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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

HdmlitOn Is Stlll Duy buying tnrIIt
stamps; we cannot report our amount
of thrift and war savings stamps this
week as our contest is still continu-
ing. People of the whole commu-
nifty are buying Liberty Loan Bonds
and a small estimate of $50. 900 al
ready bought, has been made. We
are still buying them, and the ladies
are doing an honorable part.
On Sunday afternoon Rev. Kiser
of Aberdeen, delivered a splendid
address to an extra large audience.
Upon closing his address the song,
as volunteer was sung and as
the notes of the last stanza pealed
forth stately handsome young man
arose from the choir and at the same
time beautiful dignified young
lady arose from among the audience
and met him, turning they marched
quietly to the pulpit and stood upon
the threshold until the last stanza
was completed. Rey. Kiser then
stepped forth and before the atten-
tive audience, married Mr.. Stewart
Alexander and Miss Lorayne Pickle.
The bride was beautifully dressed in
a champagne and Copenhagen blue
crepe de chine dress. while the
groom was dressed in a suit of grey.
No one ever saw happier couple,
and we are sure every one who knows
them wishes them all the happiness
that life might hold for any one.
The church was decorated in our
national color, flags were also used;
the decorations were simple. yet
beautiful.
On Friday night Mrs. ]. w. Basham
entertained the following: Misses
Ruby Jane Simmons. Eunill Werner,
Rachael and Sallye Lou Willis, AL
lie B. Pickle. Daisy Peeler, Gather
inc Crosby and Mrs. Horace Cain
with a pallet party in the home of the
bride. Everything and especially
the dining hall was decorated in the
most wonderful cut flowers. When
supper was served the girls gathered
about the bridegroom and pulled,
pushed and rushed him into the din
ing hall and 10 and behold, when
We went to his seat. he and the bride,
she Tas nowhere to be found. A
thorough search was made, and
when at last discovered, she was
rushed forth mid shouts and laugh
ter and MAS seated By her future.
Delightful courses were elegantly
served. When supper was over
Niss Rachael Willis charminely
played . march and the bride and
groom led the happy throne from
the dining hall with . spacious room
the remainder Of the evening was
delightfully."- enjoyed.
Miss Catherine Crosby spent the
week end with Miss Sallye Lou
Willis.
Miss Ruth Pace was the hon0red
week end guest OF Miss Burma West.
Mn. +. II. Halfway. from Aber-
doom. vislesd sslaeivss In oar COM
munity last week.
: Mr.. and 1lfRs ANY Dnoth spent |
Sunday with Mr.. and Mn. J. p.
Willis.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

Federal Land Bank District. Pay
ments should be made to associa-
ton secretaries, and by them re-
mitted to this bank by New Orleans
exchange or money order.
IN. B.-If your local banks offer an
equally advantageous plan. of course
your people should subscribe with
them. That would be much more
convenient to you and moreover. we
have no wish to interfere with the
splendid work being done by the
local banks in this matter.
Yours for winning the war.
T. F. DAVIS, President.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26
To Secretary.Treasurer Of Farm
Associations Ia the Fifth Fed.
Land Bank District.


The loyalty and patriotism Of our
farmers is beyond question. and !
doubt not that they will do their full
part on the present Liberty Loan.
However, there doubtless ana many
who. while anxious to buy bonds.
yet for good reasons find it incon-
venient to pay tho whole amount
down at once. For the bene6t 81
these the Federal Land Bank has
arranged . plan whereby Liberty
Bonds can be purchased on : cash
payment q 5 Per cont, tbe balance
to Be paid ia small weekly Install,
ments. For : $50 bond payments
will be S2.60 cash and q weekly.
on 500 bond just twice -tSsse
figures, and % on.
This privilege j. offered. not only
to members q Farm Loan Associa-
Tons. but to al iasmssD = the 5th'
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

Show your patriotism for your
country by helping; word help don't
go far in feeding an army. Just
suppose YOU were in the trenches.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26
For Circuit Judge.

We are authorized to announce
@. P. LONG
IS q candidate for Circuit Judge of
the First Judicial District, subject to
the will of the voters in primary cleo
ton.
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SouIe's Chapel Baske, Bali.

