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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
PELAHATCHIE ITEMS.

Rehearsals are being held
several times week for patri-
otto play to be given early in May
for the benefit Of the Red Cross.
Miss Bessie Johnson and Miss
Jim Kate Nolen spent Sunday at
the lumber camp as the guests of
Mrs. Reed Gammill.
Mrs. c.. c.. Shots, Mrs. Guy
Purvis and Mrs. Robert Brown
organized a Red Cross auxiliary
at Concord Sunday, and visited
the organization at Antioch on
the return trip.
Preparations are being made
for Child Welfare Day to be
held in May under the direction
of the Woman's Club.
Mrs. Bob Brown and Miss
Evelyn Hammett, visited friends
in Brandon and Fannin Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Emmett Gammill and
Miss Marjorie Gammill were
visitors in Jackson for the week
end.
Miss Florence Gay has return
ed from her school and will be at
home for a while with her father
and sister,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
DR.. B. 6. l0wery Coming tt
Brandon.

This we'll known lecturer and
entertainer of Blue Mountain
and Hillman Colleges will lee
ture at Johnson Hall, on the
evening of May 10, 1918, for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Every
one in the county be on the look
out and try to come, as it will be
a rare treat. Subject to be an
nounced next week.
Mrs. Ira Shields, Chairman
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25

ination affords qualified persons
an excellent opportunity to Sc
cure a Government position,
Very few applications have
been received for the Jackson,
Miss. Office up to the present
time.
Information and application
blanks can be obtained from the
Secretary, Local Civil Service
Board at Jackson Miss. or the
Secretary, Fifth Civil Service
District. Atlanta, Ga.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
H. H. Bullock, County
Food Administration.

VicKsburg, Miss. ,iApril 19, 1918,
We are publishing revised list of
prices beginning April q, and this list
will be changed from time to time as
the market changes Where there are
two prices mentioned, the minimum
price should apply to distributing CEN
tiers where freights are cheaper than at
interior points, and the maximum price
should apply to interior points. All
prices mentioned in this list are based
on cash transactions:
Flour, 24-lbs sacks S1.65 to $3.50
Flour, Self Rising, Ito to 1855
Corn Meal. Standard &c to lie
Cream Meal 1-2c to 7 1-4c
Rice, Blue Rose IL to IL 1-2c
Rice, Honduras Is to Is lie
Grits 6 3-4 to lac
Sugar, Y. c. 3-4 to &c
Sugar, Granulated to 1-2c
Irish Potatoes 3 to3 lie
Rolled Oats, pkgs ID to 15c
Lima Beans II to 18c
Black Eyed Peas Is to IS lie
Navy Beans Is to Zoe
2-lbs Tomatoes, cans IA to 15c
3-lbs Tomatoes, cans Is to zoe
lib Tomatoes, cans 10 to lie
2-lbs Corn, cans Is to Zoe
2-lbs E. j. Peas, cans IL 1-2 to 15c
3-lbs Hominy, cans 10 to IL lie
2-lbs Hominy, cans 10c
No. P. r. Salmon, tall 80 to Csc
No. P. r. Salmon, fiat 33 to Csc
LIB P. R. Salmon % to 23c
lib Chum Salmon zoe
lib Chum Salmon 15c
Canned Syrup
LIB can Is to tic
5-lbs can 60 to Csc
1O-lbs can LOS to Ito
Molasses-
1-2lbs can Ia to 15c
5-lbs can 48 to SOC
10-lbs can 80 to 100
5000 Prunes, per pound Is to tic
Evaporated Apples, cartons IL 1-2 to 13c
Dime Milk Is to Ice
Small Cream to lie
Large Cream ID to 15c
Compound Lard, bulk 27 to 28c
Pure Lard 80 to 33c
Dis. Ribs 33 to 34c
Hams 35 to 36c
Bacon Bellies ID to 45c
Breakfast Bacon 48 to Soc
P. M. HARDING,
Federal Food administrator
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25

A Civil Service examination
will be held at Jackson, Miss.
on May 9th. for Clerks and
Carriers in the Post Office. The
examination is open to men and
women from eighteen to forty
five years, regardless of their
residence. AS the examination is
of moderate difficulty and the
prospects for appointment of
those who pass are better than
they have ever been, this exam
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS

For the benefit of the people
of Rankin county, | am having
published a letter from the Food
Administrator:
Mr.. H. HI. Bullock, Brandon,
Miss. Dear ..Sir: Your letter of
| April 18th. is received.
A farmer who has corn and
has had it ground into meal
should have a certificate from
the miller showing that he the
miller has made the meal, and
that this farmer is permitted 10
buy flour within the government
requirements. We enclose copy
of certificate which should be
used in this way.
We sent you a circular letter
recently showing that 6 pounds
per person pee month is the
limit of flour to be used now,
and that no more than 48 pounds
should be supplied to any resi-
dent sin the country and "a
pounds in town. This amount
should last thirty days according
to the size of the family, wheth-
err it reaches "a pounds or 48
pounds.
A merchant is permitted to
buy flour without substitutes
by presenting a certificate like
the enclosed, and thus protect
himself from having to buy
cereals which his community
produces.
Yours very truly,
United States Food Administra-
ton, per Harper Leiper,
Field Representative.
| The merchants are requested
to observe these regulations;
and should keep a record to
show that they use the same
allotment in their homes as they
are required to allot to their GUS
toners.
H. H. Bullock, County
| Eood administrative
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
List of Men Ordered to Leave for
Camp Pike, May 3, 1913.

list of Men Ordered to Leave fO
Camp Pike, May 3, 1913.
WHITE.
Percy C.. Stubblefeld.
Howard Dolive.
Earl T. Rankin.
James Lowry Knight.
COLORED.
Moses Craft.
Edd Jinkins.
Albert Myers.
Given MCGEE.
Will Robinson.
John Wesley Byrd.
Whitfield Webb.
Henry Coleman.
Robert Hobbs.
Israel McCarnell.
Archie Lotion.
Cleve Collier.
Clifton Henry.
George Holden.
Charlie Chapman.
Thomas Lewis.
William FisheI.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-25
MERCHANTS RESTRICT DE.
LIVERY SERVICE.

In accordance with the desire
of our National government to
practice economy, and to con-
serve our resources where ever
possible, we the undersigned
merchants of the town of Brand
on agree to carry out the follow
ing rules ih regards to deliver
ing of merchandise.
On and after May list. 1918 no
deliveries will be made later
than II o'clock each morning, or
later than 5 o'clock each even
ing.
Orders received after II
O'Clock will be delivered from 3
to 5 P. M. Orders received after
5 P. M. will be delivered next
A. M.
Signed
w. D. Thomas,
r. R BusicK,
w. G. Barnes,
r. e. Barnett.
L. E. Washburn,
r. E. Gayden.
A. M. Shields,
J. E. Martin.
Baled hay and all kind feed
stuff.
Sweet mix pickle-bring your
bucket.
Bread Monday and Thursdays.
w. G.. Barnes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
BOGUS OFFICER HAS
 4N0NDERF U" TIME
Deserter From Fort Sill Poses as Officer-Checks
 Are Freely Cashed

Private Guy O. Heron an alleged de-
 serter from Battery A. Ninth field ar tiilery, Fort sill oklahoma. was arrest ed by special agents of the department of
 justice yesterday on information given
 by Harry Goldstein. superintendent or
 the Bodeker Detective agency Heron
 was wearing the uniform of a first lieu tenant at the time of his arrest. and IS
 alleged to have number of aliases ana
 to have cashed bogus checks in the va
 rous cities he has visited amounting to
 approximately s2000.
 When he was brought to the office Of
 J. Reese Murray. head of the depart
 ment of justice, he confessed and told him of the. wonderful way he had been entertained in cities he had visited, among them being New York, Newark. Baltimore. Lynchburg. Norfolk, Ra- leigh, Oklahoma City. Kansas City, Chi cago, Milwaukee, Hammond, Indianap- oils, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica and Birmingham. In every city he is alleged to have cashed | bogus checks md to have assumed the | names of Captain Henry M. Willis Cap l tain George H. Williams, Lieutenant ! Harry B. Richards. Harry H. Murray
 and Samuel NJ. Kinney.
 :, He told Mir. Murray he was glad he | had been caught as he was tired or ! eluding the officers, and even if he did 1 have to put up some time he had hau 1 his fling. He has been away from camp | since August 20. and has spent every ! cent of the money secured, as he has | been stopping at the best hotels in the | cities he visited. He was placed in the 1 county jail and officials at Fort Siu weer notified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
REV. J. c. HIDEN DIES AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
Father of Robert G. Hiden and Mrs, E. Wilkinson Succumbs at the
 Age of Eighty-One

