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The Tupelo journal., 1917-03-16
COUNTY NEWS
Sherman


7. M. Martin Of Birmingham
was in town Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.. Witt and
Miss Pat Jones motored Tupelo
Thursday.
DR.. j. C. Windham Of Ecru
was in town Thursday.
r. L. Jones of New Orleans
was the guest of relatives here
Friday.
Mesdames Maggie Jones, R.
P. Finley and George Witt were
visitors to Tupelo Friday.
Mrs. Clark Adams of Chester
vile was the guest of Miss Fan
ME Ruth Phillips Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. F. M. Laney and little
daughter of Memphis are guests
of Mrs. D. c. Langston.
Miss Willie Dickerson of Blue
Springs was the weekend guest
of Miss Phillips.
Mrs. E.. C. Black of Marks was
among the out-of-town guests
at the shower given for Miss
Phillips at Mrs. D. c.. Langston's
Saturday afternoon.
DIR w. B. Thomson and
family Of Tupelo were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Finley
Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Witt of Ecru
spent the weekend with home
folk.
Rev. T. A. ]. Beasley preached
at the Baptist Church Sunday
morning and afternoon. His
subject for the morning hour
was Repentance" The subject
for the afternoon was 1.-THE Nee
essity of Salvation"
Rev. w. B. Baker filled his
regular appointment at the
Methodist church Sunday even
ing. His subject was Laying
up Treasures in Heaven"
Miss Fannie Robertson of Blue
Springs spent Monday with Miss
Fannie Ruth Phillips.
Mrs. j. Y. Wright Of Belden
visited friends here Monday.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-03-16
McFarlins

At the request Of our teacher,
Mr.. j. B. Estes, we had a meet
ing of the farmers of this section
to discuss peanut culture. Mr..
Will Felkins being present stated
that he would get the necessary
attachment for his threshing
machine to thrash the peanuts.
Several acres were subscribed
to be planted and a committee
was appointed to see how many
acres they could get planted in
peanuts.
The farmers are hoping to
make some ready money from
peanut culture.
Mrs. Elmer Cannon visited
Mrs. Oscar Williams Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Waymon Carter of Tupelo
spent Wednesday night with her
sister, Mrs A. H. McFarling.
Miss Odell Ivy returned home
Sunday afternoon after a PIES
ant visit with her sister. Mrs. M.
c. PUNK in Perry, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. McFarling Sunday.
Messers Leon Hood and Lee
Roy Hill visited home folks
Sunday.
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Nettleton

P. K. Thomas. accompanied by
Mrs. John D. Hunter, attended
services here Sunday.
Rev. ]. ]. McInnis spent a few
days in Atlanta, Ca, the past
week.
DR.. and Mrs. Chastain had as
their guest their friend, Mrs.
Marshall Green Of Carolina. Mrs.
Green left Sunday morning for
New Orleans where she will re-
main for some time with her
brother.
Edgar Smith is back from the
delta where he spent several
days with his brother. A. P.
Smith, Edgar is delighted with
the farming outlook and the
country in general.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Pickett
and Master james went over to
Tupelo Sunday for q visit to MI.
Puckett's parents.
Mrs. Lon Love left Saturday
morning for Parchmanwhere.s she
joins Nh. Lowe. Mr.. and Mrs.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-03-16

with this board ! petition containing
TIE names pf not less than Is qualified
et&ctQrs of aid y1ietyict asking chat the
name of such candjdatsabe placed upon
the ballot. This petition must be iilkd
not - than - days prior 70 the date
* ssid election.
This February 5th, 1917.
w. j. Bunch.
S. D. Shelton,
Commissioner o. Election.
The fcllowin9 named parties are sp-
lsqptoWn-0. 3. Norton ticket cou-
missioner. 7. u. Long, Grip KcIlum.
judges, Gene Watson, Kisler Clayton
The Tupelo journal., 1917-03-16

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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
"Ry ROYAL Anpointment.n -

Once year, in the New Years Ga
zette, appears long list of tradesmen
who are holders of royal warrants.
This list at the present time exceeds
1,200 names. Since the death of Queen
Victoria considerably over three hun
dred names have been added.
1t is a privilege greatly coveted and
much envied-this of the royal war
rant, for it is not one lightly bestowed
upon every tradesman who has sup
piled goods to his majesty's household.
1t is distinctly a mark of royal favor,
and to some extent testimonial to the
excellence of the purveyor's goods.
Its principal outward sign is the use
of the royal arms over the shop-front
and upon the writing paper of the war
rant-holder, and it is an offense against
the law for any person not being a
warrant-holder to use the arms. Ap-
parently, however, its misuse is a com.
mon occurrence, for during recent
years hundreds of cases of improper
use have been dealt with by the Royal
Warrant-Holders' association.-L -Londor
| Tit-Bits.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Vast Wealth Wasted.