Deeming that the Junior Boys
Basket Ball team of Soule's Chapel
High School deserves . write-up be-
cause of the record they made the
past winter, / give the record in full:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

Help win the war with your money;
il We don't win. your money or prop
erty will be worth very little while
Germany dominates the high seas.
You should jump At the chance to
lend Uncls- Sam during such crisis.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

Eczema spreads rapidly: itching al
most drives you mad. For qnick re-
lief. Doan's Ointment is well recon-
mended-6Oc at ali stores. tAdv.l
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26

II your son o. brother or friend in
the army or the navy writes m in
teresting letter. send Il to % type
written. % plain white papes. double
spaced and ven - Glad 70 use l..
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For Congress
We are authorized to announce
W. w. MAGRUDER.

W. w. MAGRUDER,
OF Oktibbeha County. as q candidate
to represent the First Congressional
District in Congress. subject to the
will Of the voters in the primary elec-
ton.
We are authorized to announce
f. 8. GAMBLER
OF AlcOrn county. as a candidate for
re election to represent the First Con-
gressional District in Congress, sub
ject to the will of the voters in the
primary election.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-04-26
For Chancery Judge

We are authorized to announce
A. j. MCINTYRE
ChancellOrship of the First Chsncery
Court District of Mississippi, subject
to the will of the voters in primary
Gle ctiOn.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

The color here may be shade too
sweet, but it is interpenetrated with
light. Therein the painting sets the
key Of that modernity for which the
exhibition stands. Chill and heavy
handed the older men seem when we
recall them in the presence of this
canvas. 1t is a good canvas, we may
add, interesting in itself as we'll as in
its representative character In moth
ing is it more typical than in the
casual nature Of its composition. The
figure painting in the academy is al
together Of the cpisodical kind. There
is the "set piece" here and there, Mr..
Vailllant's graceful picture of "Thc
Toilette" Mr.. Barse's pretty "Day
Dreams" and the familiar page of
romantcism, which Mr.. f. B. Williams
always produces with so sympathetic
touch--in this case calling it "The
Land of Contentment' Then there
are also the devotecs Of purely deco
rative elegance, Mr.. r. Z. Miller and
Mr.. f. Frieseic treating their wonted
theme in their wonted facilc manner.
But the figure work is more largely in
Mr.. Borgord's vein-the subject signify
ing nothing, the artists object simply
the exercise of certain dainty taste,
Il certain sprightly mode of execution
For this manner Of painting the reader
should turn to Mr.. John Costgan's
clever "Nude in the Woods" to Miss
Katherine L. Adams's "Girl at Win
dow" to Mr.. Moras amusing "Threc
Musketeers" and to Mr.. Hopkins's
"Under the Sycamorcs." Mr.. Walter
Ufcr strikes d more serious note in
his peasant study, "Going East a
capable piece of work.
There are few traces of imaginative
painting. Mr.. Ben amin kopman pleas
antly suggests the influence of Ryder
in his quaint "Sheep Shearing" Mr.
Eliot Clark develops a beguling Tur-
ncresquc effect in his "Vallcy of Mists
and Forgetfulness," u painting inter
esting as it stands, but which we can
foresee him bcttcring by and by when
he has refined his color and simpliiicd
his handling of landscape masses
From his picture it is an easy step to
the landscapes, which fill a large part
Of the exhibition as they invariably do.
They are stronger numerically this year
than in quality. Winter subjects
abound and some Of them arc very fine,
notably Mr.. Harry Waltmans "Winter
Sleep" Mr.. Guy c. Wggins's "Silvery
Trail" and Mr.. Lawson's lovely "Early
Spring. which, in spite of it's title has
i'll 1t the atmosphere of the ice bound
season. The many snow scenes by
George Bellows, Clifford Beal, i. W.
Redheld Gardner Symons, Jonas Lie
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

