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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05
Hon. J. {. Rankin Announces.

Hon. j. E. Rankin announces in
this issue for reelection to Cons
gress. He is serving his first term
and has made most remarkable
record. 1t is au old saving that a
congressman has to serve his first
term to get acquainted with his
c0leaguss;" his second term to
catch on to tbs workings Of
Congress and at'the third term if
he is capable, can bepin to give
Q rvice; not SO with Rankin. He is
already regarded as one of the in.
fiuential members the House and
has made good' to an eminent
degree. ~"
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05
tions YOU mentioned in this article

tions YOU mentioned in this article
answered,
All the birds that saw. and
there were about twenty species in
all, were migratory birds that had
spent the winter in the tropics,
some in the West Indies and some
as far away as South America.
The large red birds with the
black wings and tail were Scarlet
Tanagers and the solidsred birds
were the Summer Tanagers. These
birds differ from our local "redH
bird" in that the latter have a
crest and are known as Cardinals.
The large olive green birds were
the females of the Tanagers and
one or two of them were the Yellow
breasted Chat closely resembling
the female Tanager. There was
also the brown Thrasher. the Oven
Bird, several species of Thrush aud
the gray Catbird, and, too, the
rose-breated Grosbeak with it's
fancy feathers of rose and gray,
one of the prettiest birds found.
Among the small birds were
many species Of warblers, some of
them with yellow breasts which
many people thought were cana>
ries. There was the Black and
White Warbler, the Oranges
Crested Warbler, the Yellow,
Throated Warbler. the Blackburn
ian Warbler, the Kentucky Wsl1
bier. the Worm Eating Warbler,
the Palm Warbler, the Pine War
bier and the Chestnut. Sided War
bier. The little blue birds were
Indigo Buntings, many of which
have their holles around Stsrkville.
The only species Of sparrow that
succumbed to the unusual weather
condition was the Swamp Sparrow.
b These birds were on the way 10
their Northern homes. They leave
the tropics about this same time
every spring and take their course
northward along the Atlantic coast,
some of them going as far north
as the New England states and
Canada. Due to the heavy coast
storms they must have been driven
out of their usual path and-exs
hausted, tired, lost, beaten down
by rain and wind, flying blindly
against buildings and trees-they
were either stunned or killed.
Sincerely,
MRS. SIMON f, BLUMENFELD.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05
Old-Time Saloon.

DO YOU ever pause in the great
prohibition desert aud conjure up
a picture of the saloons that
hourished in the country only a few
years sgof
Now and then men, passing a
prominent corner. point to a saw
ings bank or spauking-new cigar
store, and say There used to be
u swell barroJm here. Gosh! can
remember when Old Crow was
passed out at 50 cents quart and
the harkeep apoligized for whisky
under seven years old"
All that's left OF those ancient
whisky dens is the path IN .he side
walk, worn by the tramp of runk>
ards feet as they made the oun Is,
tapping up so much they were
ashamed to drink it at all in one
place.
Promi1ent among the customers
was the business man who ian at
the stroke of every hour for higns
ball or a small glass of water with
large whisky straight for q chaser,
BY s o'clock at night. the regu.
lars were well tanked and below
the din was the friends apology!
Don't mind him, he's swell fel.
low when he isn't drunk. "
The owl cars carried them home
to mothers aud wives who sobs
bed quitely in the stiffness OF the
night.
There was considerable priva.
ton in the average hard drinkers
home. short on funds because of
the barroom till's greedy appetite.
A drunken man was disgusting
to the good citizens and homes
builder. A fathers greatest fear
was that his son would get the
appetite.
There was another type of sa.
loon--the l0w-down type that hard
drinkers usually wound up in. II
was den, rendezvous of criminals,
where customers were thrown lrto
the alley after they had been strip
ped of thier last cent.
The amber fluid in the quart bot.
tie ruined brilliant men by the tens
Of thousands. wrecked an infinite
number of homes and, for those
deeply involved. DESTROYED nearly
everything for which life is worth
living.
That ancient institution. tha
openly conducted sa.oon, is gone.
Now and then ssmeone with more
money than brains gets hold OF
quart for Sl2 or more.
But fathers aren't Worrying
about their sons developing a
chronic thirst. Homes are happi.
er, with less jangling. More money
in the bank. A woman can ride
on an owl car how without danger
of being insulted.
There is lot OF tally, around the
country, about infringing on per-
scnal liberty, much futile areu
Inent about bringing back light
wines and beers.
But at heart. the country is drt.
The proof is, there's almost no talk
of bringing back the oId-time ga.
loon. Exchange
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05

