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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that
have lost or misplaced the follow
ing certificates of stock issued BY
the Merchants & Planters Bank OF
Gunnison. Miss, said certificates
being issued to P. knowlton: Ger
tificates No twenty-oue; forty
seven; aud 6fty-two. Duplicates
have been issued by said bank and
the originals are void and iio
valne.
Petlhire. Miss. April 10th. 1917.
. I P. KNUwLTON.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
IKE YOURS A SOLDIER
FARM.

Enlist your farm in the First
Sissippi regiment of soldier
ner that are serving their state
nation by responding to the
to supply their full share of
and feed stuffs for the country.
Fhis can be done at little or no
f6ce to The farmer. as food
BPS and livestock will be high
prove more profitable than
high-priced cotton.
aeas and cattle are bringing re-
pricer, and by shipping CO.
fntively the farmers are receiv-
the full benefit of these prices.
., VelVet beans, leSpedeZa. and
hct, all Of the crops suited to
Elsslppi are needed. 1t is mans
tduty to man to supply food.
scondarily raiment in the form
eattom lent. The high prices
fe eduty easy to perform.
leo Of no other calling or pro-
Fian are so privileged to serve
u country practically and senti-
f'ally as the farmers. Every
dtI farm will do it's bit" not
endlng on its neighbor to carry
anrdon. Grow more coru, more
more hogs.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
CRANCERY SUMMONS.

The State Of Mississippi.
To Will Brown. whose post office ad-
dress is Helena. Ark.
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court Of the County ei
Bolivar, First District. in said State,
on Che first Monday OF Nav. A, ID. 1917
to defend the suit in said Court oi
Effie Brown. wherein you arc a defend
ant.
This 9th. day OF April. A. n. 1917.
L. b. WOODLAND, CLERK.
BY c. L. CHRISTMAS. ID, {.
J. e. Walker, Sol. for Comp.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
CHANcERY SUMMONS.
The State Of Mississippi,

The State OF Mississippi,
To Allen Anderson. whose residence and
laRd post office address is unknown.
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancefy Couet Of the County 81
Bolivar. First District. in said State,
on the first Monday OF May A. y. 1917.
TO defend the suit i'll said Court OF
Estefle Anderson. wherein YOU are a
defendant.
This and If April, A. D..fs17.
= B. WOOL ARD. Clerk.
=, Eye. T., CHRISTMAS. y. c.
T. NJ. Yoiiny. Sol. tor Comp.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
NATIONS TO PRO.
DucE FOOD.

Is,.' sser : TO the National Agri-
!. !, society meeting here to-
MI, ''euss mobilization of the
Il. 'ood resources. President
\ :, a.c'ared !, it not only is the
|,p,, 'ue United States to take
tH s'eps to feed Americans,
=, possible, to answer the cali
!. y other nations at war.
's'a' follows:
present moment it is
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
Tied BY Preiudices.

The confirmed prejudices of a
thoughtful life are as hard TO change
as tho confirmed habits OF an indolent
~; and as some must trine away
ase,l because they trined away youth,
Stnto @H .RRy on in maze OF
Osor, tecS4$S tsay have wandered
there too long to nnd their way out
Polingbroke.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14

Save postage and time by buying
your Kodak films from us. We
carry at alf times full stock. Also
do your developing aud printing
for you. Patterson Wall Drug Co.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14

Give her a Kodak for a birthday
present-nothing better. We have
them, all kinds. Prices from Sf.ZS
to S2S. 90. Pattersou-Wall Drug
Co. adj.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14

/ Rohyar County Democra
bred nj the Postoffice ut Rosedale, ,
Miss, as second-clasS matter.
SUBSCRIPTION. 81 so.
D. LINNELL. : EDITOR
AND LESSE.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-04-14
THE FOOD PROBLEM.

