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Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
Amono the War Sacrifices.

There are many varieties of human beings in New York city, mostly be. yond the draft age, who, if Uncle Sam had to depend upon them for assist, ance, would never have to take an obesity cure. They all. however. be nsve themselves patriotic because they are stinting on their hobbies. For in stance, there Is the pallid young man with the chicken breast, who Is doing his bit by cutting down his smoking to ten packs of cigarettes day. He can't wear khaki because they can't make a uniform small enough to fit him. Then there is the stanch patriot who gives everything-his good will and moral support. He has paddock on every pocket and he helps the Red Cross and other charities by bestow' ing an encouraging smile on the so- licitors. He is tighter than clam with lockjaw. The last. but not the least, is the flckle young girl who just can't knit and who can't bear to look tt Red Cross and recruiting posters because they remind her of the strug' gie on the other side. Goodness, . girl must have some pleasure these timea," she says. To forget the wal she cabarets every night with the chicken.breasted young man who aids the cause of democracy by conserving on cigarettes
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
PASTOR DUCKED IN
 BAPTIsMAL TANK

BERKELEY: Approximately 300 boys, ranging in age from 10 to 20 years, ducked Pastor Josiah Sykes and two of his elders in a baptismal tank, chased several elders through the residence district and wrecked the canvas tabernacle of the church of the Living God here tonight when the pastor and his elders refused to sing the national anthem.
 Two policemen who endeavored to interfere were smothered under the avalanche of squirming boys.
 When the reserves arrived in res ponse to riot call they found the in terior of the tabernacle in chaos. the pastor and the elders grouped around stove and the boys missing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
WOODEN CRAFT WAYS
 TO BE KEPT BUSY

WASHINGTON: All ways on which ships are now being built for the gov ernment will be kept busy probably for the period of the war. Shipping board officials explained yesterday that the statement authorized Mon- day that it would be necessary to cur tail the wooden program to provide engines and boilers for steel vessels did not mean that the work of plants now turning out ships would be inter- fered with.
 The 4,7OO-ton War Marvel recently launched at Orange. Tex, has been chosen by the board as the model for all wooden ships to be built hereafter. It has been found that the 1,400 horse power engines used in the >S500- ton wooden ship, which is regarded as uneconomical of operation, will drive the larger vessel at satisfac- tory speed and consequently new de mands on the boiler and engine manu- featuring capacity of the country will not have to be made to the detriment of the steel program. (
 The 4.700-ton ship can be built of laminated southern pine timber in forty-fve days less time than is re- quired to build the 3,5O0-ton Ferris type vessel in which much heavier timbers of Pacific coast fir are used.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
WANTED TO KEEP OLD RUSSIA
psslre sf Caucasian Princess Was for Independence Without DIemlshes
 sf lndustriallsm.

met . Caucasian princess here ID Petrograd. Ernest Poole writes In the Saturday Evening Post. She sat next to me one day in the small press gal lery of the hall in which the duma used to meet. Now in Its place was the council. The woman by my side, I learned, was here as a correspond ent for social revolutionist paper down In the Caucasus.
 had been In the Caucasus years before. and we spoke of the old town where she had been born. high up in the heart of the mountains. The Rus sians call the women there "the da- monds of Russia" and this woman was one of these. I was curious to learn what had drawn her to scene like this. so many thousand miles from home. She explained that her husband had been killed in the first year of the war and that after that she had thrown herself into war activ. ities.
 We don't want to desert the Rus sian cause. We are all in favor of pushing the war through to the end" she told me. And at the same time we are doing our part in the work of the revolution. The president of the council here. and half the other lead CTS, too, are Caucasians. We are do- ing our share. But at the same time we want to be free from too much rule by Petrograd."
 "What do you mean by autonomy How free do you want to beT' asked.
 "Tell me about your United States. You have states, and q nation. too." she said.
 tried to explain the relations be- tween our states and the federal gov ernment.
 We wish more than that" she said 1; "ws want more independence"
 I replied that in America we were moving just the other way--toward more centralized government-and 1 tried to explain how the growth Of railroaos, factories. mills and huge interstate corporations was forcing us to grant more and more control to the men in Washington.
 ''But," she rejoined. i've don't want an ugly land of mills. We want our Russia to stay as 1t is-I mean with its beautiful fields and its forests, its rivers and its mountains. You have seen the Caucasus and l know you will feel what mean"
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
Royal ReoaIIa Now In Museum.

