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The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
VOLUME xxx
CROP ESTIMATED AT
l5,325,OOO BALES
Acreage Much Larger Than
Previously Estimated And
Condition High

A huge cotton crop is in prospect
this year, the Department of Agri-
culture forecasting the production at
1925, 900 equivalent 500 pound
bales. A crop of that size would
be the third largest ever grown.
The condition of the crop on June
25 was 85.8 per cent of normal,
or 3.5 per cent better than on May
25 and six per cent higher than the
l0-year average, and the area in cul-
tivation was 37,073,0OO acres.
The acreage this year comes close
TO the record and is exceeded only by
that Of 1913.
Cotton production last year was
11,300,254 bales, in 1916 it was H.
449,930; in 1915 it was 11,191, $3.50
and in 1914 it was 1914, $50 bales,
the largest crop ever grown.
The codnition of the crop on May
25 this year was 1913 per cent of a
normal and on June 25 last year it
was 1908, while the 10-year June 25
average condition is 1913 per cent.
The acreage in cultivation year
ago was 34,925,00O arces, and that
picked was 33,634,OO0 acres. The
area picked in 1916 was 1895, 900
acres, and the largesa acreage pick
ed in any year was that of 1918,
when it was 37,089,000.
The forecast of production an
nounced was based on the condition
of the plant June 20, and allows one
per cent acreage abandonment. The
final out-turn of the crop will be a
bove or below the quantity forecast
as conditions hereafter are better or
worse than average conditions.
The acreage and June 25 condi-
tion by states follows:
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
SO KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Two Coaches Carrying Mostly
Negroes Catch Fire After
Crash and Many Of the In
jured Pinned Beneath Debris
We're Burned to Death.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July g.
Between 80 and 80 persons were kill
ed and between so and so injured
when passenger trains No. /, from
Memphis, and No. A, for Memphis, on
the Nashville, Chattanooga G. st.
Louis railway collided head-on at Z :15
o'clock this morning at the foot of
Dutchman's grade, five miles from
Nashville.
Both locomotives, three baggage
cars and six passenger coaches were
demolished.
Fire, starting from the engine boil
ers, consumed two coaches, and q
number of persons are reported to
have perished in the flames.
Most of the casualties appear to
be among negroes, many of whom
were en- route from Memphis and
Nashville to work at the DUPONT
powder plant near here.
In one car on the train from Mem
phis everyone was killed. There are
said to have been several women pas
sengers in this coach. Their bodies
are still in the wreck. The body of
a baby was found in this car.
The trains came together with
terrific crash that reverberated
throughout the downtown section of
the city, and the enginemen of both
trains were almost instantly killed.
The trains telescoped so badly that
work of removing the dead and in
jured was made most difficult. Long
lines of automobiles piled the roads
to the city, taking the injured to hos
pitals.
Accounts of he cause of the wreck
vary, and are yet meager, but, ac-
cording to officials in the Office of T.
M. Wrenn, superintendent of trans
portation, the engineer of train No. 4
overlooked train No. l.
The wreck is the worst disaster in
the history of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & st. Louis railway.
The railroad rushed relief trains
to the scene of the wreck and in
short time hundreds of men were
working like Trojans to rescue the
victims. Automobiles by the hun
dreds sped to the scene, and those
who escaped unhurt in the wreck also
assisted in the relief work.
Mrs. John w. Thomas, widow of
the late John w. Thomas, president
of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Louis railway, arrived on the scene as
son as the news of the wreck reached
her. She brought bandages and
worked heroically with the injured.
Many girls assisted her.
Two hundred negroes were on the
Memphis train, coming here to work
at the powder plant. Only 11O of
these had been accounted for at IL
o'clock.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
NEGRO KILLING
SCRAPE TUES. NIGHT
Robert Mitchell Kills "Buck"
Richardson and Wings Two
Other Africans During Me-
lee-Mitchell Surrenders to
Officers.

