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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
THINK 1T OVER.

The story Is told Of an Austrian
school teacher who, being unable I'm
der the laws of the land to give special
antialcoholic instruction, injected into
his pupils arithmetic lessons truths
relating to the drink evil. One day he
give to them FOR solution the follow
ing problem: "A father spends thirty
kreutzer day for intexicants. How
much does that amount to In SO many
months. years, etc. In the course Of
how long time could he, with his
money, make himself Independents? ~ 1t
was eight days, the teacher said, be-
fore the answers were handed to him.
The effect on the children was SO pro-
nounced that they could hardly be re-
strained from throwing stones into the
saloon opposite the schoolhouse. Yet
the teacher had not spoken one word
against alcohol.
After the war is over there viii be
imperative need for many reconstruc-
ton hospitals, homes for disabled sol
diers and schools eor vocational train
ing of the MANNED and crippled. Let
patriots ponder carefully how many of
these institutions could be maintained
and equipped for the amount-$2, OO0.-
100000 estimated to be spent each
year for strong drink.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
These Are c.ves the Preferred Varieties.

point In selecting stock is to obtaiR
healthy animals that win mature quick
ly and attain good size.
Guinea pigs require about the same
kind of accommodations as rabbits
Two general methods Of managing
them have been acknowledgements ane
houses. Also, they require about the
same diet as rabbits. They. eat FIRE.
quently during the day, and shoula
hare a constant supply of staple, dry
food. A pan Of water, piece of rocb
salt and pan Of dry grain should BE-
constantly available.
The rearing of guinea pigs requires
no extraordinary knowledge and ng
great outlay Of capital; little space "a
needed to accommodate the animals,
which are hardy and easily managed,
They make interesting pets and salts,
factory food animals. The constantly
increasing demand for them In sclens
tic Investigations and medical re,
search insnres ready market for reay
sonable numbers at prices that should
be renIunerative to the producer.
Persons considering the raising Of
guinea pigs may find q detailed discus
sion Of the subject In Farmers Bulletin
Us, Raising Guinea Pigs" issued BIZ
the United States department Of az.
riculture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
WHAT TWO NOTED WAR LEAD
Frs THINK.

Danish the entire liquor industry
from the United States; close every
saloon, every brewery; suppress drink
ing by severe punishment to the drink
er, and If necessary. death to the SELL
er. or maker, or both, as traitors, and
the nation will suddenly find itself
amazed at its efficiency, and startled
at the Increase In Its labor supply.
shall not go slow on prohibition, for
know what is the greatest foe to
my men, greater even than the bullets
of the enemy.-General Pershing.
Drink during the war has used up
as much tonnage as the Germans have
sunk with all their submarines. Drink
during the war has killed more men
than have been killed by the German
submarines. Drink during the war
has destroyed more food than all the
German submarines put together
Lloyd George.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
Temperance
issQOte5a
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION u
AGAINST ALCOHOL.


The following are excerpts from the
inaugural address Of DIR. Arthur Dean
Bevan. president of the American
Medical association, at the annual
meeting of that body:
Each member of the medical pro-
fession, each county medical society.
each state medical society, should take
nm active part In the propaganda
against drink and secure national pro-
hibition not years from now, but now,
when 1t is so badly needed and will
accomplish so much good not only for
our boys In khaki and In blue but for
the nation In arms.
'sThere can be no doubt of the i'm
furious effects of alcoholic drinks on
both the physical and mental well-be-
Ing of our population. There can be
no doubt that the greatest single factor
we can control in the interests of the
public health of the nation would be
the elimination of alcoholic drink.
II want to plead for the united ac-
ton Of the organized medical profess
sion of this country to secure protec-
ton by law against the injury that
drink Is doing to our people, not as a
political measure, but as the most inn
portant health measure that could be
secured. In this crisis, when we and
our allies are fighting not only for our
selves but also for humanity and CIV
ilization, we must organize the entire
nation In the most efficient way pos
sible, and this cannot be done without
eliminating drink"
The address of Doctor Bevan was so
enthusiastically applauded as to leave
no doubt Of the approval of the three
or four thousands Of physicians and
their friends in the audience.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11

