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The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Trustees Sale Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of a GER
tain deed of trust executed by E M.
Moreland and w. E. Moreland on the
18th day of December. A. D. 1914. to
secure certain indebtedness therein
mentioned to j. G. Marshall, all the
payments described in said deed OF
trust having been declared due by the
holder. which deed of trust is duly
recorded in the chancery clerks office
of Lee county, Miss. in deed record
book No lis. page 305 ] will, as trus-
tee in said deed of trust, on
MONDAY THE 9Th DAY OF MARCH
A D., 1917. at the court house door in
the town of Tupelo. Lee county, Miss,
within legal hours, offer for sale at
public outcry to the highest bidder for
cash. the following described property
The northwest quarter of section 10.
township 8, range Z. except 10 acres
heretofore sold TO w H. Wood, and
the southeast quarter of section 13,
township 8. range 6. being 80 acres.
Such title conveyed as is vested in me
as trustee aforesaid.
This 9Th day of February, 1917.
AZ G. F. Long, Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Trustees Sale Notice

By virtue OF the provisions of a GER
tain deed of trust executed by William
Killingham and wife, Lena K~lllingham,
to the undersigned as trustee for Mrs.
Mary r. Pegues. on the 9Th day of
April, 1915. and due April 9th, 1916. for
the sum of S221 90, with interest after
maturity, which trust deed is of record
in book lis, page 1876, Of the trust deed
records of Lee county, Miss. Default
having been made in the payment of
the debt thereby secured, | will, as
such trustee, at the request of the ben
eficiary and owner of said trust deed,
on the
FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1917,
within legal hours in front of the court
house door in the City of Tupelo. Miss.
offer for sale for cash, to the highest
bidder at public outcry, the following
described property:
The north part of Lot No. /, in Block
No. 6. Calhoun survey, in the town of
Tupelo (see book 26, pq. 1O) of the
records in the chancery clerks office
of Lee county, Miss, beginning at the
southwest corner of lot sold Robert
Hayes and running along east side OF
Orr street IS feet to a stake, thence
east 80 feet to Bell Bowling's lot.
thence north IS feet to Robt. Hayes
lot, thence west to starting point, in
northwest quarter of sectian 80, town.
ship 9, range 6. and being the place
where William K~illingham and Lena
Killingham lived on the 9Th day of
April, 1915. and the only land they or
either Of them owned at that time. and
all being in Lee county, Miss. will
convey such title as is invested in me
as trustee.
This February 7th, 1917.
AZ C. P. Long. Trustee.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Commissioner Sale
Elk Parte Petition of VS.. G. w. Clayton
ct. al. No. 1859.

Elk Parte Petition of VS.. G. w. Clayton
ct. al. No. 1859.
By virtue of a decree of the Hon.
Chancery Court of Lee County, State
of Miss, rendered on the 18th day of
January. A. D., 1917. thereof, ordering
a sale of certain lands mentioned there
in. John M. Witt. the undersigned, ap-
pointed commissioner to execute said
decree, will on
MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF MARCH,
1917, expose at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in front of the
court house door in the city of Tupelo,
Miss, the following described real
estate, to-wit: Twenty-four (24) acres
off of the west end of the south half of
the south half of the Sc ! of Section 2,
Township 9, Range 5 east. Also six
teen Q6) acres situated in the Ne. of
Sec. IL, Township 9, Range 5. and
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a stake on said section
line so rods west of the northwest
corner of said quarter section and run
ming west SO rods to a stake. thence
south 374 rods to a stake. thence east
SO rods to a stake, thence north 374
rods to the beginning point, and con.
tanning 16 acres more or less Ali said
land being in Lee county, Miss. To
gether with the appurtenances and
Entertainments thereunto apperJaining.
John M. Witt. Commissioner
Dated 10Th day of January. 1917.
Mitchell & Clayton, Soils. 45
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
Notice of Substituted Trustee
Sale

