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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27
From A Soldier Boy.
Camp Humphrey, Va,
June 9th, 1881

To the Yidette:
VIII try to write something of
The history Of Camp Humphrey,
which was originally owned by Loro
Fairfax, who before the revolution
held hundreds of thousands OF acres
Of Northern Virginia and was one
of the most influential of the Colo
NAL Barons. In 1874 he sent to
America as his representative his
cousin, Col. William Fairfax, who
selected for his residence the point
OF the peninsula between Dogue
creek and Pohick Bay and Acco-
Inns creek on the west. Here he
erected in 1874 commodious man
sion on an elevation commanding
fine views OF the Potomac River.
To his homestead he gave the name
Belvoir, meaning Beautiful View,
name which is surely well de-
served. For forty years Belvoir was
the center Of social life of this part
Of the colony, noted for its hospi-
tally and gayety. The house was
visible from Mount Vernon. which
was across Dogue creek, to the east.
1t was at Belvoir that Lawrence
Washington married Anne Fairfax
and it was Anne Fairfax Washing
ton that began the development and
the extension Of the Mount Vernon
home, Lord Thomas Fairfax, own
er of the estate, lived here for sew
eral years and after 1746, when he
came to Virginia for permanent res
idence. Here Lord Fairfax met
tn young George Washington, start
ing on his initial surveying trip in
the service of Lord Fairfax. Thus
Belvoir and Mount Vernon were
linked by ties of friendship and
duty. Little traces remain today Of
this beautiful and hospitabfe man
sion. Fire began its destruction in
the early days of the Revolution and
British guns completed the destruc-
lion in 1912 No picture of the
house is known to exist. Through
the spacious grounds of Belvoir and
Mount Vernon the FairfaXes and
Washington's and the neighbors
hunted the fox with horn and
hounds. Game was abundant il
the woods, stretching back over
hill and dale, and the river abound.
ed in fish. On their plantation tn
owners lived leisurely but not an
idle existence until the stern days
called them to the Revolution, just
as France and the other allies are
calling us boys today.
| will close with best wishes to
the paper and its readers.
Sammie Boy.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27

| found it necessary to be in
town most every day, so | secured
an office over and in the Bank
Building, so any time you need me
with your horses and cattle when
sick with hemorrahagie, septicemia
anthrax, blackleg and malignant
edna, acute bulbar paralysis, Sc
nile paralysis, ingested foreign
bodies, Phone me at Iuka Garage
Phone No. 119. A. M. Farris,
43-4t Veterinary Surgeon.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27
STOP that
Irselig! S. tom

Your stomech-doesi it ever bother vo,i7
That's q sure sign something's wrong
indigestion, constipation, lazy liver.
ciosged. kidneys, impure blood, Mature
is warning you, and you had better heed
the warning.
Nature not only warns us, but also pro-
vides the remedy. There are eight great
herbal remedies that give positive relief
IN all kinds of indigestion. These have
been combined into one great nature medi-
cine-Vm Hepatica, the universal system
purifier. '''N''-
L. r. Sweeny. Nashville travelling
man, broke down as a result of the
meals he was forced to eat on the
road. Indigestion and constipation OF
The worst kind caused him untold SUI.
fering. Vim Hepatica restored him
and as he puts it, made him eft as
fiddle"
Vim Hepatica is surely a. matchless
tonic for regulating the bowels and
building up the entire system. Try
bottle on our say so that it is a real
medicine.
J. G.. Jourdan Drug Co. Iuka, Miss.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27

Veterinary Surgeon
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27

The Federal Land Bank is now
loaning a great deal Of money 70
the farmers Of Tishomingo county
at 81 per cent. We are getting
checks almost daily. II you want
to borrow any money on your farm
at 81 per cent interest. there is nc
fake in this loan. the Government
does not do business that way
please see the writer or ]. r. Jer.
nigan and make your application
and We viii get the money for you
BENNETT q CLARK,
Local Attys For Federal Land Banl
80 If
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-27