Live stock, properly managed. win
help the overworked farmer to harvest
some Of his crops probably. thus saw
ing man labor during the busy season.
In return, the care Of the young stock
furnishes profitable employment for
the farmer and his hired help, II he
has any, during the winter and early
spring. when work is slack. This not
only saves much man labor during the
busy season, but equalizes the labor
throughout the different seasons.
When sufficient farm labor is not
available to harvest all the crops, live
stock offer a profitable method Of TAX
ing care Of the surplus hay and grain
by pasturing them. The farm animals
not only harvest them cheaply. but
while doing SO make profitable gains
and help to maintain soil fertility. In
stead of cutting the entire alfalfa, cIo-
yer or other hay crop. pastuFine some
of it saves much labor.
The cash returns from the hay har-
vested by the Hive stock are usually
fully equal to those received when the
hay Is harvested by hand labor.
Waste or poor rye. wheat. oats and
barley may be hogged down to excel.
lent advantage. Corn and mature soy
beams are harvested successfully BY
hogs and sheep, and to some extent by
cattle. 1t Is usually customary to fence
OF part Of cornfeld by movable
fence, and after one strip is cleaned up
to iDclose another. Plenty of water
and little salt are necessary for tina
greatest Improvement Of live stock.
Soy beans planted with the corn and
rape sown at the%ast cultivation add
| to the feeding value Of the corn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
wARNINo no NURSING MOTHERS.


I have never seen case in which
beer had been used regularly for any
considerable period Of time where 1t
did not result in more or less indiges-
tIon and an early failure in the secre-
ton of inilk.-Dr. N. S. Davis, Chi
cago.
Infants, nursed by mothers who
drink much beer. are more likely to
die of convulsions and diarrhea while
cutting their teeth than are the chill
dren Of total abstinence mothers.
Bear in mind that when you
take wine. beer or brandy, you are
distilling that wine, beer or brandy
into your child's body. Probably moth
ing could be worse than to have the
very fabric of the child's tissues laid
down from alcoholized blood.-Dr. Ed
munds Of the Lying-in Hospital. Lon
don, England.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11

Isinglass r. made from the sOunda
or swimming bladdsrs Of nsh. One
ton Of hake, says the Popular Schemes
Monthly. will yield from 10 to %
pounds Of sounds. These are dried.
soaked, cut in pieces. rolled Int
sheets and cut int ribbons. Tho rib
bens are dried ard wsund On woodea
speeds. One ounce Of isinslass viii
clarity from 200 t. so gallons Of wind
and enc pound win clarity from 100 ia
500 barrels Of beer. It IL used for
making cement for nsndiAg glass and
pottery and for adhesive plaster and
enters int the manufaeturs Of n,any
textiles and waterprsof fabrics.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
PLENTY Of JOBS FOR FORMER
BREWERY WORKERS.

mot Job has been lost to q work
lngman through the shutting down Of
our Ave brewerfes." says H. M. Chris
tie, president Omaha real estate board.
'aThree are being operated rs soft
drink manufacturing plants, one with
an Ice plant annex, and these three
are employing more men than they did
making beer. Another has been con
verted into 2.500-barrel day flour
mill. which the manager informs me u
employing many more men than had
been employcd there when q brewery.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
/ OIS7 on 1
IAaih@ Guy EnpEN

