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The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

One of the local merchants show
ed farmer buggy priced at 500
and the farmer kicked, because 20
years ago his father bought one just
like it for $50.
Then the merchant looked up the
sale and found that the father had
turned in 800 bushels of corn for
that buggy. and he told the farmers
son to deliver to him 800 bushels of
corn and he would give him
One $50 buggy One $75 wagon.
One $40 suit of clothes. One $50
dress. One S. baby buggy. One
So crib. One $3 box of cigars. $40
worth of sugar. SO worthof tea.
$1OO worth of gasoline. $15 worth
lubricating oil.
The total figures of 1888 the value
OF 800 bushels Of corn and it is need
less to say that the farmers mind
changed and he bought the buggy.
Some such reckoning as this
might be a good thing for those peo-
pie who never stop to consider the
other fellows Notwithstanding
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
Why Purchase Savings Stamps?

The main reason for the purchase
OF war savings Stamps is because
your country is at war. Your coun-
try needs every penny which every
man, woman and child can save and
lend in order to feed, clothe. arm
and equip the soldiers and sailors Of
America and to win this righteous
war in defense of American bonor
and the cause Of democracy through
out the world. Ii we are to win the
war; we must win it as united peo-
pie. The savings of every man.
woman and child are necessary If
we are to hasten the victorious end
ing Of tbs war. War Savers are
Life Savers" You can buy these
stamps at postoffice or your bank.
Start a collection today.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
Hon. w. F. CumminS is
ReappOin1ed.

A dispatch from Washington a
few days ago brought the informa-
ton Hon. w. f. Cummins had been
reappinted U. S. Land Commission
er for Mississippi. position which
he has held with signal ability and
with credit to himself and honor to
the government for the past four
years. The retention of Mr.. Cum
minis in this responsible position is
gratifying to his many friends in
Yazoo, where he lived so many years
and where he was justly regarded as
one of it's most progressive citizens.
-YazoO Sentinel.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

One 4-room Cottage in good
repair, almost new, with large lot,
garden, chicken yards and barn,
$500 per month. Will sell for
$3.50. This is an exceptionally
good bargain.
One five-room Cottage with
garden and large lot; will rent for
$3.50 per month.
One 5-room House, centrally
located, big garden and lot, will
rent for $40 per month.
One forty-acre hill Farm with
good House on il for rent, or will
sell for $500 cash or on terms.
One eighty-acre Farm for sale,
with house on il that cost 81, 900.
Will sell for 81 200 cash, or on
terms.
One fifty acre dairy or stock
Farm under hog proof and cattle
proof fence, two miles south of
Aberdeen, two houses on place.
offered for $1,000 cash or on
G.. NJ. HOLMES.
uq-4t
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
The Surprising Part.

But the surprise Of the president s
address probably lays in the pass
ages in which he comes to the sup
port Of the Russian peace negOtia-
ti0ns, praises the justice and SINGER
ity OF their peace views and terms
and champions their cause with the
utmost vigor against the perfidy OF
the Prussian militarists who, as the
president sees it, are betraying the
wishes OF the German people in the
direction they are giving to the
German demands to hold on to all the
territory they have taken.-Knox-
vile Sentinel.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

The State of Mississippi.
Monroe County.
in the Chancery Court. No. 665l.
Dud Isbey. ct. al. vs.. Andrew Price.
ct. al.
BY virtue of q decree of the Chan
Gerry Court of said county, rendered
in the above styled cause on the 3rd
day of February. A. D.. 1917. at the
February term A. D., 1917. of said
court. I the undersigned. duly ap-
pointed special commissioner of said
court. will on the
18th DAY OF FEBRUARY,
A. D.. 1918.
between the hours of IL O'Clock, .. m.
and O'Clock p. m. sell at the west
door Of the county court house of Mon
roe county, at Aberdeen. Miles,, in
said Monroe county. to the highest
bidder. for Cash. the following de-
scribed real estate. situate0 in the
county of Monroe. in the State ol
Mississippi. to-wit: Beginning 1t :
corner OF the southwest quarter Of
section S. township II. range east.
in Monroe county. Mississippi. and
running thence east Is rods to stake,
thence north to the northern bound
ary line Of said quarter. thence west
Is rods to : stake, thence south to the
place Of beginning, containing flfteen
acres. more or less; and being the
me-land described in . deed record
ed in deed book a. page 4, Of the
land records of Monroe county, Mis-
sissippi. and hero referred to.
Dated this the 10th day Of January,
A. D.. 1913.
g. g. RAY, Special Commisoloper.
]. L. LYON AND MCFARLAND & Nc
FARLAND. 9olicitoEs Tor OomplainaEte.
PAIN1 = PAMH. 6ollcit0rs for He-
spOndenta.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

