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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
ASSERTS FRENCH SLANG
IS OF HIGHEST QUALITY
No Emphasis in Bywords of
English, Says Cleveland
Professor.
40 REAL IDEAS ExpnEssED
Believes Constant usc or Slang
IL ncsurt OF Man or woman
To" Lazy to Seek Out the Proper
Words.
LDy AssociatcI preas.l

CLEVELAND, OHIO. Dec. al
French slang is of n higher quality
than English slang. which has been
improved but little since It's invcn-
ton. according TO DR.. Clarence Strait
ton, director OF English IN the
Cleveland public schools. The
French slang Is more suggestive ana
more picturesque; IN :lcvcr--which
English slang often isn't. DR.. STRAIT
ton said.
Sayings Are Not clever.
Take the case of George Ruth.
the worlds champion home-run hit
ter. for instance" the director con-
tinued. "To call him Babe and then
10 translate Babe into Bambino-
there's nothing clever in that. But
the man who Grst called left
handed pitcher southpaw had a
real idea. Likewise, TO say n pitcher
has glass arm IL clever and de-
scriptive.
Has somebody handed you q
lemon? That's an ancient bit OF
slang. Likewise. to ind yourself in
an awful pickle. Probably both e1-
pressions originated because of the
sour quality of lemons and pickles.
The boy wIr first called Il girl a
peach also had & real idea.
Mny he Dropped Quickly.
One Of two things always hap
pens TO slang. 1t Is discarded quick
~ or 1t Is Incorporated into the
language three Or four generations
alter.
Slang originates in desire for
emphasis. Seeking emphasis we re-
sort to hgurative language. And
fgurativc language at its best. be-
comes Il figure OF speech"
DR.. Stratton said he IS not an ad :
vocatc OF slang. 4 constant use Of
/, is the resort of the man or wom-
an too lazy TO seek out the proper
words.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
FRANCE TO PERMIT
PRIVATE RADIO POSTS

PARIS. Dec. 31.--privatc wireless
telephone and telegraph stations
under government supervision will
be permitted In France commencing
tomorrow. The cost will be As francs
annually per kilomcter distance be-
tween the two operating posts. As
francs annual tax for the two posts
and As francs for each additional
post The government post-ofIice
Will not furnish any equipment and
the Installations as well as the oh
ject Of the service must be approved
by the authorities
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
APPROPRIATION
Especial to The TI,nes.r,.n,,

y tSpecial to The Times Dispatch.
APPOMATTON. Va. Dec 3l.-Jon
West Flood, Jr, spent tho Christmas
holidays In Norfolk with his mother
who is spending the winter months
there.
Miss Alice Goodwin. Of N,r,o,k Ga
visiting her sister. Mrs c. =. Moses.
Senator III. Il. Byrd, OF Manchester
and Senator Willis Robertson. ofI.ex
iEgton. were recent guests n, Court
land" the home OF Senator and Nr,
$. L.. Ferguson.
Mrs. Annie Cheatham Rinpt,m and
daughter have returned to their home
in West Virginia after n rleasant
visit to Mrs. Ringum's parents Mr.
and Mrs j. a. Chcatham, a, IJota,
Appomnttox.
Among the college girls and bovs
/. who are home for the holidays are
Callie Babcock and Rachel Fegpuson.
of Randolph Macon Woman's Col.
lego: Grace East and Josephine TvIor
of Radford Normal; Elolse 'l A,w yaet;
and Virginia Hancock. of lIollins:
bradley Babcock and Lane Ferguson
OF Misunderstanding; Russell ALbitt'
nfhnX>.P~l.; Percy Rogers. of William
hnSrl Richard Caldwell. OF
!: !:
Iskhmond.
pending tho
The home of
~ and son.
Crawieys
fnchburg. is
his horne
q, Of New
to their
and w. w.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
GIFTS ARE EXCHANGED
At BANQUET OF GRAYs
Personnel of Service Com.
pany Enjoy Feast and
Tilcatcr Party.

