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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27

GOING AT A BARGAIN For the
next ten days l am going to offer at
bargain the following cars. Will pay
Soc for cotton or will give face val
ue for Liberty Bonds:
One 1918 model Ford Touring.
One 1918 model bort touring
One 1917 model bort Roadster.
One 1917 model Overland G
One 1917 Little Passenger Over
land.
All the above cars in first clas
shape. Call on R. A. Gibbs Motor
Co, 12-23-5t
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27

QUICK LOANS-MaGe on both city
and farm lands. SOS C. NJ. McKen'
ne. 79-tf
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27

STRAYED-BIack turkey hen. Phone
owner at $50 for suitable rewa rd12263
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-27
WANT ADS

koOAkS:--And Fresh Films. at JeN
nings Drug Store. 1-1u
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DEATH OF CHARLES Il Davis

Shortly after the first Of May, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles h. Davis,
453e yineennes avenue, was bombed
and as Mr.. Davis had experienced much
trouble two or three years ago with his
white neighbors in the 45th block on
Forsstville avenue, he sustained such q
severe nervous shock that he went to
Covert, Mich, to recover from it, where
he died Sunday evening, May 26th-
His constant and devoted wife, Mrs.
Davis, was at his side at the time Of
his death. Funeral services were held
over his remains at the Berean Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon. For
years Mr.. Davis was the clerk I'm that
church. he was one Of the trusted
clerks in the chicago postofiee. he
was an honofed member. of Damon
Lodge, No. !, knights Of Pythias and
Samuel Alst6n and the other head mem
bers of mat order had charge Of the
funeral services.
In every sense Of the word, Mr.. Davis
was highly respectable citizen and 4
IN 10 he dcpIored that he Lost his III,
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FRS. A. L. Jackson, assistant stage man

Mrs A. L. Jackson, assistant stage man
ager.
Mrs. Bertha Wright, who is the head
soloist at the Provident Baptist Church
ON the West Side, was presented with
two large beautiful bouquets at the con-
elusion Of her singing. The Misses Kate
Kennedy, Jessies Anderson, Olive Ran.
Kin and Katherine Ellis were ushers;
the Patrons and PatrOnssses were as
follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. wsring, Prof.
q DR.. Emanuel, Mr.. and Mrs L. B. An
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. E r. Mead, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. o. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. N. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson A.
Mitehcm, DR.. and Mrs. Jno. W. Lewis,
DIR. and Mrs. I. d. Holloway, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Cornwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. C. Gibbs, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Dob
bins, Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Maekey, Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence N. Jones, Dr.. and
Mrs. W. r. Lawton, Mrs. Martha B. An
derson, DR.. and Mrs. W. A. Buekner,
Mrs. Araminta Black, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. P. b. Ash,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Bason, Mrs. Erina
Jones, Mrs. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. T. L.
Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Cowan,
Mr.. and Mrs. h. Harvey Hershey, Dr..
and Mrs. VIM Carter, Mr.. and Mira
Jno. W. Jones, Mrs. William P. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. N. Avendorph, Or. Car
RE Golden, Mrs. Clifford johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. AdOlphns Harris, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. A. GrinneIl, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Z
Yarbrough, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Turn
hull, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stewart, Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs.
IPetrad, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Gordon,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Lightfoot, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. vsnie, DR.. and Mrs. n. A
Thorne, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert George,
Mime. Adsna Minot, Mrs. Edith Y. Wood
lee, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Hutchinson, Dr..
and Mrs. b. W. Garnss Dr.. and MrA J.
| A. Harper, Mr.. and Mrs.. Jos A Brent,
Mrs. Samuel A. MCGOWAN, Mr.. and Mrs..
Samuel N. Peyton, Mrs. 7. Brown, Mr..
and Mrs +. 8. Delsny, Mr.. and Mrs.. 8.
A Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Porter.
| An in all Mrs. Cooper deserves much
credit for planning saeh pleasant eve.
ningss entertainments for her many
friends.
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SUMMER FASHION SHOW AND
MILLINERY PROMENADE WITH
LIVING MODELS UNDkR TIE
MANAGEMENT OF MRS. ROSA
MORGAN oooPER WAS A HUGE
SUCCESS

