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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
TAX WILL PAY STATE DEBT.
On Basis Of Final Valuation Will Pro-
duce 81, 527, 41893.

Louisville.-Inheritan taxes on the
estate Of the late Mrs. Mary Lily Bling
ham. formerly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler
OF New York, if paid on the basis of a
final valuation, will produce 1851.
41S.9S, and not only wipe out the in
debtedness of the state of Kentucky,
placed at s3,165, 106.19, but leave a
balance in the state treasury of 81 ,372,-
312.79, according 10 the report of the
state Inheritance tax appraiser, filed
in the county court here.
The report shows the estate to be
worth s99,5S4, 1904. an increase of
approximately 100000 over the val
uation placed upon it by the execu-
tors at the time of Mrs. Bingham's
death in Louisville July q, 1917. The
increased valuation swells the portion
of Mrs. Louise Clisby Wise OF New
York and Wilmington, n. c., the favor
tie niece OF Mrs. Bingham and the
principal beneficiary under her will, to
$72, SAC, 63945, according to the figures
of the appraiser
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
LIEUT.. RODMAN WINS ST, 900
Machine Carried Nine Passengers and
Flew 581 Nautical Miles, Winning
Flight At Pensacola.

New York.-Lieut. Thomas G. Rod
man of the United States marine
corps was winner of the competition
for the Curtis marine flying trophy,
with its cash prize of $1,000, whic
ended here, according to an announce
ment by the Aero Club of America
Lieut.. Rodman's victory makes the
Aero Club permanent holder of the
trophy. its members having won the
competition for three successive years
The winning flight was made Dec 81
at Pensacola, Fla, with a large Curtis
flying boat, equipped with two Lib
erty motors. Lieut.. Rodman carried
IL passengers and flew SCI nautical
miles, with one landing for fuel, in
zine hours and u minutes. Under
the rules of the contest there was a
five per cent penalty for each landing
during the flight, and an increase of
five per cent for each passenger car
ried, these giving the winner a credit
for flight OF more than 900 miles.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Historic Eth of Eorth.

The Firth of Forth is, of course, one
of the most notable things in all Scot
land From Kincardine, where it of
ffcially begins. TO that imaginary line
Just west of the Isle of May, from the
East Neuk of Fife to the mouth of the
Tyne, in Haddingtonshire, where it Of
f1cially ends, is distance of 40 miles :
while from shore to shore the ex-
panSe Of water measures anything
from one and half miles. at Queens
ferry to seventeen and half miles
off the Isle of May. Within this great
expanse of water whole fleets may
ride at anchor in perfect safety, and
although little is known of the great
scenes which must have taken place
in these waters during the last four
years, the story of the Firth of Forth
during the great war, eliminating, as
it did the other day, with the surren-
der there of the German high seas
fleet, will be not the least interesting
of the many stories which still remain
to be written.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
LAND AT NEWPORT NEWS
or Wounded From American Ex-
peditionary Forces.

Newport News, Va.-Approximately
5000 officers and men, more than half
Of whom are wounded or sick, were
landed here from the army transports
Aeolius and Rinjndam from France.
The Aeolius brought 2,770 sick and
wounded enlisted men, 20 sick and
wounded officers and So casual Off
GERS. Aboard the Rijndam were LOO
wounded and sick officers and men,
two casual companies, 32d brigade
headquarters coast artillery corps,
18th and 18th anti-aircraft sections
and the Hath ammunition train Brig.
Gen. Charles Zimmerman and his staff
also were aboard the Rijndam.
All the wounded from both ships
were taken to the debarkation hos
pital at Camp Stewart, whence they
will be sent to various convalescent
and rehabilitation hospitals over the
country, large number going to West
Hampton, at Richmond, Va.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
LLOYD GEORGE PARTY WINS.
Overwhelming Majority In the New
House of Almost Five To One.

