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The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
KEEP WATCH OF
YOUR AUTO BRAKES

When you are spinning along and
a car darts out of a side street
and you throw on the brakes with
that assurance that they will gently
slow you down in time. isn't il
a comfortable feeling?
Isn't there a difference between
that and the time you were tour
ing in a hilly country a long way
from a garage or repair station
and your brakes went bad?
Dld You ever stop to think vi
the things that made the stopping
OF an automobile within so short
a space and with such apparent
little effort. almost a mystery &c
the non motoring public.
We have talked about our lights
/. and our tires; we have discussed
earbureters. and ignition, and pick
up. and getaway. but, strangely
we seem to have taken for granted
the fact that there are brakes or
our cars and that. when called or
they will always respond. And yet
/ the efficiency of brakes contributes
one of the gravest questions to the
| great motoring public.
More accidents. il is said, occur
from faulty brakes than from any
other one cause. The long-deIayed
movement for brake inspection al
regular intervals. is therefore. well
! bcomed by the sensible motorist as
Eanother forward step which will
remove still further dangers from
hmotorinE.
a Not one man out of a hundred
ISperhaps. knows what his brake
1inings are made of. or why they are
' 4 l..
there are only three places in the
w hole world where asbestos. which
,renders his brakes heat-proOf, is
bnined, or quarried.
He may be ignorant of the fact
that leading chemists. and govern
ment experts. have tested the
-trenGth of the brass wire. the IA
bric. the grapnel. and the absorp-
ion and wearing qualities that &c
ntO hydraulic compressed thermoid
bTake-lininG.
VI The government war experts al
washington have recognized the inn
pOTtance of good brakes, and are
giving close attention to the kind
pf bIake-lininE with which they
fquip cars and trucks for use in
France.
Most fatal automobile accidents
tatistics show. do not occur a,
Nigh speed, but when the car Is
unning at less than twelve miles
IN hour, generally in crowded traf-
+.
1t is therefore. important that
ilotorists in cities, as we'll as in
he country pay more attention tC
heir brakes. and have them in
ccted at regular intervals the
lame as they do with their batter
rs. or any part of the cars.
Mai Raymond Pullman. superin-
cndent of police is one prominent
fficial back of the national brake
Inspection movement
Take look at your brakes today,
The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
SUNDAY. JUNE Q, 1918.

help us. you couldn't help being sorry
for them. They certainly weren't
finding soldering all their fancy
painted 1t. There was one youngster
where we were stationed frst-way
back on the coast. almost. He'd get
a letter from his mother, ever mail.
something like this: My darling boy,
why don't you tell me what you are
doing. long to know Of your dan
gers and hardships. ] see visions OF
you by day. and dream OF you by
night. Are you in the trenches?
fancy you wet and muddy. Are you
wearing your woolen underwear? Are
you warm at night? Sometimes
feel sure you must have been wound
ed, and l can see your fairly csked
with blood and mud. You tell me SO
little
"And darling boy would ask us
plaintively what he could tell her. He
was 800 miles behind the firing line
In as pleasant a part OF France as
there was-quite warm. quite dry, abb
solutely unhurt; and his particular job
was keeping the furnace fires going to
| heat the water for our bathsi He
| wanted to be a hero, but the fates
were 'agin'.
Another said to me oh h! when
my grandchildren ask me what stir
ring things ] did in the great war.
what am / going to tell 'em? That
l sat up nights cooling the fevered
brow of sick mule? And perhaps
the hardest case was that of the man
who wanted to be one girls hero-and
was detailed as a sort of houseman at
the hospital. at a time when the pipes
all froze and broke. and we had alb
solutely no toilet facilities.-and he
was practically our chambermaid.
You know after all 1t took some
hero stuff to submit cheerfully to
that. sort of active service. though
1t won't sound very heroic when he
tells his grandchildren about it, You
observe that they all expect to tell
their grandchildren about it,"
Incidentally IT must have taken
some hero stun to walk up Penn
! sylvania avenue. from Union Sta
tion to the White House. as Miss
Harvey says she did because Wash
ington looked so good to her. on
the sweltering day she arrived, in
! heavy blue , cloth uniform. and
black felt service hat-being all the
clothes she had available at the
moment She had been sent home
to look after a siok nurse. whom
she took to the army hospital at
Lakewood. Trouble? Tuberculosis
contracted "over there" There is.
according to this returned army
nurse great deal of il. and great
deal of pneumonia. The death toll
from these has been appalling
The Washington herald., 1918-06-09
AUTOMOBILE DEALER
Is Preaching THRIFT
Ed Neumeyer Points Out How
Much Can Be Saved by Care.

