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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
DAVIS, THE MAGICIAN.
Performed to Packed House and
Gave the Audience Good Time.

Performed to Packed House and
Gave the Audience Good Time.
Davis, the magician, the third ly-
ceum attraction, was indeed an attrac-
tion, for he was greeted by the larg-
est audience the opera house has held
for a long time. Every available seat
was occupied, and all Of the chairs
from the mayors Office and court
house were crowded into the aisles in
order to accommodate the eager
throng.
Mr.. Davis was all that he was adj
vertised to be and more. He is an
all-around good performer in his line,
and in addition is something of a com
edian. He performed some wonderful
tricks, many of them at the expense of
several of the more sedate members
Of his audience.
He used the small boy to great ad-
vantage, and to the delight Of the
crowd. He discovered a bottle Of rye
in Joe Brashear's pocket; few doze
en- handkerchiefs under Charlie Hum-
phreys' coat, and Guinea pig in Watt
Magruder's hat He multiplied coins
in Sid Krauss' hands, and returned a
half dollar to DR.. Smith in a most
marvellous way, after the Doctor had
reluctantly loaned the last he had and
mourned it as lost.
Davis is all right, and his audieEee
felt amply repaid for having Witness
ed his mnny new tricks
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
AUTO THIEF CAPTURED.
Alleged 10 Have Stolen Car at Rolling
Fork. Faces Other Charges.

A man giving his name as Allen
was arrested here Sunday by Sheriff
Bagnell on a charge Of stealing an
automobile at Rolling Fork and has
been returned to that place 10 face
trial
Late Saturday night Mr.. Bagnell
received a call from the police de-
partment at Vicksburg asking him to
satch for a man charged with having
stolen a Knight automobile.
Sunday morning the sheriff saw a car
urn out of Main street going toward
the Jarratt Hotel. The car appeared
to be a stranger. A boy was sent to
the Hotel to take the number, which
proved to be the one carried by the
missing machine. The driver was
:eated on the hotel verranda, and af-
er a short parley was arrested He
carried leather travelling bag which
contained, in addition to some of mis-
)wn clothing, several feminine arti-
les. At the bottom of the bag was
a paper which Contained the name of
a Miss Wilson of Oxford. Mr.. Bagnell
Immediately concluded that the bag
had been stolen, and called the lady
over the telephone. She stated that
her bag had been taken from the de-
pot at New Albany, and she described
exactly the articles found in Aliens
possession. The bag was sent to her
by mail.
Letters in Aliens possession indi-
Gated that he had been at Aberdeen,
and the sheriff called the proprietor
If a hotel there and enquired whether
anything was known Of the prisoner
The hofo1 man stated that Hon had
passed bad checks upon him.
Allen is young man, well dressed
he had but twenty cents in his pocket
at the time of his arrest.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
NEW YORK LIFE PRESIDENT RID
ICULES MISSISSIPPI SUIT.

New York, Feb. 17.-President Dar-
win P. Kingsley Of the New York Life
Insurance Company, expresses the
view Of the suit brought aginst life
insurance companies in Mississippi as
follows in telegram to the company's
representative in that state.
tsSince Gilbert & Sullivan wrote
Pinafore, nothing funnier than Brown
'ng's broadside against life insurance
companies has appeared. To be COM
sistent, he should now indict every
school teacher in Mississippi for US
inc that horrid conspiracy called the
naturalization table Dogberry was
born too soon. He is now outclassed.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
poTATo GRowERs wARNEp.
Department Of Agriculture Suggests
Means to Prevent Disease.

