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New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
News Digest
Foreign

War Bonds Overshadow Other Lon.
don. Securities.-LONDON, Jan. Is.
The stock market was rather quietsT
to-day. owing to the attraction Of The
national war bonds. the sales of whrS
amounted 70 f33 100000 last week. In.
vestment shares were easy, but re.
newed strength and activity developed
in Peruvian issues, shipping and m
dustrial shares and low priced Rhode
sian mines. The latter advanced N
spectacular fashion. Russian BONDS
were weak and four points lower OIL
reports of reputation OF debts.
Paris Bourse-PARISs Jan. 10
Trading was more active en- the bourss
o-day Three per cent rentes, %
francs 25 cenLlmcs Tor cash. Exchange
on London, 81 francs IS centlmes. fNs
per cent loan, SO francs 80 centlmeS'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Columbia Bank Increases Capital,
Elections

Samuel NJ. Greer has been elec,eu = e
vice president of the Bankers lfI., ,hs
Company. He has been active IN tor tor
telephone business in the last ,Ss .Ss
many years, serving first with anS s,S
New York Telephone Company, az
then with the Chesapeake and fo'o"i''
Telephone Company.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Dividend Changes

American Sumatra Tobacco.-ine US. 'gs
per per cent on the common stock. an inerss'ii
Of per cent annually. payable feorua,s ;os.
to stock of record January 2a also 'hs me, On
ular semi-annual dividend Of 3'2 per ce',' 10
the preferred stock. payable Mareh
stock of record February ID.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

Commodity prices, checked in
their upward course irs November,
are rising again. In spite of the
fact that prices for some basic prod
ucts have been fixed, in spite of the
campaign for curtailment of con-
sumption, Dun's index number,
which shows the general level of
commodity prices, stood at 222.17 on
January l.. That is the highest point
touched since Civil War days. With
prices figured in terms Of depre-
ciated currency, the index reached
312.73 in September, 1864, roughly
40 per cent above the present aver
age. But we have been at war only
ten months, and the effects of the
imitation which has taken place have
been temporarily deferred. Before
the war ends it would not be at all
surprising to see the old record
reached and passed. The prospects
are that as imitation Of the cur
rency, or of credit, which amounts
to the same thing, becomes greater
and greater prices will rise at
steadily accelerated pace. Exten-
sion of the price-fxing scheme will
not halt the rise, unless it should
be extended to cover all or nearly
all products; and if it were, pro-
duction probably would fall so much
that the government would be
forced to abandon interference with
the law Of supply and demand. That
is the opinion Of economists who
have studied the situation carefully.
1t is apparently also the belief held
by a number of investment bankers
and probably accounts for a recent
change in the character of the offer
ings of several large institutions. In
the usual lists Of securities which
for many years have been regarded
as gilt-edged there is now included
a sprinkling Of seasoned industrial
bonds. These bonds are still selling
at prices which make the yields very
alluring in contrast with the old line
railroad and municipal issues, and
they are in demand not only for that
reason but because they may be less
affected by rising commodity prices
than the others. Rapidly increasing
assets tend to make them constantly
safer. That is not to say that they
will not decline in price as the pur-
chasing power Of income sfrinks,
however. There is no doubt that
they will exhibit the same tendency
as other bonds in this respect.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Friction Hampers
Call of Workers
To War Industries
Federal Employment Bu-
reau at Odds With Other
Departments
[Stuf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-If labor is
to be distributed in response to the
needs of war industries, Federal de-
partments making demands on industry
for munitions and other supplies for
the fighting force must cooperate with
the Department Of Justice, the United
States Employment Service announced
tonight in making public the result of
a labor survey CT forty-one New York
cities.
An instance Of the lack of CO.
operation between the departments
needing war supplies and the employ
ment service is seen in this paragraph
in the report:
The very morning upon which the
surgeon general was quoted in the
press as reporting three hundred cases
in one camp hospital as being without
beds Department Of Labor agent sent
In a schedule from a mattress and
spring bed firm which was laying off
its labor because of lack of orders"
The service demands representation
on the War Industries Board and more
definite cooperation between the army
and navy purchasing departments and
the Department of Labor in order that
labor may be utilized where its pro-
ductiveness will accrue to the greatest
advantage to the government.
Work Badly Hampered
ut cannot be too strongly empha-
sized that at present the work of
placement of men is seriously ham
pered by the fact that the informa-
ton concerning contracts which has
come to this department. is so incom-
plete as to have rendered it practical
ly worthless" the report asserts
There are 500 factories in the State
of New York, the report shows, en-
ploying 261,117 persons, filling war or
ders. About 176 of these firms are
calling for additional labor. Thirty
tour thousand one hundred and fifty
live workers, or number equal to
about IL per cent of the existing labor
forces in these industries, ere called
for indefinite tc.ms. Skilled male labor
IS requested in nearly three-fourths OF
the cases and woman labor is little
more than one-tenth. Unskilled male
labor is wanted i'll only about one.
seventh of the untitled jobs.
Where Men Are Needed
OF the additional labor called for lr
10 OF the factories not all is required
Immediately, the dates of the calls cx.
tending to June, 1918, the report saws
The industries making the LARGEST cal
Tor labor and the number of workers
they request are listed in the report as
follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Finance Economics
STREET OFFICE:
Mills Building is Broad St.

