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Evening star., 1918-06-09
GroundIess Fear.
n ORD READING told a story about
IL food hoarder.

\ ORD READING told a story about
- a food hoarder.
I'VE punish our food hoarders very
severely" he said. Its nothing un-
usual to arrest and fine an English
food hoarder $1,000 for boarding 30 or
40 pounds of tea or rice.
Hence the food hoarder is a timid
and jumpy animal. 1 heard the other
day Of Liverpool banker who had
bought and hidden in his office fifty
pounds of cocoa. He was gloating
over this hoard when two policemen
were announced.
lone minute the food hoarder
gasped. Tell the policemen to wait
one minute
"And then, pale and trembling-for
he thought the policemen had come
to drag him off to jail-he rushed
among his staff distributing the cocoa
in half-pound and pound tins.
when the distribution was finished
he ordered the policemen to be ad-
mitted..
What can I do for you, GENTLE
men,? he said in tremulous voice,
And the policemen, bowling and
scraping very humbly, asked him If
he would be SO kind and good as to
buy ticket for their benefit concert
in the town hall"
Evening star., 1918-06-09
The Anti-Bigot.

I'd ISHOP FLIPPER in an Atlanta ad-
" dress attacked bigotry.
But. dear friends. he ended, 'the
best setback the bigot ever got was
at the hands of old Cal Clay.
"Cal was asked one day by a mis-
sionary what denomination he be-
longed to. and the old fellows reply
was this:
"Bress We. sab. dah's TO roads lead
in rom hyah ter town-de long road,
de hill road, de sho' road and de
swamp road-but when All goes ter
town wild er load er grain dey don't
say ter me. Uncle Calhoun, which
road did 20, come in by?'. but Cal,
is yo' wheat good?"'!' -
Evening star., 1918-06-09
AMERICAN TELEPHONE
GIRLS IN FRANCE

WV HEN the first group of American
w woman telephone operators ar
rived in Paris in March they found
awaiting them comfortable living
quarters which had been made ready
for them. according to the war work
council of the Y. W. C. A. Miss Mary
George White. writing from Paris of
this work. says:
THE Y. W c. A. accepted gladly
Army. Before the girls arrived the
Signal Corps officer in charge of the
first group came with request for
help. The Y. w. c. A. recognizing
that these arrivals might be the fore
runner of an American organization
similar to the British W. A. A c.,
gladly undertook the task.
1T was easy for the telephone op-
orators assigned to Paris to live at
the Hotel Petrograd, our hostess house
there. Those assigned to the interior
could be looked out for by secretaries
in certain other places. Workers were
fortunately already at the first town
chosen south Of Paris. For the fairly
signed to general headquarters. some
provision had to be made. As I was
the only secretary with a permit en-
abling me to travel freely in the Army
zone. I was assigned to that task.
'The town where the general head
quarters is situated is, of course, very
much crowded. but we were fortunate
enough to obtain a house which had
been rented and fitted out as a club
house by a group of officers just be-
fore they were transferred to another
post. The house had been furnished
very modestly for the most part. con-
sidering the wealth and rank of the
reserve officers who had planned to
use it. and we could take over the
furniture almost without exception.
The men had added such things as
ing plant to mitigate the horrors OF
Army life in France. We were de-
lighted to fall heir to these luxuries
Sufficient equipment was added to
make it possible for three or four
persons instead of one to occupy each
Of the large rooms. Behold! We had
house ready to accommodate thirty
people.
Miss Julia Russell was assigned as
hostess to the house. rather than
matron,' the term at first suggested
by the Army men, but quickly aban-
doned when we suggested the other.
Miss Russell was installed in the house,
with an excellent French woman in
charge Of the housekeeping. On my
last visit the telephone girls were
already feeling themselves part Of a
very real and happy family. AS I
write this report. am just preparing
to go up to general headquarters to
attend their first reception to the OFF,
GERS of the post"
Evening star., 1918-06-09
The Colt Automatic Revolver and What Can Do for Men Trenches
boxes ready for shipment as the bureau
oF airocte

of ordnance directs.
Before this is done everything is care
fully inspected by expert officers Of the
War Department, so that there is abso-
lutely no chance of a bad weapon get
ting into a shipment. The inspectors ex-
anime the parts as they go through.
They have each pistol fired to see that
it functions, by which is meant that its
machinery moves all right. They test
the parts to see II they are interchange
able, and out of every so many pistols
one is shot thousand times or more as
a proof of its accuracy So far the num-
ber rejected have been only small
fraction of per cent of those made. In
fact. of the many thousands turned out
within the past two, months. only two
have not stood the test of the govern
ment inspectors.
FRANK c. CARPENTER
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
S. Years Success
The Wonderful Record of DR.
Thacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup.

