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The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06
THE NESHOBA FAIR.
Kemper Herald Star.

The great Neshoba County
Fair for 1917 has passed into his
tory, and from a political stand
point and the large number pres
ent, possibly eclipsed, by far any
former meeting of this organi-
zation, which has been holding
forth annually for fifteen or
twenty years.
Some creditable exhibits were
to be seen reflecting much
praise upon the hustling, pro-
gressive people of our sister coun
| ty. Old Neshoba is said to have
one of the best crops in many
| years, and her farmers are wear
ing q broad, complacent smile
that foretells prosperity and an
abundant harvest. All Neshoba
needs, SO said, is some good
roads, aud these needs badly.
There are some holes that it is
almost impossible to go through
with car or even wagon.
1t seems that the leading poll
sicians of the State had set the
stage for mighty thrust at Sem
ator Vardaman, and in
this the management of the
Fair seems to have acqui
esced, as nothing but true blue,
dyed in-the- wool antics were in
vited to take part ia the pro-
| gram, with the possible excep
ton of one or two. Bilbo was
| there with Brewer, Fred Sullens
was there with Pat Harrison,
Lee Much-of- nothing Russell was
there and every tims the Cover
nor winked he began to squawk,
Tim for BllboI' Oscar Johnson
was there and other noted and
notorious officials andex officials,
their minds with but a single
thought, to doom and damn Jim
Vardaman. What galaxy of
wise (2) men and representa-
tives (?) of the people wilt hard
| " be assembled again with many
moons. The onslaught was ter
rifle and each speaker tried to
outdo the other in plunging the
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06

political knife to the hilt and
using withering, blighting sar-
casm. and how a single Varda-
man man survived is clouded
.(?) in the deepest mystery. (?)
But the peoples eyes have
been opened by this one politi-
cal blowout and they are wiser
today than ever before. Wav-
ing the red flag of political hat
red as one man stood Brewer,
Bilbo, Fred Sullens etal, hereto
fore deep and dyed political
enemies, whose venom for each
other was bitter os gall. In fact
the ''lie and thiei' has been the
slogan" or the reference made
when the meme of one was men
toned in the presence of the
ether. Sounding down the line
from headquarters at Jackson
has been issued the pr, clama-
nation or foreword: 'Boys We
are together now, one and inH
separable-lall in line J"
But the people are going to
balk aud ask, Why this combina
tion of mud singers and hereto
tofore bitter enc mics? There is
something rotten up the creek,
aud the people are loaded for
bear in search of this sinking
conglomerated, stale and nasty
political hatchery and it is 60
ing to be found.
Boys, you did well-not bob
BILE did you make, so well was
things pre-arranged. We would
like to have had you and your
patriotism in front of the Ger
man trenches under machine gun
and she'll fire. How long you
would have stood could be sum-
med up in about three ticks Of a.
dollar Ingersoll watch with two
apd half ticks to spare. But
you did arouse the people from
their silent, lethargic, comatose
condition. To be plain, we ad-
mire your nerve but condemn
your judgement. Lookout for
the boomerang! It's coming.
The new firm is now styled
Brewer, Bilbo, Fred Sullens,
Pat Harrison & Co. What the
people will do for that bunch of
rotten political shysters could
not be described in Webster's
unabridged dictionary. tCome
on and keep on coming on "
The voters have their guns
loaded, cooked and primed for
the killing"
The very day that Pat Harri-
son was abusing and maligning
Senator Vardaman he was on
the floor of the United States
Senate speaking in the interest
of the people of Mississippi.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06
MAKE A FIT SEED BED
FOR WHEAT.


