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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

Mississippi Is Proud of It's Senior
Ganat0r


.Washington.-Sen John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi, denounced OBJ
structionists to the food bill when
debate upon the conference report was
resumed In the senate.
st is time to forget party align
ments," he said, land am glad to say
that a majority of Democrats and Re-
publicans have done SO. but there is
a small group on either side who have
formed themselves into an arti-Amer-
lean party"
Consciously or unconsciously, he
said, they had put themselves into
position of opposing everything that
goes to carry on the war.
"It is time for the majority of the
two parties to say to these two little
groups" he declared, "'you have
danced your ballet, you have sung
your song. America is tired Of you;
we are tired of you and want to do
something
Roosevelt. Taft and Wilson all are
setting examples. All three have
proven their Americanism. They are
tired, the country is tired, the house
tired and two-thirds of the senate is
tired of this constant Cabling about
nothing. We are tagging through the
dog days, making everybody nervous
with talk on this bill that isn't chang
ing vote"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16


Gov. Bilbo announces the appoint,
ment of Lieutenant Colonel E. B. Boyd
of the First Mississippi artillery, and
of Major George A. Hogaboom of the
Second Mississippi regiment. These
men have been connected with the
National Guard for several years, and
are recognized as able officers.
Major Charles R. Daily will be lieu
tenant-colonel of the Second Missis-
sippi infantry; Major w. c. O'Ferrali
will be lieutenant-colonel of the First
artillery; Major A. H. Pattison will be
leutenant-colonel of the First regi-
ment.
Herdin H. Brooks of Meridian and A
G. Nets of Greenwood will be majors
of the artillery regiment; those for the
cavalry will be j. Fl. Hairston of Gulf
port and Dennis Hossley of Vicksburg.
The majors in the Second regiment
will be w. w. Harper Of Natchez, H.
N. Scales of Macon, and J. E. German
Of Vicksburg. They are now captains.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
COUNCIL TO SETTLE STRIKES
Special Commissioner, Recommended
BY Council of Defense, Will Ham
die Labor Troubles.

Misunderstanding Of impor-
tant government contracts being inn
peded seriously by labor disputes Writ
ually is eliminated by the creation of
a special commission with extraordi-
nary powers to settle industrial trou-
bles. The council of national defense,
which recommended the board, will
award contracts only to those who
will abide by the decisions of the board
and require pledges of their employees
to do so.
Members of the board will soon be
selected. There are to be nine of them,
three representing the government,
three employers and three labor.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
U. S. U-B0AT HITS STEAMER
Collision In Boston Harbor In Fog Be-
tween Submarine and Excursion
Steamer.

Boston-A United States submarine
collided with the Nantucket Beach eX-
cursion steamer Mayflower in Boston
harbor during a thick fog. The navy
yard officials said the material dam
age to thu submarine was slight, but
that the Mayfiower had hole stove in
her port side near tn paddle box. One
seaman on the steamer suffered a
broken leg.
Fifteen hundred passengers on
board were transferred without acct
dent to the steamer Rose Staniish
and brought to the city.
Tugs took the Mayfiower to ship
yard in East Boston, where she ar
rived with a considerable list to port.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
He Didn't Care.

A man pushed his way hurriediy into
the subway at Brooklyn bridge in New
York. In his haste he -colIided with
another man, who was not too hot to
fight.
Look where you're going" shouted
the militant as he grabbed the other.
"Pm going to knock your block off,
II should worry. l was caught in
the draft" said the otter with an air
OF resignation.
The man who wanted to fight
laughed while everybody in the car
joined in.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
CAPITOL BUILDING
WILL Be DEDICATED
CONTRACTOR sEMMEs SPEEDING
WORK TO COMPLETE REMODEL
ING BY MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
BIG EVENT OF STATE FAIR
Practically All Structural Work Is Fin
ished and Crews Are Busy kalso-
mining and Staining interior
of Old Building.

