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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30
THE SERVICE FLAG OF THE eoNFEDERAcY

Oh comrades nesce has corns-and we who wept
Aat prayed fornin, then blessed and babe him go-
Hive ,lasped him close--'ooked in his eyes again
Or oreathed prayer for him where peoples blow.
We've seen the Croix de Guerre upon his 5reast,
An then the Victory Cross of his own land
We've watched them pin the chevron his star
While we stood by and proudly held his hand
God how the world was ground into our souls -
We felt his khatied breast press and
We knew his warm firm self the guns
And we've walked through Thierry aud Argonne
We heard his hoarse wild shout of Victory
Or saw his white lips culver, he died
His blood was spilled that Liberty might live
But Christi it was our love they crucied
But now It's done The brasny soldier smiles
And lovingly he leans upon knee
We hear the Soissohns. Rheims and all the rest -
Add then we tell Of Forrest and of Lee.
Once they tales-just tales of chvalry
That men have told wherever valor grows
Now he has stood with death in Belleau Moods
And now stern-ipped and calm, he knows-he knows
He knows that he has held aloft the torch
. Lit by the hand OF Washington of Lee
That ne has caught up from our feeble hands,
The seeds of freedom--le and liberty
But peace has come and now with reverent care
He brings gray coat from the cedar chest
And dashng with his sleeve a single tear,
lie pins his own on its ragged breast
And as the twilight falls youth and age
And blends the grandeur OF the tales they told
Y While love turns gently to a service flag.
Where all the stars turning into gold.
VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE,
Poet United Confederate Veterans Association
United Sons OF Confederate Veterans, Confederated
Southern Memorial Association
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30

Remember, that advertisements
ordered in this paper and no time
limit specified will be published
and charged for until ordered
out.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30
= the once over, =.

listen, fellows. to some
straight talk. Many
a man when he gets
to be 40, misses son1e-
thing. He may have
lots of money. and a fne
family but
He never s'got out and
saw things. After he
gets settled down. IRIS too
late.
Every man wants to see
the world. No man likeS
to stand still all his life.
The best time to TRAVEL,
IS when you're young and
lively-right NOW |
Right NOW your Uncle Sam
IS calling, 'sShove off" He wants
men for his Navy. He's inviting
you! It's the biggest chance
you'll ever get to give the world
the once ovegi
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30

The Navy goes all over thu
worId--sails the Seven Seas
squints at the six continents~-
that's it's business. You stand.
TO see more odd sights, wonder-, .
full scenery and strange peopIG !.
than you ever dreamed of. .
You'll work hard while yorT 4
work. You'll play hard while youI I
play. You'll earn and learn;
You'll get. in addition to ssshores
leave. q 30-day straight vaca.
tion--which is more than tho
average bank presidents can !,
count on.
You can join for two yearsst !,
When you get through you'll b0s =
physically and mentally tuned, y
up" for the rest of your life.s U
You'll be ready through and n
through for SUCCESS.
There's a Recruiting Station 4
right near you. If you don't' q
know where IL Is, your Poet.>
master win be glad to tell you. 4
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30
COTTON SCHOOL sx g ssxsss


And The only cotton school employing regular cotton csser
teaching the actual work regular cotton sampng
daily sales made Our years actual
experience in the cotton business Be by men who
opened the first COTTON SCHOOL -Four complete Address
MEMPHIS BUSINESS COLLEGE Memphis Tenn r r
THOMAS Principal Write for copy illustrated Cot
ton Journal 49,. .sxAs ss aszusx ,sAw 1910
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1919-10-30
Established by 7. A. Leddin
POSITIONS FREE no OUR GRADUATES

you position bank house. railroad Office
stenogapher or bookkeepe casser for
ill particulars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
On the ISSUE Of
Hmericanism There Can
Be NO Compromise