Whereas, on the 14th day of Deem
Der, 1915. w. F. Galloway executed
and delivered to j. B. Rains as trustee
for the Verona Bank and C. P. Long a
certain trust deed to secure the paw
ment of a certain note to said bank for
$756 90 dated that day and due Dec.
turity, which said note was also signed
TO said bank by C. P Long; and,
Whereas. default was made in the
payment of said note by the said w.
F. Galloway when it was due and the
said C. P. Long did on the Both day of
December, 1916, take up and pay off
the balance of S675. Is due on said note
to said bank for the said w. F. Gallo
way; and said note. together with all
papers in reference thereto. was trans
ferred by said Verona Bank to the said
G. T. Long; and,
Whereas, the said j. B. Rains was
then dead and the said c. P. Long did
on the 18th day of January, 1917. sub
stitute and appoint the undersigned as
trustee in said trust deed in the place
and stead of the said j. B. Rains, ano
which substitution is in writing and is
of record in deed book 120, page 638,
in the office of the chancery clerk OF
Lee county, Miss.
And default having been made in the
payment of said note secured thereby,
and the said C. P. Long having re-
quested me as such substituted trustee
so to do, l will as such substituted
trustee on the
FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1917,
in front of the court house door in the
city of Tupelo. Miss, within lega
hours, offer for sale for cash to the
highest bidder. at public cutlery, the
following described property:
Lots A, s, 6, z, 8. 9 and 10 in Block
IL, on the north side of Main street,
opposite the Verona Hotel. in the Town
of Verona, in the southwest quarter
Of section 10, township g.. range 6,east;
also fractional Block No. l. n the
same quarter, section, township ane
range, Deing the two acres facing the
Mobile and Ohio railroad just west Of
the street running north and south
just west of w. F. Calloway's resi-
dence lot. All being in Lee county,
Miss.
This February Sd, 1917.
j. C. Marshall,
AZ Substituted Trustee
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-16
ADVANTAGE Of DIGNITY.

"What are we going TO do about
Bliggins? He wont pay his club dues
Make him q member Of the board
OF governors. Then maybe he'll be
ashamed to see himself posted
Washington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05

objection But when they cried trea-
son to Patrick Henry he finished his
fine, audacious admonition to George
III. to profit by the example Of Caesar
and Charles l., and told them ''if that
be treason make the most Of it.
The foes of autocracy In Germany
are now holder than ever before.
When they begin to talk openly about
a republic the great change is brought
at once into the view of the German
people. II may not be far off, but dis
appointment will be escaped if II is not
expected too soon. There are not
enough Patrick Henrys in Germany.
and there are far too many, like the
ensiaved professors. who not only
wear the yoke but love il. The imper-
ial government is trying to fool US with
tales of coming reforms, last effort
to keep us aloof from the war. Nothing
is to be looked for from that quar-
ter. Democracy in Germany will come,
not by concession from autocracy but.
as 1t came in Russia, when the people
topple over the throne, put the auto
crat in safekeeping, scpurge the Prus-
sian junkers TO their hiding places. and
establish a government OF and for
themselves--New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
TWO SICK BILLS.

The cOngratulation of the county OF
ticials whose terms We're extended by
the four-year bill seems to have been
premature and too torehanded. The
houses have recalled it and will go over
the bill. giving it a dry cleaning which
is likely to leave the erstwhile fortu-
nate county officials out in the rain.
Whatever the assembly may do as to
the officials referred 10 is incidental
to the merits and purposes OF the bill.
There is no good reason why county
officials included in the bill should not
be elected for four-year terms. To
provide so much by law would be TO
make legal that which is now granted
by common consent-thc second term.
An official must have been of extra
ordinary ineticicncy when his plea for
a second term fails of effect. On the
other hand il is true that two years is
too much for a worthless official.
The eighth judge bill also faces the
day of execution. 1t will probably be
killed between the house and the SEN
ate. Even If the house should conclude
TO pass its bill the senate will stick for
the confirmation provision. The eighth
Judge bill is likely to die. Also there
is gaining a popular impression that il
ought TO die, not because an eighth
Judge is undesirable or generally OPP
posed hut because the bill reeks with
the odor of grapevine politics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05

THE pREssY HUSBAND.

