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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19

The government of the United
States has advised the Our Boys In
France Tobacco Fund to go ahead at
full speed as Jul boys need all the
tobacco that can be sent to them.
And the fund carries oni
Four hundred and forty-one (l41
for emphasis) newspapers and ninety
nine magazines (again the figure, 90
for emphasis) are now hard at work
gathering together the Our Boys in
France Tobacco Fund, with which
thousands of boys in the American
Army at the, front, are receiving the
often blessed contributions of smokes,
desire, and which comes all too sell
dom to them.
This fund, of which the EVENING
NEWS Is the agent is so far from be-
ing q local agency for the distribu-
ton of the coveted weed that 1t
reaches from shore to shore and from
the hot tomeles of Mexico to the
wheat of Canada, The main head
quarters of the fund are at 2 West
Forty-Fourth street. New York, and
that's where the contributions from
oil the collecting agencies are sent
M from there the tobacco is bought
and shipped. The fund has the in
dorsement Of the secretaries of war
and the navy, as well as the unquali-
ucQ lnOOrbeInent OF &OVernerS OF ATTIC
ma, Colorado, Connecticut. Florida, IN
diana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska,
=. evada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Oregon, Rhode Island. South Carolina,
Vermont, West Virginia and Wyom-
ing. In addition to the above the fund
is on the approved war relief organi-
nations listed by the Charities Society
of New York, and uses any newspaper
published in New York city. the Irving
National bank, the Audit Company OF
New York and any special newspaper
Representatives In New York city as
references.
Which isn't such a bad reputation
to have.
And the EVENING NEWS. collect
ing IN Perth Amboy has raised ss06.
~ to date for the fund, plac-
ing 1t thirtieth on the list of $40 pub
locations soliciting contributions for
the cause.
OF which we are duly proud
and pride is for the city OF
Perth Amboy for its response as
well as for ourselves.
On June 8 the total collected
throughout the country for the fund
was S~227,48T.0e. OF that sum, the
newspapers had reported s~19s.533.54.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Big Tuna cannery.

Half a million dollars is to be ex-
pended in the construction OF q large
tuna cannery on the island of Maui.
in the Hawaiian group, states The
Gamer. The waters around the is
lands swarm with nsh OF every de-
scription. among which the tuna is
predominant and attains an enormous
sire. The operation OF this plant viii
be a valuable addition TO the food sup
ply Of the United States and may lead
TO the establishment Of an important
fishing industry IN the island territory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
BUGS AND MORE BUGS
impossible 90 Get Women as FIagmen
al HeImetta Crossing.
~ Special Correspondent


~ Special Correspondent
JAMEsBURG. July 1s-The ON
cials of the Pennsylvania are all at sea
In an effort 10 knock out for good the
hoodoo that has followed the female
nagmen at the crossing at Helmetta.
Three have already quit the Job in
terror and every method at the COM
mand of the ofncials have failed TO
land a single one back to their post.
Bugs. just ordinary bed-bugs that
have taken possession OF the shanty,
have driven the ladies 70 their homes
IN fear Of carrying home the night
prowlersL The place has been fumi-
gated twice. scrubbed until the paint
was scrubbed from the boards and
new paint put on. but TO no avail.
Miss Mary Eler. Of Lincoln avenue.
this place. was the latest to ny in
terror at q king bug out for a walk A
report was made Inc she quit cold.
Headquarters WA notified and the
fumigation commenced all over again.
but no reasoning could get Miss Eler
70 80 back to her q Job.
Mrs. Marion Mondoker. the first 70
operate stop" sign lasted one week
Mrs.. Louis Perrine remained but q
day and now Miss Eler one week. II
has been suggested that q new shsnty
be built and this would insure a san
itary place for the hagmanettes who
proved dismal failures rs war
workers so far.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
BY ANTHONY EUwER
copyright, 191 American Defense
Sociatvl

Copyright, 191 American Defense
Society
About this German language stuff
'Twould seem we've had about
enough
OF German things somehow OF late
Ell what7 NIGHT vahr7 At any rate
We've shown we al exist quite free
OF all things made In Germany,
Save one, nor yet the least among
The emblem Of the German tongue.
And too, a most expressive one,
This language of the modern Hun,
ALL eloquent of lust and rape,
Each diabolic ogre-shape.
That hell's foul dam could breed and
spawn.
Our sickened ayes must look upon.
Red death n carnage, torch and
blaze,
You know them backwards. ev'ry
phrase!
The German languagel Such I say
Is what that language means today.
The German language. youngsters
taught
From German textbooks. seeped and
fraught
With kaiser-love, and from such
youth
We draw our country's men forsooth!
Our CITIZENS who cannot read
Our words, showed Town u threats.
We frown
And Deutcher dailies. those that feed
And gulp. and let the thing go down.
But hold" you say, why confscate
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Body Remains Unidentified