NGer away, you Dilgntefs ietve mo
alone. don't want any coward around
me-"
The words cut Lloyd like knife,
but he was desperate. Taking the re-
voiver out of the holster of the dying
man he pressed the cold muzzle to the
soldiers head and replied:
YES, 1t II Lloyd, the coward Of
Company d. but so help me God. IL
you don't tell me how to load that gun
I'll put bullet through your brain p
A sunny smile came over the coun-
tenanee of the dying man and he said
In faint whisper:
"Gcod old boyl ! knew you wouldn't
disgrace our company"
Lloyd interposed: For Gods sake,
IL you want to save that company you
are 50 prond of. tell me how to load
that id gum"
As IL reciting a lesson In school, the
soldier replied in weak, singsong
voice: 'Insert tag end of belt In feed
block, with left hand pull belt left
front. Pull crank handle back on roll
er, let GO, and repeat motion. Gun is
now loaded. To fire. raise automatic
safety latch, and press thumbpiece.
Gun is now firing. II gun stops, ascer-
tain position Of crank handle"
But Lloyd waited for no more. With
wild joy at his heart, he took belt
from one OF the ammunition boxes ~
ing beside the gun, and followed the
dying man's Instructions. Then he
pressed the thumbpiece and burst Of
are rewarded his efforts. The gun
was working.
Training II o. the Germans he shout
ed for JOY rs their front rank went
Down.
Traversias the saa back and forth
along the mass Of Germans, he saw
them break cad ryn back to the cover
OF their trench leaving their dead and
wounded behind. He had saved his
company, he. Lloyd, the coward. had
s.doae His Bit" Releasing the thumb
piece. be, locked at the watch on his
wrist, He was still alive at Sac"
"Pingl"-a bullet sang through the
air, and Lloyd fell forward across the
gun. A thin trickle Of blood ran down
his face frsm little, black round hole
in his forehead.
"The sentence of the court had been
duly carried out"
The captain slowly raised the limp
form dropping over the gun and, wip-
ing the blood from the white face. rec
ognized 1t as Lloyd, the coward Of d
company. Rsverently covering the face
| with his handkerchief he turned to his
"noncoms" and, in voice husky with
emotions, addressed them:
t'Boys, it's Lloyd, the deserter. He
has redeemed himself, died the death
Of here--died that his mates might
/ live"
| That afternoon a solemn procession
wended Its way toward the cemetery
| In the front stretcher was carried BY
I, two sergesnts. Across the stretchei
the Union Jack was carefully spread
Behind the stretcher came q captain
and forty-three men, all that were LEFT
Of ID company. 8
Arrfvlnx AZ tine cemetery, mey matt
ed IN front Of an open grave. All abou
them wooden crosses were broken ant
trsnpled into the ground.
| A grlzzled old sergeant. noting thii
destruction. muttered under bill
breath: Curse the eowardly blighte
who wrecked those crosses II coul,
only get these tive hands around hi
neck his trip West would be short
| The corpse on the stretcher scenes
to move. or It might have been tn
| wind blowing the folds Of the Uniol
Jack.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
BREEDING GUINEA PIGS

Guinea pigs breed at a very
early age, but their capacity for
reproduction has been greatly
exaggerated and a mistaken mo-
\ ton has become fixed In the
minds of many people.
Ordinarily five filters may be
expected in year, averaging
about three young each. The
first litter produced by a female
usually consists of but one or
two. Subsequent ones are COM
monty larger, but they rarely
number more than five or six. A
female in her breeding prime
may be expected to raise about
IL to Is young each year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
scrIpture penetrateo.

So far as have observed Gods
dealings with my soul, the flight OF
preachers sometimes entertained me,
but 1t was Scripture expressions that
did penetrate my heart, and In way
peculiar to themselves.-John Brown
Haddington.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER XIV.
PreparIna fer the BID Push.

Preparing fer the Die Push.
Rejoining Atwell after the execution
/ had hard time trying to keep my
secret from him. think must haze
lost at least ten pounds worrying over
the affair.
Beginning at seven In the evening 1t
was eur duty to patrol all communities
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11
sIest A. They.

BIest are they who. lost. undone.
Rest by faith IA Gods own Son;
Blest wh0 take BY precious blood
Refuge IL the eternal God.
they b. truth ere thus ret freot
Bock * Ass4 ~ II TheN ,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-10-11

LESSON TExT-Genesis BILL: 14:14-1l
GOLDEN TExT-A friend lovetn at al
times. and a brother Is born for adver
sity.-Proverbs 17:17.
DEVOTIONAL READING-Romans .
1921.
observation-disclosures 1s:1o-li; "a: ls:1s-ss
1879.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
VANDALIA FARMER
REGAINS SIGHT AFTER
2 YEARS BLINDNESS
c. II. Brown Sees for First Time Sol.
diers, Who Are to Fight Ger
many, in Parade

