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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
FARMERS STORY.

II am q farmer and raise rye. One
day took bushel Of rye down to
the distiller and sold it to him for so
cents. The distiller got out Of that
bushel Of rye three and half gallons
Of proof whisky-although hear now
that he can get four gallons out Of q
bushel--whlch he sold to the saloon
keeper.
81 then started In with that saloon
keeper to drink up my bushel Of rye
Mt 10 cents q drink. eight drinks to
the pint, or 80 cents for pint, or
$6.40 for a gallon. The three and
half gallons Of proof whisky which my
5O-cent rye made had cost me $22.40.
had to sell enough rye to the distiller
to get money to pay the saloonkeeper.
When / hauled my A As bushels Of
rye to the dlstiller to pay for what
he had gotten out of one bushei, / said
to myself. What q fool wast
'Is there another farmer as big
fool as II"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09

the vase was a great platter piled high
with sweet corn, on the cob! Around
the table were six plates, with the nee
ter for each. There was also small
dish of peaches at each place, and an
individual plate of butter. That was
all-except the napkins. But Prudence
made no apologies She was daugh-
ter of the parsonage! She showed Rev.
Mr.. Morgan to his place as graciously
and sweetly as though she were usher
ing him in to a twenty-seven-course
banquet.
"Will you return thanks, Mr.. Nor
gan?" she said.
And the girls bowed their heads.
Rev. Mr.. Morgan cleared his throat,
and began: "Our Father we thank thee
for this table,"
There was more of the blessing. but
the parsonage girls heard not one adj
ditional phrase-except Connie. who
followed him conscientiously through
every word. Carol burst into merry
laughter, close upon his reverent
"Amen"-and after one awful glare
at her sister, Prudence joined in, and
soon 1t was rollicking group around
the parsonage table. Mr.. Morgan him
self smiled uncertainty. He was puz-
zled. More, he was embarrassed. But
as soon as Carol could get her breath
she gasped out an explanation.
"You were just-right, Mr.. Morgan
to give thanks-for the table There's
nothing-on ito be thankful for y
And the whole family went off once
more into peals of laughter.
Mr.. Morgan had very little appetite
that day. He did not seem to be Sc
fond of sweet corn as he had assured
Prudence. He talked very little, too
And as soon as possible he took his
hat and walked hurriedly away. He
never called at the parsonage again.
A few weeks after this Carol distin.
guished herself again, and to her last.
ing modification. A man living only
six blocks from the parsonage had gen.
erously offered Mr.. Starr free pastur.
age for his pretty little Jersey in his
broad meadow, and tho offer was CRATE.
fully accepted. This meant that every
evening the twins must walk after the
COW, and every morning must take her
back for the days grazing.
One evening, as they were starting
out from the meadow homeward with
the docile animal, Carol stopped and
gazed at Blinkie refectively.
Lark" she said, Il just believe to
my soul that 1 could ride this COW
She's so gentle. and I'm such good
hand at sticking on"
Carroll" calculated Lark. "ThinB
how 1t would look for parsonage girl
to go down the street riding cow
"But there's no one to see," protest
ed Carol. And this was true. For the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
No Alternative Consistent
With Country's Honor.

II think that you will agree with me
that. in view of this declaration, which
suddenly and without prior intimatlon
of any kind deliberately withdraws
the solemn assurance given in the Inn
perial governments note of the fourth
of May, 1916, this government has no
alternative consistent with the dignity
and honor of the United States, but to
take the course which, in its note of
the eighteenth of April. 1916. it an
nounced that it would take in the
event that the German government did
not declare and effect an abandonment
of the methods of submarine warfare
which it was then employing and to
which it now purposes again to re-
sort
II have. therefore, directed the sec
rotary of state to announce to his ex-
cellency the German ambassador that
all diplomatic relations between the
United States and the German empire
are severed and that the American am
bassador at Berlin will be Immediately
withdrawn, and in accordance with
this decision to hand to his excellency
his passports.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
Purpose Only Defense
OF American Rights.

