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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09
Oktibbeha Chapter
Starts New Year

The Red Gross chapter In Ok
tibbehaa County, Miss, Is not one
of the largest ia the Gulf Division, /,
bnt its record for the year ending
with July was remarkable. The
chapter has q mem bership of 20l5.
including thirteen suxiliaries,
branches and Junior chapters It
handled q total OF $5 26O, so during
the year.
Shipments including 2 200 sknit-
ted articles 100 hospitals garments
5000 surgical dressings 220 com
fort bags for local selected men !;
825 garments made BY Juniors and
8, 100 second hand gartnetits for
refugees. Mrs, W. W. Scales, Jr.
was recently re.elected chairman
Gulf Division Bulletin,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

ovation ever accorded a mau in
public life in this county, aud for
q half hour or more he was kept
busy shaking hands with the great
crowd.
Mr., Magruder's friends and
supporters throughout the District
say lie will carry Oktibheha over
al. l.opponents by a very heavy
majority and will lead the ticket
by a wide margin in this end Of
the District. His friends are
confident and tiink that in the
face Of the demon stratlon here
Wednesday his opponents csnuot
hope to make any inroads into
his strength in this seoeion Of the
District.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMONS TRATIONS
FOR HON. ". ". MACRUDER
Citizens of Oktbbeha Meet at Courthouse and En-
dorse His Candidacy Judge Carroll and
Others Make Ringing Speeches.}

The ereate-t political gathering
held in this county iu years took
place at the Courthouse Wedues.
day afternoon when the friends
and supporters Of Hon. W. W.
Magruder gathered in from all
parts Of the county to give him as.
sursnce Of their interest in his
candidacy for Congress.
1t was not learned here until
Tuesday that Mr. Ma CRU der could
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09
CAMPAIGN BUNK.

Since the race tor congress first
started q good deal has been said
about the danger of swapping
horses In lnidestream.' Every
few days the tinwary voter is warn,
ed bv some friendly newspaper corr
respondent In the northern eud of
the District against any thought OF
"hoss swapping" at this time.
Some weeks ago MIR. Church, q
Congressman from California, sent
you a two.column piece that he
had spoken to the Congressional
Record in which he very kind,
pointed out to us the gross folly of
now sending to congress callow,
for ins tance, H ike Tom Boggi;aiini i or
Prof. Brooks or jim Rankin or
Will Magruder.
One would infer that MIR. Church
of California has kinsfolks some,
where in Oktibbeha County and
for that reason he.is anxious to
put US right in the matter of
eIect,ny a suitable man.
In that article he quotes;
The present Congress has had
its training on the Job. Like SOL
diers who have been in the trenches
it has seen service and is seasoned. y
Now, that disinterested advice
to us seemed we'll meaning and
timely, but since this same Mr..
Church's name appeared alongside
the lanes Uf BritteD, Cooper
(ofWiscopsin) Kitchin, LaFollette
and others who sixteen months ago
Strenously opposed the wal reso'
luton urged by the President, !
must say that l don like the source
from which it emanates,
There is no gainsaying the fact
that The present representative from
this District having been iu Con.
gress lS years. is pretty we'll sen.
soned. But neither can it be denied
that there are some other requisites
Mere seaoniug cannot add great.
| to the tensile strength or structu'
raj value of Congressional tiDbe,
unless it was the right sort OF stuff
to start with. Having voted foi
Mr., Gambler q good Iuany times
the writer would resent tho allega'
ton that the representative from
the First Congressiual District il
much, II any, short of the average
! member Of the present congress
But what OF the average Con-
gressnau, as we now hud him
One of the problems that con
frorted him--aud one that wat
calculated to show what sort o.
stuff he was made of-was the SO
lective draft. The plan OF the So
l.ctive draft was prepared IN all IT.
details early in April of last yeal
and laid before Congress Tb'
whole country was ready for it aut
waited anxiou.l for its enactment
We heard from Harrison. h um
phreY,, vspsbls, Collier sIl y
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

