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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15

issippi described as the N1-2, NE Id
Sc la, Section "a, Township 6. Range
2 East; and the NV IA, Sc Ia Section
"a Township s, Range 2. East; and
NWl4 SW1-4, Section 10, Township
IS, Rangel2 East Less IL l-2 Acres
off of South end of that part Yves,
Of the public road, all of the aforesaid
land being in the County of rankin and
State Of Mississippi; and the following
described stock, to-wit; One (D Black
stallion, named Frank. Eight years old;
One ~ Gelding named Man, color Bay
age (6) six years old; One Black Geld
ing, named Dan, age (4) four years
old; One CD Red COW named Butt, age
s years old and two (2) Heifers age 2
and -One one year old.
Said land and property is to be sold
towards satisfying the aforementioned
indebtedness, and the title is believed
TO be good, but I will convey only such
title as is vested in me as said Substi-
tuted Trustee.
1 Witness NV signature, this the Oath
day Of July, 1918.
Henry G. Latham,
Substituted Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15
Notice Of trustees Sale.
The State Of Mississippi. Rankin Coun,

Ine State or Mississippi. Rankin County
BY virtue of the provisions of Trust
Deed executed by j. A. Nolan and
wife, Mrs. L. C. McLain on the "a day
of March 1916 to secure the payment Of
q certain indebtedness due to T. B.
sGaddis and which Trust Deed is record
ed in Book "a at page IL Of the Record
OF Deeds of Rankin county, Mississippi
in the office of the Chancery Clerk at
Brandon Mississippi. I, j. H. Bishop
Trustee in said instrument, will on the
IS day of August. 1918, within legal
hours, at Brandon, Miss, in said county
proceed to sell at public outcry. to the
best bidder for cash. the following de
scribed property, to-wit: The w i-2 Of
SW Ia of NE1-4 and twenty COY acres.
more or less, lying and being on the
North and East side of the public road
in the N E Ia of S VIA, all ia Sec
ton Eleven, Township Three. Range
Five, East. Also one bay mare. 8 yrs.
old, named Emma. One brown mare
mule, z yrs. old named Kit,
This the II day Of July, 1913.
]. H. Bishop, Trustee.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15
TRUE cITlZENsHln

Much as we dislike to admit 1t, there
still exists distinct apathy toward
TIE war on the part Of great many
people in various parts OF the country.
The reason for this IL even deeper than
constitutional pacifism or pr0-Ger-
manism based upon explainable blood
or mental association. The fact is,
although we did not realize IT until
recently, the average citizen Of this
country has not had instilled In him
real responsibility In and to his gov
eminent. The extreme development Of
the democratic idea In America and
the ultra-political nature OF our form
Of government has resulted in the al
most total disappearance Of the appre-
citation by the individual Of what tho
government means to him.
The changing of this condition u
possibly the most serious problem fac
ing the United States today. outside
Of winning the war. It involves a COM
plete readjustment and revitalixing OF
our methods Of civic instruction. This
work must start In the schools Of the
lowest grade. Many men who have
had the advantage OF collegiate In
struction In political economy, and
even the influence OF the discussion Of
these matters in high school debating
societies, appreciate the problem. It
must be remembered, however, that
BY far the greater majority Of boys
who later make up the citizenry Of the
nation leave school after passing
through only the most elementary
grades.
The National Security League, or
ganized at the start Of the war as
preparedness proganda and now devot-
Ing Its entire efforts to the awakening
Of the people to realization Of the
meanings of the war and the menace
Of defeat, has undertaken a nation
wide campaign on this question OF true
citizenship which Is worthy of atten-
ton and support. It has enlisted the
cooperation Of state, county and city
superintendents OF schools in all parts
Of the country to make daily instruc-
ton on the war part Of actual school
tuition. The league has also obtained
the release to 1t on full pay by the
Boards Of Trustees Of number Of the
largest colleges and universities In the
country of q corps Of professors who
are to constitute a National Patriotic
Education Faculty" to carry on this
work in the broader field. These men
will create sort Of peripatetic uni
versity, journeying personally into all
parts Of the country to spread this
thought Of the necessity OF awakening
the citizenship Of the country to re-
pponsibility IN its government. More
power to the National Security League
and may the nation quickly realize the
importance Of its work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15

Miss Buzz Fly-Oh! Ferdinand.
Would that we could spend the rest
Of our lives together thusi
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15
EDITORIAL
NEED ron FIRING SQUAD.

