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The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30
B. F. SMITH

Died, at his home near Corona, on
the morning of November 18th, 1917,
Mr.. Benjamin F. Smith, aged 81
years.
Mr.. Smith arose at the usual hour
and went to the lot to look after his
stock. Not returning promptly the
young man on the place went IN
search of him and found that he had
died while in the discharge Of his ac-
customed morning duties.
B. F. Smith was born February I'd,
1885, at Trustville, Ala. When a
young man he came to Mississippi,
settling in the neighborhood in which
he died. When the war between the
states broke out Mr.. Smith joined
the 32d Reg. commanded by Col.W.H.
III. Tison, and made a gallant record
as a Confederate soldier. AS a cit
izen he took an active interest in all
matters of public advancement and
literally supported with his time and
I1cdIiS tFCIf Woltly Na0oS'
more than fifty years he was an ac-
tive member of the Baptist church
and lived throughout a consecrated
christian life. The community in
which he lived honored and respected
him and his name will be revered by
all.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted at Camp Greek by Rev. OAR
ling, assisted by Revs. Gullett and
Waters. Many friends gathered to
pay their last tribute of respect, and
brought many floral offerings to be
laid upon his grave. Seven children
survive, John, Lee, Fletcher, and
George Smith, and Mrs. Wallace
White, Mrs. Gus Hunter and Mrs
Eura Giles, Of Texas.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30

The demonstrators of the Globe
Tonic Remedies are still here, and
they are proving every day to the
most stubborn and skeptical people
that the Globe Tonic Remedies are
doing all and even more than they
claimed for them when they came to
Tupelo about five weeks ago. They
no longer have to promise results,
but they are now prepared to show
the names of hundreds of Tupelo
people who will cheerfully certify to
amazing results received from the use
of Globe Tonic Remedies. They can
also give you the names of people
in every village and town within 80
miles from this city, no matter
where you live. If you wish to in
vestigate write or call on the demon
strators, and they will refer you to
some neighbor who has been cured OF
rheumatism, catarrh, kidney, liver,
stomach or blood trouble, which van
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30

words that mean just the same thing
1t is the greatest medicine of the age
for malarial type, of ailments; for
" debility and stomach trou-
bles, the man or woman who is ply
sically u down with low vitality,
with loss of energy, who is ~dyspeptic,
suffers with indigestion, gas, oloaitng,
heart palpitation, touches Of rheuma-
tism, sleeplessness, dizzy at times;
has dull headaches; pains in the back
and loins, failing eyesight; inactive
or overactive kidneys and other kin
dred ills, will find in Globe Tonic an
immediate corrective and speedy re-
lief. In all cities of the country
Globe Tonic has brought health and
happiness to untold thousands. About
five weeks ago it was introduced in
Tupelo and it has already done a great
work in this city.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30

don't have to get up at all on that
account. My wife thinks there is
nothing better than Globe Tonic for
Indigestion and poor circulation. My
wife was in such a bad condition she
could not sleep at night, but since
she started to use Globe Tonic about
ten days ago she rest well at night
and feels lots better in every way"
Mr.. j. r. Witt, Dorsey, Miss, R.
f. d. No. 2, is another one that is
very enthusiastic over the Globe
Tonic. He says: at is fine to stop
that getting up at night"
A well known business man said:
II am certain that any one suffering
from indigestion will find great re-
lief by the use Of one bottle of
Globe Tonic. / know | found it to
do me more good than anything l
had even tried"
Thousands Of others today in all
parts of the country r saying
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30
Mississippi's Centennial.

December the 10th will be
the one hundredth anniversary
of Mississippi's admission into
the sisterhood of states. On
January 21st, 1917, the bill adj
hitting Mississippi to the UNI
ion was passed by congress
and on the tenth day of the
December following all of the
necessary steps for statehood
were completed and another
star was added to the flag.
The state legislature at the
1914 session passed a bill au-
thorizing the celebration OF the
centennial by the city Of Gulf
port and at the 1916 session an
appropriation of S125,000 was
passed to be used in appropri-
ately celebrating the event.
Owing to the war coming on,
the celebration at Gulfport
was postponed until February
1919, and unless the war ends
before that time, it is highly
probable that another post
ponement will be made.
Elsewhere Superintendent Of
Education Bond gives out a
program for the celebration Of
the states centennial By the
schools and it IS to be expected
that every school will IN some
way follow out this program.
II IS an event that should be
impressed upon the minds of
the children Of the state. Pa
triotism is now the paramount It
question Of the hour and the
child should be early impress
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ish like the mist before the morning
sun.
Mr.. ]. G. Stovall, r. F. D. No. 2,
Plantersville, was in the store last
Saturday and is highly elated over
the results from the use of the first
bottle of Globe Tonic. Mr.. Stovall
says: Globe Tonic is fine for over
active kidneys and weak bladder.
And | find it to be excellent as a
general tonic"
Mr.. P. P. Burleson, R. F. D. No. l.,
Verona, was also in the store Satur-
day to purchase a bottle of Globe
Tonic for a friend of his and said:
II was telling a neighbor of mine
about the Globe Tonic and he gave
me the money to buy him a bottle.
1t sure is doing my wife and | a
world Of good. | had to get up all
during the night to relieve my kid
neys, and | have only been taking
Globe Tonic a short time, and now |
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30
sPENcER-LAcEY