Hawaii's famous royal standards and robes of feathers made probably their last appearance in a public ceremony at the recent burial of ex-Queen Liliuokalani in Honolulu. The feather relics. regarded by the natives as sa- cred, are kept in the Bishop museum. founded in memory of Mrs. Charles R. Bishop, who was the Princess Bernice Rauahi. last ,n direct line of the de scendants of Kamehameha. king whose name his people pronounced with accent on the second "meh." The most valuable of the feather pieces is
 of course. the royal robe of Kameha- meha the Great, for which the gath. ering of the feathers alone is said to have taken 100 years and to have cost $l,OOO,O 900. This mantle was last worn by Kamehameha II and later. on state oceasions. was placed over the throne.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
TOKEH LOU IN PORT

The launch Tokeh Lou arrived in port last night from Ellamar with Ross Paden, Otis Little and L. L. Mid delkamp aboard. Capt. John Johnson reports a pleasant trip up from the mining camp.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
NOT YET

Alumnus of '78-"Who is that man over there with all the decorations? A French war hero?"
 Fresh-"Naw, that's a guy that subscribed to the two Liberty loans, the Friendship Fund, the Army ", the Prison Camp Drive and the Red Cross Society. ."-GaEgoyle
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
FURS MADE UP

Furs remodeled, also new skins made up in all the latest styles. Prices very reasonable. Special attention
 paid to Alaska trade. All work guar anteed. Richmond Furs. 305 Cham Der of Commerce Bldg. Tacoma, Wash. U
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
CASES REVERSED

AUSTIN Tex: The court of crimi- nal appeals today reversed and re- manded the cases of Jose Antonio Arce and five other Mexicans convict ed of murder and sentenced to death in 1916.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03

The launch Katalla Queen return ed this morning from Port Wells and down sound ports.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03

A large number of court officials and jurors will arrive on the steam CT from the westward Sunday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03

Dominick Vietti is Valdez visitor today, from his home at Port Wells
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03

Ray Willard arrived this morning
 from the Granite mine in the Port Wells district.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
Ansco Euma Will

fit any standard make o camera. They are the standard. Guy B. Cam eron. u
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
JOHNSTON CHOCOLATES

just received at the Valdez Drug Co. t1
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
PIANO FOR SALE

Excellent condition. $250. Enquire Prospector. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-05-03
NUGGET AND IVORY

NCUUII N1NO IVOIS1
 and Alaskan jewelry, Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01

teachers are leaving the profession
and accepting positions In other CALI
ings. This state Of affairs viii con-
tinue and the situation gradually be-
come more serious II something Is not
done to counteract IL.
received recently letter from one
Of oar teachers, asking If ! could, az
this time, tell whether or not thore
would be an increase in the salary
paid teachers next term. She stated
that she liked teaching and loved her
pupils, but that necessity demanded
that she accept the position that would
pay her best
At this time, more than ever before,
we need trained and experienced teach
ers IN charge Of our schools. Neither
should the term be decreased,
At present we have d three mill levy
for school purposes
1t will be necessary 10 increase this
to four mills in order to pay the teach
ers as much as four dollars per month
/ increased wage. The one mill, how
ever, would not be sufficient TO in
crease salaries and also give the full
/ eight months term.
In order to increase the levy to foug
mills, q majority Of the qualified
voters must signify their willingness
| for IL s. j. RUSSELL.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
PAT HARRISON AT
CRYSTAL SPRINGS
Probably 1000 People Greeted Him at
His Native Town Last Friday. A
Great Ovation.