Those medicines which live for even
aquarter of a century are exceptional,
and continuous use for over two-thirds
of a century is indisputable evidence of
wonderful merit.
DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
came into existence in 1852, and from
that time to the present it has grown
in the confidence and estimation of its
yearly increasing number of users.
Through all these years it has steadily
grown in popular favor.
Its wonderful building up power is
shown in the experience of Mrs. q. e.
Chadwick, Scale, Ala. 81 was all run
down in health she says. "Weighed
only 1O43 pounds and getting worse
every day. / began the use of DIR.
Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup and
today, I am thankful to say, | am in
perfect health and weigh 155 pounds.
/ attribute my good health to the use
of that most wonderful medicine. l
firmly believe there are numerous suf-
fering people that could be sound and
well BY the use of DR.. Thacher's Liver
and Blood Syrup"
If you need a tonic, or a blood puri-
fer; if your liver is out of order, your
stomach troubles you, or you are con-
stipated, have indigestion or dyspepsia,
try DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood
Syrup. It is purely vegetable and
connot possibly injure any one. 1t has
been of wonderful benefit to others,
therefore should command your atten.
ton. All dealers in medicines sell il
and will recommend it.
For sale by st. Clair Drug Co.,
wholesale and retail distributors, liz
Spring ST., Tupelo, Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
TOOK TINE TO GREET BABY
President Wilson Not Too Busy to
Welcome Youthful Caller at the
White House.

President Wilson laid aside grave
! war problems for Il brief half hour
the other day to shake hands and chat
with the youngest visitor ever received
by him at the White house, says the
| Washington Times.
Usher Hoover announced to the
President in his library that Mrs. Will
son would like him to go down to the
! Blue room to see a young man she was
greatly interested in.
On reaching the parlor the president
was presented to little Gordon Gray
son, the t~en-week-old son of Admiral
and Mrs. Cary Grayson.
T.WhaI a fine little fellow" said the
president as he reached for the, tiny
hand and shook 1t heartily.
Baby Gragson, although only ten
weeks old, seemed to realize the honor
of being the youngest visitor. of Presi-
dent Wilson. He didn't cry once. Just
smiled and cooed. which is considered
very good form for a baby on a first
visit. The baby had no official bust
ness with the president, just wanted
to LET him see how cute he looked in
his new dress, and how much he had
grown.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

State of Mississippi,
To Dora Woodward, Heath, Ark;
Minnie Brown, Tyronza, Ark;
James Patterson, his heirs, assigns,
legal representatives, executors, adj
illustrators, and all persons, firms
or corporations that claim any
right, title or interest in the undi-
vided interest of James Patterson in
the estate of Charlie Patterson,
deceased, defendants.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancellor of the First Chan
Gerry District of Mississippi at his OF
fee in Bonneville, Miss, on the goth
day of July, A. D., 1918, to show
cause, if any they can, why the COM
missioners report of sale of property
in Tupelo, Miss, in the case of Sam
uel Patterson, ct. al, and Francis Pat
terson, ct. al, No. 1164, should not
be confirmed and deed ordered made
and proceeds distributed, wherein
you are defendants.
This 18th day of June, A. D., 1918.
John NJ. Witt, Clerk.
Began, Leake & Boggan,
Solicitors petitioners. IA
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05

Pellagra caused $40 deaths in the
state of Mississippi in the year 1916.
Since the mortality from pellagra Is
about 5 per cent, that means that
there were at least 16. 900 persons. af
flicted with p~ellagra in this state in
1916.
The most characteristic signs OF pei,
lagra are a peculiar skin rash, rese2l-
bling sunburn or weather chap, most
frequently observed on the backs OF
the hands, and in children on the
backs of the feet; a general loss OF
strength or vitality, with special ten
dency toward depression or
melancholy, or sometimes gradually
developing mental deterioration; and
scalded or sore mouth, with a red
dened tongue, dyspepsia, diarrhea and
other disturbances of the digestive or
a All the symptoms are likely to
be worse in spring and summer
weather, and better in the fall and
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
Wood Withstands ouakes.

