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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Waning Against Blackleg.

During the past two weeks ther.
have been a good number OF deaths
from Blackleg In the county and
vaccination Is being generally done
However unless preparations are
made to property dispose OF III
animals that die of this disease
there will not be chance to per
manently eradicate 1t.
When this disease once gets into
q pasture 1t takes years of proper
precautions to eradicate 1t. Vac
cinstiou twice a year of all cattle
under two years old and prompt
burning of all animals that die are
essential. Vaccination is simple
and the county agent is ready to
Instruct anyone 10 1t and also to
identify the disease when 1t Is
doubtful whether 1t Is blackleg or
not. Vaccinate your stock wheth-
er you have had a death or not and
see that every animal that dies In
kyour neiGhborhood Is promptly
Edestroyed. BY so doing much oI
the damage from this disease car
be prevented.
= BIackleg seems to affect only
animals In good condition and al
ready we have suffered more los
rom blackleg this year than W
have from anthrax.
BLAIR HARRISON.
County Agent.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
P. Female College.
BLAIR HARRISON,
County Agent.

The Female College opened las
week with a large attendance
there being now nearly eighty en-
rolled.
DR.. Holloman of Vicksburg, DR.
Featherstuu and Mr.. Satterield oI
Port Gibson delivered addresses al
the opening.
The faculty consists of Rev. 7.
]. O'Neil, Miss A. M. Kennard,
Ellen Bradley, Miss A NJ. Latham
Miss Hilda Thomson. Miss Mag
9ie O'Neil. Mrs. ]. S Hicks
Messrs. l. A. Saucier and Emmel
Rutledge.
Opening sermon was preached al
he Methodist church Sunday
morning by Rev. L. E. Afford
He also preached Sunday night.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
FanGrain.

If you are going to SOW wheat
or oats this fall now Is the time to
make preparations. Seed of both
of these grains are going to be
scarce at sowing time and this Is
particularly true of wheat. IT you
expect to get good seed wheat get
into the market eaily.
One way to make up for the
shortage of roughsge this winter Is
to SOW crops for grazing. Rye Is
one of the best for this purpose. I
can be sown late and will do better
on poorly prepared ground than
any other grain. The seed Is as
high as wheat and rye will yield as
many bushels as will wheat on
most of our lands, so If you want
TO SOW something for winter graz
ing that can be put In roughly and
that will grow on poor land and
still make a fair grain crop SOW
RYE.
BLAIR HARRISON,
County Agent.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
SPECIAL
SESSION
Governor Calls Legislature to Meet
Sept. Is, Outlining Matters
to Be Considered.

Jackson, Miss, sept. 18.-Gov'
erner Theodore G. Bilbo today is
sued proclamation convening the
Mississippi Legislature in special
session designating Tuesday, Sept
ember IS, 1917, as the date of con.
vening in the state capital.
The matters to be considered, as
stated by the governor, follow
First-Providing necessary funds
for the October distribution for
the support aud maintenance ofthe
public schools of the stale for the
first part of the scholastic year
IoI7.I8. This is necessary for
the reason that so money will be
available for the purpose of pay
ing public school teachers
until the appropriation at the jan
uary session of the Legislature of
1913 becomes available.
Second-It will be necessary, in
giving the proper protection to
the people, to reduce the state,
county, drainage, school and levee
district Ievies, since through the
efforts of the State Tax Commis-
sion with the cooperation of q
patriotic citizenship, the assessors
and boards OF supervisors of the
eighty. one counties of the state,
together with the Railroad Com
mission, The assessment of Missis
sIppi will be almost doubled.
Third-The creation of a Council
of State Defense, prescribing its
power and duties relative to the
general welfare, security and de
feuse OF the state.
Fourth-The creation of the
state militia for the purpose of pre-
serving The public order, peace
and tranquility and making an aP
preparation therefor,
Fifth-To provide ways and
means for meeting the states out
standing obligations that will
mature before the regular session
10 1913 can make provision for
their payment.
Sixtb-To provide for the exer
else of voters who are 10 the mill
tary, naval or other war services
of the United States and are ab.
sent from the state.
SeVenth-To provide for the
exempting OF sailors, soldiers and
other persons in actual military
and naval services of the United
States from the payment of any
debt contracted prior to their en-.
Iistment while the nation is at war;
aud for a reasonabletime thereafter
to be fixed by the Legislature in
the statute which they shall enact,
Eighth-To pass a uniform ware
house receipt law.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
REGISTER for Service.