The extent of the waste which has at
tended the lumber industry of this
country is just being appreciated and
efforts are being made to correct the
matter. Proprietors of many of the
largest sawmills are installing special
apparatus to save material which was
formerly wasted or sent to the burner.
The price of paper has risen so greatly
since the outbreak of the European
war that paper pulp manufacturers are
becoming more and more interested in
the utilization of wood waste. When
it is realized that more wood is wasted
than actually utilized in our great lum-
Der industry. which uses 40, 900, ,O0o
board feet a year, it is seen that there
are great opportunities to save this
waste. Over 100000 cords of slabs
sawdust, edgings and other mill waste
were used for making paper pulp last
year. .sFT
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
"casket" Factory.

The fact was revealed at the Rhond-
da tribunal recently that at Treorchy,
colliery village in Rhondda valley,
one of the largest coffin industries in
the kingdom is carried on.
It was stated that these works,
which contain 25 machines, can turn
out 80 to 100 coffins in six hours. In
America coffins are now called caskets.
Before the war coffins were exported to
all parts Of the world, but naturally lit
tie business is done in this direction
nowadays. Nevertheless, between 200
and 300 coffins are turned out weekly
Practically all the coffins necessitat-
ed by big disasters are provided by
this firm, and requisites for use at Gre
matoriums are Observation-Disclosures
| Mail.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
MOST VENoMoUs or SNAKES
India Believed to Contain the Creature
That Is Dreaded by Every her
Living Thing.

The most venomous of snakes is held
TO be the echis carinata of India. It
is about Is inches long and Of gray
colsr. The creature is death itself, and
carries in its head the secret of de-
stroying life with the concentrated ag-
ony of all the poisons.
The snake is tolerably common in in
dia, being found in nearly every part
of the peninsula.
Fortunately. however, for man, it is
not, like the cobra. house-frequenting
snake; for its aggressive habits would
make it infinitely more fatal to life
than its dreaded relative.
The king Of the asps does not turn
to escape from man as the cobra will,
or flash into concealment like the kori-
at, but keeps its path against its hu-
man assailant, and, pitting its Is inches
of length against its enemy's bulk,
challenges and provokes conflict.
A stroke with Il whip will cut it in
two, or clod of earth disable it; but
such is its malignity that it will invite
attack by every device at its command,
stalking its own life on the mere chance
of its adversary coming within the lit
| tie circle of its power. At most, the
radius of this circle is II inches. With
in it, at any event. lies certain DEATH
and, on the bare hope of hand or foot
trespassing within it's reach, the echis
throws it's body into ii figure-of-eight
coil, Then it attracts attention by
rubbing its loops, together. which. from
the roughness of the scales, makes a
rustling, kissing sound, erects its head
in the center, and awaits attack.
1t is said that no one, having once
| encountered this terrible reptile, can
ever forget its horrifying aspect when
thus aroused, its eagerly aggressive
air, its restless coils, which, in constant
notion one over the other and rustling
ominously all the while, stealthily bu:
surely brings it nearer and nearer to
the object of its fury.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
HYBRID WATER LILIES
BY I. M. BENNINGTON.