The ability of wood construction to
resist severe shocks and strains again
was demonstrated in the earthquake
that destroyed Hemet and San Jacinto,
Cal, a few days ago. Telegraphic re-
ports from Hemet say that sthe Vos-
burg hotel, a frame structure, with
stood the shock, while its brick neigh
bors fell fiat"
Lumbermen point out that there Is
nothing peculiar in this. On account
of tIe toughness of its fiber and its
resiliency, wood car stand many a
twist and jar before it breaks or loses
It's shape. A wooden building will
"give" without injury to itself and then
resume it's original shape. At the
worst, in case of an unusually severe
earthquake shock, it might be twisted
out of shape a little but would not
crumble or collarSe. Brick buildings,
on the other hand, have no elasticity.
The brick and mortar of which they
are constructed are brittle, when COM
pared with wood.
The reports from California, the lum-
bermen declare, merely go to empha-
size the ACCESSIBILITY Of building OF
wood in districts subject to earthquake
shock.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
For Congress First District.

We are authorized to w.
w. MAGRUDER, of Octibbeha
ty, as a candidate for Congress from
the First Congressional District, sub
ject to the action of the democratic
primaries.
We are authorized to lou
JOHN E. RANKIN, of Lee county, as
a candidate for Congress from the
First Congressional District, subject
to the action Of the democratic pri-
mary.
We are authorized to announce E.
S. GAMBLER, of Alcorn county, as
a candidate for reelection to Con-
gress from the First Congressional
District, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
We are authorized to announce
T. X. BOGGAN, of Lee county, as
a candidate for Congress from the
First Congressional District, subject
to the action of the democratic pri-
mary.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
FORTS HOUSE MACHINE GUNS
How the Greatly Dreaded "PiIl
Boxes" First Devised by Ger
mans, Are Managed.

It used to be thought that the Bel
gian forts Of armored steel and con-
crete, almost completely buried in the
ground, would hold out against any
artillery. But when the Germans
brought up their great howitzers ana
hurled undreamed Of quantities Of
high explosives on these forts, they
broke and crumbled to pieces, writes
A. Russell Bond in st. Nicholas. Then
it was predicted that the day of the
fort was over. But the machine gun
has developed a new type of warfare.
Instead of great forts mounting huge
guns, we now have little machine-gun
forts, and they are far more trouble
some than the big fellows. To the Ger
mans belong the credit for this type
of fort, which consists of a small con-
crete structure, hidden from view as
far as possible, but commanding some
important part of the front. "Pill
boxes the British call them, because
the first ones they ran across were
round in shape and something like a
pill box in appearance.
These pill boxes are just large
enough to house a few men and a
couple of machine guns. Concealment
is of the utmost Importance; their
safety de~pends-upon it. Airplanes are
particularly feared, because a machine
gun emplacement is recognized to be
SO important that a whole battery of
artillery would be turned upon a sus-
pected pill box. 1t is claimed that
some pill boxes are built with turrets
that rise-out of the ground. Normally,
they are completely buried and COW
cred with turf so that no n would
expect their existence. During the
bo~mbardmeHt preceding a charge they
would remain hidden and only a
chance shot could put them out OF
business. When the charge took place
the e~levating mechanism would be OPP
Grated, and out of the ground would
rise the miniature fort, ready to halt
| the advancing soldiers.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
DRAINAGE NOTICE

