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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-10-07

Miss Dolly Gray Reed, of Terra
Alta, was the guest of the Misses
McComas at their home on Second
street Saturday last.
Mrs. Harper and daughter Miss Mil
dred Harper, of Grafton, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Falkenstein
few days last week.
Mrs. S. C. Hartley and Mr.. Earle
S. Hartley, of Meyersdale, Pa, spent
Sunday and Monday in Oakland with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Hammond.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
, of Oakland, desire in this manner to
express their thanks for the many
donations made the lunch counter dur
ing the County Fair. They also wish
to extend their thanks to the Fair AS
ISOLATION for the consideration extern
| ded them.
Bishop Murray, who is always a
welcome visitor in Oakland, made his
annual visitation to St. Matthew'S
Parish Sunday last. The vestrymen of
the parish met the Bishop informally
at the Rectory Saturday night. Sun
, day morning the Bishop confirmed a
class and preached wonderful SER
mon. Sunday afternoon he preached
at the chapel at Swanton. During his
stay here he was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Hamill, Jr
Rev. and Mrs. w. NJ. Shultz left
Oakland Tuesday morning in their au-
tomobile for Charleston, West Va, in
which city Mr.. Shultz will become pas
tor of the Center Methodist Episcopal
church after having served the people
of that denomination in Oakland faith
fully and well during the past four
years or more. Mr.. Shultz leaves the
local church in splendid condition, spir-
| itually and financially. During his
pastorate he has succeeded in freeing
the church property of debt and in adj
dition has collected from the member
ship more than ten thouand dollars for
benevolences and other purposes in
which the church as whole is inter-
ested and highly concerned. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shultz have the best wishes of
the people of Oakland, irrespective of
denominational fealty, for unbounded
success in the years to come.
In another column of The Republi-
can today will be found the official
ballot for the special municipal cleo
ton whereby the legally qualified vot-
ers of the town will decide at the
election on Monday whether or not
to issue bonds for the purpose of buy
ing or building, maintaining and OPP
Grating a municipal electric light
plant for the convenience and use of
the citizens of the town. Men and wo-
men who are registered and are 9TH
erwise qualified to vote at the No
veNber election and who are residents
of the town, will have the right to
participate in this election. The re-
suit will mean everything for the flu
ture of Oakland With lights on the
streets and in the homes and an addi-
tional debt of probably $4,000, or no
lights on the streets or in the homes,
with no increased burden insofar as
municipal debt is concerned, is the
main issue and really the only one
to be decided. Can Oakland afford to
be in darkness? Can Oakland afford
to vote additional bonded indebted
ness? This last question can be read
lily answered and in the affirmative if
the people who will eventually have
this money to raise with which to re-
tire the bonds can have any assurance
that none Of it will be uselessly ex-
pended
Subscribe for The Republican.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13

public road than to have such a
system that we now have in nv
judgement the people would keep the
roads in better condition than thew
do under the present management
! get this idea from the working of
some settlement roads.
We notice that our friend Mr.. G..
c. Stephens has fine stand of
cotton up. on some 8 or 8 acres OF
land, that he planted between rains.
Prof. Olen Miller is expected
home the first of the week his
school being out last Friday.
Mr.. f. L. Burns is at home at
present, he states that he intends
to buy another team and put it on
the lumber road, hauling to Bal
mont. CITIZEN.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13
1000 New Families For Tish-
omingo County.
Why not put on Drive for 900
New Families 10 Move Into
Tishomingo County and
Open up Our Idle
Lands ?

We need more money and people
to help develop this county we
have an abundance Of surplus idle
lands that these people should be
encouraged to buy, move onto and
open up for cultivation; we need
them, they need the land.
Had you ever stopped to think
that every time we can bring a new
family into the county it reduces
your taxes and mine? Besides it
opens mp more lands that are now
lying idle and places them on the
producing list every acre brought
in adds to the county's wealth and
prosperity. Let's sell the idle lands
TO thrifty people that will come into
the county and develop it to its
highest efficiency. We add moth
ing to the county's wealth when
we just trade around with each
other, as we Just have the same
amount OF money still. One man
may have the most money this
month, some other man next month
and still some other party the next
month, but yet it is the same mon.
ey Just changing around in the
county from one individual to an
other: but when we sell our surplus
idle lands to families from other
states, we have brought in some
real new money and the county is
materially benefited in many ways.
First. we have brought new money
into the county. Second, we have
brought about the development of
our idle lands, Third, we have re-
duced the taxes of every citizen in
the county, besides increasing the
prosperity OF the county in general
Suppose that by concentrated ef
forts during the next 12 months we
could encourage 1000 new families
to move into the county and that
each bought only 81 10000 worth
OF our idle lands, which is not at all
unreasonable il we go after them
right. we, will have added to the
county's wealth TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS. Quite nice little sum
isn't itY Well you will get part
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13

