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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
CHANGE OF LIFE
Florida Lady Was in q MiseraHs
Condition, But Says She Found
Cardui Helpful, and
Got Well.

Altiia, FIa.--aM explaining how slse
found Cardui 50 helpful during change d
life, Mrs. Ella M. Bailey. Of Route 2, this
place, said:
Il became so weakened ii was an effort
for me to get around. knew what was
the matter, but felt like couldn't give
up.
Il Just dragged, and I certainly was
nervous. | was so restless could not
sit down long yet so weak couldn't
get about II Is a most miserable and
such helpless feeling.
II would get depressed. and out oi
heart.
'Ibegan to feel, after awhile, there was
no use to try to get well. This is all
wrong, for II makes person worse.
~ had heard Of Cardui, and thought Il
might strengthen me. A neighbor had
used It with good results.
~ took one bottle (of Cardui), then /
saw wasn't SO nervous, SO kept il up.
Gradually the nervousness left me.
1 began to eat and sleep better, Was
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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
Writes Obscene Letters Gets -Four
Years in Jail.

Oxford, Miss, Dec. 13. So Carl
Blackwell Of Water Valley, who was
indicted by the federal grand jury
last week for sending obscene letters
through the United States mails,
submitted to the charge when his
case was called Tuesday and Judge
Edwin r. Holmes sentenced him to
four years in the penitentiary at
Atlanta, Ga.
Blackwell was indicted at Oxford
last March by the grand jury Of the
state court for having burned the
Tchula Consolidated School Of Lafay-
cite county. This Indictment is
still pending against him in the
state court. In December last year
several anonymous letters we're re-
ceived by County superintendent
Smith at Oxford. by Professor e. r.
Leavell. principal Of the TchuIa
school, and by Miss Mary Whitson,
Of Water Valley. who was teacher
In the school
These letters were signed TX. X.
k and contained threats against
these parties and were couched IN
indecent and vulgar language. The
writer was evidently trying to in
duce Miss Whitson to leave Tchula
and return to Water Valley, where
he and the young lady had formerly
been good friends.
Z
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
FOR SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
Games to Be Played by Boys and
Girls Clubs Two Groups
Organized.

The Executive Committee of the
Southwest Mississippi Schoolmasters'
Club met at McComb last Thursday
to arrange the basket ball schedule
for both boys and girls basket ball.
The IL schools having teams were
divided geographically into two
groups.
Group consists of Natchez, Mead
vile Aggies. Union Church Aggies,
Brookhaven, Wesson Aggies, Halle
hurst. Group 2 consists of Column
bia, Tylertown, Magnolia, McComb,
Liberty Aggies, Summit Aggies.
4 Group / schedule for both boys
and girls basket ball:-
Jan. 19.-Natchez VS.. Meadville,
at Meadville; Union Church VS.. Wes-
SON at Brookhaven; Brookhaven vs..
Hazlehurst, at Hazlehurst.
Jan. 26.-Union Church VS.. Nat
chez at Natchez; Meadville VS.. Brook
haven at Brookhayen; Hazlehurst
VS.. Wesson at Wesson.
Feb 2.-Natchez VS.. Brookhaven
at Brookhaven; Meadville VS.. Wes-
son at Wesson; Hazlehurst VS.. I'm
ion Church at Union Church.
Feb. 9.-Wesson VS.. Natchez at
Natchez: Hazlehurst vs.. Meadville at
Meadville; Union Church VS.. Brook
haven at Brookhaven.
Feb. 16.-Natchez VS.. Hazlehurst
at Hazlehurst; Meadville VS.. Union
Church at Union Church; Wesson VS..
.Brookhaven at Brookhaven.
Group 2 schedule foth both boys
and girls basket ball:-
Jan. 19.-Tylertown VS.. Columbia
at Columbia; Magnolia VS.. Liberty
at Liberty; McComb VS.. Summit at
Summit.
Jan. 26.-Columbia VS.. Magnolia
at Magnolia; McComb VS.. Tylertown
at Tylertown; Summit VS.. Liberty at
liberty.
Feb. Columbia VS.. McComb at
AcComb; Liberty VS.. Tylertown at
Tylertown; Summit VS.. Magnolia at
Magnolia.
Feb. 9.--Liberty VS.. Columbia at
Columbia; Tylertown VS.. Summit at
Summit; McComb VS.. Magnolia at
Magnolia.
Feb. 16.-Summit VS.. Columbia at
Columbia; Magnolia VS.. Tylertown
at Tylertown; Liberty VS.. McComb
at McComb
1t was voted that the Executive
Committee should select the winner
of first place and the winner of sec
ond place in each group and schedule
the winners of first place to play for
first place in Southwest Mississip-
pi. The defeated team in this game
shall then play the second team in
the opposite group for second place
in Southwest Mississippi.
In case of the failure of any school
to have either a boys or girls team,
that school shall forfeit the game
scheduled to it's opponent and the
forfeiture shall count in figuring
percentages.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
WHAT THEY CALL FOR.

