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The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

A Buffalo merchant is appealing to
Postmaster w. T. Sparkman for 1000
or 5000 pounds of snakes for which he
is offering soc per pound. The name
of the enterprising dealer in reptiles
is Bert J. Putnam. The buyer does
not state whether he wants the Pasca
goula varieties on ice, alive or sailed
We opine that the meat of the viper
is a preventative of Skinny jazz" OF
zig-zag movements, but $1,000 is some
money for the summetide. Let's &C
shaking
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30
THE PROPOSED CANAL.
ATLANTA Constitution.)


The movement that has as its obJec'
tive the construction of a sea'ievei ca
nal to provide an indand waterway
transportation route extending from
the Mississippi rive to the Atlantic
ocean, at Cumberland Sound, Ga, IL
one in the promotion and success OF
which every citizen of the South, es'
pecially of Georgia and the states Dor
dering on the Gulf of Mexico, should
take an active and suggestive interest
In an article appearing elsewhere IN
this issue, C. C. Thomas, secretary
manager of the Waycross (Ga) Cham
Der of Commerce, gives a compreheh'
siye Dissertation of the route OF the
proposed canal, and discusses in de-
tail the probable effects its construc'
ton and operation would have upon
the territory within reach of 1t and the
nayigable rivers of the Mississippi
system.
AS an artificial water transportation
project, Mr.. Thomas very eppropri-
ately classes the proposed Atlantic
Mississippi canal as being second in
importance only to the Suez and Pan
ANA canals, and yet its construction
would cost almost nothing as com
pared with the cost of construction OF
either of these two great waterways.
A bill is pending before the national
House of Representatives providing for
an immediate survey of the proposed
canal, and it will be up for considera-
ton during the short term of the pres
ent Congress next December.
1t is to be hoped this measure will
be speedily enacted, after which it will
be simple matter to get the work of
actual construction under way.
In consideration of the national ben
efits to be realized from the develop
ment of this great transportation PROF.
ect it should encounter no opposition
either among the rank and file of
American citizens or in Congress.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30
IN ODD M|SHAPS
Many and Varied Accidents Be.
fall Humanity.
Files Of Insurance Companies Arc
Full Of Cases Where Injuries Have
Been the Result Of Most
Trivial Happenings

Accident insurance, or insurance
which pays benefits in case of tenn
porary disability, is carried by a great
many people. The claim agent whose
business it is to investigate reported
injuries often meets with amusing In
cidents. The following were furnished
by an agent of large insurance
company:
"Some captive rattlesnakes IN
restaurant escaped from box In
which they were confined and 80
frightened one of the patrons that In
his haste to get out he fell in FROM
of me, and in getting up, came up un'
derneath me, tossing me over his
head"
II was in bed and dreamed that
burglar was bending over me. struck
at him so hard that l was thrown on
the floor with arm extended and broke
my colarbone."
Assisting lady who had an UNI
brella under her arm, to board car
the point of the umbrella was thrust
into amy left eye"
81 placed an electric fan beside my
bed on hot night. While asleep l
stuck my foot In it."
"In a playful mood I kicked at my
wife while barefOOted and accidentally
struck her on the knee. thereby
spraining the big toe of my left foot
"My arm encircled the neck OF a
young lady. l suddenly withdrew II
and the thumb of my left hand came
in contact with brooch, penetrating
the thumb almost to the bone"
"My wife was curling her hair. l
ran against her and the hair curier
struck my eye"
II was embraced by friend VINO
playfully said that he could make me
cry-fractured my rib"
"On a private yacht, had just had
a highball, got up, the boat gave
lurch and 1 sat down on the glass.
"Looking for leak in a natural
gas pipe with lighted match-eA-
plosion followed"
II missed my train and while walk
ing on the country road L fell over
COW lying in the road. AS l fell the
COW got up, striking me and also step
ping on my foot"
"Sitting in a chair in barber shop
and billiard parlor, ball from pool
table nearby struck me on the nose,
breaking nose and injuring one eye"
81 had been talking with another
man, and as l started to walk along
didn't notice a woman had pushed
baby carriage directly in front OF me
fell over it."
81 was going down the walk IN
front of my house when an automobile
wheel which had come Off two BLOCKS
away rolled down the hill and struck
me, fracturing both bones Of the right
leg"
81 was riding in an automobile
when 1t struck a hole In the road,
causing my teeth to come together
with such force that the lower jaw
was fractured"
II was looking for burglars, and was
accidentally mistaken by one OF my
neighbors for the man we were look
ing for, and he shot me In the arm
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30
ir;eb Police Hunt ILLEGAL Stills.

