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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-08
MINUTES OF PHlLOMATHlc
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The Philomathic Literary Society
met in the societys room on the eve
ming of Wednesday, November 5th.
The meeting was called to order by
the president.
All members were present at roll
call.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and adopted
The debate, Resolved, that iron is
more serviceab1e than gold with AL
fred Arceneaux and Webster Arce-
ineauX on the affirmative and Jasper
Bourgeois and Clarence Cosner on the
negative, was won by the affirmative,
the judges being Prof. McGuff, Miss
Buchanan and Henry Wright.
An interesting defamation was
rendered by Donovan Armstrong and
a 'laughable reading was given by
Charlie DOan
An invitation from the Hesperian
Literary Society to attend their enter
tainment Nov. 18th, was unanimously
accepted.
Several members were fined twenty
five cents for talking without permits
sion during the last meeting.
A decidedly amusing report was
read by the reporter, Joe Hebert.
The program for the next meeting
was read after which the meeting
was adjourned.
r. A. Mason, Pres.
d. R. Armstrong, Sec'y.
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WILL THE INFLUENZA RETURN?t
Public Health Authorities Predict its
Recurrence,
Guard Against it BY Building Up the
Blood.
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for support in the administration of the prohibition laws. The na- tional prohibition act is now the law of the land. It makes the bu- reau of internal revenue the direct ing agency in the enforcement of both wartime prohibition. and pro- hibition under the constitutional amendment The secretary and the commissioner of internal revenue expressed to both committees of congress the hope that this impor- tant responsibility would not be omposed on the treasury depart ment, burdened as it is with fiscal and revenue matters. Congress de creed otherwise, and the depart ment purposes to respond ir the fullest degree to the duty placed upon it. Close cooperation between fed
 eral and state, county and munici
 pal officers is of the utmost impor
 tance. Collectors have been in
 structed to get in touch with gov
 ernors and mayors in each state and request their cooperation 1T urging upon sheriffs and all othel local officers the vital necessity o, | their immediately assuming theil | responsibilities under the new act | Little Rock Gazette. A@@
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"work, labor and services rendered and to be rendered"
 Mrs. Hess, in her answer, nar- rates that she has suffered from foot trouble for many years, and that, when she called on Mr. Hil- gert, he told her he could make shoes that would correct her trou- bles and enable her to walk with out pain" n .t
 "The plaintiff represented the manufacture of such shoes as very costly" Mrs. Hess says. land in view of the benefit the price asked would be entirely inadequate; that he had received as high as $1O,O0C for a pair of shoes under similar circumstances" ..-ss,.s.
 Her feeble health and aching feet, Mrs. Hess goes on ' to say made her, especially susceptible tt argument, and she was persuaded to sign for pair of shoes, but i'm mediately. afterward. repented of the bargain. Her lawyers set forth tha' the agreement. is unconscionable and, therefore. illegal and unen forceable."
 The trial will be before a jury.- New York World. sw
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and in any other rooms in WI! similar mishaps may occur; so a man whose clothing takes hre run quickly to the nearest tank jump into the water. Consen. means of this kind for extlngul ing burning clothing are lmpon,, and should not be neglected; everything possible should be q in the way of diminishing
 source of the danger, so ir s
 minimize the likelihood oi r ! For example, dust hoods ana ? \
 devices for reducing the duss
 the lowest possible point nay E
 be installed with great adsa1u {
 The dust from chlorate M I { makes, clothing much more ss 5! infiammable than that ron ..s ' ate of potash, partly Deeaux sods compound produces mols :, in the crushing and grinding 0p tions, and partly because ~ Y tains a higher proportion VI gen. w
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distributed among federal, state, county and municipal officers, every one of whom is expected to do his full part. % N-
 Successful administration of the prohibition laws will be measured largely by the manner in which other than federal agencies meet their requirements. In local com munities local officers are expected to take the initiative. Not to do so will result in such, action by federal officers and it will be their duty to bring to the attention of the abiding citizens, of such communi- ties the failure or dereliction of local authorities to assume their re- independent force provided for in the national prohibition act, em- responsibilities under the new law.
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ReUenue Office to
 Enforce PrOhi Act

Jack Walker, collector of inter nal revenue, has received letter from Daniel c. Roper, commissioner of internal revenue, giving plans for the enforcement of nationwide prohibition. A part of the letter follows:
 ssThe national prohibition act makes the bureau of internal reve- nue the directing agency in en- forcement of both wartime prohib- ition and prohibition under the con stitutional amendment. Responsi- bility for it's enforcement, however, is not confined to the bureau, but is
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$500 FOR PAIR OF SHOES.
New York Women Sued on Con
 tract by Maker.