News of the death of the Rev. James Conway Hidden in Williamsburg, Va, where. he had gone for treatment, was received in Birmingham by his son, Robert G. Hiden, associate editor of the Ledger, yesterday. MT. Hidden left i'm. mediately for Williamsburg and Will bring the remains back to Birmingham for interment.
 Dr. Hiden was we'll known in this city, where he spent a great deal of his time In recent years with his daughter, Mrs. Edward Wilkinson, and has preached irl many pulpits of Birmingham. Several years ago his health gave way, and for q while he improved, but weakness Of the heart and his advanced age proved too much for his strength and he began to fail rapidly, going to virginia Tn hopes of restoring his health.
 He was born at Orange, Va, In lS3f. and was educated in the private schools of Orange, later graduating with honors from the Virginia Military Institute lie also graduated from the University of Virginia. where he took law course, later studying for the ministry and be- inc ordained just before the beginning of the civil war He entered the Con- federate army, serving as major on Geh- eral Wise's staff throughout the strug- gle between the states. He was q well known pulpit orator as well as a force- full writer and the announcement or his death is a source or regret to iiS ihaiiy friends in Birmingham.
 He is survived by his widow, two sons. Cant. I. II. Hidden of Accomac, Va, now in the army and stationed at Fort ogle- thorpe. and Robert c. Hiden of Birming- ham. and one daughter, Mrs. Edward Wilkinson of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
CRIPPLED MAN
 COMMITS SUICIDE Body of White Man Found Floating in East Lake
 by Fisherman

A body which has been identified as tha. of Eugene Wright, white man about IS years old. who formerly resided at 116t2 Twenty-fourth street, north. was found floating in East Lake early yes. terday morning by John Lewis, white man, who was fishing in the lake. Lewis called for help and soon recovered the body.
 Upon examination of Wright's clothes a note was found addressed to his sis- ter, Mrs H. H. Morgan, 320 Fifty-second street, Woodlawn, in which he stated that he had become physically unfit and unable to earn livelihood and he would rather die than to be dependent upon anyone He asked her forgiveness for the rash act.
 Assistant Coroner John R. T. Rives i'm vestigated the case and rendered a yer dict of suicide. Wright was cripple having lost both his right leg and left arm sometime ago He had been earn ing living by selling sewing machine needles and 1t was after his other arm had become affected that he decided to take his life. It is said that he took bottle of laudanum and had removed his wooden leg and all of his clothes. before jumping into the lake. The body was turned over to the Woodin Under taking company. who will announce fu- neral arrangements later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
NEW PUBLICATION TELLS OF PROGRESS Chamber Commerce Month ly, "Birmingham,' Shows Industrial Develop
 ment of City

The Chamber of Commerce has just re. of Birmingham, a monthly publica- tion through which it is the purpose of the chamber to disseminate news of the growth and development of Birmingham and the Birmingham district.
 The front page of the publication car. ries cut showing Birmingham's tall buildings, freight and passenger trains. also cut of the first construction work of the Birmingham Steel corporation s fabricating plant.
 By way of introducing itself "Birming- ham says: "A year ago the stationery of the Chamber of Commerce bore in bold red letter the phrase: The city with pay rolls of million a week Last month we ordered some new stationery. The new civic slogan is: The city with pay rolls of two millions a week. !"
 And then follows this brief reference to recent industrial expansion and de- velopment: Birmingham has grown amazingly in the past F months. Old industries have been expanded and re- shaped to manufacture essential prod ucts. Many that numbered 200 men on its pay roll a year ago now employ three times that number Every plant is busy for Uncle Sam. Business is brisk Everybody that wants a job has one and wages are high. Thousands of newcomers have flocked in. Our indus trial growth is sharply revealed in the scarcity of houses, despite the fact that thousands of our men are fighting over there.' !"
 Oliver Cox is editor of Birmingham "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
Al FIELD ID MAKE
 RETURN.DATES
Minstrel Man Disappointed in Not Participating in the
 Liberty Loan Parade