INC service Company. Richmond
trays. First EirGinia Infantry. gave
Il theater party and big spread in
hon"r OF the season last Thursday
hisht' After attending the frs, per.
iorrnancc at the Lyric they r,t,.ro,j
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01
U.c neyenue TO EstnblIsh Courts.

the new Cabinet and the Presiier.
favor using l-2 per cent OF customs.
following the expected increase. Cor
establishing courts of justice TN
treaty ports in the large cities Of
China. beginning 1922, looking to-
ward the adjustment of e2tra-terrt-.
toriality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01

the former Russian capital was
named by him ST. Petersburg. BY
Imperial decree ut the commencement
of tho great war In 1914. the city was
renamed retrograd. the Russian
equivalent 10 Petersburg. AZ the
original name was German and thus
considered unpntriotic when Russia
and Germany were at war
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-01

listed man in the company 2 teau:l- !.
full tic. gift from the officers to t,tv--
men.
The affair was great success. end I,
every body attending had a gor,IS
time. II ended with cheers for cycr,. :
body and an especially good one sor
the cooks.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Senatorial Race Soon to be
in Foil Swing.

The senatorial riders are mounted
and the judges will soon give the
word to start. Vardaman has ar.
ranged for headquarters in the build.
ing where he has his editorial rooms,
At recent meeting of his friends
Hon. S. w. Muliens. of Holly
Springs, was selected as his cam
paign chairman, with Judge d. ".
Houston, of Aberdeen, as vice-chair-
man. A secretary and executive
committee will be announced later.
The Stephens campaign head
quarters are in active operation with
Eugene Fly in command, and Mr..
Stephens is actively engaged in his
campaign, speaking in South Mis-
sissippi.
Miss Belle Kearney is expected
down from her home in Madison
county soon. and it is reported that
she will speak in Jackson, and some
of her friends are expressing the
hope that an opportunity will be
extended her to address the legisla-
ture. She announces that she will
begin her campaign in South Mis-
sissippi.-Raymond Gazette.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
To Make Home Brew.

In answer to a subscriber who
writes us from Tennessee to inquire
how to make home brew, we would
give the following recipe. which cur
reporter says is just the thing:
To make home brew-Chase a
wild bullfrog three miles and gather
up the hops, add the following: Ten
gallons tan bark, one-half pint of
shellac, one bar homemade soap.
Boil the mixture 36 hours, then
strain through an /. w. w. sock to
keep it from working, then bottle
and add one grasshopper to each
pint TO give it the kick. ."-Colum-
bus Dispatch.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
ri Years
Subscription
Free!

Any person who will send us
TWO New Subscribers at $l.0O
a year each, we will send him
The Aberdeen Weekly for a year
FREE. If you are already a sub
Scriber take advantage of this
offer and have your subscription
extended a year. This is good
up to April lst. 1922, and does
not apply TO any address OUT
side of the State.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Chamber Of Commerce
Elects New Officers

The Aberdeen Chamber of Com
merce met Thursday night of last
week and elected officers for the
present year. @. II. Watkins was
elected president, Fl. w. Maier. first
vice-president, and T. T. Davenport
second vice president. The appoint
ment of the committees is in the
hands of the president. and the
election of secretary was deferred
to the next general meeting which
will occur in the City Hall March
18th, at 7:30 o'clock p. m. After
the general order of business had
fieen finished, ideas projected by
divers persons for the welfare
of the community and county,
were discussed. The possibility of
dividing large tracts Immediately in
the vicinity of Aberdeen into small
farms and establish on each home
resided in by an energetic white
man who will build for himself and
family a permanent citizenship and
who will engage in a paying agri-
cultural. horticultural, poultry or
live stock business. was the promi-
nent idea of the discussion. 1t was
asserted. and statistics prove, that
any of these things pay handsomely
when supervised intelligently by an
energetic white man, especially so.
if prosecuted in an intensive man.
ner. The Weekly. some time ago
dividing the large farms
into smaller ones and the building
up of a pertinent self-supporting
of white people. Such
only can establish the
best civic, social and economical
that make for the best
ideals of the community life.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Rub-My- TiSm for Rheumatism
Quail Destroy Boil Weevil.