The Commercial Appeal sounds the
following note Of warning to sweet po-
tato growers:
Sweet potato growers are again
warned Of the necessity Of carefully
selecting and disinfecting their seed
before bedding A number Of dis
eases, such as black rot, both in the
field and in storage are becoming bad
y scattered and it behooves the grow
er to exercise every available meas
ure in combating these diseases. One
grower lost an entire field Of eight
acres this past season through failure
10 exercise precautionary measures.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture advises the following
measures; (1) The careful selection
and disinfection of the seed potatoes,
~ care in the preparation Of the hot
sed and (3) crop rotation.
Before the potatoes are bedded they
should be carefully picked over and
any with black rot spots and all bad
" wounded potatoes thrown out The
sound, healthy potatoes should then
be disinfected by immersing for 10
minutes in a solution made by dis
solving one ounce of mersuric chlo-
ride CRYSTALS in eight gallons Of wa
ter. (Use only wooden receptacles.) J
If large quantity Of potatoes are
to be treated about 80 gallons Of So
luton should be made up. After
treating 10 bushels Of potatoes in so
gallons, one half ounce more Of mer-
curic crystals should be added and
the water brought up to 30 gallons
Mercuric chloride win dissolve read
ily in hot water. The potatoes should
be treated just before bedding. RIMS
ing in water after treatment is not
necessary.
If mercuric Horde cannot BE OBJ
tanned or ii for other reasons it is
not necessary or advisable to use it,
the potatoes may be immersed for five
minutes in solution of formaldehyde
Commercial 40 per cent? made by d.
luting one quart Of formaldehyde with
so gallons Of water. This solution can
be used repeatedly, without losing
strength. The potatoes need not be
rinsed but should be bedded soon af-
ter treatment.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
FLOWER SHOWER PARTY FOR
MRS. HOWE.

On Thursday afternoon, February
10th, the Hi-Y girls with Mrs. Thorn
ton, met at the public school and
went in a body to the home Of Rev.
and Mrs. N. B. Harmon to call on Mrs.
Harmon's mother, Mrs. Howe, as on
that date Mrs Howe was celebrating
her 92nd birthday Each girl had a
lovely bouquet Of flowers TO present to
this dear matron.
Mrs. Howe delighted the girls with
stories, really true stories Of her own
experiences. She told Of a ball given
TO General Jackson in 1889. She told
Of being at ball given for President
"a hery Taylor, and when her brother
a Lieutenant introduced her TO the
president, the president kissed her.
There are not many matrons IN Port
Gibson, who can say that they have
been kissed by the president Of the
United States.
Refreshments Of birthday cake and
candies were served, and the rls all
declare it was one Of the most inter-
esting occasions they had ever had.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
CLINIC TO BE HELD.

On March 18th, Dr. Hayes Of the
State Board Of Health VIII be in Port
Gibson to hold a Clinic for G. diseases.
Each physician in the county IS asked
to come with at least one patient 70
be examined. In the afternoon at the
opera house illustrated lecture on this
subject viii be presented for women
only in the afternoon and for men on
" at night The State Board Of
Health is sending Dr. Hayes to every
county in the State on this splendid
work, and it is hoped that our people
will take advantage Of the opportuni-
ty given them, to improve the health
conditions in our county.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
Ihe ILIdney ae1l0n may be wrong

The kidney action may be wrong.
II attention is not paid
More distress will soon appear.
Headaches, dizzy spells and nerves,
Uric acid and its Ills
Make the burden worse and worse.
Liniments and plasters can't
Reach the inward cause at all;
Help the kidneys--lisc the pills
Port Gibson folks have tried and
proved.
What they say you can believe.
Read this Port Gibson woman's ac-
count.
Sec her, ask her, If you doubt.
Mrs. B. r. Parker, Vine and Jack
son Sts., says: II used Doan's Kidney
Pills a few yearsrago for kidney trub-
le, the main symptoms being the ir-
regular action Of my kidneys and q
constant ache through the small of
my back A few boxes Of Doans Kid
ney Pills cured me and am eprfeetly
xell In this respect now"
Price CO.,, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy --get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Parker had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N Y.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

The Woman's Club in presenting
DR.. Barnes In his long to be remem-
bered lecture on our tountry and its
relations TO other lands feel that they
have done q great service to the peo-
pie Of Port Gibson. DR.. Barnes is
not only a man Of erudition, but Of
great charm and simplicity, and it is
good for us all that we have had such
q man in our midst.
While thanking the public for their
cooperation, they especially wish to
stress their obligation 70 The Reveille
for its courtesy and many acts Of
kindness, and to Messrs. Abraham and
Breining for their public spirited SER
vice in rendering the opera house for
the occasion. These young men are
doing great deal to make Port Glib
son a more desirable place to dwell,
and the Woman's Club especially has
been the recipient of many gracious
services on their part.
ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE,
WOMAN'S CLUB.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
DIR. BARNES LECTURE.
Able Address Delivered Tuesday
Evening to Fair Audience.