Mrs. w. Magruder, Jr., was
called to Moss Point Friday bv the
sudden death of her mother. Mrs.
McGinnis. This.sad death was the
result Of an attack of flu. The
Times joins MRS. sMsgruder's many
friends in extending its sympatbv
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05

Mr., John Crow and family ars
rived a lew days agJ from Elaine,
Ark, and are with their parents,
Mr.. ana Mrs. Shannon Crow, on
Greensboro street. Mr.. and Mrs.
Crow were among the food victims
in Arkansas.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05

Mrs. r. Z. Williams left Tues
day for jackson. where she koes to
represent the Parent-Teachers AS
sociation at a meeting which is
being held in that city this week,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05

Miss Marianne Woodward spent
last week end at home aud had as
her guest, Miss Annie Louise Vost,
Of Natahez,
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05
The Birds.
Contributed.

| noticed last week with q good
deal of pleasure that numbers of
people shared with me an interest
in the incident of the death Of va
rious kinds of little birds in the
rainstorm of Tuesday night. On
the following Wednesday at nights
falt l sat at the southwest corner
of Court Square and listened to the
cry of birds high overhead. and
they appeared to be going north
ward and continued to pass for
over an hour while | Fat there.
They were still in flight when |
left. Swallows by hundreds cir.
cled IN the air, apparently making
their supper off of winged insects,
until darkness hid them.
Now. these things seemed to
bear out the suggestion contained
in the Times that some of the dead
birds were overcome by the storm
during the process of passage to
the Far North. Il high percentage
of the dead birds were swallows
Some people conclude that the
swallows were not migrating bes
cause some of them live here all
summer; but | know that the
number remaining here is insig.
nifcant compared to those that
spend the summer all along the
Yukon river; aud many swallows
will be in position to see the sun at
midnight before the summer soI~
stice.
| Swallows have been written of
by poets and philosophers since
dawn OF history; hut considerable
mystery pertains to them still. ]
have never heard of no authority
who can tell where they 90 ia wfns
ter. Herodotus heard q belief exs
pressed that they hibernate in the
mud ut the bottom of ponds and
sluggish streams. Strange enough,
once had an ola friend, who had
never heard of Herodotus, bnt had
arrived at similar opinion. In
Maine many years ago. he said. a
mill pond burst after midwinter
and he saw hundreds of dead swal.
lows which washed ashore down
the stream. can neither affirm or
denv the truth of this theory Il
simply don't know.
Il | know from observation, hows
ever, that vast numbers of swallows
appear in the Yukon river region
about the time of the thaw and
disappear before the streams freeze
solid in the fall One day they are
there; the next 4hey are absent,
and the manner OF their. going
am ignorant of. Some time be-
tween MAY 10 and 25 ice will be
moving the whole length Of the
Yukon, starting on the upper
reaches and tearing its way on
down. Swans. ssndhi!l cranes,
geese, ducks, snipes, rails, and
many other shore birds will already
be there. By the time the river
runs clear Of ice. robins, black-
birds, kildees or kildeers. pewees,
and hundreds of Others will be on
on hand. ] saw a few yellow.
hammers and bull bats (night.
hawks on the canadian eide oil
the boundary line. but none in
Alaska.
II 1t may surprise some to learn
that occasionally few birds neg.
lect to leave at the appointed time,
and probably all such die. Oh
course there are a good many spe
cies who live there winter and sum
mer, and among them is a wood.
pecker which l believe to be iden
tical with a kind living in tn,
! South. o s. j. c.. :.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BIRDS
Starkville, Miss, May l. 1929
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05
NHNNNNH00VVV
FROM THE COUNTY AGENT
@. Z. Barrett