London-The broad features Of the
election results announced are the
sweeping triumph of the Lloyd George
coalition, the complete rout of the As
quithians, the pacifists and women
candidates, and, perhaps most signifi-
cant of all, the victory of the Sim
Feiners all along the line.
That the coalition government would
be victorious had been a foregone con-
clusion, despite the rumblings of ru-
NOR between the polling and the count
ing of votes that labor would make an
unexpected showing. But that David
Lloyd George would command COM
pletely an overwhelming majority in
the new house in the proportion of al
most five to one had never been con-
templated even by the most sanguine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
1878 W. 5. CAMPAIGN
BEGINS JANUARY II
THE DATE WILL BE THE ANNL
VERSARY OF BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN'S BIRTH.
OPENS WITH ORGANIZATION
w. s. Societies In Industries, Business
Plants and Houses To Be Impress
ed-Secretary Glass Says
Need Is Great.

Washington-The 1919 war savings
campaign will be opened actively by a
nationwide celebration on Jan. II, the
anniversary OF the birth Of Benjamin
Franklin. District war savings direc.
tors in conference here were so in
formed by Harold Braddock, the new
national director of the war savings
movement
That day will be devoted particular
ly, Mr. Braddock said, TO the organiza-
ton OF thousands of war savings soci-
cites in industries, offices, business
houses, churches and communities, to
systematic the preaching OF thrift and
promote the sale OF 81 900, 600, 900
worth OF stamps during the year.
Business men, educators and public
officials from the IL districts who will
have charge Of the campaign were well
coined to a conference here by Secre.
tary Glass, with a request that they
press their work on the basis that the
war VIII not be over until the United
States has met its every commitment
"The firing OF guns has ceased and
we ars all OF us confident this will not
be renewed" Mr. Glass said. I'VE have
every reason TO believe the president
Is going to impress himself upon the
European statesmen that his views
will prevail and that we shall have a
league of peace which viii not endan.
ger the happiness of future genera
tions.
1.-THE war is not over so far as the
treasury department is concerned. Two
billion dollars a month are being
spent at the present time. Now is not
the time to lay patriotism aside. 1t is
not difficult during the delirium of war
for the people TO respond to the ma.
tion's call, but it is more difficult az
ter the cessation Of hostiIities."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
CANNOT LOSET TOAD
Little Amphibian Has Strono
Homing Instinct.
Like the ProverbiaI Cat, He Will
Come Back to His Fixed Abode if
There Is Any Possibility of
His Doing 1t.

When | was a boy down on Cape
Cod, writes a friend of the Compan-
| ion. l remember my mother scraping
| the side of toad with her hoe while
| working in the garden. The next day
mother noticed there was large scab
| in the toad's side. 1t made her nerv-
| Gus TO look at il. and she asked me 10
| put the toad in a box and carry it
away. | carried the toad distance
of three miles into the woods and
dropped him. He was back in our gar
den the very next day: and although
[ repeated the performance three
times, ii hoped back every time. FL
nally mother said not to bother him.
for the scab was healing.
1 never gave that a second thought
until | happened TO be studying under
Professor Sharp at Boston university,
when, TO illustrate point TO the class.
he said that toads, like carrier pigeons,
possessed the homing instinct; then l
thought of the toad that mother had
asked me to carry away from our gar
den at Proyincetown, 30 years before.
1t happened next morning after Pro
feSSor Sharp made the remark about
the homing instinct of hop-toads that
freight conductor came into the sig
nal tower where | am employed and
showed me a hop-toad he had picked
up on the lawn at the Saugus station
and brought to Boston in his caboose
he said he intended to put the toad In
his garden at Someryille TO eat the
bugs.
/ told the conductor about the ex-
perience | had with a toad down on
Cape Cod and that Professor Sharp
had said that toads did really possess
the homing instinct. Finally. we de-
cided TO tie a small tag to the toad's
hind leg with the conductors name
and address written on IT: and he was
to turn the toad loose in his garden at
Somerville that afternoon. When the
conductors train arrived at Saugus
the next noon the toad with a tag on
which his name was written was hop
ping round on the lawn at the Saugus
station.
In order TO prove still further that
toads do really possess the homlng in
stinct / took a toad from nay garden
at Wakefield, ten miles from Boston.
Putting the toad in a box, | walked
to the Wakefield station and took
train for Boston at half-past ten in the
evening. When / arrived in Boston l
transferred to the Elevated and rode
to Charlestown, and at the corner of
Perkins and Haverhill streets, Charles
town, one mile from Boston, near the
signal tower where l work, I released
the toad. The toad was tagged with
my name and address.
AS I walked into my driveway in
Wakefield at half-past eight the next
morning a dusty-looking toad with a
small tag tied to his hind leg hoped
across the lawn from the direction of
the Metropolitan park reservation and
placed himself under the sill cock,
where the water dripped on him and
bathed his dusty baek.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
WHY WOMEN DREAD
OLD AGE

