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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
S. 0. S. PICKED UP
FROM MEMPHIS
Solid Carload of Sweet Dreams
Goes to Hessig-E Ellis Drug Co.
HOrdes Of Mosquitoes in Mis-
sissipDi Delta Section.

1t has developed that when
mosquitoes become troublesome
in any locality the demand for
Sweet Dreams is instant.
Large quantities are quickly
sold by dealers which fact re-
veals clearly that Sweet Dreams
is recognized as the one stand
ard misquito remedy.
By purchasing a solid carload
of Sweet Dreams the Hessig-El-
lis Drug Co. unquestionably dis
play their faith in this great
mosquito remedy.
and now as for you, the con-
sumer, do you think that YOU
would make a mistake if YOU
put S5c in an item in which a
keen business man has lust put
nearly S10,000.O0?
The greatest mosquito rene
dy ever inadeSweet Dreams.
Never stains. Never fails. Sold
BY Hoffman Bros, McInnis
Drug Store and Prlce Drug CO.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
Mrs. Mary A. Smith, Aged 90, Dies,

After nearly a century of mortal
life, more than half of which was
spent in widowhood with it's grave
responsibilities of home and chill
dren, Mrs. Mary Smith met at the
end of the way the last enemy, thru
simple accident that proved fatal
and that filled her last days with
great pain and suffering. Mrs.
Smith was in her 92nd year. She
had not been able to walk for some
time and was almost blind, but had
recovered to some extent and in try
ing to cross her room last Sunday
fell and fractured her hip from the
effects of which she died Friday
morning, August Is, at 4 o'clock.
The death occurred at the home of
one of her two living daughters,
Mrs. j. l.. Sutton, of the Mt. Moriah
neighborhood, the other being Mrs.
Harper Williams, of Kirby. A son,
Mr.. Derrell Smith, prominent in our
county, is also left to mourn. A
brother, Mr.. Madison Smith, whose
condition has been critical for some
time. is also a resident in this coun-
ty.
Mrs. Smith belonged to the heroic
band of women and mothers of the
old South. Her husband, Martin
Smith, died during the Civil War,
leaving her with six small children
to rear and support. She occupied
the old home in the vicinity of which
she died, until a few years ago when
she removed to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. j. l.. Sutton. Her
early married life was spent on Fair
River. She often visited in Brookha-
ven with her grandchildren, Mrs.
]. M. Magee and Mr.. Homer Sutton.
She leaves thirty-six grandchildren,
ninety-five great-grand-childr and
ten Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Smith is the last member Of
her immediate family, her only sis
ter, Mrs. S. H. Chandler, mother of
Mrs. D. Sartin and of Messrs> E. H.
and d. S. Chandler, Of Brookhaven,
having died in 1912. The maiden
name of Mrs. Smith was Hickman of
the well-known family line of Lin
coin county,
Mrs. Smith was never dependent
on her children for support, having
looked well unto the ways of her
household" and possessing means
she wisely used.
For many years Mrs. Smith was a
member of the. Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church and was buried in its church
fard this morning, the pastor, Rev.
l. H. Anding. officiating tenderly and
.eyerenrly as he faced the long rec
ord of the loyal life happily passed
on to be more intimately with the
things of the Spirit, Where congra-
cations ne'er break up and Sabbaths
never end"
Beautiful flowers covered the last
resting place of the deceased, whose
name linked the past with the pres
int and expressed the ideals and
principles embodied In the Book of
Books. May her rest be sweet.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
BAD AUTO SMASH
WHEN BRAKES FAIL
Truck and IA People Go Into An
S-Foot Ditch Near New
Sight School.

What might have been fatal ac-
cident to any one or several mem
bers of truck load of fourteen peo-
pie bound for Chatawa, Miss, occur
red on the big hill just this side of
R. L. Womack's on the West Wes-
SON road at $3.50 Thursday after
noon. When the truck stalled on
the heavy grade, the brakes refused
to hold, and the entire lot of passen-
gers with the driver of the REQ
truck went over an eight-foot en-
bankment as the car went backward
down the hill and careened over on
it's side.
Great excitement naturally pre-
vailed among the occupants of the
machine just after the accident, some
imagining that they were seriously
hurt when they were not. Those
who. did receive injuries were Mrs.
Sharf and Mrs. Fox. They were
Immediately carried to the Kings
Daughters Hospital for treatment.
Others with minor injuries took
the cannon ball south at Sis in or
der to get to their homes or closer
TO them than they were here.
The truck load of people was one
of two that had left Chatawa Thurs
day morning with a crowd of New
Orleans people and others from the
town of Chatawa to spend the day
at Browns Wells and was on the re-
turn trip when the accident occur
red. All of the fourteen occupants
OF the machine were women and
children with two exceptions.
The car was driven by Garland
Byrd, a young man of McComb, who
was in the employ of H. A. Howell,
who owns feet of taxi cars at that
point. Byrd, who had been in Dem
nison, Tex. for some months prior to
his coming to McComb two months
ago, was almost distraught for sew
eral hours after the smash-up. He
stayed by the roadside with his dis
abled machine, alternately crying
and bemoaning the unfortunate cir
cumstance. He was under, the i'm
preston that he had been the cause
Of the death of several members of
the party.
For a long time he refused to be-
lieve to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing many explanations were offered
from those passing. 1t was dark be-
fore he could be persuaded to get in
to car with S. j. Mathis and come
to Brookhaven to receive attention
Tor his own injury-a badly cut leg.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
Lincoln Countian Finds Rotten Pol
itics" Outside of Mississippi.
Dear LEADER

