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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01
4 l.ittlc Slice a. Life.

THO young lady who lives next door
liaS. rs We have told you In the past,
y sweetheart who is engaged in
Making the world safe tor democracy.
We have always thought that several
Others were engaged in the same thing,
HUt the young lady doesn't tn ink So
We don't know in just what capacity
Jack started for the front. but, anyhow,
lie IL running the whole war now.
We know II, because She has shown us
Passages from his icttc:s.
Isn't IL just darling Of Jack to
90 over there and run things
She said, and then she showed
The Last stanZa OF his letter. which eaid:
II must clio sc now, because they tell
Me they want to have another battle"
Gosh, 1t must bc great 10 be young
Enough 10 so 20 war,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01
Settled GrnnrnaticaIIy.

Hc--Will you marry me?
Shc--No.
'Ic-once again. Will you be nay wife?
Shc-No.
Hc-tiood. That's TWO negatives make
positive. How viii: about June 20 DO?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01
MGtOrcS0uc.

There's an interchangeable worker; never
knows when qtt."
u see; tirclcss. for instance as spare
rim IN time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

The fisherman, uplifting his bottle, then waits
for bite with baited breath.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

Germany will have little real affection fer
Empcror Charles OF Austria IN the future.
lie is such poor liar.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS CO Tic Times
Dispatch, indi Viduus,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

The London Daily Mail said last
Saturday that 1t had learned the lord
mayor OF Dublin had abandoned his
proposed visit to Washington
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

Missionary says the Fillplnos a-e about TO
start a fight for freedom. Mighty poor time for
those boys Ia start anything With Uncle Sam
all hct up and ready scrap.
Wonder if the Flipinos related in any
way 10 the McXicans. 1t sounds like . Mex
trick.
Meanwhile II might be we'll to round up all
the Hun propasaudists in Man ia.
Now the Kaiser has made Japan present OF
siberia. He certainly Is the cheerful rivcr
Ecmcmbcr the time lie gave Texas l.. Carranza?
M! CarranZa had to do come and get it
The American aviator who bounced a bomb
ON Hindcnburc's bean without
NickinE the solid bone
should nor feel badly about it.
lie did his best and proved, at least,
That his aim good.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

TELEPHONE: Knnloipa l.
Private branch Exchange
connecting with ali depart
nIcnts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

The "moonishtcr" is I.ondon's now name
for those patriotic persons who work in the
home gardens after their days labor is
ended. AS yet tho United states has only
The "whitclightcrs,' wherein London has the
best Of US
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

Entered January 81. i9oSy at tho Post -olice n,
Richmond. Va, second cluss matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-01

BRANCH OFFICES: WASH
inHtun, 1lU fourteenth
street. y. WI Sew lV-k
tity, Eifth AVcpuc BuiId-
ins; Chicago, Topples Gus
banding: rhiia,ir.pnIa, &G-
tuai Lie building.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
Daily Novelette,
THE Ninth BOUGHT Up.
0Great Inventions series.J


~TONE FIST. the tree man. strad-
died the floor Of his airy home
- and began left flank attack on
the dinner Of steamed droosles that
his wife, Flat Nose. had spent the
morning preparing for him. CSee Ar
gentine stupp's ''Foodstuffs and Who
Ate Them-")
These droosles are punk" said
5tone Fist
The docile Flat Nose said nothing.
Stone Fist swallowed another half
pint mouthful.
These droosles are fiercer' he said.
Flat Nose said nothing. ((See Way
house Bunn's The WOmau's Part
Through the Ages and To-day.")
Stone Fist swallowed another
mOuthful OF 81 droosles.
These droosles are bum" he bel
lowed, and with one thrust OF his iron
right leg he sent Flat Nose spinning
out into space
She was a splendid faller. and
landed unhurt, but as she picked her
self YEARLY up, she said TO herself:
This is growing really boring.
must do something Sometimes
might get hurt and besides it's none
Of the neighbor's business"
And the next morning she fastened
screens OF mud and twigs all about
their dwelling and the next time az
ter that. that Stone Fist kicked her.
she merely rebounded comfortably
against a screen
And these we're the first walls
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16