Howard Giles, w. Ritschel Paul King,
Theresa Bernstein, w. II. Singer and d
host Of others give TO this wing Of the
show the free, spontaneous charm we
expect as a matter of course from
American landscape art. One or two
things recur to the memory with spe-
cial mportunty Jane Petcrson's
gay picture of "a Full Iarbor" and the
spirited study OF Moorish picturesque
ness contributed by Miss Grace Ravlin,
"Fcstval of the Aissonas, Tangier."
They illustrate at its best the light,
captivating technical habit of which
the show brings forward an encourag
ingly plentiful supply. In the field
where it is exploited utterly for its
own sake, in the field Of still life, we
may cite three or four good paintings
by Felix Russman. Dorothy Ochtman,
Dimes Carlcson and Anna Fisher. Mr..
Russman's "Black Bottle" deserves
special tribute
In it's portraiture the Spring Acad
envy asserts itself with rather unusual
pcrsuasiveness, and this for the rea-
son that it does not assert isclf. in tho
vulgar sense, at all. There are natu
rally present some of the stereotyped
exhibition canvases which are as in
cvitablc as the tides, canvases big,
decorative" and entirely mediocre.
But things well done are in the ascend
ant. Witness Mr.. Brandegee's solid
portrait of Miss Bcaux, Mr.. CoX's hand
some "Mrs. Leonard Cox"-morc
suavcly painted than anything of the
kind ne has done in long timc-thc
vivid, sketchy, yet curiously firm "Miss
Hallowel" by Mr.. Sidney Dickinson,
the charming impression by Miss
Beaux, and all the crisp, swift, vital
lied studies by MIR. Seyffert, Mr.. Lazar
Raditz, Mr.. +. Greacen, Mr.. A. Roscn-
thai, Mr.. II. Rcnwick and Mr.. II. X.
Rittenberg. We referred, apropos of
the show at the Union League, to the
finished type of craftsmanship pre-
vaiing among our Colonial artists.
Tho modern, cosmopolitan mode OF
drawing is more nervous and less we'll
roscd, more rapid and summary, and
hence less searching. In this mass of
contemporary portraiture the drafts
manship, and the workmanship gener-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
The Past and Present
In American, PAINTING
Copley, Stuart and Their Circle at the U,;o,
League .Club-The Spring Acodemy~~
Pictures and Studies by the Lore
Carroll Beckuith
By Royal Cortissoz

We have been deeply interested to learn that the
sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum aversed ~ M 1"ner'
sunday deca the two galleries it anne.r - pace last
illustration of our plastic art 1t is collection tb.+
but the pieces shown lent Indefinite ,
works Withdrawn others will substituted t. ~ "en
Museum Will place such of
acquire the future through gift purchase The art now 90 may
what 1t has long needed, kind miniature IN
shrine and official status Here the public NAV henceforh ne"
phstones as we IN the study of peculiarly important st
sno merely for momenary addition pleasure hn f ]
uulness the that Mr.. his coleaone b
the current number of the Bulletin Mrs Herbert adon~ %
point which community the United States +
Aluding Mr. military fore rh;
happens stand the door, she %
shall be erecting
against second invasion of such appalling memorials as followed co
upon the Civil War; our ard with Mr.
that
dery rightly adds that m
~ could our ouhc in
rueborn
galleries. other established at nre
daly the psychological
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
Colonial and Cosmopolitan, Art

It is pity that the evanescence
which waits upon a club exhibition
could not be escaped by the March
show at the Union League, devoted to
about a score of paintings by early
American artists. Drawn from private
collections and, therefore, gener
allv unknown to the public, these
works might proitably be placed on
view for fortnight at least. A few
of them are of high value, and all pos
sess a certain historical and educa-
tional interest. AS regards the art of
picture making, they have little to tell
US. The two Biblical subjects by
Washington Allston and Vests "Ex
pulsion from Eden" illustrate thread
bare conventions handled with a tech
nical adroitness in no wise distin-
guished. Trumbull's little "Study for
Battle on Lake Erie" though an adj
mirable bit Of painting, enforces no
particularly engaging principle of de-
sign. But the portraits of which the
collection is chiefly composed affirm old
ideals which are ever new.
There are always perils in the for
nation OF a cult In our latterday
ardor for the discovery and eXploita-
ton Of early American painters we are
prone to exaggerate their merits. The
sober truth is, of course, that even the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