Monday evening Mrs. Rosa Morgan
Cooper gave her second summer Fashion
Show and Millinery Promenade with
living models q. the Unity Club House,
s14o Indiana Avenue, and the affair was
largely attended by the cream Of the
four hundred among the Colored people
in this city.
The living models were rs follows:
Misses: Della Banks, Kate White,
Rhoygnette Webb, Ada Gaines, Helen
8. smallwood, Carolyn Sparrow, Grace
Hawkes., Anna LIE Care, Lillian Martin,
Blanche shaw, Emma shaw, Mac Per-
kins, Edna Rohnsy, lone Harris, Cleo
Diekerson, Katharine Davis, Inez. Me-
Alester.
Mesdames: Adele Cabelle, Hazel
Alexander Bureh, Samuel Hudson,
Ralph MeCarroll, Grace Hoxter, Frances
Crawford Mrs. W. Elliott. Master Edw.
Alexander Bureh, little Eva Crawford.
Right here It can be truthfully said
that all Of the very neat and exquisite
costumes worn by the living models
were the creations of ColOred mOdistes
and the lovely and the>most beautiful
hats that could be bsheld anywhere
were an constructed by Mrs Rosa Nor
gan Cooper, the whole affair was very
educational from beginning to end FOL
1t naturally tended to ineuleate tast'
and nesfness into the minds Of thos.
who Witnessed such an elegant display
Of 90 much fnery.
The program was As follows;
Individual Presentation, all models
solo, Nlrs. Bertha Wright; display
/ scenes; society dance, Mrs. Etts Moore
Mr.. Robt. Harding, Jr.; garden scene
Indian princess, Madam Kiota Bund
rieka; music, orchestra; sport and bath
ing scene; solo, Mr.. Chas. W. Settles
millinery promenade; music, orehsstra
lstatuary scenes: ls) wstehful Wait
lin" % "our Boys, !" ts) Liberty,
Miss Blanche shaw, stage manager
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SLIDING DooRs OPENED Ers
PoETs' Hall.
ARTICLE VI

AhTlCLE VI
: This was the most beautiful Of al.
Here I found the little African girl,
Phyllis wheatley, who in 1871 was sold
in . Boston slave market to . very
cultured and loving woman, Mrs. John
Wheatlsy, who grew to love little Phyi-
lis dearly and trained her In the finer
arts. There were many beautiful poems
written from the depths Of her pure,
young heart between the yeers Of 17es
and 17s4. The poem addressed to Gen.
George Washington brought to her Q
lovely letter Of thanks from the Father
Of Our Country. Her translation Of one
of ovid's stories was widely pubhshed
in Europe. 1t was she who said:
!" Twas mercy brought me from my
Pagan land
And taught my benishted soul to under
stand
That there's GOd-that there's a sa-
viour, too;
Once I redemption neither sought NOR
knew"
And there was q young man, very
young, who had written poetry since
his childhood until his pathetic death in
1906, the beloved poet Of the American
Negro, Paul Laurence Dunbar. BE Is
to rs Is Robert Burns singing to the
Scotch among the hills Of his native
land. he wrote many poems Of the
Iowiy life Of his people. BE wrote Of
their sorrows and their joys and the
common walks Of their daily life, and
gave them in permanent literary form
to the reading world. Most Of his
poems are in dialect. They are com
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tspecial)