seed. Do not intern wheat
worth SO or 81 a bushel for seed
purposes in a condition of soil
impossible for termination" !"
That precaution is urged by
the United States Department
of Agriculture on all farmers
who contemplate sowing the high
priced seed of hlgh-priced food
this fall. To plant seed on poor
ly prepared land not only wastes
the seed that does not germin-
ate, the specialists point out.
but it may mean the loss of an
entire investmen1 if paying
stand is not obtained.
A seed bed for wheat must be
firm, moist, and well compacted
beneath with mellow, finely
! divided upper three inches of
soil, the specialists advise. Ii
wheat is grown in rotation with
oats or after wheat, the stubble
should be plowed to depth of
at least Z inches immediately y
after harvesting the preceding
crop Of grain. The ground
should be narrowed within few
hours after blowing and culti-
walton with harrow, disk, drag
or roller should be given as nee
essay thereafter until planting
time. These operations are nee
essary to kill weeds, to settle
and make firm the subsoil, and
to maintain a soil mulch on the
surface. The earlier the prepar-
alton of seed bed for wheat is
started the better the condition
of the soil will be at planting
time. Late blowing does not al
low time through preparation
If cultivated crop proceeds
wheat. frequent cultivation Civ
en- to this crop will preserve
moisture and maintain soil
mulch. Ii level cultivation has
been practiced a good seed bed
easily can be prepared by disk
ing and narrowing alter remoy-
ing the crop, If weeds are pres
ent, it may be advisable to plow
shallow, the disk proceeding and
followsng the plow.
Early plowing followed by
thorough tillage aid in catching
the water which falls and in con
serving this and the water al
ready in the soil for use by the
wheat plants. The firm seed bed
under the mulch thus made en-
ables the young plants to make
use of the subsoil waters which
rise when there is a perfect IN
ion between the plowed soil and
the subsoil. Sufficient moisture
is thus assured for the germin-
alton of the seed and for the
early fall growth of the seedlings,
verp important consideration.
Plant food is also likely to be
more abundant in the soil when
such methods are employed.
If the Importance of thorough
ti.lage were more generally rec
ognized and proper methods OF
seed.bed preparation were more
widely employed throughout the
so-called humid areas, there
would be less frequent losses
from drought and better wheat
crops would result, the Depart
ment specialists declare. In
this area the mistake is often
made of thinking there will al
ways be moisture enough pres
ent for maximum crop growth
with the result that short crops
often are obtained where more
attention to moisture cogserva-
tion would have assured good
yields.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06
A SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE.

Conditions have changed so
rapidly since the legislature met
at its last session that a special
session is imperative.
Our system of taxation needs
revising and readjustlng.
Property is valuable in pro-
portion to the amount of money
that it will earn. For this reas-
on some property has increased
very rapidly in value in the last
year or two, and other property
has decreased in value. If the
property in each county in the
81 ate is gwen in at it's real value
then the state tax levy can be
lowered.
A better plan would be to
leave the tax levy as it is
and create a school building fund
from this extra amount of money
that would be collected. Texas
and number of other states
furnish state aid to all rural com
munities who will furnish a five
acre tract of land, levy school
tax of fifty cents on the hun
dred dollars, and build house
that will comply with plans furn
ished by the strife Department of
Education. We should have
law requiring that all new and
remodeled schoolhouses come up
to a certain hygenic and senitary
requirements. If the state hires
the teacher then it should have
the power to say what sort OF
equipment this teacher has to
work with. A teacher eau do
at least 25 per cent more work
lin a well equipped building chan
ae can in a poorly equipped one
If this is true then the state los
es % per cent of her money paid
to rurnlteachers or about $3.50. 900
annually. Should this loss 60 on
/ . y.
another year without some steps
being taken to stop it? This
money is not only being lost
but the health and lives of the
children is being endangered.
Whittier's verse describes the
condition of many of the rural
schoolhouses in Mississippi pret-
ty throughly:
| '.Still sits the schoolhouse by
the road,
A ragged beggar summing,
Around it still the sumac grows
And the blackberry vines are
running"
The present war is probably
the biggest job that "Uncle Sam"
has ever had on his hands, and
every ounce of the nations ener-
Icy should be used to carry it on
successfully. President Wilson
tells us that the food produc-
tion and conservation will be q
great factor in winning the war.
! A consolidated school garden
and demonstration plot and an
agriculturist for teacher will
assist materially in q direct and
an indirect way in the produc-
tion of food. If the state would
only build model schoolhouse
in each county the people would
see it aud build others like it.
We all hope that the war will be
over before such schools could
be of very much service, but we
do not know that it will. 1t is
not likely that schools that teach
better methods Of farming will
be abandoned as useless after
the war is over.
Another thing that the legis-
lature should doi at q special
session is to give the enlisted
men from this state a right, to
vote, and to exempt them from
paying a road and poll tax.
MANY of the men between 81
and 81 years of age are high
Il -.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quinine. Il stops the
cough and Headache and works of the Cold.
Druggists refund money II Il fails 20 cure
u, w. GROVES signature on each pox. VS.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06