Enormously increased prices OF
shirts in Ireland, due to the heavy
taxation on them, have led to the
widespread manufacture Of poteen,
very strong homemade product that
lodges the exciseman. The police
hunt for Illegal stills, like all other
normal police activities, has been ham,
pered by the fact that the chief job
of the Irish police has been to protect
themselves from attack. SO the Sim
Feiners who have taken over the task
of Furnishing thieves have added to
their function the capture OF illegal
still.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30
Dust Rolled Out of the Carpet.

For cleaning carpets, very satfsfac-
tory results have been obtained from
a big open-work drum of wood which
is turned by a gasoline engine. The
carpets to be treated are placed In
side and the drum turned and after
about 80 minutes of this the carpets
are thoroughly cleaned and are none
the worse for treatment The beat
ing process is sometimes disastrous to
carpets which are well worn. but this
rolling process does them no injury.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

reonard Olsen and Bill Grant killed
a 6foot alligator Wednesday at draho
Bature Spit. The weapon used was
founder gig. The reptile was given
thorough trouncing with a pair OF oars
before removal of his leather arlnor'
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Watermelons weighing seventy-fve
pounds were sold in this city in the
weekend by Mr.. Simon lvas, a Grand
Bay farmer. Mr.. Twas says that the
land of this section is adapted to the
cultivation of large crops of melons,
potatoes, cabbage and numerous va
rieties Of vegetables.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Bob Kell, Herman Huntsburger
Walter Denny and Seabe Pate gave a
dance Friday evening at the home of
Mr.. W. NJ Denny on the river. Music
was furnished by Victrola and punch
and cake served to the young people
who numbered about thirty.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Thursday for Joplin, Missouri, where
he will spend a month, having ex-
changed pastorates with Rev. Father
O'Driscall, rector of the Catholic
church of that place. Both priests
needed a change and vacation, and the
exchange of pastorales was effected
for this purpose.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. w. Fl. Huntsberger, who was
called to North Carolina on account
of the death of her father Mr.. A. j.
Bethune, returned home Sunday after
a month spent with relatives in North
Carolina.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Biloxi reports the arrival of the first
shrimp of the season. They were
caught by a trawl boat outside of the
city and as the shrimp we're of good
size II is an indication that the com
ing fall and winter season will prove
profitable for numerous boats fishing
for canneries.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

The Elks' home was the scene of an
ether delightful dance Friday night.
The Jazzy Five furnished the music
for the dancers and delicious punch
was served during the evening. A
the Elks hospitality with Pascagoula's
dancing crowd
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Evelyn Rohr recently gave a
most enjoyable entertainment for the
members of her Bible class and few
invited friends. All present had a
most delightful time.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Capt w. l.. Borden is wearing a
broad smile because of the birth of
son, Roberts Leonard. The little
stranger was born on the 21st instant.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

FOR SALE-One 1500-lb. fire-proof
safe, / computing meat and butter
scale, roll top desk, Burroughs adj
ding machine, 1 Todd protectograph.
Apply w. M. Carly.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Rita Johnson returned from
Gulfport Monday where she was EN-.
ployed for two weeks as temporary
bookkeeper at the Bank of Gulfport.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

The schooner c. w. Mills anchored
in the bay Wednesday. preparatory to
sailing for Caibarien.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Linnie May Williamson and
Mr.. Carl Williamson of Poplarville,
Miss, have been the guets of Mrs.
Hermes Gautier for several days.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Marguerite Bruce returned from
Havana Monday, after an enjoyable
trip on the Delta" with her father
Capt. C. Fl. Bruce.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. p T. Vaughn and children re-
turned from Mexico, KY, recently,
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Vaughns sister, Mrs. Harry Clark.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

The auxiliary schooner Chiquimula
will clear today for Havana with lum-
Der cargo from the L. N. Dantzler Lum.
Der Co.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Hazel Hackett of Charlotte,
North Carolina, and Miss Lizzie Belle
Hasten of Birmingham, Ala. are Wis
iting Miss Anita Maxwell at the beach,
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

MI. Frank CAVITY spent Monday in
this city with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. NJ. Canty.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. c. H. Bruce and daughter, Miss
Odessa, and Mrs. A. B. Brondum mo-
tored to Gulfport Friday with Capt. E.
H. Richard.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Nora Lanehardt who is the
guest of Mrs. Valsin DeJean spent
last week in Biloxi at the White House
with relatives.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Hermes Gautier and
baby returned from Gautier Saturday
where they have been spending =
month.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. Eugene Gautier and daughter,
Mrs. Harold Gautier, are visiting New
Orleans today.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mr.. Albert P. Lauve of Alexandria.
La, is the guest Of Mr.. Martin Turn
bull and family.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Sallie Beauchamp spent the
weekend in New Orleans.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Alice Rhodes and Miss Cora
Wyatt spent Sunday in New Orleans.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Pickett spent the
weekend in Mobile visiting relatives.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

DR.. H. p. Cole of Mobile was a WIS.,
itor to the city Saturday of last week.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. NJ. L. Scriven of Mobile is Wis
iting Mrs. E. H. Mayo at the beach.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Don't forget the special election for
chancery court Judge next Tuesday.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Miss Alice Frellsen is enjoying a Wis
it to relatives in Houston.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Reduce the high cost of living with
an honest days work.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Mrs. George Granlund spent Monday
in New Orleans on business.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30
Bridge Fund.