Al G. Fields Minstrels passed through Birmingham yesterday, coming from Co., lirnbus. Ca, and going to Columbus. O.. which is the home office of the Field organization.
 Just out of Columbus, O.. MT. Field has a very large farm. and he says it is his intention to take the company to this farm and keep it there intact until the present epidemic of influenza. has passed.
 He was very much disappointed at los- ing the Birmingham dates. "You know" said MT Field, that I have been com ing to this town now for % years. and have taken decided liking to it, be- cause of the royal welcome that always awaits me"
 Mir. Field announced very emphatically that he had only pa ssed up Birmingham turing the present trouble and that he expected to surely be bac! in two or three weeks, at most.
 One of his disappointments was that it was impossible for he and his com pany to participate in the Fourth Liberty Loan parade scheduled for Saturday. and he did not know that it had been called off until he arrived here yesterday. so ho decided that if they did not need him here he would take all the boys and go on to Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
Dr. Brown Appeals to Public. To Aid Those Now i7 Need,

should encourage everyone, who has any heart for charity, to send in at once their donation while it is needed.
 Many persons, who ordinarily would not ask for or accept charity are now unexpectedly deprived of their income or have their expenses so increased. that they are compelled to apply for relief, or someone, who knows their circum- stances acts for them. In all cases this relief is judicously handled, but We need the money now to meet the extra de- mands. as we needed coal last winter to relieve suffering, and as the gener- ous coal operators sent in l9 carloads of coal, which provided for all who needed, so now we look for and depend upon the liberal gifts of the good people to help their unfortunate poor neighbors, known or unknown to them. for they will find this relief department. Shall they be turned away empty handed with sick ness and death in their homes? It is very painful to have to say to them we have no funds for relief. and that will soon be true unless the donations come in very rapidly and literally.
 This Is your work I am only your al moner. WALTER s. BROWN. Superintendent" Armory room, City Hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
CURTIS HARMON ON
 THE TICONDEROGA
West End Boy Was Wireless Opera.
 tor on Torpedced Vessel

Among the crew of the Tfconde- roxn. which wus tOrpedOed and sunk on her way to France, was n Birmingham hoy, Gustis w. Har- mon. n wireless operator. and son of w. c. Harmon, 1416 Cotton ave- nue, West End. No news of hls son,s fate has yet been received by NIT. Harmon.
 Curtis Harmon enlisten during June, 1917. and was assigned tO the "Tfconder0ga" as wireless cnerator in February of this year. He was making his fourth trip overseas when torped0cd. Young Harmon was In Birmingham on July 4, spending short furiOush with hi. parents at West End.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
STROUD MANAGER l LOCAL ASSOCIATION
Alabama Manufacturers and Operators to Co-Operate With War Industries
 Board

E. K. Stroud of Ft. Smith, Ark, has been appointed manager of the Alabama
 Manufacturers and Operators association,
 and is expected to arrive in Birmins
 ham tomorrow to assume the duties oi
 the office. He wired from Memphis, Tenn, to Secretary Treasurer A. NJ. Shook, Jr, of the association. yesterday that he was coming through in his ma- chine and had his family, consisting of his wife and one child. with him. Mir. Stroud comes to the association bearing very high inducements from men of affairs in Arkansas and California, in both of which places he has been active in the development of oil prop Eerties in recent years. He is a native of California and graduate of the Uni versity of California. He is S7 years of age.
 The Alabama Manufacturers and Oper- ators association Is an adjunct of the ,, resources and conversions section of the war industries board. It was organized in Birmingham about two months ago with C. w. Connors of Birmingham as president and an executive committee oi nine members representing the differ ent industrial centers of the state. In conjunction with the resources and , conversions section of the war indus. tries board the association collects in. formation and statistics of the manufac. turing and mining industries of the state and their equipment and adaptibility for making products necessary in the prosecution of the war.
 It is expected that among the firs things MT. Stroud will do when he takes charge of his office will be to compile a complete directory of the industria and mining establishments of the statt and classify them according to the chai acter of their products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICE

Reports of health today indicate rapid spread of ifln2o76 reported in the city
 
 dying relief given of distress the department It thought this ample hospital facilities will to of hoped that by that the epidemic will have reached passed height adopted of all places of gathering One the aids far connection additional hospital facilities the from the Salvation Army of 50 complete hospital beds with with mattresses and pillows \ We need additional workers willing do practical work in homes where sick and whom depend when they called calls this of have the number of workers Many situations easily handled which met the removal of entire families hospitals the face of
  that beds always be available sick and those other place at which they be cared for.
 D. BOWLING, M D., Health Officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11