Chancery Court in Vacation, June,
1918.
In Re: Petition of NJ. A. Smith,
ct. al, for Lower Coonewah Drainage
District No. 8. No. 4119.
To All Persons Interested:
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested in any of the lands in
over Coonewah Drainage District NO.
3, in Lee county, Mississippi, that on
the goth day of June, 1918, there was
fled in my Office the report of E. l..
O'Shields, and R. A. Motley, Dram
age Commissioners of Lee county,
containing the starting point, route
and terminus of the proposed work,
and the location and size of the main
ditch to be constructed in said Drain
age District, which, in their opinion,
would successfully drain said lands,
together with the cost Of same. Also
the description of the lands that will
be injured or damaged by the propos-
ed work, and the probable aggregate
amount of damage, as well as a de-
scription of the lands that will be ben
Gifted by the construction of said
work. There was also filed on said
date the map of said District describ-
ing the metes and bounds OF same
and the lands contained therein, to-
gether with. a profile showing the pro-
posed main canal to be constructed,
together with the estimate of the cost
of construction.
Notice is hereby given that an ap-
p~lication will be made by the Com
missioners on the 18th day of July.
1918, to the Chancellor in Vacation,
at the court house in the City of Tu-
pelo, Lee county, Mississippi, for the
confirmation and approval of said
report by the Court and for the for
nal organization of said Lower
Coonewah Drainage District Ne. 3,
at which time you are notified to ap--
pear and contest the confirmation Of
the same, and offer any evidence 10
support of your contention.
Given under my hand and seal of
Court on this the goth day of june,
1918 John M. Witt, Clerk.
Robins & Thomas, Solicitors.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
aos1ScZNaM q N6nLM
81 III F1EALTHSE1YGIENE
Is - cAas STATE BoARD1(fiEAI1n &
No Need Of Pellagra
STATE BOARD 1(fiEAElTl

ter part of the year, is limited almost
wholly to biscuit, corn bread. grits
gravy and syrup. 1t is unreasonable
to assume that perfect health can be
maintained on a diet Of cereals,
starches and fat, without fresh pro
tein or heterogeneous food, such as mea.
eggs, milk.
Far be it from us to intimate that
there is anything the matter with or
old corn pone and sucn. On the con
trary, these foods are wholesome and
sustaining. But man is al omniver
Gus beast, and he just must have his
animal food. If game were more rlen-
tiful the year round we would never
have to worry about ~pellagra. II beef
and milk were more plentiful in the
South we would probably have little
pellagra.
Cheese is a good substitute for meat
when meat can't be had.
The soya bean is another excellent
preventive of pellagra. So are strina
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05

Irepublicanism can permanently en-
dure. These are the lessons we must
learn from the great text book of
passing history. Unless we rise to
these newer ideals-unless we catch
the sweep of this new spirit Of
Observation-Disclosures we perceive the
necessity of intelligent thrift in this
new and brighter day ahead-we are
far out of step with the times.
"There never can com a time in
our national life when thrift will not
be a necessity. 1t is as vital to our
success in winning this war IS pow
der and steel. And in that critical
period of readjustment which will
come with the beginning of peace,
thrift will be just as necessary. Mil
lions of men will come back from the
fighting front prepared again to take
up the occupations of peace. The
acute scarcity Of labor will be at an
end. The pressing demand for wal
supplies will be over. The imitation
that now exists viii subside rapidly.
In this readjustment there will be
need for thrift and economy to pre-
serve the equilibrium. Living condi-
lions will be rev~olutionized over night,
as it were. Gone will be the days of
abnormal wages. Merchants will
find the values of their stocks sud-
denly deprecated. Tt will be a per-
iod of acute readjustment, and only
through practices of thrift will the
economic effect of the shock be
tempered.
"And as the years go on the prodi-
gious losses 0f this era Of devastation
must be made up by thrift. Human
ity must save then what it is destroy
ing today.
"The time when thrift shall not be
needed-needed as vitality as food
itself-will never ome
"And so, out of the spirit of our
patriotism in our war savings, let us
coin a new term-the patriotism of
peace-savings.
Through thrift the world will rise
from her ruins; the nations will
emerge from the chaos of devastation
and debt, and set forth again on the
great highways of destiny"
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
THRIFT MUST BE PRAcTIsED