$4,000. 900 passenger miles were cut off
May Merge Offices.
Great savings can be made In combin-
ing the railroad offices OF the cities, In
uniting the depOts, rerouting freight
and passenger lines and In cutting out
unnecessary transportation II the gov
eminent should permanently take con-
troll Of the railroads. the state railway
commissions and state railway officers or
one kind or another will be abolished As
II Is now there are A state commissions.
each OF which has its own regulations
and its own taxes In many OF the states
each railroad system has TO maintain gen
eral offices and large number OF IN
necessary railway officials at high -saia-
ries- Il is estimated that the roads have
70 file something like 5000, zoe reports to
the several states every year. and that
the duplication Of reports costs about
$50. 900. 0eo per annuu. or enough TO pay
per cent on an increased capitaliza-
tion OF 500. 600. 600. The commissions
with their corps Of inspectors and Off
eials are estimated to cost the states about
state Laws Conflict.
Each state has its own laws as 20
transportation and Il or them differ in
their regulations as 70 ssfcty appliances
Some require that the cabooses have eight
wheels and others -FOUR wheels while one
state insists that the cahooses be 20 feet
long instead Of IS This additional two
feet. Il Is claimed. has cost the railroads
going through that state more than $780,
0O0- One state demands that passenger
car windows be screened and another for
bids any screens whatsoever One requires
that each car have spittoOns and another
prohibits them FOR sanitary reasons One
western state made law 70 prevent
brakemen getting on the top OF freight
cars while in motion; and in a southern
legislature a bill was introduced requir-
ing the construction OF buildings TO pro-
tect the laborers from the weather while
repairing car tracks and other equipment
The idea that Uncle sam viii permit such
conditions to continue Is ridiculous.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16

most 100000, enough TO fill a track
running around the earth at the eQua-
tor and leave some TO spare.
The above figures give you an ink
ling of Uncle Sans job. 1t is the big
gest railroad job in the world and
the one which il will take most skill
to handle. Our railways are 50 many
that if the tracks could be stretched
out in one line they would reach 10
times around the earth, or If you
could bridge the skies they would be
sufficient to lay a track to the moon
with 1000 miles Of railway to spare.
All the world has only 1000 miles
of railways. and the United States has
$4,000 miles, not including the
switches and side tracks. We have,
in fact, almost half Of all the railroad
track upon the earth, and we could
replace every mile in all Europe and
have 10000 miles over.
We have 10 times as much railway
as Great Britain and five times as
much as the combined mileage OF
Great Britain and France The Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st Paul system
has about as much track as all italy.
and the New York Central has half as
much as England and Scotland All
the rails Of the Spanish peninsula
would not cover the Pennsylvania
system. and the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad has one fourth as
We have four times as much railroad
track as the continent Of Asia, nine
times as much as the continent OF
Africa and more than 10 times as
much as Australia The whole western
hemisphere has only $4,000 miles.
and of this we have almost three
fourths.
Track Only a Part.
But the track is only a part OF our
big railway equipment I have given
you some idea of the rolling stock
We have also terminals and railway
accommodation Of one kind or an
other worth hundreds OF millions OF
dollars. we have repair shops and
car works which cost vast sums TO
keep going, and an army OF railway
employees. greater than all the SOL
diers we shall be able to send TO
France this year and next The num-
Der is nearly 100000. and it is the
most skilled army of that size upon
earth. II has almost every class OF
II has $4,000 machinists
and about &c, 900 mechanics, appren-
tees and helpers. Its carpenters are
four times as many as the Greeks
Xenophon led on his great march to
the Black sea and the section men
are over 200, 600. The army has 10000
boiler makers, 1000 blacksmiths and
about $4,000 men engaged in its tele-
graph service. It's engineers, brake
men and passenger conductors are
numbered by the tens Of thousands
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16

