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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23
The BATTLE IS ON.

80" h''I tut buHlt SONnGtu,
lis the signal for the war.
The big political factions in Mis-.
Sissippi are clearing the decks,
training their guns and Preparing
TOR a battle royal which will be
fought to huls h in the senatorial
race with ex-senator Variaman
Radlng the "Vardamatics" and
Hon. Hubert d, Stephens, the
remnants of what once was the
democratic party IN Mississippi.
During this contest, which
promises to be one of the llvhest
political struggles ever staged in
MISSISSIPPI, The Times will have a
war correspondent in the field
who will watch events closely ana
keep is readers posted by giving
them fair and impartial accounts
or the campaign as it progresses.
The first gun of the engage
ment Is TO be fired at jackson next
week which will start the conflict
IN earnest, when the Vardam IN
forces OF tbe State will gather AT
jackson on September 295h for "a
grand rally and monster bal becue.
The speaking will commence at
10 u. III. Adjournment for diuner
will be at l. O'Clock. 1t will be,
gin again after dinner at 2;30.
Ex' Mayor Swep j. Taylor will
act as mas er of ceremonies. In
addition to Senator Jas. *. Var
aman's there will be speeches by a
large number of prominent men of
the state. Among those speakers
already announced ae Gov, rnor
Lee M, Russell, Congressman Ross
A. Collins. Hon. ID. W, Houston,
OF Aberdeen; Pat Henry, OF Vicks-
burg; W. V, Volner, of Vicks-
bIaSg A. A. Cohn. OF Brookha, ell
Hugh V. Wall, of Blookhaven :;
5. w. Mullens, Of Holly Springs;
Judge l.. M. Burch, OF jackson:
Allen McCants, of Meridian;
Capt. A. b. Schauber, OF Lau-
rel; W, j. Pack, of ,Laurrl;
Jtff Collins, OF Laurel; Senator
Hebron, ot Leland; jeff Bell, Of
Smith county; Chas. h. Rushing,
of Biloxi A. Z. Anderson, OF Rip,
ley, aud tx Gov Theodore q, III
DO.
Members of the general commit.
lee having charge of The arrange
ments are ii, v Watkins, ,chair
pan; Dabney Parrish. DR.. Willis
Wal ey, =. o. Japp, Sr,. George
Butter, Il. Il HARDY, and Judge
Clay ton Potter.
The rally will be held at the fai,
grounds i'll jackson, Miss, with
the speaking ct the grandstaud.
The barbecue will be- served in the
Agricultural building.
lL is claImed by those who have
the affair III charge that ten lhOus-
and people at least viii attend Ihe
rally, and brass bands are beng
secured, The barbecue dinner will
be tremendous affair. II the
crowd comes uD to expectations
more than 10000 pounds OF meat
Will be necessary, and 5000 loayes
OF bread with pickles. lemonade
and coffee will be prepared,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23
NOTICE

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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23

Their is a vast difference be.
tween Henry Ford aud the othel
railroad magnates of the county.
Henry has taught them how to
reduce freight rates without re-
ducing their net incomes, but they
PERSISTENT, refuse to be taught.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23

The juuge requires b witnes 5
to'takelan oath before telling 'his
story. but ii he tesrs off few
during the operation he gets it in
the neck,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23

1t would be wholly impracti.
cable to attempt to adequately
punish every man who commits q
SIM There wouldn't be enohgh
punishment to go around.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23

We hope, however, that Wash,
lngton conference will not pro-
vide for iLterna. .ional degassing
That would put our dear congress
out of business.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1921-09-23

A New York broker, 80 years
old, points to his great age TO
prove that eating too much is
just rs bad as drinking too much.
He ought to be rich.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
.EEPING UP HISTORIC HOMES
New England Societies Doing Good
Service in Saving Famous Build
ings for Posterity.