4 must have occurred to ! great
many people, In reading the newspaper
accounts OF the lenient methods adopt.
Cd BY the government authorities II
dealing with the spy question, that tho
plying Of this. trade by 4 German or
German sympathizer II far safer than
service In the army of the Kaiser.
The most serious penalty imposed
30 far has been against an ofIicer Of
the United States army who volun-
Arily announced that he could not do
Justice to himself or his men IN lead
ing them against his relatives ana
friends fighting on the German side.
A man who is convicted Of being q
leader in the spy plots against Ameri-
can lives and property Is given
prison sentence less than that usually
meted out to an embexzling clerk.
Other men, engaged Ia subterranean
Efforts which might result In the kill
Ing OF more American boys than could
be accomplished BY an entire German
regiment, are pleasantly interned In
quarters where they are provided with
creature comforts unknown to the
young men who are upholding the
Stars and Stripes In No Mans Land.
The reason FOR this state OF affairs
u hard to appreciate. Tho country L.
at war and war Is not e. "ciyil' matter.
A man who conspires to place bomb
In an American troopship or q vessel
carving much needed euDnliea tn o,r,
allies is warning against this country
as much (even moro, we believe) a.
the private or onicer In the German
ranks who Is exposed to American
bullets. Why, then, should We treat
these vipers as offenders against the
Evil law7 Let's order out the firing
squad!
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-08-15
MORE GERMAN VICES. ]

Clannishness and sentimentality
the futile looking backward to .
happy state which never was are
prominent vices of tho German.
They existed before the German
government began, some twenty OF
more years ago, to take : lively inter
est in her future in America. Ger
many recognized the existence Of
these vices and used them for her
own purposes. Rudolf Heinrichs, IN
Atlantic.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
TURKISH HUMOR.

Two unexpected flashes Of Otto
man humor have burst upon world
which is greatly in need of amuse-
ment saws the Philadelphia Record.
With the earth shaking under 1ae
discharge OF artillery, and the skJ
darkened with the smoke of guns, the
world has not too much mirth to di-
vert its attention from its sutferlngs.
The first of these is the announce
ment that the Turkish Parliament has
approved a bill for the construction
Of . tunnel under and a bridge over
the Bosphorus. There is country
habitually and constitutionally bank
rurt. with a small and impoverished
nopnlation, which has suffered from
six years of continuous warfare, the
Italian war. the Balkan war and the
great war, and which is kept going
only bv constant subventions of Ger
man paper money, which processes
now not to be content with either q
tunnel or a bridge, but must have
both. If there is anything at all II
this project it is the last explrihs
kick Of the Kaisers great Hamburg
to-the-Persian-Gulf project which led
hin, to egg Austria on to confiic,
with Servia.
The other is even more facetlous.
The Russian armies have for Two
vears been in occupation Of a large
mart of Eastern Turkey, but the BOT
sheyik regime have announced that
tbev would cease fighting against
Turkey. Therefore the Turkish pro-
fassors in the Government schools OF
Constantinople have formally pro
rosed I.enine for the Nobel peace
nrize. The ground for this IS THIS
stated: "Lenine, as the representa-
tive of the Russian people, has an
noYnced to tie world the ideal peace
harmony. justice and fraternity Sc
dear to the Turkish people"
Really, as Che Record says, 1hs
Turkish "intellectuals" ought TO reao
certain early poem by Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and restrain themselves;
they ought not to be as funny a
they can be. AS Holmes penlten''y
realized. unlimited righteousness IS
Too hard On the waistcoat buttons
Of other people.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
HAS HAD HER CHANCE..

Herbert Adams Gibbons in discus
sing "World Justice for France" n
the March Century, tells US that he
thinks Germany has had her chanco,
and he shows it in The following:
Germany cannot reproach France
with not having stood Loyalty by tt"
treaty she was compelled 10 sign q
Frankfort. Nor can Germany re-
proauh the people that she took TO-
ciblv from France with nca having
done their best 10 adapt themselves
to their changed political allegiance
rather than have Europe once moe
plunged into bloody var on this.
account Germany had her chance
during furty-three years TO assimla;e
Alsace-L Lorraine without interference
from France or Frances friends. H1-
rope, the whole world, accepted tie
peace OF Frankfort. Alsatians ana
Lorrainers, although they could not
acquiesce n the treaty Of which they
were victims. submitted 70 force. ara
as time passed with no attempt en-
the rart of France to win them back,
they tried to make the best OF Tie
terrible situation in which they were
placed. IF in 1914 there was still an
Alsace-Lorraine question, the fault
was entirely Gernany's. No fair
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
SHOT FIVE TIMES.