If the experience of Mrs. Amelia K. Hess, wife of a public school principal, is any indication, the price of shoes is going up, up, up.
 Mrs. Hess contracted for a pair of shoes last July, paying $200 de- posit, and agreeing to pay monthly installments of $50. If she had kept up her payments she would have owned the shoes free and clear by the summer of 1920.
 The trouble was that Mrs. Hess, after depositing her $200, became convinced that $25 pair of shoes would do her just as well, and now the Balanced Shoe Company is su- ing her for the unpaid balance of S7OO.
 Mrs. Hess, through her attornevs. has entered counter claim for the return of the $200, alleging that Matthew Hilgert, president of the company, took advantage of the fact that she had painful feet to sell her the $500 pair, on representa- tions which she then believed to be true, but now does not.
 Mrs. Hess lawyers also demand ed a bill of particulars about these extraordinary shoes, to which Her man M. Frank, lawyer for the shoe company, replied by furnishing a copy of the contract under which Mrs. Hess undertook to pay for her shoes on the installment plan. The contract is on printed card, and has spaces at the bottom for 10 payments.
 What became of the shoes is a mystery in the proceedings, as the shoe company makes it's claim for
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"Pending the organization of an

Pending the organization of an ployes of the internal revenue serv- ice qualified for the work and who can be spared from tax-work, have been directed to cooperate to the fullest extent with the public and with state, county and municipal of ficers and with officers of the de- partment of justice in the enforce. ment of the act"
 To insure against delay, collect. orss and agents have been directed to confer with United States dis trict attorneys with regard to the proper method of obtaining ano presenting evidence, and to make all necessary arrangements to expe dite court procedure.
 An appeal is made to every law abiding citizen in the United State!
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FIRES FROM CHLORATE
 .E, H DUST IN CLOTHING

In chlorate manufacturing plants the men who are exposed to the dust of the chlorate have to wear special clothing while they work, and all cloth should be washed daily, in order to prevent the accu. mutation of chlorate dust in the interstices of the fabric. If this precaution is omitted, and the clothing is allowed to accumulate dust, a slight amount of friction against it is likely to cause it tc take fire and burn furiously. Te protect the men in case of accident of this kind, large open tanks oi water are often provided in tho room where the crushing is done
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COST HIM $25.oo TO GU :. :,
 "sHIMMYINc" IN w wlen' '''

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 ing.
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The chief difference n,e'sd;esI ss'is'ttl is ] tSa'es the conservative has s.llsans got s'' tain M Inn (s. e. Tribune
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Phone 26 for Demonstration

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

to the mass Of twisted steel.
splintered wcbd and ragged
cloth.
First 10 the plane. laldup the
limp body Of Ferguson. uncon-
scious from the fall. Others un-
did the straps about his body.
Another crawled under water
to Whiteside's lifeless form. He
was dead.
A pail settled over the tourist
city.
They had admired the daring
and confidence Of both aviatOrs
and we're distinctly shocked by
the unfortunate tragedy.
It was Immediately after
Whiteside was pronounced dead
that Senator Ellison, who had
witnessed the unfortonate affair,
started the memorial fund.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

We wish to express to our
many friends sincerest thanks
for the numerous kindnesses and
courtesies extended Us during
our bereavement, and to assure
them that every tribute paid
to our loved one is greatly ap-
preeiated and will never be for
gotten by as.
j. c. Whiteside and family.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

an children troubled with voIms have an %
healthy colol. which indicates poor blood and as
lule. there Ia more of less stomach disturbance.
GROVES IASlELtSS chill IolglC given reaularly
for two or three weeks win onrlch the blood. I'M
prove the digestion. and acl as General Strength
ening Tonic 70 the wh0le system. Nature willtheu
throw on or dispel the wormg and che Child viii Be
in perfect health Pleasant % iahe 8oc per bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30
Lieut.. John Ray WhitesjSle
go. DsaLh n AIIaIans AeeIdsLL