Dear Leader:-
No doubt you will be surprised to
hear from us away down in South
west Texas. Yet we look forward
with a great deal of interest for the
Leader, and assure you we appreciate
the contents of your most valuable
paper.
Crops are very poor on account of
dry weather, no rain in weeks. Will
finish picking this month, and will
get about $4,000 bales against 64,-
600 last year in this country.
We have just passed through the
hottest political campaign that we
have ever had any experience with.
But with the assistance of the good
women and the X. X. K. we were
able to sweep the State of Texas on
July 22nd with but few exceptions
and we are now on the home stretch
Aug. 26th, to nnish cleaning I'm the
negro vote which were permitted in
a white primary-something we have
never witnessed before.
Excitement in this city on July %
ran high, on account of the anti
X. X. K, assisted by the negroes and
Mexicans trying to put men in office
who favored whiskey, bootlegging,
and gambling and it took the COM
bined effort of the good citizens as
sisted by the State Rangers to keep
them from stealing 1t. For
example, where we live, our box
ran 8 to / in our favor and they had
evidently planned to steal this box
as they refused to finish counting
Saturday night. We stood guard all
night Saturday night and would not
allow them to leave with the box un-
til Sunday about o'clock p. m.
The guards had increased to about
500 and demanded the count to be
read aloud. Six shooters, high-pow-
cred rifles, sawed off shot guns, were
to be seen on every hand. There
would have been blood shed If the
State Rangers hadn't %een here. The
good people had decided not to allow
them to steal this election as they
had done here before. The W. G. T.
U. stood with us with plenty Of eats
and coffee, the whole time.
The above is an example OF what
happened at many other boxes in the
county. Wife and / were in this
campaign every day and part Of the
night for about four weeks, before
the election. I thought / had ex-
perience in rotten politics in Missis.
sippi, but nothing to compare with
what we have just gone through with
here. My opinion is that the time
has come for cleanup from consta-
BILE to president or we are gone as
nation of people.
You can publish this in your pa
per IL you wish.
Yours for clean politics,
Nola White.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
ss Year Old Woman Casts First
Vote.

Mrs. Mary Solomon, SO years old,
cast her tirst vote at Senatobia. Mrs.
Solomon came to Mississippi from
tennessee in 1882 and resides with
in two miles Of where her father
took farm. She remembers when
such men as Jefferson Davis. John
A. Quitman and Sargent S. Prentiss
we're candidates for the office of u.
S. Senator from Mississippi. She
heard Sargent S. Prentiss deliver his
famous speech at Holly Springs.
Miss, in 1898. There was a circus
in town and Prentiss stood on q lion
cage in addressing the crowd. Mrs.
Solomon says the lion would roar a.
long with the crowd thai cAes- ed
Prentiss. Mrs. Solomon has taken q
lively interest in the present election
and has heard each of the candidates
speak.
With her years Of accumulated
wisdom we should like to know who
Mrs Solomon voted for.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
SAME OLD STORY BUT A GOOD
ONE

Mrs. Mahala Burns, Savanna, Mo-,
relates an experience, the like of
which has happened in almost every
neighborhood in this country, and
has been told and related by thous-
ands Of others, as follows:- 'I used
a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy about nine years
ago, and 1t cured me of fiux (dysen-
tery) I had another attack of the
same complaint three or four years
ago and few doses of this remedy
cured me. have recommended 1t
to dozens of people since 1 first used
1t and shall continue to do so for
know 1t is a quick and positive cure
for bowel troubles"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
HOT WEATHER DISEASES.