Tuesday night about IL o'clock
five pistol shots sounded clear and
distinct on the night air in the vi
cinity just east of the l.. C. shops.
Following soon upon the pistol shot
reports, woman's screams rent the
air and soon others joining in, the
noise alarmed the neighborhood and
made quite a commotion.
Mr.. l.. w. Mackey who lived near
the scene of the shooting and subse-
quent commotion telephoned Sheriff
Dave Patterson that there was trouble
among the negroes near his home and
for him to investigate.
Sheriff hastened to the scent of the
trouble where he found one negro
badly wounded in fact practically
dying, and two others nursing minor
wounds. The facts of the shooting
as near as possible for the officer to
obtain were as follows: The negroes
were having dance in an old store
,uilding just back of Mr.. Mackeyi
nome, and during the evening one
Robert Mitchell light colored young
negro danced several times with Den
mis- Richardson's girl. Now Dennis,
'ho is knwn as Buck" was biz
husky fellow, didn't take any too
kindly to the attention that Mitchell
was paying "his girp' so he proceed
ed to chastise Mitchell, Mitchell was
no physical match for Buck" SO he
proceeded to get gun to even up
the difference. Mitchell left the
dance hall and came over to the
Bowman Cafe and told Phonzo Bow
man that Jim Bowman had sent him
over after his (Jim's) pistol and
flash-light. Phonzo gave Mitchell the
desired gun and light and the fellow
immediately retraced his steps back
to the dance hall. When approach
ing the hall he met "Buck" and thu
shooting occurred. Mitchell tells
the sheriff that "Buck" was coming
at him with a big knife open in his
hand and that he shot him in self de-
fense. He shot five times, one bull
let only hitting the intended victim,
the bullet entering the right groin
and did not pass out of his body.
Russell Nash and Bill Holly two other
negroes were hit by stray bullets
Nash in the arm and Holly in the
fore arm, neither one being serious
ly hurt. The other two bullets went
wild and did no damage.
A small negro boy gave sheriff
Patterson large pocket knife which
he said belonged to "Buck" and which
the boy picked up off the ground
where Buck was laying. Sheriff
Patterson also found the pistol in
Jim Bowman's car where it is said
Mitchell put the gun after the shoot
ing.
Immediately following the shooting
Mitchell started over to town to sur
render to the sheriff. He met the
night marshal near the postoffice and
told the officer that he had shot Rich
ardson and voluntarily gave himself
up. The officer took Mitchell in
charge and turned him over to the
sheriff and he was locked up in Jail.
Richardson was taken to his home
in the city and a physician called to
attend him. He lived until the fol.
lowing morning when he died about
6 o'clock. The dead man was in the
list of colored men called in the Sc.
lective draft and was to have been
sent to military training camp on
July II.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12

military uses.
The war service committee of the
National Association of Wooden Man
ufacturers and the American Asso-
citation of Woolen and Worsted
Manufacturers conferred with the
War Industries Board and represen-
tatives from the Shipping Board,
War Trade Board, and Army and
Navy over difficulties in the wool
supply situation. The policy of the
War Industries Board is to regulate
prices and distribution when a scar
city arises due to Government de-
mands.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
SOLDIERS COUGH IS CURED

Private Harold Hamel, Goth Regi-
ment. Ft. Adams. r. l.. writes: II
was troubled with a bad cough for
three months. tried Foley's Honey
and Tar and felt greatly relieved. /
recommend Foley's Honey and Tar
and win keep it on hand" Gives
relief from hay fever. asthma and
bronchial coughs. Knox Drug Co,
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12
IL MORE DRAFTEEs
CALLED FROM YALORUsHA

Besides the 43 coored draftees
called to entrain on July II, and the
80 white draftees for July Is, Sheriff
Patterson has received another call
for IL more white men to entrain
on July 22.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12

restores vitality and energy BY purifying aud en-
richlna the blood Yea can soon feel lts ssrsnath-
sAlns, Inviaoraslna Eject. Price eoc
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1918-07-12

