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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

p naked, Copper-Coioreo Figure Gid
ed NoiselessIy Through the Under
growth and crawIed Like Serpent
Toward the Madman.
perhuman force seemed dragging him
away to rush after the vanished war
party; but as often as he rose fren-
ziedly to his feet, the utter folly Of
attempting Toinette's rescue alone
pulled him down; and at last he forced
himself to turn his back ON his last
hope and to bow his head to the duty
nearest at hand.
Through the long nights his lonely
vigils were spent in brooding over the
past. BY day he secured the woods
for food, finding a wealth of purple
clusters of the wild fox-grape, Wits
labrusca, the muscadine; sometimes,
seeing the busy cloud of wild bees
swarming high overhead, he smeared
his face and hands with wet clay,
climbed laboriously to their strong
hold, and rifled their rich masses of
dripping honey; sometimes finding a
store of nuts, forgotten by the chat
tering squirrels; sometimes succeed
ing in bringing down a black grouse
as 1t drummed and strutted on q res
onant log. Thus eking out their scanty
store of dried venisOn, he kept life in
Blackford's body through twelve days
Of agonized watching.
And at last the fever and the stab.
bling pain in Ike's side vanished under
the healing Of the forest.
There came a day when David
gaunt and weak from starvation, bent
over Ike and felt the hot tears yelling
up unconsciously; and even as he
watched, Ike's eyes opened ald looked
up at him with all delirium gone.
"Hello, David" he said weakly, els
the rain over?"
"Yes," was the joyous answer
"thank God. the rains over nowl''
Ike lay for while in silence before
he spoke again:
@Time we're going on, isn't itP' HI
tried to rise. "Why, what makes me
so weak Davidp
you've been sick long while, son
easy now, easyp
The tale Of his long delirium wal
one which Ike heard In wonder. Hi
sickness had left him like little child
and he cried In sheer gratitude as b,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Incarnation. He was Elkskaeawu, mA
Prophet.
"ThereTl be a brick house for you
in Maiden. my DEAR" said the white
man pleasantly. with a black boy
to build fire for you every morning,
while you're still snug in bed. Hap
pen you'll remember poor Simon Cir
ty then, freezin' out in the woods with
-he Injun devils, rot tbemp He
glanced at Elkskatawa as IL afraid
that the Indian might have understood
his last words. you'll not forget the
man as was kind to you then, will
YER
Toinette shuddered at his tone and
was silent.
"Oh, I'll gee tibet We git to Maiden,
all safe, my beauty" he went on, re-
assured by the Prophets apathy.
"'Tis fine, handsome man thets
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
CHAPTER XIII.
In the House Of the Prophet.

In the House OF the Prophet.
The red warriors who had glided
past Blackford's delirious eyes
dragged with them O girl who called
piteously for help. IKE, Ike, don't
you know me?" she screamed, and
was answered only by the hooking
silences Of the woods.
Northward she struggled, driven by
her captors; and all around she saw
the implying children of the wood.
Down to the edge of the rivers came
the dark majesty of the forest. Be-
low struggled the green galaxy of
bush and shrub; and above, towering
beeches, clean-boled, smooth, gray,
rearing their clouds of delicate leaf
cry; sycamores, whose massive pill
lars cleaned white through the dusky
aisles; superb cottonwoods, bearing
with proud lightness their weight Of
ever-trembling leaves; colossal oaks,
like Atlas lifting up green worlds of
foliage; and, king of all, the Ameri-
can liriodendron-the tulip tree-its
branches stupendous dome Of majes-
tic beauty, over which, in May, it cast
the miraculous loveliness of its waxen
blossoms.
By day Toinette saw at times the
milder people of the woods, crouched
in the night encampmehts, she lis;
tened with beating heart to the ter
rible scream of the cougar, the tawny
demon of the wood, or trembled in APP
prehension of those other human,
more dreadful demons, her captors.
Noon of the sixth day of November.
A fire of twigs filled the tepee with
an acrid smoke and rendered the cold
but little less damp. On the pile of
skins upon the frozen ground were
three figures, two men and woman.
Both men wore the leathern dress
and moccasins of the Indian, but in
spite of his dress and darkly tanned
face, 1t could be seen that one was
white. The woman wore what had
once been a dress such as swept the
garden walks of Versailles; but II
was now no more than a torn and
muddy rag, her naked shoulders
scratched and torn by branch and
brier and blue with cold. The white
man tossed a buffalo robe toward the
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
By SAMUEL Mccoy
(copyrisht, 1916, By BObbs.Merrill Cos