" Aeou' ioi huotuci fo"A hNiS 10
d vote of Endorsement OF my work
here for the past TWO years. AT
the same time | feel that it is
stimulant to me to work harder
another year. 1t was distinctly a
victory of the people from the
farms of Oktibbeha county. 1t WAS
good illustration of representa-.
tive government in action. There
are people who do not want a couu
ty agent but they work quietly and
in the dark places, but those who
do are unashamed and are OUT
spoken. They got up and told the
Board what the work meant to
them and their communities.
/ am beginning my new year
by wiping out all scoree. There
are some who may have been op,
posed 10 a county agent, but If
YOU are farmer, come in and talk
the matter over with me and let's
see it l can not do something to
help you.
II the Mississippi creamerios do
not Improve the quality of their
butter. they are going to find it
Disseminated against in price Ill
the markets. No creamery can
make frst-class butter out of cream
that has not been properly handled
before its delivery to the creamery.
The Mississippi creamery Associa>
tion has agreed to pa, s cents more
for No, | cream thep for No. 2. A
bulletin is being prepared on the
production and care of cream, that
will tell YOU much better than !
can in this brief article. how to
care for your cream in order to
prodnce No. l cream. As soon as
this bulletin is ready for dlstrlbu-
ton, [ am sure that all patrons of
tbs creamery will be supplied with
copy.
Do not get the impression that
our co-opel ative creamery is the
only QUE that has adopted this
system of grading. Practically all
(, of the creameres in the state will
adopt this standard of grading.
We are having a wet spring Ind
are late, but | have never vet seen
it pay q man to hog in q crop. |
saw men last year opening a furrow
through weeds and grass waist
high to plant corn and blowing out
on it in an effort to get their corn
in a fer DAYS earlier, saw these
same men fail to make crop on
the ground when it turned dry and
the corn failed to come up, | can
never figure corn ready to plant
till the ground is broken at least
inches deep and the cl0ds are all
pulverized.
We are selling lots OF coy bean
seed this wear. You all know tha,
under certain conditions you can
fail to get stand OF soy beans
mighty easy. lwant to give you
the beue6t of my close observation
| of this plant for ten years in what
lit takes TO get a stand. The seed
ibed should always be we'll pIlver.
lied. The plant comes up in q
crook and should always be planted
sufficiently shallow that when II
. straightens up it will be out of the
ground. The ideal time to plant
is when there is plenty of moisture
e! 10 the ground, with promise OF fair
weather for several days. II YOU
will plant tnem about an inch deep
under such conditions thew will
be up in three days H'vou must
plant them when it, is dry. you
have to plant them. probably two
inches deep; but YOU need not ex
pect enything much il it comes h
packing rain, Auy time You have
a packing rain on them before the,
come up, You should harrow a.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1922-05-05

CLASSIFICATION OF THE BIRDS.
StarKville, Miss, May 1. 1922,
The Editor. East Mississippi Time',
/, starkyille, Miss.i :.
Dear Sir; 4 was very much in-
terested in Your article about the
birds found on the streets last
Wednesday morning, aud | thought
you would like tv have the aaes-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
OHIO TRADES UNIONS
START HEALTH MOVE
(By United Pressl

CANTON, Oct. 11.-Trades unions of
Ohio moved today to establish their
own health departments.
A standing committee to cooperate
with the workers health bureau in the
movement will be named today by
President John Moore, at the thirty
ninth annual convention of the Ohio
Federation of Labor. The departments
would be organized to give workers an
nual medical examinations, further ex-
amlnations whenever there are signs
OF occupational disease, dental examin-
atoms, visiting nurse service and edu-
cation on the prevention of sickness.
Miss Grace Burnsham, New York,
who addressed the convention on the
proposal said establishment of health
bureaus would add from five to 20
years to workers lives.
petitions were in circulation at the
convention today to initiate a bill to
provide pensions for qualified persons
| over 90 years of age whose annual
earnings do not exceed $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
OF DAYTON
DISTRICT TO MEET
IN EATON OCT. 10.