In these times when the presence
of the boil weevil makes the grow
ing of cotton as a profitable crop
almost impossible. it is we'll for far
mers in this distinctly cotton grow
ing section to protect every enemy
of that pest. There may be some
thing of truth in the following which
comes in a special from Blne Noun
tain. Miss. The special says:
That the Bob White is one
of the best remedies for the boil
weevil of the cotton belt is the
opinion of Charles Crawford
Gorst. we'll known bird man aud
naturalist, who has just made a
visit to Blue Mountain. Ac-
cording to this authority, the
quail is an inveterate enemy of
the weevil. annually destroying
millions. not only by deyouring
the weevils, but thus also pre-
venting propagation. Gorst
advocates strict law for the pro-
lection of the Bob White in the
cotton country"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
FOurfh-ClaSS Postmaster
Examination.

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex-
animation to be held at West Point,
Miss. on March IS, 1922, as a re-
suit of which it is expected to make
certifcation to fill a contemplated
vacancy in the position of fourth
class postmaster at Prairie. Miss.
and other vacancies as they may
occur at that office. unless it shall
he decided in the interests of the
service to I'll any vacancy by rein
statement. The compensation of
the postmaster at this Office was
1924 for the last fiscal year
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post office
for which the examination in an
nOunced.
Application blanks. form 1853.
and full information concerning the
requirements of the examination
can be secured from the postmaster
at the place of vacancy or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission. Washington, d. G.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washington, d. c.. at
the earliest practical date.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
If WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What Heap of Happiness 1t Would
Bring to Aberdeen Homes.

Had to do homework with an ach-
ing back.
Brings your hours of misery at leis-
ure or at work.
Ifwomen only knew the cause-that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys.
'Twould saye much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
!. Read what an Aberdeen citizen says:
Mrs. L. K. Fish. 208 q. Hickory
street. says: ''I have known of
Doan's Kidney Pills for q good many
years. They have been used in my
family long time with excellent re-
suits. i have taken them on differ
ent occasions in the past when have
noticed my kidneys haven't been
acting right. and when my back has
been lame. they .have always given
the desired relief.
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Fish had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfg. Buffalo. N. Y. IAdv.I
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
This From 7 upelo.

Judge G. P. Long returned yes
terday from Bonneville, in Prentiss
county, where he held court the past
week. Judge Long has way all
his own of conducting court. The
court room was called to order and
prayer was offered by minister.
Then the Judge proceeded to take
up collection for the Confederate
soldiers outside the Soldiers Home
at Beauvoir. which resulted in the
goodly sum of S57. Then in the
course of the proceedings he sem
fenced nineteen to Jail and eleven
to the penitentiary. nearly all of
whom had something to do with
home BREW
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Deaths Sharpshooter.