The president Of the Western
Newspaper Union writes:-
We have been making an effort to
find out more about the average
reading of the average subscriber to
weekly newspaper
We realize that we can't expect
people to read things and like them
just because these things are what
they ought to like.
We can't advise editors to buy a
feature because folks ought to en-
joy it.
We sent men into a half dozen
states. These men found out some
things worth knowing.
There came the interesting ques-
tion, what features do you like
best?"
Before telling the answer it may
be well to state that mostly all in
terviews were with women, the men
being away at work.
Fashions were first, "by a nose"
as they say at the race tracks; fic-
tion was second, with state news,
kitchen cabinet recipes and hous-
hold hints close UP.
Sermons, gardening, poultry and
dairy articles came in for plentiful
but less frequent mention. But
these women, young ones and middle
aged ones (from an editorial point
of view there is no such thing as an
old woman) were frank about what
they liked to read. What other
DANES were doing, what they were
wearing, how they were looking was
their first interest. Being practi-
cal also they were interested not on
ly in how they could improve their
looks, but in being wives as we'll
They liked the stories and serials and
they liked the recipes and house.
hold hints.
They were asked what their men
liked best of the feature service and
they knew that too. The men liked
State news, sports, jokes and comics,
automobile articles and farming adj
vice, in the order named.
This is logical enough. All men
are not farmers. all are not motorists
ALI are not members Of the Amer
lean Legion. But most Of them want
the news Of their State. most Of
them have an interest in sport and
can give laugh to funny picture
or story.
1t is only fair to say that this first
test Of ours was confined to Eastern
and Southern States. We have no
report to make as yet on towns far
ther West.
We are telling you about this for
two reasons. First. because it is a
valuable thing for you to know and
may be of some guidance to you and
second. because we want you to real
ize that the service of Western News
paper Union. like your own work, is
made up from a knowledge Of peo-
pie in their own homes. as they live
and think and work What they
want is what we want to give them
just as what they want is what you
want to give them. Our aim is your
aim and can never be any different
Ia better newspaper.
This article Is profitable reading
for the press and other thoughtful
people.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

AS an indication of the rapidly
growing desire for Bible study and
returning love of church and the
higher things of life, the Itta Bena
Baptist church recently decided to
build $60,OOO.00 edifice. and few
days ago began getting subscrip-
tions from the members Of the
church. At one meeting more than
0,0OO was subscribed, $4,000 be-
ing raised in twelve minutes. This
is only one indication Of the public's
change of attitude toward the
church; all over the country there
are reports Of laymen leaving their
business to work with their fellow
men, and business men are band
ing themselves together, regardless
of creed in weekly prayer meetings.
Port Gibson Reville.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
To prevent a Cold, take sss.
An Ordinance.

