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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28
VACANT HOUSE FIRED.

sFire of mysterious origin bursting
sfom the upper windows Of the vacant
two-story dwelling, 342 Vance avenue,
IL 1857 o. lock Friday morning, was
{ by a patrolman two blocks away,
who sent in a call for the firemen.
before the flames could be checked,
She house, owned by jeff Burke, had
been damaged about $500, and the
house adjoining, occupied by negroes,
vas scorched to a considerable extent.
The total loss is estimated by the fire.
men at about $500.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28
was needed to get the highways in good
shape.

was needed to get the highways in good
shape.
We got behind on road work during
the war he declared. THE govern
ment not only requested that road work
except roads leading to military camps
he discontinued during the leriud Of
the war, but actually took charge of
gravel pits and the crude oil supply.
During the var we were, therefore, un-
able TO get these materials except to
build the road leading to Park field,
where the government maintains an
aviation field. That work took all of
Our force and all the material we were
allowed to yet.
"Since the war and up to the present
time we have been more or less beset
with difficulties. After we were able to
get gravel and oil, the winter weather
made it impossible to use such mate
rial during bad weather. You can not
pour oil in freezing and cold weather
At present we have an abundance OF
oil, but are still having difficulty in
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28
W. G

Two Memphis soldiers are named in
Fridays casualty list as wounded in
action. Private Ardo S. May, Route
No. 4, Station G, is reported wounded
severely and Private Fred ]. Vannucci,
246 Court avenue, is reported wounded,
degree undetermined.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28
New Spring Suiting.

A very choice selection of the COM
ing seasons most popular fashions in
the newest colors and styles. j. H.
Moriarty & Son, 81 South Main st. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-28

Our cash system eliminates the thousand and one ad-
ditional costs incidental to carrying on a credit business.
As a result, we are able to buy at a better figure for cash
and to pass the saving along TO our cash customers. The
prices are the best testimony of the effectiveness Of this
system OF doing business.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
GEORGE S. BEALL, R., ENDORSED
BY ALL CLASSES AND ALL FACTIONS

To the people of the State of Missis-
sippi:
AS a candidate for state revenue
agent, Mr.. Beall has made as close
personal canvass as it is possible
for a candidate for state office to
make. The first primary draws close
to hand and there are many of you
whom he has been unable to see in
person. We take this means of ad-
dressing those whom he has not seen
a final appeal.
The people who know Mr.. Beall
and have known him all of his life
vouch for his ability to administer
this office and for his merit as a
man and citizen. The members Of
the labor organizations in this coun-
ty are supporting and endorsing
him. A man can receive no better
commentator than the whole-heaf4-
ed support of his neighbors,
The cost of announcing. in all of
the county papers in the state is
about 100000. The expense of this
was, to him, prohibitive. Mr.. Beall
has therefore been denied the COM
plimentary write-up which all papers
give a candidate who has paid for
an announcement in its columns. The
candidate opposed to Mr.. Beall has
announced in most of the papers and
has circulated campaign document
containing over 100 extracts from
these complimentary write-ups. In
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

reply to that we offer you the un-
bought and unsolicited endorsement
of all classes of men who know Mr..
Beall. We might also say of all fac
tions, since Mr.. Beall in his eight or
nine years in political life has al
ways asked for office solely on his
merit as man and citizen and re-
fused to ally himself with any fac
ton or to become tail to any mans
kite.
The candidate opposed to Mr.. Beall
was elected clerk of the house of rep
resentatives as a Verdaman man in
1912, and as state revenue agent as
Bilbo man in 1915. He carried
his advertising in the Issue four
years ago, but he does not now pa
tronize Vardaman's Weekly, so we do
not know where he stands.
We are sure that the fact Mr..
Beall is merchant and farmer, and
not a lawyer, will not be counted a.
gainst him, as he has made a sue
cess in this line. We present Mr..
Beall to you, therefore, as success
full business man and an efficient Of
ticer and sincerely-free from faction
al ENHANCEMENT in politics. He is in
every way worthy of your vote and
you will make no mistake if you sup
port him.
HOLMES COUNTY BEALL CLUB,
STEPHEN L. BURWELL, Chair
man,
S. G. KERN, Secretary.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
To The Good People Of Lincoln
County.