The lecture Of DR.. Barnes Of Co
lumbia University, delivered at the
opera house Tuesday evening TO a
fairly large audience, was a very able
one and was listened to with rapt at
iention.
The speaker, who has travelled ex-
tensively throughout the world, is in
,lose touch with both national and in
ternational questions, and, while much
Of what he said was known to the
large part Of his audience before his
coming, the speaker presented the
facts in way that impressed his
hearers very forcibly.
Dr. Barnes declared that the world
S more democratic than ever in its
history; that team work in our own
country has taken the place Of the
great leaders, nence there is no out
standing characters either in church
9r state, and that as we are working
narmoniously as nation, 70 nations
must work together If there is an end
to hatred and strife.
DIR. Barnes was entertained in the
afternoon at the library, where he and
members of the Woman's Club, under
whose auspices he came to Port Glib
ION, discussed informally questions Of
Importance to the world at large.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
COLLEGE RECITAL.
Expression and Music Pupils Of Fe-
male College Give Excellent En-
tertainment.

Last Saturday evening in the chap
el Of the Female College the music
and expression pupils Of that institu-
tion gave very ereditable recital un-
der the direction Of Misses Holmes
and Reynolds, teachers Of these de-
partments.
Many who attended pronounced the
program orc Of the best the college
has had, and the teachers we're highly
commended for the good work dis
played by their pupils.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
BISHOP BRATroN TO LECTURE
AT COURT HOUSE FRIDAY
NIGHT.

Bishop Bratton will give a lecture
at the court house tomorrow night,
February twenty fourth, on "rhe
Christian Relation of RACES" The
lecture will begin at eight o'clock.
There will be no charge for admission,
but "silver offering" will be taken
to defray expenses.
This lecture win be the first OF a
series Of three to be given during the
winter and spring as library extern
sion series. The other two lecturers
will be the Rev. DR.. Shayler Matthews.
and the Hon. B G. Humphreys. The
dates of their lectures will be announ-
ced later.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

The Board Of Supervisors Of Clai-
borne County, Mississippi, wish to
borrow Ten Thousand Dollars on the
promissory notes Of said County Of
S5000.00 each Said notes bearing in-
terest at the rate Of ga per annum,
and payable not later than February
18th, 1928. The Board will receive
bids for the said notes up to two
o'clock p. M. on Monday. the first
day Of their regular March, 1922,
meeting.
The Board reserves the right to re-
iect any and all bids.
B. II. MOREHEAD, Clerk.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Repaired, and made like new. up
holstering and refinishing antiques
Also guns, clocks and sewing machines
repaired. Shop in Huber building
Prices as low as good work can be
done and every lick guaranteed.
fe9-tf j. A. B0LLS.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
HAVE YOU A BAD BACK (?
II You Have, the Statement Of This
Pcrf Gibson Resident VIII In
terest You.

Does your back ache, night and day;
Hinder work; destroy your rest2
Does it stab you through and
through
When you stoop or lift or bend
Then your kidneys may be weak.
Often backachc is the clue.
Just to give you further proof
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
Garden and Poultry Fencing.
CLAIBORNE HARDWARE co.
pEcREAsE IN pEATH RATE.
However, Alcoholism Claimed More
Victims Than Formerly.

Deaths from alcoholism increased
the experiences of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, which an
nounces that in other respects 1921
had the lowest death rate ever rec
orded in the United States and Can
ada.
The rate was SD per thousand
lives, rate indicated by statistics
based on the experience Of nearly a.
100000 industrial policy holders. This
is lower by 1871 per cent. than the
1920 death rate, and lower by 31.9 per
cent. than the death rate in 1911
The death rate has been cut chiefly
because fewer victims were being
claimed by tuberculosis, pneumonia
influenza, Bright's disease, and indus.
trial accidents. New York Times.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

insurance and see that no discrimina-
tory rates are charged. It is believed
this bill, If it finally becomes a law,
will cause some Of the old line fire
insurance companies to return to the
state.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
eARpNNs BEINa pLANTEp.
Few Dry, Warm Days Being Used 70
Advantage by Early Gardeners.