The wedding, which cane IN the
nature OF 4 surprise to the many
friends Of the contracting parties,
was solemfized Thursday afternoon
at Il o'clock in Holly Springs, when
Miss Lola Lacey became the bride Of
Mr.. %. Z. Spencer
Mrs. Lacey is one Of Potts
Camps most worthy ladies' while Mr..
Spencer is one Of Tupelo's most sue
cessful business men,
we wish for them much happiness
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30
Our Crops.


elsewhere we publish the re-
port of the cotton crop ginned
in this county to November IA
amounting to 5429 bales, as
compared with 1884 bales to
same day in 1916.
The showing is a surprise to
many who had predicted that
the county would not make as
much cotton as it made the past
year. Considering the very
small acreage in cotton we
could not hope for anything
like a normal crop under the
most favorable conditions. The
lateness of the season in plant
ing and the early frost were
against the crop and early ex-
pectations were not realized.
The price, however, has made
the crop worth about four
times as much as it was the
past year which compensates
in large measure for the short
ness of the crop.
Tn making our estimates OF
the money crop of the county
we are no longer confined to
the cotton crop alone. The
county has never in its history
raised such a crop of corn as
we are gathering and market
this fall. The corn runs in
to the millions of bushels and
it requires five elevators rum
ming day and night to keep up
with the corn brought to mar
ket here. From every direc-
ton hundreds of wagons
crowd in to the elevators and
from every point of the rail-
roads there is much corn be-
ing shipped in as rapidly as
ears can be secured From
every county in North
Mississippi corn is being shipp-
ed in here and ready sale is
being made to all the leading
centers where there is great
demand. The price is around
S1.40 per bushel which is a
very satisfactory price for this
season Of the year. Many are
holding for better prices and It
is expected that next summer
will see prices around $3.50
per bushel,
The banks in the county are
carrying the largest line IF de-
they have ever carried
in their history, which reflects
the fine condition prevailing
among the farmers of the cour-
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sisson a Stacker.

The Indignation of the PEG.
pie of Chickasaw county was
expressed in resolutions passed
at a mass meeting held in Ok
olona following a speech made
by Congressman Sisson, of the
Fourth district, in which Mr..
Sisson displayed all the ele-
ments of the Stacker, and
stamped himself as one Mis-
sissippian with a yellow streak
down his back. We reproduce
the resolutions in this issue.
Mr.. Sisson has not stood
with his party by the admins
tration and he endeavored to
Justify his course by criticlzing
the president, stating that 1T
makes me tired for people to
be telling me to stand by the
president" The egotism OF
the man was never more forci-
bly, expressed than when he
takes issue with Mr.. Wilson as
to how this government should
be run. He endeavored to
pose as a constitutional lawyer
when he said that this govern
ment had no right to pass a Sc
lective draft act. The power
to declare wal carries with 1t
the power to put in force ev-
cry means necessary to carry
on the war, and unless it did
the government would be impo-
tent to wage war. The Fourth
district has furnished some ev-
idence that it contains a num-
Der Of slackers, and Mr.. Sis
son was evidently endeavoring
to put himself on record with
this crowd in order to make
sure of their support for re-
election. The Fourth district,
however, has another element.
composed Of true loyal men
and women who are going to
stand by this government and
our boys III the trenches, who
are fighting our battles. This
crowd will sit on Mr.. Sisson's
case when the time comes -.
No man of Sisson's stripe is
worthy to represent any dis
trict of Mississippi in the halls
of congress and we sincerely
hope that the people of his
district will rise to a full appre-
citation of the situation and no
longer be disgraced by such a
cowardly and ignoble repre-
sentative.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-11-30
OF WONDERFUL REMEDY
HAS STARTLED PEOPLE OF TUPELO

The PstF eWeeksH Have ErovenB Beyond a Doubt that Globe Toc Remedies are the ost
Wonderful Remedies EverK Known for uferrso Rheumatism Camrh Kidney,
lWerand Blood TROUBLES Ready What These Local People Have to Say
About the Globe Tonic Remedies
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Read This, Pro-Germans, and Hang Your Heads