How the Accident Occurred
After successfully raiding Hun
towns ana dropping bombs on
the Boches without getteng q
scratch, Lieut.. j. r. Whiteside.
of the marine corps flying serv-
ice met his death in St. Peters
burg this moting (Jan. 2Sl when
he fell into shallow water Of
Tampa bay just north Of Spa
while doing stunts. He was
badly mangled and the big De-
Haviland battle plane, 10 which
he was flying. was a complete
wreck. His flying partner w.
F. Ferguson. narrowly escaped
death by drowning as he was
pinned in the seat of the plane
and held under water by his life
belt He received severe bruis-
es and his left leg was broken
at the ankle.
The big battle-plane fell in a
nose spin when the aviators
were doing stunts before the
crowd that thronged the water
front and the streets Of the city.
Just what was the cause Of the
Incident nobody knows, but it is
likely that a wire controlling the
plane either broke or jammed,
0r the engine stalled.
Thousands Of persons here
saw the machine fall. The two
qviators had been doing all kind
stunts, high in the air over the
waterfront. They did side-slips
nose spins. tail spins, loop the
loop and other spectacular things
in the air. Then they went
away and the crowd thought
they had gone on their way TO
Arcadia, but they came backand
at high altitude began to do
more stunts. After looping the
loop. the machine went into a
nose spin and headed for the
ground. The same stunt had
been pulled once before and the
aviators successfully straighten-
ed out and got away long before
reaching the ground.
But they did not come out of
this nose spin. With the nose
of the machine stationary and
the tail swinging in wide circles,
the machine headed swiftly for
the earth. The thousands who
were watching, from all points
of vantage gasped as the ma
chine got closer to the ground
without Strengthening out.
There was something wrong.
The driver, Lieut.. Ferguson.
in the rear seat Of the plane.
could not come out Of the spin.
may be his engine was dead.
The big machine crushed into
the water near the sand spit and
was instantly a crumpled mass
Of wood and iron and engine.
Lieut.. smalley, formerly of the
flying corps. was the first man
to reach the wreck of the plane.
He saw the machine fall and
knew that it could not be right
ed. So he started to run from
the Spa. where he was standing
when the plane started to fall
Having flown himself. Lieut.
.Smaliey realized that something
was wrong with the machine ia
which the marnie. CORPS flyers
we're stundng When he reaeh-
Jed the wreck both aviators were
under water, held down by their
lile-belts Lieut.. Smalley tried
to release Lieut. Ferguson from
the seat il which he was strap
ped but finding he could not do
this, BE held up the aviator
head, out Of the water until
help came and the young man
was then taken from the wreck
ed plane
Lieut. Whiteside. was in the
front seat and was jammed down
hard on top Of the engine. He
was bleeding from the nose and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