Tomorrow is the last day OF the
weeks rr gtsIralion of Women fol
Patriouc Service. .Ihe list will
,e published next week. 1t you
are dong or willing to do any
thing for the soldiers and sailors
register 10 the Woman's Council,
Mississippi Division, Council ot
National Defense. Register il
classes: I, Agricultural; 2, CIeri
cal; 3. Domestic; q, Social Ser
VICE; S. Industrial; 6, Profession
al; 7, Pubic Service; 8, RED
Cross aud Allied Relief; 9, Mis-
cellaneous.
Hours-A. the Library, 10 to II
a. m. Red Cross Headquarters
10 6 p. m.
HARRIETTE A. PERSON.,
Registration Chairman, Claiborne
County.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

The showers in this immediate
neighborhood for the past few
days have been beneficial to pas.
lures, meadows, peas. young corn
and gardens, but open cotton has
begun to suffer from their effects.
The showers have been very par
tiaI, some parts of the county still
being dry.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

Prof. Jas. Somerville was here
this week visiting friends prior to
going to the Y. M. c. A. training
school at Springfield, Mass. After
being there a month be will be as.
signed to duty in one OF the train
ing camps aud later go to France.
Prof. SomerviIle made two at.
tempts to get into the army ser
vice, but was rejected on accouai
of imperfect sight.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Notice to Creditors.

Letters of administration. with
the viii attached, were granted to
the undersigned, upon the estate
of Mrs. Maliuda McMurchy. on
the z4th day of July. A. D. 1917.
~ the Chancery Court of Clai-
borne County. Mississippi. All
persons having claims against said
estate are required to have the
same probated and registered by
the clerk of said court within one
wear from the date of the first pub
icatlon of this notice. Failure t.
probate and register for one year
will bar the claim.
MAMIE E. SMITH,
Administrative G. 7. A.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Wanted to Sell

5000 choice fruit trees of the
est varieties. Grated paper shell
9ecan trees, any size wanted.
Also registered Duroc hogs,
young gifts and boars about ready
Tor breeding.
We invite the public to call and
inspect our stock.
Bruce Nursery Co.,
Hermanville, Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

/ have been requested by the
President of the Mississippi Ii
brary Association to suspend can
vass for books and periodicals and
to send those collected to the Sec
retary Y. NJ. C. A., Camp Jack
son, Miss, for distribution.
HARRIETTE A. PERSON.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Get Ready For School
Opening.

We have full line of all school
accessories such as tablets, writing
paper, pens, penhoIders, pencils,
sharpeners, aluminium and granite
drinking cups, satchels, bags and
lunch boxes. lunch baskets, inks.
mucilage, paste, craYons, bells,
water coolers, alarm clocks, and
lots of other Items for pupil and
teacher. Everything at special
low prices.
A call will convince you that we
have the right goods at right
price.
David Books Department Store.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
when the Props are Knocked
Away"

The above will be the subject Of
The pastors discourse at the Bap-
tist church Sunday evening. The
subject at the morning hour will
be "Stewardsbip." Morning SER
mon II. Evening sermon 7:45.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

c. P. Coca has filed a bill
against Mrs. Matte Keys ct al in
which the will of C. c. Coca is
contested d.-Vicksburg Post, Ioth.
The Coca family were former
residents of Claiborne county, and
Mr.. Coca was welI.to. do planter.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

Mrs. Carrie S. Boone of Clarks-
Vile, Tenn, announces the ap.
preaching marriage of her daugh.
ter, Annie LedIie, to Rev. w. F,
Creson OF Port Gibson. The we'd
ding will take place in Clarksville
on Oct. nth.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

Mr.. T. M. Rea has just received
$40, his pro rata share of a debt
the u. S. government owed bis
father on mail route contract
prior to the Civil War. The gov
ernment has owed this debt for So
years.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

George Lutz, who bought the
Saxon place near Utica last year.
made a very fne crop of oats last
spring. He bad a large acreage
planted, and the average yield was
a traction less tnan 90 bushels per
acre.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

P. NJ. Harding of Vicksburg, q
former Port Gibsonian, has been
appointed food commissioners OF
Mississippi. The selection is an
excellent one.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

Sheriff Davenport arrested W.
a. Lee in Washington counSy last
week, who is charged With eh
ticing minor child from home.
Lee was going by the name of T.
A. Morgan. His alleged offence
was committed near Hankinson
where be lived prior to going tp
Washington county. He is now
iu Jail.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

To the Patrons of the Pebble
School:
The Parent Teachers Assoeia
ton of the High School will be re-
organized Monday, Sept. Ar al
$3.50 P. M.
All parents, especially all moth
ers, are earnestly requested to at
tend. CARRIE w. RAMSEY,
Principal.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Music Pupils Wanted.