ave do not desire any hostile con.
fiict with the imperial German govern
ment. We are the sincere friends Of
the German people and earnestly de-
sire to remain at peace with the gov
eminent which speaks for them. We
shall not believe that they are hostile
to us unless and until we are obliged
to believe 1t, and we purpose nothing
more than the reasonable defense Of
the undoubted rights of our people.
We wish to serve no selfish ends. We
seek merely to stand true alike In
thought and In action, to the imme-
mortal principles of our people which
l sought to express In my address to
the senate only two weeks ago-seek
merely to vindicate our right to liberty
and an unmolested life. These are
the bases of peace. not war. Grant
that we shall not be challenged to de-
fend them by acts Of wilful injustice
on the part Of the government of Ger.
MANY"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
CHAPTER II-continued.

So it was that the twins and Connie
were alone for a while.
"You did a pretty good job, Connie"
said Carol approvingly.
"Yes, / think 1 did myself" was the
complacent answer. "But l intended
to put in, Keep us as the apple of thy
eye. hold us in the hollow of thy hand,
i had notion to put in postscript
but believe that isn't DONE"
"Never mind" said Carol, "I'll use
that in mine, tomorrow"
! 1t cannot be said that this form of
family worship was great success.
The twins were invariably stereotyped,
cut and dried. They thanked the Lord
for the beautiful morning, for kind
friends, for health, and family, and par
sonage. Connie always prayed in SEN
fences extracted from the prayers of
Others she had often heard, and every
time with nearly disastrous effect.
! But later on the morning worship
went better. The prayers of the chill
dren changed-became more personal,
less fiOwery. They remembered that
when they knelt they were at the
feet of God, and speaking direct to
him.
The family had been in the new par
sonage only three weeks. when a Wis
tting minister called on them. 1t was
about ten minutes before the lunch
con hour at the time of his arrival.
Mr.. Starr was in the country, visiting,
so the girls received him alone. 1t
was an unfortunate day for the STAIRS.
Fairy had been at college all morning,
and Prudence had been rummaging in
the attic, getting it ready for a rainy
day and winter plnyroom for the
younger girls. She was dusty and
tired.
The luncheon hour arrived, and the
girls came in from school, eager to be
up and away again. Still the grave
young minister sat discoursing upon
serious topics with the fldgety Pru-
,dence-and in spite of dust and per-
SEPARATION, she was good to look upon.
Rev. Mr.. Morgan realized that, and
could not tear himself away. Finally
Prudence sighed.
"Do you like sweet corn, Mr.. Nor
ganY
This was entirely out of the line Of
their conversation, and for a moment
he faltered. Sweet corn?" he repeated.
Eyes, roasting ears, you know
cooked on the cob"
Then he smiled. "Oh, yes, indeed.
Very much" he said.
"Well," she began her explanation
rather drearily, II was busy this morn
ing and did not prepare much lunch
eon. We are very fond of sweet corn,
and I cooked an enormous painful. But
that's all we have for luncheon-sweet
icorn and butter. We haven't even
bread, because am going to bake this
afternoon, and we never eat 1t with
sweet corn. anyhow Now, IL you care
Ito eat sweet corn and butter. and
lcanned peaches, we'd just love to have
you stay for luncheon with u.s."
| Rev. Mr.. Morgan was charmed, and
fsaid SO. So Prudence rushed to the
kitchen, opened the peaches in hurry,
and fished out a clean napkin for their
guest. Then they gathered about the
table. five girls and the visiting min
lister. It was really curious sight,
that table. In the center stood toll
vase Of goldenrod. On either side Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09