AAflt0 ~ aN alfNlaNe acliutht dA
S. Petersburg. Fla., reached
here late Monday evening ac-
eompanied by Lieut. Bradley, a
fellow flying officer The family
being nov domiciled in their
country home. the body was
taken to the home OF a friend,
Mr Sherman E. Adams. where
itremained until lO.O0o'cloek, the
hour Of the funeral next day.
Full military honors were ac-
corded. A detachment from
Payne Field had charge and es-
corted the body to the Baptist
church and thence toits final rest
ing place in theI. o. o. F. ceme-
tsry. A squadron Of airplanes
circled over the procession as a
last tribute from the air to one
Of its masters. Services were
conducted By DR.. w. A. Gaugh,
pastor Of the Baptist church.
He paid high tribute to deceased
as a man. a christian and pa.
triot. A short sketch Of the
life and service of Lieut. White
side was given by Hon. R. J.
West
Lieutenant John Ray White.
side was born in Okolona, Miss,
June 18th, 1896, and died in ST.
Petersburg, Fla, January 28rd,
1919 Ia childhood, he was a
regular attendant at Sunday
school, at one time he was pres
ent every Sunday for seven
years. Early in life he became
a christian end joined the Bap-
tist church here and romained
..essathfal member until called to
to t'Sat broader existance on the
the other shore.
Lieut.. Whiteside comes Of old
Irish stock. but was purely
American. His ancestors emf
grated TO this country in its ear
" history and settled in North
Car0ilinia, where they were patri-
0ts and fought in the Revolution.
Some members Of the Whiteside
family went to Kentucky in its
early history, and form there
vent on to Illinois, arriving
there in 1893. From this
branch Of the family Lieut.. Ray
Whiteside comes. His father,
HF. John C. Whiteside, Of this
eity, is a grand son o the late
Gen. Samuel Whiteside, Of fill
nois. He came from Cham
paign. ILL.,, to Mississippi 81 years
ago. when quite a young man.
In Nov. 1888, he was married to
Hiss Beulah Wise, daughter Of
Middleton and Elizabeth Wise.
ef West Point Two sons, Arlie
snd Ray. four daughters blessed
this uniOn. One daughter died
several years ago, Two dauth-
tem Misses Birdie and Ada
are at home, while the older
daughter. Mrs. Carrie Linbar-
ger. lives in Texakana, Texas.
This splendid family have lived
IN Okolona for more than thirty
years.
Reynolds. in his history Of
Illinois. sums up the leading traits
"a the character of the White
side family by attributing to
them possession, ia an eminent
degree. the quality Of courage
and patriotism, and says: They
inherited much of the Irish char
aetef They are warm-hearted
Ind impulsiYe, Their friends
an always right and their enc
mics always wrong 10 their esti-
ation X a Whiteside took
q by the hand you had bis
cart He would shed his blood
freely for his country o. bis
friend. This is true of Lieut.
HhIteside and the family here.
We give below some items
ron the ST. Petersburg papers. !
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

IspeeiaI to the Messengerl

Senator r. H. Ellison Of viii
hamsbnrg, KY. is the sponsor
ier the memorial fund being
raised here for the erection of a
shaft to mark the spot on the
little sand bar in old Tampa Bay.
where ]. R. Whiteside Of Okolo-
na, Miss, daring army aviator
gave his life to entertain and
thrill 20, 600 tourists here January
3. in spectacular and daring air
stunts finally resulting in his
death and injury to his assistant
VIM. F. Ferguson, also Of Mis-
iippi.
Appearing before a special
session of the Kentucky state
tourist society, held here Janu-
4ry p, Ellison prevailed upon
the Kentuckians to dig deep into
their pockets for sufficient money
in which to purchase the shaft.
His appeal was met with ready
response and other donations
have been made by other tourists
Rintering here.
An order has already been
placed with a monumental firm
and the headstone will soon be
placed in the bay with fitting
services.
Whiteside arrived inst Peters
burg at noon January % and an
nounced his entry into the city
by executing a blood eurdling
5ail spin in which it appeared as
if the plane were about to be
dashed to pieces in the heart Of
the down town section. Thous-
ands saw the stunt and when
the .viator and plane landed on
the long sand pier extending far
out into the bay. a great throng
gathered around him, his assist
ant and air craft.
Both aviators informed their
hstners and newspaper men
they would give a real show"
on the following morning.
Just before the huge De Havi-
land with a wing spread of IS
feet and equipped with a power
ful y cylinder Liberty motor,
scared into the air, 10000 tour
lists and townsfolk gathered on
the shore to see the men off and
to witness the exhibition promis-
ed to follow.
It was just 11:2O when the big
olive drab army plane, with red,
white and blue circles painted on
the wings, mounted into the
clouds.
Then followed a series Of ex-
citing stunts. There were
tail spins, nose dives, loop the
loops, fall maple leaf an others.
In concluding the most daring
bit Of daredeyiltry ever looked
upon by the multitude, White
side and his assistant scared in a
great circle and climbed high
into the air.
When directly over the great
throng below, the aviator tipped
the nose of his plane towards the
bay, in the most dangerous of all
stunts.
The thousands shuddered at
the spectacle.
The plane hung in the air
It wavered like a leaf and
swung slowly from side to side
as il fell towards the ground.
The colors flashed in the sun
light.
It wasn't until the huge craft
was within 800 feet Of the bay
that the SPECTATORS realized
something was wrong
There was q mualed groau from
the gathering as the plane rush
ed and plunged nose FIRST into
the water
A great splash hid the machine
as is engine buried into ten foot
Of sand.
Only the red, white and blue
tail remained above water
Unmindful Of clothes. tourists
.s.-.- IL a q. Al
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

