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South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07
NUTS TO CRACK

Why is the letter "V" in the
word civil like the nose on your
face5
yesterdays: What Is the best day
for making pancakes s?''-Fry-day.)
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07
School
Study
Sports
Th. Ne1Cs-T Times School Department
Edited by Elisabeth Steele
The Boys and Girls Daily Messenger
TOMORROW

Is Mothers Day. Here's a fine
has done for you. Have you planned
anythina7
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07

Have YOU sent in your dingbat7 II
not. why not7 They are easy 10 write
and subjects 10 write about aren't
hard to find-school. swimming. read
ing-anything. Write one and send
II 10 the editor today.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07
Did Sea Serpents Ever Exiiti

The existence of the sea monsters
described in legends and travel tales
has never been proved, although we
do know that there are sea snakes
in the ocean.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07

Yesterdays: 'T smell a arat"-Thom-
Is Middletown. 'Blurt. Master Con-
stable"
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07

NWho wrote ltD
Bye5T.y IS the soul of ItIt.
South Bend news-times., 1921-05-07
A FAMILIAR QUOTATION

tAnswer to yesterdays: cOrn.n)
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
.MENNONITES COMING
Is LATEST REPORT

A telegram from Alabama Monday
announced that the advance guard Of
che big Mennonitish invasion into this
state and Alabama is on its way and
that the entire Mennoniish colony
would soon be en- route to this state
and Alabama.
AS is well known the American Le-
gion has emphatically expressed its
disapproval of the invasion of Men,
nonites into this state and a good deal
Of interest attaches to what, if any,
steps will be taken to prevent this in
flux.
AS a matter of course, the Legi IN
aires, not being addicts of German
'kultur" will do nothing unlawful and
their every act WILDE legal one. 1t
is expected, howevr, that the Missis.
sippi Legion will try to stop the immi-
grafton through the proper auth ori.
lies at Washington.
The Mississippi Legion is making
its objection to the Mennonnites on
che ground that they are of German
sympathies, refuse to allow their
children ii attend public school and
teach only German in their schools
These charges it is claimed, are .;e-
nied by the Mennonnites who are .d-
mittedly good farmers.
The coming of the Mennonnites in
TO this state will probably evok, a
legal battle, that will, to say the least,
oe interesting.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28

thick and Mr.. Kimmons estimates the
oil struck to have made from so to so
barrels per day. He has resigned his
position with the Preston Oil Co., and
1T is rumored that he has signed a
contract with the Gerber Oil Com
pany and will drill well for that
company which will be located about
B miles south of Winona. Tin,bers
for the derrick for the Gerber well
are now being sawed, and win be
erected as soon as the tin,bers are
ready.
The Preston Oil Company are max
ing arrangements for their Well No.
2 and expect to be drilling on the
same in short time. Well No. 2 will
be located about 800 yards from their
Well No. where the oil was found.
The Company is daily receiving ma
chinery, tools, etc and are making
arrangements for an extensive drill
ling campaign.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
INSURANCE MUDDLE
STILL UNSETTLED
Telephone Rate Case Hearing
Ended Monday - Decision
Some Time Off.

The hearing in the Cumberland
Telephone Rate case wherein the COM
pany is seeking authority to raise its
rates in this state, ended Monday af-
tenoon after the opponents of the in
crease had filed with the commission
a good many petitions. At the close Of
the hearing the commission allowed
both the company and the attorney
general until February Is in which to
file the briefs. The attorney general
contended for thirty days for this
purpose and insisted that the record
is long one and that it will require
longer than the time allowed to tran
scribe the notes, study them and
make a brief.
The Cumberland people have con-
tended that the company, because Of
business conditions and the cost of
labor and material cannot profitably
give the people of this state telephone
service at present rates. A strong
showing was made in this behalf and
the company cited page after page
Of figures to show that the conditions
are as stated. On the contrary the
Atty. General and citizens who pro-
tested urged the commission that
this is not a proper time to increase
rates.
The Cumberland matter has been
pending now for some weeks and it
is believed the commission viii be
ready to announce decision before
the first of March.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
YAL0BUSHA co.
CREAMERY PAYS
GOOD DIVIDENDS