Prof. Ferrell, of Salem vicinity, was
among the leaders.
Misses Maggie Belle Williams
and Pearl Miller spent last Saturday
night, visiting their former teacher
Miss Clyde Hubbard, they report
that they enjoyed themselves
immensely.
The public roads continue almost
impossible, it is almost impossible
to describe their conditions, there
will never be any great improve
ment in the condition OF the roads
in hi $ section till all the people
become interested to the extent
that they will make the road prob
lem a personal one, it would be
better to not have any SO called
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13
Dennis News,
News Is scarce.

Health is very good at present.
we learn that Miss Irene Henley
popular young lady of SheffieId'
i out to spend the summer with
ner cousin, Mrs. Ora Oaks, on Den.
MS X. No. 2. Glad to have her
with us. She reports that the Dam
az Muscle Shoals is progressing i,
nicely. Ionesaoso es,ooo'ls
Mr.. J. Yves Harvey, one Of Tish
omingo County's oldest and highly
respected citizens spent last week
- iaka. Mr.. Harvey spends most
OF his time among his children. He
ms iust returned from visit to his
daughter in Florida.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13
The United States Has Caught
the Idea.
Geo. l.. McMasters.

The United States Department
OF Agriculture has caught the ideag
that sorghum may be used as
good substitution for sugar and is
now sending out circulars urging
the planting of crop. The Com
mereial Appeal has been insisting
for weeks that this be done, but our
people have not needed the warning
or the preachment. Sugar will be
worth 40 cents a pound this fall,
but a big supply OF sorghum can
either break the market or give the
necessary sweetening. Sorghum Is
easy to grow and it is easy to make
the syrup. We hope the people
will pay some attention to the U.
s. government. even il they would
not listen to us,-Commercial
Appeal.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13
Non Resident Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

Tishomingo County
To Charlie johnson:
You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
county of Tishomingo in said state,
on the second Monday of June, A.
ID. 1920, to defend the suit in said
court of Kate johnson wherein
you are defendant.
This the 3rd day Of May, 1920.
j. p. FORD,
30 3t. Clerk.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13
Iuka Route |.
The Vidette:
Health fairly good.

Health fairly good.
Heavy rains fell last week.
Very small amount of plowing
was done, farmers are getting furth-
er behind with their planting as the
weeks roll by only a few patches OF
cotton planted also a great number
have but little corn planted only a
very few acres sown to oats this
spring but the crop is doing very
well, in short if the rain does not
hold up at once the 1920 crop will
be almost failure.
Quite crowd attended the all
day singing at New prospect
church Sunday had fine singing.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-13

of It, your neighbor will get part of
it, | will get some of it, the banks
part and all of us get a share of it.
Worth working for, isn't it? No
man can ever be happy by being
selfish, and trying to live and benz
eft no one but himself; we help
ourselves by helping others. Can
we depend on you doing your part ?
Say yes, and let's move up notch.
We put over the War Saving Stamp
Drive, the Liberty Loan Drive, and
every other Drive that Tishomingo
county has been called on to put
over, and we can put ever this Drive
for 1000 new families for Tisho-
mingo county during the next IL
You can do your part.
WILL YOU?
Yours for developing ALL
of the RESOURCES of
Tishomingo county HERE
AND NOW, WHILE WE
YET LIVE,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
The Art of Rcat'!ng.