Below will be found he names
of 16 young men whose appli-
cations for exemption were de-
MED by the local board. Some
two or three have appealed to
the District Board. This num-
Der added to the AZ making no
claim makes o3 certified 10 by
Local Board.
Alex Lamar Rivers
Willie Arthur Bishop
Marks Winner Donald
Preston Lindsey
BARLEY "A Rushing.
Tom LeeRay
.Annel Dunn
Starkie A Sharp
Ollie Posey
Jesse L Moody
Henry 0 Connor johnson
John @ Williamson
John @ Pope
Ollie Viverett
irwin Vanhooser
Leon Viverett
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06

The corn crop of this state is
now estimated from 80 to 100
million bushels. The greatest in
the history Of the state.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1917-09-06
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
o
FOR SALE-l9l4 model Ford
car in good condition for sale at
a bargain.
w A Williams e. Son
At SSMarydell Miss
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
CONGRESS VOTES NATION DRY
western Newspaper Union New. servie.

Washington, Dec 18.-The House
passed the national prohibition
amendment The vote was 2S2 Tor
and 128 against. The House was un-
der agreement to vote on the prohi-
bition amendment to the constitutions
Monday afternoon and accordingly the
measure came before the solons >et
sos O'Clock.
MANY members approached the vote
with trepidation, as their actions IN
voting, either one way or another. was
bound to please only one part OF their
constituents 1t was necessary that
the resolution to amend the constitu-
ton receive a two-thirds vote in or
der to pass the House. Having passed
the House II must yet receive the
sanction of three-fourths OF the State
Legislatures before ii becomes the or
ganic law of the land. The states
have seven years time in which 10
act on the measure.
The Senate already has adopted the
resolution, except that IT has allowed
only six years for the Legislatures OF
the various states to act. The action
of the House means that the differ-
ence must be adjusted in conference
and the conference report adopted by
both branches of the National Legis-
lature by both sides before 1t Is sub
mitted to the states.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

We have, a number of times. sug-
gested Charles w. Waterman of Den
yer as the strongest and by far the
best material in the state, for the
senate. 1t is with a feeling of con-
siderable pride we announce that Mr..
Waterman will be in the race. While
he will be on the ticket as the Repub-
llican nominee-for there will probably
be no primary contest-he will be the
candidate of the reliable people of
this state. and regardless of party con-
nections, the people will sustain him
at the polls. Mr.. Waterman's intense
loyalty and patriotism makes him es-
pecially prominent at this time. He
has forgotten politics in his firm sup
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
AMUSEM ENTS.
, ~>s~>~>~>~>>>s .

Friday and Saturday. Dec. 81 and 20.
Mysterious Smith and Company.
Tuesday. Christmas Day-A big
special program
special program. Worlds Big Spec
ial feature. Alice Brady in Betsy
Ross" five reels. This picture is a
wonder and was screened where Bet.
sy Ross. of Revolutionary fame. made
the first American flag. big war
nlm. Over Here" two reels. The
War department was Mt big expense
to secure this. showing the building
of one of the cantonments In thirty
eight minutes: nine thousand work.
men employed. Movie shows the
work from start TO finish. II Is real
y beautiful picture. as well as in
structive. educational and entertain
ing. Prices same as usual: children
l0c plus the war tax: adults l5c plus
the war tax. First show 700 y. m,
matinee 300 p. m. The prices at the
matinee VIII be the same at night
No raise or holiday prices for either
performance.
r MRS. ISIS Il. CHARLESwORTH
Manager Opera House
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
Colonial Theatre.

Colonial Theatre.
Foremost among motion picture
houses on the Western slope stands
the Colonial theatre of Delta, owned
by B. L. Reynolds. This gentleman.
besides being a progressive and up
to-date business man. is connoisseur
of the finest in films and knows when
and where he can get the best.
Since purchasing the house some
months ago he has made numerous
changes both in improving the service
and adding to the attractiveness and
comfort of his house. The room has
been completely remodeled and is as
pretty as can be found. while sever
al mechanical devices have been in
stalled to make clearer pictures.
The films are among the best OBJ
tainable and the artists shown in
clude Douglass Fairbanks, Mary Pick
ford, Mae Marsh and a score of 9TH
ers well known to theatregoers.
Altogether the Colonial is a de
lightful place to spend an evening
and one is always assured of good re-
turns, for the money.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