At the annual. meeting of the stock
holders of the Yalobusha Cooperative
Creamery, held at the Mayors office
Monday night, 10 per cent dividend
was declared, and the following di-
rectors were elected for the coming
year: j. w. McLarty, ]. l.. Kirby,
w. B. Wagner, H. X. Hunter, H. II.
Creekmore, J. r. Sissell, ]. L. Trusty.
The creamery will be under the
same management this year as last
year, with j. W. McLarty, Pres, j. L.
Kirby, Vice Pres, ]. r. Sissell
Manager, and ]. l.. Trusty, Secty.
It was found that the creamery had
a very successful year although quite
q number of its patrons had quit the
dairy business on account of the high
price of other farm products; however
it is now evident that quite a number
of the old patrons are seeing their
error, and are now returning to the
dairy business, which is evident by
the fact that the creamery is receiv-
ing more than 100 per cent during
January this year than in January Of
last year; and, while the price is
about 25- per cent lower, feed costs
less than one-half what it did a year
ago. Another feature that is very
evident is that the farmers who have
continued to patronize the creamery
regularly are in very much better
circumstances than the ones quitting
the dairy business and returning to
cotton raising.
The creamery having been in oper.
alton for five (5) years has paid its
patrons about one quarter of a mil
lion dollars who have gotten all there
was in their butter fat with the ex-
ception of operating expenses, and
not more than 10 per cent dividend
to its stockholders.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28

Miss Hazel Holley, of Grenada
College, attended the funeral of her
aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Holley, at Coffee
Vile, Sunday.
Last night the dancing" young
men gave a ball in the Hirsch Hall.
The hall was gaily decorated and q
band from Jackson furnished music
for the occasion. It was one Of the
best dances given this season, many
,ut-of-town young people being in at
tendance.
Messrs. Will and Perry Keeney ,f
Oakdale, Tenn, but originally from
Somerset, KY, were business callers
in our city this week. They have
purchased farm through j. L. Har-
fis, near this place. Mr.. Will ksen-
ey will move here from Kentucky at
once to begin farm work, he being
an old Kentucky farmer and high
toned gentleman and we are glad to
know that he is coming to Mississippi,
The rubber hose connection be-
tween the radiator and the cylinder
jacket outlet and the pump tonnec.
tions should be covered with shellac
at intervals to keep them waterproof
and also impervious to the oil and
grease that are inevitable around an
engine. Oil and grease have a ten
dency to disinterate and rot the rub.
Der, but shellac prevents these mater.
ials from working into the rubber.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
FORMER BUSINESS
MAN HAVING
DOMESTIC TROUBLE
A. A. Barnett Is Held in Con-
tempt of Court and Fined SIS

The Commercial Appeal says
Judge Young yesterday gave A. A.
Barnett 80 days in which to pay his
former wife alimony fixed by the
court or go to jail and remain there
until he arranges to settle the matter.
In addition he was fined SIS for con-
tempt Of court for selling piece of
property in Mississippi after he had
been enjoined on petition of his wife
when she filed her divorce suit against
him.
Recently Mrs. Barnett petitioned
the court to cite Mr.. Barnett for con-
tempt Of court for selling property
in Mississippi after he had been en-
joined from SO doing. A few days
later her divorce suit was settled in
che first division of the circuit court,
Mrs. Barnett obtaining an absolute
divorce. She alleged cruel and inhu-
man treatment.
Judge Young considered the matter
of alimony and contempt until yester-
day, when he announced his decision.
Under orders of the court, Mr.. Bar
nett must pay as final alimony to his
wife 81 400 in cash, $500 for attor-
ney's fee and deed to his wife in fee
simple their home in Memphis valued
at $4,000, and the household furni-
ture, vaued at $500. This alimony
must be arranged within 80 days or
Barnett will be sent to Jail and kept
there until it is settled, Judge Yoaig
announced.
p. w. Lanier appeared as Mrs.
Barnett's attorney, while Fred Calla-
han represented Mr., Barnett as cCun-
sci.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
NEGRO MANIAC
KILLS LITTLE
MEMPHIS BOY
Nude Body of Child Was Found
With Throat Cut and Tongue
Sliced - Negro Confesses
Horrible Details.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan.25.--Mat-
thew Houston, 16 year old negro. ar
rested tonight by sherriff's posse, is
alleged to have confessed to the MUIR
der of Frank Daily, five year old
child, whose mutilated body was
found late today in field adjoining
his fathers farm on the outskirts of
this city.
Houston confessed, according to
Oliver H. Perry, Sheriff, who person
ally led the posse which captured the
negro, short distance from the
scene of the crime, that he cut the
child's throat with bread knife.
The sheriff's posse started with
the negro for the county Jail here
while a mob was forming.
According to the negro's alleged
confession, the child, who disappeared
yesterday, from plum thicket ear
his home came to the cabin occupie,
by the negro's stepfather in the late
afternoon. While at play he fell
from a window and was stunned.
Houston is quoted as saying.
~ was frightened when the white
boy got hurt" Houston is said to have
confessed, "and I cut his throat"
Houston denied mutilating the
child's body, it was stated.
When found, the child's body was
stripped of clothing, his tongue and
throat cut, and body slashed and other
wise mutilated.
Houston was placed in the county
Jail late tonight.
Sheriff Perry stated that while he
did not expect an attempt would be
made to lynch the negro, extra guards
would be stationed at the Jail as pre-
cautionary measure.
Houston was placed in a automo-
bile late tonight, under guard of po-
lice and sheriff's deputies, and it is
understood, was to he ak N o sub
urban railroad station where the par
ty planned to board a train for Nash
vile to place the negro in the pene-
tentiary there for safe keeping.
Throughout the night, groups of
men assembled about the prison, out
no attempt was made to gain an en-
trance.
Houston, in his alleged confession
is said to have asserted that white
youth witnessed the killing of the
child and aided in carrying the body
to neighboring field. The arrest
of the boy said to have been i'm pli at
ed by the negro, was expected within
few days.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
ROUTE 3 ITEMS

