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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
BLOCKADE WORK EXPLAINED

London. March 15-The following statement regarding the working or theblockade and the question of feeding enemy and other countries has been re- ceived from an authoritative source by Reuters, Limited:
 There are certain misconceptions = to the blockade and the question of feeding sible for keeping food out of enemy countries. This is not the case. The blockade was undoubtedly the most inn portant factor in bringing about the collapse of the enemy, and the retention of its machinery until the conclusion of peace is regarded by the highest all lied naval and military opinion as ab- solute1y indispensable: but it is not the desired of the allies to use it for the pur- pose of preventing food from reaching starving populations.
 "As to the machinery 'of relief, the supreme economic council in Paris is the authority charged with this work in enemy and other countries. and on this council the blockade ministers of the great powers are represented. It is for this supreme council to decide what measures of relief shall be adopted, and there has been mo ob- structions on the part of the blockade ministers to any proposals for the pro- vision of food that have been made by the council
 FORMIDABLE DIFFICULTIES
 "The difficulties are, however, formi- dable and form some of the greatest problems that any statesmen have had to deal with. In the case of Germany, the main difficulty has been the re- fusal of that country to give up her merchant ships, which would be used largely in the relief of Germany herself and other countries.
 Tt must not be forgotten that tho situation in the late Austro- Hungarian empire is at least as critical as that in Germany, and MT. Hoover's (Herbert Hoover, director general of the interai- lied relief organization)s statement of incidentally, that there are other coun- tries-some of them friends and allies that are also suffering from the pre- vailing acute shortage. If the shipping situation is also difficult, the German at- titude in regard to their own shipping and their policy of indiseriminate piracy during the war; are largely responsibl@.
 ''So far as food relief is concerned, the allies are sincerely anxious to do aii that is possible to feed the starving popula- tions of Germany and Austria, but m the case of Germany, at any rate, the degree to which such relief can be given depends to the largest extent on Germany herself. A difficulty of great magnitude is the question of finance. while the dis organized and defective state of transport facilities in enemy countries does not make the task of the allies any easter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
POSLAM FINE
 FOR SORE, TIRED
 ITCHING FEET

To freshen, cool and comfort tired, tender, chafing feet, just spread Pos lam-soothing and antiseptic-over them. Here is intense, grateful relief such as Poslam brings to any disordered condition of the skin.
 / When Eczema breaks out, disfiguring Pimp1es, Rash or any eruptional trou- bles, Poslam should be used to drive them away and furnish the safe, effi- cient treatment. Poslam does so much and goes so far.
 Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, 243 West filth street, New York City
 Urge your skin to become clearer, brighter. better, through the daily use of Poslam Soap. medicated with Poslam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Pershing Presents Medals
 Ln Front Ex-Kaisers Palace

marines. who received, the congression- al medal of honor for bravery dis played in attacking German machine gun nests. Distinguished service med als were presented to Major Generals Dickman, commanding the Third army John L. Hines, commanding the Third corps; William Haan, commanding the Seventh corps, and Charles H. Muir, commanding the Fourth corps; Brig. Gems. Harry A. Smith, in charge Of civilian affairs in the occupied region; Campbell King. chief of staff of the Third corps, and Malin Craig, chief Of staff of the Third army; Co.'s. George Tyner of the Third army staff, in charge of transportation, and John c. H. Lee, chief of staff of the Eighty ninth di- vision, the youngest chief of staff in the American expeditionary forces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Temporary Shutdown
 at Woodward Furnaces Stagnant Condition of Market Allows {. Time for Repairs

With the banking of its two activ- furnaces the woodward Iron conpang is temporarily out of the iron psoduo- ing business. The other stac ar Wood ward and the two at Vands sbil faNs been idle for sometime.
 Necessary repairs will be saiadc and when conditions warrant ell hvS ef the stacks will be blown in ssgaia
 The temporary shut-dowr of tkese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
ONE HUNDRED TARGETS

furnaces is due to the present stagnant condition of the iron market. Consum- CTS are not buying except for imme diate and pressing needs and as ship ments have been falling off for several weeks furnace operators deemed it the better policy to stop making iron until the mark ct is stabilized.
 or the 32 stacks that wereb isy up to thes igning of the armistice last No- vember less than 20 are now in opera ton. the production thereby being cur tailed several thousand tons per week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

While the Amalgamated Society of Engineers of Great Britain does not admit women to its membership, 1t has since the early days of the war had an Informal alliance With the National Federation of Women Workers, in whose ranks it helped to organize the women who poured into the various branches of the engineering trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Advertising Norris Candies