The dressy husband is master
piece of nature who makes hit with
everybody but his wife.
Prior to the marriage morn the av-
lerage sutton Is rare bird Of brilliant
plumage. changing neckties three
times a day and going about with
perfume on his handkerchief. It Is dis
heartening. however, to note the
change which comes over a scented
bridegroom with six lavender shirts
Immediately on arriving home from
the honeymoon. Too often he will wear
the same suit Of clothes from Novem-
Der to May, shave on Wednesdays and
Saturdays and polish his shoes with a
canton flannel night gown. Is 1t any
wonder that so many wives can not
pick up a picture Of their spouse as
he appeared on the wedding day, with
fresh hair cut and a pair Of tan
gloves peeping out from his upper left
coat pocket, without going away and
shedding tears?
Once in while, however, we find a
husband who insists upon dressing like
the Queen of Sheba seven days in the
week, but what does 1t get him? Pin a
small, rural community, where the
note shaver and the picket fence still
flourisheth, it is more dangerous for a
sprightly husband to spring blue
shave and pair of white irreversible
cuffs every day than it would be to
rob bank. There is something about
thed ressy husband with wax on his
mustache and a pink carnation in his
buttonhole, which arouses popular sus-
picion and compels their wives to keep
them at home nights. This Is the main
reason, without doubt, why so many
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
An Illinois Townships Roads

That township should spend $S2,-
500 in one year for highway purposes
Is noteworthy, even in state so char
acterized by good roads progress as
Illinois. But this Is the record made by
Dixon township, in Lee county, situated
about one hundred miles west of Chi
cago And 1t Is further to the credit
OF the township that 1t Is resurfacing
It's highways with brick, regarded high
~ as a durable type of constructions
The highways chosen for improve
ment are locally known as the Frank
lin Grove Palmyra and Colony roads
but one highway---the Lincoln High
way. In its east and west approaches
to Dixon. the county seat. This por-
ton is l7.3 feet in width. The Frank
lin Grove portion of the road is LIS
miles long; the Palmyra portion Is 1.3
miles. & ar
For the Colony road different de-
sign has been chosen, because an inter-
urban car-track occupies the center.
There will be two brick driveways,
each 10 feet wide, while the center 10
foot strip, which includes the track.
will be filled with crushed stone. This
Improvement will be one mile long.
While the contract prices are, respect
lively. S2S.300, $4,000 and $4,000, such
is the importance Of these highways to
the local trade and traffic that the ex-
penditure has had unanimous APPROX
al.
All these roads will greatly facilitate
haulage to and from the adjacent farm
ing country and stimulate its varied
mercantile operations. The Colony
road also leads to the County Club and
to Dixon's beautiful two hundred acre
Lowell Park and runs on the west
front of the new epileptic sanitarium
recently established by the state.
The Franklin Grove and Palmyra
roads, as part of the Lincoln Highway,
will carry heavy tourist traffic which
will be a sure profit to the community
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
sy DAVID CORY.

AS soon as Billy Bunny looked in the
window of the Ants house. as told
you in the last story, Uncle Lucky
came to the door and whispered, "She
is very i'll You had better go for DR..
Ouack at once
So the little rabbit jumped into the
automobile and pretty soon he came to
the place where the duck doctor lived
1t didn't take old Dr. Quack long to
get his little black bag and jump into
the automobile. But, OH dear me! just
as they turned corner they ran into
ragman My. how the bells rang on
the old rag car, and how the old pots
and pans ratified! They made such
terrible noise that the old horse ran
away. He must have been an old
race horse ] guess, for he Just whtsked
his tall and threw out his hind hoofs
and then he was out Of sight.
That's lucky for YOU said DR..
Ouack Hell never come back any
more" And he didn't. which shows
that DR.. Quack knew a lot about meas
les!
In a little while after this they reach
ed the Ants house. and DR.. Quack
shook his head when he saw poor Mrs
Ant. for she looked very Ill, and the
wise duck doctor didn't know whether
to give her bread pills or sugar water
and IL Billy Bunny hadn't found a bot
tie OF ginger ale In his knapsack and
given her drink. I'm sure she would
have died. Pretty soon she was per-
sectly well. and DR. Quack said as long
os B;lly Bunny had cured her he
wouldn't charge her more than nVe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
Road MAKING Season Is Here.