On Friday a bill prohibiting d

On Friday bill prohibiting deal
ing in cotton and WOODEN futures was
introduced by Representative SABBATH
of Illinois. Mr.. SABBATH announced
he would introduce another bill to
empower the president to fix prices
on these articles and to take over
such amounts for government pur-
poses as may be needed. Mr. Sab
ath said his bill proposes to break
up gambling in cotton and wool.
Ordinary cotton for future delivery
he said. is up to 80 cents a pound,
or 400 per cent. more than four years
ago. Spot cotton is up to the same
figure, or very near it. 1t is not
gambling in futures" that makes
the price, but a ten and one-half
million bale crop in face of a we'll
defined market need. We can al
ways find men who are ready to
mistake effect for cause. AS to cot
ton being 400 per cent. higher than
in 1914. that is true; but cotton in
1914 was not worth what it cost to
raise it, Thousands of bankruptcies
resulted from the slump after the
war declaration in July of that year.
1t is possible to show also that the
present price is not extraordinary,
even il it is four times the 1914
price. Compared with so cent bacon,
So corn and $2.2O wheat, cotton at
30 cents is very nearly where it was
four years ago. A careful student of
economics states that
The world needs and can use
twelve or thirteen million bales at
40 cents per pound and still work
not half so great hardship as ST.
wheat, 80 cent bacon and So corn
Corn is the greatest crop produced
in the United States. The 1917
crop was the largest one ever pro-
duced and running well over the
three billion mark When the war
broke out it was worth about 60 or
IS cents-possibly cash" corn was
bringing 20 cents on the Chicago
market. Today it was worth 81 .65
to $1.75.
When the war began in 1918 cot
ton was worth on the New York
market Is 1-2 to 14c. And this in
the face 90 prospective crop turn
ing out 16, 600, 900 bales. This year
with q crop of ten and half million
bales it is quoted around 3Oc. APP
ply the same rule and ratio of in
creased valuation to our extremely
small cotton crop as prevails with
the greatest corn crop the world has
ever seen and we we arrive at price
around 36c for cotton. And this
leaves out of consideration all en-
hancement due to its decreased sup
ply.
1t is hoped that congress will not
give encouragement to undigested
comparison and follow Mr.. SABBATH,
who seems to think that cotton pric-
ing is q great gamble and should be
stopped. There is no staple product
in this ny that comes nearer to
selling at actual value than cotton.
1t is the closest sold staple that the
country has.-MObile Register.
The SnPnrsSinu Dart
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
Cotton Oinned Prior to Dec. 18th
Crops of 1917 and 1910 in
MiSsiSSiODj.

Director Sam L. Rogers. Of the
Bureau of the Census. Dep of Com
merce, announces the preliminary
report of cotton ginned by counties
in Mississippi for the crops of 1917
and 1916. The report was made
public for the State at 10 a. m.. on
Decesmber, 20, 1917.
Quantities are in running bales.
counting round as half bales. Lint
ers are not included:
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
Was Feeling Az Run Down.

Louis Buckner. Somerset, Va. writes:
II was feeling all run down. tired with
pains in my back. After taking Foley
Kidney Pills felt like new man.
Backache, rheumati pains. stiff joints
and stiff muscles, swollen ankles and
sleep disturbing bladder ailments yield
quickly to this time tried remedy. At
Phoenix Drug Co. jAdy.l
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

Mrs. Thomas II. Dayis. Montgomery
Ind. says she had trouble with her
bladder and had doctored for several
months without relief. when Foley
Kidney Pills were recommended and
she commenced using them and got
relief. They relieye backache. rheu-
matte pains, stiff. swoolen joints and
kidney trouble. At Phoenix Drug
Co, IAdv.l
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

When baby suffers with Group, ap-
ply and give DIR Thomas Electric Oil
at once. Safe for children. A little
goes a long way; 80 and soc. At all
drug stores. tAdv.l
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
subscribe for the Weekly.
Notice For PublicatiOn-Oepa
ment of the Interior.
u. s. Land Office af Jackson, Miss.

