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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

and before our astonished eyes the
hills seemed TO nod, and the ground
swayed like the short. choppy waves
of troubled sea.
The clouds envelOpPd africa. In
stantiy through its impenetrabie veil
arose the cries for help, the crash of
| falling houses and the thousand com
mingled noises of great calamity.
while the ship was shaken as If
grasped by a giant hand; then the
| cloud passed on.
But our troubles then commenced.
We were startled by q terrible noise
| on shore. as of tremendous roar of
! musketry, lasting several minutes.
| again the trembling earth waved to
and fro, and this time tire sea receded
| until the shipping was left stranded.
while as far TO Seaward as our vision
conId reach. we saw the rocky bottom
of the sea, never before exposed to hui
man gaze, with Strugg ing fish and
monsters Of the deep left high and
dry. The rOund-bOttompd ships keeIed
ever on their beam ends while the
Wateree rested easily on her floor
like hortOm: and when the returning
sea-, not like wave, but rather an
enormous tide, came sweeping back,
rolling our unfortunate companion
ships over and over. leaving some bot
tom up and others masses of wreck
age, the Wateree rose easily over the
tossing waters. unliarmed.
From this moment the sea seemed
70 defy the laws of nature. Currents
ran in contrary directions. and we
were borne here and there with speed
we could not have equaIed had we
been Steaming for our lives. AT irreg-
ular intervals the earthquake shocks
required, but none of them so violent
or long continued as the first.
"Ahdut 30 p. m. the lookout hailed
the deck and reported breaker ap-
preaching. Looking seward, we saw.
first. a Thin line of phOSphoreScent
light, which doomed higher and higher
until il seemed to touch The sky: it's
crest, crowned with the death light Of
phOsphorescent glow showing the sui
len masses Of water below.
with a crash our gallant ship was
overwhelmed and buried deep beneath
Semi-SOlid mass of sand and wa
ter. For GREATNESS eternity we were
submerged. groaning in every timber,
the stanch old Wateree struggled again
10 the surface, with her gaSping crew
still clinging to the life-lines-some
few seriously wounded, bruised and
battered: none killed; not one even
missing. A miracle II seemed to us
then. and as | look hack through the
yea IS II seems dOubly miraculous now.
The morning sun broke on scene |
Of deSOlatiOn seldom Witnessed. We |
found ourselves high and dry in little |
cove, or rather indentation, in the |
coast line. We had been carried some |
three miles up the coast and nearly |
two miles inland. The wave had car
ried us over the sand dunes bordering
the ocean. across valley and over the |
railroad track. leaving us at the foot
Of the SeacOaSt range of the Andes. On
he nearly perpendicular front Of the
our navigator discovered the
marks of the tidal wave. and by meas
nrementS. found II 70 have been AZ feet
high. not including the comb. Had the
wave carried us 200 feet farther we
would inevitably have been dashed to
pieces against the mOuntainside."
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

was burned two decades after william
the CUnquerOr came to England. From
the ruins emerged "Old ST. Paul's.
Fire destroyed that building, too, hut
1t was restored on an even more pre-
tenti0us scale.
At the "Old ST. Paul's" John Wy
cliffe faced the charge of heresy, Tyn-
dale's New Testament was burned.
WOlsey heard the reading of the papal
condemnation of Luther. and under
"Powle's Cross" now marked by a me-
mortal. heretics were forced TO recant
and witches to confess.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

than half OF them lived in the novels
OF Dickens and Thackeray. Dumas
and Daudet. Wells and Hardy and
Meredith. The happy life Is not spent
altogether In the world Of streets and
shops and Offices. A large part OF n
must he lived In the world Of imagina.
ton. And living nth the Imaglning<
OF great writer's. we. TOO. learn to
dream and the happiest homes In IN.
woFi0 are the castles 10 the air that
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
BOOKS THE BEST FRIENDS

When once the Ioveepf hooks hss
come intn a mans life he can never
De lonely. he Gun never he bored. he
an never lose hrs interest In life, he
AN never be quite unhappy. BOsIks
IRE ihe friends that never fall. and
ne men aud women THAT only Tive en-
'oeks are the hest and the most real
'riends Of all. u J were to set down
he names OF the 20 friends who mean
lesi 70 me. I should Hnd that more
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
OISAGREEABLE
TASTE IN MOUTH
Stomach Was Out OF Order and
Head Ached, So Kentucky Man
Took Black 0raught.-"It
Cured Me-" He Says.