might appear to be susceptible Of that
construction. In order, however, to
avoid any possible misunderstanding
the government of the United States
notifies the imperial government that
1t cannot for a moment entertain,
much less discuss, a suggestion that
respect by German naval authorities
for the rights of citizens of the United
States upon the high seas should In
any way in the slightest degree be
made contingent upon the conduct OF
any other government affecting the
rights of neutrals and noncombatants.
Responsibility in such matters Is
single. not joint; absolute, not rela-
tive.'
ITO this note of the eighth of May
the imperial German government made
no reply. On the thirty-first of Janu-
airy. the Wednesday of the present
week. the German ambassador handed
to the secretary of state, along with
formal note. a memorandum which
contains the following statements:
1.-THE imperial government, there
fore, does not doubt that the govern
ment of the United States will under
stand the situation thus forced upon
Germany by the entente allies brutal
methods of war and by their determina-
ton to destroy the central powers and
that the government of the United
states will further realize that the
now openly disclosed intentions of the
entente allies give back to Germany
the freedom of action which she re-
served in her note addressed to the
government of the United States on
May a. 1916.
"'Under these circumstances Ger
many will meet the illegal measures
Of her enemies by forcibly preventing
after February /, 1917. in zone
around Great Britain, France, Italy
and in the eastern Mediterranean all
navigation, that of neutrals included,
from and to England and from and to
France, ETC.. etc. All ships met within
the zone will be sunk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
REMEpY EoR AcclpENrs.

"The drunken chauffeur ID a men,
ace to public safety, a danger to life
and limb" says Judge SABBATH Of Chi.
cago. president Of the Citizens Traf-
&c and Safety commission. and he
recommends that the courts he given
authority to impose prison sentences
upon such.
Why not abolish that which pro-
duces drunken chauffeurs and similar
menaces to public safety? Every ciu-
zen who votes to perpetuate the sa-
loon shares In. the responsibility for
the dangers Of drunkenness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09

GRO BE coNTINuEn.l
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
Cannot Believe Germany
viii Carry Out Threats.

Notwithstanding this unexpected
action of the German government,
this sudden and deeply deplored re-
nunciation of its assurances, given
this government at one of the most
critical moments of tension in the re-
lations Of the two governments, I re-
fuse to believe that 1t is the intention
Of the German authorities to do in
fact what they have warned us they
will feel at liberty to do. i cannot
bring myself to believe that they will
indeed pay no regard to the ancient
friendship between their people and
our own or to the solemn obligations
which have been exchanged between
them and destroy American ships and
take the lives of American citizens
in the willful prosecution of the ruth
less naval program they have an
nounced their intention to adopt. Only
actual overt acts on their part can
make me believe 1t even now.
eff this inveterate confidence ON my
part in the sobriety and prudent fore
sight of their purpose should unhappily
prove unfounded; If American ships
and American lives should in fact be
sacrificed by their naval commanders
+, in needless contravention of the just
and reasonable understandings Of in
ternational law and the obvious die
tates of humanity, shall take the lib
erty of coming again before the con-
gress, to ask that authority be given
me to use any means that may be nee
essary for protection Of our seameh
and our people In the prosecution Of
their peaceful and legitimate errands
on the high seas. can do nothing
less. take 1t for granted that all
neutral governments will take the same
course.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
The parsonage girls enter
tain a visiting minister,
much to his discontinue,
and Carol rides a cow
with disastrous results.

Mr.. Starr, a widower Method
ist minister, has been assigned
to the congregation at Mount
Mark, Iowa. He and his daugh-
ter Prudence-she is nineteen
and the eldest of five giris-have
come on ahead to get the new
parsonage ready for the younger
members Of the family. OF
course the whole town, espe-
cialIy the Methodists, is very Gu
rious about the newcomers. In
dividual members of the Ladies'
Aid society drop in upon the
family and "pump" the girls for
all they're worth. But the STAIRS
rapidly adjust themselves to
their new surroundings, and the
father decides his brood is old
enough to participate in family
prayers. Little Connie has Just
finished hers - much to the
amusement of her elders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-09
Refused To BE Bound
BY Any Conditions.