ing the necessity of constructing a
concrete sidewalk on the ground US
ed as sidewalk adjacent to Lot IS
Bowen Subdivision, City of Brook
haven, Mississippi Declaring the
character of such walk and provid-
ing for the taxing of the cost of said
sidewalk to the above named lot.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City Of
Brookhaven, Mississippi, which city
has population of over 1000 citi-
zens, proceeding under Section 3411,
S4f2, 3413 Of the Code of Missis-
sippi, 1906, as amended by an Act
of the Legislature of 1910, and also
as amended by the Legislature Of
1912:-
Section / That 1t is necessary
that concrete walk be constructed
on the ground used as a sidewalk ad-
jacent to Lot 18, Bowen Sub-Divis-
ion, City Of Brookhaven, Mississip-
pi, which construction or special i'm
provement required an unusual out
lay of money and cost.
Section 2. The plan and grade
and specifications of said sidewalk
shall be as follows:
Said sidewalk shall be excavated
to depth Of in. below the top of
grade stakes as given by the engin-
eer. and the sub-grade shall be thor
oughly tramped. Upon the sub
grade thus prepared shall be laid a
in. foundation made of concrete
cement composed of one part, by
measure, of clean sand, and five parts
by measure, or crushed stone, brok-
en- SO as to pass through a 11s In.
ring. Upon this foundation shall be
laid a finishing coat of concrete ce-
ment / In: thick, composed of one
part, by measure, Of sharp sand and
one part by measure, Of granite
screenings, broken so as to pass thru
" in, ring. Care must be taken
to dry this finishing coat upon the
concrete foundation before the lat
ter has been set and care must be
taken to secure a good and perfect
bond between the foundation and the
TOPPING. After being put on, the top
ing must be neatly troweled, SO as
to present a neat and workmanlike
appearance, and to conform to the
finished grade as furnished by the
engineer.
Section 8. That the cost of this
work IL done by the City. after the
owners OF Lot 18, Bowen Sub-Divis-
ion. City Of Brookhaven. Mississippi.
have failed neglected or refused to-
construct the said sidewalk shall be
taxed against Lot Is. Bowen Sub
Division, City of Brookhaven, Missis-
sippi, which lot shall be responsible
for the cost Of the sidewalk so con-
structed by the City, adjacent to said
lot in the City OF Brookhaven, Mis-
Section 4. That all resolutions or
ordinances in conflict with this or
dinance be and they are hereby re-
pealed.
Section s. That for cause this or
dinance shall take effect from and
after the date of its passage.
Section s. That the City Clerk
publish a copy Of this ordinance for
three consecutive weeks in the Semi
Weekly Leader, q newspaper printed
in the City of Brookhaven. Missis-
sippi. and having general circula-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

The judge in charge of the court
in Jackson last week in which a
man was charged with numbering a
prohibition officer is said to have Sc
verely reprimanded the jury for
bringing in compromise verdict,
says the Baptist Record The judge
thought there ought to be no difficult
ty in deciding the guilt in case
like this. If the board of supervis-
ors are responsible for the kind of
juries we have, then people will be
asking what sort of men we have on
the board of supervisors. 1t is more
important to have men in our county
Offices who are themselves law abid-
ing and do not lend any sort of coun-
tenance to the whiskey element, than
1t is to worry about who shall be
president of the United States.
AS long as there is whiskey soak
ed official the law will be difficult
to enforce and the lives Of officers
who are faithful will be in danger.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
A SANE MIND IN A SOUND BODY.