Negro Woman Instantly Killed Dy
Three Unknown Men.
Opening the door of her home last
night to admit three men who had
asked to see her, Ella Washington,
negro, "a years old, 2024 F. street
northwest, Washington was shot ilTe
times by one of the men and instant
ly killed.
In the group Of men, according 10
the police was I. Paul Washington
the dead woman's husband. The
other two, it is said, are well known
to The Richmond and Washington po-
lice.
The Washington's have been sepa-
rated for some time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
ALEXANDRIANS, ATTEND.

AS has been stated IL the Gazette,
the members of the Corporation
Commission will be in this city 70
morrow and hold session III the
Corporation Court room for the ptr-
poses of hearing complaints against
the manner in which the Washington
and Old Dominion Railroad IS serv-
ing the people OF Alexandria, ana
those living on the line OF the road
who desire to transact business u
this city.
Alexandria should be heard in this
matter, as it seems that as soon rs
the road made arrangements to run
trains into Washington every claim
upon the company by other places
was virtually ignored.
), The present Washington and Otd
Dominion Railroad is the evolution
of what was known tnree-score years
aro known as the Alexandria, Los-
doun and Hampshire Railroad, butt
mostly by Alexandria capital and
city and state subscriptions. Inc late
Lewis Mckenzie was the frs pcesi-
dert, and the ether officers were, n
the main. Alexandrians. The crews
of the trains save the engineers were
Alexandrians. and the enterprise
was an Alexandria conception. The
, objective point Of the road was the
Hampshire. Virginia, now West Fir-
GINA, coal fields.
But Alexandria for long time has
(been but a small string to the kite.
Ehe road has passed from one
management to another, until. sHe
sity of its birth is virtually ''cut ous'
yaltogether Our people who may have
business upon the line of the road
are compelled to take a train OH the
Washington-Eirginia Railway in this
city, discmbark at St. Elmo, climb a
high embankr mt and wait for a car
to take them to the Washington
junction, where they again change
cars. 1t often happens that the trains
which run out of Washington are
crowded and Alexandrians are COM
PEELED to stand most of the way.
All that now remains to AleXan-
dria Of this road in which SO much
money was spent in ante bellum days
is a spur track from st. Elmo TO this
city over which single cars a-c
operated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
LOOK OUT FOX, PNEUMONIA.

the daily average death rate OF
Baltimops.~took jump Of 40 per.
cent with the reports Of deaths do"-
INC the "A hour period to II o'tlocK:
Yesterday. Whereas the daily average
fer some time has been around 50.
there were 80 deaths up to l O'Clock
Yesterday morning. Thirteen OF tA.s
number. or approximately 70 per
cent. were caused by pneumonia,
which last week broke all recolds
as a fatal malady. TwentE-siX ne"
cases Of pneumonia were reported
for the 24-hour period.
Ascribing this increase to Two
fundamental cause.-the deplet"d
nervous vitality Of people because q
exposure to the unduly severe wealth
er of recent weeks-the Health r'2-
oartmcnt has cautioned the people
Of the city to be careful OF the!r
health and to avoid mental stress a.d
exposure TO the clements.
There has been about the average
number OF deaths in Alexandria dur
ing the present winter, but more nave
occurred from pneumonia than usual.
The number of cases Of this danger
Gus disease from which the sufferer
finally recovered also shows de-
:idad increase.
During the next few weeks the
weather will be uncertain, and every
one-espccially the aged and inf"m
should take every precautlon u
avoid the contraction of pneumonia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
ALLEGED SLAYER DEFIANT.
Wr. CDughcnour Tells LuEacy Com
mission He Has 30 Regrets.