Inc Swampscott (Mass) Historical
| society has undertaken the happy en-
terprise of trying to save for pos
terity the John Humphrey house,
which, as nearly as can be determined,
has been standing in that town near
the shores of Massachusetts bay for
2S4 years. If the date of its building
can be fixed as of the year 1887
some students believe it dates from
1634-then the John Humphrey house
will be recognized as the oldest in
New England, antedating the Fair
banks house In Dedham by one year.
The Historical society has had the
title traced and copy of an old map
made from the original in the British
museum. These go to show the struc-
ture it proposes to buy and preserve
is the one dwelt in by Humphrey, who
was assistant to Governor Winthrop.
Some doubt has been expressed as to
whether the building is the original
house, a question having been raised
as to the probability Of fire having
destroyed that structure.S The final
test Of this is to be made through the
famous elm tree which, until last year,
when it was blown down in storm,
stood in front of the house. The
rings of the elm trunk are to be
counted by the best authority avail
able. If this should prove the tree to
be at least 280 years old the His
torical society will feel it has proved
its case, for the elm stood so close to
the Humphrey house it could not have
escaped fire destroying that struc-
ture.
When it is saved this house will be
the third of such interesting struc-
lures preserved by historical societies
and their friends within recent
months. The others are the Harrison
Gray Otis house standing at the cor
ner of Lynde and Cambridge streets
in Boston, which has been practically
restored by the Society for the Pres
aryatiOn of New England Antiquities,
and General Knox's headquarters at
Wallis Gate, in Orange county about
four miles southwest of Newburgh.
Dating from 1854, this stone and
wooden structure is rich in memories
of the Revolution and of such distin-
guished Americans as Washington,
Greene, Gates and the Frenchmen
Rochambeau and Lafayette. The
Knox Headquarters association pro-
poses to make of this structure a his
tOrical museum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Value Of Peat Underestimate.

The great continental ice sheet, in
vading North America, left thousands
of lakes in its path, sprinKled over the
northern states from Minnesota to
Maine. In Minnesota alone there are
10000 lakes and more, which are help
ing to make the North a great sum-
mer playground.
But the interrupted drainage of the
glaciated region gave these states an
other priceless asset, Earl Christmas
writes in the Dearborn Independent.
When great fields of ice covered the
ground thousands Of years ago nature
was providing, by a curious paradox, a
way for future generations to keep
warm.
Peat, deposited in these lakes and
make billions of tons of fuel, has been
the beneficent gift of the ice sheet to
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, New
York and the New England states
In the peat boys, scattered over nine
states and parts of dozen others,
there lies one of the great unde-
veloped resources of the nation, now
beginning to attract serious attention
with appreciable diminishing of the
available coal supply of the country.
Only recently have we come to realize
the immensely of these deposits, now
apparently approaching development as
a fuel.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Cows Highly Priced.

The cows of Periguex, France, which
serve not only as milk givers, but as
draft animals, are highly priced by
their peasant owners, and nothing that
can add to the comfort of the valu-
able animals is neglected. They are
protected from the annoyance of
swarms of flies which infest that part
of France by quaint hand-crocheted
wells which cover the entire head and
hang down almost to the ground. The
wells themselves are works of art, with
long silky fringes of varying hues, or
borders of crocheted lace. In schools
which are aided by the Junior Red
Cross of America, French children are
taught to crochet, and so can make
these useful wells.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Developing the Philippines.

Development of Philippine natural
resources and the manufacturing and
Industrial plants has hardly started.
Capital and workers are needed and
the markets for both are tight.
About one-third of the total area of
the islands is covered with timber.
Practically all of this is owned by the
government, which grants concessions
for timber cutting and sawmills
There are about fifty sawmills, most
Of them small Red and white lauan,
the trees 200 feet high, are the princi-
pal wood of commercial value. The
red is used as a substitute for ma
hogany. ApitOng and quito are the
next timbers in value.
Woods for varnishes, paper pulp,
perfumery, essential oils, dyes, tam
ming and medicinal purposes grow
wild, but little has been done to make
them commercially valuable.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
STRICTLY ACCORDING TO RULE
No y @ Could Deny That Candidate,
in His Entrance Examination,
Made SO Per Cent.

An examination story from the Lon
don Morning Post: They wanted him
badly at the college, but unfortunate
ly there was an entrance examination
from which not even the most promis-
ing of Rugby three-quarters could
claim complete exemption. 1t was
only an oral questioning-and yet one
had TO get SO. per cent to pass. The
matter was left In the hands of a
sporting young don, and his protege
got through. Later on it appeared
that only two questions had been
asked. "The first" said the examiner,
"was the date of Trafalgar; he got
that wrong. Then / asked him what
the chemical formula for sulphuric
acid was. He said: 4 don't know
really 1 DON'T Well, that was right,
for it was obvious that he didn't know.
So / passed him with so per cent
Christian Register.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN
FROM ACHING JOINTS
Rub Pain right out with small trial
bottle of old "St. Jacobs Oil"

Stop dosing" Rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs OH
right on the ''tender spot" and by the
time you say. Jack Robinson-out
comes the rheumatic pain and distress.
"St. Jacobs Oil' is a harmless rheu-
matism liniment which never disap-
points and doesn't burn the skin. 1t
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones
stops sciatica, lumbago, backache and
neuralgia.
Timber up! Get small trial bottle
of old-time, honest "St. Jacobs Oil"
from any drug store, and in moment,
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheuma-
tiSm away.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Not Exactly Trade.