come to you one more time ask
ing your influence and votes in my
race for County Treasurer. am
blind and have been all the days Of
my life. have no mother or father
or wife or children or home to look
to for support and comfort. ! have
no near relatives able to maintain
me. Walking in the darkness all
the days Of my life. I have not been
able to accomplish things like other
people. know some of my worthy
opponents are handicapped by afflic-
tion, but can say truthfully that
their handicap Is not near SO extreme
as mine. The major portion Of their
lives they have been able to walk
around, have been able to work and
accumulate, and, being blessed with
the sense of sight, have been privi-
legged to enjoy many interesting and
beautiful things Of life. Nature so
ordered 1t that I might never look
out upon the world, in its variant
beauty and grandeur, but consigned
me TO the dominion OF darkness for
all the days Of my natural life, leay-
ing me only to family imagine how
beautiful and interesting are the
multitudinous things of the world.
My friends, believe you ought to
give this office to the man who needs
it most, for, whoever shall be elected,
will have absolutely nothing to do, as
every person in the county knows
full well. The banks, under the law
in this county and every other coun-
ty in the state, acting as legal de-
ppsitories, perform all the duties of
the office Of County Treasurer.
Please give me the office, that l may
enjoy modicum of comfort and
for four years.
Sincerely,
G. N. (Poly) Case.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
Court Fixes Aliens S Bond
In Broom Shooting Case

Hazlehurst, Miss, July 25.-The
preliminary trial of Robert Allen,
charged with shooting and danger
ously wounding Will Broom here last
week, took place before Judge A. W..
Russell Thursday. Allen was a ten
ant on Broom's place and had a.
bandoned his crop. Broom went to
Aliens field to work the crop. Allen
is alleged to have fired on Broom
with a shotgun at short range, shoot
ing out one of Broom's eyes and in
juring the other. Broom was rush
ed to Jackson for medical treatment
soon after the shooting and Allen
was arrested and placed in Jail. The
injured man has returned home. At
ter hearing the evidence, Judge Rus
sell fixed Aliens bond in the sum Of
$1,000 to await the action of the
grand jury.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
To The voters Of Lincoln County.

The time is near at hand when we
shall be called upon to select the
men who shall hold the reins of
government in their hand for the
next four years. Then Mr.. Voter,
how important it will be for each Que
of us to consider well the kind of
men we will vote for, especially in
selecting our supervisors. Their Of
fee comes home to our doors closer
than any other office. The Super
Visors are the custodians of our pro-
perty as everyone knows, they have
all power over our property as to its
value also to the upkeep of our roads
and many other things that concern
us. Hence let me say to you Mr.. Vo-
ter, in voting for this office think
we'll when you go to cast your vote.
Try to get the best men; pick the
best man with the best and cleanest
character. Let us have Christians
If we can get them to I'LL this very
important office, then we will have
men that will do their duty. 1t has
been my pleasure to know the as
pifants for this office in District No.
5, all of these gentlemen you all
know personally and so does this
voter. One of the mep asking this
office have known from his boy
hood. This man is a clean, honest
Christian gentleman, fully capable to
fill this office and will if elected, do
his duty to all alike. He has sue
ceeded well in his own business; hR
believes in economy; he is careful IA
all business in which he has ever
been interested and his life is an
open book. This man know so well
is Jack w. Magee.
ga VOtern
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
PROsPERING TRUCK INDUSTRY.
Crystal Springs Firm Reports Enor-
= nous Profits on Vegetables
This Year.

Crystal Springs, Miss, July a.
Alb and Bob Thomas are perhaps the
largest growers of cabbage and to-
matoes in the South. The past sea-
son was a record-breaker even for
the Thomas brothers. They planted
200 acres in tomatoes. From this
they gathered and shipped $4,000
crates, which brought them a net
profit Of an average of $1.20 per
crate, or the total sum of $81,600.
They planted 100 acres in cabbage
from which they shipped fifty one
solid carloads, each car containing
220 crates, and the entire shipment
amounting to 1920 crates, which
brought into their exehequer the tidy
sum of $3S,0Oe, thereby bringing
their two crops of tomatoes and cab
bage up to the sum of 100000 for
the season. Their shipments are no
longer spoken of as 80 many cars"
but as a train-load, as it is not un-
usual for them to ship as many as
twelve cars, per day from their farm
alone.
They estimate that their land
yielded them in money $3.50 per ac-
re from the cabbage and $275 per
acre from the tomatoes.
For a number of years Thomas G
Co., have made cabbage and tomatoes
the principal crop grown on their
place, although they have a corn
crop this season that they estimate
will yield them $4,000 bushels. They
are dealing extensively in cattle.
They maintain their, own commissary
and aresnever short of tenants.
w. t. Ellis is oiling a part of
Georgetown street at private ex-
pense as an experiment and If it
proves success the matter will be
urged before the Municipal Board Of
Aldermen with view Of having all
of the streets in town oiled.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
Bilbo Thinks it Will
Be A Very Close Fight