Don't worry about old age. Don't worry
about being in other peoples way when
you are getting on IN years Keep your
body in good condition and you can be as
hale and hearty in your old days as you
were when a kid, and every one viii be
glad to see you.
The kidneys and bladder are the causes
of senile Affections. Keep them clean and
in proper working condition. Drive the
poisonous wastes from the system and
avoid uric acid accumulations. Take GOLD
MEDAL Harlem OIL Capsules periodical
ly and you will find that the system viii
always be in perfect working order. Your
spirits will be enlivened, your muscles
made strong and your face have once
more the look of youth and health.
New life, fresh strength and health viii
come as you continue this treatment. When
your first vigor has been restored continue
for awhile taking a capsule or two each
day. Iney viii keep you in condition and
prevent a return of your troubles.
There is only one guaranteed brand OF
Harlem Oil Capsules, GOLD MEDAL.
There are many fakes on the market BE
sure you get the Original GOLD MEDAL
Imported HARLEM OH Capsules. They are
the only reliable. For sale by all frst-clasg
druggists-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Sympathetic.

My husband IS a fine little man. but
not hefty. My own avoirdupois has
been a source of some embarrassment
to me, but never quite so much As one
evening when we boarded a car home
from the theater, and with difficulty
found space where two of us could
squeeze down into a narrow. va
cant place on n long seat. We had
safely adjusted ourselves when much
eXhilarated individual leaned across to
my husband and said. sympatheticalIy
and loudly: Never mind. ole man; I
got fat one, o."-Chicago Tribune
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
aCALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FiGSH
CAN'T HARM CHILDREN AND
THEY LOVE IT.

Mother Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated: this is a sure sign the little
stomach, liver and bowels need q
cleansing at once.
When listless. pale, feverish, full Of
cold. breath bad, throat sore. doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally. has stom-
ach-ache, diarrh9a, remember a gem
tie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given
Nothing equals California Syrup Of
Figs" for children's Ills; give a tea
spoonful, and in a few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which IS clogged in the bowels
passes out OF the system, and you
have a well and playful child again.
All children love this harmless, deli
cious fruit laxative" and it never
fails to effect a good INSIDE" cleans
Ing. Directions for babies, children
of all ages and grown-ups are plainly
on the bottle.
Keep it handy in your home. A little
given today saves sick child tomor-
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for bottle of California
Syrup of Figs" then see that it is
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
1900 Yanks In Russia.

Washington. = Information gained
from staff officials shows that there
are IL, 900 American soldiers in Siberia
and Russia. There are 5000 under
Mai.-Gen w S. Graves, who com
mands the expeditionary force sent to
Siberia This brigade has not advanc-
ed much beyond VIadivostok, where
headquarters are. There are some de-
tachments 1t nearby towns along the
trans Siberian railway. Japanese and
some English troops have advanced
into the interior and are near Omsk.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
December % Wilson's Birthday

Washington-Woodr Wilson, first
citizen OF America in the hearts OF the
people of the world, was 81 years OF
age last week.
He was born in a little parsonage in
Staunton, Va, on Dec. IS, 1856. He
had breakfast last Saturday amid the
splendors Of the most gorgeous suite
in Buckingham Palace. once the home
of the king who divided the English.
speaking people by driving the United
States from the British fold in 1776.
During the day he was rendered a
reception by the lord mayor OF London.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
IL Was i'm a Can.

