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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
PROVE PAROLE
LAW FAILURE
In New York Is Per Cent
of Released Prisoners
Return to Jail.

Albany, \. Y-"Al that is done for
the man inside the prison wall is
mcager as compared with that which
may be done for him on the outside, or
from the day he gets his suit of clothes
from the state and $40. From the
moment IA convict leaves the prison he
needs a helping hand, and if this en-
fragment is not afforded his re-
turn 10 a cell is almost "A certainty.
The personal touch must be there to
protect him. and until "A parole law is
enacted which will make it possible to
uphold to some extent the humane in
tention of the statute no lasting prog
ress will he made in the reclamation
o. the convict" l.....
| These are the findings in the annual
report of the state parole board, which
| is composed of George w. Benham of
Auburn. pr Elmer f. Larkin of Piatts-
burg and Superintendent of state
| Prisons James NJ. Carter.
| Big Per Cent Return.
| Only three parole officers are en-
1 plqyed by. the state to give personal
supervision to approximately twelve
| hundred convicts who are Professionally
discharged every twelve months, which
the parole board vigorously contends is
| absurd. Prisoners are released now nj
| the expiration of undetermined sem
fences, and startling percentage, /,
| is aid, are returned as delinquent
some of them six or eight weeks from
the day they pass from the prison
gate.
| The number of parole violators has
enlarged to such Il proportion during
the last two or three years that tn,
paroled convict has gone on apparently
| ignoring the provisions Of his parole
o. giving them no serious considcra-
ton. When a convict is thus released
from a state penal institution he agrecl
4 to work steadily, 10 keep good com.
pany, 10 remain distant from places
4 where intoxicating liquors are sold
and to file his report every 80 days foI
one year 10 The person 10 whom he IL
paroled.
Societies for Aid.
4 It is conceded that without Tia,
asista nee of parole associations, s',ci
as the Catholic Protective society. tn.
Salvation Army. and the Hebrew Aif
association and others. the law Woul,
be lamentably negative. F'aflurc t
keep in personal touch with the pa
rolled convict, who is still prisone
| until he has complied with the cOndi
tions of his parole. the report says, l.
| the basic cause Of increasing rccidi
| vism, which. without control, vii
mean eventually the total elimination
OF the Fundamental purpose of the en-,
tire parole system.
! The number of dciinqucncies for TIM
year ended June 30, 1917. was 3ls~4
practically 25 per cent Of the tOta
number paroled.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
KINDLY ByRclAR
| ROBBED OF FAITH
Gives Victim Rebate Only to
BE Caught and Locked
in Jail.
RAIDED MANS ROOM
Stark Conway Woke 10 Find
Stranger Going Through
His Trousers.

/, doesn't pay burglar to be kind.
Howard George was kind ana now
he is IN the county jail, charged with
larceny by the man whom he be-
frionded
stark Conway, an old timer, IL the
man. He doesn't care how generous
George may have been With Conway
money He's out for a conviction.
George Riflsd Clothes.
According to Conway, George Is
quite bad, Conway says he woke up
in his room III John Frasors lodsing
house early Sunday morning and
found George. who had no business
there, going through his trousers,
oct out Of here" says he
George laughed,
And gimme back my money" saio
Conway.
George laughed again.
Gets Money for Breakfast.
Well" said Conway, seeking :
compromise, gimme enough fol
breakfast. them
"oh. all right" George replied
here's a coupla bucks
Conway took the two iron men ant
AS soon as George was out of Sigh
ran to the police station. Patrolmai
| iiurSs went back with him and they
discovered George stili hanging arount
! the lodging house.
George has been turned over to tht
! county authorities.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
Red Cross Benefit Play
at Victor Brings in $40

Victor March 2i.-Special.--Th
play. Too Many Husbands" given by
the junior class at the opera house last
night, was attended by a large and
5gfpreciatiEe audience. The net pro-
eeeds of $50 will so to the local Red
Cross society. 10 purchase material to
II. made upsIor the American boys at
the front. The local band furnished
excellent music for the evenings en-
t.rlainment .5ssss s .a-t-E 5.lg --5a. a. - zs
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

work IS pleasure. tell all my friends
who have any trouble Of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. NELLIE B.
BRITT1NGHA1, COS Calverton Rd., Bsld-
more, Md.
It is only natural for any woman TO
dread the thought of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that it
~ill pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying It be-
5ore submitting to such trying ordeal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
DECORATE AMERICANS
FOR VALIANT DEEDS
Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded to Nine.