The food problem was serious
before the United Slater actually
entered the war with Getniany.
Now it is acute,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-05

FIGHTING DONE AND
SAYS R
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
Washington, April 5.-But- there is
one thing, brethren, we ought to be
mighty careful about, now that we
have this job on our hands and see
the size of it.
We ought to look for the enemy
in disguise and look out just as much
for the mOIlusk that talks like a
nan.
It is plain now that we are up
against both.
Working together or singly they
are trying to put over a scheme that
would take all the punch out of our
entry in the war and make this ma
ton a bundle of old clothes on a
stick put up in a field in order to
scare the little brides.
A very strong movement is plan
ned against congress to keep us from
sending any troops abroad and to
cOnfine our share in the war to sup
plying money, chocolate drops and
good wishes.
It is not merely a thing talked
about; it is framed up and ready to
be tackled upon the army apprOpTia-
ton bill the minute that is reported,
and there are about enough half-wit-
ted or half-heaTted congressman to
make the thing likely to get across.
Give our allies money, but no men!
That is to say, hire somebody else to
fight for US! Get substitutes! Do
the worlds historic stunt in side step
ping! Hire somebody to take the
risk we are afraid to take and per
form the duty we are too fiabby to
perfOrmi Hire somebody else to
stand in the trenches and beat back
Prussian baTbaTism, but don't take
us from our dinners and tea-paTties,
our tangOes and our movies!
That's the idea, that's what they
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-05
SEND ARMY TO EUROPE!-WE CAN'T HIRE
FIGHTING DONE AND KEEP SELF-RESPECT,
SAYS RUSSELL,

OSSELL
money but holding back all troops
until we have trained here an army
of at least 1000, 900 men.
It is the limit of laundering if it is
on the level and the limit of a pro-
German play, if it isn't sincere.
Which is which, you can guess if you
note that all the prO-German agen-
cies are hot for it.
If we waited for an army of a mil
lion under such conditions we should
wait until perditiOn CONCEALED! Who
would enlist merely to pass months
or years in a training camp, to parade
in the sun and pave the earth with
Cigaret butts? The men that would
feel any enthusiasm over such a
prospect at a time while the fate of
the world is being decided would not
be worth having.
The effect here of any such bone
head business would be to entinguish
the fine feeling now burning in this
nation, to do away with any chance
for us to be of actual use in the war
and to fill the world with laughter at
our expense.
The effect in Germany would be to
show the German fire eaters they
were perfectly right in thinking we
had gone soft in body and dotty in
mind.
The effect on the war would be to
PROLONG it. The effect on the
allies would be profoundly to dis
courage them.
Why should we want to fool with
a seven-baTreled disaster like that?
The astounding revelations of the
American correspondents lately re-
turned from Germany ought to teach
us our lesson. In Berlin all men be-
ieve that long before we could en-
list, train, equip and send to Europe
a single soldier, Germany will have
won the war and be ready then to
beat us to bits and fill its empty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
The President Responsible
How Does Mr.. Gerard Square his
Alarm with His Praise?
n the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In his speech at the reception given
him last week Mr.. James W. Gerard exam
bassador to Germany, is reported to nave
used the following remarkable language;
When 7 came back 10 this country it was posi-
tive shock to me TO find in the two years In "hieh
the world has been fire that we have Done
nothing TO prepare for even a reasonable fheArs
n national defence There is only one thihg-
universal military service or universal training
Jus. previously he had lauded President
Wilson for the wise counsel and the skilfui
Guidance which would place him IN Ameri-
can history beside Washington and Lincoln.
Mr.. Gerard knows, of course, as does every
bodv that il Is Woodrow Wilson, and nobody
else. who is responsible for the shocking con-
di.ion OF appropriateness which filled Mr.
Gerard with such amazement
II Mr.. Wilson had wanted the United
States to be prepared for any eventuah'y
would he have forced out of the Cabinet Sec
rotary Of War Garrison, who was really try
ING to get some semblance of an army?
Would he have appointed in Mr.. Garrlsons
place pure pacifst with absolutely no
knowledge sf military affairs?
With the "world on fire. az Mr. Gerard
so aptly expressed the situation, Mr.. Wilson
still is doing nothing to secure an army, and
so far as can be seen has no intention oil
Going anything.
II he had the welfare of this great country
at hearttin a ringing message ne would call
Congress together Immediately and demand
the passage of the war staff's carefully pre-
pared bill providing for universal compulsory
military training. NJ. /. H.
New York. March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
The Flag as a Form of Punishment