Grandma Bowers has not been well
Tor several weeks.
Mrs. Gale Patterson is at home
again after spending several weeks
visiting relatives in Nebraska.
A. w. Loback and J. ID. Wallace
have been clearing land for J. F. Fos-
ter the past three weeks.
Clifford Reed and wife. of Crawford
and E w Perkins and wife. of Red
lands mesa. visited Mrs Mary Perkins
last Sunday.
Our school Is preparing for
Christmas tree and school entertain
ment to be given Saturday night.
When Mrs. J. A. McKinon return
ed recently from visiting near Dodge
City. Kansas. she was accompanied
by her brother. Luther Dcvoo and
his wife. who are spending few
weeks here looking up n location
where crops are more certain than at
their present location.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
At Catholic Church

Services on Christmas day at st.
Michaers Catholic church. Following
is the order OF services:
First Holy mass Mt 6 o'clock, dur.
ing which the children will have
charge OF the music. and for offer
tory they will sing silent Niph,
Holy Night" A short sermon will h,
given during this mass. The second
mass will follow Immediately after
the first
High mass at 10 o'clock during
which the choir will sing "Enrmcr's
Mnss In B-Flai." while the "Adeste
Fide'as" VIII be sung for offertory.
The subject OF the sermon will be for
that mass. Christian Thoughts"
Everybody IL cordially invited To
celebrate with us the anniversary OF
the birth of the Savior and visit the
beautiful Christmas crib donated for
this special occasion.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
Presbyterian.

ALFRED d. PARRY. Pastor.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

Yes, crops were good; so say the
farmers of Delta county, and they
ought surely to know. Taking the
reports as submitted on the yields
and shipments made from Delta and
intermediate points, you will agree
with us that the people of the ban
'ner county have every reason for
saying, YES crops we're good"
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

No. Claribel. it isn't French mirrors
but Trench mirrors that they are
sending to the boys at the front. The
difference in the price of the two is
all but thirtyfive cents. A boy in the
trenches would have about as much
use for a French mirror as one-leg-
ged man would have for a pair of
skates
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

port of President Wilson and in the
senate would be a power and a great
Factor for good Elsewhere will be
found his announcement.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
Methodist
Baptist

Baptist
Regular services Sunday. Preaching
II a. m and 1880 p. m. Young People
$50 p. m. Sunday School 9:45 n. m.
This church offers generous hospital.
lty to all strangers.
The evening service will be
Christmas cantata entitled "The Holy
One OF Israel" conducted by Seth J.
Kyffin.
ALFRED u. PARRY, Pastor.
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

We had to hurry like everything
with the paper today because this is
the shortest day of the year. Unfor-
tunate. isn't it?
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21

You will enjoy the dance New Years
eve at the Elks' hall. Good music
and crowd that's just right. 1850
The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
CEDAR M ESA.

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The Delta independent., 1917-12-21
AT THE CHURCHES.

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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-09-14
HIGHLANDS

Mrs. J. N. Hardage and two little
girls left Friday night for their home
in Largo, Fla.
Mrs. Isaac Darby is still very sick.
Mr.. Waddell, of Atlanta, will
preach at New Salem Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Kirk and chill
dren visited his brother, Mr.. Lee Kirk
near McAffee school last Saturday.
Mr.. George Runyan is working in
Atlanta.
Mr.. S. j. Kirk, of Athens, is Vi
sitting home folks.
Miss Odessa Darby and brother.
Fred, are attending school in Mari
eta this term.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. James visited
in Acworth last Thursday.
Mr., F. R. and C. S. Kirk and fami-
lies visited their mother, Mrs. Kate
Kirk, at Elizabeth, Sunday.
We are sorry to note that Mrs.
G. W. Redd is sick in bed again.
Miss Ora Bearden who accountant
ed her cousin, Miss Lucy jackson, to
her home in Atlanta last Wednesday,
returned Monday.
MUGGINS.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-09-14
MACLAND