structing the farmers children than he pays
his hired man TO feed his hogs.
"No wonder there are fifty thousand va
cancies in the teaching forces OF the
schools No wonder the ranks are being
filled with weak men and with immature
women, who merely use the profession as a
stepping-stone TO something better. No
wonder there are thirty thousand teachers
in the United States who have had no
schooling beyond the eighth grammar
grade"
Two million soldiers back from the war
are looking for jobs. 1t is of Importance.
that they be taken care Of. IL is OF vastly
more Importance that the many more mil
lions of children yearly arriving at maturity
should be fifty trained and equipped.
Interested as we are in education, we
have never grasped seriously enough Its ire
mendous significance.
Nothing less than Every child in the
United States well trained and well in
structed" should be our goal.
That any child in his homage should be
compelled to work for living, and cannot
afford to go to school, is national disgrace.
We have had five War Loans; l would
like to see one huge Peace Loan, to guar
antee the Peace and Security of this coun-
try, bond issue of twenty billion dollars
TO put the public schools of America where
they ought TO be. / shall probably not see
it. But shall keep on wanting to see it.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
GET OFF THE LINE
THIS IS A BUSY WIRE"
ny REV CHARLES STEELE
staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Stai

The telephone Is unauestionably OF the greatest
boorns TO maukind-how In other days got
along without IL IL marvel 20 those Of us
who have telephones at our elbows. ready for in
slant" service.
Nov that instant is telephone advertising talk
are ready To- bless the who made u possible
90 talk 20 friends aud customers the Streetor
n thousand miles away-wthout leaving chairs
but sometimes for bad telephone service
than equal the blessings heap the head
Of Alexander Graham Bell.
Probably there some pious people who believe
than Of Prof He'll because Il IL the occasion OF much
profanity.
OF course men don't swear into the ,teiephone-the
company = likely cut off your service for a week
two n punIshmen,-the operator merely hears re.
marks which intended 10 be cutting. altho smoothly
and scientifically spoken.
The swearing In reserved for the stenoxrnpher IN
your office who by the way quietly smiles the show
OF mpatlcnoc and petulance and the lack OF self
control the part OF the boss"
But-when three different people snari at you.
Get Off the iine-,hls Il busy wire" when your,
ing and when you aren't at all responsible for in.
terruptlng their interesting consevetions about last
nights party this mornings grocery order or to.
morrow afternoons baseball game. Il Just riles you
up a bit.
And the temptation Is strong to consign Alexander
Bell the telephone operator. and the three buoy little
telephone takers 10 the place where telephones trou.
bl morc-becausc all messages are carried nv ,ne
cnl wireless service furnished by the government
uncensored-altho probably therc1l be no long dis.
lance service between that place and heaven be.
cause between them there is great gulf fixed"
And swearing makes the gulf wider
now when you feel that way remember the advice
Of very philosopher who said: "A soft answer
turneth away wrah"-'and Il will get you more than
cuss words
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

1t is strange, and it would be ludicrous
were 1t not so tragic, that we stand on the
threshold of all reforms, with the key in
our hand, and bruise our knuckles beating
on the door, instead of unlocking il and
entering in
The door is the Child.
The key is Education.
We have a public school system Of which
we shrek that could not be accomplished
thru the school house, and accomplished
peaceably, smoothly, and permanently.
We have public school syste moi which
we are proud IL is at the base Of whatever
there is in American life that is good and
strong
And yet our public school system is a
disgrace.
Because it Is not big enough not wide
enough. not efficient enough.
For all its magnificence IL is trifling in
comparison to what 1t ought to be.
Our city schools are overcrowded. There
are not enough buildings, not enough
teachers.
There are still vast numbers of children
in the United States that get no schooling
at all and vaster number whose schooling
is pitifully inadequate in the country dis
tricts.
We spent billions of dollars cheerfully TO
repel the Hun. The ignorance of our own
young is greater menace than the Prussian
Junker or the Russian Bolshevik
We have not enough teachers, and what
we have are not good enough. For the
reason that we do not make the salary Of
teachers large enough TO attract the right
sort Of ability. Says the Literary Digest:
The men and women VINO are making
the Americans Of tomorrow are being
treated with less consideration than the
janitors who sweep out the buildings in
which they are employed; they are earning,
on the average. less han the wages given
10 the scrubwomen employed in the public
buildings of the United States Government.
Normal school graduates receive less salary
than street-sweepers; high school principals
and superintendent less than section fore
men: country school teachers less for in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
The Old Gardener Says:
By Mckee