Nancy, Ky.-Mr. Marion Hoiconb,
Of this place, says: 'FOr quite a long
while suffered with stomach trouble.
/ would have pains and a heavy feel.
ing after my meals, also most dis.
agreeable taste in my mouth. If ]
ate anything with butter. oil or grease.
l would spit it up. l began to have
regular sick headache.
81 had used pills and tablets, but
after course OF these would be
constipated. 1t just seemed to tear
my stomach up. l found they were
no good at all for my trouble.
- heard Thedford's BIack-Draught
recommended very highly, so l began
to use it. 1t cured me. I keep IT
IN the house all the time. 1t is the
best liver medicine made. do not
have sick headache or stomach trouble
any more"
When suffering from headache, con.
stipatiOn, stomach or liver trouble.
try the old and ELECTROMAGNETIC,
purely vegetable, Thedford's Black
Draught.
Just as Black-Draught brought re-
lief to Mr.. Holcomb, so it also has to
thousands of others, and should help
you, too.
Insist on having the genulne.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Claim to Own Site of Chicago

Two Chicago women. a little girl
named Harriet. an officer In the Po-
Iish army and his titled sister. now
IN Poland. are making claims to own
eTship Of large part of the land up
On which Chicago Is built.
The Chicago women are Mrs
Martha Schuster. 1923 vlncennes ave
nte. and Mrs. H. p. Booth. 06OI Win
sfon avenue (portralt herewith). who
believe thar they have the key doca-
nsenf needed to prove their direct
descent from Count Casimir Pulaski.
the Polish patriot, who died fighting
beside George Washington In the
Revolutionary war.
The continental congress in 1T,
y said 10 have granted the foreign
hghrer $40 acres of worthless" land
- the Indian country. upon which to-
day. II Is asserted. the city Of Chi
cagO is situated.
Mrs. Schuster possesses an army
discharge dated 1854 and signed bv
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Heroic Chaplain of Veterans

John c. Moore wns elec,at :.
tionai chaplain for one wear no 80. -"
Veterans Of Foreign Wars :, ,b..,. .ne
cent convention In Washington n =
His election is said 10 he . v,a,. =
for the A. <. +. over the Old .,,.." .s
which for Y years has had : -
lain for the post. map
The new chaplain conoueros -,
opposition by virtue Of his y.a,s -. IS
is only twenty -eight) ana his ra... .ns
tie Was cited by tieneral psrs,,s.'-
for gallantry In action at Mon,y.,' 'is
September 18th and 9TH tors
Fn"ugh Sassed and wound..a !.
shrapnei- he refused 10 he ..eyacna,...,.
and remained with the advanced H..
nainistering to the wounded sna II,
ing. On September 81. while NJ. -
N an enemy trench with five {, 80
iuen. grenade was tossed INN ,ha,.
iIdsl. With no thought of narso.''
safety. he attempted 70 throw n el..,
"a leaving his hnnd II expls,s,.s,
rhe lives of his comrades were sr,.ra.a
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
LeJeunc, the Marines and Haiti

Gen. John A. lie .Ieune (porrrai,
herewith). the new head Of the Uni
ted Sia'es marine corps. Is likely 70
play a leading part in the settlement
Of the controversy now raging in the
presidential campaign about the nm
constitutional warfare" in Haiti. Re
fore the subject became a public con-
trOverSy Secretary Daniels of the
navy department had secretly sent
General lie Jeune TO Haiti to -nves-
tigate.
AS Is we'll known. a fiscal prO-
tectOratP was established by the Uni
ted States 1ver Haiti by treaty sew
eral years ago and the island repub-
tic has been virtually governed by an
officer If the United States navy in
command Of force of United STATES
marines
Virtually the only source of news
from Haiti has been through the state
department or the secretary of the
navy In Washington. The attitude
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
In. heLi11neh9hf
Sherman Must Rest or Go Blind

United States Senator Lawrence
Y. Sherman of Illinois. has given out
the statement in Springfield that he
is facing this alternative: a years
complete rest or blindness. Spectral
lists have told him that he has almost
worn out his eyes from overwOrk,
aud that he must quit work or lose
his eyesight. This undoubtedly ex-
plains Senator Shermans attitude
during the last session of congress.
when he more than once threateh"h
to withdraw from the political he'd
at times when debate waXed warm IN
party council.
Senator Sherman was elec'~h
senator March -. 1913. to- till the TN
expired term (1913-15) of william
LOriIner; ne was reelected for me
term l915-2l. His term therefore ex'
pires March next. Representative
William r. Mckinley of Champaign
nineteenth Illinois district, has been
nominated by the Republicans az
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Highly coIored.