Few people even begin to realize
the actual amount in dollars ard
cents they can save by q little care
IN the use of an automobile" says Ed
Neumeyer. of the Neumeyer Motor
Company. local agents for the Mitch
ell Each individual saving repre-
sents such a small amount that we
are prone to regard il as negligible.
while as a matter of fact, the aggre-
gate of many OF these small savings
runs into quite a respectable sum-
That Is the very root and essence
OF the thrift movement now on foot
throughout the country. Doing with
out car is not thrift because in
most cases it costs a man less to DO a
gwen amount of work with an auto
mobile than without one. Then too
any serious reduction in the purchase
OF passenger cars due to such a mis-
taken conception of thrift would tend
To cripple an industry which ranks
near the Top in the amount Of money
II puts back into circulation through
vases. dividends. purchases. ard su
FORTH Killing the goose that lays Tha
golden egg is not thrift.
True thrift in using an automobile
lies. not m cutting down the use. but
lne waste. I-itnOlTs
. your engine idle, even for one minute
, Is sheer waste. Asquire the habit of
stopping the engine whenever you
stop the car. Look over the gasoline
system frequently from tank to car
bureter to discover and stop waste
tful leaks
Running with under-inflated tires.
adds Mr.. Neumeyer. us another
waste 1t not only takes considerably
more power (gasoline) to run with
soft tires. but you increase your tire
cost by naif. Driving in car tracks 5
one of the worst forms of thrifuess-
'-r p-s.Hr g ugh. so slow
s = aircs to a smooth
s.r' -.iuJIiy waste your tires
o. H-...frg -i. cutting them to pieces
fg fl- lr-
-Ic .isrTiug 4 show that by
Ne con- -a 4 care and the
elimination of waste it is easily pcssi-
bic TO save as much as $lO0 i'm a y,d-
Keep track of your expenes. save tha;
hundred and then buy thrift stamps
with 1t. That's real thrift
The Washington herald., 1918-06-09

ifornians now in the Capital. will
put aside other considerations for
this occasion and be present. Civ
ing an ovation to the man from
their own state. who along his own
particular line. has reached a high
position on the ladder of fame.
Herbert Hoover, Food Admins
TRAITOR. who is Californian, has
made reservations. while Senator
and Mrs. Hiram Johnson. with sew
eral friends. will occupy. seats. and
Senator Phelan has arranged to
bring a group OF relatives.
Representative and Mrs. Julius
Kahn, of California, will attend. ana
Representative and Mrs. II. z. os-
borne. whose home is in Los Ange-
The Washington herald., 1918-06-09

les. where Er. Grifith's studio is
located, are planning 10 go. their
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
+. Lee. of Oakland. Cal. and Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Baker and son. also
from northern California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Requa. OF Oak
land. and Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Armsby.
of San Francisco. will attend as
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lau-
renee Doheny. who are leaving I'm
a few days for their home in Los
Angeles.
Another Angeleno who is arranging
party for Monday night is Mrs.
Henry Norman Jensen, wife of Lieut.
CONTINUED on PAGE EIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-09

and really. you know. a heavy death
rate from 'preventable disease" is
appalling for il looks as IL it were
our own fault. Even on the way
over so many fail ill-so many for
whom 1t is impossible to care for
on a transport. 1t seems to me that
l heard that one transport that re-
Gently crossed reached the other
side with eight cases requiring i'm
mediate operation-the night Of
their landing.
Learning that Hearts OF the
World" David Wark Griffith's fam
ous new war production. is TO be
presented for the first time in Wash
ington, Monday evening. many CAL
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
ORGANIZE WAR SAVINGS
SOCIETY AT BETHEL CHURCH

On last Sunday afternoon County
War Savings Director, Prof. A. B.
Campbell accompanied by his wife,
Miss Knobles of the public school fac
ulty and the Editor of The Sentinel
went out to Bethel church in the Ok
berry community for the purpose of
talking War Savings and Thrift
Stamps. Quite representative audi
ence was present. The meeting was
called to order by Esquire B. L. Har-
ris after which The Sentinel Editor
made a brief talk. He was followed
by Prof. Campbell who explained in
detail the purpose of the War Saw
ings campaign. Mr.. Campbell makes
telling speech. There is no super
fluffy about what he says, he talks
straight to the point. His addresses
will entertain any kind of an audi
ence. At the conclusion of Prof.
Campbell's speech War Savings So
ciety was organized with G. P. Cum
ningham, president and Mrs. B. l..
Harris, Jr., secretary. The people
of that community are alive to the is
sues of the war and can be relied up
on for patriotic service in any line of
war endeavor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22