Larue Lumber Co., lumber, s277.S4;
Lamar Baria, hauling lumber and labor
repairing Brown bridge. $1,000; NJ F.
Deloney, hauling timber and lumber,
moving camp, $1,000: George Mallett.
Jr., hauling timber andl lumber, $500;
J. L. Furry, salary as bridge commits
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Pascagoula National Bank, semi-an-
nual interest on $4,000 road bonds,
$2,06z65; Pascagolua National Bank,
amount of principal due on road bonds,
$2,5O2.50. Total, $4570.15.
The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-07-30

Pascagoula Chronicle, supplies to
superintendent of education, $3.50;
A. L. Furry, salary, $112.50, postage
$1,50-$114.00. Total $147.69.
Districts Nos. 2 and 8, Road Bond and
Interest Fund.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
MIDSUMMER DEPRESSION

The closing days of July and all those of
August are filled with midsummer depres-
sion which drives the fortunate Of mankind
to the mountains and the sea- It is the
season of lassitude and laziness. Work,
whether of hand or brain, requires extra
effort. Vitality is sapped and recuperation
negligible. In the oden times the people
called the season "dog days" largely be-
cause Sirius, the dog star, rose and set
with the sun during a certain number of
days. These ancient scholars believed
that during that period the venomous
snakes were more poisonous than at any
other time, and that they were blind and,
therefore, more ready to strike at an APP
preaching victim than to get away, as is
their habit at other times. They believed
that rabies were more prevalent among
dogs during that season than at others. The
less learned believed that this was the
reason the season was called "dog days"
But nature is not wasteful The summer,
with its heat and sunlight, is medicine for
the human body. The perspiration which
streams from its pores from exercise is ma
ture freeing the body of its accumulated
poisons The tan which the skin accumu-
lates is the rebuilding of the body covering
with better material If, instead of seek
ing some cool place and making comfort
for the moment more important than fu-
ture health, people would urge the body
by material means to expel its poisons
through the sweat glands and would take a
sun bath occasionally instead of an ocean
bath daily there would be fewer human ills
and less demand for the services of those
who restore the body to health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
THE RAILROAD SITUATION.

While the Esch-Cummings law under
which the commission acted guarantees the
railroads six per cent. on their investment
it is significant that the commissions
award to the brotherhoods was considerably
less than their demands. The award is open
to double construction; first, that it is the
limit to which the railroad wage can be
safely carried, and, second, that it is ade-
uuate compensation for the service rem
dered. The award may mean one or both of
these conditions in view of the reaction of
the stock market and the reduction of
operating forces.
1t seems to be the concensus of opinion
of the economists of the country that in
creasing wages now are multiplying the
evils to be remedied At one stage high
wages may have been the remedy, but now
they are obstructive of the cure of the real
disease, which is inefficiency and under
production. These industrial diseases re-
quire entirely different treatment, which
the railroads have decided lies in reduction
of operating forces There is wealth of
meaning in the statement of a Pennsyl-
vania railroad official: 'It's time men got
down to work"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
EASING UP.

Information comes from Washington to
the effect that prohibition officials have
decided to lift the ban on home made drinks
possessing active qualities and have an
nounced that the Y of per cent defini-
ton may be disregarded if the stuff manu-
featured is used in the home
If the report is correct it would appear
that homemade 'hard" cider, which pos
sesses an unquestioned kick, blackberry cor
dials of high power and grape wines of any
potentially have become available again to
the thirsty who possess facilities for home
manufacture, so far as Uncle Sam is con-
cerned. Here in Georgia, however, little
consolation is to be derived from that state
of affairs, for be it remembered that Uncle
Mats bone dry law is in full force and eff
feet, and it is violation of a state statute
to engage in any of the things aforemen-
toned
AS matter of law it is difficult topper
ceive just where the prohibition officials OBJ
tain their authority to permit such manu-
facture The Volstead law prohibits them
without any reservations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
Is 1t Blasphemy to
Destroy Boil Weevils?
From the Townsville Times-Enterprise.