| IU6uuIbHld Hn1 we'll D0ru ucelRH-
ated as deaths sharpshooter. No
warrior was ever known to have
such deadly aim. 1t has been esti-
mated that for every solder killed
in battle. his weight in bullets must
have been fred By the enemy. But
when pneumonia enters the list as
gunner. at least ten per cent of
his shots are fatal. No other dis
ease has quite so high a mortality
rate. During the last two or three
decades the medical profession has
been able to make a decided reduc-
ton in the death rate of practically
all the more serious diseases, but
pneumonia still stands unconquor-
ed unchanged, The cause of this
dread disease is well known, but. as
yet, no dependable method of treat
ment has been devised, neither has
a specific for it's prevention been
discovered. The causative agent
or micro-organism is found in prac-
tically all months and at practical
ly all times. 1t is true that some
of these organisms seem to be of a
more virulent strain than others,
hence the reason why all people do
not come down with the malady is
in some degree made clear. But
possibly the chief reason why one
falls sick of pneumonia at certain
time is the fact that the individual
drifts into a condition of lowered |
vitality 1t seems to be true that |
vitality is lower at the close of
winter than at any other time of
the year, hence the prevalence of
at beginning of spring. |
So it is important that the public |
the necessity of keeping
in the best possible condition and !
guarding against excesses of all /
kinds at this time of the year. Neg
lected colds seem to be followed by
And it must not be
forgotten that the two extremes of
life. infancy and old age. pay a
large toll to this fatal malady. Now
a word as to treatment, of course,
you will call doctor and you will
be guided by hits., but he will tell
you the patient should be given cir
culating air to breathe. never stale
air. Still, the patients body should
be kept warm and comfortable, but
10 not have the cover too heavy so
as to embarrass breathing or fatigue
he patient. Remember that pneu-
nonia does not yield to drug treat
nent. Drugs are given only to
'ymptoms that present and not to
combat or terminate the disease
per Sc. Above all things, remem-
Der that pneumonia is infectiO us
md that the expectorated matter
carries the infection. The patient
should expectorate on cloths or bits
If soft paper that can be burned.
There are three classes of attacks
If pneumonia. mild, moderately
revere and severe. The mild cases
will get well without any treatment,
he moderately severe cases will get
veil with proper treatment. the Sc
vere cases will end In death in spite
Il the best treatment. Remember,
ts very fatal. This is
he pneumonia season of the year
Sc on your guard.
G, S. BRYAN,
County Health Officer.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Accommodating Editor.

The new peace" dollars are no
good, the bankers say, because they
won't stack. However, in order to
be obliging, Well take them in on
subscription. If we can't stack them
we will be willing to carry them to
the bank in a gunny sack.-Golden
(Colo) Transcript.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Lam d Garter Hardware Go.
Everything for Home and Farm. CREDIT
CASH OR CREDIT
~ B L II ID E z -,
NJ = y Is - Up PI.

y,
The is approaehing when
less than it will
honest I
it will down.
AS
country should
and plant between March 28 April To-
1t to
n food
Plant
heavy making applications
and Nitrate Of Soda,
a how to We
crop, is
sell fertilizer
S
keeping and weeds working
city
Of fertilizer
Everything For o.
S-Mr. o. Of our
Nights,
32 On
Mr Haughton ability
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
Rub-My-T -Tism a pain killer.

Secretary Weeks appears to be
doing everything possible to keep
Henry Ford from acquiring Muscle
Shoals. regardless of the wishes of
the people. Can it be possible that
the secretary is under Newberry's
influence ?-Sunhower Toscin.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
666 cures Bilious Fever.
Whoever Said This Told
the Truth.

As long as a dollar bill is circu-
lated around here it is worth a dol
lar to the community. When sent
away it begins to enrich other peo-
pie in other places. 1t seldom ever
returns. Keep the dollars at home
as long as possible; others are not
tearing their hair in an effort to hand
them to us.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03

666 quickly relieves a cold.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03

Il never knew" said Farmer
Pickens.. jest why some girls are
known as chickens"
Till at our fair l seen, by heck, a
breed they call the Nacked Neck"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03

The bill providing for the electro
cutiOn of condemned criminals and
the abolition OF the gallows has been
defeated. 1t seems there was not
sufficient voltage at the electric
plant on the Parchman farm to op-
crate an electric ehair.-Exchange.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03
G. S. BRYAN,
County Health Officer.

See two of your friends and have
Them subscribe for The Aberdeen
Weekly at ST. each, and for your
time and trouble, we will give you
a years subscription to our paper
FREE.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-03