arrange his program to speak We'd
hasday, but the news spread rap.
idly aud at the time set for the
shenkihg crowd composed of cit.
Eehs OF every part Of the county
filled the court room,
Every store, Office and business
establishment of every kind in
Storkeille closed during The sp1n,..
ing ard the entire town turned
out to be present to endorse the
candidacy of Oktibbehs's distin.
Ruished citizen. The Board of
Supervisors, In session at the time
adjourned and attended the meet.
Ing in a body, The interest and
enthusiasm shown by the people of
Oktibbehs county has never been
equalle 1 in its history,
The meeting was called to order
BY Judge Thomas B. Carroll, a
lifelong friend of Mr.. Magruder.
Judge Carroll called on Hon, Will
E, Ward and Hon. q. Odie Dan.
iel' OF the local bar, Mr.. F. l..
Wier, q leading citizen and bust.
man, Of Starkvlllo, ard Rev. j. e.
Park, and Rev. j. D. Raw, pas
tors of the Methodist and Baptist
churches, respectively, all of
whom made short talks In which
they enthusiastically endorsed
Mr., Magrudsr as a man thorough.
" capable and equipped to fulfill
the duties of the office to which he
aspires, and predicted bis electit n
Mr.. Wier, who has been init.
t1atilv associated with Mr., Magrn-
der for A long number Of years,
commented at length upon bis
hbimpeachable integrity. high
sense OF duty, unauestioned loyal.
ty to his country aud commanding
ability aud ftness for a place in
Congress-.
Rev, j. G. Park, pastor Of the
church Of which Mr.. Magruder
has been q steward and Sunday
school superintendent for twenty
years Or more. stated that he re.
g,rded Mr.. Msgrudsr ~ the most
worthy. the most capable, the
safest ard the aud the best qualified
maa now Offering for public Sc, :
Vice In tue State.
The complimentary references to
Mr.. Mseruder made by these
speakers, and the expressions Of
con fdencs in hts elsction were 10.
Varisbly met Ly spontaneous ont.
bursts of enthusiastic Applsus,
from the great audience that Hlll.
Cd the court room to overfowing.
Following thess talks Judss
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

| Whotn were outsp0hen In favor of
its passage, But where vas Can
dler thenp Like Brer Fox in the
uncle Ranus story, "Brer Cand-
ler he lay low.' The Average Cou>
gresham frittered away the pre-
clous days and weeks, while France
WAS 81 'w!y bleeding to death an d
Great Brita,n(who,e navy has
stood be tween Us aud the hellish
Hun tor twenty years. was iu dss.
perate straits. Andin congress,
through those weeks of waiting,
there was talk, talk, talk--ouly
varied by leave to print" when
the listeners grew weary and
efused to listen.
What a relief and a blessing 1t
y&BaHld baye bssaps t9. Ibis coaHtrsS. coaHstprsS.jit il
ional hot air" of the last eighteen
months could have been turned in~
to some big receiving tank aud lat.
or converted into sneeaiug gas and
hurled at the Germaus.
The fact Of the business is, the
selective draft was never gotten in
to any satisfactory shape till con-
gress began it's present recess and
the average Congressman had got
clean out Of the way.
There Is one big vital issue before
US today; We must Win the War.
And we must send TO congress a
mau that will not side. step the
toughest and knottisst problem that
eyer comes along, even though be
might get little bruised up in
his tussle with 1t,
Now, / wouldn't say one word
against Mr.. Gambler. But we
must bear in mind the fact that the
we,gh,lest problems of the ages are
just ahead OF us. When we 20
out tins year to look up good con.
gressionul timber, we have got to
think OF some other good qualities
BESIDES just seasoned" +" Since
Mr.. Gambler is 80 we'll seasoned,
why not let him lie over few years
till the piping times ot peace re.
turni He'll keep all right,
Then, il there happens TO be q
vancancy, we will be glad to look
over again, Considering the mat.
tsr seriously, and in all fairness,
is there now any overwhelming
evidence Of u crying need for Mr.
Gambler s.return to Congress this
tnei SO far as l know the Pres
ideut has never cropped d line to
any of US III the First District plead
ing for Mr.. Gamblers return,
In fact, Zeks aud Woodrow don't
seem to haye been 80 powerful
ehummy, any how. 1t looks like
all this hcrse---swapping talk that
comes out from the far northern
end Of the District, about the Sc.
rious hazsad OF sending q new man
to Congress, 10 only q nice little
piect Of campaign bunk,
FRANZ l.. WiER
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09
RED CROSS NOTES,