. "To.this THE government of the Unit
ed States replied on the eighth of May,
accepting, Of icourse, the assurance CIV
en-, but adding
1.-THE GOVERNMENT of the United
States feels ~ necessary to state that
1t takes ii f)pr granted that the i'm
perial Gerr1sin government does not
intend It to Imply that the maintenance
of its newly announced policy is in any
way contingefnt upon the course OF re-
suits BIZ diplomatic negotiatInns be-
tween the government of the United
States and lpther belligerent govern
ments, notwii thstanding the fact that
certain passa yes 10 the imperial gov
aFnment's note Of the fourth instant
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-11-08

nyoh postepow. Jeszcze pozosta-
je czterech sedziow przysie-
glych do wyboru.
- Major Funkhouser, cenzor
miejski, odm6wii zezwolenia ma
przedstawienie filmy migawko-
wei, opartej ma dramacie Ca
mile. Kompania, Fox Film
Corporation, ktora jest produ-
centem filmy, przed}ozy dowody
IL major sic myli, twierdzac, re
filma jest moralnie szkodliwa.
Jeden z dowodow jest w postaci
iistu, Cd DIR. G. B. Fostera, pro-
fesora teologii.
- Sonny Dunn, rewolwero-
wicz, ktory siedziai we wiezie-
niu "a zab6jstwo, poszukiwany
Cd niejakiego czasu przez poll
eye "a rozmaite sprawki, wczo-
raj przybyI do biura szefa poll
cyl Schuettlera i oddal sic w jego
rece. Zasadzono go "a kratki. w
ostatnich dniach pope4niono Ii
CINE rabunki. Dunn jest podej-
rzany, re mial z mimi cos wspol'
nego.
- Czterej mezczyzni w auto
mobilu wczoraj w bia}y dzieh u
prowadzili dziewczyne, ktora cze
kaia ma tramwaj ma rogu ulic
Halsted i Division. Policya przy-
puszcza, re byl to jej konkurent
i jego przyjaciele, wszyscy wio-
skiego poohodzenia. Uprowadze-
MIA take zdarzaja sic Cd czasu
kdo czasu.
- Czterej mezczyzni W TO-
mobilu take usilowali uprowa-
die panne Helene Antizari, Ii
czaca lat Is, Fam. pnr. 5000 So.
Kedvale ave. Przybyiy ma ratu-
ilek cztery kobiety, uzbrojone w
miotiy, i daily mezczyznom ia
kie LAME, re CT uciekli. Dwaj
Z tych mezczyzn nazywaja sic:
B. Petcivillo, 615 S. LOOMS I'll.
P. GILBERT zrogu ulic LOOMS
/ Taylor. Petcivillo podobno sta
"a sic o reke dziewczyny.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-11-08

mianowicie, re: ,,prefesur" Sic
miradzki sam wszystko zabral -
inc diva mike zapomnial ma stoli-
ku, a potem z torba wydzieral
,,fajereskepem" az schody jecza-
iy!... vice jak i'm CO brakuje, to
MECH sic Siemiradzkiego czepia-
ia. To byia prawda, a ona je-
szcze ci dodaje, re przecie ,Dzien
nix Chicagoski" kauai sic socyali-
kom zglaszac po diva mike -
wizc w tenn dowod, IL nasi pienia-
DE zabrali.. :. No, ale sic ia z te-
go tylko juz naSmiano i Mkt juz
wiele ma take bzdurzenie ME
zwaza{.. Bylo pozno... Jeszcze
wiec zeznal ow agent, w oficyal-
nym charakterze, wydajac P.
Skarzynskiemu najlepsze swiadc-
ctwo zachowania sic w sail Wal
sha, IL on to gi6wnie przyczynil
sic do tego, re faktycznie nikogo
ME pobito, owszem - slyszano,
re sic socyaiy odgraiaiy, IL ma p.
Skarzyiiskiego napadna,.... wte'
dy sedzia sprawe odrzucil, zwa1-
niajac p. Skarzyhskiego cd wszel-
kiej odpowiedzialnoSci
TAX sic sprawl skohczyia, TAXI
efekt dosta}a jeremiada socyali,
k6w dwutygodniowa o napad, {
Swiadk6w, o Bog ME vie CO i Cd
grazania sic, ich, re W sadzie do
piero pokaia! Pokazali - a inc
- my i'm, ME lam oni! Jeszcze
i'm tam przy tym pokazie zrobio-
no pewna propozycye, ale po CT
chu, zeby sic pan sedzia ME igor
szy} - uwazacie...
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-11-08
z HAMMOND, IND.