There are two distinct divisions of
water lilies. The groups are the dur
nal Towering. representatives of the
subgroups anecphya and brachyceras,
and the nocturnal Towering. which are
more commonly called night bloomers.
They are the representatives Of the
two lotus groups.
When the bright August days come
the flowers OF the day boomers will
open between seven O'Clock in the
morning and seven o'clock in the eve
ming. II the weather is dull and cloudy,
the pretty flowers refuse to open. They
stay In their coverings waiting for the
sun to bid them go on parade before
the world.
The night bloomers are not so sullxy.
They begin opening at sunset and stay
open until ten o'clock the following
day, and II the weather be cloudy and
their day fellows are. loafing on the
job, they take up the burden Of ornn-
mentation and refuse to go to bed at
their usual hour. They will stay open
the entire day when the sun is not in
evidence.
Many lovers of flowers consider that
the night-blooming lilies are far su.
perior to the day species. The present
day plants have resulted largely from
Insect pollinations and a number Of ex
periments have been conducted at the
Missouri botanical gardens with Q
view to improving the day species
The nymphaea carpensis and its kin
dred, commonly found in gardens
lacks a great deal Of being the typlca
species.
They nre crosses between the blue
and the rose, Which have come largel,
from insect pollinatlon. They posslbl.
also represent a trace Of the Egyptian
nyiuphaea caerulea, the colors Of which
range from deep blue TO the darkes
pink.
BY examining the underside of tn
young leaves one may tell the colors 0
lilies to be planted out. The colo
shown under the young leaves genel
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12

ally gives some idea Of the ultimate
color of the flowers.
The work at the Missouri botanical
garden has resulted in producing two
new varieties. One is the nymphaea
castaliafora, a pink-howered hybrid,
which has a large cup-shaped flower,
well-petaled and said to be much the
superior of anything of it's type. Its
flowers measure eight inches in dia-
meter and sometimes as many as half
dozen flowers are to be found at one
time.
The nymphaea Mrs. Edward Whit
aker, in size, shape and length of
blooming period is said to be superior
to the old day bloomers. In August the
flowers measure as much as ten inches
in diameter. They are light blue and
well-petaled. The individual flowers
last from four to six days and on the
third day bleach to almost pure
white.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
WEEDS ARE USEFUL

The usual thing is when the weeds
have been loosened to remove them
bodily. Now, in doing this it is almost
impossible to avoid removing part Of
the upper surface of the garden. 1t
may be only an inch or two, but that
inch is just the best of the ground.
This is the height of folly.
One reads of the thrifty French gar
deners removing so many inches of
their soil when they have to quit out.
There is an agreement to that effect.
The soil that they have improved with
years of labor and care is a tenants
fixture" SO to speak, and they take 1t
with them. .It ~.F'
What goes on in too many of our
gardens is just the reverse. Instead of
going away and bringing the soil with
us-that is the wealth of our gardens
we stay and the soil goes. thrown
out in the rubbish heap to form part of
an eyesore and nuisance to the rest of
the establishment.
These things should not be so. In
the utopia of well-managed farms and
gardens. of which we now and then
have an inkling, there will be no rub
bish at all. for what is rubbish?
Burning is wasteful when it is
weeds not yet gone to seed that are
consumed. 1t is another matter in
dealing with such things as old stumps
roots sud bad weeds that preserve
their vitality over the winter. Fol
them there must be the cleansing
fires. But why make them away to g
rubbish heap? Why not rather burr
them where they lie, at once, and scat
ter the ashes there.
Besides, rubbish, even if left for but
a few weeks, will be found to have af
forded free quarters to an appalling
IL interesting, extent, to slugs anC
other garden pests.
These rubbish heaps! What trouble
some, unlovely things they are. At
certain old homestead 1 have in m.
minds eye, the practice is in full
swing. e
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
His ThanLcS

A farmland saved train from be-
ing wrecked and at splendid banquet
was presented by the railway COM
pany with gold watch in a red mo-
rocco case. The company's chairman
at the end of an eloquent speech
handed the watch to the heroic farm
hand and waited expectantly to hear
the yokePs grateful thanks. The farm.
hand opened the morocco case, took
the watch from its rich satin bed
turned it over and over, and ther
looked up and asked, "And where's the
chain2"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
GIVE ASYRUP OF FlGSp
TO C0NSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious "Fruit Laxative" can't harm
tender little Stomach, liver
and bowels.

Look at the tongue. mother! If
coated, your little ones stomach, liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peeyish, cross, listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever
ish, stomach sour, breath bad, has
sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold. give
teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" and in few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of its
little bowels without gripping. and you
have well, playful child again. ASK
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle Of
California Syrup of Figs which con-
tains full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups.-
| Adv
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
SCENES LINGER YET
EVENTS ONE RECALLS FROM OLD
VOLUMES.
BY No Means Always the Most Inpors
tant Things Recorded That Remain
in the Memcry After
Lapse of Time.