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: You will doubtless receive scores Of
letters protesting against the announcement
printed in yesterdays Tribune that Bouck
White and his companions who are serving
prison terms for desecrating the American
flag should be made "custodians of the Stars
and Stripes" flying daily above the entrance
Of the Tombs, their place of captivity
1t indicates a serious lack of patriotic
spirit the part of the prison authorities
that the raising and lowering of the flag
should be a form OF punishment. These
men should not be allowed to so much as
touch the flag. much less made to do so,
which of course increases their hostility.
In schools it is to those by merit most
worthy to handle the flag that the care of
it is confided. and the pupil who achieves the
distinction of guardian of the flag" is in
an enviable position and patriotism is slim
ulated ! hope this outrage will not be al
lowed TO go on, and that steps will be taken
to stop this form OF discipline at the Ton.bs
prison. JENNIE UNDERWOOD.
New York, March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21

action forever. And relentlessly and re-
morselessly duty has overtaken US and we
have found that we have escaped nothihg
of duty or Of danger and lost much OF
honor and many precious lives. And IN
the end we have come to war.
The duty that came to Mr.. Wilson at
the time of the Lusitania comes to him
now in form a thousandfold more difficult
because it was not faced then. We nave
got into the war we sought to escape at
all costs; shall we now in war pursue the
same policy of evasion Of the years that
have gone by?
To-day. as every day, American people
are prepared to support the President IN
the maintenance of American honor, in the
defence of American lives and in the per-
Torrance of American duties. To-day the
appeal for leadership goes up with re-
newed volume and added earnestness. VIII
not Mr.. Wilson at last lay aside the policy
which has proven mistaken, the views
which have proven inexact, the hopes that
have been decisions and the expectations
which have been snares, and take up the
great task Of defending his country and
directing the policy of his country III
harmony with that of those other nations
similarly forced into war by the same Ger
man spirit of murder and barbarism?
Surely the time has come to end a situa-
ton which would be ridiculous if 1t were
not tragic, a situation in which great
nation is at war without an appreciation
of the fact or preparation for the con-
sequences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
The New French Cabinet
sequences.

The new French Cabinet is one of those
makeshift structures familiar in the his
tory of the Third Republic and indicative
of the weakness of the parliamentary sys-
tenn. Ribot is a very old man, far past
his prime, and little more than a figure
head. He has been put in power largely
because he can have no harvest of political
influence even from victory, and thus there
will be no obstacle in the way Of those
who are in the background waiting.
Paul Painleve, the new Minister of War,
Is an interesting and able man, who quar-
relied with BRAND and went out OF the
BRAND Cabinet some months ago. He Is
far more sincere and far less politician
than any other of the new ministers. But
his presence raises questions which cannot
be entirely pleasant at the present mo-
ment. The retention of Albert Thomas
is the best thing about the new Cabinet.
1t would be mistake for the friends
Of France in this country to close their
eyes to the fact that this new change has
been a change for the worse; it has been
& change forecast by so dangerous man
as Caillaux, and his return to power,
with all that it means of danger and posi-
BILE disaster for France, has been made
the easier by the fall of BRAND.
The army and the people may still save
France from the Germans in spite of the
politicians of the Palais Bourbon, but the
politicians have palpably made the task
more difficult and have contributed materl-
ally to depressing the national confidence
and weakening the national hopes in re-
cent months. No one can expect much
from the Ribot Cabinet, nor mistake the
fact that an old man has been substituted
for the strongest and ablest statesman of
the present day in France as the result
Of the intrigues of small politicians who
have placed their selfish interests above
the necessities of their country at the pres
ent tragic hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
Our Inefficient American Tongue