Pittsburg, Pa, June 29.-"The time
rapidly is coming in America when
every employer must see not only
that his employees practice thrift but
their condition Of employment are
such that they can practice it, de-
clared S. w. Strauss, President of the
American Society for Thrift, in an
address before the National Educa-
tional Association here this evening.
1.-THE dollar sign is passing as the
insignia of ruthless power" he said,
"and the day is dawning when it shall
stand also as the symbol of protec-
ton for the weak and help to the
worthy.
eve have come into a new order
of things. The day Of right by might
is ending. This war marks the dark
ness that precedes the dawn of uni
versal Democracy-a Democracy that
shall be lifted to the lofty level of
brotherhood.
'Into the craftsmanship, the politics,
the business OF the day that is break
ing Just ahead, will come anew spirit
"a spirit of honesty, generosity and
g~entleness.
"The craftsmanship Of the world
will be successful only insofar as It
is honorable and just. The politician
who achieves success will attain his
ends by worthy deeds alone. The
business man must stand on the
broad ground of real brotherhood
The attitude between employer and
employee will be that of man to man,
not master and slave.
every man must practice thrift
and every man must have the chance
to practice it.
care we fighting this war merely
to crush the power of a coterle OF
mad-men whose hearts are beating IN
unison with the cruelty and treachery
Of medievaiism, ald whose stand
ards of life are those Of Frederick
the Great?
rs it alone the object1of this war
to demonstrate that the feudal spirit
Of the eighteenth century was wrong!
Are we fighting merely to prove the
fallacy of autocracy? No, we are
fighting this war fer q democracy that
shall reach down and take root IN
the heart Of every citizen IN every
country.
aThere IS no such a thing as a de-
mocracy that is rot universal any
more than there Is an autocracy that
is tolerant.
ssThese things r TO be the fruits
Of this war. And into this order OF
life the universal practice Of thrift
must come, for thrift is the very es-
sence Of democracy itself.
Thrift is upbuilding and construct
ive-essentials without which no true
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
Man LOSES HOPE

TOR 10 years ] suffered severely
from stomach trouble. The doctors
said I had cancer of the stomach
and nothing would do but an oper-
alton. took my last round of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy 2 IL years ago.
Since then / sleep well, eat what !
want and feel fine" 1t is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucus from the intes-
final tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will
convince or money refunded. st.
Clair Drug Co.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
The Cause of PelIagra.
(Suggested.)

winter, which leads some sufferers to
attribute their trouble to the warm eli
mate.
The cause of pellagra is probably an
inadequate diet. There is a good de!l
of evidence to support the belief that
the use of a reasonable variety of fresh
animal food in the diet will prevent
~pellagra. BY fresh animaA food 5
meant fresh milk, fresh eggs, fresh
lean meat, fowl, fish and game, and
fresh vegetables and fruits. The dis
ease seems to be most prevalent
among people whose diet, for the bet
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
HENRY FoRD's POLITICS.

Detroit.-"Are you going to make
a statement on the s~enatorship?'
Henry Ford was asked today.
II don't know what else there is to
say. I've said all that / have to say
in the statement issued at Washington
he replied.
"Well are you a Democrat or a
Republican,"
Mr.. Ford laughed.
"That makes me think of the law
Yer who demanded that a witness
answer yes or no, and when the wit
ness protested, the lawyer held that
any question could be answered yes
or no. said Mr. Ford.
.All right them said the witness,
have you quit beating your wife,"
"Under the law, Mr.. Ford, you will
have to decide which nomination you
will accept, if you get both"
Maybe I won't get either of them"
the manufacturer said.
"But if you should?"
"Why, then, we will discuss it some
more he smiled. "Im not going to
discuss politics now. | don't know
anything about these party c%ontrover-
sizes. I'll tell you all / know about
such a subject.
years ago, when was just past
my twenty-frst birthday, my father
said to me, Henry, you are a man
now and a citizen, and it is time for
YOU to VOTE He took me to the
voting place and advised me to vote
for James A. Garfield for president.
/ did so, and then it came to the con-
gressional race. He advised me to
vote for William C. Maybury.
But, / said, Mr.. Maybury is a
Democrat Henry, never mind that
replied my father. you should al
ways vote for the best man, regard
less Of party
"Now that's all | know about party
politics. | have always tried to vote
for the best man, as my father sug-
gested on the first day | ever voted,
and I've been too busy to pay much
further attention to politics. New
York World.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
To France in Fathers Kit Bag.

"Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag" says the song, and Private
Henri, a French-C Canadian soldier, did
1t literally. He packed his ten-year-
old son in his kit bag and took him to
France, according to the Montreal Star.
Henri's wife and son followed him
to England when he left Canada. The
mother died and when ordered to
France Henri could not bear to leave
son. SO he packed him in his Kit bag
and took him along. At Boulogne the
boy was discovered and promptly ship
ped back to Folkstone, where he be
came a pet of the police.
The Tupelo journal., 1918-07-05
ANNOUNCEMENT
For Circuit Judge

We are authorized to C.
P. LONG as a candidate for Circuit
Judge of the First Judicial District,
subject to the action of the demo-
cratic primary.
We are authorized to announce
CLAUDE CLAYTON as a candidate
for reelection as Circuit Judge of the
First Judicial District, subject to the
action of the democratic primary.