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The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
CONCERT FOR CADET BAND

The Washington SYMPHONY Orchestra
gave concert AT Central High School
last night for the beneft of the High
School cadet bands. The musical de-
velopment Of the cadet bands is being re-
tarded by lack OF instruments and a fund
has been started to supply new instr7I-
ments. Other concerts will he given soon
for the benefit of the fund
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

At last the government employees
can be reasonably certain that they
are going to receive the original
raises OF FIVE and ten per cent, as
included in the legislative, executive
and judicial bill, when it was in the
House. The action of the Senate in
dropping - Smoot amendment is
ore that wI.I receive commentator
from all parts of the country.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

dent intention is to force the Shep-
pard bill upon the city without an
opportunity being granted residents
to pass upon it, the cause of nation
wide prohibition will never advance
by such high-handed methods.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

II Germany wants to make an issue
over the detention of Count Won Bern
storff at Halifax while the British are
inspecting the Frederik VIII, the
world will only conclude that she is
decidedly short of issues.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

George Sylvester Viereck's attack
on James w. Gerard is a pointed
illustration OF what utter abuse an
alien can make OF our boasted free
dom of the press. Suppose an Amer
lean newspaper man in Berlin should
ask the censor to pass an attack on
the German chancellor or on Won
Hindenburg. Would you issue a life
insurance policy to him?
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

II Holland becomes really aroused
over submarine outrages to her ships,
Queen Wilhclmina may yet set the
example for President Wilson to fol-
low.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

The food crisis is becoming so irri-
tating to American pride that Con-
gress might do worse than follow a
standing European example and ap-
point a food dictator. He would as
suredIy make short shrift of the spec
ulators.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
Today's Events.

Prugam for the blind. Libr1,J d ooacres. pa-
vilion Z. SIS y m
Seventh annual hanqurt, Missouri Society d
NAshinstop. RauscheT'A - .. N.
Meeting subcnmmittee on automobiles oF rsliIic
urdtr o1nnTste. board room. DssEict BuJdins
p. m.
Meeting q North Capitol and lexington Ciun-ns'
Association. Matthew G. Hnery School BuIIdins
Lincoln road and Randolph place. ~ D II
Informal talk by Dr.. B1isrh. q the Georsr wasb-
irgt"0 University. bfore Teacher Cub 6c E-T-
enth strfSt northwest. r. m.
Masonic-FederAl Lodge No /; AczcA NJ 10;
TAkom1, No. .: Mount Horsb ChETssr No :. and
Potomac, No 8. Royal Arch: DrNoay Oomnznd-
er7. No. I. Knights Templar Robert de- Bruce
Council ot kadosh. Scottish Rite; zetA ChApfrr
No. 2: Bethleh m, No = Ffieodship No ::
Ascension. No. %: Order Of the Eastern stAT.
Odd Fell"Es-W Washington Lod=e No 6; Golden
Ruiz No. q, and Amity No 2; Fr-d D stuaS
kncAmIment No. 2
Nnghts Of PythiSs-webster Iodes No :; Dr-
ceisior. No u; CAgitAl, No y and My7tI, No u
Red Mrp-IdAho Trlhe
Addres. Your NumSr and What H. M,.o.
by Mis- Louise Cuts Powell Portland, "a a
ANUsEMENTS.
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NGuOnsl-"Nsjor Psndennis" slA
Poi -" Ronznce" As and SIS
Keiths-VGuderiTc s:B and SIS
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Columbia locD q n to n D n
sunnd-PhotopAys. II a. m to II D. m
Garde1-PhOtopAys. a to II .. m
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

1t is Herr" St. John Gaffney now,
tricked out as a teacher of Prussian
"kultur" And this man was recently
American consul general at Munich.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Employes of the Dublin Hrelandl Gas
Company have returned to work pending
settlement Of their demands by arbitra-
lion
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

There is an extra nickel charge
with your potatoes at Childs'.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.

Flrst priuting of an original poem. written tsiJ
for Ths Washington Hsrald-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

The Morning Telegraph asks: What
has happened to the old-fashioned dentist
who used to go around renting studies
and poisoning people?" And what has
happened to the studio companion who
startled vaudeville for about one Haud?
Fame is indeed a 1eetinG thing
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27
A PRAYER.