There are tongues and tongues, we are
interested to learn from an expert upon
diction cited by "The Evening Sun" The
French tongue is long and elastic, not to
say acrobatic being so developed by the
muscular action demanded in uttering the
French language. II is especially strong
at the tip, which trills the inimitable "r."
The English tongue, again, is rounder and
thicker. And thus we reach the American
tongue, which this expert likens most to an
"incapacitated jellyfsh." At the bottom
Of our unbelievable depths stand the
East Siders of New York, who turn up
the point of their tongues and talk with
the under side.
Put thus in terms Of muscle, the idea OF
improving our national speech seems al
most feasible and practical. We go through
oil sorts of gymnastic exercises to increase
our lungs and reduce our belt measure.
We spend untold brain and energy in
teaching our bricklayers to handle bricks
efficiently. Why not take up tongues, put
muscle into them, teach them how to do
their Job efficiently. and so make speech
surer and more agreeable? Why not a
standardized American speech and stand
ardized American tongue? The former
would, of course, be canned, and thus dis
tributed to every schoolhouse in the coun-
try. The latter might not be measurable
in inches, but it could be established by
the simple test Of speech, and so required
by regents from Skowhegan to San Diego.
Would the standard stick after grammar
school was over? We fear not, universally.
Yet certain modern forces may help. The
telephone, for instance. The telephone
companies make business of teaching
their operators clear, correct speech. And
the great public has to mind the consonants
end vowels rather more than usual if it is
to send talk over a wire. At any rate,
national efficiency is the word, and tongues
can contribute 10 it quite as we'll as brains
or legs or arms. Why not train them?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
William II. to Woodrow w.

Say. Woodrow, watts dis covert" act
Which you have warned, with so much tact,
/ must avoid, if | would save
The friendship of your peoples brave?
| thought, when Lusitania drown,
I'd might cause more than Wilson's frown;
II was not covert" then, you say;
My submarines were just at play?
Those Gulhight incidents-de Frye,
Ancona, Sussex, you pass by?
But w in Himmel do you wait?
We're modified, in angry hate
If I cant start you nit U-boat,
What must do to get your goat?
You think ! love your peoples more
Than strafng goods TO England's shore?
Ny Tirpitz and Won Hindenburg
Haf told you plain, in simple word
Like "frightful" ruthless" "schrecklch
keit''
Expressions Of der Kulturs might
That stars and stripes will not avail
To make the double eagle quail.
covert "overt"-vat ISIS your game?
With many notes your hand ISIS lame;
But yet | 90 not understand
Why this "oUcrt" you still demand!
My friend, Bill Stone, he will not tell;
And Cummins-he explains not WE'LL
Bob La Follette-and Bryan, too
They will not tell me what to do
I'll strafe your sister, smash your mother,
Parayze your baby brother,
II can this covert" act
Accomplish as very fact.
Your friendship is not worth TO me
Two marks, pfcnnig, tuppence, three.
How many "ovcrts" do you want
To start your navy on "a jaunt?
covert" you tell me what that means
III order, then, my submarines.
J. G.. C.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
Well Worth Trying

1t is TO be hoped that members of the
Board of Education who opposed the crea-
ton of the Office of executive manager, to
which Mr.. Leo Arnstein has been elected,
will reconsider their announced intention
to fight the matter in the courts. The
Office is neither unnecessary nor the salary
extravagant. Ten thousand dollars year
is by no means too much for a person
properly qualified to do the work of that
office, and nothing in all the discussion of
the project and of Mr.. Arnstein, has sug-
gested that he is not fitted for the place.
The education budget runs to 100000
600 annually. Mayor Mitchell, when he
originally proposed the plan for an execu-
tive manager, said that official would have
the annual expenditure of funds amount
ing to about S12,OOO,OOO. By reorganizing
and systematizing the business affairs of
the department a manager of any ability
ought to find opportunity for saving for
the city many times the amount of the
salary allowed; and the city cannot afford
to scorn any plan indicating hope of a
better-run and less costly department in
any field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
Morbid Curiosity as to Submarines

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: While DESTROYS Of avoiding even the
appearance of seeming unreasonable, permit
me to urge you to desst from taking up
valuable space in your esteemed journal with
the reports of the sinking of American boats
by those with whom we enjoy relations of
amity ! assume some one, probably insur-
ance companies or other commercial bodies,
are interested in this class of news, but have
they not their own sources Of information,
such as trade journals and the like? | am
confident the public would much prefer the
space now wasted on submarine activities
devoted to items of more purely local in
terest.
After all, who cares whether these boats
sink or not? Some of the passengers
friends? Possibly! But why not let them
patiently await the publication in the obitu-
airy columns, where in due course such
things appear? 1t has seemed to me of late
that the columns devoted TO "Where to Eat
"Where TO Dance" etc, ere being curtailed
in order to pamper morbid, vulgar curiosity
concerning shpwrecks.
THOMAS C. CLARKE.
New York, March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
John Brown S Body
Originally a Negro Melody, Fitted
with Words in Massachusetts