munc from interference while the
grower of wheat must sell at a fixed
price merely because of difference
in location and, possibly, political
faith.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

Inc calls involving the largest num-
Der of workers and demanding i'm
mediate attention are from the cities
IN the western part of the state. the
report says.
"While the distances between the
cities IN which there is labor short
age and those where there are indus.
tfles laying off labor are not great p
the report says, "the Transportation is
material item, and if it becomes
necessary to shift labor from New YorI
Lity or more distant points the rail-
road fare becomes problem. The cir
cumstance suggests this concrete oues.
ton: With the government controllinr
the railroads. is it feasible to make az,
rangements whereby TRANSPORTATION
charges for workers on war orders 1's
would be borne equally by the govern.
ment and the manufacturer, if the
worker stayed certain period"
In New York State. the report statos
!he cltles IN which the labor shortage
IS most acute are Buffalo and Roches.
ter. The demands in these cities are
chiefly Tor skilled workers in metal in
dustries and the most promising
sources Of supply, according to the re-,
port, are Syracuse, Rome, Amsterdam
and Albany. ~ "a IA
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
New York

Fall River Electric Notes 1ielo his"
Rate.-A banking syndicate. CONSISTING
of the Guaranty Trust Company, Lef'
Higginson & Co. and Merrill, Oldham,
& Co., the latter a Boston house; mas
purchased 81 900 .OGO of Fall River bLec.
trio light Company two-year per ceh' l
coupon gold notes. The notes are De-
ing offered at 93a4 and accrued lntel.' e,.
est and yield at this price about :,
per cent. The notes have been soid ps
the company to provide for the re'lls
ment substantially of all OF the pre-
ent floating debt of the corpora'lOnngl
which was incurred for extensions a"'
additions TO property
Columbia Bank Increases tapitai.,
At a special meeting of the stocKho'p,
ers yesterday it was voted to lncTesss, Hs
the capital stock of the Columbia bar aas
from 100000 to s1,0e0,ooo- nv
issue has already been underwri'..sua '.u
without cost or commission, ana "., .k
become effective March /. Inc pam
will then have. in addition to rs SUI. w..
capital, approximately S'oo'Voo 81
pluS
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

Members of the local Cotton En-
change have not been much dis
turbed by tho introduction in Con
gress Of the SABBATH bill to prohibit
dealing in cotton and woollcn fut-
ures, but there are some III the
financial district who feel that the
Representative from Illinois has
fired the first gun in what promises
to be highly interesting and i'm
portant pohtico-economic battle.
| Those who hold this view attach less
significance to the bill already pub
lished than to the announcement
made by Congressman SABBATH that
he would shortly introduce ,another
bill to empower the President to fix
prices for cotton and wool and to
take them over for government pur-
poses as they might be needed. Any
movement to fix the price of cotton
is likely to precipitate u livelier dis
cussion in Congress than has at
tended the enactment of any lcgis-
lation since the war started, because
the Southern staple has been re-
garded as inviolable by the great
majority of the legislators repre-
senting the sections where it is
grown. Enough has already ap-
peared in print from time to time, as
the price of cotton has scared mer-
rily and steadily upward, to indicate
what form the discussion will take.
The argument is certain to grow
moro bitter as time passes and the
government does, or does not, make
any move toward price fixation.
Theodore II. Price, in the current
issue of Commerce and Finance"
says that whether the SABBATH bill
passes or not the South is on notice
that "its exclusive right to wiring a
subsidy from every nation on earth
is no longer undisputed." The fix
ing of the price for cotton, it is con-
tended by many in the trade, would
have the effect of rendering the law
of supply and demand imperative
and thus work a great hardship on
the Southern planters. On the other
hand, the argument is heard that
the planters themselves have sus-
pended the law Of supply and de-
mand because they have fixed an
arbitrary price upon their property
and decline to sell for less. Under
such conditions governmental ac
ton, t is maintained. is necessary
for the protection of the people,
since without it cotton may be put
to any price that the holders choose
to demand. The real point at issue,
however, is whether the Southern
cotton producer is to be held i'm
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16