The body OF the nan found floating
In the Raritan Bay on Bayard's bath
ing beach at 6 O'Clock yesterday
morning still remains unidentified and
Is at the morgue of Coroner James
]. Flynn waiting TO be claimed.
The clothes of the man contained
no means of Identification. The re-
mains appear to be those OF a man
about five feet seven inches in height
and weighing about 176 pounds. He
has dark hair and was partly bald. He
well attired in a blue suit and
wore a striped shirt.
The body of the man was found
early yesterday morning by two young
boys as they were crossing The hay in
q rowboat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
-Four Minute Men Dine

Albert Leon and r. I. Vail, chair
man of the local -Four Minute Mems
organization attended the dinner al
the Washington in Newark last night,
commemorating the first anniversary
OF the organization OF the Four Min
ute Men. The dinner, which was Civ
en- by a Citizens Committee. COM
posed OF h mayor and other city Of
Numerous four-minute talks were
given by prominent men. among whom
was Mr.. Leon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19

TRENTON. July 1.-THE applica-
ton OF the Hammonton and Egg
Haroor City Gas Company 70 increase
ats rate from t1.ss q thousand cubic
feet with q rebate OF 10 per cent a
thousand feet provided the bin is paid
by the tenth OF the month. TO t1.e0
per thousand feet with the same re-
bate was today allowed By the Board
q Public Utility Commissioners Gas
through prepaid meters shall be
charged for Il the rate q f1-to q
1900 nc. sss n,zzssssSE nsT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Phwati Shure, It's Hard 20 Believe
This.

DUBLIN. July is:@There are
snakes In Ireland. The reptiles have
been seen recently near the west coast
points where German submarines
communicated with 6inn-Fein lead
ers. II Is suggested hat they may
have been put ashore by Germans IN
an attempt 70 influence superstitious
Irish people. ST. Patrick IL generally
credited with having driven AL snakes
% the island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Sell Water

TRENTON, July 1s:-Upon appli-
cation of the Wrightstown Water,
Light and Power Company, the Board
of Public Utility Commissioners today
approved the sale Of the property.
rights and franchises of the firm TO
the Wrightstown Utilities Corporation,
at a present value of $4,000 and APP
proved the payment of this considera-
ton by the issue and transfer OF stock
of the Hanover Water Company In
the amount of $4,000 par value.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19

p0Iand Must Pay Own War Expensel
STOCKHOLM. July ls:-In a reply
% 5 request for the payment OF money
Eecaived BY the Germans IN forced
loans from the city. the municipal au-
fhorltses Of Warsaw were told 70 see
The Polish minister OF finance. AS
fhe entire financial administration Is
ID E&e hands OF Germany. this me BIT
y Hun rcasm e taken By the Poles
q Ween that Po.an1 must pay Ger
&41<s Na4 &xRen4ss 10 Poland
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Daily Thouuht

Every person is responsible for all
the good within the scope OF his abil-
tiles, and for no more. and none can
tell whose sphere is the largest-GaIl
Hamilton. p
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
New $1,000 Club Member

Members for the $1,000 w. 8. g
Club still continue TO come In. The
club 10Y boasts OF having nfty-three
members. the latest member being
John Kutcher. he having been Sc
cured through Abraham Axelrod.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19

Iceland Furnish England with Wool
LONDON, July let Is reported
that Swedish firms are greatly con-
cerned over a report h a Iceland has
agreed to sell England all her wool.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
To Redeoorate y. N. G. IA

At the regular monthly meeting OF
the Board OF Directors Of the Y. n.
c. A. held IN the association rooms
last night. Il was decided 70 repaint
and redscorate the boys department
OF the association.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
Porch Rockers Must Be
Closed Out At Once

The prices we have on them for Friday
and Saturday will do it: Strongly built
solid maple porch chairs, with doubIs,a
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17

label and the necessary postage
stamps, the latter to be furnished
by the sender of the parcel.
Christmas parcels will bear
the name and address Of the sem
der and will beaddressed substan-
TALLY as follows: Christmas Box
Department, Port of Embarka-
ton, Hoboken, N. j., for James
Roe, Organization -, Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces
Parcels SO addressed will be
chargeable at fourth class postal
rate. They may bear such in
scriptions as DO not open until
Christmas etc. In order to in
sure delivery by Christmas pack
ages should be mailed on or be-
fore Nov. 20.
Members of families serving in
the navy may receive parcels not
to exceed 20 pounds in weight and
so prepared that the contents may
be examined. TIL nam and adj
dress of the sender must be writ
ten on the parcel. The name of
the consignee, together with his
rank or rating, must be written in
the upper left hand corner. If
the addressee is attached to q
training station the parcels are
to be sent in care of the supply
officers fleet, Supply Base, Twen-
ty-Ninth Street and Third Aven-
ue, Bush Terminal Station,
Brooklyn, N. Y"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
ones good bye until he passed
from this life into eternity.