D. l.. Ostro and w. D. Thoraburgh special representatives of the Norris an- dies, are at the Motion hotel and expect to remain in Birmingham for sometime in the interest of their product, This firm is carrying on an extensive adFsgtiang ca mpaign in The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Erckert's Smiling
 Barber Back or ,s0b

c. c. Lawson of Erckert's bafaep shop has returned to his work asaiur hapius been away in the army for fine last threa months. While away MT. LatwsQh had many very interesting experienee@. Re a. now back on the job and vii be pleasce to have his many patrons and tr,en9s cal and see him. He has the sane old Nlie that won him many friends, snd he SAYS he enjoyed his army training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
SENATOR UNDERWOOD
 WILL ADDRESS THE ICIVITAN CLUB HERE
President Shropshire Receives Accept ance of Invitation to Speak on
 "The League of Nations"

Senator Oscar W. Underwood last night wired pr. c. w. Shropshire an accept ance of his invitation to address the Civitan club on Friday next. his subject being: ',rhe Leauge of Nations"
 Senator Underwood was invited to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Women Arrested

Julia Curry and Stella Allen. negroes, were arrested at no Twentyfourth street north, last night by Detectives Patton McGill, Riley and Alexander and lodged in the city jail on a charge of violating the prohibition laws. Ac- cording to the officers 10 gallons of whisky was found in their possession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
URUGUAY's DELEGATE ARRIVES

Havre, March H-(Friday)-J. A
 Baero, the plenipotentiary delegate of Uruguay to the peace conference, ar rived here today from Montevideo. He was accompanied by Julien Noguelra, secretary of the Uruguayan delegation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. March 15,-The forecast follows:
 Alabama and Mississppi; Showers and probably thunderstorms Sunday and Mon- day.
 Georgia: Rain Sunday and probably Monday, warmer in north and central portions.
 Tennessee: Showers and probably thun- Gerstorms Sunday and Monday.
 Local Date
 Local data for the 24 hours ending at ' D. m., March 15: Highest temperature .........H......... 6S Lowest temperature .................... 69 Mean temperature ..,.................+. b0 Normal temperature .................... 6o Deficiency in temperature since Jan udfy l ......s..s.s....sss.sss s..s''''''' I"iI Total rainfall since January 1.........14.61 Excess in rainfall since January L.. lU Relative humidity: ' a. m. .......,.... 1S
 l2 noon .........-..-.-..'.s'.. ...s-''''''' '-
 D. m. ....4......-..........'. ..'.s.s..'''' oS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Supreme Council Meets With President Wilson
 Not in Attendance
(Continued from Page One.)

unGer the British programme would be taken up immediately after the con clusion of the preliminaries of peace and with any amendments which might be added would be made part of the final pact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

The British government. beginninS with December 10 and continuing sof six months. is paying men and woraell out of work sums ranging from tr.3e over $6 to $l5 week the latter Sv ing to the head of family with seV .ral children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
PERSONAL

Lieut.. James EoUrs Of tf smphis, who was in the sane c0sDpArl with Bryan one Of GiElnius alm's popular young men kille6 ort tho ,attleffeld in France, will be 10 HAtnlinA am today as the guest of MI Sohl " ,omlinson at the Tutwiler hotel.
 Miss Maude M lure Hels of Washing ton arrived in 8ir 1ngna i last night to be at the bed ds c& heY ather, Judge R. B. Kelly, who IS seriously ili at Robin sons infirmary.
 w. Boyd of Atlanta spsai ha past sev- eral days in Bir alngg to1ting after business interests here. bir E5yd s the pr roprietor of the Birmifsnan1 Term nal restaurant, well as tAe Atlanta Ter minal restaurant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
Railroad Schedules

Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains The following schedule figures published as informa 4s~ss md not guaranteed.
 Central Standard Tfme)
 asF 85 Ea. TERMINAL STATION
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16
GILLEN SISTERS TO FEATURE KIWANIS
 PROGRAMME TUESDAY
All Convention Committee Chairmen to Report Progress Made for
 International Meet

The Kiwanis club is going to hear re- ports from their convention committees on Tuesday at their regular weekly luncheon at the Tutwiler, but there will be another big feature that will attract the members and which they will anti cipate with a great deal of pleasure Mrs. Mary Gillen and her sister, Miss Berney Gillen of Bessemer who have just returned from France. where they have been engaged in entertainment work for the Red Cross will be on the programn1e.--~~
 The Kiwanis scribe in announcing this feature of the meeting for Tuesday, says in his weekly bulletin to the member ship:
 "Oh boy Whatcha know about this "a lady programme-home products just back from F'renchy land all Red Crossed up in uniforms, and full of good 'uns ha hn1 thor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