| ''o"oho leou Stoss NuhpLor
has at last received its allotment
from New Orleans headquarters,
Two hundred and ten refugee
aprons, forty shirts specially de.
signed for the use of helplessly
wounded cases one hundred and
ten surgical dressings, and two
hundred and ten pairs of seeks Is
the amount of work expected of the
chapter and it's branches per month,
Shipmentss are to be made every
two weeks, on the first and on the
fifteenth and 1t is going to he ab.
solutely necessary that the chapter
fl fill the obligation expected of il,
In order to do this, each and every
member must feel a personal re-
sponsibibilitv to do an adequate
part oi the work.
. .
The enforced vacation caused by
the delay at headquarters in sending
out our allotment has given the
members a rest Of several weeks
e-o.~~ al H. ~ ---'"'''
Scales, chairman, and Mrs. Page,
secretary. each took advantage of
this opportunity to 60 away for a
much needed rest and change.
They have returned quite refreshed
and are anxious to do all in their
power for the good Of the chapter.
Satisfactory financial arrange
ments have been made to put Ok
tibbehs Chapter on a monthly basis
Subscriptions to be paid into the
treasury, monthly, will take care
of alliexpenditures. The Chapter
has entered its second year with
bright prospects for even greater
usefulness than ever, and it is hop.
ed and expected that every member
will give it enthusiastic support in
every way possible.
Az annoLn cement of much inter.
est has just been received from
headquarters. 1t is to the effect
that an insignia of merit will be
awarded to all workers when thew
havd put iu as seventy FIVE hours
in the work rooms. T0is does not
apply to home work and the badge
ia to be worn only in The work
rooms. 1t is intended to serve as
an inducement to regular atten-
dance and regular work.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09
STURQlS LOCALS

Wick Thomas and his mother were
guests Of Mrs, Leila Rhodes and family
Of Ackerluau, one day last weeH.
Miss Elizabeth Stedlnan, Of Reform,
speut Tuesday Us the guest of friends
hero.
Mrs, Harry jackson and children,
u E. the appreciated guesis Of Mrs.
Jackson's parents, MIR. and Mrs. Lam
drum.
Mrs, Robt, Cotton, OF New Orleans,
is spending u while as tue welcome
guests Of Mis-, Gus Higgs.
Miss Matte Hammel, Of Winston
count ywas pleasant visitor to her
many friends last week.
Miss Thelma stevens returned Fris
day from visit to Fern Springs.
49,
Henry Barron Is spending some
time with his family here utter bein 4
IN u hospital at Houston, Texrs as .
result OF injuries received in rails
road accident. Lie will return to his
regular position with the Railroad Cci
at DeQuincy, La. In few days,
The Norris boys, Of Starkvills, -.
visiting the home Of MIR. and Mrs, Lee
Quinn this wecA,
Mr. ano Mrs. j. 0. Leigh, Of Acket'
man are spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Barron,
Lee Barrou, who has enlisted ID TIE
navy is here this week spending 4 few
dave with his brother Mr., Lem Barron:
Mr.. Biddls, Of the Delta. Ia a vel.
come guest OF re.atiye here for short
time.
Miss trens Hannah rettrnod to Mema
phis Wednesday where she Is training
~ a nurse, She WAS accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Jack Cats who goes
there for medical treatment
Mr.. BURY. .Triplstt, OF Winston 20
was business visitor here this lwesk,
Mrs. Ii. ", Daniel, Of Craig, h
spending \ few days here this weok,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

Capt. A. j. Halbsrt of Crawford
was IN the city, Thursday,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

&C cures Malarial Fever.
G8 cures b, repoyipg the c7uss
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

So contains NJ alcohol, arsenic
Or other po isouous drugs.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

Mrs. Ii. ". Daniel, Of Craig, "a
spending \ few days here this weok,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-08-09

Mr.. Bury. .Thplstt, OF Winston 70
was business Visitor here this week,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-02

Notice to Reader: When you
finish reading this magazine place
a one-cent stamp on this notice,
hand same to any postal en-
ployee and 1t will be placed In
the hands Of our soldiers and
sailors at the front. No wrapping
no address.-A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster General.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
BERI IN AGAIN SHAKEN BY DISORDERS;
STREET BATTLES ARE BEING FOUGHT;
BOLSHEVIKI BLAMED FOR UPRISING
BREST is PREPARING
ELABORATE CELEBRATION
Socialist Mayor of the City Sends Mes
sage That President Wilson Will
Be Ioyfully Received.