Sub-Treasury.--Ncw York banks lost
to the Sub Treasury s3,4S2 900
Silver.-Bars in London, 447sd, down
14d; New York, S95sc, q decrease of
&c; Mexican dollars, 7212c, off 1ac.
London Money Market.-LONDON
Jan. 15.--Moncy was in better supply
and discount rates were steady. There
was an active demand for short bills.
Money was quoted at 3ll per cent.
Discount rates-Short bills, 331-32 per
cent; three months bills, 41-32 per
cent. Gold premium at Lisbon, 10.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Of Administration having
been granted to the undersigned on
the 9Th day Of November. 1918. by
the Chancery Court OF the Second
District Of Chickasaw County. Missis-
sippi. upon the estate OF Mrs. Matte
Davis. Deceased. Notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims
against said Estate to present the
same to the clerk Of said Court at
Okolona. Mississippi, for probate and
and registration according to law
within one year from this date. or
they will be forever barred.
Witness my hand this November
7lh. 1918.
j. NJ. Davis. Administrator,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28

when due precautions are taken by all
exposed persons to avoid the five-foot
barrage and by the patient to avoid
the open-face cough or sneeze, there
seems very little tendency for these
diseases to spread. OF course, it must
never be forgotten that the most high
ly contagious period of such diseases
is the very onset, perhaps before the
rash appears. At that time the germs
are most virulent, most capable Of
trouble
The reader may have overlooked ono
disease mentioned in the formidable
list above coryza, cold in the head"
But ii the reader happens to sample
some .open-faced friends coryza, and
discovers after few days that it ia
really measles. or whooping cough or
infantile paralysis. well, he will nevor
overlook the danger again.
II you must cough, for the sake OF
fairness, to say nothing of politeness.
keep your cough well muzzIed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28

~ VIRUS u lhs provisions n esf.
tain Deed II Trust executed on Ihe
2Olh dsy oi September. 1912, BY John
MeAIIlsIsr ssd Rachel McAIIIsIsr.
bic vile, IL secure q certain indebted.
ness lbsfsln mentioned 10 p. Mcln.
losh. Senior. wherein wss made
Trustee. and which Deed 81 Trust IL
duly recorded In Book 10 81 Psas
81 Of the record Of Trust Deeds In The
Cbsncefy Clerks Office Of Houston.
Cbicksssw County. Mississippi. and
default having been made In The psy.
meni Of said Indebtedness. J
will. on MONDAY. the End day Of
December. 1918. in front Of The couri
House door In The City Of OkoIona.
Mississippi, within legal hours. offer
for sale and sell to The highest bidder
for cash. the following described
properly. situated in Cbickssaw
County. Mississippi, io.wiI:
The West fraction Of Lot (177)
and East fraction OF Lot (l70) in
Block SO. Tiff survey. Okolona. Miss.
beginning at a point 154 feet from the
5. E. corner Of the intersection Of
Monroe and Carter streets. running
thence west parallel with Monroe
street 76 feet. thence north 100 feet,
thence east 76 feet, thence south 100
feet, to the point Of beginning and
further known as east fraction Of Lot
No. 3, and west. fraction Of Lot No. 4
Block 81. according to Randolph sur
vey Of the City OF Okolona. 1908.
Said sale will be made to satisfy
said Indebtedness and the cost Of ex-
ecuiing this trust.
The title to said property is believ-
ed to be good. but | shall convey only
such title as is vested in me as
Trustee.
This the LIST day Of November, 1918.
c. c. JOLLY.
Trustee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue Of the provisions Of Ger
tain Deed Of Trust executed on the
9th day Of February. 1915. by Lewis
Taylor and Sarah Taylor, his wife. ts
secure a certain Indebtedness therein
mentioned 10 Hawkins & Hodges,
wherein | was made Trustee. and
which Deed Of Trust is duly recorded
in Book III at page 262 Of the
Record OF Trust Deeds in the Chaa-
Gerry Clerks Office at Houston, Chick
asaw County. Mississippi, and detsut
having been made in the payment Of
said Indebtedness. | will on Monday
the End day Of December. 1918. il
font Of the court house door in the.
City of Okolona. Mississippi. withia
legal hours. offer for sale and sell te
the highest bidder Tor cash. the follow
ing described property. situated il
Chickasaw County. Mississippi. to-wit
Lots Nos. Four. Five, Eleven and
Twelve "A. S, II. end 12) Block No
Seveniy.Seven Gu. according te
the. Randolph survey Of The Civ #
Okolons. Mississippi.
Said sale will be made to satisfy
said Indebtedness and the cost d
executing this trust.
The title to said properly is be-
lieved to be good. but ! shall convey
only such title as is vested in me al
Trustee.
This The LIST day Of November.
1918.
5. c. HODGES
Trustee
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28
SERVICE THAT WINS
THE SOLDIER HEART
Fred LockIey, Y. N. C. A., Tells Of
the Gratitude OF the Boys
at the Front.