ally, will not always stand exhaustive
analysis. 1t is often superficial in quail
ity. But it is inordinately clever. 1t
makes in the long run an exhibition
which may not be impressive, but which
has a laudably animated atmosphere.
The late Carroll Beckwith was
;teadfast eXemplar of "the rectitude of
art" man who carried conscience
into every phase of his work. The pict-
ures, studies and drawings which he
left in his studio when he died on
October "a, 1917, have been placed on
exhibition at the American Art Gal
leries, where they will be sold next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
From the collection of nearly two hun
dred pieces we might cite one panel
alone, the little sketch of the Diana
by Desiardns at Versailles (No. ~, as
eloquent of his whole history We
call it a SKETCH and it has unmistak-
ably the traits of such a production.
the spontaneous character, the light
touch, of a note made in passing. But
the statue seen against the rosy even
ing sky is lovingly and Loyalty drawn,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

the thing is realized as fully, almost,
rs though Beckwitch had set out to
make a formal picture of it, That was
like him. He did all his work in the
same devoted mood and out of the
same fund of knowledge and experience
All his life long he was faithful to the
standards of honest execution to which
he had been trained. in the seventies,
IN the atellcr Of Carolus Duran.
The present exhibition disclosed his
talent in varied manifestations. He
was a constant painter Of the figure.
to which his farcy assigned alegorical
OF merely decorative roles. He painted
"Actmon and DIANA" he painted "The
Mystic Marriage of St. Catharinc," but
it was mother in religious nor in classi-
cal lore that he found his true point of
departure. What stirred him, rather.
was the charm of nattcrn, the graceful
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
The Old Man
Shows Him His Friends

an Old man is prowlirg about tlr
debris of the church porch, ard the Of
hcer asks him:
"ls the 503d?"
Some Of them are here"
"Lieutenant F.? Adjutant :,
They are here. They are here
Here now"
Yes, since two weeks or more Siice
the great attack"
""IIih1ey are resting?"
He makes a sign to the officer. which
means:
"Follow me-
Behind the church they pass along Il
rampant of earth, over which the Oft
Ger vaults joyously. Then. with Il sud
denness which cuts his breath short. he
finds himself in a cemetery. before
graves, in plot of ground all bloatcd
with mounds. He stops, turns pale.
looks at the man who has brought him
mere. but who shows no sign OF emo
5lon. and his eyes dilatc WITH astonsli-
ment. He asks abruptly:
but what does this mean ?"
The other answers:
They are there-all together
buried them-with the aid of the sol
diers."
The officers eye dilate again. He
clenches his fists. He remains stupe-
fled before these little hillocks or
earth-of poor, chalky earth, on which
nc sees the three caps of the mon
whom he returned TO visit-caps water
soaked, stained, all mushy and lament.
able, caps under which he recalls The
figures of his friends, whom he now
pictures lying stiff and chastity in their
collins.
He has a sufocating feeling. He
starts back. az if he was afraid Of
walking over them. He realizes The
frlghtfulness of war. All Of then,
dead dead without his knowing Il.
And what is he doing there? Why did
he come back? Is this his place? He
cho.ses- as ii these dead men saw him
and we're astonishcd at him. And his
fantastic and charming idea of taking
ms leave at the front suddenly fill
hlm with horror. He has an impulse
10 escape.
He came to look for men. He find
graves. He fees. There are under hi
feet, in this field of the dead. light and
flagile candles which the wind has
blown over. He feels cold. lie walk
quickly. His eyes are cast upon the
ground. And he arrives at the station.
out Of breath, at loss for words.
w hen does it go when is there :,
train?
"What? A train?"
This time the commissioner shows
no astonishment. Knitting his brows.
he gives the information which tho
officer seeks.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