The printing press has helped 'ihCr,
rlize and free the people from tyr
amy. Books and magazines ara
newspapers have done much tn dis
scminate knowledge and bring infor-
nation into the homes of the people.
They have promoted the art OF reah
ny and stimulated the desire to read
more.
AT the same time tie very multi
tudp of books and periodicals has cut
tivaled a desultory met. oil of read
ilg. a desire to skim over everything
and digest little or moth ng. Classic
writings. the great books of history.
biography and fiction have in meas
urp gone uut of fashion. Solid read
ing" as il is called, is not often in
dulged in, and The names OF g.'eai
writers. whose productions VIII live
always. are unfamiliar TO many of the
pr sent generation.
The excuse Is that we live in IL very
rapld axe. and there is no time TO
read heavy literature. The reason Is
that most persons have lost thrr
taste for history, for biography, f"i
good reading. They have partaken at
the froth for so long they have lost
he taste for the Observation-Disclosures.
York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
IunnberJaeks in Heart Of City.

Logging within block or two OF the
business center OF Minneapolis--tha
is what has been going on this week
all along Mary place. says the Mime
npois Tribune.
Elms. oaks. MISUNDERSTANDING or
more of them--broad based enough,
some Of them, to keep the municipal
logging crew busy for half day cut.
ting them down. were marked for fell.
ing when the city council voted for
widening the street.
But tie oldest oak Of them all. the
one that spreads It's limbs in the CEN
ter OF the grounds of the Sweet
studio, toes the mark at the very edge
of the boulevard to be and will be
safe from the municipal grub hoe for
years to come, according to the city
engineers survey.
AMI where does all the elm wood
end oak wood and blackberry wood,
pr"" 'uct Of the downtown numbering
activities, go to? That's the irony Of
fple for kinsfOlk of the forests.
out TO the "city yard"-that's where
the chopped up giants go-the.e 10
become fuel for the making of
asphalt!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
Early Aviation Flight.

On" may be reasonably surprised
ti,., in',rest in aviation has NOT soon
az revived. as u curiosity of the past,
~. lr-.rud of Alexander the Great
ne h youthful ascent in Il small
a. " dawn by gryphons. The legend
W.s Vi si"ly current in the middle ages.
ar.d iu;ny who heard II doubtless be-
fl. al hat AleXander's "gryhoplane,"
L. Il aniern headline writer cheerful
1, s-,,i;s IL. had attained an altitude
Ni.I Il MOHld make the record as
s',.s ..'nsl ~ modern aviation seem like
haiti n experiment. GryphonS. as
,h"- II. iio know their "Alice In Won
,i..ri nd" will remember were odd
;,,r,i,. aud Alexander. Az adventurous
hny ~ twelve. was said to have har-
mes cd ;wa OF them to basket OF
r,i,.i'. and been carried TO height
al a1 ,;,4 feet. returning to meet a
i'r.hrH ng parent. who asked him
'h.w long he expected to keep up his
ircnmite tricks."-christian Science
Monitor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
A PhIloaonher.

I confess have soft place In my
heart for that rare character who is
content with the world as he finds it
and who does not attempt to appropri-
ate any more Of II to himself than he
absolutely needs from day to day. He
knows from the beginning that the
world could get on without him and
he has never had any anxiety to- leave
any result behind him, ,any--iegacy
for the world to quarrel over. He in
really an exotic and his life is per-
petually misunderstood by his neigh
bOrs because he shares none sof their
anxiety about getting ON In life
Charles Dudley Warner.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
Real Mental Discipline.

A mind is disciplined, not by rca-
son Of the quantity Of related "r UNI
related matter. that has been displayed
before 1t, or crammed into It, but WHEN
1t has learned to confront the difficult
with intrepidity. relying upon methods
Of attack which It knows 1t can. use
with dexterity and precision because
it has been using them right 'alOng,
and which are In the available kit Of
tools just as the carpenters saw and
chisel lie In MS chest sharp and ready
for the grip of his hand. Mental dis
cipline is a matter of the quality Of
instruction, and the quality Of the
mental application demanded by the
instructor, rather than of the guam
THY Of subjects presented. Hence
few proper subjects in qualified hands
are enough f. make a start with
A. G. Keller ip The Review.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
The Bubble Burst.

Young Tom was spending Christ
mas In the country and had been in
vited to the beautiful home Of a sweet
young thing named Agnes.
"What n charming place." he said
enthusiastically, to Agnes proud par
ents. "Does II go as far as those
woods over there?"
ut does" remarked the somewhat
unsympathetic father:
"Ah." said Tom, still cheerlly; land
to that old stone wall over there.
sir?"
"It does" came the gruff answers;
"and 1t goes as far>ns the river on the
SOUTH and to the main road on the
north"
Beautiful" put in Tom.
Eyes" went on the old man. "but
It doesn't go with Agnes p
Then Tom faded peacefully from
view.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
KILLS TREE PESTS
Docto: Woodpecker Is Natures
Clief Wood Surgeon.
In Everlasting, Conflict With Millions
OF D4nsereus Eosmies That Would
Destroy the Life Of the Sturdy
Forest Monarchs.