Jacksonville big feature of state
fair week in October, 1917, will be the
dedication of the old capitol building,
which Will be held on the opening day,
Oct. %, as stated by Miss Mabel Stire,
secretary and manager of the state
fair enterprise. The state fair direc-
tors and the capitol commission have
reached an understanding in regard to
this matter and all arrangements will
go forward to make it most memoir
able day in the annals of the state
fair and also in the history of the new
old capitol.
1t was in the same building, in its
semi-crumpled and decaying condition,
a dozen years ago, that the state fair
received its impetus, and both build
ings and grounds adjacent were alive
with exhibits and with visitors. Tho
exposition enterprise, however, soon
outgrew the limited area of the old
capitol building and grounds, until I'LL
timately it has attained its present
magnificent scope and spread of ter
ritory.
A programme suitable to such an
occasion will be mapped out and no
doubt is felt that it will be big open
ing day event.
The forces at work on the old cap
itol building are pushing matters ener-
getically and steadily. practically all
structural detail work having been
completed. There is still some of the
concrete work. inside to be completed,
together with kalsomining, flooring.
staining and general toning up, but
by the end of this month the finish
ing touches will have been practically
completed. Special attention is being
paid to getting the state board OF
health quarters, at the norh end of
he ground floor, ready for occupancy,
and Contractor Semmes hopes to have
all completed in a few weeks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Tommy Explains.

A couple of Charlestown Riddles
were celebrating Bunker Hill Day by
exploding a few torpedoes, according
to the Boston Transcript. Said. Nellie:
II don't see how the Germans can blow
up big ship with one of these things"
"Oh, you girls can't expect to under
stand about such things" said Tommy,
with q superior air. ''Of course, the
torpedoes they use are about q hundred
times as big and they use a derrick 20
lift them up and drop them on the
ship"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Cumberland Files Report.

The report of the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company for the quarter end
ing March 81 has just reached the Of
flee of the railroad commission 1t
shows that total revenues in Missis-
sippi for the quarter were $410,13747;
expense, $2776S3.67; depreciation,
S99, S54.76; interest, $51, .25-total
$42S,1O101 This makes deficit of
s17,964.21.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Get Tax Rolls on New Basis.

Boards of supervisors must equal
ize their tax rolls at their regular Au-
gust session. or at an extra session
called for the purpose, according to a
circular letter sent out by Chairman
Duncan L. Thompson of the state tax
commission.
The law provides for this work of
equalization in August, but Chairman
Thompson had heard that several
boards planned to delay it. AS the
commission is seeking to have all
assessments in the state placed on a
100 per cent basis Immediately, Mr..
Thompson insists that the work be
done without delay.
Upon the attitude of the supervis-
ors will depend largely success of eff
forts to revise the entire tax system
at an extra session of the legislature
to be held in September.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

were useless and only an operation
would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has proved it
otherwise. am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work. Mrs.
NELLIE PHELPS, care of R. A. Rider,
RID. No. 5, Fulton, N. Y.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
tiers written by women made well by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II you have bad symptoms and do not
understand the cause, write to the
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Pan.

They have a new game out at Fort
Harrison called pan" and played with
apolis News. Such Il pan, when sailed
correctly, has all the floating quality
of an airplane, and with a little prac-
tice may be sailed fast and straight
for distance of 1000 feet "Elimina-
ton pan" is an Improvement on the
game, and is played by any number of
men in big circle, and each man that
drops the pan is out of the game.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
a Family Secret.

"My dad could whip your dad with
one hand tied behind him."
"Shucks My dad could whip your
dad with both hands tied behind him."
"He couldn't"
Gle could!'
"How could he? He couldn't do
nothing 'cept butt my dad"
That's just it. My mother says my
dad has the hardest head of any man
she ever knew"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
HAlG HAS TEUT0NS NERVOUS
mans In "Hot Water" Wondering
Where He Will Hit Next.

London.-Extensive movements be-
hind the German lines were reported
by aerial observers which incidates
the increased nervousness of the Ger
mans, who fear resumption of the
Flanders drive
Haig has continued his policy of
mixing blows" and instead of resum-
ing the offensive as soon as bad
weather ceased, struck around Lens
and at other points. This has puzzled
the Germans and keeps them in ap
agony of nervousness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Praises TaIIahatchie County.