They say his life is colored by his
moods. Is that so?"
Partly. He is well read and
thinks himself the pink of propriety,
but he gets green with envy, and
when he is blue. has nothing but
black looks. You can easily sec
there is streak of yellow in him."
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
MiIlInn 70 Show How.

visitOr-Are y"I good ut your work :
! am very particular abcul the way my
hair Is cut"
Village Barber-Well. I'm rcckoned
fairly decent, but II sou like, I'll do
one side Of your head so TINT you can
see for yourseIf."-LondOn Answers.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Had His Orciera-

"You have been following that lady
for some time now"
"Yes."
1--WE do not allow that in this de-
partment store"
well. tell 1t TO the lady. She's my
wife,"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
"Pave's DI,usvsIn" curscis Stomach

"Papes Diapepsin'' is the quickest. sur
est relief for Indigestion, Gases. Flatu-
lence, Heartburn. Sourness. Fermentation
or Stomach Distress caused by acidity-
few tablets give almost innfnediate
stomach relief and shortly the stomach
is corrected so you can eat favorite FOODS
without fear. Large case costs only %
cents at drug store. Absolutely harmless
and pleasant Millions helped annually
Best stomach corrective known-AdV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
An Objection.

"Arp Won in favor Of front porch
campaign
Not me-" replied Farmer Cnrntos-
sci. miranda would never stand for
having the grass all trampled out In
the front yard"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Their Diet.

"Pop, do all creatures have their
own natural fOOdY
"Yes. son."
Then do sea horses and sea cows
feed on crab grassT
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Quite the Truth

why don't you have Madame Fluff.
fles make your gowns?"
IF | went 10 thar woman and she
tried TO make a gown to suit my fig.
ure, I'd have a fit %
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
0na Qhatacla.

She-There 10 only one good reason
why O woman should not Lave a say
In the government Of the country.
He-And what reason 10 lhatf
Shelf she's dumb.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
He Knew

FOotpad-H0ld up your hands!
Pedestrian (calmly)-Tve been out
shopping all day with my wife.
FoOtpad-Go! You can't have much.
London Tit-BitS.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Her Break.

Mrs. Kawler-We generally dine al
freScO during the summer months. My
husband enjoys ii: does yours?
Mrs. NewricI-NO; John dOesn I
care muct for putting on style In hOG
w.ithtr, he prefers to eat out on tire
Ihwf Boston Transcript.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

we build for ourselves. They are. In
deed. the only homes the foundations
OF which are unsiiakahfe rIrIss. Sid.
ney Dark. In John n'Lnnhon's Weekly.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
EiftX-EIftX.

II IL question whether II Is any
harder to serve two masters than Il Il
to master two servants.-BOstOn Eve
ming TranSerin.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
SphinxoIodY.

In silence sits the chiseled sphinx
And people wonder what il thinks,
Although il has a head OF stone
Instead of merely one Of bone.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Thin.

Smith-"They are making some iHS
hosiery these days" Jones-"Sheer
enough. sheer enough" - Cartoons
Magazine.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

Imagination Ils q magnifying glass
that makes our troubles appear much
greater than they are.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

"If women played football. they
would not be injured as badly as the
men
why nOt?"
ibid you ever hear of women being
seriously hurt in the bargain sale
ruSheS?'
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

insist On having Or. PeeFy's Dead shot foe
worms or Tapeworm and the druggist wfi1
nrocuTe IL II IL the only Vermifuge which
operates thoroug hly after single ooss.--AoN
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

"A great many campaigns have been
successfully conducted from front
pOrcheS"
Perhaps" rejoined Senator Sor-
ghum. But many poems have been
written in attics. don't regard
front porch as any more essential to
a politician than an attic Is to u pet"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

candidate him hardf0ug campaign
Sherman Miami hr'ng
Illinois Illinois INSTITUTIONS
lie and SSi9O He was
speaker of the Illinois of Illinois
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Wrong.

Wrong.
JObhs-They say that One-half the
world doesn't know how the other half
lives.
DObbs-DO they? Well. the man
who wrote that never lived IN the sub
urbs or kept a laxative servant
-PearsOn's Weekly.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
The AutUcrat,

do you and your wife talk politics
at home"
"Never," replied Mr.. MeektOn. I'VE
have perfectly good cook
"What has that TO 10 with II"
1--WE are afraid she might get into
the conversation and tell us both how
we'll have to vote 10 keep her from
leaving"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
DYE RIGHT
Buy only Diamond Dyes"

Each package Of Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond dye worn. shabby
skirts. waists, dresses. coats. gloves.
stockings sweaters. draperies. every
thing. whether wool, silk, linen. cotton
or mixed goods new. rich fadeiess col
OrS. Have druggist show you "Dia-
u0nd Dyes Color Card. ADV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
Contamination to Be Wished.