There is a peculiar pleasure in strir-
enjoyed years ago and never read
again. 1t happened with US, and may
with most people, that in many in
stances one or two scenes, one or two
gestures, starting out of a sort of fog,
stand for the whole book. There are
numerous fogs and each one has its
own quality.
All that is left to US of Rob Roy"
Don Marquis writes in the New York
Sun, its q woman with d broadsWord in
her hand who stands upon rocky way
that Overhangs a lake and screams
forth a vehement command. Someone,
we believe, is about to be cast over the
| precipice at this furious lady'S order.
The earth round about is reddish
brown and overhead the clouds are
moving rapidly.
! 'Bleak House" is woman who clings
to an iron gate and peers through its
| bars. And we have also some faint rec
objection of an echo that was like the
footstep Of sentinel ghost. The fog
from which emerges the woman at the
iron gate is more than fog it is black
vapor-inky black.
We cannot see the heroine of Lorna
Doone" at all, but we still know how
John Ridd felt when he all but
drowned in a swirling, icy pool we can
still see him as he bends cver and tries
to catch little fish with his fingers in
the cold brook just before he falls into
the pool. The pale glitter Of a faint
sun upon shaken drops of water and a
sense of much snow and rain generally
are our only other impressions of the
book.
''Tom Sawyer" is a. boy cropping and
fearing in a cave; of Toms humorous
pranks we remember nothing. "Huckle
berry Finn we almost know by heart
but then we have read it a dozeI
times.
In 'Toilers of the Sea-" where the
man is seized by the devilfish as ht
himself is hunting crabs to eat, Hugo
elaborately builds up a scene which i:
the epitome of the whole tremendou:
book and the symbol of the gaunt eter
nal struggle between man and nature
(aninlate and inanimate) which tn
book dramatizes. And yet, for all Hu
go's craft and power, that scene thrill
us less-speaks less stirringly to ou
blood and nerves-than one inciden
of far less significance in the same vol
. ume.I
. This incident, which stirs US more
! deals merely with the murder of
guard on the edge Of cliff that over
t looks the sea. 1t is a thing that in n
t wise touches the moral bones of tn
{ story; it is not essential to the strut
' ture of the tale as a tale; another de
i. vice might have been used if Hugo ha
. not evidently fancied this one for hi
r own sake. But it gets itself remen
. bered. The devilfish scene, informe
+ though it is of the essential spirit c
3 the book expressed in the terms of phi.
sical conflict, will have left us long b'
f fore we forget the coastguardsman
h murder.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Anecdote of the Autoerat.

A southern woman tells about din
ing in Boston once, when next to her
sat homely little old gentleman, who
wanted to know how she passed the
time in the country with her old fa-e
ther. swell, we read" "What did
you read?" Chiefly The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table," Don't you
get tired of it?'' ooh, no. When we
get to the end, we simply turn back to
the beginning" The old gentleman
chuckled, and made remark implying
that the "Autocrat" was no great thing
among books, and the lady was rather
surprised at his disparaging air. After
dinner she demanded Of her hostess
the name of the unappreciative old
gentleman, and was told that it was
Doctor Holmes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Recovering Used Rubber.

In a French method of rubber recov-
cry, that of G. de Villers, pneumatic
tire covers or other rubber fabrics are
placed in closed vessel containing
tetrachlorethane, and this is heated by
steam or otherwise. To remove uncom-
bined sulphur, the heating continues
only until the sulphur is dissolved, the
solvent being poured off before the
rubber is attacked. Fresh solvent is
kept at the boiling point of the liquid
about an hour, when the rubber in turn
becomes dissolved. The solution is
separated by, filter press, when the sol
vent may be separated and recovered
by distillation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Wouldn't Hurt Cow.

Little Edith was visiting in the coun-
try, and as she was coming across the
field one day, to dinner, an old pet
COW noticed her, and thinking, per.
haps, Edith had something for her to
eat, followed closely at her heels. The
little girl was so frightened she started
to run, and the COW ran, too. Finally
unable to stand it any longer, she burst
into tears, saying: "Oh. if you'll only
go away, / won't hurt you"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Turning on the Liohts.