Nathan's father has a grocery store
and he hears much about business
conditions at home. Naturally his con-
versation is much about it also. The
other day his mother took him to the
doctor. They sat in the waiting room
and waited their turn while several
patients preceded them into the inner
office.
Finally their turn came and they
were ushered in to the doctor. Nathan
eyed him a minute. Then he spoke.
.You do have a good trade here" he
said. "There's a lot more customers
still out in that little room out there"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
DIDN'T LAST LONG ENOUGH
Possibly the "Woman in the Sky"
Didn't Use Really Good
Kind of Feather.

Two little tots were still trying out
Christmas sleds although 1t was a
week or more after the holiday and
the short hill down which they were
coasting was entirely devoid of snow
In spots. They would slide along for
few feet until they came to bare
spot, drag their sleds over the barren
place to the next patch of snow and
repeat.
"Where does the snow come from?''
the smaller of the two children, boy
of about four, suddenly asked.
"My mother says it is some woman
way up in the sky shaking her pillows
until the feathers fall out" was the
naive reply of his companion.
"Well," exclaimed the boy, after a
thoughtful pause, Il wish her feathers
wouldn't melt"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t Is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
"A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says "Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. a
preparation | have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary. troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18

eanda. largely intended for America,
and was editor of "King A1bert's book
and Queen Alexandra's "Christmas
Carol" His best-knOwn stories have
attained an enormous circulation I'm
urint, and reached great audiences on
the sstage. ""The Deemster," "The
Rondman,n "The ManKman," "The
Christian" sSThe Eternal City" 'The
Woman Thou Gavest Me" are among;
the best known I'm a long list, which
have passed from the printed page to
the stage, and finally I'm some cases to
the films.
1t will be interesting to see how his
books last. A certain force he undoubt-
edly has, and he knows extremely well
how to choose a subject with an appeal
to a large audience; he has. however.
a considerable crudity In thought and
expression, and his emotional passages
sometimes have the air of being Gre
ated to order.
No English-speaIking author has ever
been SO extensively advertised as Hall
Game. He must wait generation. or
40 to see whether In the end 1t pays
TO advertise.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Thread Records.

A Swiss inventor has devised q
gramophone which plays thread rec
ords instead of the modern hard rub
Der ones. In his machine a thousand
yards of thread, enough to fill a small
spool, may be played, giving more mu-
sic than the largest hard rubber rec
ord made today.
The thread is ordinary thread treat
ed with a coat of specially prepared
composition that is very sensitive to
sound when it becomes hard. 1t is not
affected by temperature, nor does it
require any special care. Thus it Is
both inexpensive and durable.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Meritorious Service.

"Yep," said the honest ex-buck, 81
spent IA months in the lines without
any relief"
"But | didn't know you were at the
front at ell" said his uncle.
Il wasn't" replied the back, shut /
spent eight months in the mess line,
five months in the inspection line and
one month in the pay line."-Home
Sector.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Rather Fair.
For Ladies' Suite and Coats

what" asked Miss Jones of one OF
her pupils, "dO we mean by the word
plural?"
Marie, knowing the teachers custom
of following definite order in putting
her questions to the class, had been ex-
pecting this particular one for some
time, and she was rather proud of the
answer she had ready. She promptly
responded:
"By the plural of a word we mean
the same thing, only more of it,
Harper's Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Eilipino Embroidery Liked.

America furnishes an ever-increasing
demand for the native embroidery Of
the Filipinos. Hats which more re-
semble the Bangkok than the Panama,
and woven baskets, similar to those
made by American Indians. are ex-
ported. Methods of improvement in
all these products are taught In the
public schools.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18

remedies because my
mother took them for
a number of years to
strengthen b err, and
she praised them very
highly. / have taken
the Pleasant Pellets
whenever in need of 6
a tive and h ave
foun d them to be eff
fective altho very mild
in their action. And /
have on several occas-
ions taken DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18

Thomas Henry
Hall Cailne, since
1913 Sir Hall, OF
Manx descent, was
born at Runcorn,
May IA, 1853.
He was trained
for an architect,
but was attracted
to Journalism and
to the writing of
novels, which have
frequently been
reproduced on the
stage; during the
war he has taken
a hand I'm nrOna-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Do the Himalayas Creep?

Geodetic studies in the Himalayas
and the Tibetan mountains seem to
show an apparent creeping of these
mountain ranges, sidewise toward the
south. Surveys may eventually dis
close the real facts
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18

and the Golden Medical Discovery when
rundown. weak or nervous and have
never once been disappointed. for they
have restored me to perfect health and
strength.-MIss FLORENCE B. SMTTHEI-
300 Tenth Avenue.
All druggists sell DR.. Pierce's Medicines.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Remedy Worth Trying.