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 The small town either has no talk ing machine house, or if machines and records are handled by some merchant as side line, the record stock is so small as to afford lit- tie choice for selection. The natural result of this situa-
 tion has been the cause of many of these machine owners ordering their records from us by mail. Briefly, the advantages in order ing from this house are: l. We are exclusive Talking Machine and Record dealers. Our time, capital and energies are not divided, and, naturally, we think of nothing else but record service. \ 2 We handle both lines of records II Victor and Columbia gives our customers the complete range for selection; over 5000 different se- lections
 B. We carry the most complete stocks. People who order by mail want or. II ders filled as completely as possible M A. Being the largest retail sellers of II records in the south, you can always I obtain fresh records from us This \ is important 1 5 Our equipment and experience in
 handling mail order business insures
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-16

Total points out of possible 1000. ...... 9SS Dr. o. R. Troje, 19i; J. c. Weldon, 193.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLY SICK
STOP USING DANGEROUS DRUG
BEFORE IT SALIvATES YoUi
IT'S HORRIBLEl

You're bilious, sluggish, constipat-
ed and believe you need vile, danger
Gus calomel to start your liver and
clean your bowels.
Here's my guaranteed Ask your
druggist for a bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone and take a teaspoonful
tonight If it doesn't start your liv-
er and straighten you right up better
than calomel and without gripping or
making you sick want you to go
back to the store and get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
You will feel weak and sick and nau-
seated. Don't lose a days work.
Take a spoonful of harmless, vege-
table Dodson's Liver Tone tonight
and wake up feeling great. It's per-
fectly harmless, so give it to your
children any time. It can't salivate,
so let them eat anything afterwards.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
BAD ACCIDENT
AT |. c. SHOP
MIR. F. M. Roark Narrowly Es-
capes Death In Accident
Wednesday Afternoon--In-
jured Man In Serious Condi-
ton.

Mr.. r. NJ. Roark, valued employee
in the /. c. car shop met with very
serious accident while at work We'd
nesday afternoon, and while he is seri.
ously injured hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
The accident happened during tae
middle of the afternoon while the
men were busy at their usual work.
Something had gone wrong with the
rollers over which the large sills are
skidded over from one position to an
other. Mr.. Roark was down under
the roller endeavoring to fix it, when
the other worlmen thinking he had
gone, started large heavy sill over
the rollers just as Mr.. Roark raised
his head above the roller, the heavy
sill forcing his head over on the roller
under the sill The machinery was
stopped as soon as possible and the
injured man removed to his home and
q physician called at once.
Mr.. .Roark was unconscious for sew
eral hours, his face, head and neck
was badly crushed, bruised and lar
cerated, and he suffered great pain
from his wounds.
1t was a narrow secape from instant
death and while his injuries are seri-
Gus, still strong hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
ILLICIT STILL
CAPTURED IN WATER VALLEY

City Marshal Chas. Doyle captured
last Tuesday night an illicit still to-
gether with several gallons of material
in process of distillation and some Of
the finished product.
The still was located in negro
house just across Blocks Crossing on
Martin street and it was alleged to
have been operated by couple of ne
gro women named Fannie Kirl1man
and Ira Price. When Marshal Doyle
made the raid he found the Kirkman
and Price women in the house. The
officer arrested both women and put
them in Jail, he also took charge of
the still outfit, prepared mesh, dis
titled liquor, etc. which he locked up
in the city hall. Wednesday the
Kirkman woman pleaded guilty to a
charge and was fined $500 with costs
of So added. She made an appeal
bond and was released, the Price
woman is still in jail
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
OMAHA MAN SAYS
IT WASLUCKY DAY
WHEN HE FOUND IT
UNION PACIFIC FIREMAN DE-
CLARES TANLAc RESTORED
HIS HEALTH-WoRK Is EASY
FOR HIM NOW HE SAYS.

