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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02

The department Of home economics
in Union county, under the leadership
of Mrs. H. B. Niseman, county worker,
has been given quite a boost and a
great stimulus to the interest of wo-
men and girls of the county by a short
course of demonstrations and lectures
by experts in the employ of the state
and federal governments.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02
ISYOur Liver a Stacker?
Make 1t Do It's Duty
by Using
Dicks Liyer-AC Pills

At the Woman Tailor's.
whats all the eXcitement?~
ooh, there's pretty girl in that tail
Oring place having a fit"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02
SAVE T. DOCTORS BILL

SAVE f. DOCTORS BILL
by keeping Mississippi Diarrhea Cor
dial handy Cor all stomach complaints.
Price 25c ard 50c.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02
Sreenvilie to Get Dock.

Officers and directors of the Green
vile chamber of commerce asked for
the cooperation of the state ievee
board with the city and the govern
ment in the revetment of the river
banks on the Greenville front and the
construction of dock or landing for
boats. The board allotted $22,500 for
it's share in the work, while the gov
eminent, it is. understood. will put
down 1000 feet of revetment, the city
balance necessary to get first-class
of Greenville being asked to do the
landing for all kinds of river craft.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02

RuSSelI Pdr0Ou8 - ~ 0assCi.
Acting Gov. lie M. Russell pardoned
Lois C. Garner of Tunica. Garner was
sent up for life on charge Of murder.
He is a former A. 4 M. college student,
who killed Audrey Prince, aged II
years, at Maud last April. The pardon
board refused to recommend q par
don for Garner, who, It is alleged, shot
young Prince down In cold blood.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02

Weekly Crop Report.
William E. Barron, meteorologist
with headquarters at vicksburg, sends
out the following weekly summary OF
weather and crop conditions in Missis'
sippi:
Frequent showers caused a rapid
growth in practically all districts. Late
corn is in fine condition, and much
early corn has improved. Cotton is
fruiting heavily. Cultivation of cotton
and corn has been thorough except 10.
cally, where the fields were too wet.
Boil, weevils are increasing, and in
some places are becoming a serious
menace. There are few reports of
shedding. Pastures and meadows are
improving. Peas, sugar cane, sor-
ghum and peanuts are doing we'll. The
planting of late corn and setting Of
sweet potato vines has continued. A
second crop of Irish potatoes is being
planted"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02
MUST CLEAN CITY
If SOLDIERS STAY
WAR DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES Of
FlclALs TO REMOVE ALL
"DENS OF VICE."
CLOSES REDLIGHT DISTRICT
After August is Rigid Enforcement of
"Vag Law" viii Be Invoked
Against Inmates OF DisorderIy
Houses and Resorts.

Hattiesburg.-At a meeting of the
mayor and commissioners an order
was passed abolishing the restricted
district Of the city and ordering all in
mates of the house in this district to
leave the city on or before Aug. Is.
The order provides that after that date
the laws affecting vagrancy will be
rigidly enforced. Chief Of Police ].
F. Bennett was ordered to advise all
residents Of the district to vacate ct
once. 1t was further ordered that a
police force and provost guards will be
placed around the restricted quarters
Immediately on the arrival of the first
troops in the city to prevent either
civilians or soldiers from entering the
red light district.
Mayor Batson stated that he has
been advised that some 70 the inmates
of the district have not enough money
to leave the city, but chat Hattiesburg
ministers are at work securing homes
and raising funds for such as will
mend their ways and lead different
lives.
The mayor and commissioners also
passed an order calling for an election
in ten days for the people of the city
to vote on the question of extending
the credit of the city in the sum Of $25,-
900 to meet emergencies as they arise
from time to time in the way Of in
creasing the police force, extending Wa
ter mains and improving sanitary con-
ditions in compliance with government
instructions. This loan will be taken
care Of by bond issue when ratified
by the people.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-02

Find Anthrax In Four Counties.
Anthrax is present in four Missis-
sippi counties, despite hard fight by
officials of the U. S. bureau of animal
industry to conquer the disease. The
counties are Hancock, Adams, Pearl
River and Warren. Adams is only
slightly affected.
Nine thousand head of cattle and
horses have been vaccinated in Han
cock county and 5000 in Warren. Pearl
River county has the disease fairly
well under control, but is continuing
the fight.
Seeking Cavalry Recruits.
Capt. John Meunier Of the Biloxi
cavalry troop received an order from
Adjutant General Erie c. Scales stat
ing that the secretary of war had di-
rected that all members OF the national
guard of Mississippi who have depend
emit relatives must at once be discharg-
ed from the federal service. Members
OF this troop will also come under this
order and Capt. Meunler has begun an
investigation as q result OF which a
number Of recruits will have to be OBJ
tanned to fill vacancies. The troop OF
cavalry will be modified Aug. 5.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
CASE OF BROTHERLY LOVE
New King Of Greece Once Hurled
Challenge at Crown Prince, But
Latter Declined to Accept.