ones good bye until he passed
from this life into eternity.
He leaves behind him to mourn
bis death, a mother, two sisters,
two brothers, one half sister, one
half brother, and host of
friends.
He was a noble young man of
splendid character, upright, hon.
est, and true to the cause he fol-
lowed. He was born and reared
in christian home, and brought
up under the influence of chris
tian parents. He was always
found in his place at church and
Sunday school. He was liberal
in giving to the poor and needy,
and the cause of his Master.
The vacant place he leaves will
be hard to fill. Our love and sym
pathy go out to the bereaved fam
lily and loved ones.
May his God-the Cod and
Fatherof the Universe-bless anG
comfort them in their hour Of sor-
row. O. G. r..
Buy Liberty Bonds,
FLORENCE.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
RED CROSS ELECTION POST.
PONED.

The Red Cross chapter cleo
tions Of the Gulf Division, "A. R.
c., Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama), Wednesday were or
dered postponed one month, until
the fourth Wednesday in Novem-
Der, by Division Manager, Leigh
Carroll.
The postponement, ordered
from the Division Offices in New
Orleans, was because Of the influ-
enza epidemic and to leave the
chapter paths for effective and
whole-hearted cooperation with
local health authorities in COM
batting the epidemis. -
Here is the Division Managers
statement:
I'm view Of the present infiuen-
"a conditions and on the advice
and request Of the public health
authorities, the date for holding
the annual meetings Of Red Cross
Chapters in the Gulf Division has
been postponed until the fourth
Wednesday in November. If fur
ther postponement should be nee
essary, due notice will be given.
Present officers and executive
committees will continue to act
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT

TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT
To "Hooverize" we will only run
our delivery wagon Mondays,
Thursdays, and Saturday till IL
o'clock. Hope our friends and
customers will take notice and
watch their pantry's and feed
rooms and help both the Govern
ment and us in this way. Help is
very high and hard to get. Eff
fective November 1st.
Very truly,
w. G. BARNES.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
Buy More Bonds
AN ORDINANCE

Providing that all Persons shall
carry card showing that
they work six CO. days in the
week.
Whereas, It is necessary that
every person shall engage in work
necessary to the prosecution of
the war and the preservation Of
the civilian population, and,
Whereas, It is desirable that
our people be 100 per cent eff
cient industrially, and,
Whereas, The Mayor and Board
of Aldermen has been requested
to adopt a card by the Labor Com
munity Commission,
Section 1. Therefore, Be it or
dained by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the Town of Bran
don, that all persons over ID and
under 60 years of age, are requir-
ed to work six days in the week
at some essential employment, or
occupation, and to carry a card
indicating that such is perform
ed; that the official authorities
of said town, or any person ap-
pointed by the Mayor, are author
lied to inspect said cards.
Section 2. That the Town Mar
shall will furnish cards to all In
dividuals and employers of labor
which shall be given to all per-
sons over Ia years of age which
shall show the number of days
worked by each person. That this
card shall be furnised by the en-
ployer of labor and used as evi-
dence in the police court in all
prosecutions for failure to engage
in essential occupations and for
vagrancy.
Section 8. That any employer
who shall fail to indicate on the
card the correct number of days
worked by an employee, or any
persons who should fail to have
or exhibit the card, or to work
six days, shall upon conviction,
be punished by fine of not more
than One Hundred Dollars, or by
Imprisonment Of not more than
thirty days, or both such fine and
Imprisonment.
Section 4. That the following
employment, or occupations, be
and they are hereby declared non
essential for the duration of the
war, and shall apply to all per-
sons within the ages of IA and
60 years, to-wlt:
Walters and porters in restaur-
ants, cafes, hotels, and other i'm
dustries; porters and shoe blacks
in barber shops; pressing clubs;
shoe shine shops; private chauf-
fers (not engaged in essential
work.; chauffers FOR taxi cabs,
jitneys, and automobiles for hire
and pleasure.
Section 5. That all persons ply
ically disabled shall be exempt
ed from the penalties herein inn
posed, by the certificate of d ply
sician.
Section 6. That, for cause, this
ordinance shall take effect and be
IN force from the date hereof,
October Is, 1918.
P. HENRY, Mayor
w. S. MAY, Clerk.
Buy Liberty Bonds--
FOR SALE.
40 acres good land, we'll inn
proved; moving picture show and
music, cheap. Apply
Route l, Box IS.
Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
RANKIN BOY KILLED IN AC-
TION. Ne