Johnnie came running to mother
his little face all dirty and bleeding
His voice was so choked with tears
that he could only point behind him to
his older sister as the cause of his
grief
Mother called the sister to her.
MARY, what did you do to Johnnie?'
she asked severely
Nothing much, mother" Mary as
sured her. Il just threw some dirt ~
him"
But look, Mary, his face is all
bleeding. Dirt couldn't have done
that"
Mary looked at her brother long and
carefully. "Oh, WE'LL" she finally ad-
mitted 1.-THE dirt was In. a cam"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Poles Said To Be In Control.

Basel.-The Poles are masters OF
Posen German Poland), according to
the Vorwaerts of Berlin They have
disarmed German officers and soldiers,
some of whom, the paper adds, were
shot after being tried by court martial.
Violent fighting has taken place in the
streets between German and Polish
soldiers.
The Poles are in control of the cen
trail postoffice and telegraph office
and have cut communication with Ger
many
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
The Military Haircut

eve are all militarists now" said
Representative Kirby of Arkansas.
Il was being shaved in q barber
shop the other day when a grizzled
chap in a captains uniform came in.
He saluted smartly and seated him
self in the chair next to my own.
Hair cut he said in gruff tones.
"'Hpw would you like 1t cut. sirY
the barber asked.
1.-THE captain. who was baldish, an
swered, gruffer than ever:
Line up the hairs and number off
to the right Odd numbers each want
q half inch off. Dress smartly with
bay rum and brilliantine. Then dis
MISS"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10

medicine for woman's ailments i ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, r. No. /,
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit Of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day TO day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia e. Pinkham' Vege-
table Compound, a trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is at your service.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Pershinu Praises the "Y,"

Paris-Gen. Pershing sent the fol-
lowing message to Z. C. Carter, secre.
tary of the American expeditionary
forces of the Y. NJ. c. A:
With a deep feeling of gratitude for
the enormous contribution which the
Young Mems Christian Association has
made to the moral and physical well
fare of the American army, all ranks
join me in sending you Christmas
greetings and cordial best wishes for
the New Year"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
SHARP WITH TROOPS.
Mauretania Brings rome $500 Troops
of saith infantry.

New York.-The British steamship
Mauretania, bringing home all OF the
Three Hundred and Forty-Seventh In
fantry, except Company II, of the
Eighty-Seyenth Division-3,500 troops
in all on board-arrived here.
The Eighty-Seventh Division, OF
which the Three Hundred and Forty
Seventh Regiment is a part, is com
posed OF Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Southern Alabama troops.
When the armistice was signed it wae
located at Pons, north of Bordeaux
Among the civilian passengers were
Ambassador Sharp and his boy, return
ing from Paris.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
RAISE CAR FARES.
Georgia Commission o. KS Six Cent
Fare For Rome and Athens.

Atlanta.-The Georgia railroad com
mission authorized an increase in
street car fares in Rome and Athens
from to 6 cents. Increases in gas
rates in Macon and in electric light
and power rates in Athens. Rome, Con.
yers and Lithonia also were authorized
The Macon gas company was author.
lied TO increase its rates from S1.25 to
s135 thousand cubic feet. The in.
crease in electric light and power rates
will approximate 10 per cent at Ath'
ems. and will give the Rome Light and
Power company an added income OF
about $4,000 year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
GERMANS RESTRICTED.
They Are Forbidden To Give Up Arms
To BoIsheviki.

Amsterdam-The German army com
mand, according to a dispatch from
Berlin, has informed the commanders
on the eastern front that there is a
most strict prohibition against the CIV
ing up of arms and war material by
the Germans to the Bolsheviki. The
commanders in the east were informed
that such action was a violation of the
armistice agreement and might result
in a resumption OF hostilities.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Extra Tnducement, Mebbe.