If there is any doubt in the minds Of
local people about Harrison's ability
to draw a crowd, they SHOULD have
been with the big party Of Claiborne
ties who went over to Crystal pSrings
last Friday to hear the distinguished
son Of Copiah deliver an address in
the town where, as poor newsboy
and handler Of tomato crates, he
spent his childhood.
Claiborne was well represented,
more than a hundred being in the par
ty, and each wore Claiborne county
badge
Kinds county also came strong,
with parade Of nearly a hundred
cars, these leading the march to the
Chautauqua grounds where the speak
ing took place
Fully an hour before Mr.. Harrison
was to begin speaking the large pa
vilion, with a seating capacity Of
5000, was completely filed and every
aisle and passway around the enelo-
sure was crowded with those unable
to secure seats. In addition, there
must have been fully two thousand
people forced to stand outside Of the
building.
For two hours the attention Of
these eager listeners, sweltering in
an almost UNDESIRABLE heat, heard
with the utmost interest, the fine adj
dress Of the young statesman. If
there was q Vardaman or Noel man
on the grounds he must have been
converted, for at various times dur
| ing the speech there were outbursts
Of applause which seemed 10 include
every one present
1t was great occasion, great
crowd and great speech.
+, Crystal Springs proved itself a
master in handling and feeding such
gathering The basket dinner and
barbecued meat supplied the wants
of everybody and instead of the scrip
tural twelve baskets Of fragments,
there must have been nearly as many
hundred. We were told that at least
1000 people were expected, but they
thought it wise to multiply 1000 by
two, hence the abundance.
Business men placed themselves at
dangerous places at the entrance to
the grounds and SO we'll directed the
movements Of the thousand or more
cars, there was not an accident to
mar the occasion,
/ Mr.. Harrison was In excellent
voice, and every word Of his speech
WAS easily heard His address was
that Of statesman, dealing in the
grave problems Of great nation at
war. 1t was absolutely free Of any
personalities, but the speaker dis
4 c1lssed the official acts of the present
incumbent. However, he said moth
| ing along this line that every careful
reader does not already know.
There was one thing plainly mani-
Tested by this gathering: the people
are intensely patriotic, and they are
going to have as their representatives
none but men who can be trusted TO
stand shoulder to shoulder with the
administration in this great crisis.
Every mention Of Wilson's name by
1 the speaker brought forth great ap-
plause, showing that Mississlppians
are living up to tradition.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
GOVERNMENT PROMISES
RELIEF FROM LABOR FAMINE


The Vicksburg Herald Of yesterday
contained the following news item
which will be encouraging Information
to the many claiborne farmers who
are suffering because Of the shortage
Of labor:
sPlans which promise at least some
relief for the cotton planters Of this
section Of the state, who at the pres
ent time are confronted with one Of
the most serious labor problems in
the history Of the south and with
the picking season only few weeks
off, are now being worked out by
the United States Employment Sery-
ice.
Robert Martin, assistant to Cliff
Williams, district superintendent Of
the United States Employment SerV-
ice, spent the day IN this city yes
terday, and while here held con-
ference with Major James e. Cor
man, commissioner in charge Of the
Vicksburg office.
"Mr. Martin stated that an import
ant step recently taken by the u. s.
Employment Service for an equita-
Bile distribution Of the labor Of Mis-
sissippi, was the appointment Of Ed
L. Hughes, prominent and successful
farmer Of Lauderdale county as Sc
nior examiner in charge Of labor dis
tribution for this state, whose duty
and function is to relieve to as great
an extent as possible, the shortage Of
labor, by stimulating and shifting
from non-essential employment per
sons, who might as easily be en-
ployed in branches which are essen
tia1 to the winning of the war
"Mr. Hughes maintains an Office In
Meridian,aud is especially DESTROYS Of
hearing directly from cotton planters
regarding crop and labor conditions
in any section or county Of the state.
aMr. Martin added that the United
States Employment Service has had
for some time, men working IN all
parts Of the state. towards the estab-
|lishment Of census for the essential
needs for war work, addig that the
crops which have been grown in this
state are just as essential as war ma.
terial as ships, munitions and other
war necessities, and that every effort
is to be made to harvest them by
means Of diverting activities and
shifting Of labor from other kinds oi
employment"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
MISSISSIPPI GOES
over THE TOP
Total Subscriptions fer War Stamps.
Reach ss6,475,sl7. More Than
100000 Over Quota.