The time of year when road WORK
becomes n large factor in every pro-
oressive community is now here. VI
course there is no time Of year when
I. is not quite possible TO have road
building and road maintenance preb-
iems 10 solve. but during the next
three or four months the major por-
ton of the road work, especially upon
our earth roads. will have to be done.
and let us understand that. at the
present time. the proper building ana
care of earth roads are the most vita.
factors in the road building program
in the middle west. After all there IS
a greater difference between bad and
a good earth road than there is be-
tween a good earth road and any other
type.
n you don't believe It, Jus try keep
ing record for one year OF the days
when It IL impossible to travel with
comfort in a passenger vehicle or with
any degree Of efficiency in vehicle
designed for moving the products OF
farms or factory over an ungraded,
uncared for earth road and properly
graded, under drained and maintained
earth road. We venture the assertion
that the difference will be more than
twice the number OF days when the
good earth road will be out Of commits
sion. Therefore there Is twice the DIFF
ference between the bad mud roads
and the properly cared-for earth roads
that there is between the latter and
the 365-day-in- the-year roads that ev-
erybody desires. but that 80 many peo-
pie believe Is quite beyond the possf-
bilities of their community, notwith-
standing that hundreds Of other COM
munities less wealthy and no more ia /.
vorably situated do have that kind oil
road.
If you have bad ungraded. uncared-
for roads in your community. 1t is be-
cause there Is d ,ac!. Ct public pride
and public enterprise. Every commun-
| ity has Just exactly as good roads as
II deserves, and you want to remember
that you are just as much responsible
for conditions in your community as Is
any other member Of it.
Don't be hunting somebody to "cuss
about the roads
Do something!
Make 1t your own business.
| Think OF 1t once In q while when
election times comes. and think OF II
. couple Of times between elections.
Now that the road building season Is
upon us do your part in seeing thai
the men who are expanding the public
/ funds understand that their work Il
being watched with interest by 30.
and the other members of the com
munity and that they will be com.
mended or condemned according Is
whether or not they show . REASONABLE
|value Tor the Investment, The Road
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
Bill LAWS
Council Bluffs Nonparc.l.J

ICounCil Bluffs Nonparcl.J
There is a possibility that reiig-
ious study of this problem will con-
vince the student who has Invested his
mind of prejudice in these matters
that the proper course is TO take ac-
count of the needs OF people OF all
ages, Of the modern environment in
which We live of the new psychology
Of religion TO the end that out OF II
all there may be evolved a program
which will foster reverence for the
Sabbath and at the same time furnish
leeway for legitimate and wholesome
amusement and entertainment.
Take the picture show for illustra-
ton 1t is not the show itself which
counts but its character. Why not
use the picture show to stimulate rev.
erence for things that are pure and
sacred? 1t is easily possible to put
on show that leaves valuable les
son with those who see it.
The thing that we need in this Aeld
of Sunday observance is not ruthless
and thoughtless suppression, but wise
and careful direction with the con-
structive purpose Of eliminating evils
and retaining the essential gooo In all
pastimes. There was time when a
musical instrument in q church was
looked upon as device of the devil
to lead people astray. We have found
good in these instruments. Let US ap-
proach this Sunday observance ques-
ton with spirit Of good will and a
willingness to see both sides. Let us
carefully search out the good and sep
arate It from the evil. Let US separate
vice from athletic sports, from Inc
picture shows and from all sorts o.
games while we appropriate the 5000
in these things and nse It to develop
character and strength in our people
We can not 60 back to the OLD days
We must would our new environment
to the needs OF the people who consti-
tute the present generation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
THE FLAG.