Word has been received by
Mrs. o. j. Mcintyre of the death
Of her nephew, Corporal Harry
Lofiin, Of Leonard, Texas, who
was killed in action, September
10th. Harry was the oldest son
of D. H. Loflin, formerly Of this
county, and who later moved
his family to Leonard, Texas.
Corporal Loflin received his
military training at Kelly Field
San Antonia, Texas, where he
won special distinction in the
line Of bayonette practice. An
other young life given nobly for
the cause of democracy, and hui
manity. L
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17

! No preaching nor Sunday
school exercises last Sunday in
/ Florence. AS is we'll known, the
object was to prevent assemblage
of crowds to avoid spreading in
fluenza, colds or grippe, if there
| be any one affected with the all
ing present. This is wise just at
a time when either of these dis
eases is catching. Even the high
school has suspended for few
days on the same account. Even
the Beat Fairs are called off.
Walter-Parkison, for several
years rural mail carrier of Route
l, out of Florence, has resigned
that position. His substitute,
Wick Steen, operates the route un-
til princoipl is appointed. No
one can tell when this will be.
Mr.. Parkison has been very
prompt and careful with Uncle
Sam mail matters on route Land
the patrons Of the route will miss
his face and his services for
/ good while.
/ The heavy head lines in the
daily papers for the past few
days, have created an impress
ion among many people that the
terrible war is about to end be-
cause, as is said, d,Germany has ac-
cepted President Wilson's Ia
propositions of terms of peace.
No man who reads carefully ev-
cry day the news. from the seat
the Kaiser's tricky character,
will swallow such news paper
statements so readily. There's
many a slip between the cup and
the lip" So, by the time The
Brandon News is put into the
mails again, there may be a dis
appointing state of affairs. The
Germans are not licked yet. The
lighting, pursuing and retreating
are still on in Flanders and Bel
! GUM, and lots of soldiers on both
sides are being done to their
deaths, even after the cry for
/ peace has been made known. A.
blde your time with patience, yet
awhile.
! Our Soldier boys in France
should have their hearts gladden.
ed with Christmas gifts next De-
cember 25th. But for lack of full
shipping space this fall and De-
cember, the u. S. Government is
publishing it around that only
one Christmas package to SOL
dier can be carried over. Read
the following from. the war de-
partner:
Each soldier will be furnished
with Christmas Parcel LABEL
bearing the correct name and ad-
dress of the soldier and the per-
son designed to mail the parcel.
The labels will be prepared to
serve as address labels for the
parcels. The soldier will send the
label to the person who is to mail
the parcel. No christmas parcel
will be accepted for transmission
without such label.
All parcels must be Of stand |
ard size, three inches by four in
ches by nine inches, and shall not |
exceed three pounds in weight. |
The proper sized cartons will be |
distributed through the various
Red Cross Chapters throughout
the country. No carton will be |
issued except upon presentation
of Christmas parcel label, re-
ceived from abroad.
After the cartons have been
filled by the person who received
them they shall be returned to a
Red Cross receiving station,
where inspectors appointd by the
Red Cross will carefully exam
inc each parcel and supervise the
wrapping and afiixing the parcel
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17


Washington, D. c., Oct. II,
1918, 4:1O P. Mo Louis D.
Mcbride, Florence, Miss. The
Bureau regrets. to advise that
your son, John Gayden Mcbride,
fireman, second class, u. S. Navy,
lost his life when the u. S. Act
Ticonderoga was fired upon by an
enemy submarine and sunk on
September 30th.S You have the
sincere sympathy Of the Bureau
in the loss of your son. All in
quiries should be addressed to
the Bureau of Navigation, Navy
Department, Washington, .. G.
Il. G. PALMER. Z
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
J. C. BULLOCK, THE BELOVED
SON OF MRS. BETTE Bull
LOCK, HAS PASSED
AWAY.

Just three weeks ago this
young man was called to the A.
& NJ. College to join the .colors.
He was preparing for carpenter
work in the u. S. service when he
fell a victim to that awful disease
influenza, and followed by pneu-
fonia, which carried him to that
home in the Great Beyond.
He was brought to his home at
Thomasville, Miss, to be laid to
rest by the side Of his father and
brother, who have gone on before.
It had been just three weeks
from the time he bid his loved
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
ANOTHER RANKIN BOY PAYS
THE SUPREME PRICE.