AS Governor Bilbo views it, the
fight for Governor in Mississippi is
between Oscar Johnston and Lieut.
Gov. Lee Russell, and he believes
chat a second primary will be neces-
sary to settle the contest.
The Governor offers. no prediction
as to the ultimate winner, but is
rather inclined to believe that the re-
suit will be close. He says that ex-
Governor Longino was the strong
man in the southern counties a few
weeks ago, but that Johnston has
been making inroads on the Longi-
no strength, which he attributes
chiefly to the publicity given Longi-
nos advocacy of a law giving the
family of a person who has been
lynched the right to recover dam
ages.-Jackson News.
Gov. Bilbo holds first honors in
Mississippi's political school, He
ought to know all about the election
before it happens, even If he did
make a bad mistake last year.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
: KING NOTES. +

I" I" = g :: = ! = = = . : . 8 = 8 s
Wedding bells are ringing in and
around King.
Candidates are busy the last few
days. 1t will soon be time to thin
them out two in a hill.
Crops are sorry in this part of the
county, especially watermelons.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Moak spent
last Friday at R. E. Lee picnicking.
They report good time. .
Mr.. H., w. Wallace's family is i'm
proving after long siege of typhoid
fever.
Mr.. Enoch Wallace, who has been
overseas has landed home. Glad to
see all the boys coming back.
The singing at Mr.. R. H. Moak's
Saturday night was enjoyed by all
present.
Mr.. S. G. McFadin is on the sick
list this week.
Mr. Luther Hodge from Louisia-
ma is visiting relatives here.
There was quite a crowd from
Bethel in attendance at church in
Norfeld last Sunday to hear Rev. N.
L. Clark of Polytechnic, Texas.
Miss Gladys Welch, of Norfield, is
visiting Misses Delma and Eula Belle
Moak this week.
Messrs. Herman Smith and Ray
McFadin were pleasant callers at R.
H. Moak's last Sunday evening.
Blue Bird.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
SOME THrNes you cAN,T BUY.


"Will you give me the timer"
said DR.. Cooper to the conductor.
''Sir, / don't give anything away
these hard times prices too high--PIl
TELL you the time, which season
able reply reminds us Of the deli
cate suggestion and reminder of dai-
ly blessings GIVEN us found in the
following:-
''You can't buy the sunshine at
twilight.
You can't buy the moonlight at
dawn
You can't buy your youth when
you're old
Nor the heartbeat Of life when
it's gone:
Yos can't buy your way into Hea-
ven,
Tho wealth may have power un-
told
And when you lose Mother
You can't buy another.
II you had the whole world and
ia eold."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
BrOOkhaven,s Boz Scout At Beauvoit

Beauyoir, Miss, 7-26-19.
The writer of the following has
sent his splendid tribute to Brook
haven's Boy Scouts to The Leader
for publication. The community
will appreciate it,
Mr.. C. H. Hamilton, Scoutmastsr,
of Brookhaven;- They arrived at
Beauvoir July II. Since then those
wonderful boys have been boosting
their home town, their Scout master
and everyone related to them, by
their daily walk.
They have put pep in us old-time
men, and have given us new hopes
for the future Of our beloved land.
These beloved boys are gentlemen
in the old true spirit of the long time
ago. when a mans word was better
than his note.
am no reporter, scribe or son OF
one; but / can say from my heart
that Beauvoir has ,beneftted wonder
fully by their soiourn with US and
the boys have had the time Of their
young lives, and viii take home en-
tirely new skins with them.
Sincerely.
w. e. TRASK,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
Declines Medal Because Fellow Sol
diers Have No Recognition.