Staraniem Komitetu Obywatelskiego
urzadzono tn wieczorek pozegnalny ola
ochotnikGw Armii Polskiej. Wieczorek
ten odbyi sic dnia Ego listopada W ha-
Ii p. Lipi6skiego.
PROGRAM:
Nova do ochotnik6w, kt6ra wyglosif
oh. Jan PociukaGski, "a CO n%agrodzono
go hucznymi oklaskami.
Deklamacya p. NJ. Matkowicz.
Nova p. Jana Curzytka, ochotnika A.
P, kt6ry W bardzo ostrych s}Owach kry
tykowai opieszaiosc naszej mlodzieay
co do wstepowania do A. p.
Deklamacya - p. H. Owczarzaka.
Nova ochotnika Antoniego Sowy, W
sprawte .wojskowej.
Deklamacya - p. Roz. WojciGskiej.
Nova DIR. Il. Ostrowskiego, W kt6-
rel wzywaf naszych ~ochotnik0w, ably
sic godnie zachowywali ma froncie bo-
jowym.
Deklamacya - W}odz. Jablohski ,,Po
wstaf O~jczyzno'.
Nova ks. Micha}a Gadacza. WywarIa
ona take wrazenie ma sluchaczch, re
oklaskom ME byio kohca. Ma s~erdeczny
jego APPEL urzadzono kollekte ma cele A.
P, kt6ra przyniosla $33.75.
Wieczorek zakohczono modlitwa, Cd
m6wiona przez ks. NJ. Gadacza i 3D.
spiewaniem ,,Boze cos Polske'.
Dodatkowo ziozyli ma cele A. p: PIP.
Kaz. Juda $500; p. Pietryka $500; T.
Zych, $1.00 i s. Boczek $1.00.
Jan A. Maka,
przewodniczacy.
Stanisiaw JabiOnski,
sekretarz.
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NOTATKI.

o.. Piotr Massalski, zam. pnr.
1872 N. Ashland ave-, wczoraJ
przyhy1 ma Centrum Rekrutacyj-
uego Mr.. 2 Armii Polskiej we
Francyi, kt6re sic mieSci w Domu
Zwiazku Polek i w dow6d swej
szczerej sympathy ola tejze AT
mil ziozyi ofiare W sumie $500.
81
Oh. Stanisiaw Kajkowski, VIA
Sciciel teatru Davis Square, pm.
1903 S. Ashland ave-, ofiaruje
caiy dochod, kt6ry wp}ynie do
kasy re wstepu w piatek przysz-
lego tygodnia, II. dnia logo bm.,
ma rzecz Armii Polskiej we Fran
cyl. w tytn teatrze jest 400
miejsc. Oh. Kajkowski mic Z do
chod6w tego dnia ME odciagnie
ola siebie. Prey kasie bedzie re-
prezentant z Komitetu Obywa-
telskiego Armii Polskiej. w an
traktach bedzie p~rzemawiai jeden
z ochotnik6w Armii Polskiej.
Osada polska W Kenosha pra-
gnie take zadokumentowac swoj
patryotyzm i szczera sympatye
ola Armii Polskiej... Ouch tam
panuje taxi, re jest wszelka pew
nose, IL osada ia niewatpli-
vie dostarczy sporej liczby
ochotnik6w. Ks. Czerwihski, pro-
boszcz parafii polskiet w tenn
mieScie, zwr6cis sic wczoraj do
Kwatery Gs6wnej W Domu wv
Polek z proSba o natychmiastowe
zajecie sic rekrutacya. w tych
dniach n~aczelnik gn. z. S. Pol.
W Kenosha otrzyma odnoSne pole
Genie cd wiadz rekrutacyjnych
Kwatery Gi6wnej.
y
Z Waukesha, Wis, otrzymano
take proSbe Cd NJ. Nadwornego,
aieby wysiano TAME reprezen-
tanta ola zajecia sic rekrutacya
do Armii Polskiej, gdyz w TAM
tejszej osadzie polskiej jest wiel-
XII zapai i wiele miodziezy wyra-
zi}o gotowosc zaciagnac sic ma o.
chotnikow.
WcZoraj W kWaterze GfoWneJ
Centrum Rekr. Mr.. 2 Armii Pol,
zapisal sic "a zezwoleniem swego
OLGA, starego wiarusa polskiego,
1s-toletni Jozef Drzewicki do
szkoiy o~ficerskiej ola Armii Pol
skiej W Niagara-on-the-Lake
Mlody' Drzewicki jest studentem
ma czwartym roku w szkole wyz-
szej ,,Lane Technical High
School," Przybyf W mundurze
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ma MARGINESIE.
EpiIOy Z POtyczki W Sail Walsha.