F. c. billiard, the head of the law
firm of billiard, Smith, Maxey &
Head, Sherman, Tex, goes on record
in his views of observing the Sab
bath Day, as follows:-
1. do not know of any instanc-
es where concerns are advising their
statesmen to do business on Sunday.
2. think the effect on society in
general of a business policy which
advocates or requires Sunday selling
generally, is bad. While am by
no means Puritan, nor an advocate
of the blue Sunday, l do think there
should be paid decent respect to
the Sabbath day, not only out of re-
gard to those who revere it as holy
day, but because think, in addition
that the utter breaking down of all
regard for the Sabbath--the treating
of it as any other day in the week,
or, worse still, as gala day-tends
very much to break down the morale
of the community l do not believe
that Sunday business pays in the
long run.
8. I answer this question indi-
rectly. l have indicated above that
do not believe in blue Sunday
and that do not believe in gala
Sunday. Sunday is the only day that
many of the working class have for
recreation, and think that the art
galleries and museums should be
kept open on this day, and there
is nothing wrong in the indulgence
of seemly recreation, but do not
believe it best to have Sunday base
ball games, open theatres and picture
shows, and things Of this kind on the
Sabbath day. AS to the kind Of bus
mess that should be done, this, In
my judgment, should be confined to
drug stores, restaurants and places
Of that kind.
K
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down. condi-
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them much more than when they are In
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is local disease, 1t Is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
sists Of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1922
A Plea for the Prodigal Girl.
(By o. d. Copeland).

l have read of the death of the mar
tyrs, the story of Peter and Paul.
The story of Luther and Calvin i
aspect ana honor them all;
And also old Thomas and Stephen,
honest and faithful men,
And I've read the sweet story of
Jesus, and expect to read it again,
I've read of the Good Samaritan, of
charity's lesson begun,
And my heart goes out in great pity
to the wayward, prodigal son.
All are SO glad to welcome him, so
quick to forget and forgive,
1t makes no difference what he has
done, If only comes back to live;
They have always prayed for the pro-
digal boy since ever the world be-
gun,
The joy, the glory, forgiveness Of the
returning wayward son,
But poets seem to forget to write of
the saddest thing in the world
They are not so eager to welcome
back, the poor little prcdigal girl.
Just why she has turned out crooked
She happened to strike "the
right one,
Who had the slick tongue Of Judas
and that was your prodigal son;
Though the boy is upheld and for
given; it is common all over the
world,
That you scornfully point out for gos-
sip the poor little prodigal girl.
There is nothing so truly pathetic as
the life of the maidens who fall,
And if you search down to the bot
tom, you'll find man the cause of
it all.
But he is led back in society, and
nursed with the tenderest care,
Held up to the world as hero, and
mentioned in fervent prayer,
While she is cast out from her loved
ones; out in the hard, cruel world
And everyone points out and scorns
her, the poor little prodigal girl.
Now, as has been said quite ofen,
and we will repeat 1t again,
That the lowest of fallen women, are
better than most of the men.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

Port Gibson men have organized
weekly prayer-meeting. The Re-
veille says Bad weather does not
deter them from meeting and there
seems to be detrmination to make
Of these weekly gatherings source
of wonderful spiritual blessing to all
who engage In them. Every man
who wishes to know more about the
Bible and who enjoys good music
and has faith in prayer is invited.
Even If there might be some who
are simply curious to see men lead
in prayer meeting who had never
done so before. they too are invited.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

The Leader wants to be made up
from a knowledge Of people In their
own homes, as they live and think
and work. What they want is what
we want to give them.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

While number of Southern States
did not hold general state elections
this year and several of them did not
have to choose a U. S. Senator, ir
the elections that were held Novem-
ber Z, Baptist men were elected gov
ernors in four Southern States, Geor-
gia, Florida, Texas and Tennessee,
while South Carolina elected a Bap-
tist lieutenant governor, Florida,
Georgia, and Oklahoma a Baptist U.
S. Senator, and twenty Baptist con-
gressmen were chosen these coming
from the states of Alabama, Flori-
da, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia. We haven't seen in the
press how the other denominations
Jared. OF course men are not elect
ed because Of their religious creeds;
but it is credit to any denomination
that their men are qualified to hold
important offices and are elected for
that reason.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

