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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-12-19
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OCTOBER SESSION OF THE BOARD OF
OF LINCOLN COUNTY, Idaho.

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Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
SUGAR WENT sUGARLESs.

An Albany news dispatch says it is related
there of an Americus lady that the other day her
husband was in Albany on business, she sent him
tie following telegram:
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
THE PATH TO PROSPERITY.

A striking sign of the times" is the an
nouncement by Principal ]. M. France of the Third
District Agricultural school, that henceforth cotton
culture is to have no place in the school; that the
time and energy and the large acreage heretofore
devoted to the industry which the boil weevil has
made so precarious, and which has kept the South
poor for so long will be devoted to dvershcation
with live stock culture and dairying having prom
inentj place in this diversihcation plan. A first
class dairy herd is to be built up at the college,
which will be turned into revenue producer for
the school, at the same time showing the boys and
girls who attend the school, and the parents back
home who will be keeping in touch with the school,
what immense possibilities lie just ahead of us in
breaking away from cotton
No section of America is blessed with the
possibilities now confronting South Georgia and it
is only matter of grasping the opportunities.
Live stock culture-hogs and beef and dairy cattle
with the growing of not only all the feeds and
foods needed for consumption in Georgia, but for
export beyond the borders of the state well
offer the greatest possibilities for immediate re.
suits. No other section has the soil productivity o
great acreage, coupled with the year-around oper
season, that this section enjoys and no other sec
ton, therefore, can compete with us, once We
awake.
But we are in the process of awakening Anc
TIE announcement of Principal France is but on
of the many unmistakable signs pointing to th
awakening
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
What Other Editors Saw
LANSING BURROWS.
ucts Day.

1t is to be doubted if among all the Baptist
preachers in the South there or is man who
even bordered on approach to the peculiar place
held in his denomination by Lansing Burrows of
Americus His sageness in council his genius for
clear thought expressed. when he chose, in simple
idiom, his closeness always to the people of the
great church he served and the general strong low
ableness of the mans character years ago won for
him high and abiding place in the organization
activities of his church in its great work all the
South and in the nation. He had been national
figure for the better part of a generation.
They WILL however, miss him most in Ameri-
Gus His fame as minister will live longer and
more widely from his labors in the higher councils
OF his church, covering wide and mighty field
for religion but after all the people who have for
many years been going his church will grieve the
greater. He was for all his great convention du-
ties and the exacting service they demanded one OF
the great pastors of the state and before age and
ill health got in their work one of Georgia finest
preachers. His own congregation came in his own
later years to be much like children to him and
pretty much so he treated them 1t was never re-
sented, but accepted and the love of his
people grew in keeping with his own surehess of
his hold over their loyalty and affections 1t must
be priceless reflection for man when the time
comes for him to lie down and die that any COM
munity of human beings had come to hold him in
that way.
He died, after ALL as he would have chosen
hat is, without any protracted illness, while he
was still an active, useful and powerful force fo1
the advancement of that work of which he was
one of the first ministers. In the genuine sorrow
all Americus will feel in his DEATH not only the
state of Georgia, but all of the South and much OF
the nation will join A good man, with some OF
the elements of greatness who never idled O,
withheld his full exertion to help his fellowman
has gone home. And while he lived long, it is al
ways great loss when such a man goes.-Macon
Telegraph.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20

sia products dinner in Americus, with the menu
made up entirely of Sumter county products? 1t
could be done, and Sumter county products din
ner would be fitting celebration of Georgia Prod
ucts Day. ~.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
HOW ABOUT A Sumter PRODUCTS"
DINNER

November I9 has been set as Georgia Prod
ucts Day for this year in a proclamation just issued
by Governor Dorsey, which follows:
Whereas The house of representatives
of the state of Georgia did, on July 27, 1913, pass
unanimously resolution indorsng and commend
ing the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. and,
Whereas Beginning with the year 9 3, the
public welfare undertakings, did set apart and des
ignate day in November Of each year as Georgia
Products Day. on which the people of Georgia are
requested to dine on Georgia products exclusively
as nearly may be, this for the purpose of awaken
ing our people to larger and more varied pro-
ducton OF food crops; which day has successfully
been observed each year; and,
Whereas, The cost of food supplies hasreach-
ed a remarkably high figure, making it a matter of
serious concern that the people of Georgia grow
larger supplies at home.
Therefore, |, Hugh M Dorsey governor of
the state of Georgia do hereby issue this proclama
tion indorsng the plans and purposes to all peo-
pie OF the state. suggest and request the general
observance of the nineteenth of November 1910
as Georgia Products Day and urge the people of
the various counties and towns and communities to
observe the day in some fitting way calculated to
produce beneficial results for every community,
and to awaken greater civic pride and inspire 10y
atty of Georgians to their state.
November o is less than one month awav.
Wouldn't it be fine thing to have a public Geor-
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
APPRECIATES THE EDITOR.