Disorders Of the bowels are extre-
mely dangerous, particularly during
the hot weather Of the summer
months. and In order to protect your
self and family against a sudden at
tack. set a bottle Of chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy. It car
be depended upon. Many have test
aed to its excellence.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

The reelection of Chancellor v. J.
Stricker by a majority of approx
mately 125 over his opponent, Hon.
Dewitt Enochs, was conspicuous
achievement in the face of the strong
backing of the latter.
Pictures of Miss Kearney who re-
ceived more than 1900 votes for the
US. Senate were. placed at the mast
heads of the anti-Vardaman papers
yesterday, Miss Kearney having urg-
ed in her message of thanks to the
people the rallying of her friends to
the Stephens banner.
There we're 10000 votes cast in
round numbers, whereas 10000
were expected.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee will meet Tuesday to tab
ulate the vote and to officially an
nounce the results.
The date Of the second primary
will be September 5th.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
cAusE oF APPENpIcTTIs.

when the bowels are constipated,
the lower bowels or large intestines
become packed with refuse matter,
that IL made UP largely Of germs
These germs enter the vermiform ap-
Dendlx and set Up Inflammation,
which Is commonly known as appen-
6lcftls. Taka chambaElain's Tablets
when he64tA A keep your bowels
3ntaf6f aA Fe little TO fear
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19
HUNGER, THE BEST SAUCE

Sauce is used to create an appetite
or relish for the food. The right
way is to look to your digestion.
When you have good digestion you
are certain to relish your food.
chamberlain's Tablets improve the
digestion, create healthy appetite
and cause gentle movement Of the
bowels.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

A message from New Orleans yes
terday afternoon told of the critical
condition of Mr.. J. w. McGrath. At
midnight however. Mr.. McGrath had
regained consciousness and although
his physicians were unable to ac-
count for the prostration that prece-
ded his Inconsistencies, he was con-
sidered improved. Brookhaven and
Lincoln county friends are awaiting
with anxiety further news Of Mr..
McGrath's condition. Mr.. McGrath' &
sisters. Mines. Storm and Noodle left
for his bedside yesterday afternoon.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

The hrst fall examinations for
teachers will be held, beginning
Thursday, August 31st. Teachers
desiring to stand the examinations
Will please be on hand promptly
Thursday morning,
I, P, May, Superintendent,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

Members Of the prominent law arm
OF Maui q Yawn have been in Nom
ticello this week. assisting IA the
Ritchie-Ainsworth case.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

Mr.. Geo. Greenwood Is In Brook
haven with Mrs. Greenwood and his
attractive daughter, at the George
Rowaky home.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

For Sale Cheap. Young COW
good mixer. See $. Fore, Phone A9s.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

For Circuit Judge the vote stoo
by counties, as follows:-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-19

(To be continued.)
, 1922-04-07
81 YEARS OLD AND AS
GOOD AS A Y0UNGSTER

Seven or eight years ago I was a
very sick man. Doctors said catarrh
trouble of stomach n bowels, af-
fecting h liver n heart. For more
than a a I wanted to die but could
not Upon the advice of a friend l
tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. and
although So years old 1 now feel as
good as a youngster." It is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucous from the intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach
liver and intestinal ailments. including
appendicitis. One dose will convince
CT money refunded For a by all
Truggists-Adv.
, 1922-04-07
|BOYs' GYM SHOW TO PROVIDE LIVELY Entertainment
VARIETY OF STUNTS ARRANGED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY

win net ts combined with the mill
tary laAl or similar affa-rs. as was
the case last year.
The leaders are Roy Frisby. Har-
~ Scott. William Lester. Ralph An
drus. George Shikany. stanley VIM
ter. Walter McGrath. Maurice Post.
Eugene Louskc. Frank Taylor, Bob
Holman and Floyd Mann
The program follows:
1. Marching-Eighth Period Class
2. wands5Stxth Period Class
g. Clown Dance Feth Period
Class
4. Games-ta) BASKET Yah Relay
tb) Switch Tag. &c. Horse and Rider.
s. Heavy Apparatus-~An Classes
9. Dumb Bells - Seventh Grade
Class.
4. Rhythmical Exercises-Eighth
Period Class
Costumes prepared by the Depart
ment of Sewing.
Acrompanists-Ruth Castleman,
Constance Metz.
, 1922-04-07