II half thousand disease germs
should suddenly begin eating into the
ufe tissues of your body. you w"uid
surely need doctor. writes F. r.
Brinlmpr In the Farm Journal. yet
more than 500 species Of insects prey
upon the oak tree, and still we wonder
at its strength and vigor. So mucli'
indeed. that sturdy as an oak mas
become an advertising slogan.
The sturdy oak owes murh or us
iuug life to Doctor WOOdpecker. M
fures skilled wood surgeon. One borer
would kill a tree single-handed 1t left
al his deadly work long enough; so
will few beetles. single mother
bnerlp will produce nearly oWnooo
y.,,ln. drstrOyers in a summer OF ullih-
terr,Ip;,d activity. Weevils only stunt
tie growth OF the tree and leave u
ful' nf holes. all easy victim to other
dnStrnyrrs. Saw flies. caterpllars.
ans ah.i moths are among the hosts OF
TIA pets that damage the outer part
%. the trees. Against all these the
trs.e Is iefenseless. except for the busy
=, ,..ann. A hungry bird Of any other
ki;.d 81 mot help the tree. for the pests
n,r hi,lrn beneath the bark or far ui-
d. The surface.
.JuSI rs plaques aad rpidenics wiped
out Whole villages of people In the
III .idl. ages. so If left 10 their enemies
II wnud be only few decades before
al! forests would he murdered moth
is hun dead. grub-bored stubs and
faii..n trunks left. TO prevent this
t,rr i'll, condition nature sends ply
81 i'm gularly. to each patient. Some
tines isoctor WoodDecker has been
knnMn 20 spend as many as three days
oIei'nrl. on one very bad case, con-
x, ,nllA using to advantage his tree
s,rgrr, tools. Generally his inciSion
T. only as deep as The thickness of the
hG rk often he slides his speurbill be-
tween "raius or crevccs AMI draws OUT
III. Wnri,l. leaving no mark or scar on
tie. h, rk TO show where he did II. Al
other lines his cuttings may he deep
galleries tunnels or caverns.
A great deal of the drumming that
~. hear is only for sounding purposes
.-inuv, like Il man taps the wall WIN
81 i.anIn,rr to find II studding. When
!, ".sm WoOdpecker has discovered
,l.>sa~ Il part he directs rapid fire
m raj: ing heats upon the spot with
Ms ;r tx bill. raining his hammer
IT,. hHws with automatic and aston
h'in= precision. until his prey is
d., rn-:ti 10 light. Then he thrusts In
H.. ,r.rIrd bin and. with a sudden
J.; r.Warh jerk. brings forth the deadly
grub.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
Mark Fwajn,s imagination.

Mark Twain had sacl u yirid inn
agination. such brain for smbroid-
cry, that II was difficult task for him
to tell straight story just as II hap
pened-he could make up one that
was so much better. We all know
that Albert Bigelow Paine, working on
the Mark Twain Life" found 1t
necessary to discard much Of the au-
Photographic material that Mark
Twain had written. Investigation,
talks with men still living who knew
the facts. simply proved that tho tales
were not so. And Mark Twain was
no liar. He had glorious, an almost
superhuman, Imagination. AS he APP
preached threescOre and ten he said.
as quoted In the Life" when | was
younger I could remember anything,
whether it happened or not; but /
am getting old, and soon / shall re-
member only the latter"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
Differing Types of Marine.

In Its tests of " di'fe.cnl types of
marbles. the United States bureau of
standard, has found the compreSSive
strength of the dry material tn range
between 1850 and -0250 pounds per
square inch. Wet specimens were Usu.
ally somewhat we:iker and i'm Il few
'nStantes loss of St:en'cth from soak
ing WASH great as - per cent. AT
ter 30 freezings and thawings, mos
specimens were much >veakened
though some we're little affected, while
few were actually strengthened. The
electrical resistance varies so greatly
that care IS necessary in selecting ma
teriaI ftF switchboard. Marbles ex-
pand ilreguiariy on heating. and part
Of the increase is permanent.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
USE OF CAVALRY IN BATTLE
Roman and Greek charioteers Were
Formidable Foemcn-German Tribes
Disdained the Saddle.