We have been having some pretty
weather; it seems like spring.
The many friends Of Mrs Della
Sprouse will be glad to hear ttat she
is improving.
Miss Ola Sprouse will spent the
winter in Memphis with friends.
Mrs. Lydia Burke is visiting in tia
Delta this winter.
With best wishes to the Herald and
its many readers,
"ROSE BUD"
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
GAS FOUND IN WELL
NORTH OF NATCHEZ, MISS.

MONROE, La.,-Much interest is
being manifested among oil and gas
operators from different sections of
the country over the fact that Rowe
& O'Donnell, oil operators of Shreve-
port, recently encountered a good
showing of gas in their Caueey No. l
in Catahou'a porish, near Sicily Is
land, about 80 miles north of Natchez,
Miss, but in Louisiana. Mr.. Rowe
hte past week after the show of gas
was encountered in the Causey well,
left for Shreveport to secure lew
bailing line and material and as 5, on
as this material arrives at the well,
this well may be carefully bailed be-
fore drilling is resumed.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
wINoNA WELL

AT depth of $3.50 feet the Preston
Oil well near Winona secured oil and
stepped drilling to test out The oil.
90 feet of strainer casing was lower
ed and put in position and while Mr..
/. E. Kimmons, chief driller, was
away looking after material necessa-
~ to make the test, an official of the
company concluded to go q little
ieeper with the hole. This l arty ian
che drill down % feet and struck a
dig body of salt water and almost
ruined the we'll for a test of the oil
sands they had just penetrated.
When Mr.. Kimmons returned to the
we'll he found the bit down 1852 feet
and the well filled with salt water.
An effort was made to bail out the
we'll, but the volume of water was too
strong and that idea was abandoned.
It then was resolved to ease The well
below the water line and go on down
with the hole. Mr.. Kimmons put the
hole down to the oil sand, $500 feet,
without any trouble Of any kind.
The oil sand strata is about 90 feet
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
WHOSE BABY CIRL?"
Is PUZZLINC THE
PEOPLE OF LAUREL
Strange Little Tot Found With
"Wild Couple" of Leaf River
Bottoms-Neither Will Say
Where They Got Her.