Valley the Shadow than
pursuit captured and carried
the forest depths event
Importance himself his friend
reseung him. is told in this nsament
followed David reIenIess His father hanged
settlement kill
instead Tonet o'eannon fell
British accident accused Of treason
girl
proof his after he settled at Vneennes his old
mady with the that Toinette had
Backord forth to intercept
the kdnapers fell sick In the forest
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18
"He'II Pay Many a eoldpiece for We,
My Dear"

waiting fur ye thar-a purity red coat
he wars, and q tossel o. gold on each
shoulder-purty ez king. He'll pay
many goldpiece fur We, my dear
An ven be wuth 'em ALL" he giggled
evilly.
Toinette looked at him as a fright
ened bird looks at a snake, unable to
move; a tear stole from beneath her
lashes and rolled down her wasted
cheek.
Suppose We talk a bit to me-
thar's good gal. Come, what's yer
name? Tight-mouthed still, are ye?
Yell beg to speak fore I'm done with
vel"
The flaps of the deerskin tent were
drawn aside and the painted face of a
warrior was thrust in. He was drip
ping with sweat though the day was
chilly, and his words were hurried.
Toinette strove in vain to catch an
English word among the torrent Of
Delaware, but none came; she guessed
from the startled grunts from Elkska-
tawa and the oath that fell from Cir
tvs lips that the message was Of seri-
Gus portent. Girty, casting a glance
over his shoulder, saw the girls in
tense gaze fixed upon them, and
laughed sneeringly.
Heres some news fur ye-thet fine
young man of yours hes he'd his scalp
lifted, he, he, he'll Some o. the young
Pottawattamies met up WI him wan
derin' long lost into the woods as ef
he thought he was in Philadelphy."
Toinette whitened. The braves who
had brought her into the village of the
Prophet had told Girty, doubtless,
that she had recognized the sick
man in the woods. Had another scout
ing party found Ike and killed him?
She could not know; Girty, seeing her
blanch at his random thrust, giggled
In triumph. The news which the run
ner had brought was that the army Of
whites was within few miles.
The consultation between the
Prophet and the renegade went on in
cultural whispers. Toinette began to
wonder why the news Of the capture
|
so prolonged discussion. Sounds
of unusual activity In the village be-
gan to reach her-a constant patter
of moccasined feet, hurrying by the
tent, the occasional wailing of a
squaw, quickly hushed by an angry
command, the barking Of the NANCY
Indian dogs-an unmistakable restless
ness In the whole camp.
There fell on her ear the faint
sound of drums-dlstant, measured,
unlike the irregular beating of the
drums of the savage. Nearer and
nearer 1t came, steady, unmistakable ;
and then, her heart at first refusing
to believe her ears, the shrill and
reckless music of the fifesl She be-
gan to thrill with hope In every
nerve; and with an inarticulate sob of
Joy she rose to her knees. The In
dian and the renegade looked up
sharply as she started up; and with
cruelty that stunned her, Girty
laughed in her face.
"He, he, hel" Thet hain't any
friends o. yourn, my dearl TITS a
company o. Proctor's Redcoats from
MaIden-theyn make We fine body
guard to take ye 'crost to Canady
He, he, hei Ye thought twas some o
the boys from Corydonl It's SHAME
t disappoint ye so. But IL ye don't
wish fur t. go weth the kings sogers
ye're not obleeged to. Why don't ye
go weth Simon Glrty. insteadf"
cNNNNNNeNNN~N
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

girl, and mOtioned her to cover her
shoulders with it, leering ingratiating-
ly while the Indian scowled. His
high, swarthy cheekbones were
framed by braids of coarse black hair,
plentifully smeared with bears grease
and adorned by the feathers OF the
hawk and eagle; one Of his eyes was
gone, the brows contracting over a
slit that showed a blood-red cavity;
but the other burned with hypnotic
intensity. His heavy lips muttered an
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the.
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with la Creole" Hair Dressing
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00.-Adgs
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Only about one-tenth Of the vast
amounts of iron ore mined in Spain
annually are utilized at home because
of the scarcity of native coal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-01-18