Boston, Mass, May 27.-Just ave
weeks from today representatives of
Oolored America win meet In solemn
deliberative convention at the National
Capital to ask II Congress and the Fed
eral Governments measures looking to-
ward the restoration to al Americans re-
gardless of race or color Of the fun
rights sf democracy, in view Of the re-
public's active participation in q great
European war for democracy for al the
world. This national oOlored gathering
win be test and evidence Of the desire
of Colored Americans to not be the only
race group in the nations warning
against Germany to be the victims Of
prescription after sAe war u over.
The formation Or Liberty and Equal
Rights Committees in many cities with
the object of promoting the sending Of
delegates, the decision of many
literaries, churches znd lodges to send
delegates foretell the largest equal
rights convention held by the race since
Reconstruction days. Now ID the time
for every city with q large Colered
population to form Liberty and Equal
Rights Committee, and for every church,
lodge, literary and civic organization
/ to send . delegate.
The National Organizer, Prof. Allen
W. Whalsy, has taken to the field be-
ginning IN New England. Last week
he addressed q large audience at Nor
walk, Conn This week he speaks in
New Haven, Bridgeport and Stamford,
Coma, and in Providence. RI. Letters
of support and inquiry are pouring int
the National Executive Headquarters
At "a cornhiIl, where the organizer can
be reached for speaking dates.
Let it be sson to Washington" for
June 24ss, ct the John Wesley A. n.
T. Zion Church, 18th and corcosan
strssts, Washington, D. O. for colorsd
American Liberty and Democracy.
Let oolored AnNrica give its answer
10 the quadruple iynshing at valdosta'
Gsoreia, with the victim, wonsn, at
ths Liberty Congress, June = At wash
lington-
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NEGRO AUTHORS
THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO
THE WORLD'SI.TTERATURE
COPYRIGHTED 1918, BY IRENE MCCOY GAINES
5s27 WENTWORTH AVENUE

piled In several volumes, among them
Lyrics Of Lowry Life,' s'Lyries Of
Love and Laughter" "Lyries Of the
Hearthstone," and others Of equal
merit. It was he who expressed Life %
POLITICALLY and ineisively:
A erust,of bread and corner to sleep in,
A minute to laugh and an hour to weep
In;
A pint Of Joy to peek of trouble,
And never laugh but the means come
double;
And that Is Life.
A crust and corner tina. love make.
precious,
With the smile to warm and the tears to
refresh us,
And Joy seems sweetsr when care comes
after,
And moan Is the finest of foils for
laughter;
And that Is Life.
II would be difieult to find in the
whole range Of literature lines more Inn
mortally beautiful than these from the
soul Of this Negro poet:
An angel ROBBED in spotless white
STOPPED down to kiss the sleeping night;
Night woke to blush, the Spirit was
gone;
Man saw the blush and called it dawn.
When I left the Worlds Literature
Building my Heart was joyful and filed
with exceeding gladness.
May our authors ever write; and our
poets ever sing, and in the end may they
be heard way out upon the uplifted
plains of the future in one grand sweet
strain:
Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Him Lord Of all.
The End.
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~~~s
This is the sixth Of series Of week
ly articles on q How Mothers Can Help
in Children,s Year.'g
The necessity Of guarding the food
supply of young children, and assuring
to them an abundant diet Of properly Sc
leeted foods, Is assuming every day a
more critical phase a. the war strin.
gency increases and demands for the
conservation Of foodstufs become more
urgent. A most wholesome educational
movement Is going forward among the
American people in the use Of different
foods. Nature Is exceedingly adaptable,
and the healthy human being can be fed
with q fair degree Of success on widely
varying diets.
But while the adult may thrive very
wen On substitute foods Of various kinds
and even be better OF with some Of
these dietary changes, it is not always
true that young children win profit by
the same course. The ebEldh dietary
requirements are less flexible than are
those Of grown persons, and insufficient
or unsuitable food is liksly to nave seri-
.eua souseq1snees for the growing child
Authorities on the subjess state that
there is practically no substitute either
FOR MIX or green vegetables IN the food
Of the growing child. MIX shoald be
given In many forms Directions for
the use Of milk In q variety Of ways
are contained in bulletin Of the Chill
drsnss Burean, which win soon be ready
for distribution-
Spinach IL one Of. the best Of green
vegetables. II can be prepared in 8
number Of ways and should be used
freely In the daily diet. Fish and chick
en- are better for children IN many eases
than beef or other meats, and where
these foods can be obtained one or the
other may be given to children.
In the face Of the great need for con.
serving wheat the use Of new cereals
has become nsttsr Of necessity. There
seems to be no reason Why sueh food
may not be Is wholesome ~ wheat, d
properly cooked. Mothers may need Il
be warned that an cereals, and partieu
larry the eosrssr ones, like oatmeal and
corn, need very long cooking to be suit
able for children. Therefore It stands
to reason thas the aquisk" breads and
griddle cakes, which hsye been exposed
to cooking heat perhaps only few min
utes, win not be wen dieested and thsl
al preparations Of cereals shouid b
subjected TO long slow cooking Il the,
are to enter into the diet q young shil
dren.
At this moment, afso, people are benz
urged 70 sst al the potatoes possible .
saothsr sabstituts for wheat me re
quest i naae that families shall "a
-. IA Az I,
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extremely anxious to witness with their
own eyes just what the colored people
of Chicago can accomplish in the world
Of music.
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coLoRzp LrsEsFY DRrvs.