That common mistake 81 garden makers Il IN
planting too deeply. Because they have put
their pas three four inches underground they
think that should have the Kind Of
treatment In point ~ fact. inch IL deep enough
plant unless the soi h very Hight. Then an
inch and half may be better. II sut necessary 20
hill up tho corn either. unless the ground IL inclined
10 be wet Killing ridging permits more moisture
90 escape. and u 10 not Kindness 70 the corn 70
follow this oldfashoned practice. Don't be afraid
that your will blow down. The roots form a
support that Is easily weakened.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
"The Middle Man"
BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE

BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE
''Reducel reduce my cost OF llying-'
] cry TO butcher, baker grocer
They all politely answer NO slrr'
They smile at me. without mlsgiylng
And claim they're doing all they can.
But can't cast out the middle.man.
The wicked middle man IL standing
Botween consumer and producer.
They prove TO me, Gas | to you, sft)
We're all OF us engaged In handing
our substance to this blight this ban.
This omnipresent middleman.
Accusing all. from farm 10 basket.
They all respond. "Oh no. not l. sirl
II Is that other guilty guy, sir
To shave my margin? ouchl don't ask ~
| look from Beersheba to Dan,
But can't locate this mddieman.
Sometimes I'm forced to wonder whether
I'm not myself the man I've sought
Lies grinding milstones find me caught
Between the upper and the neither.
Alas alasl that solves the riddle:
am the man who's In the middiel
Copyright 1919. N. Il. A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

" tAN az Va WI
forms. so NR
time for tn e
summer win
ming vert tire
20 G o m IN en- &C.
Beaches are all
in trim for
lounginK There
arc two kinds ~
swimmers The
real ones yon
catch with a
hook. ard these
that DO their
bathing on the
sand. under UNI
breilaH ard on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

the boardwalk swimming and diving IN watsF h
Of fashion Latest styles IN she bathing costumes
are sandpToof and sun went colofs 20 run.
only waves that the darnsels In with are the
marcel waves In their hair. Latest models IN gents
water wardrobe. gymnasium suiis, for beach
gymnastics only thing the viii be used for ~
canoeing Life savers job will change TO taking care
Of sunstroks swimming 10 get,ng to be
back to the soil" affair
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
WHERE DO THEY GET THAT STUFF ABOUT
ENGIIsu HAVING No sENSE OF MlMOR.

Sir John Foster Fraser who spent year OF the
war in the United states says when he was In an
Indiana town. his speech-mabsng tour little boy
slid up 70 tho chairman Of the meeting and asked
who is this guy that's going 20 talk"
"Oh" said the chairman, hes an English kniEht
The chairman explained that man knclt before a
king the king put his sword his shoulder and 30
the became a knight
Gee" uad the boy. that's nothing. There was
an Indian chief put ba,tieax on my grandfa'hers
head and made him angel"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
LITTLE JoHNNrEs SHARE or CONVERSATION

SAY. ma. when are going 10 sat7"
"say. ma. gimme piece OF cake; I'm starved
SAY. ma, kin l have another drumstick7'
SAY. WiIlie's had two pieces Of pie
Say. ma. what's this bug In the jelly"
Say. ma kin l have that cooker
tAnd little aterD
Say, ma, / amt feeling WELL
THE HOUSING problem worries everybody but the
moving man II keeps him busy TO worry
WHITE HOUSING problems worry politicians al
Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
Courtesy

There three words that more and
that will get than PLEASE" and THANK YOU"
But they must be uttered with their full meaning
As mere words of formal expression. they meaning
less and vaueless.
1t is the spirit back of them
A good deal is being said about courtesy just
Railroads. hotels large stores and business institutions
generally where employees form the only point of contact
with the patrons. circulating preachmens TO these
employees.
They suggest meeting the discourteous unreasonable
patron with courtesy and reason-teatment by
action, good carpenter the plane the other
the board with knots cross-grained wood.
But there is rule for courtesy
The only way to be courteous is feel good toward
every one
Those of with the true spirit viii have trouble
in expressing courtesy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
MOST FAMOUS OF ALL HOU