With the American Army in France.
March 24--By the Associated Press ~
The distinguished service cross has been
three thus decorated are dead. and the
cross, with an appropriate letter, Will
be forwarded to the mex, of kin.
The decorations have been conferred
on Second Lieutenant \. W. Terrcl.
Medical Sergeant Thomas Peterson.
Idcadl rrivatcs Herman Gentry and
lenni fillengem lhoth dead) and Scr
e,ants Warner Han and james II.
West and Corporas Edgar II. Free
man. Amos Tesl<r and Homer Whttcd,
'ail Of the same infantry regiment.
Some of the men had already been
decorated with the French war cross,
Gave Life for Others.
Medical Sergeant Peterson, as prcvi-
.ously reported, MIS- attached To AN ar
ti.icry regiment and in action on March
., although mortaily wounded. super
Nised the care ri wounded brought to
a station. which he had established
and in order to save the lives OF 9TH
era gave up his own. lie died OF his
Nounds the same night.
Private Ftlleneem. as sentry, stood
by his post the same day, notwith-
standing heavy shell fire, and was
mCrtally wounded as a result.
The distinguished service cross i,
on" of the four new decorations FOL
| bravery. service Or wounds in the wa
| against Germany. authorized by Presi
! dent Wilson. These decorations ar,
| awarded with the approval Of Genera
Pershine. the American commander II
| chief.
| Several distinguished service crosse
| were awarded soldiers of the American
| rfpcdiiionarY force about a week ag'
for extraordinary hcroism, The eros
1 will be Of bronZe, with ribbon an,
amy persons serving in any capacit.
| with The army In eligible for the honor
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

cSA.1AA~A As~A $4,000
aches and every
month would have to
stay in bed most of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for a time but
my doctor was al
ways urging me to
have an operation.
My sister asked me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h q ms Vegetable
Compound b e FOR e
consenting to an
Operation. / took
FIVE bottles of itand
it has completely
cured me and my
a. a.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
Think Offensive Made to
Deceive People at Home
Continued From Page One.S

been able TO make Roadway, no def
mite enyeloping movement is as yet
outlined.
1T would be premature to express
an opinion regarding the tactical
phases of the operations now taking
place. We must expect further changes
in the combat, a situation inevitable
in a 4batt4e of such magnitude. 49,
Enemy casualties have been exceed
ingly heavy. SD 49,. & .s,.l
Artillery dueis are reported in Artois
and Flanders and the extension of the
battle front is possible" Rae
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
HIS STATUS.

Il have just come from man who is
doomed to hard labor In working out
a sentence"
Is he a criminal"
NO; he's al author Baltimore
American.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

Even good excuse is the poorest
product OF inventive genius. Albany
journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25