Chairman Duncan L. Thompson oil
the state tax commission, who has
been at work all summer trying to
have every county in the state raise
it's assessment basis to 100 per cent,
declares that the tax rolls from ITALIA.
hatchie county are the best he has re.
ceived.
The rolls show that there are 7S,449
acres of arabic lands in Tallahatchie,
valued at $4330 an acre, or total Of
$3,397616, and 11O,789 acres of uncul-
tivated land, valued at a total of ST.
0O0,078.
Live stock and personality valua-
lions are all increased greatly. Mr..
Thompson said that if every county in
the state would do its assessment work
as thoroughly and fairly as Talla-
hatchie, the states financial problems
would be solved Immediately.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

receive no Dement,
when so many have
proved that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Com poun d
will make them
well d? For over u
year / suffered 50
from female weak
ness / could hardly
stand and W as
afraid to go on the
street alone. Doc
tors said medicines
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Apply For Farm Loans.

Washington. for farm
loans are pouring into the federal
banks at the rate of more than ST.
900 a day, the total for July hav.
ing reached 's34,310,0O0. During that
month the board approved loans
amounting to $l6,O00,0O
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
SHIPS CREW is MURDERED
Submarine Took Crew On Board and
Submerged, Leaving Men On
Top To Drown.

Washington.-Offi confirmation
of German barbarfsm in the sinking of
the steamer Belgian Prince was re-
eeived by the state department. The
U-boat which sank the ship took the
Belgian Princes crew on board and
then left them on top while it SUBJ
merged. Thirty-eight of them, were
drowned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
German Miners Ask For Peace.

Amsterdam--Eigh thousand miners
attended recent mass meeting at Es-
sen, Germany, to discuss coal produc-
ton, food and wages. The meeting
developed into an impressive demon
stration in favor Of peace.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Navajo Steamer Burns.

Washington. The navy department
announces that the American steam
ship Navajo, of the Navajo Steamship
company, caught fire at sea and was
abandoned, the crew being landed in
safety
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Delivering Eoodstuffs.

Washington. Postmaster General
Burleson was authorized by a bill
passed in the senate to experiment in
motor truck delivery of fo0dstuffa
from producer to consumer. An an
preparation Of 100000 WAS made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Germans Throw Down Arms.

Washington-The numbers of Ger
mans surrendered to the Russians on
both the Romanian and Galician fronts
Is increasing, official dispatches state.
The Russian defense is stiffening on
the Galician front.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
REGULAR Army Has Quota.

Washington The regular army now
has its full war strength of 100000.
Since April / more than 1S3,S9S volun-
teers have been enlisted. Twenty-three
states filed their quotas and 25 did
not.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
SUBMARINE WAS SUNK.

Steamer HIT UnderSea Vessel On the
First Shot.
IA Canadian Port-Officers on board
a steamship just arrived tell of an
encounter with German submarine,
in which the undersea boat was sunk.
The lookout man notified the captain
that small sailing vessel was acting
suspiciously. A submarine emerged
behind it, when the gunner fired and
hit the undersea boat with his first
shell. The second shot sent the u.
boat to the bottom.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
A True Optimist.

Terribly rainy weather"
eyes. It's relief to my mind. II
rains so regularly that l never forget
my umbrella any more"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
The First Crop.

''How'S your garden coming along"
Slime" replied Mr.. Crosslots. Il
have already got enough fishing worms
out of it TO represent the makings Of
several breakfasts"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
$4,000 MINERS ON STRIKE.

FedrsA Action Is Expected To End
Strike In Appalachian Field.
Knoxville, Tenn.-More than $4,000
miners in the Southern Appalachian
coal fields of Kentucky and Tennessee
are on strike, demanding recognition
of the United Mine Workers organiza-
ton, an eight-hour working day and
other conditions which would be sat
isfactory to officials of District No. 10,
United Mine Workers of America.
The differences have been submit
ted to the Federal arbitration board
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Summer Diseases Prevalent.

Disease typical of the summer
months are shown to be prevalent in
Mississippi by the July report of the
health department. Typhoid cases in.
creased from 30S in May to 495 in
June. Malaria increased from 1851
in May to 11,349 in June. Measles in
creased from 1,S47 in May to $3.50 in
June. Deaths from this disease were
SO in April and Is in May.
Pellagra showed 1.610 cases in May
and 2,2O1 in June. There were 60
deaths from this disease in April and
81 in May.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

Japanese Troops In Europe.
London. Additional Japanese units
have joined the allied forces in Euro.
pean waters, the Japanese naval at
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Pacifists Meet At Glasgow.