EATON, Ohio, Oct. 11.-Fall meet
ing Of the Ministerial association of
the Dayton district will be held here
Oct. 10 and 20 in st. Paul's Methodist
church
Bishop w. F. Anderson and DR.. E. o.
Crist. superintendent of the Dayton
district Methodist conference, will
have a prominent part in the meeting.
The association has membership OF
about 80.
Drawn For Jury.
Oscar A. Gale. Eaton, has been
drawn for grand jury duty in the dis
trict federal court in Dayton. The
Jury will convene Nov. g., John Weir
ly, West Manchester; Ed R. Clark,
New Paris, and Charles Coffman, West
Alexandria, are Preble county men
drawn for petit jury duty in the Day
ton district federal court
Legion Plans Festival.
Plans are being rushed to compile
ton by the James E. Ryan post, Amer
lean Legion, for a fall festival the
post will stage Friday and Saturday
of this week in West Alexandria.
Heads Ielephone association.
Dr. Mills of New Lebanon, was elect
| ed president of the Tri-County Tele
/ phone association in a meeting held
recently in Camden. Amos Fudge, OF
/ Gratis, was elected vice-president anc
Rev. S. A. Blessing of West Milton
was elected secretary and treasurer.
Marriage Announcement.
| Announcement has been made of the
/ e n
Eaton, and George H. Bradney o
Portsmouth, which took place last Sun
day in Dayton, the Rev. Med. Hows
are, formerly pastor of Eaton Chris
tan church. having officiated.
William Byers Ill.
William Byers, fatheri-n-law of Rel
resentative H. D. Silver, is regards
as seriously i'll in his home in Dixol
township.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11

Although nearly all ships carry wire
less nowadays, the flag signals are
still used for communicating with one
another
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11

Anthracite miners dig on an aver
age two-thirds of a ton less of coal
each day than those employed in btu
minous mines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
SNAKEROOT, DEADLY
WEED, IS FOUND IN
WAYNE COMMUNITIES

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Oct. IL
White snakeroot, poisonous weed,
which is said to have been growing
in the Dalton and Losantville COM
munities since the days of the earliest
pioneers, when it was the unknown
but prolific cause of "milk-sick,"
again came into the limelight this
summer when sample weed sent to
Purdue was identified as the deadly
weed by A. A. Hansen, plant patholo-
gist Still more recently the weed
has been identified in a patch of woods
four miles northeast of Hagerstown.
In a 20-acre woodlot just east of the
residence of Lawrence Sherry the
weed is found in abundance, and stor-
les are current of several unexplained
deaths of stock which had been pas
turing in the woods, which deaths IN
doubtedly were due to the weed, as
the symptoms were identical. Among
them was a horse belonging to Mr..
Sherry, and although he did not know
the cause, he has pastured no horses
in the woods since
Description of Weed
1t is thought by the neighbors that
this woods is the only place where
the weed grows, though it is more
probable that it is simply better
known on account of the abundance
here. The weed grows about two feet
in height, although it will mature and
blossom at eight inches to a foot
while some specimens, are four feet in
height. The blossoms, which are
most noticeable about Sept Is, are
white, and somewhat resemble iron
weed. AS the seeds mature they are
tufted like dandelion or thistle, with r
white down. The seeds are similar to
lettuce in size and shape, and are dark
brown or black in color The leaf is
shaped like a spear head and the
branches of the plant come just above
the leave where it joins the main stalk,
and make a large angle with the stalk,
so that the whole plant is rather large
in circumference. The stems are COW
cred with down. The roots are bunchy
and fibrous, like the roots of grasses,
and the plants are hard to pull ex-
cept when the ground is wet. The
plant is found only in woods.
Another plant which seemed to b.
a different variety, was taken by the
county agent, when he visited the
patch, Tuesday, to send for indentifi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
New Telephone Books
Distributed By Exchange

The new telephone books are off
the presses and distribution of them
was started by the telephone company
Wednesday. All business houses and
residences with telephones will re-
ceiye their new books within a few
days, while rural and suburban sub
scribers outside the city limits may
call for their books at the telephone
office. More than 5000 copies will be
distributed. In addition 10 the books
given our own subscribers" says Le-
roy Browne. official of the company,
" we always send copies to all ex-
changes within radius of 100 miles,
for use in sending toll messages. In
dianapolis, Fort Wayne, Dayton, and
all the nearer towns, are supplied, in
GLIDING, of course, the small nearby
telephone exchanges of adjacent coun-
ties"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11

cation at Purdue. This is a little tall
er and the leaves completely surround
the stem at each joint, appearing to
be double, paired leaves have grown
together at their bases.
D. NJ. Fouts, Everett Lester, Milton
Lester, Lawrence Sherry and Ollie
Kiser all have had experience with the
results of the weed poisoning and as
sited in making an investigation of
the woods. They stated that num-
erous cases of stock poisoning had
been known, and also that people had
been poisoned by milk from cows, one
dying, and that plan for eradicating
the weed would meet with an enthus-
iastic reception. The only practicable
method recommended by the state uni
versity, however, is pulling of the
weeds during September, when they
are most easily recognized.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
SOY BEAN EXPERIMENTS
MADE IN RUSH COUNTY