There is one thing would like to
SET at the peace table"
"What is that?''
Somebody who knows how to carve
Turkey"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

Swapping horses is one kind Of stoek
exchange.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

A few cents buys "Danderine." Az
ger an application Of "Danderine" you
ran not find fallen hair or any dan,k
run, besides every hair shows new
life, vigOr, brightness, more color and
tbickness.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

Az b ~rilOsss rhe lives ~ his we're an
Dor ibis slssn the u y. { the IOx Gusrra
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16

GREAT EXECUTION
"The ViolInist's execution was sim
ply marvellous"
wasn't il, thought You could
see the audience hanging on every
note"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
BeIiioerent Ballads

6etttperent 5attdoS.
He makes my temper bristlo.
worse pest l never knew
Than the geezer who can't whistle
But Is always trying to.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-10-16
any more
Locations,

stst on having the genuine.-Adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-08

banks is now placed at $5000O). Here
is the point: You cannot say you will
only lend $500 and that you will
make that loan to class of farmers
who only want $780, while at the;
same time here is man who wants
$4,000 o. $4,000, who is just as capa-
BILE of using that amount efficiently in,
the production of food as is the other
fellow Of using the $500.
"Slnce this bill (senate bill 3109) has
been pending, the statement has gone
out from the joint stock land banks
that all applications for loans are held
up until 1t is known whether this bill
Is to pass. My neighbOr, Mr.. J. H.
Upps, was approached by loan shark
and offered loan of $4,000 to take
the place of a loan that was to have
been made to him by joint stock land
bank. The joint stock land bank would
have made the loan for 3S years, but
the loan shark only offered to make
his loan for FIVE years. The loan
shark did. however, offer to make the
loan Of $4,000 at 9 per cent interest
with only an additional charge Of $500
for commission. =.
What Will Happen In Five Years?
"But the question is: What will
happen at the end Of the FIVE years?
When the influence OF, the joint stock
land banks or the federal land banks
has disappeared because they have
been killed by this bill, then what will
the loan shark ask my neighbOr Upps
when his debt falls due2 A million
farmers In the United States can make
mighty good guess as to what will
happen. A million farmers in the
United States can fOresee how the loan
shark will put the screws upon Mr..
Upps when the time for renewal comes
around.
"The farmer is willing and anxious
70 increase production. He knows that
the nation needs food. He knows that
the world needs food. He knows that
the nation is depending on him. He
knows that the world is depending
upon the American farmer. But ne
knows also that he cannot make
bricks without straw If you want
the farmer to increase production you
have got to furnish him the tools. You
have got to furnish him the oppor-
tunity. You have got to furnish him
the capital on convenient terms and at
reasonable rates. You cannot hmm
string the financing Of the farmer and
ret your needed increased production
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-08

The State of Mississippi,
Chickasaw County.

To the Mississippi State Board
of Pardons and his Excelency
Lee Russell, Governor Of said
State.
We the under signed most
respectfully ask that you grant a
full and complete Pardon to one
Marcus Baker, who entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of
Murder in the killing of Thad
Baskin in the year of 1916.
The plea of guilty was entered
at the October 1917 Term of the
Circuit Court of the LIST District
of Chickasaw County, without
giving the Court any trouble
whatever.
The said Baker is a good hard
working negro, and it has since
developed that the deceased was
in a great measure responsible
for his death.
Respectfully submitted.
Geo. D. Riley, D. S. Bishop,
]. C. Williams Jr., J. C. Beasley
H. L. Harrington.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-08

81 Never Knew You Could Keep
Rats Out of a Butcher Shop"
What Ralph Watkins says:
Figured rats around store had
enough to feed on; wouldn't
touch anything suspicious.
Heard about RAT-SNAP, gave
it a trial. Results were wonder
full. Cleared all rats out in ten
days. Dogs about store night and
day never touch RAT SNAP. /"
Three sizes, 25c SOC, $1.00.
Sold and guaranteed by Bell and
Buchanan, druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-08
Rcnair Gravel Roads

Gravel roads VIII wear in places BIZ,
hey ere ecsily repaired by dumping &
load u sand anu gravel ON the wos
spots once or twice a year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-08
OHIO FARMER
TELLS ABOUT
LOAN SHARKS
A. H. Judy Shows How Mortgage
Brokers Put the Screws
on Borrowers.
WANTS TWO KINDS OF BANKS
SAYS Joint Stock Land Banks Are for
Farmers Who Want to "Go 1t
AIone"-FederaI Banks for Those
With Cooperative Idea.

"There should be two kinds of land
banks" said A. H. Judy, an Ohio farm
er, speaking before the United States
senate committee on banking and cur
rency in January.
"The reason for this is that one set
of farmers do not want to take stock
in any Institution. but want to use
whatever money they can get in their
farming operations, while other farm
ers will join cooperative societies and
take stock in the cooperative land
banks. The joint stock land bank an
swers the need of those farmers who
do not care to join cooperative So
ciety and take stock in a bank. The
federal land bank, with it's co-opera-
tive plan, answers the need Of those
farmers who have the cooperative
idea.
Some Farmers Need Big Loans.
"When it can be shown that loan
is to be used by a farmer residing on
the land and to be used in improving
the land and in increasing production
of staples, the limit as to the amount
Of the loans should not be fixed too
low. (The limit on joint stock land