comOtives than in 1915, and the wear
and tear last year was greater than
ever The car works and locomotive
works are all busy upon government
orders. Since the war began 10000
new freight cars have been bought
by the railroads, and the war board
approved of another order for 1OO. 600
more cars to be financed by the gov
eminent The biggest Of engines are
being built in the locomotive works.
and they turned out the first within
three weeks after receiving the order.
The work Of building new rolling
stock is being pushed as never before,
and that Notwithstanding the cost
The prices Of all materials and wages
have almost doubled since the war
began, and the prices of cars and en-
gines have risen sky high. The Santa
E'e recently ordered box cars at $4,000
apiece. which is $500 more than they
cost in 1916. and $500 more than a
few years before that One of the
railroads recently paid s1,250. 600 for
dozen Mallet locomotives. The price
was more than 100000 for each en-
before that the cost was still less.
More Equipment Required.
These prices will give you an idea
Of where some Of the money goes in
operating our railroads. For the com
ing year we shall be shoveling out
SUA4 int AuAQAEuE u ulllAlOnE OF
dollars a month, and a large amount
will be spent for railroad equipment
As the roads are now, they have
something like 60 900 locomotives.
and we shall need thousands more.
We have more cars than there are
people in Chicago. and the building
Of several hundred thousand new
ones is under way.
We need box cars. flat cars and the
gondolas Of steel which are used for
coal freighting. The capacity of each
class Of freight car is 100000 pounds
or more, and the cars are from 80
TO 46 feet in length Put the box cars
on one track and crowd them together
and they would make a solid train
all the way from Boston to san Fran
cisco and on across the Pacific ocean
TO Shanghai, in China The passenger
cars range in length from - to IS
feet, and some Of our locomotives are
from so to 100 feet long The total
number OF cars Of all classes is al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16

( by means Of an endless cnain plat
form, the motive power being a stall
lion enclosed in a fencelike cage The
horse carried the train along with u
passengers at y miles per hour The
steam engine carried a train Of four
or five cars al q miles an hour. That
road IS now part Of the Southern
railway system. and il has a wood
cut showing a train in action. The
locomotive looks like a donkey en-
CINE in comparison with the giant
monsters which now drag our cars,
and especially in comparison with the
new passenger locomotives of the
mountain type, recently put in by the
Southern These are the largest pas
senger engines made. They weigh.
with their tender. 1000 pounds each.
The largest freight engines we are
now using weigh 40 times as much as
our first locomotives. We have some
hauling coal from the West Virginia
mountains to the seapOrts which with
their tenders weigh more than three
quarters Of a million pounds. The
largest passenger engine on the other
side Of the water belongs to France
It is the Baltic, which runs on the
Chemin de Fer du Nord. It weighs
less than one third as much as the
coal locomotives I have referred to,
and il does not compare in power with
our passenger engines We have
some, for instance, Of the Pacific
type, which are used in the Blue
Ridge mountains to haul trains Of
steel cars up a grade Of so feet to the
mile. They are the most powerful
machines OF their kind ever built, and
they climb these grades at an average
speed Of 25 miles an hour. Some OF
our roads are now putting in electric
locomotives which have a guaranteed
speed Of 50 miles an hour There is
one on the New York Central o. that
type which weighs 200, 900 pounds,
and the Boston & Maine has recently
installed some almost as large.
War Work Hard on Equipment.
The traffic Of the war will be hard
on both cars and locomotives. It has
practically worn out the rolling stock
and tracks Of Germany and France.
Our old cars and engines will be grad
ually sent 10 the scrap heap and new
ones viii have to be built in the
shortest possible time. In 1916 we
had % 600 less cars and 1897 less 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
By
Frank G. Carpenter

Copyright, 1917, by Frank
G. Carpenter.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
Heart Cakes.
Ry Constance CLARK,


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Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Want German Prison
erS To Farm

Montgomery, Ala, March. II,
An appeal was wired to Pres
ident Wilson Monday by Gov.
Charles Henderson TO have Ger
man prisoners of war brought to
the United States and placed on
farms and on public works
throughout the south and relieve
the shortage of labor, which says
in his telegram, that consider
able acreage of farm lands can
not be cultivated for lack Of labor,
which has abandoned the farm
for the liberal wages paid has
reached such crisis, the gov
ernor at these public workes..'
Farm labor, the telegram says
would thus be released for agri-
culture, if they can be brought
over by April Is and advance
notice gwen of of their coming.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Case Of AdkiS0n
Is Remanded