and hat b 8-r1y photograph OF the
dead mans head indicated that h
army officer was not looking at Day
when the fatal shot was nred
Day previously had stated that when
be found Beck in the act OF attempt
ing to assault Mrs Day he struck tho
ofica- on the head with a pistol after
the latter had made a motion as n to
strike him with his fist. Day said also
that the revolver was accidentally dis
charged from h impact of h blow.
The county attorneys statement
said that before any gun was fired or
any blow struck DAY saw something
that swept him off his feet He add
ed that in his opinion Judge Day had
not told the whole truth concerning
b tragedy.
II an frank to say Hughes con
filmed. that IL Judge Day should tell
tho whole truth. no jury of red blood
"a citfzens would ever render q yer
dict aralnst him. I am equally candid
10 say that 1 believe that SO far, Judge
Day has not told b whole truth"
The handkerchief which Lieut. Col
Beck clutched in his and when the
body was taken over by authorities
has a significance in the case which
has been overlooked so far. the coun-
~ attorney said He added that he
did not believe there were other per
sons present at b time Beck was
killed except the three principals in
the tragedy and that the only purpose
in bringing out statements from
other people who attended the party
in the Day home which preceded the
staying was to determine h mental
attitude OF Day toward Beck
Previous to the shooting Day and
Back had been the best OF friends"
Hughes said "what extraordinary
occurrence changed the mental condi-
ton of tho one toward the othcr7 What
caused Mrs. Day after the shooting to
moan oh my honor?' These W are
the vital questions / n the extraordi-
nary tragedy"
I'm my opinion" Hughes continued.
there is no doubt that Intoxicating
liquors we're INDUCED in AT the Day
home during h fatal night and
morning. However, I do not think
that Judge Day was in any way un-
der the influence of liquor at the
time the shot was fired" %
Mr.. Hughes stated that one thing
absolutely certain" in his mind was
that the gun was discharged while
Immediately adjacent to tho head of
Paul Beck"
whether or not Beck was shot
from the front or back" added the
county attorney. els one of h great
est questions involved in this case.
The position of the lead in tho head
of Paul Beck, as shown by an X-ray
photograph would tend to indicate that
Beck was not looking at Judge Day
at tho same time OF the firing of the
fatal shot
Judge Day asserts no fired in self
defense. Ny Judgment is If the shot
was fired in defense. IL wa in defense
of home. and not of life"
, 1922-04-07
HOWARD EATON, FAMOUS
GUIDE, is DEAD

SHERIDAN, wyo.. April a.
Howard Eaton. famous guide. big
game hunter: one OF the Eaton
brothers Of tho Eaton ranch at
Wolf, Wyo., is dead at the age Of
seventy-one. He came west in 1858
and settled In Omaha Even at that
early date village life irked him.
The next year he induced his
brothers willis and Alden to join
him from their Pennsylvania home
and together they journey to the
bad-lands of North Dakota where
they established ranch claims. built
a trading post and embarked in
the cattle business. II was Howard
Eaton's letter to Theodore Roose-
, 1922-04-07
KENNEDY
AT ELKS' LODGE
MEET TONIGHT
Chief Executive of Lodge in
Wyoming Makes Installation
Night Occasion for
Visit Here.

The first officers of the CsspG
Elks' lodge to take oath In the new
home on South Center street VIII be
installed tonight and more than usual
significance is attached to the event
inasmuch as Judge T. Blake Ken
needy. United States district judge at
Cheyenne. viii be present to inspect
the lodge in his capacity of district
deputy grand emitted ruled for Wyo-
ming. Judge Kenndy WIN install the
officers and a large turnout Of Casper
Bills is expected to greet him
Some special entertainment has
been arranged for the occasion. in
c~ludinga lunch following the oer-
mony. The regular business session
of the lodge will also be conducted.
There viii be no limitations.
The new officers of the lodge elect
cd at a recent meeting and who Will
be installed tonight are.
W. J. Chamberlain, exalted ruler,
C. T. Weidner, leading knight: II. F.
Comfort, lecturing knight; Todd w.
Bowman, loyal knight; A. 7. Phillips,
tyler: William Jardine, treasurer and
Robert Cogen, secretary.
, 1922-04-07
FLappers Get
Another Rap
In Washington

SPOKANE. Wash, April -
Jazz music, scanty dress, sugges-
tive dancing and other alleged fob
les of the flapper and her mascu-
line counterpart formed the sub
ject of discussion among educators
of the Pacific North west, in atten-
dance here today at the annual con-
vention of tho Inland Empire
Teachers association
Speakers at sessions of the ascot
alton and its ub-divisions yesterday
evening discussed the subjects from
various angles and were unanimous
in condemning them as the causes
for many of the evils which they
said existed today among the young
er generations.
There is no drug IN existence
that furnishes the sex stimulus that
dancing does" DIT. C. P. Cary, for
mer state superintendent of public
instruction of Wisconsin told the
teachers.
The dress OF the girls is greatly
conductive to this many of them
having practically nothing on but
their gown. shoes and stockings
"~Flappers" DR.. Cary defined as
girls of the wealthy class who are
idle, VINO dress in extremes. smoke
cigarettes. who are out all night
and who sleep all day." But the
girls are really not 10 be criticized"
he declared. Their indiscretions are
mainly the result of conditions and
they have too little will power to
overcome them"
Mary r. Mckee, instructor in
physical education at Washington
State college, added a denunciation
of modern dancing.
1.-The jazz as danced by many peo-
, 1922-04-07
NEGRO HOMICIDE Gets
MANsLAUGHTER VERDICT