Glasgow, Scotland. Pacifists oil
Glasgow held : large open air demon
stration to protest against the authort
ties ban on the conference convened
81 the workers and soldiers council
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Show Kaiser's Letters.

London A dispatch to the Times
from athens says the government has
discovered correspondence, between
Emperor william and former King
Constantine, ana It will lay 1t before
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
,nc.ndiarx Fire Does Damaoe.

Gary, Ind.Fire, believed to have
been Of incendiary origin, destroyed
about half of the $1,0O0,O00s plant OF
the Aetna Explosive company. Two
employees were arrested
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
viii Not Improve River.

Will MOI Improve nNSI.
Washington-Fede improvement
of the Obey river in Tennessee, from
its mouth to its fork, was disapproved
by the war department on the ground
that it has no regular traffic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Asks for Prosecutor.

The governors office is in receipl
of a telegram from Gen. Crowder at
Washington asking for the appoint
ment of representative of the gov
eminent in each county for the state
one who will attend the meetings OF
the exemption boards and follow UP
every case that is not passed on to
his entire satisfaction, and be sure
that no man is exempted who is in
fact not entitled to same, regardless
of the action of the exemption board.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Notaries Public Appointed.

The following notaries public wers
commissioned during July: A. McGiel,
Mcneil; w. A. Walker, Gulfport; w.
M. Davis, Stone county; J. A. Terrail,
Quitman; c. w. Fountain, Logtown;
Mark E Dabbo, Meridian; w. c. Bow
man, Natchez; A. M. Lyle, Greenville;
o. C. Leepar, Prentiss; Leroy Jones,
Rosedale; l. l.. Toler, Gloster; c. r..
Ridgeway, Jr.. Jackson; A. s. Glenn
Brooksville; w. A. Harrison, Smith
vile.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
1T is IMPERATIVE

that you keep bottle of Mississippi
Diarrhea Cordial in your medicine
chest. In constant use for fifty years.
Price 25c and 50c.-AdY.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Delays in EquaIizing Tax Rolls.

OOtaJS th E017ti%'h9 4 an nO'tS'
Because Mississippi counties had not
progressed far enough with their work
of assessing all property at 100 per
cent basis, the state railroad commits
sion decided at its August session not
to take up the matter of changing the
basis of assessment of the public utility
corporations in the state
A special meeting of the commission
will be held Aug. 20 for this purpose.
The commission has postponed this
matter twice. Unless the new basis
becomes general, any action looking TO
an increase in the assessments of the
corporations would result in confusion,
as the United States supreme court has
held recently that corporations must
be assessed upon the general basis of
a state.
August is the month for the revision
of tax rolls in the state, and it is ex-
pected that progress will be made to-
ward the new basis. The special ses-
sion of the legislature called for Sep
TENDER will take up the matter of re-
vising the tax system of the state, and
if Gov Bilbo's plans are successful,
will be able to lower the state levy
two mills.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

Many man dislocates his common
sense when he falls in love.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Or. Curry Gives Barbecue.

The board of trustees of the blind
institute were the honor guests at a
barbecue given by the superintendent,
DR.. r. S. Curry. on the grounds of the
institute. In addition to the board of
trustees, number of DR.. Currys
friends were present. 1t is the GUS
tom Of DR.. Curry to give the board Of
trustees spread annually
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
Commission Considers Freight Rates

Commission Considers Freight Rates
A large docket, composed in the
main Of local cases, but containing
several of statewide interest, is being
considered by the state railroad com
sion.
One of the most important cases in
wolves the rates on agricultural com
modities, such as peanuts, velvet
beans, mixed feeds and others of SINH
lar nature The commission seeks to
lower these rates. This case is of
especial interest just now because of
the large food crops that will shortly
be harvested in the state.
After the docket has been disposed
of the commission will consider the
matter OF raising the assessments OF
all public utility corporations to 100
per cent basis, a question that has
been up before without settlement.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16
WOMAN COULD
HARDLY STAND
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Fulton, N. Y. 'Why will women
nav out their money for treatment and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1917-08-16

John Boyd OF Wesson has gone to
ro.r York ID SAIL Tor France to ioin
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-09
Hubo una ~te1Ipestad
en- eI Mar Caribe