IHCuI OH TIC HuVCH 1OEs
u. s. Land Office af Jackson. Miss.
January 10th. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Hamlet
Lewis Crowder. of Gattman, Miss,
who. on November II. 1914. made
Homestead Entry No. O66SO for sc. Ia
of Sc. Ia section 6. and ne. IA OF
ne. IA section 7. township IA south,
range Is west, Huntsville meridian.
has filed notice of intention to make
final three year proof. to establish
claim to the land aboye described. be-
fore United States Commissioner. IT
Aberdeen. Miss, on the 23rd day OF
February, 1918.
Claimant names IS witnesses: L.
]. Morrow. HI. III. Hollis, III. G. Mur6.
W. J. Dsnner. all of Gettman, Miss.
w. F. CuMMrNs. Register.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

FOR RENT-Modern five
room Cottage with "a acres farm.
ing land attached. improvements
on premises; located just west of
corporation line. Aberdeen, Miss.
Apply to D. H. INCLUSION.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18

Itching. bleeding. protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Dosn's
intment-6oc at all stores tAdv.J
The Aberdeen weekly., 1918-01-18
Wanted.

am in the market for Soy
Beans. Peas and Pea Hay and
all kind of cane or millet seed
will pay the highest market price
for same. Location. old BottlinR
Works, opposite J. w. Jordan, on
east Commerce ST.
JOHN w. POPE.
a 7.it
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
Buyinu New Equipment.

Is 1t easy to keep clean d nd will 1t
lessen labor and save your time?
These are the two pertinent points
when buying new equipment.
Because an article is widely adver-
tised does not guarantee that 1t will
be Of practical use to the housekeeper
There are so-called labor-saving de-
vices on the market which add to the
time and labor because they are COM
plicated to operate and difficult to keep
clean. The economy of any utensil or
tool is that the housekeeper is able to
finish task more quickly and easily
with 1t than without.
The department Of agriculture ad-
vocates that the necessity to conserve
fuels indicates the wisdom of buying
one of the cooking devices for saving
fuel If such is not already included in
the equipment. These include the fire.
less cooker. the pressure cooker, COM
partment steamer and the triple sauce
pans to fit over one gas plate or oil
burner.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
HEAR SPECIAL 7ALKi
" N. c. A. WORKER FROM MA,
Mia MEETS LOCAL WORKERS.

E. S. Turner, General Secretary of
the Y. M. c. A. at Manila, Philippine
Islands, and also in charge of the
Student work in that locality, gave a
special talk to select company of
interested men, at the Y. NJ. c. A.,
Friday evening. His talk was high
ly instructive and covered the growth
and development of the work in the
islands, from the time of the Spanish
American war to the present. In the
matter Of reconstruction following
the present war, the needs of China,
Japan and Greece were touched upon
and the big task confronting the Y.
NJ. c. A. interests, at present demand
the cooperation and aid of Christian
business men with large vision as
to the future and its great possibili-
ties for good in the general uplift OF
mankind.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
IS A GREAT SCHOOL
BOYS WILL OBEY MOTHER WHEN
THEY GET BACK HOME.

r. B. Morgan has letter from Cor.
poral Andrew r. Softer, a former
member of Co. H, who was recently
released from the hospital where he
has been since July 81 and during
which time he received no mail from
the States, though friends here have
written him regularly. His letter
bears date of October 20. He says
all the boys in that camp got mail
that morning except himself. The
camp, he explains, is the war prison
camp, but he is not a prisoner. 1t
is where they have the Huns, and
Softer was sent there on duty, after
being released from the hospital, but
was unfit to go back to the front. He
says:
II don't know how long I will have
to stay here, but hope it won't be
long before ] get back and get some
more Huns for myself. l have had
no mail since July II. can't get
a word to the company where | ex-
pect my mail. l don't know how
many of the old boys are with the
company. When l left them for the
hospital, they were up in the front
lines and were badly shot to pieces
killed, wounded and gassed. The
company when l left was mainly
drafted men. Lots of the boys who
left the old home town when / did
will never come back. Perry New.
ton was just alongside of me when
he was killed, and ! had just dragged
myself away from the side of Sol
Morris when he was hit. But every
thing goes in this game OF WAR At
home when mother told her son to
do something maybe he did and may
be he didn't. But after the war
when the boys come home the mother
will not have to ask him to do a
thing but once till it is done. The
war has been a good schooling for
all of us. This countryiis beginning
to look like the U. S.iA. You see
the big American locomotives and
cars and the American soldiers every.
where. The camp where ! am sta.
toned is one of the largest in France
for Americans and train after train
load come through here, but 1t won't
be long till the war is over and we
will all be back home. The German
prisoners we have here work on the
track. The bunch that have charge
of have no use for me. sure make
them work for what they get-that
is they get 4 cents a day and | make
them do five dollars worth of work
for it,"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
FIRE DOES DAMAGE At BUSSEY
Flames Originating in An Old Stove
Starts Blaze That Burns Build
inas and Contents.

