition of the city of Hartford against the stx-cent trolley fare was held before the public utilities commission at the Capitol yesterday. At the close of the day, the hearing was adjourned to December 10. Witnesses for the City occupied the whole of the morn ang session, while the afternoon ses- sion was devoted to taking the testi- mony of Dr. Thomas Conway, Jr., prcfeesor of finance of the University pf Pennsylvania, witness for the Connecticut Co.
 He has made special study of finance as 1t deals with public utili- tiea His testimony was with refer erce to the number of companies in the country which, have increased their rates. He also testified on the value of the franchises of these com panies and their rates of earnings, as compared with the value of their stocks.
 Concerning the advisability of unity in operation, he asserted that the large corporation is in a position to render greater and better service to the public than a number of smaller units. by reason of the abil- ity Co have staffs of competent oper- atcFa buying materials in larger Quantities at reduced costs, and other Considerations.
 The city's witnesses contended that city lines could be run on a profit on that basis, and that cities should not be called upon to make up the dencits of the country lines. This plea was made by Corporation Coun- ael Francis w. Cole.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
MULLINS NAMED DRIVER, BRIGHT
 IS ASSISTANT

F. s. Mullins, former assistant, has been appointed first driver of the am- oulance for the emergency hospital, to succeed Aubrey s. Burhson, who resigned after charges had been lodg. ed against him; and Mullins' place aas been filled by the appointment of Clifford Bright, of 234 Lafayette street.
 Both appointments were announced after yesterdays meeting of the board of charities. Mullins Is to receive $500 per year, and Bright $120e. Bright was employed by the Locomo- ,ile Co. as g. testor, and has had eight years experience driving auto mobiles.
 The board voted, yesterday, to hold Christmas celebrations at the Fresh Air Farm in Fairfield, for the benefit of the children there, on the Sunday before Christmas, and at Hillside Home on Christmas eve. These will be conducted on an elaborate scale. It is requested that persons who aru n position to do so, make contr1- buttons in the line of gifts for the inmates in these institutions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
Even the dolls. are patriotic.

Have you noted how different the dolls are? Isn't it just fine to see dolls that look like real ch dren They smile, they almost laugh some of them almost frown
 But they real dolls not what we used to call doll faced
 That's because they really ytruly American dolls! Yes, made right here in own homeland by busy American fingers Made by folks who had the Stars and Stripes waving above them they worked Why sholdnt t these dolls be real patriots? Twould be cause for won der, if they were not
 Every little American girl is going to be prou6er of her Dolly because it is real American dolly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04
DIED.

DIED.
 1HN6ON-In this city, Dec. 8, 1e1T. Florence, beloved wife of Lawrence E. Johnson, aged 20 yrs. month, day.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her fA&her-in-law J. B. Johnson, SIT Carroll avenue on Wednesday, Dec. s at 2:30 p. m
 Interment Mountain Grove ceme- tsry. @ < a" this city, Dec, 3, 1917, Margaret. widow of the late James Price.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her laughter. Mrs. Thomas c. Lynch, No. 20 Johnson street on Thursday, Dec. 6. at s.30 a. m. and from Sacred Heart church at a. m.
 Interment at St. Michaers ceme- tery. Automobile cortege. T b"p 1EOREHOUSE-In this city, Sunday Dec. 2. 191T. at his home, 21 High street, Charles V. Warehouse, aged 7T years, 3 months, 26 days.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from Henry D. Rishop's Mortuary chapel No. 274 Fairfield avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 9th at o'clock.
 Intermsnt Long Hill cemetery Automobile cortege. T 8 b. KusTERER-In this city. Dec. 8 14f7. Josephine, wife of the late Joseph Kusterer, aged 73 years, months,
 Friends are invited to attend ths funeral at her late residence No. 12t Summit street on Wednesday, Dec 9th at 2:30 p. m.
 Interment Mountain Grove ceme tery. T bSp