Some men are unable to think when
drunk or to talk when sober.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31

DR.. T. J. Bailey, superintend-
ent of the Mississippi Anti-Sa-
loon League, says that there is
utterly no foundation for the re-
port that the national bone dry
law has been deferred, so far as
operation goes, until the new
year and that on and after July
/, Mississippi will be as devoid
of liquor as a barren rock. DR..
Bailey says that be is at a loss to
understand how the report gained
credence unless it is explained by
the fact the Federal statute ac-
companies the operation of state
statutes and in some states abso-
lutte prohibition does not become
effective by state law until De-
cember 31st. The federal law
does not conflict with state
rights. If state permits the
manufacture and sale of liquors
the Federal law allows their i'm
portation. If the state says
booze is barred the Federal law
merely does what the state
wants, COR says it wants, and
makes the importation.of whisky
impossible. Twenty-four states
will be bone dry after July LIST.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31

Regulations to govern exemp-
tons under the selective draft
are being worked out in Wash
ington, and while the plans are
not yet complete it is probable
that the jury wheel system will
be followed in selecting those
who are to go into the first army
of 100000 and not until the
names have been drawn ''and
each registration district has pro-
vided the number apportioned to
it will exemptions be considered.
AS each individual drawn re-
ports, his claims for exemption
will be passed upon and if he is
exempted another will be drawn
to fill the vacancy. Registrars
will receive instructions to &C
cept cards only from mem be-
tween the ages of Il and 80 in
elusive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
DIPPING COMPULSORY.
Acknowledgement Says All Cattle
Must Be Dipped.

The following opinion by the
attorney general, given to JUS
tice w. E. Pope, will be of in
terest to a great many OF our
citizens who are under the i'm
preston that they are not COM
PEELED to dip their cattle unless
they are ticky.
The encouragement makes it
clear that all cattle must be Dip
ped, whether infested with ticks
or not:
Jackson. Miss, May 5, 1917
Mr.. w. E. Pope, Justice of the
Peace, Braxton, Miss, Route l.
Dear Sir: | have your inquiry
of the 4th inst, and in reply |
beg to advise, that under Section
3 of Chapter 1877 of the Laws OF
1916, all cattle, horses or mules,
whether they have ticks on them
or not, if they are IN county or
part of q county which is infest-
ed with cattle ticks. must be
dipped by their owner if he is
ordered to do so by the county
inspector or his deputy or assist
ant; and they must be dipped at
such time and in such manner as
the regulations of the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board may re-
quire. Any parties failing to
comply with the provisions of
this Act are guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and On conviction shoald
be fined not less than $25 nor
more than $500. or imprisoned IN
Jail not less than ten days nor
more than three months, or both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Very truly.
Ross A. COLLINS,
Attorney General.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
NOTICE. FOR PUBLICATION.
(RegiSter,)

Department of the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Jackson, Missis-
sippi, May IA, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Roy l..
Hogue, whose post-office address is
Jackson, Mississippi, did, on the LIST
day of December, 1916, file in this
office Sworn Statement and Appiica-
ton, No. 07504, to purchase the South
Half of Lot No. 2, Section "a, Town
ship North, Range 2 East, ChoctaW
Meridian, and the timber thereon, un-
der the provisions of the act of June 3,
1878, and acts amendatory, known as
the Timber and Stone Law" at such
value as might be fixed by appraise-
ment, and that, pursuant to such APP
plication, the land and timber thereon
have been appraised, the timber esti-
mated 116. 600 board feet at $2.08 IL
per M, and the land Sl48.00; that said
applicant will offer final proof in sup
port of his application and sworn state
ment on the 18th day of July, 1917. be-
fore Register or Receiver, of U. S..
Land Office, at jackson, Mississippi.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry. or initiate a
contest at any time before patent is
sues, by filing corroborated affidavit
in this office, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
W. F. CUMMINS, Register.
mayI7-julyl2-9wks,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
JOS. w. POWER,
Secretary of State.
A Symbol of Health.