WASHINGTON, ~SepIem1re s.
L. oficina meteorological central, a
caba dc a~nunciar que 4 ~tempestad,
hasta ahora 500 de intens:dad mo-
derada, Sc Ia G~esarrollado ea la IONA
;ntcrtrop;cal sobre cl MAI Caribc, 81
Lien no Sc ha podido determinar la
direction precisa del mctcoro. La Off
Gina del tempo, tan pronto como en-
contrG indicacioncs de- disturDios en-
e. estado del tempo Y en- las aguas
hacia el Este del exprcsado mar, en-
VIC avisos u los buques que reco-
rren aque'la region para cue tomaran
todas las p~rccauciones del case,
pues la IONA sensible Al meteoro no
cstaba prccisamente io~ca!:zada.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-09
Tiem lugar un tulnul'
to en- Chattanooga,
Tennessee

CHATTA:;ONA, Tenn. :Septiem-
be S.-Como resultado dc IN cs-
fuerzo hecho para reanudar el traficO
de ~tranvias electricoS desputS de ha-
Der sido liamados los ampleados q
d~eclararse en- huelga, IN gran tumu!-
to tuvo iugar aqui, rcsultando dieZ
hombre5 muy sacramento hcridoS y
muchos mas con lcsioncs de mas o
menos importancia. Fl tumulto So
10 dIro algunos minutes, pero antcs
de que ell orden fuera restaurado, va
rios de los carros habian sidO "a des-
carrilados. y las multitudes batidas
por la policia.: S. A. Miller, dnspec-
tor de Ia Compania de T~ranvias, Sc
halla entire los heridoS.
FL intento dc operar los catros fu6
abandonado al ocurrir ell des0rden y
para la noche de aver aparentemente
Ia policia habia dominado la situa-
ci0n.
Sc asegura que cerca de $500 m
pleados de la Compania han tornado
parte en- Ia hueiEa, Ia cual fue de-
clarada para obligar a dicha COM
pania al reconocimiento de Ia Union.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-09
LOS SOLDADOS AMERlCANOS
RECIBIRAN NOTICIAS DE SPORT.

CHICAGO, S~epJiembre :. Las
t.opas americanas qLe estan ahora
recib;endo in~strucciones bajo 81 man
do del general Pershing en- Fran
cia, recibrin en- los successive Y dia-
riamente un cable en- ,el que Sc les
enviara una description detallada de
todos los jueeos de Sport que tengan
lugar en- ell mundo. FL Presidente de
"a Liga Americana, Mr.. Johnson fue
quien do anoche estos infcrr1es.
Estas cr6nicas, que probablemen-
te Sc compondran de mas mil pala-
bras, seran undergraduates diaria-
mente, i ia termination de todos los
juegos. La Comisi6n Nacional de
Baseball sera la que haga los gastos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-09-09
TodaVia Ell asuntO de
los mOtineS en-
Houston, Tex.
Fue acusado por Ell Gran Jurado
Ell policia que mato al pri-
mer SOldadO negro

HOUSTON, Tex, Septiembre s.
FL Gran Jurado del Cmdado de Ha-
IRIS envi6 a las autoridades CORES
pondientes, dos a~cusacciones contra
Ell policia montado Lee Sparks, perte-
neciente a Ia fuerza policiaca de es-
Ia ciudad Y que ahora esta suspense
en- sus funciones.
Una de las acusaciones contra Ell
citado Official es por asesinato de Wi
lace Williams, un negro. Ell hecho
tuvo lugar entire las avenidas Rice
y Dallas ell domingo sisuiente q los
motines que tuvieron hgar en- esta
localidad. Ell segundo cargo pre-
sentado contra Sparks, es el de asal-
to con agravantes Y en- conexi0n con
Ia muerte del soldado negro Balti-
more, Ia cual ocurrio despues del me-
die dia V antes de que dieran princi-
pic los motines. Este asalto determi-
no el que los negros del Campo Lo-
gan, luego que %supieron que habian
matado al soldado Baltimore, Sc Ian
aaron al encuentro de Ia policia pa
"a vengar Ia muerte dc su camarada.
Esto ha sido motive de muchas in
quisiciones de parte de las autorida-
des civiles y militares.