THE FLAG.
The flags out today. with its glory to
cheer us,
To strengthen our hearts that the foe
man may fear US,
To rouse us and wake us and lead US
along
To the voice Of its symbol the swing of
It's song,
The truth of it's meaning, the strength
of It's law
That flag We look UP to in love and in
awe.
The flag, yea, the flag,
That our fathers have died for,
That our mothers have blessed
And our sweethearts have sighed
for.
The flags out today. ali the town meath
it lying
As over our heads in the soft wind It's
flying;
The nag, with its lesson Of splendor
and truth;
The flag with its word to our manhood
and youth;
The flag the soft breezes lift over the
people
From the window, the tower, the tenn
pie and steeple:
The flag, hail the flag,
And resolve where it leads US
To serve and to follow,
And give all when it needs us.
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05

as well as comfort and satisfaction to
all users.
East of Dixon the work Is complete,
and that is practically the case north
Of town Most Of the grading and
curling to the west has also been done.
| For the brick pavement on all three
jobs, the specifications were nearly
alike. Each OF the old roads was worn :
out macadam. Sufficient stone was
| first added to make a six-inch founda-
ton after rolling and upon this stone
| base the brick were laid on two-inch
sand cushion and grouted with cement
filler. Where 1t was possible, the OLD
macadam was, left intact when condi-
tions required fresh stone to give the
base the depth Of six inches.
On the Palmyra road the brick are
retained by 5x12-inch concrete
edging. The Colony road has com
bined concrete curb and gutter on the
outside of each paved stretch and
6x11 Inch curb next to the car track.
The supervisors at the September
meeting selected the location for SlO,-
900 worth Of state-aid work this year.
This work will be done in Palmyra
township and west of Dixon, and it is
expected that Palmyra will bond itself
for $50, 900 to continue the road to the
county line. A 10-foot brick roadway
with four-foot shoulders Of broken
stone, is the approved form Of con-
struction for this work. Brick roads
well built are assuredly in good repute
here.
F. w. Fisher, T. f. Rosbrook and W..
II. Lenox are the highway commission
ers in charge of the expenditure on
these roads. For the Lincoln Highway
divisions. Engineer George H. T. Shaw
has supervision. The writer, as county
superintendent Of highways, has gen.
eral supervision Of all engineers ana
construction. He also has acted in the
capacity of both designing and con-
struction engineer in the case of the
Colony road.-The Roadmaker
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
Ripping Rhymes
sy WALT MASON
APRIL

%FHte
Now the April rain Is dripping and
the April birds are yipping; in the
fields the colts are skipping, and the
hungry calves lament; there's no dan
ger now of freezing. we are done with
colds and sneezing. spring across the
world is breeding, winters sulking In
his tent. April is the month enchant-
ing, April, when we all go planting,
where the gentle rain is slanting from
the clouds that quickly break: April Is
the month, dear reader. when we grind
the plow and speed her. and set out the
elm and cedar, and do things with hoe
and rake Spring is full of charms and
graces, bringing smiles to all our faces,
driving off the haggard traces Of the
winters stress and strain; now the
little pigs are playing land the speck-
led hens are laying and we chortle
while we're straying in the sunshine and
the rain. Winters aches and pains for
gotten, we are planting prunes and cot
ton, where the soil is rich and rotton,
'twixt the pigpen and the barn; maybe
all the plants we cherish, will curl up
and wilt and perish when the sun Ia
hot and garish. but we do not care a
darn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
Author Of little. Women

1t Is twenty-nine years since Louisa
May Alcott died. but her books FOR the
young are as widely read as during her
lifetime, while her masterpiece, Little
Women" has been dramatized with
success. This year marks the semi
centenary Of publication OF Little
Women" the book which made Miss
Alcotts reputation.
Appearing in 1867, 10000 copies were
sold the first year, and it has been read
with great pleasure by each succeeding
generation. Miss Alcott was born IN
Germantown, Pa, in 1882, and wrote
her first book, Flower Fables" when
she was only II. She was school
teacher for several years, but during
the civil war she served as hospital
nurse in Washington, and wrote OF her
experiences under the title OF Hospital
Sketches" Her health failing, she
made a tour Of Europe. and there COM
n,eted 'Iittle Women" which was
published upon her return to America