Paris, Dec. 6.--The city council of
Brest, where President Wilson will land
is preparing an elaborate reception for
the American executive, says tele-
gram from the mayor of Brest, social
ist, to the Paris socialist newspaper
Humanite.
''The president probably will land in
that part of the commercial harbor
where the American troops disem-
barked," the telegram continues. "ln
that case, on the road from the port
to the railroad depot, there will be a
triumphal arch Of forse and broom
national plants of Brittany with
trophies Of. Breton costumes Under it
the mayor will present an address on be-
half OF the city council. On the route
of the procession there viii be erected in
silhouette large reproduction OF the
statue of Liberty in New York, visible
from all parts of the road
"Across the streets will be hung long
bands Of calico with such Inscriptions
as Homage to the Champion Of Lib
erty'; Long Live the Apostle Of Inter
national Justice
"There will be public celebrations, IL
luminationS and meetings at which Pres
ident Wilson's role will be set forth and
his name acclaimed"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
GERMANY WILL
REPAY BELGIUM
Agrees to Restore the Stolen
Cash and Bank Notes
This Month
WILL PAY THE ALLIES
ALL RUSSIAN GOLD
Moreover, Germany Must
Not Attempt to Conceal
Her Assets

Paris, Dec. 8 tHayasl .--Alienation or
mortgaging Of railways, mines or other
undertakings in which The German ma
tion is interested is forbidden by de-
eision announced by Che mixed confer
enee being held at Spa. Foreign stocks
belonging to Germany, as well as the
gold in the Reiehbank come under the
provisions Of the decision. II IS an
nounced that negotiable instruments,
documents, public records, articles Of art
and bills Of banks Of France and Bel
gium taken by the Germans during the
war will be returned.
Restoration of cash and bank notes
will be made to Belgium during the pres
ent month. 1t is also agreed that Ger.
many viii remit to the allies this gold
taken out of Russia, especially $4,000
900 francs received from the soviet gov
eminent
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
SONEWH4T WORRIED
OYER HOSPITAL SHIP
The Comfort, Carrying 4oi American
Wounded, May Have Had Her Wire-<
less Put Out Of Commission, Thus
Preventing Communication.

New York, Dec. 6.-The army author
tiles here announced to-day they had
been unable to get in touch by wireless
with the United States hospital ship
Comfort since yesterday afternoon. The
last wireless message received from the
vessel, which Is returning from Europe
with American wousfded troops, reported
she was delayed by a heavy storm but
was not ia distress.
1t is believed by the military author
ities that the Comforts wireless appar-
atus may have been put out Of commits
sion by the storm. Army officers empha
sized that vessels incoming recently have
been similarly delayed by the storm con:
ditions known to be prevailing at sea.
The military authorities pointed also
TO the circumstance that many ships are
passing eastward and westward along
the course which the Comfort was taking
when last heard from. Ii the hospital
ship had been In distress, she would have
been able to signal at least one of these
vessels, which in turn presumably would
have reported the fact by wireless. Eff
forts here to communicate with the Com
tort are continuing.
The wounded soldiers on board number
40l. Ii is not known here whether she
carries any wounded officers The berth
reserved for her at Hoboken is on the
opposite side of the same pier from which
the transport George Washington sailed
with President Wilson on Wednesday for
France.
There is no cause for apprehension
regarding the Comfort" said f3rigadier
General G. Il. McManus, in command Of
the port of embarkation, "All ships have
been coming in somewhat late owing
to the storms We did not expect the
Comfort to arrive before to-day. It is
not strange that we have not been able
to get the Comfort by wireless, as some
thing may have gone wrong with her
wireless apparatus
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
In CLOSE TOUCH
WITH PRESIDENT
Special Wireless Code Being
Used Between the White
House and the Ship
ROUTINE BUSINESS
CHIEFLY DONE SO FAR
A Director General of Rail-
roads May Not Be Named
Until Next Month

Washington, d. c., Dec. 6.--Messages
directing the disposition of official bust
ness have begun to reach the White
House from President Wilson at sea
aboard the transport George Washing
ton, Secretary Tumulty, who went to
New York to see the president off for
the peace conference Wednesday, got
back TO his desk to-day in time to han
die the first Of the Instructions
1t is underst ood that all the wireless
dispatches 80 far have dealt only with
routine executive business and that ex.
cept for report on the nomination Of
Carter Glass as secretary Of the treas
ury it has not been necessary to bring
any matter Of importance TO the presi-
dents attention. Mr.. Tumulty expects.
however, to communicate with his chief
almost as freely as though he were in
the White House. A special code for
the purpose has been devised by cipher
experts and the executive messages are
given priority over all other business
through the naval radio The appoint
ment Of new director general of rail
roads, it was said to-day, probably will
be delayed at least until near the first
of the year
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
WRITES OF FRENCH PEOPLES JOY.
John A. Gordon, Now in French Army,
Tells Of Unbounded Enthusiasm.