666 contains no alcohol. arsenic,
nor other poisonous drugs,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27

applied in a fine mist, since coarser ap-
plications tend to gather in drops on
the leaves and run off.
Community action in combating the
cabbage worm is desirable wherever
cabbage and related crops are grown
extensively. Agreements should be
entered by the truckers of the commu-
nifty for each to spray throughout the
season and to carefully clean the fields
of the bulk of the old stalks as soon as
the crop is harvested. A few stalks
should be left at regular intervals as
traps on which the last generation OF
female butterflies will deposit eggs.
Such stalks should be poisoned freely
with arsenicals so that the worms OF
the last generation will not develop.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
ANT NURSES OF butterflies
Peculiar Relationship Which Natural
lists Have Observed Between Crea-
lures Which are Enemies.

| Ants and butterflies are not Ordinar-
/ lily on friendly terms, for ants have a
ruthless custom of Selling and devour-
ing their winged acquaintances. There
is, however, one species of butterfly
the larvae Of which are protected by
the large black ants found in Indian
gardens.
The secret of this. care lies in the
fact that the larvae give out a sweet
liquid of which the ants are very fond,
and which they obtain by gently strok-
ing the little creatures with their an
tennae. At the foot Of a bush on
which the larvae feed, the ants con-
struct a temporary nest and are then
ready to act as attentive nurses.
About the middle Of June the ants
are busy running about on this bush
in search of the larvae, and driving
them downward toward their own
nest. When the prisoners reach their
places, they at once fall into pupae.
During this period if the loose earth
at the foot of the bush be scraped
away, hundreds of larvae and pupae
may ne Seeu uIrduBeu Ill u DTOdu even
band about it's trunk.
In about week the butterfly is
ready to come forth and is tenderly
assisted to leave its shell. If it is
strong and healthy, it is allowed to
spread its wings and fly away, but
should it prove delicate the ants exer-
else the utmost. care in assisting it to
the tree, and holding it there in safe
ty. 1t is curious sight to watch these
| fragile creatures going about in per-
| feet confidence among the fierce ants,
which have, however, by no means
adopted the profession of nursing for
| the love of it, fer when the larvae Of
another species are thrown among
them they Immediately set upon them
and tear them in pieces.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
The Reason Whv.

This difference In the complexion Of
people Is due to the varying amount of
pigment or coloring material In the
cells of which the skins of all animals
are made. Very light people have very
little pigment; very dark people, those
with dark eyes and black hair, have
great deal OF this coloring material
In their cells.
A great many people are neither
light nor very dark. They have less
than the dark complexioned people
and more than the light complexioned
people. When the hair turns gray
1t is because the pigment has dIsap-
peared. AS this is due to the loss of
this coloring material, dark complex
Toned people turn gray sooner than
light complexioned people The struc-
ture OF the skin showing how these
cells are made in layers can be seen
by examining the skin with a micro
1cope.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
CABBAGE WORM MOST
DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY
Spraying Is Effective Remedy in
Combating This Pest.
Community Action Is Desirable Wher-
ever Related Crops Are Grown
Extensively--Leave Few Pois-
oned Stalks for Traps.

CFrom the United States Department of
Agricuture.)
The common cabbage worm. the most
destructive enemy of cabbage and re-
lated crops in the United States, be-
gins its depredations as soon as the
young plants are set out in the spring
and continues its work throughout the
summer. Control measures, to be eff
fective, should begin as soon as the in
sect makes its appearance.
Although the insect caused the total
destruction of cabbage. cauliflower,
and other crops in large areas in the
years Immediately after its first ap-
pearance in this country in the sixties,
control measures have now been per-
fected to such a degree and adopted
TO such an extent that losses need
not be great Spraying with a solu-
ton of two pounds of powdered arsen-
Of lead in the paste form. or one pound
of paris green TO 30 gallons of water
should be begun as soon as the plants
are set out and should be repeated as
often as examination of the plants
shows it TO be necessary.
The common cabbage worm" is the
larva of a white butterfly having black
tipped wings. The butterflies appear
on warm spring days, and continue
about gardens and fields until after
several severe fall frosts. In the Gulf
region they are present throughout the
season. Eggs are laid on cabbage and
related plants where they hatch in from
four to eight days.
The caterpillar is velvetv green.
about the color of the cabbage foliage.
1t eats voracously and grows rapidly.
becoming full grown in from ten to
fourteen days after Matching. Three
generations occur each season in the
northeast and probably SIX In the eS-
'eme South. The trst generation usu-
lily develops on wild plants.
Hand picking may be practiced sue
cessfuliy in small gardens Where
sprays are employed they should be
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
scope