The college opened last Thursday
with very large attendance. Most all
the old pupils returned and there
were quite lot of new ones.
Rev. w. R. Lemaster, of Cedar
town spent Sunday here and preach
ed Sunday night.
Misses Docia and Donnie Babb 90
from here to Atlanta every day. They
have positions there.
Mrs. W. A. Cole spent Saturday in
Atlanta.
Prof. H. R. Hunt attended the fun
eral of his brother, Mr. Ben. Hunt,
at Cedartown last Sunday. The many
friends of Prof. Hunt are sympathiz-
ing with him in his loss.
Miss Sarah Meadows, of Douglas
vile, was recent guest of the Misses
Warner.
Mr.. Pierce Kewett and family of
Birmingham, Ala, spent last week
NieAl lllo pal CIlCS, MI. anu MIS-. y. vi.
HeWett.
Mrs. H. H. Clay is spending this
week with her children in Atlanta.
We learn that Mr.. Cantrell, of
County Line, will move here soon.
His daughter has entered school here.
Mr.. Melvin Rice and family have
returned to Texas after spending a
month with relatives here
Mrs. Nettie Belle Dean, of Buchan-
an, was recent guest of the Misses
Willoughby.
Mrs. G. L. McElreath has returned
from visit to her mother near Rome
RUBY.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-09-14
Kinks CHAPEL

Autumn is here, autumn is here,
Oh, gather the grain from everywhere
These cool breezes make us think
1T is time to reap the golden fruits
and gather in the grain.
We extend congratulations to the
young couple Mr.. Otis Kemp, of Due
West, and Miss Mabel Hardage. of
our neighboring community, who
were quietly married Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. West Taylor, of Mt
Olivet, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. V. Smith Sunday.
Miss Minnie Smith, of Due West,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Misses Mae and Marie Cunningham.
Miss Jessie Hardage gave several
of her friends a watermelon cutting
Tuesday evening, it being her birth
day 1t was a very enjoyable af-
fair.
Miss Corene Alexander who is 60
ing to school in Marietta, returned
home to spend Saturday and Sunday
with her parents.
AUTUMN.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-09-14
LOST MOUNTAIN

Mrs. William Watson and daugh-
ter, Miss Minnie, of Brandon. Miss
visited Misses Mamie and Jessie
Kemp.
Miss Irene Mayes closed her school
at Midway last Friday, this complet-
ing the months term.
The road crew has camped in the
community and we expect to get
some much needed work done on our
roads.
Gus Ware, one of our Pauldine
county neighbor farmers, last week
put up 80 tons of silage and has sew
eral head of cattle and is buying
more, among his herd he has 2 regis
tered Holstein cows and one
helfer which cost him a fan
cy price. He believes in
improving his milk cows and having
the best. He thinks the silo is the
plan for more and cheaper feed and
is convinced that buying feed will
not pay.
A. W. Kemp has put up a 100 ton
silo and will go more extensively into
the dairy business and others have
built silos. We are glad to see our
farmers making preparations to save
more feed This means more beef
more milk and butter and at bet
ter profit. To buy high priced feed
for cattle, is certainly losing bust
ness and our farmers are becoming
convinced of this fact.
Prof. Wyatt opened singing at Mid
way Monday morning with 48 schol-
lars.
Mrs. Alfred Terry, of Acworth,
came last week to spend some time
with her son, W. N. Terry.
One of the twins of Mr.. and Mrs,
j. R. Dobbins died Wednesday and
was buried Thursday at Midway.
John Mayes and wife, of Alabama,
visited relatives here last week.
ALLEN.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-09-14
FLOYD

Our Sunday School is progressing
nicely. We have been enrolling new
pupils almost every Sunday but the
older people are not so much inter
ested as we think they should be.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Power visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Johnston Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jordan. of
Austell, were recent visitors to Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Gam.
Mr.. Lame Mitchell and two chill
dren, of Atlanta, spent Sunday with
Mr.. Alex. Mable.
Mrs. J. M. Reed is at home again
after spending two weeks with her
mother, Mrs. NJ. L. Mckinney, of
Austell, who is slowly improving from
a severe case of pneumonia.
Misses Rosa Lee Argo and Willie
Glore spent Sunday with Misses Myr-
tice and Edna Parnell.
Miss Gertie Mckinney, of Oden-
vile, Ala, has been a recent visitor
to her grand mother, Mrs. M. l..
Mckinney, of Austell, and to rela-
tives at Floyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Gam, of Smyr-
ma, spent Sunday with Miss Genie
Park.
Miss Lila Park left several days a.
go for Andrews, N. C. where she has
a position as teacher.
Messrs. Allie and Powell Medlock
and sister, Miss Leon, motored from
Atlanta up to our singing Sunday
afternoon bringing with them Mr..
John Dodgen and Miss Annie Belle
Medlock, of Harmony.
Miss LESSEE Argo, spent Sunday
with Miss Addie Reed.
We are proud that Mr.. Newt Ian
ders continues to improve Floyd by
erecting new houses right where they
look best.