Charles II. Brown, go years old, a
farmer of Vandalia, who is in Fulton
recovering from an operation that re-
stored sight after practically three
years of blinesness, saw his first SOL
der Of the present American contin-
gent, recently when the Three Hun
dred and Fifty-sixth Regiment Band
Of Camp Funston, Kansas, paraded
past his hotel window, the bandages
having been removed from his eyes
the day they were there.
Brown was especially interested in
them because during the Civil War, as
a youth of 18 years, he was denied ad-
mittance into the army as drummer
boy, because of his age. His father
gave him a whipping when he found
out that his son had tried to enlist,
but Brown sneaked away later to the
recruiting station only to find that the
officers had been instructed not to
take him.
Brown had five brothers in the Civil
War, four in the army of the North
and one in the Confederate Army.
Only one was injured and all got
through the war alive. He has seen
neither of them since he left them in
Pennsylvania, forty years ago.
Brown is to be given his first sight
of Liberty Bond next week, and he
says he plans to invest literally in
them as soon as he sells his farm at
Vandalia. He says he believes they
are worth having to the limit.
Brown has seen no pictures OF the
new submarines, tanks, gas masks
and other implements of war, and al
so is to be shown them this week. His
visit to Fulton for the operation re-
suited in his first separation from hi;
wife to whom he has been married
forty-eight years.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
MISS TRIX TURLEY
TO MARRY
DES MONIES MAJ

DES MONIES MAN
Miss Trix Turley, daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. T. T. Turley, was mar
ried at two o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the Turley home to W. c. Ell
lis, Of Des Moines, Iowa. The Rev.
C. A. Mitchell performed the GER
emony. Only relatives were pres
ent. The only out of town guest was
Mrs. J. X. Pool, of Jefferson City,
a sister of the bride.
Miss Turley is graduate of Nc
MILAN High School and of the busi-
ness department of William Woods
College. She wasya stenographer in
Mexico after her graduation and for
the past year has been with the Libra
ry Commission in Des Moines. She is
capable young woman, possessing
unusual charm and ability.
Mr.. Ellis is head of the policy de-
partment of the Central Life Assur-
ance Society in Des Moines. The
couple will leave for Kansas City al
5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, ant
will spend few days there before
going to their home in Des Moines.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
MEXICO STILL LAGs

Audrain county has now reached the
$500 mark in her Liberty Loan
drive. This amount is thirty per
cent over her quota, but Mexico has
not yet gone over the top. Only
$186,2OO Of the s194,OOO which is the
minimum quota here, has yet been
sold. w. w. Pollock said Tuesday
morning that the committee hoped
the banks would be able to put Mex
leo safely over the top by Wednesday
morning.
Among the towns in the county
which have done exceptionally well is
Vandalia, where $122,8O0 worth Of
bonds have been sold, and the neces-
sary five per cent of the sales already
sent to Federal headquarters.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
GEORGE CALLAHAN WEDS
Marries Miss Geftie Flood at Her
Sisters Home in St. Louis ;.

George Callahan and Miss Gertle
Flood surprised their many Mexico
friends Monday when they went to
st. Louis to be married. Their inten-
tion was to be married Monday night
at the home of Miss Floods sister in
st. Louis.
Miss Flood came to Mexico last fall
to accept the position as head waitress
at the Hoxsey Hotel and has been
here since. She has made many
friends during her stay in Mexico.
Miss Flood has two sisters, one in st
Louis, and one residing at High Hill
Mo. Her father and mother are both
dead.
Mr.. Callahan is one of Mexico's
bright and energetic young men with
wide circle of friends. He has
worked at the Hoxsey Hotel for quite
awhile and worked at the White
Kitchen on the south side of the
square before the Ringo fire.
The Ledger joins the many friends
of the young couple in extending bes'
wishes for happy married life.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
HAS JOINED NAVY

Ray Fraley left Sunday night for
st. Louis in response to call from
navy authorities there. Fraley en-
listed in the navy sometime ago and
will probably be sent to the Great
Lakes Training Station at Great
Lakes, Illinois.
Dick Appling, former court reporter
of the Audrain County Circuit Court,
successfully passed his examinations
at the Third Officers Training Camp
at Camp Dodge, Iowa, recently, and
qualified for Second Lieutenant. He
will receive his commission as soon
as a vacancy occurs. This will be
good news to Mr.. Appling's many
Mexico friends.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
nnena Red Crosse Morkroom

Mrs. F. P. Van Ness, chairman of
the Red Cross workroom, will open a
branch workroom at the home of Mrs.
George H. Randle, 734 West Liberty
street, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Randle has already secured sixteen
names of women who wish to become
enrolled at the new worBroom and
thinks that as many more will soon
be added. The workroom will be un-
der the supervision of Mrs. Van Ness.
Another will be opened some time
soon at the home of Mrs. Frank Coats
worth.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
.BURRIS JENKINS SPEAKS
HERE ON MAY ELEVENTH
Faster Of Kansas City Church VIII
Tell Of Experiences Back Of
Fighting Line
HUDSON MAY COME. TOO
Red Cross VIII Bring Men Here 10
lnaugurate Big National Drive
for Funds