Little things often lead to serious
consequences. SO it is not surprising
to learn that recently an employee of
\ large manufacturing establishment
was coming down the stairway from
the third floor of the warehouse, when
the laciAg In one of his shoes became
united. He continued to so down the
stairs, and when about five steps from
the landing he stepped on the flowing
shoe lace, which threw him, and he
fell, striking his head and shoulders
on the bottom step with such force
that he died the next morning. Which
teaches us that one cannot afford to
be careless, even in such trivial de
tails MS loose shoe strings.
American
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Trees and shrubs about the home
and farmstead not only increase the
value OF the property but make con-
ditions pleasanter and more healthful.
A limited amount of planting may be
done, therefore, for comfort alone ir-
respective OF other return. Where a
considerable plantation is contem-
plated however, it Is essential to
know what material may be grown
economically and the uses to which it
may be put.
On the average farm in the plains
region the first effort in planting is
to provide a small grove plantation
which will protect the buildings from
severe winds and furnish shade for
mails. Sometimes when such wind
break has been established the owner
tries to make it furnish supply Of
material for use on the farm. This
is mistake. for If belt of trees is
planted primarily as protection
against the wind the pruning and re-
moval of much large material may
lessen or even destroy its protective
value.
Value of Plantation.
The value of a plantation, other
than a windbreak, on the farm lies
In its ability to furnish fuel, posts
and limited amount Of lumber and
repair material. Within very few
years after planting the plantation
will need to be pruned and the prun-
Ing will furnish considerable fuel, de-
pending upon the size of the plot, If
good care is given the trees they will
develop rapidly and some thinning
Will have to be done to prevent harm
full crowding. The material thus re-
moved will contribute materially to
the upkeep of the farm by furnishing
losts and stakes. When the planta-
ton is still older more valuable ma
terial may be harvested. Small tim
bers for building construction, poles
for implements, also tool handles,
neckyokes, eveners, whif1letrees and, in
favorable situations limited amount
Of lumber Is provided at home as
needed.
Throughout the plains region there
is a marked scarcity of timber which
will produce even fair grade of lum-
Der and this fact should be taken
into account when species are select
ed for planting. When a large planta-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27

Pottery is the oldest, the longest and
most widely dlffused of all human arts.
It's history, If recorded. would be as
old as the history of man; Its record
ed history begins with the building of
the tower of Babel. The oldest pot
terry known is Egyptian, but every peo-
pie, civilized or barbarian. has prac-
decd the art In one or another form.
All study in every department of art
begins at period not long after the
Mosaic deluge, but pottery is the
earliest Of Gil forms of art.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
Paradise Worth Attaining.

According to the Koran the soil of
paradise is composed of musk and SAT-
from. sprinkled with pearls and hya-
cinths. The walls of the mansions are
Of gold and silver the fruits are of a
flavor and delicacy unknown to NOR
tails. Numerous rivers flow through
the paradise. Some are of wine, 9TH
ers of milk, honey and water. The
pebbles are rubies and emeralds; the
banks of musk. camphor and saffron.
The meanest inhabitant of the Moham-
medan paradise will have 10000 serv-
ants and ~ wives. Wine, though for
hidden on earth. will there be freely
allowed and will not inebriate.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
THEN willie" LEFT HASTILY
Remembered an Engagement After
Learning Just Who the "Fresh
Old Guy" Was.