An Associated Press dispatch pub
lished in the Monroe News-Star the
other day, carrying the date line AVER,
Mass, November 2Sth,' reads:
Indignities inflicted upon a .nineteen
year old American girl in Germany
are described in a letter given out by
the authorities at Camp Devens to-
night. The letter was written to her
brother. a private in the National
Army here, who turned the commune
cation over to his superior officers, with
a request that something be done to
obtain his sisters release. The man is
of German descent, and came here
from New Hampshire Before the out
break Of he war his mother went to
Germany to visit her parents and has
remained there since. Six months ago,
he says, his sister received an official
appearing document from Germany
saying that her mother was i'll there
and that she should make arrange
ments to go to see her, If possible. The
girls letter said:
MOher is well and has not been
sick. When arrived here found
that the whole report Of her illness was
a hoax. ! was taken by the military
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-06
Thrift Stamp Work in Public Schools Suggested

The following rule will be observed
in arriving, at the number of persons
to whom the school has sold s.,-stamps:
The number Of persons who have pur-
chased stamps will be multiplied by
two; the total amount Of stamps sold
will be divided by five, and these two
results added. To illustrate: High
School H" sells $1,000 worth face
value) to fifty persons. The fifty
would be multiplied by two, giving 100.
and the 1000 would be divided by five,
giving 200. This school would lie cred
tied with 800 in the contest
For the purposes of this contest,
each building will be classed as
school. To illustrate: Lake Charles
instructs the high school students i'm
one building and the elementary stud
ents III four or five other buildings. In
this contest the children in the high
school building would he in Class A,
while the children in each Of the other
buildings would fall in Glass b.
The contest will close january 81,
1918. Between the LIST and 9TH Of Feb
ruary the principal Of each school
should submit to the Parish Superin-
tendent statement showing the num-
Ter of persons to whom $:51-stamps have
been sold and the total amount of the
face value of the sales. Each state
ment should indicate its class in the
cOntest-whether 4, B or G. Upon re-
ceipt Of all Of the reports, the Superin-
tendent will, between the 10th and 18th
of February. submit report to this
office, separating the schools of the
parish into their appropriate classes
and showing the standing of each
school as to the number of persons to
whom $5-stamps We're sold and the
total amount for each school.
Prizes will be distributed among the
schools Of the city Of New Orleans on
plans to be worked out and announced
by Superintendent j. NJ. Gwinn.
personally will purchase $;l-stamp
from the first child in each parish Of
the state that shall write me during
the months of December and January
requesting that 1 make such purchase
The child must give his postOffice. the
name Of his school, the name Of his
principal. and the class in which his
school falls.
The Parish Superintendent is the d.
rector of the school forces Of the
parish in this thrift campaign. and all
general questions uron which informa-
ton is desired should lie referred to
him. The principal is tile director In
charge Of the work In each school. He
or she will take the initiative in d.
recting the efforts of teachers and
children in any particular school.
Should the thrift campaign prove
highly successful for the months Of
December and January, as believe 1t
will, appropriate prizes will be offered
for the most successful work for the
rest Of the session.
This campaign offers a wonderful OPP
portunity for the teaching OF thrift
and economy, and / hope that / am not
over-sanguine when express the be-
lief that the school forces will take
every possible advantage OF it.
Yours sincerely,
Z. HI. HARRIS,
| State Sup't of Public Education.
Baton Rouge, La, Dec. 3, 1917.
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officials and am now confined at a farm
where there are hundreds Of other
girls and women. This is only one OF
lots Of places / am SO I'M
happy. Even the best classes OF young
girls and women are confined here and
You can well imagine how they feel
We are not treated well and the food
Is horrible, and it is even worse con-
sidering the conditions we are. living
under
. Officers and men who have won
glory in battle spend a month or more
furlOugh here and we are subjected to
all sorts Of indignities. am SO un-,
happy that several times have almost
made UP my mind to kill myself.
Mother was held here for two months
some time ago, and now she cannot
visit me. | hope you will try to do
something in America and help me-"
The message, written on piece OF
paper, ended with hastily written
postscript that she must hurry to
snluggle the note out.
When the private was told that moth
ing could be done to help his sister, he
at once applied for transfer to the
next unit sailing for the battle front
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Plant wheat as a war measure.
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Plain Dealing Department
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Tuesday. Dec: A proclamation
has been issued by Mayor w. H. Stroud
] calling for an election OH January =.
4 1918. for Mayor. Il full Board of Coun-
cilulen and Il Marshal for the town of
Plain Dealing.
Mrs. 7. NJ. Gatlin of Ninock is here
on visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T.. Swindle.
Thus far nothing has been done to-
ward the perfection of plans for the
erection Of that greatly needed school
building for Plain Dealing. Every
where you constantly see improved
! barns being built to house improved
stock That, of course, is commenda-
Sble But let us not forget our public
buildings. Can't you see Your children
are woefully i'll need of a more CON-
4 Portable and safe housing?
A letter received from Jim Many. III
( training at Camp Travis, Texas, tells
of the fine Thanksgiving dinner given
to the soldier boys last Thursday. At
that camp 10000 troops were given a
royal feast of turkey and all his kim
bred accessories. Later they marched
to Kelly Field to witness game of
! football between the 31Jth Engineers
of which he is Il member, and the Camp
Kelly team. The Engineers won. the
score being to 6. The Engineers then
secured big billy goat and led him
I across the grounds-clainling to have
Kelly's goat. This caused great deal
OF excitement and no end of laughter
on the part OF the winning team.
Miss Myrtle Purcell, native Of Miss
issippi. but who, with her parents and
large family of children moved here
i some seventeen years ago, and became
greatly beloved by ALL died yesterday
4 morning. at 80 O'Clock, at the North
louisiana Sanitarium. in Shreveport.
Y Miss Purcell for the past few years
had been a trained nurse. doing all the
good she could for suffering humanity,
and her benevolence of heart in many
other directions is called to mind. She
was indeed an excellent and worthy
young woman The remains were
brought here yesterday afternoon and
the interment will take place in Plain
Dealing Cemetery this afternoon at
y three O'clock
Now is an ideal time to discuss that
civic society idea advocated from time
TO time in these columns) and the town
needs and must have such society to
derive the benefits that would natu-
rally tend toward its advancement,
6 general growth and physical beauty.
The cemetery, the last home of our
IUyed ones, is sadly in need of such a
! body. and without organization it Is
kely to remain i'll just the condition
you now see it. There is intellect, and
1 that OF a high order among the ladies'
Of Plain Dealing. and all that is now
needed is fer some one to take the In
6 ltiatiye. Our town. naturally. is not
without beauty, and "a civic society
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ers and other supplies are going for
ward to each community and will be III
the hands Of the campaign managers in
time for them to make Of the drive
success.
The South owes 1t to itself to stand
prominently to the front of the Red
Cross map, and the committee of each
chapter in the division Is resolved to
put the 100000 new members '.Oyer the
top"
The Red Cross now has member
ship Of 6.OOO,OO0, and by Christmas
time the national organization hopes
to have Woodworking and devoted
army Of volunteers working In this
country for our soldiers and sailors
here and across the water"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-06
TO Keep Sweet Potatoes.