By John Kendrick Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Rome. Feb. 26.-OficiaI announcement
was made today that subscriptions to the
new italian war loan total 200. 900 non
Ira, of which 47o.000,00o is new money
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Dundee Lake, n. J.-It cost the county
Sl25 for set of gold teeth for Charles
Brown while prisoner in Jail. He sold
'em for 81.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Norfolk. Va. Feb. 2s-British war
ships on the coast here flashed wire
less to all shipping early today to be-
ware OF German raider in the. South
Atlantic.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

New York. Feb. 27.-On each of five
beggars arrested in front of a church
was found large roll of money and
on one of them were deeds to three par
GELS of real estate.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Cables received here today announced
the safe arrival at Bordeaux of the
French liner Espagne, which besides war
munitions. carried more than 60 Ameri-
can citizens, and the arrival at Liverpool
Of the White Star liner Lapland.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

London, Feb. 26-on account of the
paper shortage in England the Daily
Mail today announced that, beginning
March s. its price will be two cents in
stead of one.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Philadelphia Feb. 2.-"Mendelssohn' $
wedding march isn't a battle hymn" the
Judge told John Guthridge, who insisted
he had perfect right" to heave bricks
at his wife.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Petrograd, Feb. 26.-Twenty-six German
prisoners were captured by Russian re-
connoitering detachments west of Jab-
lonitza. the war office reported TODAY.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-The Buendersratl
has authorized the German chancellor
DIR. Won Bethmann-H Hollweg, to claim o,
seize all. the coal. Ignite and coke ir
Germany, says a dispatch from BerIir
today.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

London. Feb. ga Bonar Law, chan
cellor of the exchecuer, announced in the
house Of commons this afternoon that
England's loan of victory" subscrip-
tions netted 1,s12a5ooco pounds, or about
Sc, ,564, 10000
The Washington herald., 1917-02-27

New York, Feb. 8.-Two more big
transatlantic liners laden with muni-
tiOns and passengers, have successfully
passed through Germanys submarine
zone and reached their ports on the other
side in safety.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29

Examinations for white teach
ers will be held on the first and
third Fridays and Saturdays in
April : for colored teachers on the
second and fourth Fridays and
Saturdays. The examination on
theory and practice of teaching and
elementary algebra will be given
on Thursday afternoon preceding
these dates. Applicants for first
grade license may take the exami-
nation at this time on the twelve
original subjects and at the Sep
tember examination take the two
Eaew subjects, if they wish.
Sincerely yours.
20 2t] N. L. PHILLIPS.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29
Iuka Route S.

Ne US scarce.
Health very good.
Farmers are making preparation
for 1917 crop.
Providence schools progressing
nicely. The school will close in
about three or tour weeks.
Several people around here have
the measles.
A large crowd attended preach
ing and singing at Providence
Sunday.
Sunday school and singing at
Providence every Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Williams
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs James Turner.
Mrs Vernie Henley was a pleas
ant caller at Mr. Fl NJ Turner'S 5
Sunday afternoon.
There will be an all day sing
ing at Old Union church the otl
Sunday or the goth day of April.
Everybody invited, especially all
good singers.
Messrs Leroy Fer.ell and Eh
Curtis were pleasant callers at MI
IJC Murphy's Sunday afternoon.
| Mrs Lille Murphy visited Nh
Georgia Murphy last Sunday.
4 Well, as news is scarce and tn,
rain makes me have the blues II
| be going. Someone's Brown
Eyed Darling,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29
n.mmorh Meeting OF
Good Roads
To be Held at Memphis
April 5th and 9th.