ne colorsd Psopls Of the Entire ooun-
~ Getting Ready 20 lEsst ss Es-
s,oual ospitsi % ippro.sa oonsrsss
for the Abolttisn Of Race Prosczip-
lion and the Federal oovsnnsut 70
Take Aetton against yynchtng-An-
svu valdosta ct Washington.
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the other hand, makes foods generally
less suitable to the digestion of shil-
dren-
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MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT TEE AUDI
ToRIUM rHRATER FRIDAY EVE
Ming; sUNE lzsh, FOE TIE EENE-
RIf or xHE FAMILIES or TIE
coLoRED SOLDIERS oFuLrNoIs.
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PROP. JAMES A. MUNDY WILL APP
PEAR WITH A CHORUS OF FIVE
HUNDRED voIcRa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14

Miss Julia Rowan spent Saturday in
Cumberland the guest of relatives.
Mr.. James ArnhoIt, of near Bayard,
was in the city Monday on business.
Mr.. Gus T. Hilleary, of near Cor
mania, spent Monday in Oakland on
business.
No war prices at Sincells. He will
sell you Spring Suit or Coat as reason
able as ever. Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A Loraditch spent
the weeke end in Keyser with relatives
and friends.
Rev. DR.. John H. Howard, of King
wood, was in the city Monday, going
from here to Baltimore on business.
For SALE-One good Jersey COW.
Call on or address John n. Michael, r.
d. 2, Oakland, Md. -Advertisement.
Mrs. Harvey j. Speicher and three
sons, who have been on a visit to the
east, returned home Sunday afternoon.
Slncell invites you to see his wonder
full line of Spring Suits and Coats, Just
received from the best makers. ADV.
Entertainment at the Maryland
Saturday evening for the benefit of the
Public Library. Attend it.
Miss Laura Shaffer spent the week.
end in Clarksburg, West Va. where
she visited her sister, Mrs. j. Edgar
Long.
The brick streets of town were given
a thorough hosing yesterday by force
of men directed by Street Commission
er Maroney.
Mr.. Thomas E. Haigh, of GAINESVILLE,
West Va, spent Monday in Oakland
and while IN the city made this office a
brief business visit.
Mrs. W. R. Sollars and children. of
Cumberland, arrived in Oakland Mon
day and are guests at the home of MIR.
E. E. Sollars near town.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14
Public Library Benefit.