Held at Tishomingo, Miss,
Saturday and Sunday June
18th and Both, 1918.
l 10 a. IN. first day, Duty of Dea-
cons-C G Perry, o c Moor, J w
Lovelace.
. IL a. m. Introductory Sermon
II w Carmack. &C Perry, al
ternate.
3 1870 p. m. Budget system as a
means of collecting pastors salary
r. S Gavin, G @ Weaver, w
Carmack.
4 2:3o p. m. The Needs of the
Tishomingo Association-O c
Moor, c b Gurley, w Reardon.
> $3.50 p. IN. How to Increase
Church Attendance-Prof Ed.
Strickland, } r Duncan, G G Weav.
er.
8 1870 p. m. How to Get PEG.
pie to Remain for Church after S.
s. and b. Y.P. U-J Q Looney, j
W Carmack, OC Moor.
Z 900 p. m. Sermon. Preach
er to be selected by Pastor and
naoooDc Of Ghurob
s 800 a. M. Sunday, B. Y. p.
U-C c Weaver, j F Osborne, L S
Wright.
8 1000 Sunday School and its
Relation to the Church, c Fin.
ger, W T Bennett, CO Perry.
10 l1:00 a. m. Sermon, Subject
Missions-Dr- r S. Gavin
IL 200 p. m. Woman's Work
Mrs. Julia Dilworth, Mrs. Lovd
Garrett.
Thirty minutes of each meeting
will be devoted TO query box il
needed. Let everybody come and
stay through the two days, as
homes will be supplied delegates
and pastors from all churches in
the Association. Come and help
make this meeting a success.
J. A. Gray, Chm FIX. Board.
}. q. LOOney, Moderator.
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Old Harp Singing.

There viii be an old harp singing
at Belmont next Sunday, the fifth
Sunday. Everybody is invited to
come and bring well filed baskets,
and all old harp books. To be at
Baptist church.
G. S. JACKSON. J. A. J. SMITH.
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Contract To Be Let.
State of Mississippi,
Tishomingo County,

7 ne Road Commissioners of the Col
d N road district will on the LIST Mon
day in July 1918, at the court house
door in the town of Iuka, Miss,
within legal hours, let to the lowest
responsible bidder, contract or CON
tracts for the construction of line
of road in said road district known
as the road leading from the
village of Golden, Mississippi.
and running southwest intersecting
the Eastport and Fulton road near
Mrs. l.. NJ, Hale's, according to
plans and specifications on file in
the office OF the Chancery Clerk in
SAID county. The commissioners
reserve the right, if they deem
proper, to divide the road into diff
ferent contracts or in bulk. which
ever is to the best interest of
thes road district. They also re-
serve the right to let the contract
for grading and graveling separate
ly if to the interest of the road dis
trict. A certified check of $4,000
must accompany each and every bid.
The commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
This the 9th day of June 1918.
j. f. CREOLE,
Sect. for Road Commissioners.
Bennett IL Clark, Attorneys for
Road District. 40 At.
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Commissioners Sale of Land.
40. Sanders

vs..
t. NJ. Sanders, ct al
BY virtue of the provisions Of
a decree Of the Chancery Court Of
Tishomingo county, Mississippi,ren-
dered by said court on the 18th day
Of June, 1918, the undersigned as
special Commissioner of said court,
in said cause. will on Saturday, the
18th day Of July 1918, at Iuka,
Mississippi, during legal hours, in
front of the court house door, ex-
pose for sale and sell to the highest
bidder for Cash the following de-
scribed real estate situated in fish
omingo county, Mississippi, towit:
The east half Of the Southwest
quarter OF Section one, township
-Four t4) and range 40 east.
The said land is sold for the pur-
pose of partitioning among the own
ers in accordance with said decree.
The title to saM land is believed to
be good but / will convey only such
title as is vested in me as said com
missioner. +, A. Payne,
Commissioner
Bennett e. Clark, Solicitors.
AZ At.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-06-15
HOW TO MAKE MISCHIEF