CHEYENNE. wyo.. April Joe
Mayo, negro. was convicted by a jury
in the Laramie county district court
Thursday Of granddaughter, for killing
William A. Stewart. negro. here last
June. He was tried for murder in the
first degree. Mayo's defense was that
he shot Stewart. who had served n
pcnitentiary term for murder. in self
defense when he believed Stewart to
be about to attack him with a knife.
The men quarreled over tho prefer
ence for Steward OF Mayo's common
law wife.
, 1922-04-07

distinguished fasteners during the
summer months. Their program in
cluded. hunting. fishing. horseback
ing. trips through the various na,
tional parks, wild west perform
C and all that zoe with out-of-
doors life.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, the noted
writer. is an old friend OF the Eaton
family and spent her summers at
the ranch for many yers-
Howard Eaton was tho eldest OF
nine brothers and sisters all of
whom survive him.
The remains have been shipped to
Pittsburgh to be cremated.
, 1922-04-07


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welt that induced the latter to take
up the adjoining claim to the
Eaton's in the Medora country.
Roosevelt and the Eaton brothers
were not only pelghbors but starch
friends during all of Rooseveit's
western life
In 1904 the Eatons came to wyo-
ming and purchased the Devol
ranch on Wolf creek at the mouth
OF Wolf canyon. To the original
ranch many hundreds of acres have
since been added. Here they have
made an ideal western summer re-
sort with all the wild western frifls.
where for the past eightoen years
they have entertained wealthy and
, 1922-04-07

A gym show WIN be staged nGt
Wednesday at s p m by the boys
OF the department Of physical ecu-
cation Of the high school It viii
take place in the old high school
gymnasium. because the apparatus
used is in Thar building and made
especially to fit In the floor there
Dean Morgan has been directing
the boys. and those who saw the
show last year VIII certainly be
pleased to find that this one is to
be put on at ven a larger scale
1t VIII form an event in itself and
, 1922-04-07

pie. young and old. Is lewd to the
Psychological limit she declared
''In many cases II leads to a o
thing" Modern dancing she defined
as the maximum of motion in the
minimum OF space"
Restraint Of JAZZ orchestras and
promoters was urged by Miss Nc
Kee.
Were Beethoven alive he would
thank heaven for his deafness" she
declared.
, 1922-04-07
Best Cough Mixture
Is Home Made
Acts with Speed - Loosens tbe
Phlegm-Stqps tho Irritation and
Coughing Ceases.
FINE FOR CHEST COLDS TOO
AND Is CHEAPLY MADE AT
HOME

whea you n make. in two min.
utes. a world beating remedy that
acts directly on the membrane and
often overnight cauees stubborn
coughs and even hard chest colds 10
disappear, why trifle with things that
viii probably disappoint7
Hawking and snuffling and also
soreness of the membrane
go and you Will feel fine in almost no
Time
Just get one ounce OF Parmnt fiou-
BILE strength add to II n little sugar
and enough hot w-tcr to mako a half
pint and you've sot an inexpensive
remedy better than you can buy rcady
mixed
Its soothing. healing action on the
membrane is the reason so many PEG
pie use it for Catarrh and u nasal
colds
, 1922-04-07

DR.. and Mrs. G. NJ Anderson and
daughter and Mrs. ]. C. McGlade.
have returned to Casper after an en-
joyable week spent. in Denver on a
business and pleasure trip. They
made the trip overland and returned
In the car as far as Douglas where
, 1922-04-07

they wers compelled to abandon Il On
account OF h storm and tho poor
condition % the highway.
, 1922-04-07
OIL MAN FIRED
IN DEFENSE OF
HOME, DECISION
Lieutenant Colonel Not Facing Day as
Shot Was Fired, County Attorney
Says Probe Has Revealed

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. April County Attorney
Forrest Hughes in a signed statement to newspaper men to-
day concerning his investigation of the Staying of Lieut.. Col.
Paul Ward Beck by Jean P. Day, prominent local lawyer
and oil man, in the latters home here last Tuesday, said he
heliezed Day fired in defense of his home and not of his life.