Studio will be In the home oI
Mrs. w. NJ. Watson, convenient
to the public school.
a23.3 LILLIAN ROGERS.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

B. H. Morehead is in St. Louis
buying mules and mares for Marx
& Morehead.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20

s2o-:3
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
NUMBER or COLLEGE STUDENTS
EARN THEIR EXPENSES.

Can a young man earn his expenses
while attending college, is question
often put Ia the University authorities
The answer rs being made in a very
practical way BY more than eighty L..
= 4 students this year whn are earn.
ing all oF part Of their expenses while
meeting the requirements of their cot
lcgtate work This number is composed
not altogether ef men students, bat
Includes fye or six young women.
Forty SIS OF these are employed by
the University a. dining room walters,
clerks ~ departments, night watch
men assistants In laboratories, dairy
mca assistants ia the library and cleo
irGcIana Others obtain occasional em-
pleyment a add Jobs, such as address
ing envelopes. marketing produce from
tbc Experimental gardens, repairing
darmirary equipment. and typeNriting
Thirty four students are working Ia
The ciiy Of Baton Rouge rs stcnorraph.
ers. clerks, newspaper reporters, hook
keepers collectors, musicians. soda
Fg..s,4.. Is. ,.t.rb. s...IIaBta.. ssr NFasaft,u
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
OUR eRoucHEs
iNalcheg Ilemoefal.l

There is the gettlngup Crouch Ita
causes are many the cure Ia the same
for all II can be done before We leave
our rooms just little deep breathing
before an open slnduw OF cold
plunge. viii do the work
There is the Crouch because the
morning coffee Is too weak or too
strong Well. most Of us dFink too
much coffee. anyway
There ls the Crouch over our clothes
which are never quite good enough
We can never cure this by buying any
more Il woman can AFFORD a chin.
chilla coat al forty Ave hundred dollars,
she eoyets a sable eepe at twenty thou
sand But II Ne will put our minds on
the needs OF the Red Cross IN Europe
we very soon become ashamed OF our
mad craze for linery
There ia the office crouch which
consists In trying 10 SO opposite TO the
course OF business events Just average
human peryersity kills harmony and
cooperation ia many an organization.
There is always some one above as or
near ns Ia be- Jealous Of The cure for
this Is 10 remember that be who would
command must FIRST learn 10 obey
And 1t this Kind Of philosophy does not
help. then the honest thing tn do Is 10
dnd another job
Every morning Ne seize fresh upon
aIl Of oar little pet Rfouehes as If they
acre novelties and noi ancient en-.
eunlbfaneps which we should have dis.
cardrd several years aso And perhaps
We can not cure ourselves altogether
of the habit Of getting grouchy about
something. But can We not prove our.
selves extraordinary almost heroic.
by getting rld OF these commonplace
grouebes and inyenting a few brand
heR ones Al least let's try foF few
days aud see hos much better things
will ga. aud h0w much brighter the
world Rill Seem 10 be-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
TRY DOING WITHOUT.
tChleago Tribune J

tChieago Tribunel
In former years II the housewife
VAS asked to pay 40 cents pound for
butter she resoiied and used cheaper
substitute This year she kicks hs
hlazes at paying 50 cents bat che
hths Il has gotten to be Joke A
seller vill offer 3 lot Of butter or eggs
at certain price feeling that no one
Nill b. foolish enough 20 pay that high,
aud the hrsl thing he knows his offer.
ing is accepted Therein lies the secret
of present high prices There are
liberal stocks 81 butter aud eggs In
cold storage and the holders have made
more money than they ever expected
to make stll there is ho way to make
them sell their products for 80 cents
when somebody IL Willing 10 pay them
80 cents and so long as buyers will
continue 10 pay advancing prices the
cost rs going tu ga up
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
SOILS sEsT ADAPTED TO CORN,

