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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
FROST PROOF CABBAGE AND
BERMUDA ONION PLANTS

Open field, winter grown; strong
hardy well-rooted plants. Cabbage
varieties: Charleston, Jersey Wake
field, Stems Early Flat Dutch. Fiji
ty cents per hundred, and twenty
five cents extra for each additional
hundred of the same variety. On
ion varieties: Yellow Bermuda,
Crystal Wax, fifty cents per hun
dred and TWENTY-FIVE cents for each
additional hundred. Delivered by
Parcel Post.
O'BRIEN PLANT COMPANY
RhOda, Louisiana.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
Gypsy SMITH FILLED APPOINT
MENT HERE SUNDAY

CONTINUED from front page.)
distinct that none present missed a
word. The quietness in the room,
despite the vast crowd, was tremen-
dously impressive.
No one can estimate the good
that will result from that one ser
mon.
Electromagnetic motored back to
Hattiesburg after an /early dinner
and spoke to the colored people at
four o'clock, and again at night to
a vast throng in the tabernacle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Misses Mary Lily Newton, Fran
ces Ferris, Katherine Boyett, Doro-
thy Durham, Marah Lee Smith, Wv
ian Smith, Nellie Mamie, Alyne
Coker and Ruth Simmons arrived
yesterday on No. Al, from the State
College for Women at Columbus,
and will be at home during the
Christmas holidays.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
"HOWDY, GRANDPAw

A lovely baby girl made her APP
pearance at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. McKewen, of Yazoo City,
and Grandpa" J. A. Huff struts
so big it requires the entire side
walk for him.
The fact is the "Old Gentleman
is real peart considering his age. and
his being in the Grandpa Class"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
Local and Society News

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Seidler were
so much impressed with Gypsy
Smith last Sunday, that they follow
ed him up to Hattiesburg to hear
another Sermon that night.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Bass have
as their guests, Mrs. Jordan and
Miss Margaret Jordan, Of Collins.
Miss Norma Durham was down
from her school work at Estabutchie,,
for the week end with homefolks.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. B. Cagla are re-
ioicing over the arrival for/the holt
DAYS Of their children, j. w. from
Georgia Tech, at Atlanta. Jim from
the G. C. M. A., and Louise from
Gulf Park College, at Gulfport.
Misses .Flossie Smith and Ella
Rawls were over from Bogalusa last
Saturday and Sunday.
-
Mr. Clarence Provost has arriv-
ed from the University of Missis-
sippi to spend the holidays at home.
He is employed at S. Soldiers EN-
porium.s
Mrs. J. M. Burge and son, OF
Oxford, Miss, were guests last Sun
day of Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Bass.
Mrs. J. C. Street visited in Laurel
on Tuesday.
After spending several weeks with
relatives at Marion, Ala, Mrs. }.
M. Shivers returned home Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. Glen Rawls came home this
week from the A. & M. to spend the
holidays at home. He is with The
Rawls Company during the rush OF
Christmas buying.
Mr.. N. Batson, Of Hattiesburg,
has been in town this week looking
after taxes and other business al
fairs.
Miss LYDIA May Smith came up
from New Orleans last night from
Sophie Newcomb, where she is tax
mig special work, and will remain
for ten days holiday.
Mr.. j. P. Culpepper, Jr., who IS
attending Tulane Medical Depart
ment, New Orleans, arrived yester-
day for the holiday season at home.
4 Mr.. Eugene Ferris came home to-
day from the "A. & M. to enjoy the
vacation with the homefolks.
Miss Maud Powell Smith, who is
attending Whitworth College, Brook
haven, has come home for the hoil-
days.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

FOR >SALE-Brand new Grafanola.
Half price. S. Solder.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21
NOTICE TO ALL SCHOOLS
White and Colored

All the schools of Pearl River
County will close for the Christmas
Holidays on Thursday afternoon,
December 81, and will reopen on
Monday, January 1, 1928.
C. E. Bass,
County Supt. of Education.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

FOR SALE-15 Rhode Island Rec
chickens.
Phone 139 Mrs. M. Nelson
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