his spring work. AIR Egan will have
He reports that his $50 acres of winter
wheat shows a good stand.
The Red Cross IT, given Friday aft
crnoon by Mrs. Cocker Eathbone and
Mrs John n. BAILEY was Wen attended
ard Il nice sum was realized.
ST. lanatius.-County Superintendent
of Schools Miss Mabel I.indstadt, made
a professional visit to st. lgnatius pub
lie schools last Thursday
a letter has been received by II. n.
Bickle from J. Pearson, who was for
merly employed in the reclamation
service here and now in the Canadian
army. Mr.. Pearson was seriously
wounded in one Of the engagements
and his company almost annihilated
only four officers OF his battalion be-
ing left. Mr.. Pearson has been deco
rated with the military cross and pro
mote to Il captaincy.
Miss Florence Biggerstaff has re-
turned from q weeks visit in Butte.
Victor.--Mr and Mrs. George Robb
of Drummond are here for an extended
visit at the home of Mr. Rohb's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Robh.
Miss Gladys keirns and Herbert
Hickey have returned from Rozemnn.
where they have been taking the short
course at the Agricultural college.
Lester johnson returned the last
week from an extended tour of the
northwest.
Miss Vivian Kaa. who is teaching
school at Grantsdale. is spending the
Weekend at the home of her parents,
DR. and Mrs Kaa.
Suia-"The Dust of the Earth" was
presented at the clubhouse Saturday
levening, by the Yeomen of Darby. The
play was wen attended.
| Miss Dora Wetzsteon is visiting
| friends in Missoula this week,
| Corvails-Mrs. j. II. Golf has SOLD
| her five-acre ranch and home to Johr
! Tatro and in the deal, the Tatro resi-
dencc in town, west of the Walker
house. became the property Of Mrs
Golf. She will take possession April l
and Mr.. Tatro's daughter and family
the Elliotts, will move to the ranch
property.
Miss Marian Richard, bookkeeper a
the J. Bowden store, was IL Missouls
shopper Thursday and Friday.
| DR.. c. l.. McCausland went to Mis-
soula Saturday and after conductin;
| quarterly conference, will return to tn
Reagan ranch, where he is spending
| few weeks vacation.
| Mrs. Butler, chairman of the loca
Red Cross auxiliary, has gone to Ana
conda for a visit with her daughter
During her abssnce the 1shh eros
rooms will be in charge Of Mrs. Rob
ert Johnson.
Sam Brown came here Friday iron
Ariee TO visit with friends.
| +. \. Hawker is spending the wee|
near Ariee, assisting Alvin Whitest
in building a cottage on his ranch.
The girls of Mrs. Oscar Logan
Sunday school class, each with tw
friends, were delightfully."- entertaine
Friday afternoon at the Logan home.
Harry Maddux returned Friday fror
a business trip to Missoula.
Darby-Mrs. George l.. Metcalf an
Thursday on their way to Butte, wher
tehildren came in from the West For
Mr.. Metcalf has been located for sew
Ieral months.
| A boy arrived at Mr.. and Mrs. Warn
FER Laird's Friday, March ~.
Mrs y. W. Roscoe and daughter
i Miss Iretta Roscoe. have gone to Ana
conda, where Mr.. Roscoe has work fl
the summer. L.
| Mrs. L. j. Billings and little Sol
Barnum. Ir.. returned home Thursda
from a visit Of several months in tn
east. ..==
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

And when a woman suffers in sill
enee, it's generally In her husbands
acknowledgements Press.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead l took Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years
suffered from organic troubles, ner-
ord haa1
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

At Glance
Brief Bits of News From
Western Montana.

Ronan.-T f. Egan has returned
from visit in Iowa. and has started
his spring work. Mr.. Egan will. have
out ahout 700 acres of wheat this year.
He reports that his $50 acres of winter
wheat shows d good stand
The Red Cross IT. given Friday aft
crnoon by Mrs Cocker Eathbone and
Mrs. John \. Bailey was wei attended
ard Il nice sum was realized
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-25

displayed by Of what they leave OF in their dress
they And
ehnementa something hard define. but nevertheless real
When know you're well dressed in this
we'll dressed as possible to be-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

rhe Estate of John A. Tyson. Jr., deceased.
No. Att
In the Chancery Court Of Noxubee County.
Mississippi.
Letters of administration on said estate
having been on the 18th day Of November,
Tyson, chancery clerk of said county Of NSx.
lbee.
All persons having claims against said es.
tate are required to have same probated and
registered by said Clerk within one year from
this date.
A failure for one year to probate and reg
lister any claim will bar thesame.
[ This the15th day Of November, 1918.
MRS. RUBY COCKRELL TYSON,
Administrative of said estate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
TRUSTEES SALE

The State of Mississippi, Noxubee County
By virtue of the provisions of a certain
deed of trust executed by Mrs. Belle Shep-
herd and J. c. Shepherd on the 9th day Of
January, 1915, to w. F. Combs, as trustee.
to secure to X. Green a certain Indebtedness
therein mentioned, said trust deed being re-
corded in Deed Book No.114, page 1868 in
Chancery Clerks office in std county, 7, the
undersigned as substituted trustee, will on
Monday, the seth day of December, 1918
within legal hours in front of the door of the
iourt house in tn city of Macon, Miss, pro-
coed to sell at hte highest bidder for cash
Lot a in block 16 in the town Of Shuqualak
Miss, with all buildings thereonto, being
the property known as the late It. C. Edwards
store property, bought of S. d. Chamberlin
in Noxubee county, Miss.
The property mentioned in said trust deed
will be sold to satisfy std Indebtedness and
the lost Of this proceedings.
CHAS. STRONG,
This Nov. %. 1918 Substituted Trustee.
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NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS


Sealed bids are invited to be filed with
the undersigned clerk on or before 2 O'Clock
p. M. on Monday. the 9Th day of January,
1919. for furnishing the material for and con-
structing according to plans and specifca-
tons now on file in the Chancery Clerks
office of Noxubee County, Mississippi, the
following
Four Brick Arches on the Binion and
Skinner road sixteen miles southeast of Ma
con, Mississippi, opposite what is known as
the Boykin place, now owned by Halstead.
Said work to be completed within thirty
days from the date of awarding the con-
tract.
The contract will be let to the lowest bid
der who must. during the meeting at which
the contract is awarded enter into formal
contract and furnish bond. with sufficient
%sureties, for the prompt, proper and efficient
performance Of the contract. in penalty not
less the contract price. The Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids. Con-
tractor to pay for recording contract and
bond.
By order Of the Board of Supervisors vid.
Minute Book %, page 53) this 9Th day of
December 1918.
JNO. A. TYSON. Chancery Clerk.
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NOTICE

To all banks in Noxubee County. Miss.
and in the adjoining counties of the State
Sealed bids are invited to be submitted to
the Board of Supervisors of Noxubee, Mis-
~sissippi, on
Tuesday, Jan. It'll, 1919. at 2 o'clock P. M
for the privilege of keeping the County
Funds, or any part thereof, for the year
1919.
All propositions must conform to the re-
quirements of Laws 1912. Chapter 1914, and
of Laws of 1914, Chapter 257, and of Laws of
1918, Chapter los. Seal bid shall state the
security proposed.
The contract will be awarded to the bank
or banks offering the highest rate Of interest.
By order of the Board Of Supervisors Of
Noxubee County. Mississippi, this December
6th, 1915. JNO. A TYSON
. Clerk Board of Supervisors, P. o. Macon.
Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27
Advantages Of Borrowing from the
British G American Mortgage Company, Limited

l. This Company has a Resident Correspondent and Local Inspector
in each County where it tnnsacts business. It can therefore close
its loans more promptly than other lenders and when the notes and
mortgages are signed the borrower receives his money-there are no
delays.
2 This Company makes three classes Of instanment loans, interest
payable on November LIST annually and the principal as follows:
() 5year loans: Annual installmcnts Of principal, one
tenth on November 1t Of the first, second, third and
fourth years, and the remaining six-tenehs on Novem-
Der LIST Of theffth year.
Q) 7year loans: No principal payable first and second
years, after which the entire principal is payable in five
equal annual instruments.
() 1Oyear loans: No principal payable first, second and
third years, after which the principal is payable in six
annual instalments of onetenth each, remainder at the
end Of the tenth year.
8. This Company allows its loans to be paid of before maturity, in
whole or in part, il so desired, provided the privilege is asked for in
the application. The form of option written into the mortgage is
a. follows;
privilege is reserved to reduce the principal by
payment of 500 or mulhpes thereof at any
interest due date after the second year by giving
so days notice in writing at the Office Of the
Company in New York. Upon the receipt Of any
such payment of principal, the interest shall
proportonately abate"
Should a loan run to maturity an arrangement can be made for a
further renewal at nominal cost.
4. Should a borrower desire to sell a part of his property a pnrtal
release can be obtained provided the margin Of security is not i'm
peri1ed.
8. Should a borrower wish to donate an acre or two Of land for a
schoohouse o n church or desire to give a Right of Way to a railroad,
this Company always releases such land as a matter of course,with-
out any payment.
6. Should a borrower die while his loan is running his family can
pay off the loan at any time with accrued interest to date or it can
be carried to maturity with payment Of the easy instalments pro
vided in the mortgage.
Z. This Company regards its customers as its friends and tries to
do everything to help them.
L. +. ALLGOOD, Correspondent, Macon, Miss.
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NnTIrE ~ 49,