"One of the discoveries men ara
making over here" Fred Lockley, of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and of Portland, Ore
gon, writes from London, "is that
more pleasure can be had out Of Civ
ing than getting. Many man who,
has spent money freely in the old days
to buy pleasure is finding that he gets
more pleasure over here by the spend
Ing of ones self in the service of others.
"a few months ago / went out with
q fellow Y. NJ. G. A. secretary to hunt
up out-of-the-way detachments Of
troops. A stable guard here, ma
chine gun company there, platoon
somewhere else We carried our
goods in an automobile. We had
plenty of writing paper and envelopes
for free distribution, and chocolate,
cookies, chewing t0ba ECO and smoking
tobacco, cigarettes razor blades,
tooth paste and things of that kind for
sale. American war service workers
were busy everywhere. We found Sal
walton Army lassies making doughnuts
for the boys and X. of G. secretaries
giving help Books furnished by the
American Library Association were to
be seen on all sides.
Hearing firing at distance, we
drove down the road and found a
score or no of men at machine gun
practice. The officer gave the men
half an hour recess to buy goods.
AT another place we came In sight
Of lieutenant drilling a platoon.
said to the lieutenant: How soon be-
fore you dismiss the company? We
have Y. nj. c. A. goods for SALE
HE said: Right now. Sergeant,
dismiss the company
"And ten seconds later the company
was in line waiting to buy goods from
our travelling " Grateful is no name
for 1t. The men can't do enough to
show their gratitude"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28

The Mississippi State Board 81
Health IL endeavoring to give the PEG,
Pile OF the state every opportunity 10
get examinations made for the diagno.
sis Of different diseases In the Hygi-
enic Laboratory. Recently provision
has been made for making the Was.
serman test for syphilis. This test IS
often necessary in clearing up the ii
agnosis of obscure cases. 1t is alsa
desirable in watching the recovery Of
the person a. the treatment is admir-
istered. This test will be made for
any citizen Of the state free of cost
Get your family physician or any ply
stefan whom you may consult to writa
to the State Board of Health Labora
tory. Jackson, Mississippi, for mail
ing outfit required by law in sending
the specimen for examination.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28
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TN fiEALTHsFIYGIEN s.T!A
kHA e1t@s STATE SoApe "nrAl1t &c., Co.,
Nominated in the Bond
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''oh, my grandfather and my grand
neither we're both perfectly healthy
10 disease IN our family" . patient Of
hsn declares, whsn the doctor inquiries
about lha family hlstery yea they
t,oih died Of old age"
nut people never die Of old age. Old
age isn't q fatal affllction, II Il rather
a slan OF good health or good habits
Most OF the alleged deaths from old
IAge when We come 10 investigate Suelt
cases, arr otherwise nominated In tlil
aegal death certificate. They. turn ont
10 be arteriorsclorosis hardening OF
ne arteries). pneumonia, cancer, tu.
bercuiosis, apoplexy. pright's disease
lOr something OF the kind. Indeed, II a
doctor 10 20 absent-mInded ~ to enter
Fbld age" as cause Of death, this
hssalth authorities Immediately grow
suspicious and seek to learn what
REALLY bought about the departure OF
hhe deceased. One such certificate
Which was returned to the physician
nor more definite information, brought
10 light q startling thing, namely, that
Che deceased had succumbed from mo
disease, merely natural death" In
other words, the poor man probably
forgot to live any longer. We hope
this affliction will not become cpl.
hemlc in Mississippi.
That reminds us Of the old-time doc
tor who was called to testify concern
ing the last Illness of person whs had
expired several years ago. The doctor
seemed little confused in his mem.
DRY Of the case, but he insisted he had
treated the decedent for no pafticular
disease
well, then" the attorney demand
cd, what was the matter with her?
She was under your care for six
months. yet had no disease, you say?
what was 1t, doctor?"
"Just a rundown condition" the
doctor replied.
Auto or train?' the sarcastic law
ger wanted to know. she had no dis
lease, and she didn't commit suicide.
Something must have run her down"
OF course the lawyer was right.
There rs always a good and sufficient
PAUSE for run down condition
Mhether the cause is determined or
not
Another absent-minded doctor en-
tered operation" as the sole cause of
Aeath, but in order to save the good
man from a charge of homicide the
health officer persuaded him to in
clude also the fact that the victim
had Just been crushed in q railroad
wreck!
A death certificate must be filed be-
fore a burial permit can be issued.
Eince 1t is to become legal record
which may subsequently play an Inn
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28
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lXK HEALIH5HYGIENE
MNN eAM. STATE BOARD rHrAL1H 8
Coughing All Over the Place