For Two Dollars we, will
send Vardaman's Weekly and
The Aberdeen Weekly for a
year to any address in Missis-
sippi. Send the 81 to the Aber-
deem Weekly, Aberdeen, Miss,
and both papers will go for
ward to the address for one
year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-25

slight form of the disease is artific-
tally induced. Vaccination and moe
ulation have saved thousands of lives.
Smallpox, once more prevalent than
measles, was the scourge OF Europe
until vaccination was introduced. Dur
ing the 18th century it was estima ted
that 60,00O,O00 people died of it, and
at the beginning Of the 18th century
one-fifth of all the children born died
of smallpox before they We're ten years
old. In countries where vaccination is
not praCticed the disease is as serious
as ever, while in those where it is
compulsory, deaths from smallpox are
almost unknown. Death rates from
diptheria and typhoid fever have been
greatly reduced by the use of antitox-
in and anti-typhOid vaccine. Thus in
New York state before antitoXin was
generally used, 80 out of every 100
0o0 population died of diptheria. while
the present rate is only about 20 out
of 100000.
In 1911, a United States Army Di-
vision of more than $4,000 camped at
San Antonio, Texas, for four months.
All of these men had been vaccinated
against typhoid fever and only sim
gle case occurred during the summer.
although conditions of camp life al
ways tend to spread the disease. Thus
it is easy to see that the most impor-
tant single menas of controlling cpl
denies and insuring individual immu-
nifty from certain formerly prevalent
communicable diseases lies in vaccina-
ton or incubation against them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-25
Immunity From Disease

In addition to certain mechanical
defences against diseases, such as an
unbroken skin, saliva, tears. perspira-
ton and the like. the body shows a
varying degree of immunity, or the
power of living organisms to resist in
fections. This immunity is exceed
ingly variable, being greater or less
in different people and under different
conditions, but the exact ways in
which it is brought about are still in
many cases far from clear.
Immunity may he natural or &C
CURED. BY natural immunity is
meant an inherited characteristic by
which all individuals of a species are
immune to a certain disease. Man is
immune to many diseases of the low
er animals, and they in turn are i'm
mune to many diseases of man. More
over, certain individuals have a per-
sonal immunity against diseases to
which others of the same race or spc-
cies are susceptible.
Immunity may be acquired in sew
eral ways. 1t is commonly known that
one attack of certain communica BILE
disea ses, such as smallpox, measles,
Whooplng- cough, scarlet FEVER, lntan-
tile paralysis, typhoid fever chicken
pox and mumps, renders the individ-
ual immune to that especial disease
for q varying length OF time, some
times for life. On the other hand.
certain other diseases. such as cry
sipelas and pneumonia, appear TO di-
minish resistance and TO leave per
son more susceptible to later attacks
In certain diseases. immunity may
be artificially acquired by introducing
certain substances into the body TO
increase resistance. Examples of this
method include the use of antitoxin
as a protection against diptheria. Of
sera in pneumonia and other infec
lions, and vaccination against small
pcx and typhoid fever whereby a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-25
MIRAGE CITES

Several mirage" cities, built on pa
per about ten years ago in the sage
brush country of central Oregon along
the supposed route of a railroad that
failed ito appear, are being turned
back into acreage by refusal of owners
Of the city lots to pay delinquent tax
es.
Between the season of 1909 and 1914.
when the railroad was expected, am
bilious city planners laid out several
townsites and sold lots to people in
many parts of the United States
Statesmen took a few dollars down
and payments as low as fifty cents
week for the land.
When the railroad failed to appear,
most of the land owners became dis
couraged and abandoned their prop
erty. Now county officials are busy
turning the towns back into acreage.
In some cases, the owners are still
paying and will realize on their in
vestment and courage If the railroad
ever does build.
In the town of Imperial one of the
mirage" cities, all but three per cent
OF the assessed valuation has gone
delinquent. The townsite was worth
$3.50 on the assessors books and the
taxes for 1920 were s349.2S, about $40
of which were collected. Imperial is
60 miles east of Bend.
Promoters OF Terrebone, another
sagebrush town, laid out 17s blocks,
with thirty to thirty two lots in a
block, nearly all the lots % by 100
feet. Terrebonne originally was named
Hillman, combination of the names
of Hill and Hartman, the late rail-
road magnates. There are few bust
ness buildings and homes at Terre-
bonnie and the county expects to col
lect about $3.50 of the s2,S49 tax levy,
Harper, eight miles south of Bend,
with about $50 plated lots has been
taken off the map and thrown back
into acreage.