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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
MASONIC ORDER OF MISSISSIPPI IS IN A SPLENDID CONDITION Grand Lodge in Session at Jackson Receives Good
 Reports From State WEATHER DELAYS
 WORK OF FARMERS Alabama Live Stock Company Offers Prize for Cattle Judging Girls
 Canning Clubs Secur-
 ing Results
By F. F.. FRANTZ

Jackson, Miss, February 17.-(Special) More than 600 Masons spent the week in Jackson attending the ninty-ninth annual session of the grand lodge. George E. Power of this city is grand master-the youngest grand master of Masons, per haps in the United States. The meet ings have been held at the Century thea Ire, some of them public and attended by large crowds, especially on the open ing day when addresses of welcome and responses were made.
 Following officers for the ensuing year were elected: Grand master, G. F. Cullen of New Albany; grand senior warden w. L. Wilson of Laurel; grand junior warden, l.. A. Benoist of Natchez; grand chaplain, Rev. H. M. King of Jackson; grand treasurer, E. V. White of Meridian; grand secretary, Frederick Speed of vicksburg; grand tyler, Julius Yaretsl1y of Shuqualak
 The next meeting, the centennial of its organization, will be held at Natchez, the city in which the first meeting in this state was held.
 The report of Grand Secretary Speed showed the order in flourishing condi- ton, 467 new members having taken the degrees last year. The total membership is now 20, 249.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
SEVERAL NEW AGENTS

Miss Susie V. Powell, head of the girl s club movement in this state, and who has aroused great interest in tomato clubs. egg clubs, poultry clubs, etc, dur ing the past few years, was in Jackson yesterday en route to Blacksburg, Va, where she was sent by Dr. Bradford Knapp to attend meeting of state agents. Miss Powell states that since the first of January she has added eight county agents to her list, and that 42 of the S1 counties are now at work show ing girls how to become independent rais- ing tomatoes and marketing poultry and eggs.
 Each girl is allowed but one-tenth of an acre of land for tomatoes and other vege- tables and on that small piece of ground a number of them realized more than $100 net last year and years before. These county agents are paid salaries of s1o0 per month, and they are earning avery cent of it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
FARM WORK DELAYED

Since the first of the new year there have been very few days suitable for farm work, and the result is that next to nothing has been done in preparation for the 1917 crop, even on the state con- vict farms, where labor is under abso- lute control E. J. O'Keefe. superinten- dent of the convict farms, comprising about 25,0o0 acres, was in Jackson yes terday making his inspection rounds or the several farms and camps. He stated that little had been done except to get ready to go to blowing. bitches have been cleaned out, roads worked, stalks knocked down, logs and stumps burned or otherwise gotten rid of, farm implements made ready and the live stock attended to. but that is about all the work pos sible to do. On the new 590o-acre farm in Quitman county a large force is em- ployed clearing land, and MT. O keefe ex- poets to have 1000 acres ready for the blows in a few more days. or by cotton planting time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
VOTING WOMEN'S HOME
THE CHILD LABOR LAW

In the case of Bledsoe vs. Bostick Lumber company, the supreme court of Mississippi has recently held that the child labor law does not apply to wood working plants. and the apelant lost the case. A minor named Bledsoe was em- ployed about the sawmill and blaming plant to sweep out and keep things clean While the foreman was not looking he started up one of the machines and lost two or three fingers. His mother sued for damages. The supreme court quoted the child labor law. which reads "Estap- iishments engaged in manufacturing or working in cotton, wool or other fabrics" under which heading the sawmill cannot come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

States Mississippi would be called on to furnish about 5000 men. That would be a very hard undertaking, and it is ex- uemely doubtful about raising that many troops unless they were forced to joir the army Last summer the state was called on to raise one regiment, and 1t tosk months to do so. The young men of the state are not at all desrous of becoming military or naval heroes, and they are not scrambling to be first to enlist anywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
CHICKENS CAUSE TROUBLE

delegation rom the Federatl0n or Women's clubs swooped down on the city commissioners few days since and demanded an ordinance that will prevent chickens and other fowls running at large fin Jackson. Two of the commissioners promptly surrendered, but Mayor Scott declares he does not know which way to turn. However, the ordinance will be passed, and the neighbors will have tn keep their chickens on their own yards end in their own flower gardens or pay fine of S6 and costs as well as damages. The ladies of the city who try to have flowers are delighted at the prospect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

and the physicians attending her declared nothing could save her unless it be by the transfusion of younger blood. Two of her children, boy and girl, just in their teens, bravely barred their arms to the surgeons and their warm young blood was run into the mothers veins. She rallied, but death relieved her of her sufferings in two or three days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
I'D RIIu.n HOSPITAL.