Keep your eyes on your neigh
bors. Do not let them stir with
out watching. They may do some
thing wrong if you do. You never
knew them to do anything bad, to
be sure, but it may be on your ac-
count that they have not. Per-
haps, if not for your kindly care,
they might have disgraced them
selves long ago. Do not, there
fore, relax any effort to keep them
where they ought to be.
Never mind your own business
that will take care of itself.
There is man passing along; he
is looking over the fence; be sus-
picious Of him; perhaps he con-
templates stealing something these
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for political purposes solely is
now plainly evident.

for political purposes solely IS
now plainly evident.
Two weeks ago this paper pub
lished a very laudatory article in
behalf of Governor Burnquist that
was prepared by this publicity
bureau, doubtless at the COVER
nor's dictation. And the people
pay the bills.
A genuine patriot is one who
attends strictly to his own bust
ness and is not constantly look
ing for somebody to denounce as
a traitor. That it is the purpose
of the present state administra-
ton to attempt to befog the pub
lie mind in this manner and thus
insure their own return to power
is beyond dispute,-Ransom Met
calfe in Steel Plant News.
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dark nights; there is no knowing
what queer fancies he may get in
to his head.
If you note symptoms of any
one passing out of the path of
duty, tell everyone else what you
see and be particular that you tell
a great many. Circulating such
things may not benefit you, - Of
course, nor anyone else in particu-
lar.
Do keep some hing going
silence is q dreadful thing. AL
though it is said there was silence
in heaven for the space, of half
an hour, do not let any such thing
occur on earth. 1t would be too
much for this mundane sphere.
If, after your watchful care, you
cannot see that your neighbors
have done anything bad, throw
out hints that they are no better
than they should be-that you
have an idea people may frd out
after awhile what these neighbors
are, then they may not carry their
heads so high. Keep it going.
Some one may take the hint and
help it along after a while-then
there will be music and everything
will work out like a charm.
Follow the foregoing directions
and you will be quite sure of MAX
ing plenty Of mischief.-Ex.
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Judge MCGEE, member of the
state safety commission, has not
made a hit with "a great many
Minnesotans. His assertions that
the North Star state was seething
with sedition has been especially
resented.
"Those who know Judge Nc
Gee best try to excuse him by ex-
planning that he is almost a
maniac on the subject Of
militarism, says a writer. He has
studied military affairs for years
and once was said to have the
finest military library in Amer
lea. He is a great admirer of
Napoleon and is said to have
tried to ape many Of the personal
characteristics Of the Corsican
dictator.
''When the war broke out and
Judge MCGEE was appointed on
the Public Safety commission, he
thought he saw an opportunity
to rule with an iron hand. His
friends do not question his sin
cerity, but they say his mind is
warped upon the subject Of mill
tarism and that he thought he
saw treason on every side and
really believed in the necessity of
imprisoning and executing many
persons whose only offense was
that they disagreed with Judge
MCGEE on political and economic
matters.
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HIDDEN HANDS BECL0UD
WATER FRONTAGE TITLES
Rescind Ancient Resolution to Condemn st.
Croix Water Front For Park Purposes. :.