State Director Gunter Of the War
Stamp Campaign mas Issued the fol
lowing letter;
awe have the figures for the War
Savings Campaign practically COM
plete. There are still outstanding
about ten counties from which we
have no official figures, but an approx
imation. The quota FOR the State Of
Mississipi as given County by County
and published in the Bulletin, and
which came to me when ] was ap-
pointed State Director, totals $780,
$50 10000, and pledges received up
to date show that We have pledged
$50, 6,475, ,317.QQ. A slight margin over
the States quota. There are a num-
Der Of Counties over the State that
did not get their quota. Some came
within few Thousand dollars and a
few fell down quite considerably. Dur
Instructions from Washington are
that the Counties that have not
reached their quotas must keep up
the camnaign until they get their
Quotas. The counties that did not
get their quotas in practically every
instance are in as good fix financially
to get their quotas as the counties
that did, and we appeal to the County
Directors Of these counties to keep up
the work through the year until the
county's quota is pledged in full
eve want to especially thank the
hanks. merchants, newspapers, minis
tiers, travelling men, members Of tpe
! Speakers Bureau, school trustees
moving picture shows, Four minute
Men, Council Of Defense and all mem
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
PROF. RUSSELL URGES
INCREASE In SALARIES

Our school term for the last schol-
astic year was seven and one half
months, two weeks short Of the regu-
lar term. Our teachers, however,
managed to complete the full course
Of work creditably. Besides accom-
plishing the usual amount Of school
work in less time, the teachers were
called upon by the government and the
various societies to assist In war aetiv-
tiles. They did not fail to respond,
for they are patriotic
Since the war began, living ex-
penses have increased fifty per cent,
or more. Wages in nearly every line
Of work has Increased proportionally.
The teaching profession seems to be
an exception TO the general rule for
there has been no increase in this in-
stance The existing conditions are
working to the detriment Of the
schools, for many Of the best qualified
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
CLAIBORNE STEERS
TOP THE MARKET
A Car of l9, Five at Least of Which
Were Raised in Claiborne, Brought
S17.70.

The Aberdeen-Angus Association
furnishes the Reveille with the fol-
lowing account Of the sale Of q ship
ment Of steers. AT least FIVE Of the
nineteen steers came from Claiborne
county. They we're bought as feed
ers from B, G. Humphreys by Mr..
King with a lot Of 80 others.
Mississippi not only. has advanced
into the position of the leading cattle
feeding state Of the South in the last
year or two, but with the marketing
of the King Aberdeen-Angus steers
at the East st. Louis market on July
2, set a new ali-section all-time rec
ord for that market that puts this
state ahead Of many of the great
Corn Belt states Of the North The
IS head of steers marketed by Joe J.
King Of Tallahatchie county, Missis-
sippi, sold for the new all-time top
of the market-$17.70 pc r hundred
pounds. Weighing as they did 1885
pounds they brought $22745 per
head"
Mr.. King confirms this by the fol-
lowing letter which he wrote to the
jackson News asking that paper to
give the entire facts connected with
the sale:
MY attention has just been called
to an editorial in your paper Of the
18th inst, entitled Some Great Steer
Feeding" and as the facts are not
stated in this case / am requesting
that you please correct same, as |
would like to see justice to each one.
You state that these steers were bred
on the Ames plantation. This is not
all true as one car Of steers were pur-
chased from Ben G. Humphreys, Port
Gibson, Miss, and one car from J. J..
Burnett, Sommerville, Tenn, with
possibly a few of them carrying the
Ames plantation brand From these
two cars Of steers | selected one car
that made the record for Mississippi.
know that Of the 10 steers were
carrying brands from the Hum
phreys plantation, Port Gibson, Miss,
and / would certainly like to see Mis-
sissippi get due credit. ! would also
| like to state that this, according to
information furnished me from Ma
tional Stock Yards, ILL.,, is the first
load Of Miss. cattle to make record
price on the St. Louis market.
yours truly,
Joe J. KING.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
. Rumsnis as a result of the Balkan