LAUREL, Miss, Jan. 23.-Over-
shadowing the interesting investiga-
ton as to how Albert Parson, the
wild man Of the Leaf River bottoms"
and his 50-year-old companion man
aged to exist during the years past as
almost primeval people, was the con-
tinuance Monday night by the author
tiles to ascertain the identity Of the
two year old baby girl found with the
couple. County officers were frank
to say they believe she was Kidnapped
Neither of the two will say. All
have been taken to the Jones county
poorhouse at Ellisville.
The physical condition of the
baby, who stares with wide eyes at
unaccustomed sights and shrinks as
an animal might from the hands of
we'll meaning persons, has led the
authorities to believe she has not teen
with her strange guardians very
long. Plumb, apparently wei lour-
ished, and active, the little one does
not seem to have undergone any of
the hard ships which have SCARED
those in whose company she was
found in the woods near the Village
of Lux. The high water drove item
from their accustomed haunts near
the river.
Parsons tonight still insisted he
caught his wife" in bear trap 23
years ago. Through primitive farm
ing, gathering of wild fruits and Der
eies and trapping of game, the ,air,
according to Parsons story, have
managed to exist and keep health.
A ramshackle cabin was their home
and the few times that he ventured
within sight of regular citizens the
reports were sent out that the wild
man" had appeared. Little credence
was placed on the stories of the wild
mans" appearance but the swamps
and woods where he was said to have
been seen were Stunned by most of
the residents in that section.
Parson, the authorities assert, is
mentally defective while the woman
is less able to talk or reason than her
companion.
"My eye was scratched out by a
wildcat" the woman said. Il had a
fight with one once"
Other efforts to make her tell of
herself were unavailing. One eye
missing, many scars, unkept hair and
occasional -lapses into lunacy leave
ner an appearance which have caused
the authorities of the poor house to
redouble their effort to find how she
came to be in possession of the baby
girl.
Parson. who said he was -2 years
old, and looked more, declared he vas
within his rights as homestead der on
the property where he was found.
Parson, his beard long, sti aggling and
white, wore two pair of trousers when
found, nothing else. The woman had
On an cd house dress, torn and tat
tered, the child was naked.
When taken, Parson was using a
blind horse which he said he captured
IN rather crude efforts to plow a
patch of hedge.
Apparently willing to care for the
couple and accept with reservation
cheir statements as to how they lived
and how they came to adopt the wild
life, the authorities tonight express
ed themselves as principally interest
ed in locating the parents or other re-
Iations of the baby girl. fhat they
should be the parents of the child was
considered highly improbable.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
rHoMPsoN-JoRpAN

Mr.. James Thompson and Miss Ma
ry Jordan both Of st. Louis, Mo-,
were married Wednesday. January
26. The wedding took place at the
brides home in st. LOUIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson are in the
city spending their honeymoon at the
home of the groom's mother, Mrs.
L. E. Bell and brother, Happy
Thompson and family.
After their visit here the lridal
couple will return to st. Louis where
they intend to make their future
home, and where Mr.. Thompson has
fine position with q large clothing
establishment.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28

It is reported that the Canton Well
which is being put down by the Baird.
Hughes Company, has reached q
depth of about $500 feet and 'fstill
going down." It is reported that scv.
eral good oil showings have bean
made and once the drill passed
through stratum of salt and ,alt-
water. There is considerable ex lie.
ment in and about Canton and stock
IN the oil well has ready market al
$500 for $1.00 paid for original
stock.
Ii 1t is also reported that arrange.
nents are being made to drill near
Walden in the near future.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
wALPoLE.MAuLDIN

Mr.. E. w. Walpole and Mrs. Gull
Mauldin, both citizens Of this city,
were married Wednesday, Rev. L. p.
Wasson performing the ceremony at
the home of the bride in East Water
Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walpole win &C. t.nue
to reside in the city.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
LAND POSTED

This public notice is given that all
parties who trespass on any of my
lands will be prosecuted. The lands
are posted and no hunting or tres
passing of any kind will be permitted.
The lands are known as the C. w,
Duke farm, is miles west OF Water
Valley.
MRS. M. E. DUKE, Owner
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
WATER VALLEY OIL CO.

The Water Valley Oil Co. is busy
closing up the blocks in their extern
sive holdings, and getting in shape TO
entertain drilling propositions. This
week the company began negotiations
with two different drilling concer rs
to put down test wells. 1t is the in
cention of the company to develop Uhe
property as quickly as possible end
the company will entertain drilling
propositions from any and all persons
Interested.
The local company is very uneasy
over the reduction of 50c per barrel
On crude oil which was announced this
week. The company figures at the
reduced price they already have lost
millions"
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
CHARLESTON OIL WELL