Wm. CDughcnour Tells LuEacy Com
mission He Has 30 Regrets.
Hagerstown, Md, Feb. 20.-ihe
State I-unacy Commission examined
William Il. Coughenour yesterday
indicted for killing his wife in Cum
berIan;l. Forty-one pages of type
written testimony were taken.
Coughencur was examined IN the
Shel.iff's residence. Yes, l killed
her" he is alleged to have said,
"anI | would do it again. | fear
reither gallows nor electric chair. }
am not sorry for what ! dis He
said he loved his vie and provided
her with q good home, but said she
returned his devotion with !ngratl-
tudc. according to his testimony.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

Philadelphia, Feb. 2G.-Francis
Murray. ten years old, will lose the
SIGHT Of his left eye as the result of
being shot by James Penrose, four
teen years old.
According to the police, the boys
were shooting with an air rife at a
rock on a stable door in the rear OF
aiurray's home when the accident oc-
cured Murray was taken to a hos
rital and Penrose was sent to the
house Of detention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
Gold Wave T0nirht.

This section is 70 be visited 5y d
cold wave tonight and tomorrow, The
Weather Bureau predicted today. me
cold began to be felt this morning
when the temperature dropped seven
degrees between S and 10 o'clock.
The forecaster says it will go
down to 20 degrees tonight. It Will
continue fair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
NEED 4 CEMETERY.

The colored people Of this city arg
in immediate need of 4 grave yarJ.
and negotiations are now in progress;
for the acquisition Of a number o.
acres of land which can be useti 10,
that purpose, but which are in tic
city limits at present According 10
the law, "no burying grounds snail
be opened or allotted for the inta-
ment Of human bodies within the
limits of the corporation. Any per-
son who shall dig grave, or cause
it to be done with view Of bury!GT
q human body therein in any ground
within the corporation, not opened
or allotted before the 9th day Of
Ma"cG. 1901, for the purpose, shall
forfeit and pay twenty dollars Tor
each ofrense. and moreover DC COM
PEELED to remove the corpse, Il dis
covered within three days after III
termcny, under the penalty of twenty
dollars for neglect"
Up TO 3 few year. ago, When the
city annexed certain outlying ter
tory, all the graveyards belongin"
to Alexandria were outside the city
limits. Al present, however, the CITY
limits extend far beyond all tire
cemeteries; hence it has become a
serious matter with the colored resi-
dents Of Alexandria as they realize
that i is incumbent upon them %
procure ground for a cemetery a.
once.
The snail plots Of ground wh!ei
ti:cy have heretofore secured T0r
this purpose have long been filed.
while the space reserved for colorcd
persons in other cemeteries IS crowd
cd Notice has been given that on:v
few more bodies can be inferred
in Bethel Cemetery.
i5 II i',::;ai,@or Of acres on Franklin
;s';1'-e't c%tc2:2ea, near Penny Hi
cem.c'w, have been offered for he
purpose, bit, CT course. al this tas-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
KILLED IN COAL RUSH.
Workman Lifeicss When Dug From;
Contents ~ Car.

Atlantic City, Feb. 2O.-Buried be
meath the contents of a car Of coal
which he was helping to unload at
the plant Of the Walter I. Reed Coal
and Coke Company, late Monday
afternoon, William Dayton. 30 Yeas
old, was lifeless when dug out by
fellow-workmen Dayton was work
ing in the centre of the car. when
the chopper was opened and was car
ried down into the chute in the rush
of coal. rHis body was terribly
crushed.
Dayton is survived by blind wi
and three small children.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
WANT 2-CENT COIN.
Would Provide Convenient Medium
in Buying Papers.

Washington, Feb. 20-Recommen-
dation that the Treasury resume
minting of two-cent coins has been
made by the executive committee oil
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association in session here. The new
coin, it was pointed out, would pre-
vide convenient medium of ca
change in purchasing newspapers,
the price of which generally has ad-
vanced to two cents because of the
news print paper shortage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
MOB LUNCHES NEGRO.
to Rob Woman and Aid
mapped Baby, 1t Is Said.

Fayetteville, Ga, Feb. 2O.-"Bud"
Crosby, a negro, was lynehed syn
day night by mob of Fayette cor1n-.
ty citizens after he had attempted to
rob the home of Mrs. Barney McEl-
waney, near Aberdeen, and had kid
mapped her 2-year-old baby, accord
ing to reports received here late Mon
DAY night.
The child was found by members of
the mob in 9 briar patch un:njure:.,
the reports said, and restored to It's
mother.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
Maryland, Delaware 4:5f
Virginia iSajsw2y Go.