then to use it for other purposes.
Owners of the St. Croix water
frontage assumed that the meas
ure applied particularly to their
holdings therefore raised objec-
lions, which caused the bill to be
quietly withdrawn. =
In the last legislature, Sen.
Denegre introduced a bill permit
ting cities of $4,000 population, or
over, to exchange lands acquired
for park purposes for other lands
to be similarly used. In report
ing the bill, the correspondent OF
the Duluth Herald stated that the
bill was understood to apply only
to st. Paul. When Sen. Denegre
was asked by Sen. Jones to make
the bill apply to cities of 100000,
or over, he showed resentment
and anger. The bill died, how
ever.
In the turmoil of the closing
days of the legislature, bill was
slipped through, providing that,
hereafter, property taken by the
city through condemnation pro-
ceedings for any other purpose
than an easement, shall be held
by absolute title by the city and,
in no case, revert to the owners.
Some of those responsible for
the passage of that bill clumsily
made the excuse that the measure
was intended to prevent any such
trouble as the city had over the
old courthouse grounds. The
apologists or explainers forgot,
however, that the courthouse
grounds case was one in which the
city never acquired the site but
received it as a conditional gift.
That clumsy explanation arous-
ed new. suspicion of cunning
| move by clutching Hidden Hands.
Among the many who own wa
terfrontage down there are: c.
E. Evens, the John Holleran Es-
tate,. Whitney Brothers, the Du-
luth Ice Company, the Northwest
ern Metal Co., George Elnon, T. j.
Davis, Hugh MisCampbell, Dan
Cole, johnson Brothers, Nick
Christopher, R. Murchison, Belle
Stanley, Morris Solberg, Nick
, Young, Mr.. Sponnick.
Many, if not all, Of those own
ers firmly believe that powerful
Hidden Hands seek those riparian
rights but that they do not trust
the owners to dispose of them at
reasonable figures and that they
believe hey can get titles more
easily, cheaply and satisfactorily
by using the city commissioners
to rake their chcstnuts, after pro-
viding legal means by sly passage
of legislative authority, through
help of complacent and accom-
modating legislators.
Some of Duluth s Hidden Hands
are gloved in the velvet of philan-
thropy and alleged regard for the
common people but that velvet
conceals fingers Of manganese
steel.
incidentally, it is limited, some
prominent men of this city may
be suddenly and summarily ex-
posed as the actual possessors of
these Hidden Hands.
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For several years, Dy help OF Ine
common council, Hidden Hands
have kept a cloud on the titles to
riparian rights possessed by prop
critics facing the lake front on the
easterly side Of st. Croix avenue.
The daily papers, some years
ago, told how nice it would be to
fill in the water front between the
hind end of the city hall and the
ship canal and there plant trees
and benches; make walks and
fountains-all for the pleasure and
benefit of the dear people.
Mayor Prince, a most cordial
and accommodating gentleman, in
troduced a resolution in the COM
mon council to condemn the ripar-
ian rights of those water front
properties. THE resolution duly
passed and still stands, an effect
ual cloud on the title to those
riparian rights, although the COM
mon council never has taken an
other step to condemn and acquire.
At a recent council meeting,
mayor Magney brought up the
fact~of condemnation proceedings
having been instituted during
mayor Princes regime. He de-
clared that some of the property
owners were strenuously insisting
that the resolution to condemn be
rescinded. The mayor asked the
opinions of the other commission
ers in the matter. No one seemed
to have definite opinions. Incl
dentally, it was stated that at
least one advantageous sale of
property had been lost by the
owner because of the existence of
the aged resolution.
Although it is firmly believed
that Hidden Hands are clutching
at these properties, not a single
soul who owns property there can
positively swear to their actual
identity. One belief that whole.
salers are back Of the movement
is not substantially supported by
facts and finger prints. Vague
opinions that some railroad seeks
the property lack proper support.
One commissioner, last year, I'M
Willingly blurted out that Julius
H. Barnes had tunnel plan for
Minnesota Point that required
these st. Croix water front prop
critics. There is no evidence to
support that assertion, although
the manner of acquiring the site
for. the boat club natatoriam may
be considered somewhat corrob-
orative.
Condemnation proceedings were
started late in 1913, by commits
sioner Prince, under the PROPOSE