In the old days when the Romans
and Greeks fought furious battles. the
charioteers drove rhelr cars In all Ill
.ecti"Is hurled their javplins. and by
.he din and clatter of horses and
wheels commonly threw the ranks OF
the enemy into disorder and. making
their way among the squndrons Of the
enemy's cavalry. leaped down from
heir chariots and fought on foot. The
.hariOtpers then Withdrew. little by
little from the fight and placed their
charlOts in such a way that II they
were hard pressed they could readily
retreat to their own side. Thus I'm hat
tle they afforded the mobility Of cav
airy with the steadineas Of infantry.
Daily practice enabled them to pull up
their horses when going nj full speed
on steep siope. nr run out on the
pole and stand on the yoke. and 10 get
nmhly hack into the chariot.
With the Introduction of cavalry in
the Inter iron age came larger horses.
out their-use for this purpose seems to
have been restricted to isolated areas.
There Is no doubt that the west Ger
man tribes. as late az the campaign OF
Caesar I'm Gaul. used only the shaggy
pony. 1t Is said In cavalry actions they
held II disgraceful and slothful to u"e
any kind of saddle. and instead OF
charging In sIuadrons they disinounted
and fought on foot. As far as England
is concerned. the art of riding seems to
have been introduced by the Normans.
The SaXOns appear to have been but
Indifferent horsemen.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-01-08
DEscoNs HAD LAST LAUGH
Good Story Of How Boston Merchant
Furnished New Haven Church
With 6aptismal Service.

In one of the older churches of New
Haven there isea very quaint and beau
. tisul sbaptismal1 service set OF silver
and no less quaint Is the tale OF how
the old church came by the same.
1t was during the year that York.
town fell that the trustees IT the
church decided that the frame build
Ing must have repairs and sent to Bos
ton for six kegs Of nails. In course OF
time the kegs arrived on one of the
huge and slow-movIng freight wagons
of the day and were duly delivered to
the carpenters.
Nails i'm those days were scarce ant
expensive, each one being the hand
work Of blacksmith, and. as conse
Quence of the methods followed u
their manufacture. the smiths usua1i.
turning out 100 or so on days When
they had nothing else in particular to
engage their attention. they were APT
to he very irregular In. size and de-
gree of perfection The delight of the
chief carpenter was, therefore, great
when, knocking in the head of one
kcg, he found the nails Of remarkably
uniform size and indicating the best
workmanship and material.
"Ye were in luck. deacon" he re-
marked to one Of the trustees who had
been present to receipt for the six
kegs "for these be Spanish nails, made
at Toledo. Belize they were taken
from some Spanish ship by sea
rover" He began to beat In the head
of another key and uttered an excla-
nation OF establishment.
"These bent nails, deacon" he
gasped, his eyes staring.
They were not. The keg was full 10
the brim of Spanish silver dollars.
$50 | see. Master Thomas" the
deacon remarked quietly. "Supposs
you head UP that keg again, and viii
coll meeting of the trustees to dis
c,lss this matter We must write to
the merchant of Boston concerning It."
The meeting of the trustees was
duly held that very day. aud long and
earnest were the arguments that took
place. What was the proper course
for them to follow? Should they siul.
ply write the Boston merchant that
one of the kegs had been found to be
full of silver dollars2 The church was
poor and the deacons were Connects
cut Yankees to the bone. 1t was most
obvious that the Boston merchant had
obtained the keg In some unusual man.
ner and It was logical assumption
chat he had paid for II on nnil-value
basis. as he had sold II.
Then uprose one who might have
done mighty things In finance had he
lived a century and half later.
let us write" he said, ITO this mpr-
chant Of Boston town simply the facts
that there was an error In shipment"
And so they did.
In time came the merchants reply.
He had bought the kegs from pri-
vateersman; that they We're sold as
bought and that no mistakes could be
rectifed."
And there is no doubt that the dea-
:ons chuck'ed somewhat drTiy rs they
ordered the silver doilars Of Slmin
n.nLei down and ca = .i;p Thai -e.N ice
which can today be y ':ntei Out 50 :ie
youth Of NrW iIavph las al exaElrse of
49, =. r,cf,l az