The Inglenook Construction company of Birmingham has been awarded the con tract for the construction of the Missis- sippi Tuberculosis hospital at Magee, Simpson county, s1700O being the price agreed on. Work Is to begin immediate ly, and in a very few months the state board of health hopes to be prepared to wage unceasing warfare on the great white plague. The citizens of Magee do-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
PREVENTION BEATS CURE

Hog cholera is reported as having made it's appearance in several herds in Wash
 ngton county. and the county demon- strator, II. A. Carpenter, is appealing to all owners of hogs to vaccinate. He states, however, that an ounce of pre- vention is worth a pound of cure, and urges all farmers to use the cholera se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
A VALUABLE PRIZE

3hr-Cobb Live Stock company of York. has advised Prof. Frank w. Farley of the bureau of animal industry, with headquarters at Jackson, that it will of fer a pure bred 1S-month-old bull of the Angus, Hereford or Shorthorn breed as the first prize to be awarded at the state fair next fall for the agricultural college team that will win out in the live stock judging contest. There are now 42 agricultural high schools in the state and it is expected that lively interest Will be taken in this contest. Cattle, hos and sheep judging is taught in all these schools, thus preparing the boys for ac- tive and successful farm life.
 YOUNG WOMEN'S HOME
 There is a strong organization in Jack son, known as the Young Women's Business Club' the membership being made up of those girls and women who have their own way in the world to make Taking time by the forelock they are pre- pairing to build a home for their old and helpless sisters, place of refuge to which they may go when unable to make their own way. The fund is not very large but it is growing steadily, and in a short while they will be prepared to start work on a handsome structure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
GOVERNOR RACKS DOwN

Governor Bilbo has backed away from his proposition to call an extra session of the legislature to give Mississippi a "bone-dry" prohibition law. The gover- nor was quite confident the supreme court was going to declare the initiative and referendum amendment null and void when the game law was decided unconsti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

rum on their hogs before the disease makes it's appearance. All who have fol- lowed that advice are in high feather, no case of cholera having invaded their herds. Hog raising and cooperative shipping to the St. Louis and other mar kets have become great and attractive industries in Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

mated the land on which the hospital is to be founded. 1t Is in the very heart of the long-leaf pine region of the state, and the locality is perhaps as good as could have been selected in the south The state appropriated $25,OO0 with which to establish the hospital, and it~is be- lieved this will make good start on an institution that will grow in the course of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
Tall and Short

From the Weekly Telegraph.
 There was chap in here looking for you, smith,
 Was he tall or short?'
 "Both!' What do you mean?"
 He was a tall man, and he said he wanted to borrow 10 shilings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
BLOOD OF HER CHILDREN

few days since Mrs. J. Fl. Fewer wife of the superintendent of the Jack son waterworks, was reported in criti- cal conditions at one of the local hos pitals. She had been sick several months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

tutional two weeks ago, but that court side-stepped the question and at the same time got rid of the game law In another way This left the amendment just where 1t was, and just as dangerous to a bone dry" law as 1t proved to the game law when submitted to the people. The gov ernor admits his reason for declining to call the extra session was that the nitia- tive and referendum amendment re- mained in the way, and did not doubt that should his "bone-dry" law be en- acted the whisky men of the state would at once file petitions for an election, and that would tie up the law until the gen eral election in November, 1918. He did not care to run any such risk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
Asking Too Much

From the Pathfinder.
 Here, cabby, you haven't given me enough change"
 Well, mister, ye can't expect to hire hoss an kerridge an expert account ant fer 50 cents a mile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

In Peru the woman who has to earn her own living is looked down upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
No OIL WE'LL RORINGs