RUSHVILLE. Ind, Oct. IA hun
dred Rush county farmers experiment
ed with the growing of soy beans this
year and are continuing with feeding
experiments this winter. Each bushe!
is estimated to contain an equivalent
of $211 worth of protein. providing .
much cheaper source for this element
than tankage which has previously
been used.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
Ohio SUPREME COURT
DECISION ON TAXES
MAY AFFECT BEER
CBy United Press)

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Oct. 11.-When
the supreme court Thursday reviews
the suit brought to prevent submitting
of the proposed taxation amendment
to the voters. its ruling may also affect
the status of the beer and light wine
proposal, officials here believed today.
Among the issues raised against the
tax proposed is that OF the validity of
the signatures TO the petitions attack
ed on the ground that a majority Of
them were in indelible pencil instead
of ink. This question was likewise
raised relative to the beer and light
wine" proposal in the suit brought by
George Hawke, Cincinnati and not yet
passed upon except on a motion for i'm
mediate hearing, which the court over
ruled
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
Case Is On Merits.

The tax amendment fight come be-
fore the court Thursday, as a result of
the courts ruling, late Tuesday, on mo-
ton for advancement filed by NJ. E.
Thrailkill. Al that time the court up
held the Franklin county appeals
courts ruling that common pleas Judge
Kinkaid's order enjoining Secretary of
State Smith from submitting the pro-
posal, was permanent injunction and
therefore was renewable by appeals
court.
A motion to advance the case for
hearing was allowed and it was placed
on the docket as the first case TO be
heard Thursday morning. If the court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
HARDING TO RECEIVE
LODGE DELEGATES
tBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-THE ques-
ton of establishing a national home
and orphanage has been referred by
the supreme council of the Knights OF
the Golden Eagle, now in annual ses-
sion here, to a referendum of mem
bers of the entire order. If approved
details of the plan will be completed
at next years session. Delegates TO
the convention were to be received by
President Harding today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
MEXICAN GENERAL KILLED

IBN Asa0CIdINu FFts9I
Ell PASO, Tex, Oct. 11.-Generh
Eduardo Hernandez. second in COM
mand to Gen. Francisco Mursuia, rev
olutionary leader and two followers
were killed October s, in a battle with
home guards, according to a telegram
received in Juarez today by General
Eugenio Martinez. commander of the
northern military zone in Mexico.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
Newspaper Editors
To Discuss Problems

CLEVELAND, Oct. II. - Thorough
discussion Of newspapers in their re
lation to public affairs win be held ar
the close of the annual meeting of the
American Society of Newspaper Edit
ors IN WashiI gton, April 21 Speakers
will be chosen from the principal pro-
LESSONS and from political ranks.
Plans for the annual meeting were
completed here last night at meeting
of the board of directors of the society
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
RARNuM KNEW HIS sTuEE

WAUKEGAN, H., Oct. 11.-Rev.
Robert f. O'Brien, Independent" pas
tor at Zion City, stood for a day in
the rain to win s. offered by Wilbur
Glenn Voliva, if he would stand on a
corner to show the people what a
fool he is
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11
1922 Returns

Eleventh precinct 2S2; I'D, 1O5;
13D. 213; QD, 331; 80, 27S; Q6),
219; 40, 240; (1S), 23S; 19), ...;
(20), AL.
Twenty-first precinct, 4O6; (22),
4S7; (23), ass; (24D. $40; (25), 236.
t26), 592; (27), 512; (2S). All; (29l,
632: 900. sic.
Thirty-first precinct. 524; (32), SIS;
(S8), 40; t34, SAT; (S5). 239; 1850,
$50; $50, 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-11

upholds the position of opponents OF
the proposal, it probably will issue an
order to prevent counting of the bal
Its, inasmuch as balloting by absent
voters already is in progress.