Point he felicitated over the fact
that prohibition had largely deprived
the negro cf his jug and made il
easier for him to save and econo-
mize. He discussed the War Stamp
and the Thrift Stamp and urged his
people to cease to throw away their
money so that it might go into the
Baby Bonds offered by the govern.
ment. He said that the colored man
who was Stacker would fare badly
that he should fare badly. He said
every Stacker should be duly penal
lied and he insisted that the would.
He talked of the butchery Of Ger
many and tried to make it plain to
the colored people that If Germany
should succeed in the war that they
would be greater sufferers than the
white people. He said he was proud
of the fact that history had failed
to record negro deserter Or a ne
gro spy. He said his people were
a loyal race.
In view of the fact that negroes
constitute about SO per cent of the
population of Mississippi, it is highly
important that every ounce OF the
energy and all the activities of the
negro be gotten in line at once, hence
the very great importance Of carry
ing a message like the one delivered
bv Prof. Jones to the negro popula-
ton. A vision that reaches perhaps
into the centuries was indicated in
the address all of which was based
Oil incontrovertablc philosophy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22

AS chairman of the committee APP
pointed by the Wednesday Study
Club for Armenian and Syrian Re-
lief, l would like to report $323.6?
raised in this county.
The channels through which this
amount was raised are as follows:
Masonic Lodge, $40; Grenada Pub
lie School, $50; Grenada College,
$12.75; Pearidge, SIS; Graysport, So;
Elliott, SIS: citizen of Dubard, $5;
Pres. Ladies Missionary Society, $5;
Members Wednesday Study Club,
$26.75; Individual subscriptions from
the men and women of Grenada 70
the amount of $166.93.
If. there are any others who want
the privilege of having their names
enrolled as contributors to this bless
ed purpose, if they will send amounts
to the undersigned they will be sent
forward promptly.
MARY cAROTHERS, Chr.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
THE SFNTINEL'S GREAT
SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST.
They Are Worth and When They Will Be
Awarded. The Merchants Who Will Give Votes in the
Contest and How Get the Votes Some Interesting
Statements How $3.50 in Premiums Are to Be Civ
to Sentinel Readers.

This store has perhaps the largest
and the greatest line of millinery ev.
er offered to the Grenada market and
the ladies of this as well as the ter
ritory for miles around are showing
their appreciation Of what is being Of
fered here. :.
The Rest Room adjoinging the, mil
linery department is well equipped
apartment which meets exactly the
needs of the ladies. Here they have
time to talk and rest and to watch
the others see and admire. The num-
ber occupying it showed its popu-
larity and that it was duly appreci-
ated by those who know beauty, style
and elegance and who are competent
to pass on becoming things.
The firm has every reason to con-
gratulate itself on it's display OF mil
linery as we'll as every other line this
season.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
Something of What Has Been Done
Locally.

Last year the cry for food was
sent out over the u. S., and so splen-
didly did the people, those in the city
and country alike, respond to the
call, by utilizing every inch OF ground
available, that the food menace be-
came less Of problem. But it gave
place to other needs, and among
them, the need of dollars to furnish
arms, ammunition, ships, and outfits
for the field equipment Of the SOL
diers themselves.
With all her reputed wealth, Amer
lea found that only thru the financial
backing of the people could she meet
the demands on her funds. And so
the Liberty Loans, War Savings and
Thrift Stamps were suggested as
means of bringing to the individual
an opportunity to contribute directly
to the Great Cause, yet lose nothing
Try contributing
Not the least active Of those en-
gagged in the advancement Of the War
Savings Cause are the children of
the Public Schools. For instance, in
a contest recently held in the Grenada
Public School. stamps to the amount
of s9,828.75 were sold in town by
the children in. the grades alone, and
$2750 have been in vested in these
stamps by all the students in school.
Besides this, one Of the classes in
Home Science has adopted a French
war orphan. These orphans are
children of French soldiers killed in
the war, and for two years from the
date of adoption they are supported
by their American benefactors.
Last week the High School stu
dents organized themselves into the
"Thomasonian War Savings Club. !"
The name for the club was suggested
by William Broadstreet, and is tri-
butte to Mr.. j. T. Thomas, State Di-
rector Of War Savings Campaign.
Ben Townes is President of the club,
and Margaret Moody Secretary. I'm
til the end of the session the Friday
morning chapel exercises will be con-
Quoted by the members of the War
Savings Club who will strive to keep
the thrift idea before the students In
such unique ways as they can devise.
BY comparison, it is evident that
the school children of Grenada have
manifested, far more spirit and en-
thusiasm than the average In this
campaign, and it is hoped that the
patrons will see to it that they them
selves do not grow apathetic and fall
behind in keeping that spirit up.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
CONSIDERATION OF FLAG
AT GALL SAINTS" EPISCO-
PAL CHURCH SUNDAY IL Am