The Charleston well is still at a
standstill and drilling plant lie. the
promoters, The Charleston Oil & Gas
Company, however, are busy trying
to get the land owners to waive the
rentals now due and daily coming
due, promising the farmers in return
that the well will be put down deeper
If the rentals are waived. The COM
pany is negotiating with parties at
Duncan, Oklahoma to take over the
drilling rig and complete the well.
If reports are true, the local COM
pany is out of funds and is having a
aard time to handle the situati IN.
The well is down 5000 feet and-geol-
ogists claim they may have to go down
as deep as 1900 to 440O feet before
striking the oil sands. Rentals ire
due and daily becoming due on the
leased lands, which means a consider
able sum to meet, while the company
has expended all their funds and have
nothing to pay with.
Unless the landowners waive the
rentals on the leased lands, it looks
to us as if the Charleston we'll was
about as deep as it ever will go. To
make good test the we'll should be
put down a 1000 feet deeper at
least. If the local company will agree
to put the hole down that much deep
er, it certainly would be good busi-
ness sense for the landowners to
waive rentals and thus make it posi-
ole to develop the oil if any is there.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
YALoBUsHA COUNTY

Mr.. R. E. Combs, personally in
charge of the Tuleco Oil Company's
operations in this county, was in Wa
ter Valley yesterday. A derrick and
rig has been ordered and is on the way
for the Tuleco Co. Mr.. Combs has
aot given out the location of the test
we'll, but dame rumor has it located on
che York place about seven miles east
Of Coffeeville. Mr.. Combs is cry
much encouraged over the reports re-
.eived from the Winona well. He be-
lieves this section of Mississippi will
be the next great oil field to lie
brought in the United States.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28

Of the injured, two are white per-
sons, l.. c. Scott, superintendent of
che Reese, and L. c. Wilder, truck
superintendent. Both are badly burn
ed, but physicians stated tonight they
will recover.
Colyer-Reese, president of the oil
company attributed the explosion to
spontaneous combustion due to the
escaping vapor from the car when the
metallic cap was removed, prepara-
tory to unloading the car, coming in
contact with the atmosphere. The
tank car, which contained 5000 GAL
ions of casinghead gasoline produced
0y the ABSORPTION process, was ship.
ped here from Kellyville, Oklahoma,
Mr.. Reese stated, and was loaded in
was removed, according to this theory
the vapor came in contact with much
higher atmospheric conditions here
and the explosion followed.
1t was stated that representatives
Of the United States Bureau of ex.
plosives and experts from the refin
cry from which the car was shipped
will arrive tomorrow to determine
definitely the cause of the blast.
When the explosion let go, a row
Of frame tenement houses along an
entire block were splintered and occu-
pants caught under the falling tim
oers. Most of those killed were ba il2
mangled while several of the injured
we're so badly burned they died ~oon
after reaching the hospital.
When police and firemen reached
the scene the streets and alleys in the
yicinity were Uttered with splintered
timbers torn and twisted household
goods with the dead and injured
taught in the tangled mass of wreck
age.
Andrew Mckinley, who was remov-
ng the dome from the tank car VIII N
che explosion occurred, was hurled
several hundred feet through the .ir.
He was badly burned and died to.
aight. Mckinley was quoted as say.
ing that when he removed the cap the
gas rose to a height of 20 feet and
formed ball of black smoke which
gnited and exploded. Almost simll.
taneously pools of oil on the ground
caught fire and a second explo sion
occurred, One report was that Ne.
Kinley used chisel in attempts to
remove the cap from the car. This,
however, has not been verified. Mr..
Reese stated that his Investigate On
iisproved any theory other than the
explosion was caused by simultane
Gus combustion.
Besides the damage in the immed;-
lte vicinity window glass within a ra-
iius of several blocks was shattered
oy the conclusion which was felt a
distance of half mile from the scene.
Two sheds at the plant of the Cclver-
Reese plant were lifted bodily from
heir foundations and fell in heap,
Fire which followed in the wake of
che explosion completed the work of
destruction. The flames were check
ed however before they spread ne
yond the splintered wreckage Of the
Inflated dwellings.
The north Mississippi herald., 1921-01-28
TEN KILLED In MEM .
PHIS EXPLOSION
Explosion of Tank of "Casing
Head" Gasoline in Memphis
Yesterday Wrecked Part of
the Oil Plant-Damage Of
$500, 900.

Memphis, Jan. 24.-Tcn negroes dead
approximately a score inju-ed,
some of them fatally, and a prop
erty damage estimated at 5000, 900
made up the known toll tonight of
an explosion of "casinghead" gas
cline awaiting unloading from .
tank car to the plant of the Colyer-
Reese company in North Memphis,
which let go this morning with a
blast that wrecked part of the
oil plant, leveled block of frame
dwellings and shook the entire
north end of the city.