For two or three months representa- lives of big oil companies have been i'll Jackson securing leases on lands for three years, or longer, at prices ranging from % cents to $1 per acre. They have secured several thousand acres, but were unable to get it in the shape desired ana in 5000-acre blocks, some owners refusing positively to sell the lease. The conse- quence is that all agents have been called off, and Jacksons dream of gas and oil Is about gone, though experts and the xeologists declare the prospect here is as rood as they ever saw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18

China yearly imports s4,000. 900 worth of various kinds of leather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-18
WOULD BE HARD JOB

Under the proposed system of reorganiz-. " the military forces of the United
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
FRANCE srlLL sTRono

alost * the military experts who
have discussed the matter have ex-
pressed the opinion that France has
passed the maximum Of her military
power. especially in regard 70 men
and noncelorih must decline as a FAC.
g0r in the war N marked contrast
with this view Is the statement pro
scented to Secretary Baker BY Andre
Tardieu. French high commissioner 20
thla counui who declares that France
ia stronger today ia men aud war MAJ
irrlals than she has been At any time
aiuee the struggle began From press
dispatch we gather the following
facts:
~ Tardieu says ID his statement
that there are today nearly 3,0oo,ooO
French troops ia tho zone OF the ar.
mics alone. exclusive OF those in the
1onc ef the Interior aud tie colonica
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

That ls a million more thar we're used
20 stem tbe Cermsn f.ooI tide az ihe
Narne and ne sraalast number
France has ever mustered ID tho fght
lng zone The tommis Ioner adds ihal
the force can ~ maintained for long
time 70 eome
fie shows that FRENCH ndefiniiiss
casualties Ia killed and prisoneTs have
dropped from 81 per cent of aii mo
biiized forces at the battle of the
Maue to I.ls per teni during tiie last
slx months ~ iaiG. THAT France 81
holding 57g kiiomeiers ot the 7sg klIo-
meters on the western front. and that
her troops IN June of THE year we're
facing 81 Of fse Izs German divisions
concentrated On that line.
AZ to gins the commissioner shows
That French armies hava had al am
pio supply of the famous ~1ss7 from
ihe first and that her su0 heavy guns
IN August. 1914 had increased TO 5000
ia June. 1919. giving one heavy gun
Tor every twcnty-six meters of the
French offensive fronts this year ~.
ciuding an field and trench guns. he
says there 81 gum for every eight me.
tiers ID the sector of attack
TO feed the "75s" the daily o,t s'ii
OF shells has risen from 1900 y 1914
to a quarter Of million today and
100000 prolectflcs Tor The heavy guns
are supplied each day In addition.
During the last offenHlvos total
weight Of proiectileg averaging iii2
kilogram tabout iiL ionsl was hurled
into every lincal meter 9f the cerman
trenches assaulted, ard I2OO0.o00
shells of al calibcrs we're expended
By the French guns. m addition 70 alI
sbiT France completely rc.eqnipped
and ro-anned tho Belgian. Serbian and
Greek armies aud furnisbed 500 heavy
guns 10 her allies
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
sInos a soosT souo

L. r. Campbell ol the Campbell
sales 90. IS always ready 10 give cred
II whsre credit r. due and be ases The
following TO reitorate hts former state
mon,s in behalf Of Chickasha:
It isn't Your Tomn-lfs You.
If YOU'D Ike to live in the kind Of
town
Like the kind 81 town you'd like
You needn't slip yonr clothes 90 a grip
And start Oh long. long hike
You'Il only find what you left behind
For there's nothing that's really ne%
It's a knock at yourself when you
knock your town.
Il isn't your town-it's you
rscal towns arc not made hy mon
afraid
Lost somebody else gets ahead.
when everyone works ana nobody
shirks
You can raise town from the dead.
And II while You make yonr personal
stake
Your neighbors can make theirs. too
Yonr town WIN be the town you'd Ike
It isn't your town-it's you.
Moral; Wake up BE booster
make an honest noise IN behall Of the
city that supports you, the county that
makes II possible and the raal men
and women lyour neighbDrs} whose
unceasing efforts have made the terms
Queen and King synonyms with Chick
asha and Grady county
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
STRAY PLANTS