A good story is told concerning the
new King Alexander Of Greece, be-
tween whom and his elder brother,
Prince George, there is not, nor ever
has been, any love lost. One day
shortly after his fathers accession to
the throne shoot was In progress on
the royal estates near Athens, and
during the luncheon hour discussion
arose on accidents at shooting par
ties.
"No man has ever peppered me in
mistake for a pheasant" remarked
Prince George. IF anyone were fool
ish enough to do so would shoot him
dead on the spot"
Shortly afterward, when sport had
been resumed, the crown prince felt a
shower Of shot rattle round his gait
cred legs, and, turning in a fury to
find whence it proceeded, saw his
brother with gun leveled in his d.
rection.
"rve got another barrel ready"
said Prince Alexander. "Will you
shoot?"
The challenge was not accepted.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Maid Of Orleans Annexed.

More annexations! This time the
German victim is Joan of Arc. Yes, the
Germans are actually claiming the pa
tron saint of France as a fellow-coun-
trywoman, says the London Chronicle.
They have acquired large quantities Of
statuettes and images Of the maid in
the French towns which they still &C.
cupy. In one case, at least, they or
dered manufacturer to make dupli-
Gates of his casts. The Frenchman
was astonisbed, and asked the reason
of this devotion. "Oh," was the reply,
from Bavarian officer, "Joan of Arc
Is not French, since she, was Lor-
rainer, and Lorraine is German. Ger
tsinly she prayed to heaven for the
success of our arms, for they are d.
rected against her mortal enemies; the
French, who delivered her up, and the
English, who burned her!"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
ALL SENSATIONS IN BRAIN
Persons Make a Mistake When They
Say They Feel Pain In other
Portions Of the Body.

Where do you feel the pain? asks
the doctor. In my finger, in my ear,
in my foot, the sufferer replies, and II
the physician told him he did not feel
1t there but In his head, the average
man would doubt the doctors sanity.
Yet the doctor would be right.
In an address at the University Of
California, Prof. G. II. Parker Of Har-
ward told the students that we have
been obliged to give up the idea that
sensations are spread throughout our
bodies. for persons who have lost a
limb often feel sensations that seem
to come from the missing member.
"Our sensations" said Professor
Parker, "are not located In the peri
pheral parts affected, but in the CEN
trail nervous system, and within that
portion of II known as the cerebral
cortex." This is the outer layer, or
gray matter Of the brain. One may
lose an arm, yet have the sensation Of
pain In the hand but IL small piece
of that particular part Of the brain to
which run the sensory nerves from
the arm be removed, one will never
again feel anything In that arm. not
even If the hand be placed In the fire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
CATCHING BULLETS IN AIR
This 10 Latest Sport Of British AvIa-
tors, According to One Of Latest
Tales From Trenches

In a London newspaper IL printed
an account Of British aviator flying
over the German lines and catching
bullet that had stopped dead still for
the smallest fraction of second" be-
fore turning from an ascending into a
descending missile. Although the news
paper prints no photograph Of the
bullet, nor even of the pocket into
which the aviator placed 1t, the odd
story has other elements Of truth suf-
ficient to prove the authenticity of the
whole narrative, remarks the New
York Herald. 1t has a swarm of Ger
man bullets "whinin,; :" this is indis-
putable, because that has been the
Characteristic Of all Teutonic bullets
ever since the battle Of the Marine. It
has the Germans trying to wing" the
fiier; here is the typical Teutonic at
tempt to induce suffering through
manning.
But the greatest evidence Of truth is
the final sentence explaining how "the
aviator reached quickly, grabbed the
bullet and put 1t in his pocket" He
grabbed" 1t quickly merely because
he was flying ut the rate Of $50 miles
an hour, but he put 1t in his pocket
because a whining German bullet that
had been fred from a rifle and had
gone through the superheated air sur
rounding the aviator was as white hot
as Munchausen would be If he were
hliye to castigate those who doubt the
newest tale from the trenches.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
The Shirtwaist Dress.