On Sunday morning at IL A. M.
there will be conservation of the
American flag for the choir to use
in professional, recently given to the
church. It is of silk, hand made
stripes, embroidered stars. The flag
is mounted on carved pole, brass
jointed, and mounted with brass
spear. A service flag with twelve
stars has recently been hung in the
chancel. The Rector will deliver a
sermon on "The Church and the Ma
tion." A special program of music
will be rendered.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
WOMAN'S LIBERTY
LOAN COMMITTEE
Makes Announcements a. to Some
County Appointments.

Mrs. C. H. Calhoon, County Chair
man of the Woman's Liberty Loan
Committee for Grenada county, an
nounces the following appointments
Rosebloom next Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock and Holcomb on the night
of March 20. Some good. patriotic
music will be had at these appoint
ments and short talks will be made
by several different speakers. While
Rosebloom is not in Grenada county,
it was suggested to Mrs. Calhoon by
some of the ladies of the Tatum
neighborhood that there was a larger
building for the meeting place at
Rosebloom and that it was near by
and that perhaps the people of the
community could be gotten together
more readily there than at Tatum. 1t
is hoped that each and every citizen
of that neighborhood will consider
himself or herself committee of one
to get the eeople together for Sun
day afternoSh. ~~'ss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22

The. votes are coming in with re-
newed zeal and energy in our Great
$1230.00 Subscription Contest. One
of the handsome Hoffman Pianos
which is to be one of the Capital
Prizes has arrived and is now on ex-
hibition in The Sentinel office. It
is a peach. The Sentinel is trying
its dead level best to serve the peo-
pie Of the county wisely and well,
The paper that does not render its
community service does not deserve
tc live. Many, yea hundreds, OF
good judges, say that we are giving
our readers one Of the very best news
papers in the State. We can say
without the fear of successful con-
tradiction that The Sentinel ranks
with the very best. We are proud
of Grenada and of Grenada county
people. But no paper can serve Its
people without their aid. The aim
of this Great Subscription Contest
is to reach those homes and those
families not only in Grenada county
but in this territory that the paper
is not reaching. The Sentinel en-
joys the distinction of having quite
a large circulation beyond the limits
of its own county. Now then let the
people of the county help US to make
the paper a greater instrument of
service. We feel that our readers
will be doing a good turn by telling
their neighbors and friends who are
not already taking the paper about
its merits and what an opportunity
there is in this Contest. No other
county paper in Mississippi ever be-
fore offered so much in one Con-
test. Think of it in this period Of
war times and high prices. Not only
will our readers and friends be do
ing us a service by helping US to en-
large our subscription list, but they
will render some young lady, some
girl or some young man a service by
helping them to get these premiums.
They are going to be given to some
body. Get in the game and have {
say III naming the one or ones e
whom they shall be given. Be a
red blooded American and show your
hand. There are two pianos to be
given, a scholarship in the Gulf Mil
itary Academy, scholarship In Gre
NADIA College, a scholarship in Blue
Mountain College, two scholarships IN
Business colleges, two pairs OF Duroc
Jersey Hogs and trio of Wyandotte
chickens. The chickens will be given
to the contestant ahead May !. The
Life of Abraham Lincoln was awarded
March /, to Grenada Public School
because it led at that time. Who
will lead next time? In addition to
the votes given at The Sentinel Of
fee on subscriptions and on JOB
Printing, tickets are given by the fol
lowing merchants on all purchases at
their stores:
Pressgrove Dry Goods Co., Gar
ner & Sharp, furniture dealers, End
Glass and Corner Drug Stores, G. e.
Lockett Lumber Co., all of Grenada,
and Smith & Curry, general mer-
chants, Holcomb.
Ask your friends to call for tick
cts when they trade at these stores.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
DRY GOODS
co. HAS GREAT WEEK