Men are not altogether forgeiful.
Even the man who ueglects to blanket
standing horse. will wrap the blanket
carefully about himself before start
Ing up.
No man ever wasted the time he put
into q beautiful lawn.
Always try TO be cheerful-though
nobody viii expect you 10 shout songs
Of triumph in an empty coal bin.
Manhood was never vindicated by
watching the wife WELD mop
Good ideas are often like airships.
We like to see 'em said. but haven't
The ambition TO climb on.
Maybe you're Just as good as your
neighborr Maybe he isn't near as
good as sou ought to be.
ray heed 10 detail. The most for
bidding rubbish may hide the fattest
rabbit.
Hope IS mental survey. Begin Mt
once to stake out trluInphal ropd-
bed.
Man wns always q hunter Even the
hahiual loafer may be on a "still
hunt"
When n good Idea flashes into your
brain, that's Gods signal to 60 nt Il.
BOYS don't make vour ambition how
legged by making it walk too early.
Draft dehnlte plan IN llfe-but
keep the blue pencil handy.
Compare the progress of the present
with the host. not the worst, Of the
paSt.-J. II. Markley. in ohio Farmer.
Ars YOU uaint our classirfsa u.
umnss You ought to-tney get results,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
EXPRESS PAckAoErTEs


More moatless days and whcatlcss
meals
Hear Mr. Hooyer's plain appeals
Mako haste 20 heed his kind advice.
Fnl up the flowing bowl with rice
81 simp says he notices that be nev.
err has as much to worry about when
he has no troubles
But man can play his wife for an
easy mark Just about SO long before he
ia caugat la his mcauness
kid" Iiill and Judge Vance are both
confident that they viii be ablo 10 pass
ihc physical exams FOR collective ser.
vice
About the best moiher-ln-law Joke
We hare heard comes from southern
Oklahoma town where one man mar.
rlcd his
1t certainly is annoying to have to
carry an umbrella every time YOU go
out but don't bc impatlent-it viii
guIl raining some time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
DRAFT RESISTANCE ExhccER.
hTED

George Mcoaaid. staff core pond
ent og the Dallas news who haa been
making personai lnve tization of no
anndraa outbreak % Seminole end
oihcr eoaune1. declares that greatly
erarrersted reports concerning lhe na-
tire and extent of the trouble have
been sent Out and hls findings agree
with tic Information that has been re-
csived by Gov willIams ana other
aiate officials
when ths maleonienfS arst began
heir @uprising and actually did in
some cases commit violence on unof
ftnding nelrhbors who refused 70 fall
ii wlth their plans. the people became
panleky ana aiI sorts of nlld um0rs
ucre eBrreut Newspaper reporters
accepted these reports as true and 10
some cases enlarged upon them. Mr.
McQuaid says. with tho result that o
mob of 30 Or more men grew 70 a
sAousand and the yosaes we're almi-
Iarly enlarged. That the leaders o.
ire working Glass Union and the
Zones Family" really did conscm
plate serious opposition to the draft
ans thar me moyement might hase be-
come serious - prompt measures had
not been taken 70 check f Is not
doubted but those engaged in the ire
vait~ against the government never
numbered morn than q very small per
cent of lhc population of the districts
affected and the Iocai officers, with
citizens who volunteered 70 assist
them. had no dlfficuisy ia getting the
situation under control
asr McQuald'a Investigations appear
" bear 0ut TIE Wow which We took
several days ago 70 she effect that TIE
whole affsir Vas nv F6salt 81 igho
rance. lie visited ihc homes Of mum.
bcr Of the MEN implicated and ts tells
rs that he never found a single book
ID one Of them and he sax ~ signs
0f newspapers Of magazines n such
aoll the seeds of discomfort and sedI-
tiou sown By unscrupulous and anarch
lsslc agltators. readily gcrminated and
took root.
The deluded victims of the agliatora
had no conception of the nature Of the
war ia which bmefira q engaged and
had 40 understanding Of the draft law
They had bccn ied 70 believe that gov
crnment officers would come with
guns aud drag them from their homes
for ARMY service Such ignorance. OF
course Is plliable but sympathy for
the unfortunate cannot De allowed 10
blind the eyes of ihe authorities 10 the
serious character of TIE enterprise inI
which tho men we're engaged. although
it such cases justice may well be tenn
pered with mercy As for the leaders
they merit and no doubt VIII receive
ihe fun penalty Of the law
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