In the ailuvial lands, generally speak
iug. the best corn WilI be produced In
the mixed soils aud the distinctly
sandy loans. prosId ed the natural
suppIs Ut vegetable matter throughout
the soil has not been unduly depleted,
ur the soil otherwise abused By excess.
siye cropping and poor management
On the bluff lands, the black or dark
brown lnams that we're originally for.
psied with gum, magnolia and oeea.
sIoaal poplar. Nill produce the largest
Yields At corn
In the pine hill section, the red clay
soils or tho gray sandy loans under
laid Nith red elias aud sand subsuil ara
the best suited Tor corn production.
Auy soil to produce a guod ootn crop
must be- fairly loose Ia texture aud we'll
supplied with vegetable matter The
soil must furnish aig moisture and
mineral matter 10 the plan. from which
the cora is made " II pudsnn, Dean
aud Director H. s. e.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
THE INDUSTRIOUS DOLLAR,
lnaton Rouge state Times. }

lhatuu Rouge tatc1'tmrAl
The most industrious thing ia this
old world is the dollar II doesn't sleep
and It doesn't tire. II TOLLS ccaselessly
and for him who owns Il II comforts
aud cheers When there are uU other
friends TO comfort aHd cheer And II
sticks to It's owner just a. closely as
It's owner sticks 10 II aid no closer
Al af ahIeh Is suggested by a little
poem printed recently Ia LcsIie's.
the FIRST verse OF which reads
Friend Dollar whom ! salted
When my life was Ia It's prime
Your earning power goes ca aud on
Unchecked by march Of tlme,
My strength has aaued ms back Ia bent
My pep has nozed away
Vet YOU keep tolltng hiithesomely
Two dozen hours day.
Your arteries don't harden
And your eyesight doesn't fail,
With youth that is eternal
You 80 piling up the kaIe'
] worked for you when VAS young,
When locks eutwined nay brow
Since age has made me bald and gray,
You're working for nae nov.
But Il perhaps does little good 20
sing SO hIilhely or to write 50 seriously
about the Industrious dollar Youth
has never yet learned anything froin
preahmentg. II learns only from ex,
perteHee Il doesn't appreciate the
dollar shou the dollar IL loafiug around
and easily grabbed not as general
rule There isn't one Young fellow In
a Thousand who can understand the
indHtrlousuess of the dollar. of Who
is going 90 try 10 save a few of them
after reading such siuA as this
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03

70 q father Who admitted IN court
that hr did net KNOW hos hls son, then
under arrest. had beru spending his
evenings or what IL. had been doing,
the Judge put somn questions that other
fathers might cell AK themselves
DO you keep a horse" Yes. Your
Honor Where is It noa 90 Ia the
harm "1ou know shcrr Il is eyFy
HIght dout YOU You lock lhe barn
daur To- keep tha horse safe. and you
feed 10 aud care Tor IT, don't youF
YES. sir" Which do you think the
most of the horss az the boy The
boy. pf course" Then see that you
treat him a. upIl as sou treat the
horsc" The Youths Companion
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
THE MOTHER AGE.
youths Companion }