The shirtwaist dress, sometimes
made of tub or shifting silk, again Of
crepe de chine and frequently of shirt
ing flannel. is one of the favorites of
the present season. No well-ordered
wardrobe Is considered complete
without one of these charming little
frocks, which are as attractive for sim
pie morning or porch wear as they are
for tennis or other sport. Usually a
striped weave is selected, with collar
and cuffs of white or plain blending
color, giving pretty trimming touch
to the garment. Obviously in the most
useful type of shirtwaist dress, waist
and skirt are securely Joined, so there
Is no uncomfortable slipping apart
no matter how strenuous Is the sport
INDUCED In.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Here Is an evening gown on early
Flemish lines. The material Is heavy
crepe satin, with oirdle of cloth Of
gold. The bodice and train are en-
broldered In Flemish design. The lin
ing Of the train 10 goId-brown velvet.
fashionable way Of walking called the
Grecian bend, which was the absurd
predecessor of the equally absurd de-
butante SLOUGH.
In the days Of the tie-back skirt,
little girls would secure safety pins
by indirect means, and pull the fullness
of their skirts back and up, thus hav-
ing little fluff of their own below the
waist. They were always caught at
this by their mothers and nurses, be-
cause the safety pins tore the material
and made gaping holes.
Again, in this day of elimination Of
waste through the necessities of war,
we are to be put into the tight skirt
with it's fullness arranged at the back
In series of slight flares.
1t is not possible to say with any
degree of certainty whether this skirt
will be widely accepted when the au-
tumn comes. Reporting, and not
prophecy, is the duty of those who try
to give the news of dress as it comes
out week after week.
The American designer, as well as
the French one, has gone In for THIS
upward tilt of material at the end of
the spine and 1t may be that the later
fashions will accentuate 1t.
Whatever may be the fullness,
though, at any special spot on the
skirt, those who are regarding the
question Of new clothes must remem'
Der that the hem will be almost as
narrow as it was In the days Of the
hobble skirt.
There Is marked tendency toward
the sheath skirt In several Of the new
costumes. The material sinks into
the figure after 1t leaves the waist
and the hem provides only stepping
width.
The shortness of the skirt for street
wear is necessary. In the spring
there was a decided tendency to
leugthen skirts. aud many conserva-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Routed by Balloons.

An old gentleman met with a pecul-
lar experience at Madeira Hill, Queens
town. South Africa. Reaching the
crest Of the hill, he was about to settle
for q quiet smoke In sheltered nook
when he was startled by loud bark
In close proximity, then by another
and another. He had dropped on big
drove Of balloons, numbering at least
Q hundred. Almost on every rock
there WINS one barking defiance ut him |:
a little farther OF was big crowd
Of young onds. H saisod his stick
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Cold Congregations.

Billy Sunday told story at Brook
lyn luncheon about an apathetic Mis-
sourian congregation.
This bunch's preacher" he said.
has wrastled among 'em for thirty
seven years, and never an encouraging
word but one has he got in all that
time.
He told me about 1t with tears In
his eyes. He said he was on the way
home to dinner when a deacon hailed
him. The deacon shook him by the
hand and then actually said:
"'Ah. parson. that was a beautiful
text you preached from Sunday eve
nin'.'"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
The Perfect Blockade.

Carl w. lunch, millionaire dyer,
said In Cincinnati:
"Now we've cut off the neutrals,
Germany is bound to fare as sparsely
as the Schmidt family.
Mrs. Schmidt, you know, took her
large family of children to the city
one day, and when lunch time caiue
she led them into restaurant.
"'Waiter,' she said, 'one sirloin
steak and seven plates
1.-THE waiter gave start. Then he
bent over Mrs. Schmidt and whispered,
respectfully:
"Beg pardon, madam, but If you
and your family was to take that there
table by the kitchen door and sniff
hard I think you'd get more of q
NEAL"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
BUSTLE EFFECT
in FALL STYLES

New York 1T would be odd II the
edict for elimination of waste material
In clothes that has gone forth from
the governing factors In dress on both
continents, would be responsible Tor
the incoming of the hustle.
So far as the expert observer can
see into the near future OF autumn
costumery which is now being planned,
shown and bought, the only actual
elimination of material Is in the width
of the skirt.
There is little sense in being obstin-
ate about the width Of skirts: they're
going to be narrow, and 1t Is quite
as well that dressmakers and women
accept this fact without cavil.
Once before in the history OF clothes
there was tight skirt which was said
to have been caused by the Civil war
In America. 1t became the fashion
after Appomattox and remained In
fashion for decade and half after
ward. 1t was also caused by the ne
cessity for economy In material, as the
four years war had nearly exhausted
the commodities of this country.
That skirt was called the tie-back.
The front and sides were pulled
across the figure so that the wearer
could barely step, and rubber bands
were put across the back below the
waistline, to draw the material up
into series of little puffs. This was
as much of hustle as was permitted.
Persistence Is Amazing.
The persistence of this fashion has
been an amazing thing to those who
study clothes. It's origin was in the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
YOU MAY TRY CUTICURA FREE
That's the Rule-Free Samples to Any
y. one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence in the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to send samples on request. They are
ldel for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Social centers for Soldiers.