Gardeners are taking advantage Of
the few dry and warm days 10 get
their early vegetable seed in the
ground. Irish potatoes, lettuce, car
rots, radishes, peas and other varieties
Of garden truck have been planted by
the fellow who aspires to get ahead Of
his neighbors.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
INTERESTING FIGURES.
Comparative Salaries and Commits
sions for Claiborne County.

Senator Barrett sends the Reveille
the following copy Of the chancery
clerk Of Claiborne county to the state
auditor. However, ii must be remem-
bered that the salary system did not
20 into effect until after the bulk Of
the tax collections the first Of 1920,
therefore is not fair test Of the
comparative cost:
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

TO break a cold take 6ss.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01

by the millionaire; eventually he re-
ceived large salary.
Eventually the minister and his
wife drove into the country; they
found and bought little fruit place,
with a tiny house on it, something
to tie to in case Of old age or mis-
fortune:
1t is characteristic of Henry Ford
that he took no offense to the frank
ness of the sermon, but it did not
change his mind.
=
In order to keep his factory run
ming full blast through December:
1920, Mr.. Ford took loss of fifteen
millions. Against the advice Of bus
mess associates he kept production
going until after Christmas day.
When New York reporters telephon-
ed his office he refused to give his
reasons for the shut down, his idea
being that statement regarding his
retrenchments and the reorganlza-
ton of his business might repress the
market. Immediately there arose
wild rumors that he was in financial
difficulties. Happily, these were un-
true. His aversion for borrowing
has placed his gigantic undertakings
on a safe financial footing. Detroit
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01

Wall Street, but a prominent De-
troit banker has said: "If Henry
Ford should need large sums of mon
ey, Detroit will secure It for him."
However, it was the serious i'll
ness of his only son, who went
through an appendicitis operation,
which caused Mr.. Ford grave con-
Germ during the winter of 1920-21,
and rot financial difficulties.
A joy nc is getting from his mon
ey is refurnishing his mothers old
home, which he bought from his
brother, John. AS stated before, the
town line when finally surveyed ran
through the house. The county COM
missioners ordered the house moved
so that a road called ''Town-line"
could be built. Accordingly, the
dwelling was thrust back to make
way for progress, and the forest
trees in the yard were hewn down
because they interferd with the gra-
ding. Mr.. Ford is having similar
trees placed around the old home.
He has gone into the attics and
bars Of his brothers houses and has
found discarded furniture which he
associates with his mothers memory
and he has said to the rest of the
family: "Before many years roll by
we will begin to grow. old. We will
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
CITATION OF LETTERS OF AD-
MINISTRATlON.

The State of South Carolina, County
Of Newberry-By, w. F. Ewart,
Probate Judge:
Whereas, NJ. E. Abrams hath
made suit to me to grant him letters
of administration of the estate and
effects of Thomas J. Abrams, de-
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonieh all and singular the KIN
drcd and creditors of the said Thona-
as J. Abrams, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the court
Of probate. to be held at NewberrX
S. c.. on Wednesday,, the 18th day OF
August, next, after publication here
of, at ii o'clock in the forenoon, to
show cause, if any they have, why
the said administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand this 25th
day of July, Ammo Domini 1922.
W. F. EWART, -.
P. J. N. Co.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01

fix the homs place like mother ana
father had it. We were so happy
when we were children there togeth-
er."
More than his vast wealth, Mr..
Ford's real riches consist of wife,
whose constant thought is his health
and we'll being; a loving son and two
small grandsons, who are his pride
and JOY.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01