Whereas it appears to the Nay
and Board Of Aldermen that on
count of the purchase Of a City Hsl
and the improvements thereon al
the repairing on the water plant tha
il will be necessary to issue bonds Oh
the CITY to the amount Of S6OOOW
being advised by the city attorne.
that the payment can not come out o
the general funds as formerly, bns
that the last legislature made II
mandate to take care of Indebtedness
which Indebtedness could have beei
taken care of otherwise by annua
payments thereon, and
1t appearing to the Board thai II
is not necessary to issue bonds for q
period of time to refund said lndeot-
I edness of over five (5) years, the
Indebtedness having been a liability
and created prior to March, 1918,
thereupon the following order was
passed by the Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen at its regular adjourned
meeting onon the 22nd day Of Nov
ember, 1918:
NOTICE OF BOND ISSUE
Whereas, 1t is manifest to the may
! or and board of aldermen of the city
of Macon, Mississippi, that there is
an ~immediatete necessity for the IS
suance of bonds for the purpose OF
paying the outstanding Indebtedness
of the City of Macon, Mississippi.
BE 1T THEREFORE RESOLVED,
That it is the purpose of the Mayer
and Board of Aldermen to issue bonds
of the City of Macon, Mississippi in
the amount of 100000, serial be ids
which are issued for the purpose Of
liquidating the outstanding indebted
ness of the said city, it having insult
ficient funds in the treasury to pay
same.
The above notice is published in ac-
cordance with the laws of 1914, chap.
ter lat, in so far as applicable, and
an amendment thereto of the laws II
1918, chapter 200, for the purpose 4
notifying the taxpayers of Macoh,
Miss, of the proposed action of the
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen, s.
that if there be any opposition to til
issuance of said bonds, it may be pie
scented to the Mayor and Board of Al
dermen on or before the 30th day VI
December, 1918.
1t is further Ordered, That the
above notice be published in the Ma
con Beacon, a weekly papaer publish
ed in tn City of Macon, Mississippi,
and having a general circulation
therein for three (3) weeks next pre-
ing Tuesday, the 30th day of Decem-
Der, 1918.
Approved, this the 22d day Of No
vember, 1918.
Attest: Mayor.
J. j. SCOTT, Clerk.
The above and foregoing resolution
was duly passed at a regular adjourn
ed meeting held at the Mayors office
as provided by law, having been first
reduced to writing, was voted upon.
The following voting yea: Aldermen
Allen, Featherston, Patty and Patty.
The following voted nay-None.
This resolutino and order was unan-
imously passed and recorded in book
F., page 1872. J.J. SCOTT,
Clerk.
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NOTICE no

In the Chaneery Court Of Noxubee. Miss
sippi, The Estate Of Geo. Richardson, be-
ceased. No ASA.
Letters Chas. Richardson on the estate
having been on the 23rd. day Of December,
1918. granted to the undersigned by Jno. A.
Tyson. Chancery Clerk Of said County Of
Noxubee.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to have same probated and
registered by said Clerk within one year from
this date.
A failure for one year to probate and reg
ister any claim will bar the same. This 3rd.
day Of December. 1918.
CHAS. RICHARDSON,
Administrator of Said Estate.
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NOTICE.

State of Miss. Noxubee Co.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Commissioners of District
No. 5, of Noxubee County, Mississip-
pi, will receive bids on
Monday, the 9Th day of JAM, 1919
at the Court House of Noxuhee Coun-
ty, Mississippi, for one teamster for
the year 1919, and for one managing
teamster for said year; salary paya-
BILE monthly. Said teamsters to work
on the good roads of District No. 5,
Noxubee County, Mississippi, under
the direction of said Commissioners
This 4th day of December, 1918.
w. A. PARKS,
w. A. NUCKOLS,
D. B. CADE,
Commissioners of District No. 5
Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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NOTICE.
No. 4O6 and GA.

Sealed bids are invited to be filed with the
undersigned Clerk on or before Two O'Clock
p. m. on
Monday, the 9th day OF Januarv, 1919
for painting the iron bridges of the county
as per specifications on file.
The contract will be let to the lowest hid
der who must, during the meeting 1T which
the contract is awarded. enter into formal
contract and furnish bond, with sufficient
for the prompt. proper and efficient
performance of the contract In penalty not
less the contract price. The Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Supervisors this
9Th day of December. 1918
TOHN A. TYSON Clark
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-12-27

The trouble" department, as the
Home Service Bureau of the American
Red Cross in Italy is called, is receiv.
ing allotment checks at the rate az
$4,000 a month.