MOST FAMOUS OF ALL HOUSES
THIS rs the House that Jack built"
(ec. etc, until sou come to)
THIS rs the priest all shaver and shorn that
married the man all tatered and torn that kissed the
maiden all forlorn that MIXED the COW with the
erumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the
cat that killed the that ate the malt that lay In
the house that Jack built"
OLD CICERO THOUGHT, The should be an
ornament TO the house" Nowadays he's the lawn
mower furnace tender, and beats rugs In the back
yard while the ornament sits the front porch ex
planning the details OF her new summer bonnet to
the ornament next door
THE CAVE MAN paid rent, taxes or plumb
crs' bills and he whitfield his furniture out OF the
mountansde.
The Eskimo
Lives In house OF Ice.
But he's warmer at that,
Than the bird who dwells
With ianitor who swells
With pride
At saving the landlords coal
American diplomacy is Colonel Houselng In Paris
DO YOU REMEMBER tho good old days when we
use TO clutter up the backyard with n dog house n
chicken house. a smoke house a wood house and
dozen bird houses? Those the houscy times
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
Up to Us Older Ones
This is about school vacation time.

This is about school vacation time.
II is estimated that about five million boys of this
country will leave school mt this time to take their first
jobs in factories, stores and offices
Some of these boys will to in all places
of work
Their education will not be complete by any means-it
will only be the rough and it will be to us older ones
to at least assist in finishing the job
We all know how it when first went TO work.
We will all remember how the first morning of our
first job were looked upon with half pity and half
tempt by fellow workers
We remember how made many mistakes and were
long time in learning the job and all for the want of
little advice and very few simple instructions
And all this thru the indifference contempt of the
older workers.
Most of these boys that will unto older ones
this school vacation filled with high hopes and healthy
ambitious Many of them. of tender years, will have
definite purpose in life.
These hopes may be beyond their present reach, but
the ambition is there and viii be up to to discourage
encourage it,
In other words let golden rule attitude toward
these first job boys, and say:
DO unto them would like 10 have been done by
when we took our first job.
Or let do unto these boys their first job we
would like to have others do unto our boys.
II the peace treaty is fair example Of dealisn.
the Hun has TO be thankful that there
practical men at the conference.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
Getting Measured

You take off your coat and vest and you stand with
akmbo feeling like prize boob The tailor tells you
TO stand natural but you take shy glance down at your
waist line which protrudes like the breast of pouer pigeon
and then nstnctvey you throw your chest and debate
your well known stomach much is humanity possi-
be Tho the exeron pains severely feel yourself
rewarded when the tailor says well you surely aren't
thick around the waist line thought when you
in here"
While the tailor putting down the figures in his per-
sona information book you relax for moment and heave
sigh Of relief When he back for still data
you straighten up again
Two weeks later the suit is finished But it doesn't
fit You angrily pounce the tailor Look herel you
YELL altogether too tight around the waist and too loose
the chest And the funny part ii is neither you
nor the tailor can understand how it happened!
II may be thai Wilson'S point about freedom Of the
seas 1Cas ditched Ly consent because nobody
could figure out 1chat the darned thing meant.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
PORTO RICO FUTURE
OF MOVIE STUDIOS

SAN JuAH>-Porto Rico may become TO the motion
picture industry all that Southern California has been.
There's plenty OF atmosphere" Of the artistic type,
and Il only remains TO demonstrate that the atmos-
phere Of the climatic type il right +. Eugene Farms
worth Of New York Of the pioneers in the picture
business here investigating Porto Rico's coast
line. mountains. vegetation and buildings moro
varied ard attractive than California 1t offers
themes and plots that viii prove Of fascinating
value" ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

Salmon" Informed by scientists "csn trzy~
81 In the water at the rate Of Is miles hour"
on dry land they travel much faster than that
IL eneased In cans and stored in freight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

orrN SEASON ron s,ynvIIr,

DRAG out the swimming suits and plug up The
holes with Moths have had their winter fil
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
The Seattle Star

ny mail out % city. soc per MONTH months.
tlso. months taGA. year $500. In the
state OF Washington Outside the state,
Tbc per mouth. tIsO for months. or 1900
per year. ny carrier. city, ise per week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