From the Townsville Times-Enterprise.
The fight against the boil weevil in this
state has grown to splendid proportions be-
cause in the best cotton growing sections
its ravages have just become apparent and
the cotton growers have begun to realize
that it is absolutely essential to fight or be
downed
Coincident with the fight that is being
waged the Savannah Press calls attention
to a statement that it hears has been
made by preachers in effect that Good put
the weevil in the cotton patch and it is
blasphemy to destroy one of Gods crea-
lures" The Press takes occasion to shoot
the statement full of holes, and does so
without any fuss or feathers
If there are men so narrow and ignorant
as to really believe that we onoht to take
the weevil as it comes and make no effort
to prevent its depredatiOns on a plant that
has become one of the worlds most i'm
portant productions we hope they won't
acknowledge that they live in Georgia. God
put the mosquito, the fly, the rattlesnake
and the man-eating tiger in the world also.
That does not mean that the men of earth
should go about and be destroyed by dis
ease or animal voracity just because they
were put here.
We know that they are destructive and
that things destructive have been on earth
since it was created We know likewise
that God put it into the mind of man to de-
feat those destructive agencies and that the
science of today has been given money for
the purpose of defeating the many enemies,
among which are the fly, the mosquito and
the boil weevil. The two first prey upon
man and his health, while the other dstroys
the plant that was given to man with which
to be clothed
Such ignorance and superstition can not
hold sway in any community for long, but
while it does the weevil will convince the
farmer that if he doesn't fight the weevil he
may as well stop trying to raise cotton
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
THE PROHIBS AND BRYAN.

There is nothing to indicate that Mr..
Bryan will not support the democratic
ticket. At present he is resting up a
bit, and when the time comes for him
to become active the probabilities are
that he will do all he can for the sue
cess of the ticket.-Augusta Chronicle.
William ]. Bryan has done the manly
and honorable thing in declining to be the
candidate of the prohibition party for presi-
dent. To repudiate the democratic party
now because he could not have his way
in its management would have been an
exhibition of personal selfishness and
ingratitude that finds no response in
the sentiments of American citizens.
Moreover, Mr.. Bryan participated in
the convention which rejected his prohibi-
ton policies Any man who goes into a
gathering of his fellow-citizens and refuses
to accept its decision because it is against
him is at heart a bolshevist. Mr.. Bryan is
a reformer, but not bolshevist or a party
wrecker or an migrate. Whether one agrees
with his political views or not no one can
deny the sterling honesty of his professions
and the uprightness of his character
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
No Wonder They're High
From the Toledo Blade.

According to Americans returning from
France millions of dollars worth of Ameri-
can goods are strewn in the open on the
wharves at Havre, Bordeaux and other ports
At Havre there are said to be mountains
of sugar with the sacks split and the con-
tents spilling over the ground. Broken boxes
of American cured hams stand in huge piles
There are acres of bales of soggy, wet
American cotton, while ruined typewriters,
broken sewing machines, rusty farm nipple
ments are scattered all about. The break
down of the French railways is responsible
for the port congestion and the spectators
to whom the goods were consigned have been
unable to move them. No one wastes tears
over the spectators losses but it seems
shame that foodstuffs and supplies for which
there is great need both in France and in
America cannot be saved from such wanton
waste. America at least should see that this
country is drained of no more commodities
that are likely to be added to the piles of
rotting merchandise in French ports.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-03
The Love of Country Life
From the Carroll County Free Press.

rum IHS NdIiOh SOuHty rTte EEeSSs
Different elements of country people look
at their rural surroundings with different
eyes. To some people the only question is
one of money. If they look out at a fertile
field it is merely to estimate the cash value
of the crop growing thereon. Their minds
are necessarily figuring. If the figures go
wrong for year their life seems utterly
blasted. Very likely they will soon pull up
and hike themselves to some sordid city
street, where a fat pay envelope may be
gathered mas long as good times last.
To other people country life means lot
more. The beauty of the changing landscape
fascinates them, and softens all toll and dis
appointments. The annual miracle of growth
of vegetation fills their hearts with satsfac-
ton at the bounty of the earth and the good
ness of the giver of all.
Every sight and sound of country life has
its sweetness to them. They enjoy the SIM
pie social life of the country town, and take
abundant pride in its public institutions, and
believe it is the best country town on earth.
People of that kind are not going to get
cold feet every time their business affairs
drag. They are so rewarded by the satisfac-
ton of country life that so long as they
have their homes and enough to eat they are
not going to quit for the mythical advantages
of other surroundings.
In the long run these people are not merely
happy but do we'll in business way. They
put so much heart into their daily work that
it can hardly help prospecting.