Here is minister who appreciates the editor.
At recent editorial convention he offered the fol-
lowing toast: To save an editor from starvation.
take his paper and pay for it promptly. To save
him from bankruptcy, advertise in his paper liber-
ally. o save him from despair, send him every
item of news of which you can get hold. To save
him from profanity, write your correspondence
plainly side of the sheet, and send it in as
early as possible To save him from mistakes bury
him. Dead people are the only ones who never
make mistakes"
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
HE WILL BE MISSED.

Baptists and all church-gon people all over
the South will mourn the death of Dr. Lansing Bur
rows He lived actively in the harness to the last
and was ripe scholar deeply spiritual man, and
a widely beloved preacher. He will be missed in
the ranks of leading Baptists wherever he was
known.-Cordele Dispatch
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
Sugar: Please bring me some sugar.
YOUR SUGAR." ="

But Sugar could get sugar in Albany, and
his Sugar could get sugar in Americus it is
supposed that both his Sugar and her Sugar and
all the little Sugars had to syrup in their coffee
and oatmeal.
And that's what many Albany people are US
ing in theirs today, the report concludes Fov su-
ear is a scarce article, and no relief is in sight
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-20
THE CAUSE.

ALL the world is in commotion, forty kinds of
dust raise; every gent with crazy notion
has an audience these days; all the peoples rise
and clamor for new avenues to tread; every fell
low has hammer, and he d bash another head.
And the man who once was kaiser, says, while
people cut up thus, I'm the little early riser
who kicked up this beastly fuss" No one s with
his work contented, every voter scorns his job;
and the autumn air is scented with the curses of
the mob Now that industry is needed industry
is lying low; and the countries all are seeded to
the dragons teeth of woe Cold the forges of
the founder, all deserted is the mill; and the
demagogue and bounder aren't for an instant
still. Now stream of smoke is pouring from
the lofty stacks of brick, and no looms disturb
the roaring of the anarchistic hick And the man
who once was kaiser, says as on the fence he
leans, / m the blatant advertiser who upset the
dish of beans" Say the nations, We shall
haul him to the court, and treat him rough" but
no fate that could befall him would be punish
ment enough. So perhaps we'd better let him
linger where he saws and sings; better pass I'D
and forget him, while we try to straighten things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
WOULD BUY QUESTIONS

A letter written by man in the north ern part of the state, and addressed t. the Bureau of Public Information" has fallen into the hands of the superintend- ent of education The writer of the letter is evidently contemplating becoming a school teacher, as he offers the bureau" something that does not exist, to pay most any price" for a copy of the ques- tions to be submitted at the next teachers examination for license. This is by no means the first time offers to pur? chase these questions have been made, and it is said they have frequently been sold. So frequently were the questions stolen and sold that they are now sate- guarded from the moment they are writ ten by the board of examiners. No print ing office in Mississippi is trusted with their publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
JACKSON PLANNING FOR SETTLEMENT OF
 LAND BY SOLDIERS
Returning Men Refuse to Accept Jobs in Sawmills at Low Wages Offered,
 Preferring to Loaf
By E. F. FRANTZ

Jackson, Miss, January 1S.-(SpeciaL) Representatives of the industrial and land departments of four railroads op- erating through Mississippi were in att tendance on the meeting of the Jackson Board of Trade this week, all of them speaking in support of the soldiers farm land movement, and incidentally of the efforts they are making for settlement of the cut-over lands of south Missis- sippi
 It developed during the discussion that followed that nobody had any definite plan for fixing the returned soldier boys on the farms whence they went to the war, and the idea was that everything possible should be done by the various communities to get their own$boys back. In order to do that, it was shown that farm life must be made more attractive for the boys who have seen France and other parts of the country. They are coming home with bigger ideas of life and of the future and will naturally be hard to hold on the farm they left un- less their fathers make terms and con- ditions to suit them. It was feared that they are going to drift back to the large cities after a short visit to the home
 
 them to stay.
 It is known here that many returned soldiers both white and black, have been offered jobs in sawmills and with indus trial plants at from S25o to s per day, and that they have declined and refused to undertake that kind of work One mill company asked the United States labor bureau here to get them 250 men at once, but very few have responded, though scores of both races are walking up and down the streets of Jackson doing noth- ing.
 These are facts brought out by the discussions at the Board of Trade meet ing, or learned from the man in charge of the labor bureau here The sentiment of this meeting was that each communi- ty would have to work out this problem for itself. The first consideration is one of salary or wages. The soldier boys know they can go further north, or away from their own neighborhood and draw better salaries or wages than they can here-epecially on the farm and the chances are that they are going to mil grate, unless the home farmer agrees to do better by them than he ever has done Thousands had left Mississippi even be- fore war was thought of on account of better wages, and thousands of soldier boys are going to do the same thing The Mississippi farmer has never paid de- cent wage and now finds himself short of hands with which to make a crop. The negro will not stay on the farm for the wages that prevail, and of course the white man who has seen better things since entering the war is not going to take the place vacated by the negro at the same wage.
 Jackson has appointed committee to look into this matter and report to the next meeting of the Board of Trade any suggestion or plan they may have de- cided upon to encourage the returned sol- dier and sailor to stay on the farm, buy a farm of the government or state or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
". C. '. .. Actiuities
'For God Home and Native Land' Fly MRS. MABEL F. LEAKE