ton to acquire the properties for
park purposes.
That same year, the legislature
passed a bill enabling cities of the
Duluth class to condemn land for
park purposes and then to use it
for other purposes. The home
rule charter went into effect,
thereby throwing doubt on the
validity of the bill as passed by
the legislature.
In 1915, Sen. Adams introduced
a bill authorizing the city to &C.
quire land for park purposes and
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People who are everlastingly
looking for somebody to shout
traitor at are the ones whose
loyalty is not above suspicion.
Practically the entire work of the
publicity bureau of the state
safety commission to date has
been confined to bowling about
treason. shat this has been done
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UCu1Cdl OAV "VAA'
During May "a schools were
visited by the medical director
and a total of 395 children were
examined. The school nurses
made 1873 visits to schools and 365
visits to homes. The treatment
of 10 minor cases was reported
besides some vaccination and spe-
cial treatments. Exclusions for
contagious skin diseases were
about the usual number. Eight
children secured glasses; 8 had
eyes treated; 16 had adenoids and
tonsils removed; one case Of tu-
berculosis was placed under OBJ
servation and other scattered
cases given treatment. Owing to
a possibility Of exposure to small
pox, group Of children was vac
cinated at the Lowell school.
Fairgrounds we're pRened May
L at schools and with an attend
ance as follows, viz:
Chester, $3.50 Franklin, 2641;
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Garfield, 40; Harrison, 1, sO5; Irv-
ing, 3,2O3; Lester Park, 1850;
Morgan Park, 366; Observation,
1914; Washburn, $50; Washing
ton, 1878; Webster, 5O7; Stowe,
I2,036. 49,.
Truant Officers Report.
In the attendance department
220 cases were investigated as fol-
lows, viz: :.
Truancy, 40; personal illness,
So; want of shoes or. clothing, 4;
illegally employed, 6; moved, 8;
indifference or neglect in home,
g.; assisting at home, 20; causes
not classified, IL.
A delegation from the Franklin
school district was on hand to get
definite information as to what the
board Of education proposed to do
in respect to giving additional
room and betterments at the
Franklin building. The members
Of the board formally went on
record to the effect that the
Franklin building would be given
an assembly hall and various other
repairs and improvements. AS
soon as the official architects of
the board get free from the plans
for the Cobb school addition, they
will at once take up the problems
; connected with the Franklin
building and get out plans and
recommendations for the needed
betterments at that building. The
delegation, headed by Frank A..
Heideman, apparently was salts
fled with the representations for
mally and solemnly made by the
board.
The Cobb School Addition.
Four contracts for the con-
struction of an addition to the
B.. R. Cobb school at Woodland
were awarded at a special meet
ing Of the board of education last
Tuesday night, aggregating $67,-
72. Seven rooms will be added
to the present building, COM
prising an addition to the gym
nasium, class rooms, locker rooms
for the boys and girls and kin
| dergarten.
William Fawcett, on his bid of
$40, 1850 was awarded the con-
tract for the general construc-
ton of the building. Other bid
ders and their bids follow:
N. A. Bergstrom, $54,4s5;
jacobson Bros, $58, 200; Mcleod
& Smith, -$60;S72; G.. H. Louns-
berry, $685.; Gustafson & o.
son, $51, 127; H. Fawcett, .$55,985
and D. Knauff, $4,000.
The contract Tor heating and
plumbing was awarded to the
American Heating & Plumbing
company on. it's bid Of $1O,592
other bids were: d.: R. Black &
Co., ~$10,S90; Farrell & Co., $13,.
600; Stack Bros. Co., $11, 290, and
H. Gazette $14,065.
The electrical contract was
awarded to the Burgess Electric
company on their bid of $1,000.
The only other bidder was Nc
Collum & Thayer, who bid $3,977.
The Walker lamar company
received the contract. for the
sheet metal work on it's bid of
$500. The other bidders and
bids follow. McCollum & Hopkins
SIS, 900; Dietz Sheet Metal & Roof
ing company, $4,368; Hollihan &
Milostan, $4,450.
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$134,536.12

Box in bonds.....-...,$ 100000
New Teachers Employed.
The committee on schools re-
ported that T. F. Phillips, princi-
pal Of the Denfeld high school,
had resigned as a result of i'll
health and that James F. Taylor
has been employed to fill the
position at a salary Of $2,250 a
year. :. = x
Employment of other teachers
was reported as follows, viz:
Gladys Parker, senior English,
81, 200; Florence Fallgatter, home