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May have the courtesy of your col
umns for brief reply to c. J. Ramsay's
request for information? One of the most
useful volumes in my little musical library
is sour Familiar Songs edited By Helen
Kendrck Johnson and originally published
in 1881. This book contains much informa-
ton that had never previously appeared in
print.
Mrs. johnson has this to say of "John
Browns Body: 1.-THE words, except the first
stanza, were written by Charles S. Hall, Of
Charlestown, Mass. Thsne Miller, of Gin
cinnat, heard the melody in a colored Pres
byterian Church in Charleston. S. c., about
1859, and soon after introduced it at a con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation in Albany, n. Y, with the words:
Say, brothers, will you meet u.s.?
flames f. Greenleaf, organist of the Har-
ward Church in Charestown, found the music
in the archives of that church and fitted to
it the first stanza of the present song. This
became so great favorte with the glee club
of the Boston Light Infantry in 1861 that
they asked Mr.. Hall TO write additional
StanZaS. Inc ran Mdil bdLelle OF OClODti
ia, 1865, said: The street boys of London
have decided in favor OF John Browns
Body" as against "My Maryland" and "The
Bonnie Blue Flag" The somewhat lugubri-
Gus refrain has excited their admiration to a
wonderful degree"
To what Mrs. Johnson has written ! would
add that to my mind the chief defect Of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is to be found
in the music (the old tune of adams and
Liberty") the range being too high for gen.
eral singing by unframed voices. My objec-
ton to Mrs. Howe's words is that they are
not concrete and direct enough for march
ing song or stirring national anthem. They
are essentially abstract, symbolic. Henry
Howard Brownell once we'll known for his
war Lyrics" and other poems, wrote
Words That Can Be Sung to the 'Hallelujah
Chorus words of fiery directness and ex-
celent literary quality. One might suggest
that Americans learn them. but perhaps they
would better tackle America first and ac-
quire more than one uncertain stanza of that.
G. S. BRYAN.
Brookfeld Centre, Conn, March II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-21
Riches the Root Of Evil
The Real Wickedness in Our Faulty
Economic System
70 thc Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: was much interested by your ex-
coration Of the ordinary socialist habit of
thought. and TO my sorrow must admit that
it is largely true The average socialist talks
about the typical capitalist just as the old
economist talked about the economic man."
Nevertheless. the principle of economic
determinism, however crudely it may be
stated by our more ignorant comrades, has
a solid foundation in human nature. Jesus
said it as we'll as it could be sad-"Where
the treasure is there shall the heart be
also" It is not true that all of us are
working for our own pockets all the time
1t is least of all true of the socialists them
selves, for every one of them goes contrary
to his private interests for the sake of the
cause IL is only partly true even of
those who spend their lives trying to get
rich. for religion, patriotism and sympathy
influence them to some extent. But i. is
true that every one of us has his vision
warped by his material interests, and that
the avowed servants of Mammon, those who
are in the business of piling up riches, are
most likely to put property rights ahead of
human welfare.
The love of money is the root Of all evil.
It is not just to say that this war was pre-
cipitated By capitalists for their own advan-
tage, but there is no doubt that the pursuit
of wealth By those in power brought about
conditions that made war inevitable. The
real wickedness is the service of riches, which
is contrary to the teaching Of Jesus, and
which socialism alone can abolish.
Socialists are making a great mistake, in
my opinion in appealing to class conscious
ness, which Americans cannot understand
and attacking patriotism, which is our high
est social motive, and which is driving us
away from the service of Mammon to our
public duty, and eventually to socialism. Per-
haps Edward Bellamy was right when he pre-
dicted that socialism would come in Amer
lea, not from "the party of the red" but
from the national party.
ARCHIBALD CRAIG.
Jersey City, n. j., March 10, 1917.