L. D. Mcbride, of Florence,
was here Monday, and brought the
sad news of the death Of his son,
John Gayden Mcbride, which oc-
Cured on September 30th, he hav-
ing been one Of the crew of the
u. S. Transport Boat, Ticondero-
ga, which was sunk by an enemy
submarine.
The following telegram from
Washington, brought the news to
Mr.. Mcbride:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-10-17
Buy Your Liberty Bonds from Us
Rankin County Bank |

until the annual meeting shall
have been held. This step ! is
taken in order to give full coop
GRAFTON in the efforts Of the pub
lie authorities to check the spread
of influenza.
Instructions and suggestions
for holding annual meetings are
in preparation and will be sent
to chapters as soon as completed"
-RuY Liberty RondS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-08
40 Per Cent of 1917 Corn Crop
Not Yet Marketed.
Farmers Hold 1,292,9O5,OOO
Bushels, Says q. S. Report.
HOLD II Per CENT OF WHEAT
Higher Percentage HOarded
Than in Previous Years.
81 Per Cent of Oats and 20 Per
Cent Barley Still on Farms.

Washington, March S.-Grain in
farmers hands on March 1. as an
nounced today by the department of
agriculture was:
Corn, 1,292,9O5, 900 bushels or 40.90
per cent of the 1917 crop.
Wheat, 111,272,O0o bushels or III
oats, 5s5,1s5.ooo bushels or s7.5
per cent.
Barley, 43,4o4,oOo bushels or 2O.S
per cent.
Much interest centered in the de
partment of agriculture'S grain report
today announcing the amount of grain
on farms March 1. The quantity of
wheat in farmers hands was expected
to be much lower than in other years,
in view of the pressing demand the
food administration has eXerted to
send that cereal to the allies, but the
forecast was upset entirely.
Held 80 Per Cent of Corn Year Ago.
Corn of the 1916 crop on farms
March 1, last year amounted to 1872
100000 bushels or 305 per cent of
the crop, and of the 1915 crop, 1,116,
on farms March 1, 1916. About 17.6
per cent of the 1915 crop was shipped
out of the counties where grown and
1871 per cent of the 1915 crop SO
shipped The proportion of the 1916
crop merchantable was 2,154, ,4S7. 900
bushels, or 500 per cent and of the
1915 crop, 2,127.9 600 bushels or
I'll per cent.
Wheat of the 1916 crop on farms
March l, 1917, amounted to 100, $780,
o00 bushels or 1873 per cent of the
crop and of the 1915 crop, 244, ,448,-
600 bushels, or 23.S per cent was on
farms March 1, 1916 About 56.7 per
cent of the 1916 crop was shipped out
of the counties where grown and 61.7
per cent of the 1915 crop was so
shipped.
/ Oats of the 1916 crop on farms
/ March l. 1917. amounted to 394.211,-
600. bushels. or BIS per cent of the
crop. and of the 1915 crop 59S,14S,00O
bushels, or 1856 per cent, remained on
farms March l, 1916. About 2S46
| per cent of 1916 crop was shipped out
| of the counties where grown and SOL
per cent of the 1915 crop was so
i shipped.
| Compare Grain Prices.
The price per bushel of corn based
/ on an average from the several states
was 1913 cents as against 1909 cents
| in 1917.
| The price per bushel of wheat pre-
vailing on March l, 1918, was 202.7
cents as against -64.4 cents in 1917.
| The price of oats March was S6.2
cents as against 1914 cents in 1917
| Barley was selling on an average of
| 1911 cents a bushel March l against
! 96.9 cents in 1917.
35 Million Bushels on Kansas Farms.
Stocks of corn on farms by impor-
| tant states follow:
Ohio 81, 541, 900, Indiana S5,443,OOO,
Illinois 1872, $50, 900. Iowa ISL. $50, 900,
Missouri los, ,0O0.- Nebraska 139,-
| 709, 900: KANSAS 35,S92,O00, Ken
lucky 55,2S2,0O0.
Of wheat: Ohio 9,O51. 900, Indiana,
4675. 900. Illinois 4,256,O0O, Minnesota
13.912.000, North Dakota 11,76O,O0O,
South Dakota 11,966,0OO, Nebraska
2,75 600. KANSAS 3,675,0OO, Okla
homa 1,7S2,000, Montana 2,515.0OO,
! Washington 100000