John A, Gordon Of Barre, eleve.as-
pirant in the French army, has Just writ.
ten his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John w.
Gordon, a description Of a celebration in
France of the signing of the armistiee.
He writes:
about II O'Clock on Nov. IL, a. M. we
received the news at the school that~the
German repre- sentatives had signed the
armistipe. Immediately all the students
started big snake dance and cheering
The rest Of that day and the following
were declared holiday. In the after
noon we went into the town of Fontain-
bleau. The mayor had posted notice
sayag that he had the pleasure of an
nouncing that the Germans had signed
the armistice. He hoped that the citi.
zens would decorate the houses and
buildings with the flags of the allies and
would brightly light up everything At
4:30 in the afternoon all the bells be.
gan ringing and guns were fired at reg
ular intervals. There was parade
which ended in front Of the marie where
French band played the Marseillaise
and everybody Joined in. The rest of
the day was given up to celebrating.
"a crowd of several thousand people
marched up and down the main street
doing all sorts of queer stunts. One of
the favorte pastimes was to catch hold
of the back of a passing automobile and
pull it backwards through the streets. A
couple Of doughboys made great hit
by buying out a flower shop and tossing
bouquets to the crowd They were re-
warded by kisses from several very
pretty girls"
About his work in the French
army, the youny man writes: ~ like
the work at the artillery school very
much" He adds that his contract reads
pour la duree de Ia guerre," which
means that he will not be free until the
peace treaties are signed He continues:
"Of course the French government might
let us 60 before that comes about. But
/ do not think we win be released until
army the young man writes. 81 like
"I did not have the influenza but did
have malaria and also have had Sec
ond attack of it since | arrived at the
school. During the month of August in
Italy our section carried over 10000
sick and wounded men, and 90 per cent
of these we're either malaria or marsh
fever. Several of the fellows in our sec.
tion had the fever (malaria) while in
Italy"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
SUSTAINED FRACTURES
IN RAPID WHIRLING
Herbert Lapier Was Seriously Injured at
Jones Bros PLANE Yesterday
Afternoon

Caught in swiftly revolving upright
shaft in the polishing mill at the plant Of
Jones Bros. Co., Herbert Lapier, aged 40.
a bedsetter, whose home is on west hill,
sustained three severe fractures yester
day afternoon before the wheel could be
stopped. At the City hospital, where the
bedsetter was removed soon after the ac-
cident, it was said to-day that he would
recover unless internal injuries develop
The man suffered a fracture of his left
leg the left arm and the collar bone, in
addition to a number OF superficial flesh
wounds.
The accident occurred shortly after
o'clock. Mr. Lapier was setting UP
polishing bed when a loose end Of his
overall trousers came in contact with an
upright shaft The shaft was whirling
at the rate of $50 revolutions to the
minute and in the twinklmg Of an eye
the bedsetter was being flung dizzily
about the upright. Two shafts parallel
and the mans body was churned between
the two, although~4he second shaft was
not revolving. When other workmen in
the mill stopped the wheel, Lapier had
been stripped Of everything but his shoes
and a sweater sleeve on his right arm.
He was unconscious, and men who bore
him into the Office feared he would expire
at once. DR.. w. d. Reid was summoned
and a few moments afterward the Perry
& Noonan ambulance was called to take
the injured man to the hospital
To-day hospital attaches said that no
attempt was made to reduce the frac-
lures last night. The patient was made
as comfortable as possible. Two or three
days may elapse before it can be deter
mined whether he suffered internal I'M
iuries, and in the meantime the bone
fractures are to be reduced
The injured man has been employed in
the Barre granite industry for several
years Recently he took possession of
small farm on west hill and had divided
his time between his property and the
polishing mill. He has wife and child,