Everybody who reads wants TO be
a member Of the Library - select
your friend or relative or any num-
Der of them and present memberships
for Christmas gifts.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

People won't buy your goods sim
ply because yon want to sell them,
They won't vote for you simply be-
cause you want an office A lot Of
thera won't even go to church when
kind and thoughtful friends tell
them they should They buy what
they want. vote the way they feel,
spend Sunday as they please and
read what interests them.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-20

A membership In the Library
would be altogether q delightful
Christmas gift.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

100 yard dash sa,sldon Ferry.
sManvsl. nrst: Leon Lsmpe. Logan
Center. second.
Shot put IL pound)-Maurice Bye.
Gtiby, nrst; Clarence Edwards,
sNlasara,. second,
4 100 yard low Observation-Disclosures Ed
wsrds.s nrst; sidney Kirk. Niagara
High jump-Maurtce Bye, frst, Gill
by; Wilbur Anstett, Maxwell, second
Broad jumps- Wilbur Anstett,f
ffrst:s Clarence Edwards, second.
40 yard run-Lson Tempe, first;
Wilbur Anstett, second.
One-half mile relay race q boys)-
Niagara, hrst: Gilby. second.
Events for GAras.
First Glass, 10 and.11 years 4
yard dash-GIadys Skerdle. frst;
Caroline AAker, second.
Potato face-Imogene Price, drst;
Mildred Thompson, second:
Balancing-Alma StAlheim. first;
Cora Sather. second.
Second clA8-12. IL and IA years:
50 yard dash-Vera Schanche, FIRST;
Evelyn Rostberg. second.
PotatoScace-Evelyn Rostberg. hrSt;
vergie ,Cummins, second.
Balancing-Evelyn Rostberg, nrst;
200 yard relay race, a giris)-Lo-,
gan Center, first.
Baseball throw-Minnie HOMELAND,
first; Verge Cummins second.
Third class-Girls over II years:
rs yard sdash-vereie cummins.
frst:. Cecilia Hoefer, second.
Observation-Disclosures Cummins. first;
Mary Mckenzie, second.
Baseball throw-Blanche Bundy.
first: Cecilia Hoefer, second.
200 yard relay race-7Logan Center.
hrst-
y Boys Events.
80 pound class:
so yard dash-Oscar NubgaArd.
first; Robert Bundy. second.
Running broad jump-Oscar Nub-
gard, first; Bernard Rostberg,
second
Running high jump-oscar Nub-
gard, first: Robert Bundy, second,
200 yard relay race a boys)-Man-
vel, drst; Gilby. second.
IS pound class:
IS yard dash-Arvey Rimea, drst;
Chester Jones. second.
Running broad jump-Arvie Rimes,
first: Frank Brandt, second.
Running high ;jump-Arvie Rimes,
first: Fred johnson. second. :
zoo yard relay race a boys)-
Thompson. first.
los pound class:
100 yard dash-John BrOyer, first;
| Neil McKechnie, second.
Running broad jump - Neil
McKechnie. first; John Braeer. second.
Running high jump-John Brager,
first; Neil McKechnie,
800 yard relay race "a boys)-Gll-
by, first.
volley Bah.
remnants for honors in the volley
ball contests were awarded to these
teams:
Gilby high school girls, first: Logan
Center high school girls, second.
..Ciilby grade school girls. first; (Orr
high school and grade girls team,
Logan Center grammar grade and
high school boys team. first; Orr
grade boys team, first. >
c.. T. Almen, superintendent OF
Northwood schools, supervised the
volley ball contests.
Bismarck. N. D., June 3-The pro-
posed New Salem dairy tour. to be
held June %, is endorsed by r. F.
Flint, state dairy commissioner. who
said today that his department would
aid in promoting the tour.
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Bismarck. N. D., June s-rhe %
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held June %. is endorsed by r. F.
Flint, state dairy commissioner, who
said today that his department would
aid in promoting the tour.
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