The regulations by which lights were
ordered extinguished or dimmed and
the Port of ST. Johns, Newfoundland,
closed few weeks ago as '.precau-
tionary measures taken against the
lneursions of hostile ships of war"
have been suspended by Governor Da-
wilson. The notice gives no indica-
ton of the developments responsible
for the change. Lighthouses were out
of commission, shops were closed early
or conducted behind shuttered win
dows, automobiles showed only faint
sidelights and streets were kept dark.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
lakes Casts of Records

Joseph Sanders of Washington has
just patented a method of making
phonograph records He makes a disk
of material that becomes plastic under
heat; heats only that part which is to
bear the record, sprinlzles Il powder
over this part and impresses a record
upon the heated surface under high
pressure. Thus he takes cast of any
record on his disk and forces the cen
trail part that is to bear the label out
of the plane of annular margin, or rec
ord part.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Easily Chanoed.

SIS your portable garage satisfac-
tory?"
'Oh, yes" replied the suburban
dweller; at suits me very well and
I'm glad for my wife's. sake that I
bought the portable Kind"
"Why SOP"
"She's had it moved half a dozen
times because she didn't think it
looked well from the street. ''-Birm.
ingham Age-Herald. ss9 ss
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
In Receptive Mood.

''Our graduating class comprises 35
young ladies'"
"How many of them have planned
careers?"
''None that know Of Most of them
are waiting for some movie company
to snap them up.'-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
n.a,..,edne Extraordinary.

A group of Chinese boys were dis
cussing the relative merits of two bill
boards-one advertising Carnation
Milk. the other Bull Durham. One Of
the boys was explaining the signs ia
the others, so: "In America they have
he cows ana she cows. Tho she COWS
give milk, and the he COWS give to
bRcCu"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
RESTORING Lost Hearino

The newest therapeutic machinery
on record is that now being tried out
In a French hospital to restore the
hearing of soldiers who have lost it in
oattle. The machine is a phonograph-
ic instrument which pronounces VOW
els forcibly. These vowel sounds cause
q vibration which acts upon the sensi-
tive drum of the ear like massage,
overcoming its numb paralysis. A
number of tests have already demon
,trated the power of the instrument to
estore hearing to soldiers who are to-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
PILE SUFFERERS.
Can Avoid the Pain and
Expense Of an Operation

There is no more annoying and embar.
RAISING disease immaginable than Piles. It
can find no relief in the remedies ordinar-
lily used; who fear the pain and serious
after effects frequently accompanying an
operation, and in many instances cannot
afford the expense of such an operation,
which involves not only high surgical and
hospital bills, but loss of time during con-
valescence. To Pile sufferers we offer
quick and possibly permanent relief in
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12

in New York the production is only S8
bushels to the acre.
Nlne-tenths of the roadsides in the
state of New Yor,; have no trees.
A western New York nurseryman
says that he has group of tulips that
have bloomed from the same clump Of
bulbs for 80 years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
SOME PASSING NOTES

Thoroughly slaked lime may be tried
as a top dressing on the lawn in the
fall and winter. Several doses, with
one pound to each thirty square feet
Of lawn, give the best results.
Huckleberries promise to make up
one Of the most interesting crops Of
this year. They bring Is cents a
pound.
In Maine the farmers average 216
f,'ehc's of notatoes To the acre. while
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Father Hennepin as Business Man.

The University of Minnesota regents
have been asked to establish class in
real estate transactions similar to the
one now in force at the University OF
Pittsburgh. and one speaker sees sane
ton for the move in the record of Fa-
ther Hennepin, Early explorer. He
was the first real estate man in Mime
apolis," was the declaration. He
made personally conducted tour Of
the place in 1850, then went back to
France and wrote ! book about it."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
GinnnIv CnIvad

He had been calling on the Widow
Smithers for some time, and it could
not be said that he had made an i'm
preston, although he had failed to
realize the fact. She decided to speed
him on his way at the first oppor-
tunity, and it came that night. He
heaved sigh and said. II have only
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
A Proud Moment.

"How was the musicale at Mrs.
Gadder's house?"
"a great success from Mrs. Cad
der's point of view."
"Yes?"
Everyone who attended professed
to be amazed at the sums paid the
artists who took part"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-01-12
Our Shipping Grows.

American shipping in foreign trade
has increased from 2,405 vessels of
1,076,152 gross tons on June 80, 1914,
to 3,135 vessels of 2,194,470 gross tons
on June so, 1916, according to the
United States bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce.