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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22


Miss Kittie Flood Of Chicago is-be-
ing entertained by relatives OF the
McGrath family.
Friends of Mrs. p. L. Farrell re-
gret to learn Of the death of her
father, Mr.. ]. A. McGregor, in Cam
ton last night. Mr.. and Mrs. Far
relI have been in Canton several
days, having been called there by the
illness of Mr.. McGregor.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Coker and fam
lily are moving into their beautiful
home just completed ON North jack
son street. Representative and Mrs.
Geo. Vernon whose home Mr.. and
Mrs. Coker occupied in the interval
between the selling of their old home
and. the completion of the new, will
take possession of the home when the
Legislature closes.
Mrs. f. A. Eldred, state marketing
agent, of the extension work, A. &
M. College, win take with her as as
sistant in exhibiting pine needle bas-
kets at the Southern Pine Associa-
tion in New Orleans, a successful
Lincoln County Club girl, Miss Eli
zabeth Burns. This move is made
possible by the Brookhaven Kiwanis
Club thru C. B. Perkins, President
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
GIRLS MARRY YOUNG
14,834 Wed at Age Of IS In
1920, Says Census Bureau.
Special Analysis Of Marital Statistics
Reveals Some Interesting Facts
Figures Show Gain In Mar.
rlage Of Boys.

Washington. Sixteen hundred boys
and 1884 girls, fifteen years of age.
In the United States were listed as
married in 1920, the census bureau
announced In statement presenting a
special analysis Of marital statistics.
Eighty-two boys and 400 girls OF the
same age were recorded as widowed
or divorced.
The analysis revealed distinct In
crease during the recent years or since
the 1910 census in the percentage OF
married persons for each year Of age
from fifteen to thirty-four, especially
among the younger members of this
group. The age group from thIrty-flve
to forty-four, inclusive, also showed an
increase in the ratio of married per
sons In the decade, although less pro-
nounced. especially among the women,
while the proportion for persons for
ty-five years Of age and older showed
a decrease.
In 1920, the figures show, 1922 boys
Of sixteen years, or $40 Of 1 per cent
Of the total Of that age. compared with
1-10 Of / per cent Of the total Of that
age In 1910, were married, while those
seventeen years Of age married num-
bered 1899, or $40 of per cent Of
the total Of that age, COMPARED with
haf that proportion ten years pre-
viotsly.
The number Of married at eighteen
years Of age increased from 1881, or
Ia per cent Of the total male popula-
tion at that age, In 1910. to 24.944, or
2.7 per cent Of the corresponding total
In 1920; the number married at nine
teen years Of age increased from 3D.
566, or 3.s per cent, to $500, or 66
per cent; the number twenty years Of
age increased from 12.5 per cent, and
the number twenty-one years of age In
creased from 152, ,298, or 1862 per cent,
to 103,663, or 21 per cent
The number Of married girls sixteen
years Of age increased from 3ES29, or
81 per cent Of the total female popu-
lation at that age in 1910, to Al .626,
or ~ per cent OF the corresponding
total In 1920; the number married at
seventeen years Of age increased from
76,683, orsS.T per cent, to 90,930, or e.S
per cent the number eighteen years
of age increased from 166, AGO, or IT
per cent, to 186,645, or 1872 per cent,
and the number nineteen years Of age
increased from 224,976 or 25.7 per
cent, to 264,507, or 2s6 per cent.
The statistics showed the number Of
single persons more than fifty years
of age was 1,44O514, including S04, ,406
men and $685. ,108 women.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
THAT BAD BACK.

Do you have a dull, steady
ache in the small of the back
sharp, stabbing twinges when
STOPPING or distressing
urinary disorders? For bad back
and weakened kidneys Brook.
haven residents recommend
DOants Kidney Pills. Read this
Brookhaven statement:
j. F. Watson, prop. of black
smith shop N. Jackson St., says
Kidney trouble bothered me al
my life. ] suffered pain, caused
by the passage of kidney secre.
fions. At night I had intense
pains, especially in my left kid
ney. I finally got Doan's Kid
ney Pills at the Price Drug Co.
and began using them. Doan,s
cured me of all the trouble"
AFTER FOUR YEARS, Mr.
Watson said: Il have had but
little trouble from my kidneys
since / gave a statement recon-
mending Doan's Kidney Pills I
few years ago. However, wher
/ am bothered with kidney com
plant, Doan's give me splendid
relief" +"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don'i
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills ths
same that Mr. Watson had
Fosteg-Milburn Co., Mfrs, Buf'
falo, n. X.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Some household Hints.

BY rubbing your hands gently ov-
er sticky fly paper, your fingers will
not slip when pulling on your
socks.
By punching a hole in each pot
and pan, the odor of the food last
cooked in them will escape beAfter
cooking onions. several holes are ne
eessary.
Fresh bread is cut more easily If,
instead of holding the bread down
with the hand and knee, it is put
INTO carpenters wise.
When putting silver away in strips
If cotton flannel, tie the string a.
ound them in bow instead of a
Knot. A knot causes much inconven-
lence to burglars who are desirous,
sfter breaking into your house, of
seeing what they take before taking.
An orphaned egg placed in an in
cubator becomes cute chicken. But
hard-boiled and sliced into salad
with goo-goo dressing messed over
ity~it becomes acute indigestion.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
bicycles Cheap at C. B.
Perkins Hardware Store

The Educational Program recon-
mended by the Baptist Convention
Board will be presented by the Union
Hall Sunday School at two thirty
next Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Edward Smith spent Sunday
and Monday at home. Mr.. Smith
stated that the Revenue Department
at Jackson has been exceedingly busy
during the income tax period.
Mr.. w. D. Robinson, Staff Rep
resentative of the Times-Picayune
was in Brookhaven, Meadville and
McComb Monday looking after the
papers interests at those places.
Mr.. w. M. Higdon Of Copiah who
was ill at the w. L. Cato home, was
taken to a jackson hospital Satur-
day, and is reported to be better. II
is still thought that an operation can
be avoided.
II have sold over 1000 bottles OF
Tanlac and have never had dissat-
isfied customer" writes Smiser's
Drug Store, Columbia, Tenn Sold
by Frank Martin Drug Co., F. S
Swain, prop, new stand.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
NEGRO SCHOOLS TO
HAVE FIELD DAY
Friday, March S1st win be Date
of Celebration by County's
School Children.

The Field Day exercises for the
Colored Schools of Lincoln County
will be heIdsin Brookhaven. Miss. on
March 81 beginning at 10 o'clock a.
m The literary program and indus
trial exhibits will be rendered at the
colored school building and the ath-
letic program at the City Play
grounds. The contests will be- in
spelling, oratory. potato race. foot
race and industrial exhibits and first,
second and third prizes will be
awarded In each of these events.
In the oratorical contests there
will be first, second and third prizes
for Defamation and same for reci-
tations. Each school will have two
contestants in spelling and two in
.Oratory except Brookhayen which
will have three contestants. Group
0ne-Third, Fourth and Fifth
Grades; Group Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth Grades.
In Foot Race Group One will con-
sist of boys from five to twelve, and
Group Two boys from thirteen up.
Prizes in the Industrial Exhibits
will be given according to variety
of work and one best individual
prize.
Seats will be reserved for white
people.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Land Sales Lists Are
Large Over the State

The land tax delinquent lists. now
being published throughout the
State, indicate a very unusual con-
dition of insolvency. in many -coun-
ties. In our county the list is larger
than usual, but most of it will pro-
badly be paid before the date Of sale
In some counties the lists run into
several hundred pieces of land or pro-
perty and involve many thousands oi
dollars. In Jackson county, the list
is the largest we have seen, requir-
ing four pages of a newspaper the
size of ours to handle the county list
with a municipal list for the city Of
Pascagoula more than twice as big
as the entire Jefferson county list.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
IT Fishing Tackle, Base
ball Goods at c. B. Per-
kins Hardware Store.


Miss Thelma Smith, niece of Mr..
Q. D. and Mr.. Burke Sauls and Mrs.
Gotten, who has been here for the
past several months, left Tuesday for
McComb where she has accepted a
position in the l. c. Lumber Office.
--Tylertown Times.
Delegates to the convention of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
which meets in Brookhayen in April
were elected by the Research Club
of Jackson, Mrs. c. T.. Lloyd and
Mrs. John Patton, with Mrs. Sam
Ewing and Mrs. S. Gorden> Green, as
alternates.
Miss Audelle Afford and two of hel
young music pupils, Misses Wilmont
Gibbs and Elizabeth Ferguson OF
Learned, were at the home of Miss
Affords mother, Mrs. S. N. Afford
from Friday to Sunday. Miss Gibbs
recently won the medal in piano
contest in Learned.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

At Students Recital at Whit
worth College Monday afternoon the
performers were Misses Helen Fur
low, Josie Frizell,- Anne Belle Tan
Iler, Sadie Mae Guess, and Maggie
Flowers of Brookhaven and Misses
Sara Junken, Allie Gaddis, Gladys
Kirkwood, Lillian Hatfield, Willie F.
Hope, Camille Afford, Corrie Waits,
Jaqueline Hyde, Willie Chevis and
Hattie Benjamin, out Of town stu
dents.
If interested in first class ma
terial and workmanship in the
monument which you are going
to erect over the grave of your
loved one write A. ]. MARTIN
MARBLE & GRANITE WORKS
153 East Capitol St., Jackson
Miss. In business over half GEN.
tnry.
Mr.. o. B. McLaurin returned the
latter part of last week from a visit
of several months with his brother
DR.. John McLaurin in Marlborough
county, South Carolina After a
short visit with relatives here and
at Union Church, he has gone tc
Meadville to make his home. He
states that while property values are
higher, the productive quality OF
South Carolina soil<does not compare
with Mississippi .-Fayette Chronicle
Mr.. Josephus Moak, whose home
was wrecked by the cyclone Satur-
day night, was in Brookhaven yes
terday. Mr. Moak is very thankful
that none of the members of his
family was seriously injured. Sew
eral of his children and Mrs. Moak
suffered slight bruises, but Mr.. Moak
escaped without scratch, but snag-
ged his foot while going to neigh
boris house for aid, and is now using
walking stick.
The new Fairgrounds will soon
have commodious band stand thru
the efforts of the Kiwanis Club. The
lumbermen, the hardware men and
brick men will furnish material free
of cost and Architect e. Mccormick
is drawing the plans without charge
The carpenters and brick masons
will donate the labor for the new
structure. This shows true "com-
munity spirit the slogan of the
father of teh Fairgrounds movement
here-C. B. Perkins.
Mrs Owen Williams and children
aged, two and four, have joined the
Rev. Mr.. Williams in the home they
have purchased next to the ]. W
Hodges residence on North Second
Street. Miss McChesney, Mrs. Will
liams' sister is also with the family
Mrss Williams and Miss McChesney
are native Kentuckians and very cul-
tured and lovely representatives OF
that state Mr.. Williams is director
of the Sixth District Tithing and rs
Million Campaign.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

Mrs. E. R. Lowell is quite i'll wi.
flu.
Mr.. S, M. shrader has been i'll
since Saturday.
Spanish and Virginia Peanuts for
sale at Barge's.
Give your stock medicated salt
brick. For sale at Barge's.
Mrs. David Cohn went to New Or
leans Monday for a. few days visit.
Mrs. j. F. Vernon is quite i'll with
one of the prevailing forms. of cold
For Rent.-Two rooms for light
housekeeping. Ideal situation. Pri-
vate entrance. Phone 243.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Resident Has Awful
Experience

Experience
~ was twice confined in hos
pitfalls, in the last one nothing
but Cruel water was injected in
to me 4 times a day, as my stom-
ach would not retain any food.
| suffered terribly; was reduced
to a skeleton. My folks saw an
ad of Mayr's Wonderful Rene
dy and it has surely saved my
life. / weigh $50 lbs. now"
1t is simple, harmless pre-
paration that removes the ca.
taIrhal mucus from the intesti-
nal tract and allays the infam,
nation which causes practically
all stomach, liver and intestinal
ailments, including appendicitis
One dose will convince or mon
ey refunded at Brown Drug Co.
and druggists everywhere.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Club Courtesy Committee Sends
Spring-Time Greeting to Shut-In.

MRS. Katie Johnson, who repre-
sents the Peripatetic Club in distri-
buting cheer to the sick and sorrow
ing, addressed the following beauti-
full lines yesterday to a disaffected
member of the club:-
\ Cast aside all care and ills
Hurry, ERE the daffodilst
Tire of blooming-lifting up
Daily a new buttercup.
Tiny tendrils, newly green,
Are weaving fast summer screen;
Birds are singing Spring is here"
Woodland echoes far and near
Call you where the sun Is bright
On blossoms, yellow, pink anc
white.
Jessamine, honeysuckle sweet,
Dogwood-violets meath your feet;
A carpet is of tender blue
Like little faces smiling, too,
Their modest tribute offering
To Gods eternal, new born Spring
How wonderful to see and know
A Hand Divine has planned 1t So
That hearts cap have springtime
too,
And all tired spirits bloom anew.
The Peripatetics.
(Per. X. J.)
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Gulley Rejoins Choctaws.

Clinton, Miss, March 81. - Tom
Gulley, Chootaw centerfielder, has
returned to college. from the Cleve-
land Indians training camp at Dali
las, Tex, to complete his semesters
work. He expects to play with the
Redskin nine until the first of June
when he will rejoin the Cleveland
team He made good with the big
leaguers. His outfielding and splen-
did arm which at once attracted mo-
tice brought him into the limelight.
Several of the Cleveland tribesmen
had it figured that this Choctaw
would share a berth in the outfieid.
He will go to Cleveland as soon as
he completes his work here.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
The Press Agentl'ss Past.
When Alexander led his host
And made himself a top-notct

w men Alexander Ieu MS most
And made himself a top-notch
winner,
Nobody read the Daily Post
To find out what he liked for
dinner.
When Caesar said, The die is cast"
And waded forth TO fields of glory,
The papers never-searched his past
For dope to make a Sunday story.
When Cleopatra vamped some king
Until, poor goof. he lost his noodle,
The paper never said a thing
About fair Cleo's Chinese poodle.
When Shakespeare dallied with the
stage
And wrote his classic melodramas,
Nobody scanned the feature page
To read about his pink pajamas.
Hinton Gilmore in Wayside Tales.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
POLAND ACTS TO END TYPHUs
National Congress PLANS country-vVlds
Campaign Based on Amerl.
can Model.

Warsaw.-A vigorous campaign to
check the spread Of typhus Is expect
ed to result from the meeting here Of
the first Polish national congress Of
hygienists and sanitarians. A country.
wide health campaign based on the
american model win be organized.
American relief organizations are as,
slsting the government In caring for
the thousands OF typhus infected
Polish refugees who are flocking across
the border.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
n The Community Hospi-
tai said sMAJESTICn
when they bought a range.
C. b. Perkins, Agent for the
Great Majestic Range.

Mrs. c. L. Ripley was SO unfor-
tunate as to stumble at the top of
a flight Of steps at her home Satur-
day morning and to fall upon the
porch badly wrenching. an arm and
sustaining cuts and bruises Of the
face An X-ray examination is ex-
pected to reveal the full extent Of
the injury to the arm Mrs. Ripley
has the sincere sympathy Of friends
In this misfortune. and their earnest
wishes for a complete recovery.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

HoQuiam, Wasl.-An enormous
spruce log. ten feet In diameter, be.
lieyed the largest ever cut in this sec.
tion, recently was sawed into 10000
board feet Of lumber here.
When first put on the xuw the big
log broke tlle mill 'nach:nery and was
not cut unit repairs -wese made.
Some -tilnt ae II .er log was
brought llcis '-ii ~ e'5'
itand {
Gar Az
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

Mrs. Richard Edwards, of Peru.
Ind. first president of the Ma
tionai League of Women Voters. has
been appointed member of the State
Board Of Education by Governor Nc
Cray Mrs. Edwards As just complet-
ing her term as a member of the City
Board Of Education of Peru, and
with other women OF the town was
instrumental in breaking" the pow
er Of the local boss and giving it
into the hands Of the better, more
progressive element.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Bids Wanted for Fire Truck Batter

Bids will be received by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen, of the City
of Brookhayen, Miss, at their regu-
lar meeting on Tuesday. April 4th,
1922, for the purpose of furnishing
the City Fire Truck with two 6-volt
batteries. Specifications on file with
City Clerk. The Board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Mayor.
r. A. Cameron. City Clerk.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

"a Brighten Up! Cheer
UP! Paint Up! with
DevOe's Paints and Stains.
For sale by C. B. Perkins
Hardware Store.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

When you become discouraged and
think you can't come back" think
of Rip Van Winkle. He came back
after he'd been asleep for twenty
years.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

I. B. B. Brister. cashier. do solemn
ly swear that the above is a true
statement of the financial condition
of the Planters Bank located at Bo-
que Chitto. in the County of Lincoln,
State of Mississippi, at the close of
business on the 10th day of March,
1922, to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
B. B. Brister, Cashier.
Correct-Attest:
Dan Bolian,
j. T. Bauer,
Directors.
State of Mississippi,
County of Lincoln.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
by B. B. Brister, cashier. this goth
day of March, 1922.
T. j. GILL,
Mayor and Ex-Officio J. p.
My commission expires 1st Mon
day in January, 1928.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

You are an exception If you are
lot taking The Leader. Your neigh
bor does.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22
Statement of the Financial Condition
Of the Planters Bank

Located at Bogue Chitto, In the
County of Lincoln, State of Mississ-
ippi. at the close of business March
10, 1922, made to the Board of Bank
Examiners.
prcnIrp nrc
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-22

Devoe's Paints, Varnish-
es and Velour Wall Fin
ishes at c. B. Perkins Hard
ware Store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03

Cur good friend of the Calhoun
Times says that, ''The Easley Progress
is very sore over the defeat of Sher-
ard for congress" And then the
Times refers to the criticism of Con-
gresham Dominick by the Progress
for taking an interest in the Blease
campaign and the Progress went on
to say that Mr.. Dominick had now
come out in the open and that peo-
pie could now know how he stood.
The Herald and News mentions the
matter only to say that any one who
did not know how Fred Dominick
stood on politics did not keep up very
well with current events. He has been
a supporter of Blease ever since he
has been in politics and there was no
coming out in the open just now. And
besides that we wonder if the Pro-
gress noticed that Blease in the re-
cent primaries carried the counties
of the third district by aroond 500
votes. But there is no use for any
one to be sore. We should all be in
a good hun,or and unite our forces
for the ,upllift of our people and the
advancement of our state in all those
things that go to make a great state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03

u;ves and later in 1888 as Democratic
elector at large for the state, he was
elected to congress in 1891 on the
Populist ticket. After being defeated
on that ticket in next two elections,
Senator Watson was nominated as
the choice for vice president at the st
Louis Populist convention, which in
dorsed William J. Bryan for president
in 1896. Nominated for president by
the Peoples party II 1904, Senator
Watson conducted n aa..::ve campaign
to revive the party.
About that time he began the publ
cation of Tom Watson'S Magazine in
New York and year later undertook
the publication Of Watson's Jeffer-
sonian Magazine, which was contin-
ued under the name Of the Weekly
Jefersonian. The publications begun
in that period were suspended during
the Wilson administration when de-
MED transmission through the mails
after attacks appeared in them
against the draft act, the espionage
law and other war measures. Mr..
Watson then began publication of the
Columbia Sentinel at Thompson, Of
which he was proprietor up until his
death.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03
THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS.

Mr.. James A. Mimnaugh is cele-
brating his thirty years in business in
Newoerry with an anniversary sale
from the immense stocl: Of new mer-
chandise in his big store.
Men and merchants have come ana
they have gone in Newberry but the
big Mimnaugh store continues to
grow bigger as the years and the
months and the days go by.
Mr.. Jas. A. Mimnaugn when he
first came from the Emerald Isle to
make his home in the country Of the
free and the brave first made stop
in CoIumbia where he clarked for his
brother, the late John L. Mimnaugh
the merchant prince of his day in
South Carolina. From there he came
direct to Newberry and opened the
business in small way in one of the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03

brick stores, we think. in the Pay
singer block Of stores in West Main
street where he remained for several
years. Then he moved up town we
think to the place where he now is.
When he first opened his stock was
small but it soon began to grow for
Mimnaugh wac and is hard worker
and attends closely to his business
and by cash buying and close selling
has developed a large trade and the
the business has succeeded from the
beginning.
The Herald and News hopes that
he may live to celebrate many more
anniversaries and that his business
may continue to prosper as it has in
the past. Thirty years IS long time
TO remain in the same town and in
the same business and it is especially
pleasant to look back ever the past
of that business when it has been sue
cessful from the beginning. =:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03

We notice from the daily papers
that the governor favors the building
shirt factory in the penitentiary. We
thought the experience Of hosiery
mill would be sufficient to keep the
idea Of any other sort of facory be-
ing entertained. In fact we have al
ways been of the opinion that the
convicts should be put upon road
work and now that the building Of
roads mas really been begun in ear
est in this state it would be fine
idea to have the convicts put to work
on the roads. And the state farms
should be made to produce sufficient
food for the convicts and when a
sufficient amount has been produced
that should be the end of the farm
ing operations of the state.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-03

noise has been made that sounds like
there has been any effort to make
improvement. On the trip on Tues
day | went out the Belfast highway
to the Boozer place and then turned
in by the road that goes by the Gle
lands and Tas Senn's and that road
needs to have something done. I hope
the commission may get out this way
soon. AS have often remarked the
Bush River Baptist church is one of
the handsomest buildings in a rural
cmmunity Of any that / know and the
congregation IS large and Influential
and there is a lot of intelligence ant
much wealth among the members and
they should have the encouragement!
of at least little noise that sounds
like something being done on the
roads. l missed the presence Of the
Rev. R. H. Burl'iss at the opening Of
the school, He has been present a.
every school opening that I have at
tended. l enquired about him anc
some one said he was no1 at home. HI
has been the pastor of this church
for several years but owing to bad
health resigned some months ago.
E. H. A.