Much interest is being stirred III
in regard to the big joint meeting
to be held i'll Memphis on Apri
5th and 9th of the Arkansas Divis'
ions of the Bankhead National
Highway the Ozark Trails. tht
Jefferson Davis Highway, the Mus
Gle Shoals Highway, and the Mem
phis. to- Bristol Highway. Presi-
dent Ben Weille, of Paducah, Ky /,
c. B. Young, Chairman of the JEFF
ferson Davis Highway, and Presi.
dent w. ). Brown, of the Muscle
Shoals Highway, have been in
Memphis conferring with the Good
Roads Committee of the Business
Mems Club Chamber OF Commerce
arranging tentative programs for
the Joint sessions and Organizations
meetings of the various Highways
participating.
Invitations have been issued to
Governors, State Highway Com
missioners. and Engineers of Ken
tucky, Mississippi and Arksnsas.
States traversed by these different
highways. Such speakers as Gen.
Luke E. Wright. Senator Bank
head. w. II. Seed, Ozark Trails
Expert, l.. III. Norvell, Ben Weille.
J, J. Murray. President T. S. Plo-
man. of the Bankhead Highway.
and Judge R. E. Simpson, Vice.
President Muscle Shoals Highway.
will address this Meeting.
The counties traversed by these
Highways have already com.
menced to select delegates of Good
Roads enthusiasts. and indications
shown thus far point to the largest
concourse of those Interested in
the building Of Good Roads ever
held in a Southern city.
Senator Bankhead, of Alabama,
author Of the Federal Aid Act will
be present to give full Information
in regard to the working of this
benefcent law, The opening of
the great Harahan Bridge TO We
hicular traffic has caused fourteen
major highways TO be projected TO
and through Memphis with others
in contemplation. The following
are assured
Jefferson DAVIS, NJ sole Shoals,
Mississippi Way, Southern Ma
tional, George Washington, In
dian Head Trail, National Pave d.
way. Bankhead National. Ozark
Trails. Memphis to Bristol. Mem
phis TO Chattanooga, Memphis to-
Louisville, Arkansas State, Ever
green Trails.
All ten of the railroads terminal
in Memphis have assured special
rates during the big Meeting.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29
d NO. ICKA TIsHoMINco COUNTY. MIssIssIPPL MA
DELINQUENT POLL TAX.

The undersigned Sheriff and
Tax Collector of Tlshomingo coun-
ty, State of Mississippi, hereby
eertifies that the following is a
true and correct list of all persons
assessed with polls fo- the year
whose taxes were not paid
on or before February 1st, 1917.
.R u WOODLEY,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29
BR|CkBATs AAD BOUQUETS.
EDITED BY W. 5. BROWN.

not just dream them. nor hand til,
things they should do over to som,
one else to do. The most mea
that fail are the men who believ,
that the other fellow can do thing.
better than they can. | want tn,
men who will stand up for perma
Improvement, build this coun
ty up and never get tired in doing
the things tf.At build county,
When these men do get into a
county that county will grow and
| don't want cheap men. When you
find set of people that can only
see the cheap things you have a
cheap county. Good things cost
good money and they are the only
things that count. People are just
like water. They seek their level
just as water does.
can go out and talk to a coun-
tvs citizens and tell you the con-
dition of the county. People have
to change. The times change,
Some people want nothing bu:
what their fathers had. and vote
for the party their fathers. voted
for, just to keep from being disc
bedient. Now its right to respect
your parents, bht TO be in line
with the Present Day Progress
you might let out on your own
ideas. Be a man once in life. and
when you have made the great
move you can find no limit in pro-
gress, as each year brings new
ideas and to follow these new ideas
will mean success. Suppose we
believe somebody that has tried
progress and if its good for him its
good for you.
| have talked to people who
thought ] was just talking for my
own interest and it would not do
fol them to followssy ideas. Some
think because | can talk fast and
with some sense to it that | am
smarter than they are. Well, its
not that way. believe the things
people tell me and | read a lot Of
papers and mix up with this world
and find that all these things are
true and good for my friends away
from Iuka. Why should they tell
me wrong? They have succeeded
by doing them. Why can't l.?
Now. | don't want to be too hard,
but the most of the mistakes and
so-called misfortunes are nothing
more than plain ignorance, and
still a lot of people know better,
but they will try it once. Well
you can't play with right and
wrong. You are one or the other.
You know people that will take a
stand for or against good move
ment and if they are wrong they
still stick to it. Now you are not
only hurting your own self but ev-
erybody that comes in your way.
You talk stuff you don't believe
and can't prove. Be a man, owr
up. get on the progressive side ant
help build a permanent county
Build the things that prove tc
others to be helpful. Don't thinl
in one channel alone and that ev
erybody is fool but you. | be
lieve a whole county can get wrong
but not Q whole state. Lets wake
up in this county, put in the thing.
that build a county and do our
selves the favor. Believe in 9th
ers they are not all liars.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29

WANTED to buy Eggs, Chick.
ems and all kinds of Country Pro.
duce will pay Spot Cash.
MASSEY BROS.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-03-29