The Y. w. @. A. has opened its first
camp house at the Plattsburg training
camp. Intended as social center
where student soldiers may meet their
woman friends and their families, It
Is equipped with a restaurant, broad
terrace facing the parade grounds, a
reception room and rest and writing
rooms. The Y. w. c. A. is endeavor-
ing to raise $1,00O,O00 for the erection
of similar buildings at other training
camps here and in Europe. Some Of
its workers are already in France In
preparation for this work
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Liberty Still Lives.

"Whut's meant by dis here food con-
trolT asked Mr.. Samuel Jackson.
Niger" answered Mr.. George
Washington Jones, "dat means dat dc
man whit tries ter git more'n his share
of victuals is goin' ter run right slap
bang inter de gov'ment."
"Dey amt nothin' In dem rules an
regulations ter keep a Guild man fom
stelin' a watermelon an chicken
sometimes, Is dey?"
"Course dey ain'tl Dis is still free
country"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or caIlus so 1t lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callhs loosens so II can be
lifted of, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take of every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as 1t
is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
II your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

to his shoulder as II he was going to
shoot, \but at this the barking only
grew more fierce and more general.
He thereupon decided to give the
balloons a "strategical riddle" evacu-
ated the crest, and came down the
town side Of the hill In an orderly re-
treat and not too slowly.-Exchange.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Thank His Wife.

Shakespeare had good deal Of
trouble with his wife,"
"Say on, Macduff."
"She is said to have harassed him
continually"
"Quite So" chimed in the crouch. IF
It hadn't been for her what plays he
might have written."-Louisville Cour-
ler-Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
No cold, No Eoos

American customs In business are
being adopted in Europe more and
more. A shipment Of several million
eggs has been held up by the Dutch
authorities on the German frontier.
The Germans had promised to pay In
gold, and offered some of their "Just
as good" paper. They didn't get the
eggs, after they'd shown the "color OF
their money."-New Haven Register.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Hadn't as Yet.

Belle-You say Bob kisses you
against your WHIP But you surely can
stop that
June-Possiblyl One never knows
what one can do until one tries, I
suppose Buffalo News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15
Not Unreasonable.

do you think any Of the other girls
In the graduating class are as pretty
as / ann" she questioned.
"No," she answered judicially, "and
/ don't think one could assemble
enough features from the entire crowd
to make girl as pretty as you are"
That satisfied her.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Better a clean plate now than an
empty one later.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Labor IL the best test Of the ener.
gies of men, and furnishes an admir-
able training for practical wisdom."-
Samuel Smiles.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Philadelphia compels citizens to OBJ
serve economy in the use Of water.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Flat feet may be a good excuse, but
cold feet are not.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Briefly Explained.
'You look all tuckered out. Where
you going for your vacation?"
"Been there
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Only a third of South Americas
population is of pure white blood
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

Boston has 2o,e94 aliens of army
age.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-15

COR CAFE 30 aeres improved stock farm, gooa
TOh oAkE soil; nne bufldings; near maTket;
cheap. Owner O. zindel, Nsiilsvfls, CLARA Co.,Wia
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-16
THE FOX Won BETHMANN.
HOLLWEG.

Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg's
address in the Prussian Diet, in which
he intimated that there might be posi-
bility of granting the people of Germany
more power was timed just about right
TO forestall revolutionary sentiment in
Germany when the same sentiment was
cmtching Russian monarchy by the
throat. The exact timing of the chan
cellor's speech goes to prove that the
German government has close espion-
age system in operation in at least one
of her great enemies, and it proves also
that the reason for the confidence ex-
pressed in Germany for victory in the
war was the knowledge of the growing
spirit of dissension among the Russian
people, always oppressed and tax-bur-
dened and now weighed down immeasur-
ably more by the demands for the con-
tinuance of the war. It was inevitable
that something of the spirit of the Rus
sian revolutionists should find its way
through the international barriers and
sweep the discontented German people
into the same maelstrom OF excitement
that stirred Petrograd. Anticipating
that possibility and knowing perhaps ex
actly when the revolution was to break
out in Russia, the German chancellor,
with fox-like craftiness, uttered speech
in the Diet to the effect that the great
mass of the German people would have
to be enlisted more in the rehabilitation
Of Germany after the war. 1t was
scarcely promise of more power for the |
German people; it was merely slyly |
sorded hint which was calculated to give
he German people the idea that they
we're to get something out of this war.
The correlation of the two occurrences.
he one in Russia and the other in Ger
many, reveals to us what a real world
power Germany has come to be during
he past half.century.