The following program will be rem
dered by Miss Lille B. Bailey at the
Maryland Theatre, Saturday, 10Th at
7:30 p. M, for the benefit of the Oak
land free Library fund.
PROGRAM.
a Crossing the Bar. ......... Tennyson
b Bugle Song, bugle call given "
Baby's Solilequy .... Anonymous
a Old Sweetheart of Mine. Riley
b Boys Bear Story las told by a boy)
,''.'.''.. ........ ............ Riley
a Wooing of Berenice cutting from the
play
b Sign of the Cross. entitled 1.-THE Sign
OF the Gross" by Barrett
IN 9 FOR Man. Anonymous
b Sweet Girl Graduate. {"
c Hoover Pledge
Star Spangled Banner sung by audience.
tIAdmission adult rs, reserved seats IS,
in gallery, 15c children only.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14
ACCIDENT BOY PRIZE PO-
TATO GROWER OF STATE
Ellis Speicher Awarded Liberty
Bond and Scholarship.


Garrett county contains within her
borders the prize winning potato grow
er of MARYLAND in the person of Ellis
Speicher. of Accident, son of the late
Jonas Speicher. and nephew of State
Senator Speicher, of Garrett county.
Last spring, in order to enthuse the
boys of the State, the State Board of
Agriculture offered a number of prizes
to those who succeeded IN growing the
largest potato crop on a given parcel
of land with a $50 Liberty Bond as the
capital prize and also course in agri-
culture at the State College. The con-
test was open to every boy in every
county of the State and many went in
to it with the determination of winning
al ! 'astscne of the prizes.
Recently the committee OF awards
went over the reports from the various
county agents showing the yield with
the result that the youngster from Ac-
cident was awarded the State prize of
the Liberty Bond and also held first
place In the county and was likewise
awarded the agricultural course.
Young Speicher planted one eighth of
an acre and harvested therefrom Al $40
bushels of the tubers. He had close
second in the person of Harold Miller,
of Grantsville, whose crop measured 81
bushels.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14

MIR. Guy Yutzy has purchased the
William Clark property just across the
Third street bridge and is NOV
ing bis household effects to the resi-
dence. Mr.. Clark with his family have
gone to point a few miles out of
Harper's Ferry, West Va. where he
has purchased small farm. The Clark
property in Oakland consists of about
fifteen acres of splendid land and a
good barn and residence.
Recently the H. Weber & Sons Co.
received from the manufacturers farm
tractor which will be used by the firm
upon the farm for general purposes. A
try-out of the new machine was made
Monday when it hauled from the Sloan
mine at Deep Creek three wagons loads
of coal, totallying more than six tons,
bringing its load over hills and into
town at an average gait of five miles
an hour.
The H. Weber & Sons Company, well
known florists and agriculturalists Of
Oakland, have leased the Stevenson
farm, opposite Mountain Lake Park
and adjoining the Weber place, for a
term Of years. and will utilize the
ground for trucking and agricultural
purposes generally. The acreage of
the Stevenson farm is large and with
the Weber homestead combined the firm
will control upwards of a thousand
acres. Mr.. Stevenson has moved his
family from the farm to a cottage in
Mountain Lake Park.
Sugar makers in the Bittinger and
Grantsville sections of the county are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14

complaining greatly because of weather
conditions which will probably cut their
production away down Many of the
producers had expected a bumper crop
on account of the hard winter which
prevented flow of the sap premature
lY. The quality of sugar so far market
ed has been above the average and the
prices obtained range from Is to 20
cents per pound for the sugar and as
high as $500 per gallon for syrup.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14
CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. MARKS EV. LUTHERAN.
REV. S. E WICKER, Pastor.