to Rumania as result Of the Balkan
war.
Bulgaria, It will be remembered,
claimed the lions share Of the spoils
Of war after Turkeys defeat. This
finally resulted in the other BalFin
states turning on their neighbor and
forcing her to relinguish practically
all she had acquired BY that struggle.
II was this which made Bulgaria an
ally Of Germany-that this last terri
tory might be regained.
When Rumania collapsed, Bulgaria
fell heir, no doubt through Germany
promise, to this disputed possessions.
II is also stated that Turkey wished
a free hand in Caucasia, which Ger
many has denied to her, and that Ger
many has taken Turkeys one lnrnr
cruiser in payment for one loaned
Turkey at the outbreak Of the war and
which was sunk by the British sew
eral months ago.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
PORT GIBSONRS
ADOPTED CHILDREN
Names Of the French Orphans Which
Port Gibson Agreed to Support.

Alice Duel, born Oct, 20, 1909, adj
dress rue de julie, Barentin,
France.
Maurice Dunjardin--Masc, born
April Il, 1909, address 8 rue Aux
Anglais, Rouen, Seine-Inferieure,
France.
These are the children Of France
whom Port Gibson has adopted and
expected to support. In fact the
necessary money to take care of them
LOT one year has already been sent.
lhls money was sent through Vicks-
nurg, and here is Mrs. Gray's letter
thanking Port Gibson for its small
contribution;
NY Dear Mr. Allen:
,4Qur kind letter in regard to the
aaopElpn Of two orphans by our sis
ser cltyl Fort Gibson, Ii just received; f;
asa ! thank you and the good people
u y Your city for this interest in the
french War Orphans. By reading
we Y enclosed literature you win see
tnas Tor years full support Of one
qgspnan the sum of $36.50 is required.
rlease send me therefore q check for
StS.OO and make it payable to our
treasurer, Mr.. S. L. Treanor Of
rirst Nat Bank. | win send you a
receipt for this money promptly.
am sending you in this letter the
names and the address of two French
grpnans-and hope they win be sat
's5actory as to age and sex.
me frst years work Of the Vicks-
apfg Committee closed July 18th. In
shAs TINE we sent to J. p, Margan &
70, of New York, for the French or
phans over s12, 100000 with money
peuged to the amount Of 100000;
en,aeklgg 4, our first years receipts about
2tF.VOO.90, New Orleans reports a
Ses BUSINESS Of $8000.00, Memphis $40,-
gSv.Vg; sh Il, Memphis is 10 times larger
s. snan yiekshurg We feel as If Vicks-
ssr has done splendidly for a town
u ls size; and are very proud of
Nlls lact. can not understand why
nsW Orleans, with SO many French
tSopiei mas done so little for the or
saasns 5aod Of France. Mississippi has
sSoV orphans consigned to her care.
y we have great deal Of hard
mgt& before us to reach the required
yours sincerely,
eMRS. GRAY
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1918-08-01
WAR NOTES.

The fourth Liberty Loan campaign
will open Sept goth,
Food riots continue to give trouble
IN Austria Hungary.
The Kaiser has admitted that Ger
many is facing the severest struggle
Of the war.
If the reported break between Tur-
key and Germany be true, Bulgaria
Is in danger Of collapse.
The government reports that more
than a million and a quarter Ameri-
can troops are now in France.
England's munition workers went
out on a strike. Premier Lloyd
George warned them to either go to
work or fight. They returned to work.
II has developed that Germany
spent s5O,00O,0O0 on American news
papers in order to disseminate Ger
man propaganda with view Of de-
stroying American individuality.
There is much discussion among
congressman over changing the draft
age The opposition contends that
100000 men are now available in
Ehe present draft, and younger men
will be needed by the country later.
Starting with the first belligerent
month, April, 1917 when s2S9, 1898, 900
was spent, the nations war bill has
mounted swiftly month by month.
July expenditures are estimated to ex-
coed S1,670,000,000, which brings the
wars cost to date to sic, ,633, ,766, ,758.
This includes $e,210, 129, ,750 loaned to
our allies.