visit the Mercy Home next Thursday
 morning with shower of gifts for the home and children. Their report at the end of the year of their social service activities is always good
 Mrs. F. M. Jackson, president of the central union, announces & meeting of her union Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at headquarters 113h North Twenty-first street. The programme will be announced
 later. All members are cordially invited to attend the meeting.
 Mrs. Chappell Cory, chairman of the headquarters committee. announces a very satisfactory meeting of her commit tee was held Saturday morning at 10
 o'clock in the auditorium. Reports heard were most gratifying, and a stimulant
 to better and more work during 1919. Mrs A. J. Massey of Woodlawn has been sadly missed during her recent ill., ness, and her many friends are hoping for a speedy recovery.
 MT. Merritt was presented with a victory wreath by the Womans Chris tian Temperance union of Montgomery in appreciation of his splendid efforts for prohibition in Alabama.
 One cannot tell Birmingham has had an epidemic of influenza, or winter blasts, if she judges by the number of ladies lunching at the w. c. T. U. tea ioOiLs IINciy Qdy thcy SOihc loA lSeh, ot to rest. Strangers visiting the city are finding it an ideal retreat to read and rest after they have enjoyed one of Mrs. Myatts delicious luncheons, which is always faultlessly served.
 The w. c. T. U. expects to do great work along the lines of moral education this year. Their slogan will be "Only One Moral Law, and it is alike for men and women." They feel with a saloonless nation that now is the time to take up this work and that much and lasting good can be accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
ENGAGE DEMONSTRATORS

J. Ed Ruff, director of farm extension work in Mississippfs southern half, has recently returned from Jones county where he attended a mass meeting of farmers at Ellisville. assembled for the purpose of demanding a county demon stration agent at the hands of their board of supervisors-the United States department of agriculture to pay part of the salary. Resolutions were passed calling on the supervisors to employ the demonstrator at a salary of 5000 per year, and the board promptly ratified the action of the meeting. Jones county had been trying to get along without the as
 sistance of the government, and had made a dismal failure as compared to what the farmers of other counties had done. The other counties shipped their produce on the cooperative plan under the direction of the county demonstration and received much better prices than did the Jones county formers. That has been the case everywhere, and now every county in the state is hunting for high class demonstrator. They are hard to find, but MT. Ruff took R. H. Bryson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
WANTS A WOODEN LEG

Governor Bilbo states that there is one Confederate Veterans at the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir-Dr. J. w. Ware of Monroe county of Company H, Second Mississippi-who has been wearing a wooden leg for many years, but who is now without. and helpless-the old leg being broken to pieces. As the institu- ton has no funds with which to buy wooden legs at s100 each, the governor has called on 10 patriotic men of the state to send him check for S10 to,,be used in the purchase of the new leg for the old soldier of the civil war. He does not doubt he will get the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
FIVE CENTS FOR A POLICY

Insurance Commissioner Henry stum- bled up on a new-fangled insurance com pany this week and was forced to turn it down without license to do business in this state because of the fact that it provides for no resident agent. This is 8 slot machine company. One drops in a nickle and out comes policy for S1000. good for so many hours In case of acci- dent on the railroad or street car the man who paid his nickle gets the $100O. The company is a good and reliable one, but until there is legislation on the sub ject cannot be admitted to do business in Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

With Nebraskas vote for the federal constitutional prohibition amendment the work commenced 45 years ago for a dry greatest power in the world the first to stop the manufacture, sale and impor- tation of intoxicating liquors. During all these years of education and agitation the Woman's Christian Temperance union through its different departments, Sunday school, anti-narcotics, etc., have never wavered in their efforts for a ''saloonless, cigaretteless and narcotic less'' eff you will pardon the coining of words), nation. and while the country will be dry, there will be a continuance of the fight on anti-narcotics and cigar cites.
 Last year the production of cigarettes was quadrupled, yes quadrupled, for some mothers sons or daughters to smoke. Who will smoke them, your son, your daughter. or somebody's else son or daughter? It is well enough to think of who will be the smokers" when the production has increased so marvel ously.
 Mrs. Lenoir is well pleased with the Temperance work being done by her kindergarten class at Walkers church The class is composed of S1 children, and Mrs. Lenoir and Mrs. Walker say They really believe the workers who made the work possible by financial aid will consider it the best investment they ever made'
 The Fa1rview union met at the home of Mrs Means Friday afternoon on Oak avenue. An interesting programme was rendered and a pleasant social hour spent
 The Fairview union which, it seems, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

trucking agent from the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad company, and put him on the Jones county job. Several other counties that have had demonstrators have increased their salaries materially to hold them, so important do they con- sider the work that is being done for the farmers and the stockraiserS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