If sweet potatoes are dug during dry
weather, and they have llot been affect
ed by frost. there IL little difficulty In
keeping them, provided they are not
allowed to freeze. II, however. the
ground is very moist when the lWta-
tees are dug or IL they contain lots Of
water. they will decay unless the water
content IL reduced This can be done
by Quitting them in a house or room
where the temperature can be kept
around % to 100 degrees during the
day time for a week, but there should
be plenty Of ventilation when the tenn
perature is high.
In this way the same results may be
had as when dry klins are used. It is
not necessary to have regular potato
storage house, but a vacant cabin can
often be utilized for this purpose. Rest
results are double wallis.
IL potatoes are handled carefully
when harvested and transported, and
the water content reduced about 10 per
cent, practically every potato will keep
until next spring or even late into the
summer. s. e. Press BMiletia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-06
Red Cross Drive for Members.

From New Orleans, the headquarters
of the Gulf Division of the American
Red Cross, has come the following form
letter, which sets forth that CAM
paign is to be launched to secure ten
million new members of that organi-
zation. and to which we urge your
earnest consideration:
The National Red Cross will secure
1OOOO.OO0 new members before Christ
mas. The campaign will begin Decem-
her 18th and run to Christmas Eve. A
Red Cross sermon will be preached in
almost every pulpit in the United
states by patriotic clergy1nen who see
I'M the Red Cross the great undenolli-
national agency for international relief.
lii Alabama, Louisiana and Miss
issippi :IOG,0OO new members, must he
secured and each Of the 300 chapters
in the division has been called on to
name special campaign manager,
who. with their committees, will con-
duct this drive-the greatest drive
for new members that has ever been
undertaken III the United States.
= The headquarters Of the committee
IN charge, of the movement Is at New
Orleans. Alabama is represented by
Mr.. Robert Jemison, jr., a prominent
real estate agent at Birmingham. and
BY Judge Tyler GOODWIN. the well
known attorney at Montgomery. lou
isiaIla is represented by Judge r. III
Randolph, one of the most prominent
attorneys of North Louisiana, and by
John Legier, jr., President Of the City
Bank and Trust Company at-New Or
leans. Mississippi is represented by
Mr.. T. +. Davis. President Of the Fed
eral Land Bank, formerly resident OF
YaxOc City, and by Mr.. Thad B. Lamp
ton, the well known banker Of Jackson
The Executive Secretary in charge Of
the work is Mr.. w. ]. I4eppert, Direct
or OF the Bureau Of Development II
the Gulf Division.
Red Cross buttons, literature, post