II governments promote peace BY insuriH0
France against inrdsion surely they hare poer 10
mote peace by iasuffng norkers against unemployment
and hardship in their old age
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09
Erasing the me"

The pillars OF Hercules time bore this inscription
me Plus Ultra'-meanng mo More Beyond"
This stood for great many years until Christopher
Columbus blocked by the American continent in his
effort to sail around the world to India
Then the negative Ne was chiseled off and the in
scripton now stands "Pus Ultra" More Beyond"
Have you reached that stage in your life where you
have inscribed the columns of your brain me Plus
Ultra? Do you feel that there is hope for you to
succeed in your present any future undertakings?
If So get out your chise and hammer and cut off the
Ne Chisel the "Plus Ultra" little deeper wider and
longer
Get underneath your skull the idea that there IS more
beyond If you do you'll find it, Just look what Columbus
found by ignoring the NE"
statesman Is aCho understand whg IL is
1crong to Kill IN order to net his farm bf riobt
to kill many in order to get territory Larger
than O farm
Doubtless you haze noticed that "hberty-Loungo
nations manage to stie their yearng Rberate their
oUn subjects.
treaty made by a vote of the people might not be
as profitable one made By statesmen, but it Uoud
doubtless last longer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

Doubtless you haze noticed that "hberty-Ioving'
nations manage to stfte their yeorning to Hberate their
oWn subjects.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

treaty made by pote of the people might not be
as profitable made By statesmen, but it 1Uould
doubtless last longer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-09

II the peace treaty is fair example Of ideaiism,
the Hun has to be thankful that there
practical at the conference.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-21
TOPEKA STARTS cosr WAR

TOPBfA,Kln., Aug 2l--Cn order -os
Attorney General Richard j. Hop
kins, complaints were shown today
charging G. H. Haskell, manager OF
the Beatrice Creamery company, with
violation Of the states anti-monopoly
law. Four counts are cited, charging
Haskell with debating retailers pro.
fits and cutting off supply when re.
taller failed to maintain such prices
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-21
TO BOOST
BABY BOND
SALE HERE
Vice Director of w. S. s. Cam
paign Visits City; Explains
How Stamp Sales Will Be
Carried Or

Despite the fact that the extent OF
war savings stamp sales in Oklaho
ma since January / has been some
what of a disappointment, indications
are that there will be material in
crease in the sales of these govern
ment securities during fall accord
ing to w. NJ Morris, vice-director OF
the drive in Oklahoma
AS a part of his tour Of the state,
! Mr.. Morris was in the city yesterday
visiting Moman H. Sheppard, county
director of war savings campaign, To-
cal banks and business men. The pur-
pose of Mr. Morris tour Of the state
is to revive interest in the campaign.
There is some prejudice over the
methods resorted to during the cam
paign Of 1918" said Mr.. Morris.
I'VE have formulated new plans of
campaign much different from the
previous ones, he added
Believes "Shep" Good Man,
"In view Of the fact that Grady
county has wideawake efficient di-
rector | am confident that the coun-
ty will make commendablc showing
in the campaign this fall / am con
vinced that Mr. Sheppard, the Grady
county director, has the ability. en-
ergy and the determination to put |
this county among those at the head
of the war savings list" commented
Mr. Morris.
Purpose the Campaign
The major purpose TO the cam
paign, Mr. Morris explained, was first,
to educate the people to the value
Of thrift; second, to realize funds for
-he government; and third, to offer
he advantages of safe, sound invest
nent whore the money invested will
act profitable returns
The war is over, but the need and
necessity Of thrift was never more
said the vice director. Tn
Ter the plan of campaign to be re-
orted to during the remainder of the
ear, thrift will be taught in the
chools and the fact that the installa.
ion of thrift idea is Of vital interest
o the business men and the entire
will be stressed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-21
The ses,. PhysIe.

When you want a pleasant physic
try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are
easy to take and mild and gentle in
effect They are highly priced by
people who have become acquainted
with their good qualities. They only
cost a quarter Al