cleanses the blood Of all Impurities.
renewing the vitality that comes with
a restored appetite, Ii Is absolutely
without an equal as tonic and
system buildcr.
$. S. s. has been on the market FOR
more than fifty years. aud IS sold ~
druggists everywhere. who wilt tell
you that It is thoroughly rciabic.
Write to-day for important htera-
ture. and free medical advice from
rhr uedical ate.lpt Addfcss swift
apecine Co., Dept ATLANTA, "a.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
Why WE'RE N THE WAR

mo treaty and no agreement with
the Prussian military government or
with the house Of fiohenzollcrn ia
worth, or ever win be worth. the pa
per # IS written OH except where those
who have the pledge have also the mill
itary power TO compel obedience to
the promise Their trcaties are
ecraps Of paper IL they succeed in
this war. they win attack us al their
convenience senator Robert l.. Ow.
on, before the senate. April l6 1915
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
Summer Disorders Often Come
From Impurities in the Blood

Get in condition for perfect
health.
So many people drag through the
summer season with that worn-down.
tircd-onf feeling that almost entirely
rnffs them for their daily tasks.
without Knowing Just what the
cause iss
i IS just now that a few bottles
Of S. S. S. will prove its grea.l
worth This great blood remedy isl
o wonderful puiher and promptly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
! AM The PUBLIC llsRARy


lam the storchousc of knowledge III
this city
am opportunity
am the continuation school Tor aii
/ hold within myself the desires,
hopes. theories. philosophers. impress
sions. doctrines, culture. attainments,
experiences. and sciences Of all ages
am a house Of wisdom and an IN.
stltutlon Of happiness
am supported By the people for the
people
offer you the opportunity 20 know
an there r. % know about your work
am Tor those Who would enjoy fic-
tlon poetry. philosophy. biography or
learn more about business. trade and
science
have books for all tastes aud needs
and ereeds.
am free 70 the public to profit
from and enjoy
am IN the caro- Of courageous at
'eudants whose duty il is TO help YOU
70 profit from me
| open my doors as great public
mental recreation ground for your
leisure hours
! am the public library.
Library Bulletin
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
THs sle cETIEs

Ocean city y j.. prohibits seine
fishing.
Cleveland is TO have a new hous-
ing code.
Philadelphia is 10 have 500 more
policemen.
Pittsburgh has leased land to grow
food crops,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

Personally. the Psekaeefter prefers
tie movie piciarss whers here are
plenty u policemen and shooting 10
ihe kind whore man goes crazy
about another fellows wiie and ina
rho'e story winds 10 with q s0b
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08
PATIENCE TESTS


Trying TO borrow S. from
millionaire.
Picking UP The things a baby
throws on the iloor.
Waiting for an old maid to set
ready for the theater.
Carving pint of gasoline
four miles In dipper.
Trying 70 ilnd q strawberry in
Tie qulck-lnnch shorlcake.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

There IS 81 inH 90 2 New Easland
town that IS popularity supp9Yed 70
have been established during The iine
of the revolution and the present pro.
prfetor 8 very proud % iis reputation.
-This Inn must be yerg ord said 2
westeruer who had not 81 yet been
made acquainted vim IS history
-very old sir" said the proprietor.
with the utmost aoiemniig would
Tou ike % hear some q the stories
connected with the place
II would indeed replied The tour
ist ~rcIl ME shc Legend 81 that ca.
floar old mince PIE the waiter just
brought in.. lIafper's Magazine.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

Harry Lander tells the following
story abeat a funeral III Glasgow and
"a well.dreaeed stranger who took a
scat Ii one of me mourning coaches.
The ofncr three occupants of the ear
riage vere rather curious to know who
he ives, and at last one Of them began
to qHestIoA him. The dialogue went
like this:
"Ye'u ho brither Of the CORP
NO I'm no brithcr d the corp"
"weeI, yen be his cousin2"
NO. I'm no a cousiu~
AT any rate yen be a frien' o. The
corp?e
"Na I'm not that either 70 see.
I've no been very weel masehr the
stranger explained complacently. "an'
my doctor has ordered me carriage *.
eruIse 50 thought this would be tho
cheapest way to tax Pittsburgh
Post
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-08

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