broad and one Of the men Lieut.
J. R. Whiteside. Of Mississippi
actually bombed Hun towns just
before the armistice was signed.
He was out on a raid and piloied
Ia machine IN which was a gun
ner. Alta height Of 1900 feet
he dropped bombs and said he
was able to see the hits that he
made and could see the bombs
explode.
The aviatOrs were out 10 sur
vey routes from Miami and look
over the country, obtaining in
formation that may be Of value
in case air mail routes are es-
tablished. st. Petersburg (Fla. ]
Independent.
Lieut.. Ferguson Talks
Fully conscious and getting a.
long nicely, with every prospect
of recovery in a short time un-
less pneumonia develops, Lieut..
w. F. Ferguson is unable to
remember any incident preced-
ing his fall here yesterday in a
big DeHaviland battle-plane.
He can give no statement throw
ing light on the causeof the acci-
dent in which Lieut.. ]. R White.
side was killed. He has talked Of
the sensational fall when he and
the dead aviator whirled to the
water of Tampa bay in a nose
spin but had no recollection of the
incidents preceding the fatal
dive. Lieut.. Ferguson says he
knows only that Lieut.. White
sides. who was driving the plane
turned back to st. Petersburg,
after having started for Arcadia,
for some unknown reason. That
is all that he remembers. As to
the actual fall, Lieut.. Ferguson
remembers nothing. st. Peters
burg (Fla.) Independent.
Arrives in St. Petersburg
Crowds in St. Petersburg who
craned their necks yesterday
afternoon were given startling
views Of air stunts, such as had
never been seen in this section,
when a DeHaviland Four battle
plane, equipped with a Liberty
motor, circled over the city under
the guidance of Lieutenants
Whiteside and Ferguson. from
the naval training school at
Miami.
The visiting airmen did tail
spins, the maple leaf" and
other daring exploits in the air
and few at a low altitude fairly
skimming over the taller build
ings as they displayed their
ability as aviators. Following
this display in the air they again
accomplished a difficult feat,
when they glided down over the
south mole along side the yacht
basin and landed on this narrow
stretch Of deep sand without a
mishap. With a land machine
this landing was particularly
hazardous because Of the water
risk on either side and the
danger Of colliding with some
obstruction on the narrow strip
Of Iaud.
Ihey first appeared over the
city about four O'Clock. coming
here from Arcadia, where they
had made a stop at Charlsrom
field 70 replenish their gasoline
tanks They had made the
actual flight from Miami here. a
distance of between 200 and 300
miles ia / hour and 58 minutes
flying time
The bic DeHaviland has 8
spread Of 45.2 feet and is equip
ped with the - cylinder Liberty
motor designed for the American
fighting planes ia France.
After the plane alighted on
Continued on last naoal
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-01-30

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-29

New Victor Records demon
strated az all dealers on the
lsf Of each month
"Nictrola" is the Reglstere4
Trademarko Of the Victor Taking
Machine Company designating
TIE PRODUCES OF thh Company
only.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-29
SORIN LAW ROOMS AT
N. D. ARE NOW HISTORY

The Sorin law room passed into
history Thursday afternoon when a
corps of carpenters under the di-
rection of Brother Columbian began
erecting new rooms at Notre Dame.
Twelve up-tO-date rooms with all
modern cOnveniences will be ready
for occupancy when registration be-
gins All plum bling work and cleo
trio fixtures will be installed under
the direction of Brother Iranaous.
Law classes and lectures in Sorin
hall were discontinued last spring.
d new law college being opened
I'm the remodeled chemistry hall
which burned down in the fall OF
1916. The new college building was
dedicated last June at commence
ment exercises TO Col William a.
HOynes. dean emeritus Of the law
faculty and founder of the law
course II the University OF NOtre
Dame some forty years ago.