disposition of form and drapery. He
liked occasionally to abandon the rec
tangular canvas for the oval or the
circle. He was curious in new ara
besques Of design, seeking always the
thing that was of the greatest impor-
tance to him, felicity of contour, which
implied, for him, an ardent struggle for
felicity in the linear Interpretation of
1T. He was a disciplined draftsman
His interest in line was the unfailng
source OF his energy as painter. There
is color in his work, sparkling color
but the salient merit revealed in this
exhibition IS that of the artist who
knows how to define form. 1t is this
that most effectively comes out in his
portraits. lie had much elegance in
his portraits of women. "The Spanish
Veil" evidently an early work, points
to the vivacious style which he prac-
tised throughout his career But it is
in his portraits Of men, in such strik-
ing canvascs as the well-rcmembercd
civilian Walton" and 'Mr. Isaacson,"
that he eNceled. Next to these for
technical authority, and with blithe
charm supcradded, we would place the
numerous souvenirs Of his European
travels, especially the Versailles gar
den sketches. He was delightfully."- deft
in sketchinr the romantic silhouette Of
an ancient town: or the CLEAN of a
marble statue against sunny LEAKAGE.
These French notes will doubtless
prove among the most popular items in
the Forthcoming sale.
Two other collections may also be
seen at the American Art Galleries just
now. The one belonging to Mcssrs.
Voron & Chat, which will be sold on
the afternoons of March 21, 22 and %,
is composed of Chinese porcelains,
carly Oriental pottery, jades, enamels
and rugs. There are some fine single
color glazes shown, but the decorated
porcelalns are most conspicuous. The
to be sold on the afternoons of March
l2, 19 and 90, body of more than eight
hundred pieces, is extremely miscellan-
eous in character and very attractive
throughout 1t reflects the taste of a
Tastidious amateur. There are old
rings, snuff boxes, fans, watches and
similar objects. There is a small sec
ton devoted to coins ana medals. The
Orientalia embraces worries, porcelains
and lacquers. Some good textiles and
tapestries appear and there are some
interesting pieces of old furniture. AL
together a promising opportunity for
the modest collector.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-17

leaders in our old school, Stuart and
Copley, were not impeccable masters
of the first flight. They had their in
spired moments. We have never be-
held Copley's superb "Mrs. Ford"
the gem of the Hartford Athennum
without cheerfully rejecting that none
of his English rivals could have beat
en- 1T. There are some of Stuart's por-
traits which evoke the same thought
The fact remains, however, that both
these painters are continuators of the
eighteenth century English tradition.
They and their colleagues in the Union
League group-nay, even the earlier
men, like Smibert and Theus-are sig
niticant of the Jealous emulation of an
English style. On the other hand
their value for US lies in the SINGER
ity and fine spirit in which they de-
veloped the impetus received from
abroad. With what gusto did Stuart
ply his skilful brush. Two of his por-
traits in the show, the "King George
Il1' and the "Queen Charlotte" arc
exactly what they set out to be, court
portraits, and are consequently little
sleek, but in the "Ozias Humphreys"
he lets himself go, paints with breadth
and freedom, and is wholly personal.
In sense this is an intensely modern
piece of work. But it has certain
steadying elements which are charac-
teristic of the whole school, which
mark its date and at the same time
keep it, as we have said, ever new.
These are elements partly moral and
partly technical.
When Stuart painted the portrait at
which we have just glanced, when
Coplay painted his delightful "Thad-
deus Burr" and "Eunce Donnie Burr"
when Vanderlyn painted his little
head of "Joseph Reade" Ga head as
crisply drawn as head by David,
they were all subject to the social
movement of their period. They were
iudicious in the matter of prose, re-
and careful in the expression of char
acter, and, perhaps, trhe cold; and
in the pervading spirit of what they
did, altogether measured and serene
TO sum them up in a phrase, they
were types of good breeding. AS it
happened, too, their cquablc tone
played right into the hands Of their
technical method, and, in fact, height
encd its effect. They looked upon
their craft as they looked upon their
social function with kind of pas
sion for dignity, for self-respect. Their
color schemes are quiet and we'll held
together. Their modelling does not
go very deep, but it is thorough, so
far as it goes. Their craftsmanship
above all is polished, adequate, not
very personal, but nevertheless tingcd
by sort Of austerc charm. AS
painters they seem "old- fashioned" to-
day But they knew their business
Sterling merits such as they cult
vatcd never grow really old Fashioned
They command our respect, and, in
cidentally, give 'us lastlngly agree
able sensation. Part Of this is
aesthetic. An equally large part of it
is traceab!c to the sentiment associ-
stcd with memorable epoch in our
national life.