DIR. Burris A. jenkins, pastor Of the
Linwood Boulevard Christian Church
Of Kansas City, will be in Mexico Sat
urday afternoon May IL, and make
an address in the interest Of the sec
ond s1O0.OO0,O0O War Fund Campaign
Of the Red Gross. The time and place
will be announced later.
DIR. jenkins has seen much Of the
struggle in France as a war eorre-
spondent. He has proven himself a
very interesting and forceful speaker,
those who have heard him say.
An effort is also being made
to bring here DR.. ]. W. Hudson, of the
University of Missouri, who has Just
returned from France.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors Of the Red Cross Tuesday, Mrs.
j. E. Durkee announced that up the
the present time, the local Red Cross
work room has shipped three thous-
and articles from the work room.
Mrs. Durkee also reported that the
chapter of which Mexico is the center
has nineteen branches and auxiliaries,
with an average membership of twen-
ty-five members.
Miss Ethel Reed, who has charge Of
refugee work among the high school
girls, said that she had just packed
two boxes containing 122 garments to
be sent off for this work. An effort
will be made to keep this work ur
all through the summer.
| w. c. Johnson reported that Garter
school, with an enrolment of eleven
pupils, had raised 50 for the Junior
Red Cross and had pledged to kni
washrags and make gun wipers.
| Mrs. C. c. Hammond was chosen al
delegate to the National Conference
Of Social Work, which is to be held il
Kansas City May Is to %.
Mrs, F. P. Van Ness reported tina
two workrooms would be opened OF
Wednesday at the homes of Mrs
George Randle and Mrs. Frank Coats
worth.
The following chairmen of commit
tees were announced:
John Stewart, Speakers.
Mrs. C. C. Hammond, Estimates an
Lists.
Mrs. W. W. Fry, Jr., Transports
ton.
Mary Margaret Mcbride, Publicity
S. J. Buckner, Treasurer.
The cards which are to be used 70
the pledge of monthly gifts to tn
Red Cross were distributed at tn
meeting and each member of tn
: board will assist in getting thes
cards to the attention of those VIII
ought to give.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
u. S. Troops
In Thickest
Of the Fight
American Guns Rake Germans IA
Pieardy and Soldiers Fight From
Shell Holes
FRENCH RUSH TO FRONT
nuns Advance and Bring Up More
Cannon When Sammies
Appear
Bulletin, 500 p. m.

Bulletin, $500 p. m.
special to Mexico Evening Ledger
/. LONDON, May /. - The United
States troops are in the midst of the
thiekest of tOday's fighting. Their
guns are raking the Germans in Pi-
eardy, and their soldiers are standing
waist-deep in shell holes as they
fight the Germans, undeterred by a
return fire and advance which is un-
usually heavy. The German advance
has been so sudden and so strong that
French re-inforcements have been
rushed to the front to stop the on
coming Huns.
When the Americans appeared in
their usual dashing, alert, and deter
mined fighting trim, the Germans i'm
mediately brought up more cannon.
Dispatches sent out recently from
press correspondents close to the
fighting line say that the American
soldiers go into battle shouting and
stay in until they win or are killed
The Germans are said to fear the in.
fluence of their enthusiasm on thC
fighting morale of the German army,
1t is not generally known how many
American medical men are serving
with the British in Flanders and Pi.
cardy. They have been true to tn,
highest standard of bravery and init
ative, carrying on under the heaviest
fire, attending the wounded and otter
going into No Mans Land.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1918-05-02
BRUISED IN FALL

J. T. Johnson was thrown to the
ground Monday while driving in his
spring wagon in a pasture on his
farm and bruised about the face and
neck. Some bolts in the seat of the
vehicle became loosened and allowed
the seat to drop down in such a way
that Mr.. johnson was thrown out. He
was driving some stock to one of the
other pastures when the accident oc-
cured and for few minutes was
unable to get up from the place where
he had fallen. He is able to be around
but is still considerably bruised.