WANTED everybody to know
Laurel Flour is the best made.
Every sack guaranteed. Handled
only by FIRST class stores.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
A Hundred Years to Come

oh, where will be the birds that sing.
a hundred years to come?
The flowers that now in beauty spring
A hundred years to come?
The rosy lip, the lofty brow,
The heart that beats so gaily now,
oh, where will be loves beaming eye,
joys pleasant smile, and sorrows
sigh,
A hundred years to come?
Who'll press for gold this crowded
street,
A hundred years to come?
Who'll tread yon church with willing
feet,
A hundred years to come?
Pale, trembling age, and fiery youth,
And childhood with its brow of truth;
The rich and poor, on land and sea,
Where will the mighty millions be
A hundred years to come?
We all within our graves shall sleep,
A hundred years to come!
No living soul for us will weap
A hundred years to come!
But other men our lands shall till,
And others then our streets will fill,
While other birds will sing as gay,
AS bright the sunshine as to-day,
A hundred years to come!
William Goldsmith Brown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
BAPAUAIE
.UNDAY witnessed the fall of Bag
y dad to the British attacking
force Next England will be

CUNDAY witnessed the fall of Bag
y dad to the British attacking
force. Next, England will be
cheered by the taking of Bapaume.
That town which the Germans are Civ
ing up after they had striven to make
1t an impregnable fortress, like Bag
dad. has been the scene of many bat
ties and sieges. AS the key to Flan-
ders," it was the objective of more than
a dozen great campaigns in the last
six hundred years.
Strangely, the stubborn trench fight
ing that has been going on before Ba-
paume during the last year, is the re-
occurrence of one of the notable fea-
lures of the Thirty Years War, that
long struggle that devastated Europe
in the middle of the Seventeenth
Century.
Bapaume is a position of vital i'm
portance; it marks the last limit of
the last ridge of the Artois Hills to
which an army pressed from south
and west can cling. After Bapaume
come the plains of Flanders, with Cam
bria. Valenciennes and Douai in plain
sight.
Bapaume, like Bagdad, is not deci-
sive, but it's capture coming soon after
the taking of the metropolis of the
East will prove of great moral benefit
to the allied cause and of much an
noyance and no little danger to Ger
many.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
THE DIFFERENCE

A FTER man gets about so old"
n remarks the philosopher of the
Ohio State Journal, "all he
really cares about in the matter of
style in trousers is to be sure that the
suspender buttons will stay on"
"Yet, it seems to u.s." comments the
Merton Star, from occasional para
graphs we have seen in type, that
there might be some concern if trous-
ers did not conceal certain. pair of
legs"
All of which is interesting and peril
nent to the present styles. Also, it
serves to illustrate the eternal differ
ence between the sexes. Ohio
editors doubtless are as desirous of
keeping their trousers to the con-
ventional length as are most other
American males of mature years. But
does the same apply to the ladies ?
No. indeed! The shorter the skirts
the better they. like 'em, and the older
they get the shorter they wear 'em.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13

flee holders was increased, the expeu-
ditures were enlarged and the tax
burdens were enhanced. During the
Democratic leaders were without any
possible explanation of their record,
but, fortunately for them, the Euro
pean war came on and furnished a
plausible, though largely false. excuse,
Though they have made no tangible
progress in preparedness. they now
attribute the repeated increases in tax
burdens to the preparedness program.
Mr.. Kitchin is right in assuming
that there will be violent opposition
to the tax his party has recently i'm
posed. The tax was imposed without
the sanction of those who must pay
the bulk of it. Through the unfair
representation the South has in Con-
gress, and through it's control of
committees and the party caucus, the
Southern leaders are able to force the
enactment of any plan of taxation
they may choose. To an intents and
purposes, the North will pay this new
tax without having had effective rep
resentation in determining its charac-
ter. Much of the money will be vast
ed, as other large sums have been
wasted since the Wilson administra-
ton came into power.
The tax will be paid because it is
imposed in accordance with the tech
nical rules of law, though in violation
of all the principles of American
government. But Mr.. Kitchin will be
confirmed in his opinion that it will
meet an opposition whose violence
will be measured at the polls in the
next congressional elections.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
The Mother of a Bow