Bussey, Ia. Dec. 7.-Bussey suffered
a considerable fire loss Friday after.
noon when the A. c. Bussey store
building, two story structure and the
Lookabaugh Harness shop and build
ing adjoining were burned to the
ground. The property is complete
loss with only scant insurance on eth
er buildings or contents.
The fire was discovered about noon
in some living apartments above the
store. 1t is believed the fire started
from an explosion in gasoline or an
oil stove but this has not been verified
AS much as possible of the contents
of the buildings was saved. Willing
hands gave assistance and the loss
was not as great as though it had
occurred at night. The loss will amount
to from $1,000 to $4,000. a ..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
WITH WILD CATS
FERRIS sEIBERT WITH DIVISION
COMING HOME SOON.

A letter from Ferris Seibert was
published in the Herald some little
time ago, in which he told Of the work
his division was doing, fighting in
Belgium with the British troops. In
letter recently received he tells OF be.
ing back in rest camp "for sixty
days" This same division the wild.
cats" is among the first to be return.
ed to the United States, so when they
left the trenches supposedly for rest,
they left for good. Telling Of the last
days in the trenches he says:
Now with pleasure / am able to
write you. We have been very busy,
and want to say that we did good
business. Took lots of Germans and
killed many. would like to point out
to you the advance We made-town
after town, and so many French peo-
pie were again set free, under their
own flag. These people have been
German prisoners for four years.
They are so glad to be free again that
we live high. Nothing is too good for
the Americans. The American soldier
tire bien" meaning very good" You
people are with us, too. but you never
realize, after being told, what we have
seen and done. The fellows value their
lives at nothing when they start over
the top, and about all any OF us think
of is the stars and stripes" and our
loved ones at home.
| We most always get up about 1:3O
Ior 200 o'clock in the morning when
we start over. Then we go up TO
lime and form up. Here is where our
. Iexcitment starts. 1t is now about five
or a little after. At $50. away we go.
Germans, bullets, cannon fire or noth-
ling else can stop US until we are
: knocked out. This often happens to
some unlucky fellows. But now here Is
lmore interesting news-most are
wounded. Our last drive was as fol
lows: Company C, III, had 235 men
at the start. When We reached our oD-
iective we had 81 men. Only IL were
killed while the rest were wounded,
some slightly, others more so. ! came
through without scratch. So please
do not worry about us. We are doing
our best and taking what comes.
At this time we are out for the first
rest since We arrived. We are located
in a nice little French town. but DO
not know how long We will be here.
!, The talk is, sixty days. BY that time
we hope to either be home. or starting
for that place.
Must close tonight, as / have so
many other letters to write. Received
so many while in the line Wa.eA i
could not answer until now.
Yours lovingly,
Ferris A. Seibert,
Company C, 1T Inf,
APO. 749, A. E. F.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
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FOOT BALL
= -. !. - !. !. i. $4,000.
Fifth Ward Wins Championship

Fifth Ward Wins Championship
Fifth Wards organized team was
too much for Second Ward and they
won the championship game in the
Grade School contest by a score of
u to II. Both teams went through I'll .
season without a defeat until last cv-
enIng, when Fifth came out ahead.
The champions had fast team and a
little lighter than their opponents, but
"Stubby" Muhl gave them a comJna-
tion of plays rarely used by a grade
school team. Second ward however,
put up a stiff game, and had they
had little more coaching they would
have made even better showing for
the pennant. The pennant will be
awarded to the champions at a ban
Quet held at the Y. NJ. c. A. next week.
Second Ward will receive their pen
nant for the baseball championship at
the same time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12

Unless dried food is prepared in a
palatable fashion, families will tire of
it and it will be wasted. This will
react unfavorably on the gardens for
next year and on the drying campaign.
The main difference between dried
and fresh food lies in the proportion
of water they contain. Therefore the
first step in preparation is to put back
water about equal in amount to that
lost during drying.
One reason why dried foods have
been unpopular is that they so often
have been undersoaked and over
cooked. When the time of soaking is
long, and that of cooking short. the
flavor will be more like that of fresh
food.
Shape and texture must be con-
sidered, the more solid the article the
longer the time required for drying,
and hence the longer the period Of
soaking required. After washing,
such foods should be put into three or
four times their bulk of water and
left covered in a cool place from three
to forty-eight hours, according to their
substance. Should any indication of
fermentation appear, they must be
scalded at once. Otherwise leave them
until they regain their original size
or lose most of the wrinkles in the
surface; then the time of cooking will
be but little longer than that needed
hv the Same fruit OP ypoatahla fresh
from the garden.
The water in which fruits have
soaked should be used to cook the
food. In case of high-flavored fruits.
like the apricot, more water may be
used for cooking and that in which it
soaked will serve to give flavor to
tasteless apples or a gelatin dessert.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS
Mere Involved in the German Propa-
ganda Carried On In the United
Statec During the War.