FOR SALE-4O acres of land with
4 room Bungalow, barn and poultry
house near Spring Hill. Going at
a bargain.
w !. Reed. \
Orvisburg, Miss.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Q. B. Cagl9 are re-
joicing over the arrival for/the holi-
days of their children, j. W. from
Georgia Tech, at Atlanta, Jim from
the G. C. M. A., and Louise from
Gulf Park College, at Gulfport.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Miss Norma Durham was down
from her school work at Estabutchie,
for the week end with homefolks.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Misses Flossie Smith and Ella
Rawls were over from Bogalusa last
Saturday and Sunday.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Bass have
as their guests, Mrs. Jordan and
Miss Margaret Jordan, Of Collins
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam ,Seidler were
so much impressed with Gypsy
Smith last Sunday, that they follow
ed him up to Hattiesburg to hear
another sermon that night.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

MI. Clarence Provost has arriv-
ed from the University of Missis-
sippi to spend the holidays at home.
He is employed at S. Soldiers En-
porium.s
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

orvisburg, Miss.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-12-21

Mrs. J. M. Burge and son, OF
Oxford, Miss, were guests last Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Bass.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
SEARCH FOR METEORS

Scientists search for large meteors, recently
fallen in California, New Jersey and other states.
Earth this year is being heavily bombarded by
these celestial wanderers that fall after they get
into our gravitational field
In Mecca, worshping Mohammedans for CEN
tures have been kneeling and kissing a sacred
stone. They think it originally "came direct from
heaven" In one sense they are right, for it was
meteor, the rare white kind, now black with
filth
Many meteors fall yearly in our country. But
mo one pays much attention to these shooting
stars for we know what they are. They have
Elost their mystery
A AMohammedan, seeing meteor fall, digs it up
and worships it. An American digs it up and
sells it.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
PEOPLES FORUM
.DOES 1T MAKE A DIFFERENCE
WHOSE OX Is GORED"?

have before me copy Of the Bis
marck Tribune, issued April %, 1922,
and note a verv nice article headed,
"Pride in City Urged Here for Clean
ing Week" The article states, in
rrsrt, that if the citizens Of Bismarck
fail to comply with the Commissions
cleanup order, they will take police
action to bring about the observance
dc their request.
It appears to me that, through the
inattention. gross negligence, and in
action of the board of city commits
sioners, the citizens and business men
Of tie downtown district have been
called upon to make every day a
cleanup" day, through the fact that
the Hughes Electric company have
and are being permitted to dispose of
their ashes and SCOT bv the method Of
blowing them into the air, letting
them alight where they will upon the
sidewalks, streets and places Of busi-
ness, and they are blown in through
the windows, doors and openings and
settle upon furniture, fixtures, rugs,
merchandise and other property,
greatly damaging the same, and caus-
ing great deal of work and expense
in removing the dirt. Besides this,
the contraption used in the blowing
Of the ashes and SCOT makes a very
disagreeable noise, which greatly an
noys and disturbs the guests in no.
tells, and the citizens generally.
These facts were made known to
the board Of city commissioners some
two months ago, through complaint
signed by myself, together with a pc
tition signed by % other business
men, asking that the board take such
action as would be necessary to abate
the nuisance and unlawful practice Of
scattering these ashes broadcast over
the city. The petition, as under
stand, after it had been read at a
meeting Of the commission, was hand
ed to Mr.. Hughes private attorney
without comment.
Therefore, by the fact that our
honorable board of city commission
ers failed to act upon this most
worthy petition, it seems to me that
they now have a fine chance Of en-
forcing any Cleanup" order until
they themselves have needed the re-
quest and demand of the business
men and taxpayers cf the city of Bis
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
DARING VISIT

No Christian had ever visited Mecca, Arabia,
birthplace of Mohammed, until Sir Richard Bur
ton smuggled himself in as True Believer. If
detected, he'd have been killed by the Mohamnae-
dams.
Burton had lived among, the Arabs so long and
knew their language R 50 thoroughly that ne posed
as one of them, hiring out as professional story
teller Later he translated into English the only
accurate version of "The 1901 Tales of the Ara
bian Nights" .s'<l gNoH}2 s..
The plots Of at least half the, ebert stories you
read are re-hashipgs Of q2fh the Arabian Nights You
have read the ones about Aladdin and his wonder
full lamp, Sinbad the Sailor, and Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves Many of the others are sold only
under lcck and key-ancient jazz.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02

TWO LITTLE GIRLS II. .lNAN-siNrNC
TO WEAVE AT SOCIAL MOTIVE
SCHOOL,. INSET, MEMBER or Pot
Terry GLASS,
rooms. The children are too busy tc
need it. "
Interested.
"They soon learn U.lat the best way
to get along isSto help each other
Miss Bentley sayss "By approaching
every problem in the, school through
the real needs and situations Of life
interest in the work is genuine and in.
tense.
"Geograrhy, English, history. arith-
metic, drawing and. music all fit. into
the work. In studying food supplies,
the children. learn about transporta
ton, climates, land and water forms
and maps. In making pottery they
read about the Greeks and the Roman
and learn history.
when they are finished, they are
as fully finished in cultural matters
as other we'll trained children
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02