Kamien ma kamieniu
Ma kamieniu - kamien,
polo ty sic nasa
w tepsom dole zamien! Oj dana
Kwarta i poi kwarty
To p6ltora kwarty -
DyrdaIy socyaiy
Ma procys zazarty... o. rety!
Dyrda{y - scekaiy,
MySla, re wygraly!...
DIE zaS: ma procysie
Znow dosta}y waiy!.. -. A inol
Me byio i'm z tyla
Ami torby sleek,
mo - CO i'm znowu
Popuchiy portecki.. -. o, PsiamaG
NIS5licie panstwo, Il to z kra,
kowiaczk6w p. Wrohskiego, z je-
go Rekrutacyjnych Koncertow.
Alez - gdzie tam. On lepsze po-
trait - idzcie posfuchac!
To my tax sobie sami Spiewa-
lin te przy5piewki krakowiackie,
zeby sic nam ME dfuzyio ma
t~ramwaju, jakeSmy z tego proce,
ST jechali do chalupy.... A jake.
axe sic motorowy Smial - Dos,
my przypadkiem ma Polaka ira
fill, a jakem Ct mu powiadai, co
to bywaIo, to z rado$ci malo ia
kiegoS grubego, jak ajsbaxa-aj-
ryskiego policmana ME rozje,
chai.... To Ct panic hecal He?
Dsjcie poh6j! Lepsza byla W
Saddle.
Posiuchajcie:
Bylo u sedzieso Prinderville'a
socyaliki ,,kobylaki", niby ze
Cd .Konia" = kapujeta? - "a
skarzyiy o turbacye W sail Wal
sha, kiedy to Sc tam chcialy u
rzadzic obch6d niby ma Geese
Naczelnika KoSciuszki - takie
dusze!... - a naprawde to tan,
szczeka}y rome S Rajmachery-
o terazniejszej polityce - naprze-
ciwko Aliantom oczywista: wte-
dy - jake wiecie, nasze chiopcy-
ochotnicy z Polskiej Armii, pick
mic grzecznie napedziiy wszystko
do piekia - zajeli estrada, wzieli
choragwie, DO je i tax socyaly O.
puScili, inc pieniadze psie parry
zabraiy - (SproStowanie p. pro-
ieSor Tomas Siemiradzki zapom-
anal diva mike, Pc htore sic do
tad ME zgiosii. Przyp. Red. D.
c. - nasi zatem zdobyli pole i
spisali sic chwacko, a dowodzii
mimi pan officer Skarzyhski, take
morowy chiopak - jak sic Patrzy
prosze siadac - u~wazacie.
Me wicdzjaty socyaiy. kogo "a
co iapac, Ia ziapaiy SNarlynskie-
go ; dalcj so ma sadly. Przez diva
tygodnic ogiasza}y W swojej
szmacie po-centowcj, zcby sic