Jackson, Mar Chief JUS
ticp Smith delivered an opinion
in the case Of Gulf & Ship Island
Rail Road Company V. j. S.
Addison from the circuit court
of Stone county Monday. The
appellee. Addison, while driv-
ing over a crossing in his auto
mobile near Perry, was struck
and injured by one of appellants
locomotives. When he arrived
at the crossing" quoting from
the opinion, lie drove upon the
tracks without either stopping,
looking or listening, or attempt
ing in any other way, if such
there be. to ascertain whether
or not a train was approaching,
his reason therefor being that no
train was due to be there then.
He lost control Of his car and it
stopped on the rack, and before
he could get out Of the way he
VS. struck and injured by one Of
the appellants trains which APP
preached the crossing without
the whistle oeing blown or the
bell rung, as provided by sec.
I045, Code of 1906. The court
held that it was gross negligence
for Mr.. Addison to drive upon
the track without looking or
listening for the approaching
train; and that, as the road was
not proved to be a public high
way, it was not negligence on the
part Of the engineer to approach
it without sounding the warning.
The verdict for $500 received
by Mr.. Addison in the court
below was reversed and the
case remanded for new trial be
cause of errors in the instruct
ions given the jury.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Farmers Borrow
$50,000,00O

During the month Of January
$11. 1851 were paid out to
farmers of the United States by
Federal land banks on longtime
first mortgage loans, according
to a statement by the Federal
Farm Loan Board.
On February i, the total a.
mount Of money paid out to
farmers since the establishment
of the Federal lana banks was
$50, 1872, ,432, covering "a, ,O20 loans
closed. The total amountOf loans
applied for up to February was
5000, 556.991, representing 112..
146 applications.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
100000 Men To Be
Called In Second

Washington, March 13.-A
movement of % 600 drafted men
to begin March 20 and continue
for five days was ordered today
by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. The order calls troops
from every state in the union,
with the exception of Iowa and
Minnesota. 1t includes men re-
naming from the first draft and
those liable to call in the second.
just how many men of the
second draft are affected by the
order was not stated at General
Crowder office. 1t is under
stood that the movement will
virtually complete the first
draft, and that it is part of the
annoluced plan to call regis
trants in small groups as fast
as they can be accommodated.
The apportionment for South
ern states follows;
Alabama, 2634; Arkansas, 1871;
Florida, 2506; Georgia, 1925;
Kentucky, 1851; Louisiana, 1918;
Mississippi, 1920: North Caro-
lima, 5l74; South Carolina, 343;
Texas, 3943; Tennessee, 2759,
and Virginia, 2l78.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Negro Draftees, LII Will
Move March, 20.

Jackson. Miss, March. 14.-In.
structions have been received oy
Adiuntant General e G. Scales
to forward to the cantonment at
Camp Pike Mlssissippi's final
quota of negroes under the first
seIective draft, on March, 29,
and ARRANGEMENTS to this end are
now being made,
Mississippi's final negro con
tingent consists of 1, III, practlc.
ally all of whom will be en-
listed in stevedore regiments,
for service at Atlantic seaports
and abroad.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
The Report

Following is a synhpsis of the
report made out by Prof. Bass
for Stone county.
The report shows that 6S7
farms made report showing that
113 of these farms need labor
for the year 1918. According to
figures turned in Stone county
has 1900 dairy cows, while one
year ago there were 1850. We
now have 1900 beef cows. 379
steers, 688 mules and horses,
5000 head of sheep, 1917 head of
hogs and 1867 pigs.
The report further shows that
the people of the county want to
buy 13 dairy cows, 21O beef COWS
1862 sheep.
Corn was planted on 1890
acres in 1917. sweet potatoes on
|1052 acres, sugar cane on 1o4
acres, rice 107 acres, chufas TO
acres, cotton 2251, acres, oats
I47acres, peanuts 33 acres.
/ There was harvested last year
in the county 42.878 bushels corn
$4,000 bushels sweet potatoes
I 81 tons velvet beans, 1878 gal
Ions syrup, 20,44 bushels rice
1887 bushelsfT1sh potatoes, 4535
bushels oats, 1875 bales cotton
256 bushels ceufas, 3o7 bushels
peanuts and 10 brshels of wheat
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16