lbAtH ' btdNdHttlFf
Two little girls were talking one
day "llow old is your mother the
blseeyed one asked
why, she's Just The age all mothers
are, replied the browu-eyed one.
BluesyeE was full OF scorn
They aren't all one age, gooaey!
There's yonr mother aud mine but
there's old Mrs Ray, aud she's Miss
Aithsas mother aud she's awful cid =
Browneyes medltated Upon this
No. she replied. YOU couldn't so
to her aud tell her things the way you
can Ia real ones. The mother has all
gone oui at her She's Just 81 old lady ~
Poor old Mrs Ray. who had lost
her motherhood somewhere down the
years. FOR the child was right The
mother had gone ont of her She had
Rrogu qnrruIuus, eNaettng. seIfcenired
Indifferent To the pulslng life about her
And when one reaches lhat place, 80
matter what glory her past has held,
she has lost It. she In no longer a
mother ia the great aud splendid full.
ness at The word
Hat there Is another side 10 H. The
child VAS speaking deeper truth than
she could know True motherhood ia
agpless. because its essence is love,
aud love is eternal. once a mother. al.
ways a mother. 20 those Who have the
mother heart The hair may grew white
and TIN and the figure bent and fran,
hut the children know. and, careless Of
outward appearance, 80 straight to the
heart Of the matter So DO many others
all the little neighbnrhood, whatever
II may be- She has her Anger upon It's
pulse joys with is Joys sorrows With
it, sorrows, holds them all In her
heart There il no age for such as
these.
The truth goes deeper stiIl There
are mothers ia the world many Of
them Nho never have known the
touch of children OF their own, SO they
mother others They are 'old mazda,
some of them born too early TO know
the freedom OF a generation that has
discarded the label, they are women
whose lives have put duty before the
woman dream, womca imprisoned by
hard circumstance Yet if they carry
a mother heart they always come to
their oNu, because the world needs
them so much There never ere mothers
enough 10 go round All. from the
little mother Of the tonomeuts 10 the
oldest and ffaileat are SO terribly
needed They meet hafdshipa, sorrows.
poFpleNties. bat alwuys, too they meet
great JOY. and, as the child said they
have nothing to do with age Years
cannot touch those Who understand
because they love
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
IMPROBABLE DAIRY cows
MUST co.

The man who continues ia the dairy
business In the face Of the great in.
crease in prices Of feed and other
necessities of that Industry will End II
more Important than ever 10 kprp a
record of the cost and production Ul
each COW in bis herd and weed cat The
ones that de- not return a profit accord.
ing 10 e II Staples. Dairy Specialist,
Extension Division. l.. $ e.
The only way Ia keep au accurate
record is To charge the Individual u ia
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
VALUE OF WASTE MATERIALS.
Times l'icayune1

II Wiil not create much surprise to
learn from the National Association Of
Waste Material Dealers that the value
Of the Junk and other waste aud refuse
sold during the year reached over one
billion dollars. All or nearly all this
material vas formerly thrusn away.
bat Is now being sold aud put 10 use.
aud II equals the value Of the cotton
crop
As the president ef the association
puts il the American public has been
very wastsful of It's waste From the
houses of rich people as one juHkman
put II. where one would naturally ex
pect to obtain the greatest amount of
waste, no waste vas offered for sale
Dealing With the Iuukman vas too
much trouble II vas easier to burn
the waste than to sell IT, Hut this
burning up OF money says the presl.
dent Of the dealers. has ceased 10 a
great extent The war" he continues,
has stimulated the saving Of waste
materials ia aa extent never before
known, The American people are learn
ing not 10 be as careless about odds
and ends OF materials as formerly The
result has been that the junkmen have
picked up more second hand products
than ever before. A nationwide
cleanup In all sections OF the country
Of waste materials has distributed mil
lions of dollars among the people
The conservation movement inaugu,
rated SOME years ago accomplished
some Improvement In this tiue and r..
dueed the amount OF waste. bat the
var has checked the extravaganza even
more, for nearly all waste materials
nov have a value never known before
Rags have mounted up until they are
almost as valuable as the goods were
originally. for rags are needed In the
manufacture of explosives. The same
IL true oi scrap iron aud Junk. and there
is very little HON that has not some
value and worth more than 1t was
year ago.
How different il this from the time
when We threw away one third of all
we produced, when cotton seed was
viewed as a nuisaaee aud an expensive
material hecause nf the trpasle ans
cost Of getting rid Of ID. and the states
generally prohibited is dumping into
the streams, the process formerly most
used 10 dispose Of It, when The cane,
after being crushed, Was burned In
large baRaEse ehiuHeys aud tot even
used as fuel The American people. |
was'eful because nj the great wealth |
OF the country are a tFItle more saving |
today but the best lesson on this point |
has come from the war In Europe Il |
has taught the people that they cannot |
afford to waste or lose anything and |
the government has tnterlcred Ia teach
the public aud compel economy Of re-
sources, While ia America, the great |
value uf these waste products il at |
least appreciated We hope that the |
same spirit has led Europe towards
saving aud economy will reach the
United States aud that the hateful es |
tFayaEaacc Of waste that already has |
kept down our credit Wlll be- complete. |
y eliminated IL iB not the country /
alone that Is suffering from this eN
trayagauce bat the individual fanatics
as we'll, FOR national waste naturally |
leads To individual waste, and With an |
Increasing prosperity We are becoming !
a very prudKal aud extravagaRt people |