oline substitute by liquifying gases
that form much as coke is made from
coal. The same department has
made tests with milk substitute
which is purer than the average
cows milk and which, it is hoped,
will prove a blessing TO many thous-
ands Of ailing battles. Mr.. Ford fire.
quen.ly discusses small communities
IS industrial ccnters and many SINH
lar subjects.
It has happened not infrequently
that persons who never knew Mr..
Ford have drawn freely from their
Imagination to substantiate the claim
that they are familiar with all the
dc.ai!s Of his life. A book was writ
ten By writer with no more founda-
ton Than few interviews with Mr..
Ford IS he steppd from an elevator
OF walked in the park With his wife.
Nearly all the stories Of the financial
d nicultics of the inventor in the ear
~ DAYS of his car-making come from
vivid imagination and nothing else.
Al twenty-eighth Mr.. For-l's only
son IS az the head Of the motor
plant. The heir to vast wealth, it
woald net BE unusual # ne devoted
much time to golf and ether aIuse-
ments and spent months az winter
and summer resorts, or like many
another son of rich father, let Dad
do the work. Instead Edsel Bryant
Ford is a. his desk every morning.
These who know him we'll say NJ has
his fathers genius, enthusiasm and
common sense and his mothers
pose, and that he is young man Of
abii;t!t and strength Of character.
EdseI Ford was a small child in
the days when his father was strug-
cling to get start in the automobile
industry, and he naturally has both
love and respect fer the great busi-
acEs shat his father founded and
built up. He had no college educa-
eioa. fer he was schooled in the fac
tory; starting in an unimportant po-
sit;on he worked his way through the
various departments and learned the
ert;re business firct hand. The
draft beard granted him one of the
zen thousand exceptions that were
given industrial workers in Detroit.
The board felt. that he was more
needed in the factory than in active
military service. Not by word or
gesture did Mr Ford seek to keep
lis son ont Of WAY.
Seldom Wears Hat
Mr.. Ford seldom wears hat and
rs hair IS snowy white. He is a
frail looking man, with shoulders
slightly stopped and he usually wears
a gray suit that matches his gray
eyes. His features are delicate, his
hands and feet small. and his height
scout FIVE feet nine inches. In man
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01

The Ford company plant attracts
thousands of visitors, foreign gov
eminent officials and other distia-
suished travellers as we'll as plain
Americans. Two hundred thousand
persons have been conducted
through the plant in a year, and IN
one month there were forety-e; ght
thousand visitors. Naturally they
al want to see and talk to Mr.. Ford
himself; naturally, too, he can re
ceive only a small percentage OF
them if he is to have any time for
his own affairs. One day his callers
included European queen, the
Rcskefeller of China, an X-presideat
of the United States, several sena-
tors, two university presidents, a
committee of educators and Cal
ifornia woman, 20 years of age, who
had crossed the country in her Ford
roadster.
A staff of secretaries is kept busy
opening Mr.. ForG's mail. Ten thoUs-
and letters were received each d@y
for a considerable time. If ne We're
to comply with all the requests he
receives for help he would be COM
PEELED to close his business. Appoint
ments generally are made for him
BY Mr.. Ernest G. Liebold, who IS Mr..
Ford's general secretary, 10 whom
he has delegated great power. He
often acts for Mr.. Ford. Mr. Lie
bold's assistant is Frank Campsa!i
who possesses much ability and q
pleasing personality.
It has been said that Mr.. Forc
does not read the newspaper anc
that he does not keep IL
touch with the affairs Of the day
Both statements are untrue. Nj
Ford reads the morning papers more
regularly than he eats his brakfast
Z he glances through the noon editions
end the evening papers are alway:
put by his favor;te chair and read
ing light. He goes through then
carefully. Morever, he receives ma
ny cartoons and clippings that irefc1
to him, both favorable and unfsvor
able.
Studies Modern Needs
The activities Of his experts show
that Mr.. Ford is in touch with mod
ern conditions and needs. His chem
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
FoRD's FACTORY ATTRACTS
THOUSANDS EVERY MONTH
Two Hundred Thousand Visitors
Have Been Conducted Through
Plant IN One Year

"Henry Ford's Interesting Pc:-
sonality" is the subject Of the follow
ing article which is one Of a series on
The Truth About Henry Ford" writ
ten by Sarah 7, Bushnell.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Studies Modern Needs

The activities Of his experts show
that Mr.. Ford is in touch with mod
ern conditions and needs. His chem
ical department has perfected a gas