1t was at a dance at the Waldorf
Astoria In New York, when some can
dies dripped and made quite a puddle
Of grease on the floor. A gentleman
standing at the door Immediately took
out his knife and his handkerchief and
began scraping up the CONCEALED
grease when a very fresh young gen.
tleman in our "set" tapped the gentle
man on the shoulder and said: "Say,
old gentleman. you're interfering with
our Paul Jones. Suppose you cut that
out"
II was afraid some of the young la
dies might Slip" courteously answered
the "old gentleman"
well, they won't" answered
"Freshie." Besides you're not run
ming the hotel" The "old gentleman"
had gathered up all the grease by this
time and, giving no answer to the last
remark, left the room.
Fresh old guy continued "Willie"
after the dance-"that old man"
"Not exactly fresh, but careful Of his
guests; that's ALL" answered a friend.
His guests" repeated "Willie"
eyes" answered the man that hap
pened TO be Mr.. Bodt, the owner OF
the hotel"
And then didn't Willie fade away
Young Ladies' Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
INCREASE SUPPLY OF
CHICKENS AND EGGS

prepared by the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture.)
Every commercial BREEDER ev-
cry farmer, every backyard
poultry raiser, is urged to keep
these aims steadily in view:
l. Keep better poultry. Stand
ard-bred poultry improves the
quality aud increases production.
2. Select healthy, vigorous
breeders to produce strong
chicks.
3. Hatch early to produce fall
and winter layers.
A. Preserve eggs when cheap
for home use.
s. Produce infertile eggs, ex-
cept for Matching.
g. Gull the floclSs to eliminate
Improbable producers.
z. Keep small backyard
flock to supply the family table.
s. Grow as much poultry feed
as possible.
0. Eat more poultry and eggs
TO conserve the meat supply.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27

| ton Is established care should be
taken to put out such trees as will
give the maximum amount Of body
material and to arrange them so as to
derive the greatest benefit.
Secure Best Results.
In ldbreak planting the best re-
suits usually are secured when the
shortest trees are placed on the side
facing the wind, SO that sloping face
! Is presented and the air currents are
detected upward. These short trees
should have low-branching habits and
dense foliage, in order that they may
offer as much hindrance to the pas
sage of air currents close to the
ground rs is possible. The Russian
olive is probably the best for this.
Not infrequently, when complaints are
made of the reputed ineffectiveness
of windbreaks 1t develops upon exami-
nation that the planter has either
used unsuitable species and given
them poor care or has failed to estab-
lish belts of sufficient width.
Species for Northern Region.
The northern half Of the plains re-
gion, which includes the eastern por-
ton of Montana, Wyoming and Colo
RADIO and the western portions of the
Dakotas and Nebraska, is character
lied by lower temperatures, heavier
precipitation, and q shorter growing
season than the southern half. The
species recommended for it are Hack
berry, honey locust, white elm, cotton
wood, narrow-leaf cottonwood, white
poplar, white willow, diamond willow,
Russian olive, buffalo berry, Siberian
pea tree, Jack pine, western yellow
pine.
Species for Southern Region.
All the species recommended for
the northern portion of the plains re-
gion may be planted in the southern
portion, which includes southeastern
Colorado, western Kansas and Okla
homa and northern Texas, and on &C.
count of the more moderate tempera-
lures 1t is possible to extend the list.
The following additional species are
recommended: Box elder, green ash,
black locust red cedar, Chinese arbor
vitae.
Specific information on these spe-
cies is published in Farmers Bulletin
No. 1888, a copy of which can be OBJ
tanned by applying to the United
States department of agriculture,
Washington, D. G.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-27
Sudden Suggestion.

The ardent youth had taken the girl
of his dreams out TO tea.
II say, who is that young man who
has just come inn" he asked of his
fair companion. 81 see he nodded to
you. Do you know him?"
Eyes" said she, Il know him quite
well"
"Shall ask him TO Join us?'
ooh, dear" murmured the girl In
confusion. this is so sudden /"
"Eh? What do you mean?" he ask,
I'd. in surprise
"Why, Algy, that's our minister /"