R,ware of dlphtheriaI after baby
hood has passed. More than one
seventh OF deaths of children three
and -four years old are caused by this
disease. Babies may catch diphtherla,
but it is unusual because they are not
exposed greatly.
Diphtheria is preventable and,
when properly treated with anti-toxin,
is durable. aMost Of the children who
die from diphtheria really lose their
lives because of ignorance and care
lessness of parents.
Diphtheria may resemble a very
mild sore throat, the tonsils and
back of the mouth being redder than
usual and the child does not feel III.
1t may look Ikea more severe sore
throat or tonsiitis with a white or
grayisil patttb called membrane,
on the tonsils.>t,
The glands in the neck may be
slightly swollen. Or the disease may
be a very severe sore throat with
large gray or white patches.
The cure lies in the quickness with
which anti toxin administered.
Every case, of scarlet fever is not
always recognized. Some people have
mild cases of the disease and never
know it. Yet such a mild case is able
to infect sonl-One else, with a very
severe case.
Scarlet fever is not so dangerous
as are it's results. Not in the fever
nor the rash OF scarlet fever does the
danger lie but in the complica IONS
which are very likely to follow IN
the wake OF. the disease.
The direct cause of the disease Is
lot known There is no preventive
,neasure like vaccination. Once con
tractcc it must run its course, VI
.vtreme care should be taken tina:
others do not come in contact VIII
tie sick person.
Children who escape scarlet .eve:
until they az, 10 years old seldom
die of the disease.
Important symptoms Of scarlet
flver are sore throat, headache ana
vomiting. Rash develops on second
day and the whole body is scarlet.
WLcoping cough j., Simple dis
cas-. .!ot feared greatly by ,o;an.
luo,hers who do not know that 10000
children di, annually of this disease
| Nhooping cough is a ser,cus am!
"catchins" disease. It IS contracted
by children coming in contact with
others having it. An ignorant mother
/, er4 lets her children play witn 9TH
crs who have it so that her kidd'es
may get it and have it over Will. This
ften amounts to murder!
N. L'sease begins as an or linary
cold and cough, the distinct ~ "Gtnp
y, .pl.naring until week or ;rn
days later.
Whou:, ,ng cough lasts fro1: five to
six weeks and the child having 1t
should rot under any circumstances
'e allowed to associate with ''thar
cl,1,l,el; or return to school ultil per
|. iSsion from the doctor ,: hralti:
aulil las been obtained.
If a I'D becomes languid, has fe.
yer, rapid breathing and ;cco.: at
coug!:, call physician.
| Another disease like. scarlet fever
that is not so serious in Itself. but
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
EF'FORIS
BY ALEXANDER HERMAN.

Dishwashing isn't exactly what the
average individual considers part o.
school life. There isn't any place on
the majority of report cards for ar
E for excellent in dishWashing.
But such a condition is probably
just in the offing, for already New
York boasts Of one school with such. a
report card-rtre Social Motive School
Life, at. Social Motive School, he
gins with doll and the informing Of
boy students that dollie must have a
bed to sleep in and a chair to sit on,
while the girls are told that dollie
needs dresses to wear and pretty Gov
ers for the bed.
Traces Source. l..
Tie little folk are taught, then, to
make the things which dollie needs.
mo longer,' says Miss Bertha M,
Bentley, principal, "is school life some
thing separate from the outside world.
instead it is the means of understand
ing life Every school activity should
'bc an experience increasing the social
efficiency of the child.
"1;.e little girl knitting the sweater
for the doll traces the Iwool back to
the lamj5, The boy building the house
learns about flumbering.l
Before they are through" explains
y1iss Bentley, they all know about the
necessities Of life food shelter, and
clothing
There is little discipline IN the class
. p q y
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
SPRING BRINGS SIX MENACES TO
Chit LDREN2S@ HEALTH!