The Pythagorians of Ancient
Greece ate simple food, practiced
temperance and purity. AS a
badge they used the five pointed
star which they regarded as a
symbol of health. A red five
pointed star appears on each
package of Chamberlain's Tablets
and still fulfls it's ancient miss
ion as a symbol of health. If you
are troubled with indigestion,
biliousness Or constipation, get
a package of these tablets from
your druggist. You will be sur
prised at the quick relief which
they afford. Obtainable every
where.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
Notice of Trustees Sale of Land Under
Deed of Trust.

On the'6th day of November. 1906. j. E. Shedd
and.Aurea Shedd. executed and delivered to ia.
Morris, Trustee. a deed of trust to secure an
indebtedness therein named due and owing j. r.
Barksdale President of the Board of Supervisors
of Rankin County. Mississippi. the said deed OF
trust being of record in the Chancery Clerk office
of said Rankin County in Book No. 63. at page
1923, thereof; that said named trustee having re-
fused to execute the trust. l. w. E. Mcintyre
have been appointed substitute trustee therein
which said substitution is of record in the said
chancery clerks office in Book 70. at page 270
thereof Default having been made in the pay
ment of the said Indebtedness and being request
ed to forecose the said deed of trust | WILL on
the Ist Monday in June, 1917. the same being the
4th day of said month. within legal hours. at
public auction at the front door OF the court
house in the town of Brandon. Rankin County.
Mississippi offer for sale. and will sell for cash.
to the highest and best bidder the following de-
scrbed land, situated in Rankin County. Missis-
sippi, to-wit: ,,
Sl-2 NW1-4 and 16 acres off south side NW1-4
Section 49, Township z, Range East. 80 acres.
The said land will be sold toward satisfying
said indebtedness in said deed of trust and the
title thereto is believed to be good but will con-
vey only such title as is vested in me as such
trustee. 80.
witness my signature this the 9th day of May.
1917.
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
frustsa's NeIiea o. Sale.

By virtue Of the authority conferred
upon me, the undersigned Trustee, in a
deed of trust given by J. Z. Murrah to
secure certain Indebtedness to Mrs.
Anna w. H. Thompson, mentioned
therein, which said deed of trust is
dated December 14th, 1912, and record
ed in the Office of the Chancery Clerk
of Rankin County, at Brandon, Miss
issippi, in Book No. 3, at page 366, ref
erence to which is hereby made, and
default having been made in the pay
ment of said Indebtedness, and having
been requested and directed SO to do by
the holders of said instrument and in
debtedness, will, on the End day of
July, 1917, during illegal hours, at the
Front Door of the County Court House
of said County, at Brandon, Mississippi,
offer and expose for sale, and will sell
for cash, at public cutlery, to the high
est and best bidder, the following de-
scribed land and property, situated, ly-
ing and being in the County of Rankin,
and State of Mississippi, and more par
ticularly described as follows, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter of the North
west Quarter ,SW1-4 of NW1-4 of
Section Six (6), Township Five (5),
Range Two (2). East, containing 40
acres, more or less; and being the same
land conveyed to James Murrah by deed
of j. D. McNeill, and the same proper
ty conveyed to said McNeill by deed OF
Ida Dunn Howard November 8th,,, 1909;
see Deed Book II, page l9 ct sequor.
Together with all improvements there
on.
Said land and property will be sold
towards the satisfaction of said indebt-
edness, interest and costs. and the title
to said property is believed to be good,
but l will convey only such title as is
vested in me as Trustee.
Witness my signature. this 18th day
of Nav, 1917. II. V. WATKINS,
mail june28post h ma3l Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
GOV. BILBO ISSUES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION
Calls Citizens of Mississippi to Respond to C0unryS Call
on June 5th with Patriotic Demonstrations.
Duty for Every One to Perform.