There are but three kisses mentioned in the gospels-the one of betrayal, by Judas: the one of adoration. by the Magdalen; the one of reconciliation. by the father of the prodigal son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
LARGE NUMBER PARDONs

The state board of pardons was in ses- sion all last week, during which they in vestigated a large number of petitions for pardon of convicts. state and county, and recommended that the governor grant executive clemency to r state convicts and 10 county convicts. Three of these were serving life terms for mur- der, two manslaughter, two for assault to kill. The majority of the county cases pardoned were for having whisky in possession, retailing liquors and kindred misdemeanors. It is nothing unusual for a county court to impose fine of $500 and 90 days in jail for running a blind tiger, and the poor negro who attempts to work it out on the county farm at 50 cents per day for every day he works. finds himself or herself stuck for years. They give up hope of ever paying out, get up petition for pardon and it is frequently granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
HOLDING NEGROES

w. l.. Corley, a prosperous delta plant CT. has been arrested on the charge of peonage. The case was to have been in- vestigated Tuesday, but attorneys for the defendant assured Commissioner Ricketts their client was too sick to at. tend his court, and continuance was granted. However, more than 50 witnesses, mostlynegroes, were in the courtroom. Many of them were ready to swear that certain negroes were being held in bondage on the Corley plantation in Yazoo county. It has been several years since case of peonage has been tried here, but more than one is liable to be aired in the near future. Never before were there so many complaints of this character. Labor is scarce and hard to hold on the big cotton plantations in the delta and yet a number of negroes have been to Jackson and complained to the governor of the state that they were being held in bondage or that their laad- lords refused to pay them their share of the crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
MAKING WILDCAT WHISKY

Now that whisky is so hard to get through the lines it is said that wild cat distilleries are springing up in many out-of-the-way places. Every now and then the deputy United States marshals come into Jackson with one or more men charged with illicit distilling, and occasionally they bring along some of the wet goods to submit as testimony. The product of these little factories, most of which are of the crudest char acter, is the kind of booze that encour- ages the rabbit to spit in the bulldogs face-just plain, white corn juice-but 1t Is said to be great success as a jag producer. and finds a ready market one day this week Wiley Brown, Simpson county negro, was arraigned before Con- missioner Ricketts, charged with operat- ing crude distillery, and making a most excellent brand of fire water. He waived examination and was released on 800 bond until the grand jury convenes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19
MANY CONNECTS ESCAPE

During the past two weeks more than 25 convicts have made their escape from the state farms-in fact it has come to
 be of daily occurrence. The great ma jority of these escapes are life-termers who were convicted of murder. Of these it has been the custom of the peniten- tiary officials to make their guards, "trusties," as they are called. They are given shotgun or Winchester and placed over squad of other convicts with instructions to shoot down any man who attempts to escape-and they do as they are told. It is evident that the "trusties" do not like the change in man. agement recently made, else so many of them would not be taking French leave of the big farm at once. They have heard that the trustees are talking of employ@- ing free men to do guard duty and of doing away with the "trusties" entirely. That would put the "trusties' back un- der the gun and between the blow han dles,, where it is estimated the 80 so employed would make the state at least six bales of cotton eachA4SO or 500 bales, worth nearly $1O0,0OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

corporation on longtime terms and help rebuild his own state and county.
 The business men of Jackson consider this very serious proposition and are going to do their best to solve. it one way or the other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-12-11
T. J.. SULLIVAN BURIED HERE,
Resident of Mexico 10 Years Ago
Died in Springfield, III.

Timothy j. Sullivan, a resident of
Mexico 40 years ago, was buried here
Friday morning in Elmwood cemetery,
after funeral services were conducted
at St. Brendan's Catholic church at
$3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. Sullivan was 70 years old, and
was a resident at the time of his death,
of Springfield, Ill, where he has lived
since he retired from active life. He
has been sick for two months, suffer-
ing ~hemorrhages of the lungs. = He
died in st. Johns Hospital.
He leaves a wife, one daughter, Mrs.
A. J. Murphy, of Louisiana, Mo-, and
three sons, T. J. Sullivan, Jr., and NJ.
J. Sullivan, Of Springfield, ILL.,, and
James L. Sullivan, of Galesburg, Ill.
All Of them, with the exception Of NJ.
J. Sullivan, who was i'll and unable to