must be watched carefully because OF
possible results, is mumps.
People are wont to joke about
llumps-if they don't have it them
selves. i4.,F
1t usually affects children betwoeD
6 and Is, though adults may catch 1t.
'Mumps occur especially in the
months of early spring. Now is the
inc to lcok out for it.
1t is believed to be contracted by
direct transmission from one person
to another. One seldom has it twice.
Tho disease is seldom fatal, but it
is painful and sometimes leaves un-
pleasant results.
One or two weeks before the dis
ease develops fully, the child will be
t'rowsy and have a fever, These ,svmD-
ems will later ibet followed by q slight
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
BY Olive Barton Roberts

Back over the seven valleys flew
Nancy and Nick and the dove, the
magic Green Shoes making better
time than the fastest express. After
them came King Verde who had made
sail Of his long beard.
Princess Therma, who had been
watching from the tower of her Castle
of Mirrors, saw them coming, and
made signal to the furious falcon
who guarded the gate of King Indig's
| palace.
For the first time in thousand
years, the furious falcon forsook his
post and flew to tree near her win
dow.
"The falcons gone - the falcons
gone!" cried the people. and instantly
there was chase to catch the ancient
bird. The falcon, with his, steel
feathers Ill sharply barbed, had been
King Indig's only army.
"Quick Catch him!" called King
Indig, forgetting all about playing
hopscotch and joining in the chase
himself.
Everybody ran and by and by they
came to the park where they round
the falcon resting outside Princess
Therma's window.
But before anyone had time to climb
the tree, there was a noise in the air
and Nancy, Nick and the dove arrived,
followed in moment by King Verde,
who looked like a flying machine.
When King 1ndig saw King Verde
he scowled, and when King Verde saw
King 1ndig he frowned. My! how
those two hated each other!
Princess Therma looked at them
both and shuddered. Then she stroked
the white dove which had flown to her
window sill.
ooh, I can't marry either of them,"
she sighed. "They are both so ugly!"
Suddenly the falcon cried out,
"Silence everybody! 1t is now to be
decided which of these two gentlemen
is the finer looking. Longhead the
Wiseman has decided, and his words
are on a record which the Twins
brought here where all can hear"
(To be continued.)
Copyright, 1922, NEA Service.)
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
OLD

! One trouble with European conferences is that
the chairs around the green table hold too many
i cranky old men.
lot Of the talk about the wisdom of old age is
! bunk. The greatest mistakes of history have
I been made by old men. Nearly every great war
has been bred by reactionary; near-sighted, old
diplomats.
Maybe young men would make still worse mis-.
takes But it would be interesting to see what a
i conference of the leading countries young sales
men and business managers could do in the way
I of untanglng the European skein IA
!. Most efficient job Of the World War was feed
ing the destitute. It was handled by Herbert
!: Hoover, who was only 40 when the war started
a youngster, as diplomats measure age.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02

About the only successful bathing
suit censor is a mosquito.
In Boston, a rpbber ran from a Hap
per. A single man, no doubt.
The saddest sight on earth is one
armed man trying to tell about fish
that got away.
Mexico is so quiet 1T looks as if
she wero too good to be true.
Home is where a man hangs his
radio.
Soviets at Genoa wear new silk hats
and talk through them.
A little moonlight now and then
often marries the best OF men.
These, are ticklish times for the
young lady with bare knees and
fringe on her dress.
Harding is said to have shaken
hands with 100000 people. This Is
much better than shaking heads.
-
Many one-horse town mas Two III
ling stations.
The perpetual light tney are Work-
ing on, will never look rlght unless
they send a perpetual bill.
If radio replaces the telephone, gos-
~E 81
sips will die from loss OF sieep'
Dempsey says ne doesn't drlnk,
smoke or gamble. But the 1ans want
to know Does he hght.
Z Many man gets stung by Dut'
terfly.
--
bath house, took a bath. and then
made a clean getaway.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
FUTURE

Fires will be fought from the air, so years from
now, airplanes extinguishing blazes with chemical
sprays and gas bombs. This is the prediction of
i John Kenlon, fire chief of New York City.
Kenlon also thinks a half century will shift
traffic from autos to airplanes. Only pedestrians
will use streets, which will be moving sidewalks
Twenty years ago, such predictions would have
seemed crazy. Now they're logical Sanity is
relative; varies with time.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02

marck, and l state emphatically for
myself that until the practice set
forth has been discontinued refuse
to obey any cleanup" order issued
by the city commissioners. Personal.
ly, put this matter before the board
nine months ago; repeatedly making
the request, without results. 1t is
now time for the commissioners to
act oY admit they have no control over
the situation. Respectfully,
EDW. G. PATTERSON.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
CONVICTS