Washington, d. c., Dec. Conf
lential records Of the department of
Justice dealing with the activities of
German agents and others in the Unit.
I'd States placed before the senate
committee investigating brewers and
German propaganda by A. Bruce Bic
laski, chief of the departments bureau
of investigation, included many prom.
inent American citizens.
The list follows:
Prof. William Shepherd, Columbia
university.
Prof. Hugo Muensterberg. Harvard
university.
Prof. William NJ. Sloane, Columbia
university.
DR.. Edmund Won Mach, Cambridge.
Mass.
DR.. Auth Won Briesen, New York.
Prof. John w. Burgess. Newport.
r. l.
Prof. Eugene Smith. Columbia uni.
versity.
Prof. H. c. Sanborn, Vanderbilt
university.
Prof. J. C. Mcdonald, University of
Indiana.
Prof. Ferdinand Schevill, Univer-
sity of Chicago.
E. c. Richardson, Princeton uni,
versity.
Prof. Kuno Francke, Harvard uni
versity.
Prof. George B. Mcclellan, Prince,
ton university.
Prof. A. B. Faust, Cornell univer.
sity.
Prof. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Univers
ity of Wisconsin.
Dr.. Walter S. Mcneil, Richmond
Md.
DR.. David Starr Jordan, Berkeley
Cal.
Federal Judge Named.
Peter S. Grosscup, United States
federal Judge, Highland Park, Ill.
Richard Bartholdt, st. Louis.
Pro-. Albert Bushnell Hart, Har,
ward university.
DR.. c. ]. Hexamer, Philadelphia.
Charles Nagel, st. Louis.
Oswald Garrison Willard, New York
Evening Post.
William Randolph Hearst, New
York American.
Bernard Ridder, New York Stats
Zeitung.
Edward A. Rumely, New York
Evening Mail.
Frederick A. Schrader, New York.
Frank Harris, 3 Washington square
New York.
Robert |. Ford, Freeman's Journal
New York.
Rev. Father Thirney, American
Catholic Weekly, New York.
Max A. Helm, New York.
George S. Viereck, New York.
Prof. William P. Trent, New York.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
Human Bridge
Over The La SeUe
At NeuuiHy
fRv George 7. Byel


American Press Headquarters,
British Front, December 7. - To
the collection of major exploits
of the great war should be added
the great feat Of British sappers
in putting a human bridge" ac'
cross the La Seile River at heu-
Willy in the face of heavy fire.
An attempt had been made to
launch pontoons for the crossing
of the infantry. These were so
quickly riddIed with bullets that
they sank. ... ...
The sappers, who correspond to
the American engineers then wad-
ed into the river carrying planks
which they laid across each 9th.
ers shoulders until the stream was
spanned. They then supported the
weight of the fighters. OF course,
a great many Of the bridge sup
ports fell, but there were plenty
standing by to take their places.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
PLENTY OF FRESH AIR
Is HEALTH INSURANCE

Do not close up the house the
first cold day.
The best protection against
colds and influenza Is plenty Of
fresh air. t
Open all the doors several
times a day and thoroughly air
the whole house.
Fresh air is more quickly
heated than stale, hence 1t
saves fuel as well as health to
have good ventilation.
All winter leave at least one
screen in a window in each
room. Cover it with muslin
an old flour sack is excellent
for this purpose. In this way
fresh air is secured without
draft and dirt is kept out.
Sleep at night with the win
dows open. The body replaces
the waste of the day during the
sleeping hours and plenty Of OK
ygen is its first aid.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-12
FAIR DATES NAMED
COMMITTEE SELECTS SECOND
.-. WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. a

At the meeting Of the executive
committee OF the Southern Iowa Fair
association, held Friday afternoon at
the office of Secretary Roy <. Row
land, it was decided to hold the fair
of 1919, during the week of September
Sth to 18th inclusive. this being the
second week in September which is
the same this year. The annual meet
ing Of the association will be held at
the city hall. Tuesday. December IT,
at 1880 p. M, and all stockholders are
expected to be present.