Steamers OF this ll1e leave Alex
andria every Monday, Wednesday,
and Saturday. ST 4:45 ?. m.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL TIE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS
Cuisine and appointments uneIcei.-
ed.
Freight for z" 'timore, Phiiade.-
phia and New York solicited and
handled with care. Through rates
and bills Of fading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $3.25;
with return trip $3.50. State rooms
one way S2.CG and up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
TANkER BLOWS UP.
No Trace of Men in Charge Of Case
Iine-propeiled Oil Boat.

No Trace OF Men in Charge OF Case
line-propelled Oil Boat.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 20.-A gasoline
propelled OF! tanker, the Goat, operai-
cd out of Elizabeth City, n. c., t.
Ncrth Carolina Sound points by The
Texas Oil Company, exploded yes
terday afternoon.
Can't. c. P. Clark and David Will
liams. in charge of the boat, are
missing and it is believed lost their
lives. Other boats in the vicinity,
seeing the explosion, went to the res
cue. but found no traces of the Two
men. A searching party has left
Elizabeth City to locate the missing
men or recover their bodies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
Washington Southern hy,
Schedule in effect Feb. II, 1918.

Schedule III ERECT rep. IL, loio'
For Washington and points north
daily sos, 9:13, 1928, 1913, 1853
a. M, 1913, 1:1S, 3:1S, 9:13, 1853
p. m.
Week days only 6:O3 p. m. Satur-
days only 4:45 p. M, and Sundays
only 6:1S p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond Sne
point, south as A:37. 1852 iiocaD ann
9:47, a. m. 2::27, 2:47, SIT Qocal)
GIT, 2:27, SIT, 9:l7, p. m. daily
Accommodation for Quantico al
11:O3 a. m. daily and 2.SS p. m. Sat
urdays. Night train leaves ll:4o p
m. daily for Fredericksburg and III
termeGiate stations.
NOTE-1imes of arrival an| DO
parturs and connections not sra-s-'.
tee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
1000 Casualties i'll Earthquake.

Tokyo, Feb. 2O.-Two THOUSAND
persons were killed and injured in al
earthquake which practically H.
strnyed the Chinese city of Swatow,
according TO dispatch from Hor-
: org today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
PRICE OF ICE BOOSTEB.
Vest Virginia 70 Have Eight-Eent
Cakes Next summer.

! t!NCN .FNN0 'TH'T''''>1'
Huntington,W. VA, FEB. 2O.-Evea
whlc ice was passing this city by the
hundreds CT tons in the Ohio river,
where it might be had for the pluck
ing. local dealers gave notice Of a 90
per cent. increase in the price Of ice,
The nickel cake of ice has disar-
reared. the Scent cake being the
smallest amount sold The same con-
:tions will prevail il other cities of
West Virginia, it is reported. lee
men say the cause Of the increase
Is the increased cost Of materials and
higher wages.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
WANTED AT ONCE.
st the. highest cash prices,
10000 Bags and

at the. highest cash prices,
10000 Bags and
10000 pounds Buriap
also all kinds of old junk, such as Old
Iron, Rags, Rubber, Rope, Bones,
Brass, Copper, Zinc, Lead and Metals
Of all kinds, also Old Autos and Auto
tires, etc.
We also buy all kinds of paper ana
paper Stock, bags, and burlap.
Ship US your goods. We pay the
highest prices. Checks mailed same
day goods are received.
CAPITAL JUNK COMPANY
Phone 559&.
1910 King Street, Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

W4iNTED-Bright Young Lady a.;
stenographer and typewriter i'll an
active real estate Office in Alexan-
dl'ia. Make application in your own
handwriting and state salary ez-
pected. Address Real Estate Agent,
care of Gazette Office. 44-G..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20
Classified Advertising

WANTED-A stenographer ana two
typists at the Chamber Of Com
merce for three weeks work, to
begin Immediately. Please tele-
phone J. 7. Preston, secretary,
phone 152. Asst.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

" ANTED-Woman VINO can COOK
and do housework; good pay and
good position. References required.
Apply at 1903 Rosemont avenue,
Rosemont. 4I-Jr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

LGST--Jiunch Of keys, at Potomac
Yards, between machine shop and
planning mill. Finder please return
to Master Mechanics Office at Pc
+, tomac Yard or 7. T. Allen, 2f5
north Alfred street, and receive
reward. 44-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

minded man who reads the history OF
Alsace and Lorraine under German
rule can possibly arrive at any other
opinion than this"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-20

" ANTED-Young man desires room
and board, preferably with private
family. Address y. L. care of this
paper. 44-lt.