The Age-Herald has received the fol- lowing letter from pr. Walter S. Brown
 in charge of the city welfare depart ment:
 Appeals to the department of relief and corrections for help are increasing
 hourly in numbers In proportion to the
 epidemic of influenza. The distress among the poor is becoming appalling.
 While this department is organized to handle any situation as 1t has done in other emergencies, under sudden pressure. 1t needs the funds with which to meet multiplying distress calls for food, med- cine and other necessities. This depart ment, like the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A., is entirely dependent upon the gen. erosity of a benevolent public for these funds with which to supply these neces- sites of relief. The only allotment 1t has from public funds Is for running or current expenses These are provid- ed, but there is little or no money on hand to meet this sudden demand on it's relief or charity fund for help. None
 of the funds given or entrusted to the
 relief department are used for any other
 purpose other than direct relief This fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
New Mahogany Fixtures for Wells Second Avenue
 Store Being Installed

George Boulans, special representative of the Welch Manufacturing company or Grand Rapids, Mich, arrived in Bir- mingham yesterday morning to install the handsome store fixtures for NJ. Well & Bro, in their new store on Second avenue
 The fixtures are the very handsomest that can be bought, and every detail as to color scheme, finish and quality is worked out in harmony with the store and it's appurtenances, and when com- plete will make this home of Hart Schaff- ner & Marx clothing one of the hand somest stores in the entire south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
DOZEN A|RPLANES IN ARMY FORMATION ID FLY OVER CITY IN AID OF LOAN DRIVE Stay at Home and See Show, Advises Murray Brown,
 Chairman of County Campaign FIGURES
 AT FIRST NATIONAL
 BANK SHOW S6,2OO,00O Generals of Allied Armies Plan Driv- ing Finish fof Last Week of the
 Campaign-Many Large Sub-
 scriptions Received
"Skow your f."

Chairman Murray Brown requests that all persons who have been awarded the figure 4 to display it, preferably in his home. general showing of these certificates. Chair man Brown says, will have splen- did effect in the closeup week of the campaign. Every buyer of bond is entitled to this honor cer- tificate with star inside the bid 4, and an additional star for each buyer of a bond in his family, firm or concern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
Commissioners Flay Street
 RailtUay Company When
 Resolutions Are Introduced
Board Adopts Browns Resolution and Charges R. L. & P Go. With Laying Down Job and Attempting to
 Punish the Public Through Lack of Service

Charging that the Birmingham Railway Light and Power wfuy and knowingly failed the of it's railway which
 granted that they selling the that Ellis calling Monday explain the the of the situation that people of Birmngam Both resolutions adopted unanimously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
JEFFERSON COUNTY


 Mrs. II. H.N Shell, chairman for Jef- Birmingham during the first week amounting to $54 100. She also reports the following additional sales: Besse- mer, $4S, GOO; Shades Mountain, $lS0o: Coaldalc, s165o; Boyes $500; RoebuclS, s1350; Winona, $500; Lewisburg, $70o; Brookside. s1500; Johns, $l200
 Mrs. Angus Taylor's city committee is tabulating daily reports received at headquarters and when these are an nounced it will be seen that the Wom- ems Liberty Loan workers of brming- ham have been very active.
 The following telegram received yes- terday by the Woman's Fourth Liberty Loan committee from Mrs. w. c. Mo- Adoo is being forwarded to the chair men of every county in the state: "In all places where the influenza epidemic is hampering or preventing the carrying out of the Liberty Loan cam pagn plans please urge chairmen to use personal appeal and house-to-house canvassing in place of the public meet ings and parades.
 MRS. w c. MADOO National Chairman" Mrs. IT. P Hefln, who has charge or the booths and schools committed, re- ported yesterday that she and her com mittee had sold $l0,000 worth of bonds to school teachers during the first week, and that the teachers showed wonder fully patriotic spirit and rendered splen- did assistance in carrying on the WorK. Mrs. Heflin stated that the booths would be established in the downtown district today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
Gaming Charged

Ten negroes were arrested by Officers Hutto and Smith under the First ave n,e viaduct last night and placed in the city jail charged with gaming. They were released on bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
MAocABEEs, ATTENTION.

On account of the existing epidemic and on account of the ordinance passed
 by the city commission prohibiting :ss- sembling in bodies, all meetings of Luckic Tent No. arc called off and meetings will be held until present health conditions nre changed. When 1t is again safe to assemble for our meetings, notice will be given. J. G. TYLER. Commander. H. H. SULLIVAN.
 Record Keeper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-11
no getting away from it

These suits at $1O are away ahead of the average run.
 Cause Blach's cash insists on better quality - and gets it. Bring the boy in today.