L didn't raise my boy to be a coward;
l want my boy to go If there is war.
L want to stand and watch him proud
ly marching;
/ want to gaze upon him from the
door.
do not want to lose him or to keep
him.
I only long and long to have him be
A man whene'er his country comes to
sweep him.
Into her surging regions of the free.
l do not want my boy to be a craven;
l love him, and I'd hate to see him
go;
And yet I'd rather lose him, sadly
nse him,
Than have him hide in fear to face
the foe.
I've prayed with all the spirit OF a
woman
For peace. and that our struggle
might not come;
But if it does 1 want him brave and
human,
My boy must march away with flag
and drum.
I'd give him, yes, a thousand times I'd
give him,
With all he means to me of love and
JOY
'ecause l would not love him II he
wasn't
My ideal of a womans kind of a boy.
[ do not harbor hate or yearn for
vengeance,
I would not crush a violet with my
hand.
But if it comes to lighting, then I
want him
To be man and struggle for his
land.
want my boy to go If we must
enter
This mad world conflict raging in its
might;
With all it means to me to have him
leave me,
I'd give him to his country; help
him fight;
For, so l think a mother does her
duty,
And keeps her faith with honor and
with God;
l didn't raise my boy to be a coward
I'd rather have him dead and turned
clod. Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
'PEACE" ADVOCATES

CEVERAL of the so-called peace"
societies continue to flood the
mails with their sickening propa-
ganda. Not that the Telegraph is no
lover of peace. Far from that, but,
along with a great many American
newspapers, it prefers anything to
dominion by a foreign power. Amer
leans fought that out on several MEM
orable occasions, and stand ready to
do it again. Peace advocates who
find nothing to praise in President
Wilson's measures of protection for
American shipping and excuses for
every outrage Germany has perpe-
trated should be started across the
Atlantic as peace pilots on unarmed
merchant vessels, with Berlin as their
destination.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
HENRY HOUCK

THOUSANDS of Pennsylvanians
will mourn sincerely the death Of
DR.. Henry Houck, Secretary of
Internal Affairs who passed away
suddenly at his Lebanon home early
to-day, after long and useful life.
"Uncle Henry" as he was affection
ately known to his more intimate
friends, was, man of wonderful
energy and his efforts for the public
school system of the State did much in
the thirty eight years of his services
as Deputy Superintendent of Public In
struction to place the educational de-
partment of the Commonwealth in the
forefront OF those of the United States.
But he will be remembered even more
for his kindly disposition and his
CHEEKY outlook on life than for the
splendid work he did. Many a school
boy whose tests he conducted and
many a teacher over whose eXamina-
tions he presided will recall how he
was helped across a particularly dim
cult place or through a period of
severe trial by the generous-hearted,
but shrewd old deputy. Examination
paper marks are sometimes the least
important consideration in the choice
of a teacher" he used to say. "I
have made wonderfully successful
teachers of young men and women
whose first examination marks would
have doomed them to failure If had
not gone beyond the mere percentages
for that something which 1 saw be-
yond in the applicant himself"
Henry Houck went through more
than a half century of public life, and
left behind him not a single enemy.
He was Republican, but not a fac
Zionist. In that he set an example
that others well might follow. He was
unquestionably the best loved man in
Pennsylvania, and with very good rea-
son. He was a living example of the
value OF optimism and a constant re-
minder that generosity is its own re-
ward. Uncle Henry" has gone to his
reward, but his memory will live in
a multitude of hearts. He capitalized
love and good cheer and declared divi-
dends on them that enriched hundreds
of lives where the kindly word and
the helping hand meant more than
dollars and cents. Many a man rich
in the worlds goods, with public be-
quests running into the millions, has
done less.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-13
DANGER OF HARMLESS THINGS
By BRIGGS

beasts of prey, and yet Mr.. Equine
kicks and bites nine times as many
persons as are injured in elevators.
More men fall through trapdoors
than are drowned, but it seems hard to
believe it. Almost as many are hurt
by falling from bed as get their fingers
caught in electric fans.
gun is a deadly thing, and yet its
army of victims is only one-siXth as
great as that of the innocent-lookins
stairway.
The rolling stone gathers no moss,
but it accumulates fine assortment of
accidents-siX times as many as the
snorting motorboat Your true acci-
dent bobs up when least expected.
l once saw Samuel r. Kirkpatrick,
who is now a broker, but was formerly
q newspaperman, return from 5000
mile journey. He had plastered him.
self with accident insurance, but moth
ing had happened until he stepped
upon a lead pencil in his own office
after his return, and then he was in
drydock for a fortnight.