Jimmie made his first trip to Sun
day school. accompanied by a neigh
Dor boy. On his return he proudly dis
played a nickel.
''Why, where In the world did you
get the money, James?' asked his M.
suspiciously.
''Oh, ma, you should have been
there They PASSED the money around
tr little basket"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
PRAISES AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
German Admits U. S. Boys Are the
Best In the World

With the American Army o. Occupa-
tion.-In a talk recently with an Amer
lean army officer, Prince Carl of Ho-
henzollern, lieutenant general and
commander OF the 3Sth Landwehr bri.
gade, who is living in the area occu-
pied by the Americans, said that in all
his 30 years experience in the army
he never had seen anywhere soldiers
OF better discipline or who behaved
better than the Americans.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
JAPAN is WITH ALLIES.
Will Enter Peace Conference Pledged
To a Policy of Peace.

New York.-Japan will enter the
peace conference pledged to policy
OF peace and the open door" in the
far east, in the maintenance of which
she viii welcome the cooperation OF
the allies, Baron Nobuaki Maxine, of
the Japanese peace commission, de-
clared on his arrival here with fellow
delegates, attaches and secretaries, on
the way to France.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
6s. 900 Yanks Back Home.

Washington - Sixty-eight thousand
American soldiers had been returned
from overseas Dec. 81. and slightly
more than 100000 in this country has
been mustered out OF service, members
OF the house military committee were
told at their weekly conference at the
war department
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
MiIIino Company Plant Burns.

Peoria. Ill.-Fire damaged the plant
of the American milling company al
South Bartonville, suburb. to an ex-
tent estimated at 900. The Amer
lean milling company is said to be the
largest manufacturer of mixed animal
feeds in the world.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Mint Makes Record.

Philadelphia-With an output OF
397, 325.006 pieces in 1918, the Phila-
delphia mint set new record for the
number OF pieces minted. or this total
367, S45,O 900 pieces were for domestic
uses, 29,4S0,00O for foreign govern
ments The value OF the coins was
s15.729.39I
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Federal Hospital Progressing.

West Baden, Ind.-Work at the big
government hospital here is going for
ward rapidly, and already many sol
diers from central states are undergo
ing treatment for injuries and various
other disorders. Plans have been com
pleted for starting the education of the
men along vocational and academic
lines as soon as they are strong enough
TO take up the work
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Prince Of Wales COMING.

London.--It Is understood that King
George and Queen Mary assured Presi-
dent Wilson that the prince of Wales
will visit the United States during his
coming trip through the British do
minions, according to Paris dispatch
to the Mail
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
First Cold Wave of Winter.

Chicago.-The first cold wave of the
winter spread over the northwest,
southwest and middle west states last
week, delaying traffic in places. The
mercury dropped % degrees in Chi
cago, 10 above zero.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
ARMY is UNFRAMED.
Officers Say Small Army, Moderniy
Equipped, Could Stop BoIshevists

Warsaw-Russian officers who have
escaped from Bolshevik Russia to War
saw, in discussing the possibility of an
allied military movement against the
Bolsheviki, pointed out to the CORE
spondent that the Bolsheviki would be
unable to resist a trained army. The
Bolshevik forces, they declared. would
flee before armored motor cars, tanks
and other methods Of modern warfare
to which they were not accustomed
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
McAdoo Sicns Contracts.

Northumberland signed by
Director General McAdoo provide for
$751; government annual compensa-
ton for the Georgia & Florida railway
and $4,000 for the Augusta & South.
ern
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Col. HoImhero Dies.

Phoenix, Ariz--Col- Carl E. Holm
berg, u. S. A, commandment at Fort
Whipple, near here, died after week s
Illness. of influenza.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
Blizzard In Texas.

Dallas, Textile worst blizzard of
the winter ragged over West and North
west Texas. The ground was covered
with snow and sleet.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10

30 weak at IIle5 n
could hardly g e {
around to do my
work, and as I had
four in my family
and three boarders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's v e ge-
table Compound
was recommended
to me. | took it
and it has restored
my health. 1t is
certainly the best
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
More ID. 6. Shios R.turn

London Seven American destroy.
ers, the asst of the United States fleet
attached to the naval base at Queens.
town. SIZE home ward last week.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-10
The Ridht Spirit.

The work doesn't end with the hur-
rah; but the hurrahs demonstrate the
spirit that will carry the work on
Atlanta Constitution.