"Of what metal are men made 2"
is sometimes relevant question, and
the application to it probably finds
no worthier as men and position go
among combat army chaplains than
Major Thomas ]. Dickson, the senior
combat chaplain of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. When offered
the croix de guerre and a distin-
guished service cross he refused to
accept them declaring would
not wear medal that could not be
worn by all the soldiers who fought
with me-"
Major Dickson was passenger on
an outgoing train to his home in
Lawrence, Kan. Before leaving here
he issued some official figures con-
corning the activities of the army
chaplains in the war.
The figures show that twenty
three distinguished service crosses
were awarded to chaplains, fourteen
croix de queries, four distinguished
service medals, one Belgian war
cross and two crosses of the Legion
of Honor.
Sixty-tive chaplains were killed
and wounded, the largest percentage
Of casualties, considering the num-
bers in the field. of any particular
organization In the war.
SSeventy-one chaplains were pro-
NOTED abroad and lao were promo
ted in the United States. Not one
combat chaplain received a promo
tion, despite the fact that they were
the only ones Of the organization
who saw actual battle.
II do not speak for myself" said
Major Dickson, but I do see some
thing that doesn't look exactly right
when you consider that not one COM
bat chaplain was promoted. am as
high in rank as a chaplain can go."
New York Telegraph.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
MADE in Mississippi" whiskey An
Aid to Prohibition.

A certain Jackson citizen made the
acquaintance of home grown and
home distilled corn whiskey Sunday.
He is reported to have declared, after
the storm had passed that one small
drink of Made in Mississippi" booze
will do more for prohibition than all
the speeches ever made and that from
henceforth, forever and a day, he is
a prohibitionist.-C -Clarion-Ledger.
That's a scientific cure-the same
germs that cause disease go to cure
it. BY the way, some cures might be
effected around here if the stuff was
just strong enough.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
THOROUGH WORK
How A Brookhaven Citizen
Found Freedom from Kid
ney Troubles.

ney 1rOuDleS.
If you suffer from backache
From urinary disorders
Any durable disease of the
kidneys,
Use tested kidney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
tested by thousands.
Brookhaven people testify.
Can you ask more convincing
proof of merit.
Mrs. N. "A. Lewis, 219 N.
jackson Street, Brookhaven,
says: Several years ago my
kidneys became weak and dis
ordered and my whole system
was run down. My back was
lame and ached and my kidneys
acted too often. ] had heard d
great deal about Doan's Kidney
Pills, so / got a box and tried
them. Doan's proved just what
] needed, for they soon made my
kidneys well and rid me of the
pain IN my back"
60c at all dealers, Foster-Mil
burn Coz MfeTss Buffalo, N. X
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
FOR SALE.

-Four four yoke OK teams COM
plete with wagons, yOkes, bows
and chains, or will sell oxen
without wagons, or will ex-
change for mules if heavy e.
nOugh for logging purposes.
HOSkins-MOOre Lumber Co.,
POplarville, Miss.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

If hot weather saps your energy
and you can't work well, it is a sign
that your system is full of bilious
impurities. You will be sick if you
do not do something. Take Prickly
Ash Bitters, the remedy for men; it
cleanses the blood, liver and bowels,
restores strength, vim and cheerful
spirits. Price $1.25 per bottle. Price
Drug Co., special agents.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

The territory controlled by the Abb
bott Automobile Company. covering
Packard distribution. extends over
Southeastern Louisiana, as far west
as Vernilion and Arcadia parishes.
as far north as>Lawrence county In
Mississippi, and as far east as Har-
rison County, Mississippi, On
some Of the other lines Of cars
handled By the Abbott Company, the
territories cover wide range.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

If, you cant work well in hot
weather take Prickly Ash Bitters. it
purifes the stomach, liver and bow
els and fortifies the body to resist
the depressing influence Of summer
heat. It is fine for working men.
Price $1.25 per bottle. Price Drug
Co., speciaV agents.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30
Notice to Bidders.