There are many troubles which you
cannot cure by the Bible or hymn
book. but which you can cure by sys-
tematic exercise and fresh air.-Henry
Ward Beecher
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
The Human comptometer.

Mrs. Knicker Do you count the
spoons?
Mrs. Bocker-No, it takes all my
time to count the cooks.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18
Minnesota Woman Tells
Of Experience

Minneapolis, MINI. I'D have always
had the utmost confidence in DR.. Pierce's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-03-18

Troubles of the Rich.
Dives told his troubles. Lazarus
wants the crumbs and the neighbors
want the cook" he complained.
The New York herald., 1921-09-04
Cooper's land of little lakes

tions which are gone forever, and of
creating in the minds of it's readers
the atmosphere in which they lived
struggled, died and were buried 1t is
written in compliance with repeated
requests Of my four sons. with the
hope that It may foster a love
of the beautiful country with which
their ancestors have been so closely
associated for generations"
The story of the great tracts of land
conveyed TO the Dutch PATRONS. which
were afterward taken over by tlpe Eng
lish and eventually erected into
manors," is deeply interesting. In this
way Long Island, Westchester county
and the Hudson Valley to a point
above Troy, were settled. The lords of
the manors had very great and wholly
arbitrary rights. "Since the thirteenth
century there have been no manors
erected in England, and there were no
others in this country except few
small ones in Maryland, one doubtful
one III New England and perhaps one
or two in the South. In this
way great landed aristocracy grew
up in the Colony of New York. !.
Some of the manors were enormous.
Tangier Smiths Manor of st. George
was originally fifty miles wide on the
ocean and Sound and of that width
across Long Island"
The lands about Cooperstown were
granted by patents, but without man.
orial rights. Judge Cooper had about
forty-five or fifty thousand acres in all
Many are the interesting tales about
these great patents in New York and
Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna.
Coleridge and Southey at Oxford
planned with Robert Lowell to come
and live in America on "the river with
the lovely name" and they found
their enthusiastic maidens willing to
venture; marriages followed, and
everything was arranged except the
necessary money" and so the plan fell
through.
Judge Cooper's daughter, Hannah.
was his favorite child, and she was,
according to contemporary testimony,
talented, beautiful and good. She lived
with her father while he attended the
sessions of Congress at Philadelphia
and made many friends and had many
duTnlTeTS. III the dutuIial VI low, ShC
started with one of her brothers to
visit the Morris family at Butternuts.
She was an expert horsewoman, but
she rode thoroughbred recently i'm
ported, and the horse SHE'D at dog
and threw her by the roadside and
broke her neck. The spot is still
marked by a shaft of marble, three
sides Of which are devoted to her vir-
tues. !. One of her elderly ad-
mirers was Col. Richard Cary.
When the gallant Virginia Colonel
came to die he whispered to his mourn
ing family: Bury me beside Hannah
Cooper; she was the best woman l
ever knew, and my only chance OF
Paradise is getting In on her skirts
This may have been shock to his
wife and family. but they respected his
wish and buried him where he stu
lies-close beside Hannah" This quaint
legend-bolstered with stacks of con-
temporary tributes to Hannah Cooper's
The New York herald., 1921-09-04

ment impossible in other fields. Rev.
Cross's book is nothing If not sincere.
1t is nothing If not the genuine and
enthusiastic expression of one who
loves the mountains ardently. As an
attempt to convey to others an I'M
preston of the stimulation that noun
tains have for him it is deserving of
the attention of all friends OF the out
of doors.
The volume consists largely OF per-
sonal experiences, "reminiscences ana
descriptions of first hand encounters
with the mountains. The author pre-
sents his impressions intimately there
are chapters on How to See the Noun
tains," on Camping in the Mountains"
and on climbing High Mountains;
there are descriptions of canyons ana
cliff dwellings, of mountain parks ana
flowers and forests, OF valleys ana
brooks and waterfalls, OF caves ana
tunnels and glaciers. Most OF the
authors experiences seem TO nave peen
in the Rockies and Sierras, ana ne mas
interesting chapters on the Yellow
stone Park. on the Yosemite and on
the San Juan Mountains. In these we
can get clearly the mountain atmos-
phere. the vast sweep or the open
spaces. the massive structure of the
peaks. the sense of something magnifi-
cent and sublime and the author is
so successful as TO instil city reader
with an instant desire to board train
for regions wild and mountainous.
The author does not confine himself
to describing the mountains; he adds
some mountain rhymes that Demon
strate the depths of his own reaction
to nature; he includes chapter of
quotations showing the important
place mountains hold In the Bible.