Nothing but real medicine could
do what Tanlac has done for me, and
that's why Pm always glad to tell
others-abort it." said Ira w. Polsisy,
2O33 Elm street, Omaha, Nebraska,
recently. Mr.. Polsley is fireman for
the Union Pacific and is well-known
in railroad circles.
"T've always been strong and well, !"
he continued, "until about six months
ago, when / began to feel my system
getting out of fix and my health slip
ping away from me. My appetite
got poor and what little ate didn't
give me nourishment, my liver was
sluggish and ! had no energy or am
bition. l weighed one hundred and
forty when my trouble started, but
it wasn't long before / had lost sever
al pounds and was going down hill
and feeling more tired and wornout
all the time. l don't know just what
did all me, but whatever it was it
made me miserable and unit for
work
can engineer friend of mine told
me how this Tanlac had helped him
and advised me to try it, and did.
The first few doses made big differ
ence in my feelings, and it soon be-
gan to prove to be just what / needed.
My appetite soon came back and /
could eat anything set before me and
enjoy it. When / finished the third
bottle, / was not only restored to
health but l had actually gained ten
pounds besides, and now I'm even
heavier than l was when my trouble
first begun. Tanlac certainly is
wonderful and it was a lucky day for
me when I found it."
Tanlac is sold In Water Valley by
W. 7. Trusty Drug store, and by one
established agency in every town.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
PEOPLES BANK DID
THEIR FULL DUTY
Only Bank in Yalobusha Coun-
ty to Subscribe For Its Full
Quota of Treasury Certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness.

We take our hat off to the Peoples
Bank of Water Valley-this enter
prising institution has clearly DEM
onstrated that it is loyal and patri-
otic to the core.
When Uncle Sam called on the
banks to subscribe for the Treasury
Certificates Of Indebtedness so as to
get fready cash" for war purposes
until the Liberty Loan could be float
ed, the quota was fixed for every
bank, and the Peoples Bank was the
only bank in Yalobusha County to
subscribe its full quota.
Mr.. Fl. S. Gardner, director Of
publicity for this, the Eighth Federal
Reserve District, gives out the fol-
lowing official statement:
Subscriptions to Treasury Ger
tificates of Indebtedness, seriesV--D,
CLOSED on Jan. 21.
"The quota of the Eighth Federal
Reserve District was $24,000,000.
II 1892 banks in this District purchased
these Certificates to the extent of
S26,445, 500.
'sIn Yalobusha County the Peoples
Bank of Water Valley purchased its
tall quota of this issue.
"We purposely are not mentioning
any bank in Yalobusha County which
may have made subscription for less
than its quota. The purpose of this
F fAhlicity Campaign is to credit only
such banks as do their full duty"
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
DOES YALOBUSHA
SUPPLY THE BOOZE?

The Charleston Herald says that
about o'clock Monday morning
Town Marshal Stapp was notified
from Oakland to watch out for Ford
car conveying three negroes and pos
sibly booze in the direction of Charles
ton. Mr.. Stapp waited on East Main
street until the car came along, when
he ordered the driver to stop, which
was refused, and after it had passed
by him he shot in the direction of
the car. About two blocks further
on it stopped and three negroes ran
off. He went to the car and found
a suit case containing twenty-four
pints of whiskey, which he took
charge of. The spark plug con-
nection Of the car was taken out to
prevent its removal and later Mayor
Saunders, who had been called,
found the car in front of the post
Office with two negroes with it. when
he arrested them and had them put
in Jail. The negroes were James
Y. Taylor and Arthur Covington,
living down the valley. They were
tried this morning in the court of
Mayor Saunders and Justice Manley
and Taylor was found guilty and fined
$500.00 for the town and $4,000 for
the state. An appeal was taken to
circuit court and bond made by the
defendants.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1919-01-31
STATE ASYLUM
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Building Badly Damaged But
All Inmates Escaped
Without Injury

About o'clock Tuesday evening
the Insane Asylum at Jackson caught
on fire up in the attic Of the mems
ward and burned for about an hour,
or until the flames were extinguished
by the Jackson fire department Coz
operating with the local fighting
forces, causing damage Of several
thousand dollars from the fire and
water.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
DR.. Mitchell, superintendent of the
Asylum, stated that no one had been
in the attic since he had been in
charge. There was nothing stored
could have gotten there from below,
The theory that is most credited is
that an electric wire from which the
insulage had worn came in contact
with some infiamable object and caus-
ed the fire in that way.
The estimates of the danger varied
all the way from three to ten thous-
and dollars. The actual fire damage
was not so great, but the water food
ing the building and running and
dripping through the plaster on to
furniture and other valuables below
caused even more damage than the
fire, perhaps. A great deal of the
plastering will fall off, and many val
liable articles of furniture were very
much damaged.
DR.. Mitchell had just gone to his
supper when the cry of fire was given.
He hurried to the scene of the con-
fagration and proceeded to notify the
FIRE department of Jackson. He set
his local team to work with the hose
on the grounds there, and they were
doing effective fighting when the city
mogul fire engines arrived to their
rescue.
DR.. Mitchell busted himself immedi-
ately with getting the patients to safe
quarters. He managed it so skilfully
that they were all in safety before
they realized what had happened. It
was wisely so, too, for if there should
have been stampede among them,
some lives would almost surely have
been lost.