Measles. scarlet fever, whooping
sOugh, epidemic cerebrospinal menin-
gifts, pneumonia, diphtheria, tubercu.
aosis, simple sore throat, tonsilitis,
acute bronchitis, acute coryza or acute'
rhinitis (so-called cold in the head'')
and perhaps acute poliomyelitis (infan.
Gle paralysis) are some of the infee.
Nous diseases which are ignorantly CT
criminally spread from person to per-
son through the secretions or discharg-
es from the nose and throat. When
you are unfortunate enough to live
with person so impolite or careless
as to cough all over the place. you are
in position to catch whatever he may
happen to be passing around-and
heaven only can tell what it will prove
to be.
People who sneeze or cough without
covering the nose and mouth, in the
presence of others, ought to be given
wide berth by all who value good
health.
There is whole lot OF misery and
sickness iibellously charged to tho
weather, wet feet, drafts aud damp
ness, which by rights out to be cred
tied TO the openface cough and the
open-face sneeze.
When any one coughs or sneezes
without holding handkerchief, or II
there isn't time to get out the hand
.kerchief then at any rate the hand,
over mouth and nose, there is given
off more or less invisible, but not al
ways impalpable, spray. This spray
carries, as rule, for distance-of no.
to exceed five feet from the offenders
face. Within this five-foot barrags
there is danger Of direct infection with
any germs present in the droplets of
moisture in the deadly spray Beyond
the five-foot barrage there is compare
Awe safety, no matter what the H.
ness happens to be.
The open face sneezer and cougher
should be roughly. or at least rudely,
suppressed He deserves no polite con-
nideration, for he is a menace to his
associates, besides being ar impossl-
Die boor
Il used to be the belief that such
7iseaaes as measles and scarlet fever
were spread through the skin eruption.
Dnt this was probably in error for
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28

Every teacher in Mississippi should
see that each child is made to under
stand the Importance Of the utmost
care in coughing, sneezing and splitting
while at school. We now know that
many serious diseases are often spread
in this way, and the germs of con
sumption, diphtheria, influenza, colds
and other troubles are spread to Other
persons by careless splitting, sneexing
and coughing. Measles. whooping
cough and scarlet fever are also spreaa
by the secretions of the mouth and
nose and children should be taught
these facts and they should be required
to practice the preventive methods
while at school. II this is done con
scientiously by the schools Of the state
1t will go long way in reducing these
diseases among children.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-11-28

The Hygienic Laboratory of the Mis-.
sissippf State Board of Health is max
ing for the people of the state any and
all examinations which have to do with
public health: The following and 9th
er examinations are made free Of cost;
The examination Of sputum for the di.
agnosis OF tuberculosis or consumption.
specimens for the diagnosis Of diph,
iberia. typhoid fever. malaria, hook
worm disease. and also ths bacteria
logical examinations Of water and milk