ties imposed for failing to do so.
| urge the white people, those OF
the colored race who are educat-
ed, all employers of uneducated
labor to instruct the ignorant OF
the Importance of registering
and the severe punishment pre-
scribed for those who do not. |
would especially regret to see
ignorant colored or white people
punished for emitting to regis
ter when such failure was not
intentional but from lack of
knowledge Of the necessity for
it. The law imposes penalty
of one year in the penitentiary
for evading registration. It is
the duty of every male citizen of
Mississippi between the ages of
q and 81, black, white, yellow
or red, sick or we'll, cripple or
blind, married or single, convict
or free, to register. and the mat
ter of exemption is one to be
considered and passed upon later
by the Exemption Board. |
would urge upon every officer of
the law to warn those that they
must register and to notify the
authorities for failure of any one
to do so coming within the pre-
scribed limits. The law makes
it their duty to do this. There
is also severe penalty imposed
upon any one who attempts in
any way to prevent eligibles
from registering.s
| most seriously urge corpora
tons and large land owners to
warn their employees that they
must register and ask that they
furnish conveyance and means
of transportation where necessa-
ry to enable them to go to the
registration booths.
| ask that every newspaper in
our state give the widest public
ity to the necessity for registra-
ton so that all will be warned.
Ignorance cannot be plead as an
excuse. For fear that some
may attempt to conceal their
age wish to remind them that
our school records show the ages
of all who ever attended our
public schools and our poll books
show this as to all who have ever
registered.
There is an enormous expense
connected with this registration
and while the Federal Govern
ment has made provision to pay
for all services where demanded,
| feel that every one, the County
Bard of Registration, the pre-
cinct registrars and any one who
performs service on the 9Th of
June should donate his service
without compensation, glad to do
his part in the great cause to
which we are all pledged and
feel honCred that he has been
called upon to do it.
Let there be no slackers in Jour
midst and let us show to the
world that patriotism still lives
in Mississippi.
In Testimony Whereof have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State to be
affixed this the 10Th day Of May,
A. D., 1917.
THEO. G.. BILBO,
Governor,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31

AN ORDINANCE giving notice of the
proposal of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen to issue and sell at its
regular June 1917 meeting bonds of
said town of the face value of
100000 to be dated July /, 1917,
and payable in twenty years from
that date and bearing interest at
six per centum per annum, interest
payable semi-annually on the first
day of January and July each year,
for the purpose of improving the
streets, sidewalks, driteways and
wakways of the town of Brandon,
as authorized by Chapter lat Laws
of Mississippi 1914.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
town of Brandon, in Rankin County,
State of Mississippi, that the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of said town
proposes to issue and sell at its regular
June 1917 meeting Bonds of said town
of the face value of SIS, 10000 to be
dated July l, 1917, and payable in
twenty years from that date and bear
ing interest at six per centum per an
mum, interest payable semi annually on
the first day of January and July OF
each year, payable at the option of the
purchaser, in the town OF Brandon or
at the Seaboard National Bank in the
City of New York, for the purpose of
the streets, sidewalks,
and walkways of said town.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
that this ordinance be published in the
Brandon News for three successive
weeks next preceding the next regular
meeting of this Board to be held on the
first Tuesday in June 1917 at which
meeting the bonds will be issued, but
if within that time twenty per cent OF
the adult taxpayers of said town petit
ton against the issuance of the bonds,
then the bonds shall not be isssed, I'M
less authorized by majority of the
electors voting in an election to be or
dered for that purpose.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
that for cause shown this ordinance
shall take effect and be in force from
and after the date of its approval.
Passed by the Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen Tuesday, May l, 1917, as ap-
pears of record in Minute Book 2. Page
44O. A. M. SHIELDS, Town Clerk.
Approved May l, 1917.
PAT'K HENRY, Mayor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31

The grounds OF the Mississippi Elk
position are by far more beautiful in
heir natural state than any OF its
Kind in former years. Oaks that are
undoubtedly hundreds of years OF age.
wisteria vines half foot in diameter
and old-fashioned sweet orange trees
rs old as the oldest inhabitants are q
few of the natural beauties that the
landscape artists have as the ground
work for the prettiest park In the
South.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-05-31
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly. in
fluenced by constitutional conditions,
and in orGer to cure it you must
take an internal remedy. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years. 1t
is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect com
bination of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure is what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
TONS Send for testimonials. free.
T. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, Q.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.