peditionary force and was chosen for
the Princess "Pat" regiment-that reg
iment which has seen SO much heavy
Sighting.
He served seven months in the
trenches, in 1916 and 1917. He went
through the battle of the Somme,
which is still considered the greatest
battle Of the war. He was in the
Ypres salient during the heavy fight
ing and was at Baupaume back of
Vimy Ridge. Twice in big drives he
went "over the top" and went over
dozens Of times in trench raids. He
followed three of the most dangerous
occupations in the regiment. First
he was a bomber, then machine gun
ner, and later a stretcher bearer.
Sergeant Flahiff will appear in his
Canadian sergeant's uniform and will
show gas masks, bombs, and other in
struments of modern warfare. He will
also show an imitation trench. His
lecture is full Of human interest.
Before going on his Lyceum tour
Sergeant Flahiff delivered his lecture
a number of times before big audi
ences in Chicago and was most enthu-
siastically received.
A popular feature of this lecture is
a question box conducted by Sergeant
Flahiff at the close of his address,
when he discusses any questions which
may be asked about the war. :
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Price List For Groceries

Flour 24 ID sacks, $1.65 to 80
Flour. self-rising $40 to 1.85
Corn meal standard 6 to 6 1-2c
Rice, 10 12c,
Grits 6 "a to Z 1-4c.
Sugar Y, c., s 3 4 to &c.
Sugar Granulated 9 to 9 1-2c.
Irish Potatoes 3 to 3 l.2c.
Navy Beans Is to zoe.
3 10 Tomatoes, cans l8c.
2 Id Corn Is to zoe.
2 ID Hominy l0c.
Dime milk Is to l6c-
Compound Lard, 27 to 28c.
Pure Lard 80 to $50.
Creamery Butter lb bricks go
D. S, Ribs. 35c,
Hams35c,
Wrapped Bacon 40c.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Tax Commissioners
Given Power

After all the knocking and
kicking against the State Tax
Commission Board, it appears
that the Legislature thinks it is
good thing to keep.
The Commission has been
voted power to widen their labors
and to employ expert account
ants and tim Der estmiators and
to do any and all things to bring
about just and Equitable as
sessment of all property in the
state.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Secretary Baker Ii
France

Newton D. Baker, Secretary
of War is spending few weeks
in France, and while there will
visit the American Soldiers in
the trenches and training camps.
BAKER will hold a number OF
conferences with Generals Per
shingSand Bliss as we'll as with
a number of the French war
officials.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Virgins Pickles To
France

Two car loads of pickles
grown in Stone County and bot
tied in Wiggins are on their way
to "Some where" in France
where they will be deyoured by
our soldier boys.
1t is good to realize that Stone
County is doing its part in
furnishing men and food to help
win the war.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
SERGT. .FLAHIFF TO I
TALK ON WAR HERE
viii Tell of Personal Experiences
With Princess "Pat" Regi-
ment at French Front.
VVIDLY INTERESTING

Sergeant John 7. Flahiff, an Ameri-
can, who has taken an active part in
the great war, has been secured
through the Redpath Bureau to lee
ture here.
His lecture will be right up to the
minute In regard to the war.
Sergeant Flahiff enlisted in the
American Legion Of the Candian ex-
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Big Money In Chufa Seed

Laden Smith and Sam Davis
two hustling farmers Of Mag
noha neighborhood were in town
a few days ago shipping lot Of
chnfa seed to New Orleans.
A total of nearly 800 bushels
have been shipped, bringing
So so per bushel at Wiggins.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Weeks Death List SIS

Gen. Pershing sent over this
week a list of 55 men dead and
Is slightly wounded.
The report says Of the So dead:
Is died of diseases, killed in
accident, and 81 killed in action.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16

At Star Theatre Tuesday
night March 10, also big
special feature show.
Admission under II years
Is cents, Adults SO cents.
Stone County enterprise. [volume] (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi) 1916-current, 1918-03-16
Small Sawmill Going Up

J, Fl. Johnson, who lives Just
west of town expects to have a
small sawmill in operation in
the near future,
Mr.. Johnson will probably sell
the output of his mill ito the
Finkbine Lum ber Company, OF
haul the lumber to the railroad
here for shipment.