A poll of American convicts is taken, on prohi-
btion, in 1922 penal institutions Result: 1884 413
voted dry, only 900 against prohibition.
Not being mind readers, we cannot read what
is going on in the convicts brains. But appar-
emily most of them think John Barleycorn had a
lot to do with putting them where they are
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
swelling under one of the ears, which
will gradually spread to the face. 3

/ Rarely is chicken pox fatal, nor does
it require much attention. Nevarthe-
/ less, it's symptoms are so similar to
those Of other eruptive diseases, that
they may cause confusion and some
| alarm.
lnasmuch as there is a possibility
Of confusing the disease with mild
cas- is CT smallpox, physician should be
called in to look at the case In the
beginning.
The disease usually begins with a
slight fever, feeling OF chilliness,
aching in back and extromities and
sometimes with vomiting. After about
"a hours the eruption begins to ap-
pear, first upon the scalp and face,
hut most definitely upon the trunk
and especially on the back. The erup-
tion lasts afput four days, then drys
up and disappears.
Whit, the disease is not a. serious
one. mothers who wish to save their
children some discomfort and them
selves no little trouble will see that
their children do. not play with 9TH
ers who have the disease.
Essentially regarded now as a res
piratIory disease On account OF its IN
vasion of the lungs, measles is most
harmful because of it's complications.
A cold on the lungs that occurs with
and follows measles may result IN
rn,umon This is a frequent COM
;plication that may end in death.
Measles often leav,s deaf ears or
weakened eyes. 1t may lead to tu-
bercuIosis or any Of dozen other dis
eases and ailments more or less ser
ious.
Meas'0s is caught through trans
ferring the secretions Of the nose and
throat of one ill with the disease to
another person who has not had It,.
Perhaps the greatest cause OF the
spread of th, disease is the failure
IN the part Of parents to recognize
in the cold in the head and Redeemed
e,ves cf children the oncoming attack
CT measles.
hildren frequently attend school
Curing this stage Of the disease.
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
STLYES

Chicago fashion authority says styles are made
by working women instead of the smart set and
idle rich who formerly set.the pace.
This is natural, for the big modern market is
among women with jobs More money for man
sufacturer to,make 81 apiece from 100000 stenog-
raphers than $500 apiece from few thousand
society women.
Mass production is what country editors used
to call "the order of the day."
The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-02
THE TEN CENT THRILLER

Death comes to Frederick Marmaduke Van
Rensselaer, Dey, the leader of the chain of writer's
who made Nick Carter the most famous fiction
detective ever created.
Dew, who committed suicide in New York
hotel, aged 61 was the author of 1916 of the Nick
Carter novels. s
Edgar Allan Poe created the first real detec-
tive stories-"The Gold Bug" "The Murders of
the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery Of Marie
Roget"
Gaboriau, Frenchman, originated the first IA
karat detective novels. His star character, Lecoq,
is one of the four greatest detectives of fiction.
Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes was the third.
,$ The fourth was Nick Carter.
Ia Nick Carter was really a syndicate. John r..
Coryell created him. Others with Dey and Eu-
gene T. Sawyer far in the lead, continued the
stream of Nick Carter stories that were transat-
ed into IL languages. In South Africa Nick IS
better known than Shakespeare
These four are easily the leaders in detective
fiction. From technical standpoint, their near
est rival is Doctor Bentiron, the super-sclentlflc
detective Of Ernest NJ Poates stories
Dey wrote 10000, 10000 words about Nick Car
ter In his 1916 Nick Carter novels, no two were
alike @ \ a
AS a side line he churned out more millions Of
words under other pre-names, including Bertha
IN. Clay.
It takes master brain and phenomenally
active thyroid gland to be prolific in brain Gre
$ations, always with fresh viewpoint
The thing that kept Dey always fresh and orig
inal was interest in his work - enthusiasm. He
found his right line of work and stuck to it.
Many man, reading Of Dey's departure into
sthe Great Beyond will turn back wistfully in men,
Fory to his youth when he read five-cent "yellow-
back novels in the haymow. s.9, .a> ~
J. There wasn't as much crime in those days as
snow. A murder was exceptional. The average
sparent of 20 and 80 years ago feared that lad
might get his head full Of wild notions by reading
sNick Carter.
But the boys read Nick Carter-on the quiet.
Time has made US realize that Nick Carter was
pretty good reading. Virtue always triumphed
and the villain always was foiled and punished, in
the Nick Carter stories