REV. S. E WICKER, Pastor.
Bible School, $50 A. M. ]. C.
Renninger, Superintendent.
Morning Worship, 10:45 A. M. Sub
ject: "The Cost of Discipleship.
Luther League, $50 P. M. Leader:
Katherine Townshend.
Vespers, 1880 P. M. Subject: The
Ministry of Small Things"
All are INVITED to these services and
especially those with no church home.
The subject of the Friday evening
Lenton meditation at the Lutheran
church will be, The Messengers of
Christ" You are cordially invited to
come.
ST. PAUL'S M. E. CHURCH.
W. M. SHULTZ. Pastor.
The calendar for the week will be as
follows:
Sunday school, $50 a. m.
Morning service, 10:45 a. m.
Epworth League, 7:l5 p. m.
Preaching service, 500 p. m.
Jr. Epworth League, Wednesday
afternoon at Ais.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening
at 800.
Come and worship in this Home like
Church"
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching services Sunday morning
at II a. m.
Evening Service, 730 P. M.
Sabbath School, 230 P. NJ.
All cordially welcome.
Rev. j. C. ELY, Pastor.
WANTED-Girlfor general homework.
Address Lock Box 5, Mt. Lake Park.
Advertisement.
Money to loan on Real Estate. E..
R. Jones, Attorney. Advertisement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-03-14
Box Sumner.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E.
church at Corintb, W. Va will hold a
box supper in the Woo men Hall,
March 18th.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-11
CTo BE CONTINUED.
AMERICANS ONE GREAT IDEA
Happiness Has Principal charm-The
People Are the Most ldeaIistic
and Imaginative.

"The Americans are the most IDEAL
istic and imaginative people in the
world, and the most prOsaic, because
like Wordsworth, the most prOsaic Of
poets, they believe in happiness, and
happiness to them as to Wordsworth
means mems sana in corpOre sanO; ;
every one efficient in the tasks of mod
ern life the least heroic of doctrines.
81 met young American poet, hand
some, and besides elated by winning
some prize or other for a poem. He
said to me in his arrogant way that
poetry is a by-prOduct of life. Why, l
said, it is life itself 4 don't agree
with you was all he condescended to
reply. This young man expressed the
American idea.
81 think the English dislike of the
cries, etc, through their long history
is because of their poetical minds and
their preoccupatiOn with personality
and its freedom.
"The taste for scenery has this ad-
vantage over the taste for human ma
ture; the heart is not bruised. Yet
since scenery is never absurd as are
poor mortals, neither is there laughter
nor genial pity. We love scenery
principally because the feelings it Gre
ates are tranquil and easily controlled
so that we can enjoy our full measure
of self-content; dealing with human
nature, the poet cannot be the supe-
rlor person nor can he be prOud."-
From the Letters of John Butler
Yeats.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-11

Though the late Emperor Francis
Joseph was the oldest reigning sover-
eign in Europe he was not the oldest
royalty, says London Tit-Bits. The
Empress Eugene is four years older,
while the Dowager Grand Duchess
Of Mecklenburg- -Strelitz, the grand
mother of the grand duke, is eight
years older. Thus the last surviving
grandchild of George III was the old
est royalty in Europe. The elder sis
ter of the late Duke Of Cambridge and
consequently the aunt of Queen Mary
of England, it was June IS, 1913. THAI
her marriage took place at Bucking-
ham palace. She received an annuity
of $4,000 a year from the British ex.
chequer, which, being paid since for
the period of seventy-three years,
would amount to the tidy sum of ST.
095,000. But when the war broke out
it was announced that the annuity as
the lady was living in Germany, would
be stopped.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-01-11
Plume Hunters.

Florida once upon a time was alive
with wild birds, says the Florida
Times Union. According to William
7. Honaday, author of American Ma.
tural History, no other state in Amer
lea, except possibly California, ever
possessed a bird fauna quite compar-
able with Florida. Florida bird life
was one of the wonders of America.
But the gunners began to shoot and
shoot.
The plume hunters have practically
exterminated the roseate spoonbill the
flamingo, the scarlet ibis, and the
Carolina parrakeet and the limpkin
and ivory-billed woodpecker have
about disappeared largely in the in
terest of the millinery business to orna-
ment fashionable hats. The robin and
other song and MISUNDERSTANDING birds
are fast going. Unless a stand is
taken by well enforced laws the wild
bird life of the state will eventually
disappear and the multiplicity of in
sects must imperil or destroy agricul-
tural interests.