Wednesday, March 20 was a great
dav with the Pressgrove Dry Goods
Co. This was the day arranged Tor
the full display of all their LADIES'
tailored suits and other things IN the
dry goods department that caught the
fancy of the keen observer. The mil,
linery department outdid It's spiendio
record. The verdure OF Spring, the
warble of the bird and the luxury
of the fragrance of the rose bud
waited from the banks of the rlvu-
lets and nearby forests made those
in charge realize that the complete,
ness of displays of seasons past ana
GONE did not suffice for the present.
Indeed the upper floor OF TINS popya, pya
lar store could hardly have been maui S
more attractive or better arrais.o o
Beauty and necessity, charm ana s.a-
bility were happily blended; ran1y
would have exhausted ltsei1 IN ny
ING. for anything more harmonlzlng.
The beautiful hats of almost every
kind and apparently of every nue. anu
color the handsome tailored SUITS anu
the varied eolored silk skirts-tnese
were the first to catch the eye oi .ne
casual @ observer but Of course the
ladies saw many other bewltcnlns
things that brought TSs out sasehere sgsn sasa,
was the hustle hat in sands and fek.a KIN
blue which is regarded as TWO oi The rhe
most popular colors this season; :. =
Milan hat in dress or tailored ..;+ .
close rival. The large nat mas Md nJ
the run for Occasions" but any anu ,,
al! of tSe tse pc purchaser % under the artistic
and trained skill of the popular mn, ~
liner, Miss Gwin, who is SO wei sI1v anu at.
tractiye Mrs. James Talbert. WIN
the II styles in color and shape the
taste as well as the purse would IN,
deed be hard to satisfy If It coula
not be done here. The always love
ly. practical and gracious Miss Mary
Hall is cleverer than ever in SHOW,
ing the tailored suits and skirts ana
other things in her department.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
w SS.-
WERE CALLED FOR DUTY.
The Last Contingent Sent-Four
Whites in Readiness.

On March S, the Grenada County
Draft Board, following out instruc-
tions sent from the War Department
sent the following from the draft list
in Grenada county to Camp Pike:
Whites-Finley Rook, kincaid,
Fancis Wright, Tatuu.
Holcomb.
Colored-Wil Holman, Early Rob-
inson.
The Board has received orders to
send four whites on the next call and
was instructed to notify the men SO
that they would be in readiness. The
following are in the call:
Robert Roy Mullin, Holcomb; John
Lester Horton, Kincaid; James Spen-
Ger Bailey. Tatum; Frank Aubrey
Edwards, Holcomb.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22

individual, to the end that at the
close of that day no person-man,
woman or child-can be found in
this locality who has not started his
Thrift card and pledged to continue
the effort to save and lend to the
government throughout the year.
Let there be no slackers in our midst.
Remember that whoever is not for
the government in support of the
war is against it, and who is against
the government now is an enemy of
the American people.
B. F. THOMAS,
Mayor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-03-22
PROCLAMATION.
State of Mississippi,

City OF GrcndOd.
WHEREAS, The Governor of Mis-
sissippi has by his Proclamation desig-
mated and set apart as WAR saw
INGS DAY IN MISSISSIPPI
SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1918
On which day the people of every
town and community in this state
are called upon to meet and organize
even down to the individual house
hold for the continued and constant
purchase of War Savings Stamps DUR
ing the year 1918;
WHEREAS, The great war for de-
mocracy and national freedom is rap
idly approaching a crisis and hun
dreds of thousands of our boys will
soon be in the thick of the fight and
casualty lists are sure soon to bring
directly home to us daily the fact
that all of US are in the war:
WHEREAS; 1t is on this account
behooves us to lend every aid to the
government and the smallest thing
we can. do is to save our small money
and loan the savings as they accumu-
late to the government for use in
building ships to carry provisions and
ammunition to those boys so they
may be able to protect themselves
against the onslaughts of the merci-
less Hun;
NOW, THEREFORE, \, B. F:
THOMAS, Mayor of the Town OF
Grenada, do hereby proclaim Satur-
day, March %, 1918, War Savings
Day in this community and / now
call upon all our people to join IN
the concerted effort to bring this
great war movement into the homes
Of the community and before every