Bids will be received by the City
Council at a meeting to be held
Tuesday, August 5th, at s o'clock D.
m. for electric light globes for the
ensuing twelve months. The Council
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
CHESTER BYRNE, City Clerk.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

If your appetite is poor and your
stomach and bowels are out of or
der the remedy you need is Prickly
Ash Bitters. 1t cleanses the system
of bilious impurities. sharpens the
appetite and makes a man feel fine.
Price SIPS per bottle. Price Drug
Co., special agents.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

Business enterprises build cities
but they build them around homes.
"a city Of homes" is the phrase that
awakens interest everywhere. Build
homes.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

This much must be said though
the fellow who has no garden isn't
SO liable to work on Sunday.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

If the war tax schedule gives you
a headache. it viii be noted there Is
no tax on bromo seltzer.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1919-07-30

The temperature is rising politi-
cally.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-08-11
DR.. RICHARDSON
TAKES PARTNER
DR.. r. M. Wildish of Aurora,
Nebraska, Forms AssOci-
alton in Webster
City.
is FROM NEBRASKA
IS FROM NEBRASKA
Has had Much Experience in
Hospitals and Special
Work.

DR.. Richardson Of this city has form
ed association with DR.. r. NJ. Wildish
of Aurora, Nebraska, for the practice
of their profession. DR.. Richardson
has been practicing in Webster City
for almost nineteen years and needs no
introduction to this cmmunity.
He just recently returned from the
west where he has been for the past
year in the U. s. army. While serving
in the army he had charge Of the X-ray
laboratory at the post hospital at VAN
couver Barracks, Washington. From
there he was ordered to Fort ROsen-
Grams where he was roentgenolist to
the post hospital. Vancouver Bar
racks was used as limited service
cantonment so that much OF the N-ray
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-08-11
Spray for Goblin Moth.

1t is now time to spray for the sec
ond brood of the Goblin moth, common
ly known as the apple worm. Larva
or worms have been leaving the apples,
especially the fall and summer varie-
ties for several weeks. 1t requires
three weeks for the worm to pupate and
the moth to emerge. Eggs are laid soon
after the moths emerge. These hatch
in two or three days and the young
worm at once eats into the side Of the
apple. To control this brood, the fruit
must be covered with thin film Of
poison before the worms begin to come
out.
Two pounds of arsenate Of lead paste
or one pound of the powder to fifty gal
Ions of water will hold the worms in
check. Bordeaux mixture 4-4-5O -four
pounds copper sulphate or blue vitrol,
four pounds of lime and fifty gallons
of water) should be used in this spray
or the scab. Lime sulfur if applied
while the weather is hot and dry, is liza
BILE to burn the foliage.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-08-11
Alfalfa MakesExeellent Pasture.

Alfalfa is undoubtedly one of the
pasture crops grown in the Corn Belt.
Unlike sheep and cattle, hogs have no
tendency to bloat,a and can therefore be
turned in on alfalfa at. any time and
without any preliminary feeding TO
get them accustomed to it.
While cattle and sheep are subject
to bloat, these kinds of stock are often
nastured on alfalfa but usually only
4 fter the second or third cutting OF
hay. From survey made by the Iowa
experiment station. it is evident that
there is considerable danger OF bloat
when pasturing these classes OF live
stock, nearly one-third Of the farmers
who have pastured the crop having
acme difficulty. Cattle and sheep
should be accustomed to alfalfa pas
ture gradually by turning them off and
on before giving them access to the
nasture continuously, feeding well OH
hsy each time before they are turned
|in. The danger of bloating on alfalfa
nasture is much less during late sum
n,er than in the early spring ana when
there is some blue grass mixed in the
field.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-08-11
Use Pasture Rotation.

One of the grea test drawbacks Of per-
manent bluegrass pastures, for sheep
is the fact that the pastures often be-
come infected with stomach worms.
These, though, can be avoided if the
pasture is properly managed, according
to the sheep expert of Iowa State col
lege at Ames.
1t is not considered good practice to
turn sheep into bluegrass field for
whole season, for sooner or later they
will Craze over the entire area and it
may become infested with worms. 1t
is best to divide the pasture into
number of smaller plots and rotate the
sheep. For exampel, for a twenty-five
facre field, divide into three to five
smaller pastures and keep the sheep
/ in just one field at time.
Change into the new pasture about
every ten to twenty-five days, depend
ing somewhat on the character of the
land and the season. If the pasture is
low and damp, it may be well to make
the change more often than if the land
| is high and well drained, as the para
sites thrive better on low, damp
ground. BY rotating in this manner
sheep may be kept practically free
from worms and will usually do better,
because of being changed to fresh
pasture more frequently.