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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19
ccepted; and be it further

accepted, ana be II turtner
RESOLVED, that this resolution be
spread upon the minutes of the Town
Council and copy thereof delivered
to the press"
Thereupon the name of Miss Louise
CLANCY was put in nomination as
Town Clerk and Tax Collector to fill
the unexpired term of Mrs. P. B. Yer
ger, resigned, and having been duly
seconded and no further nominations
having been made, said Miss Louise
CLANCY was unanimously elected;
1t is, therefore, ordered by the
Board that Miss Louise CLANCY be
and she is, hereby declared elected as
Town Clerk and Tax Collector for the
unexpired term of Mrs. p. B. Yerger,
resigned, effective as of date May
10th, 1928.
Adoption of Ordinances published
elsewhere in this issue.
There being no further business be-
fore the Mayor and Town Council, up
on motion duly made, seconded and
carried, the Council adjourned until
the next regular meeting or until
called together in special session by
order of the Mayor
]. L. WILSON,
Mayor.
Attest
F.. B. YERGER,
May 10, 3w.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

Mississippi Valley Railroad Company,
including all land lying within dis
tance of 100 feet from the South mar
gin of Bruce Street, between Main
Street and said right-of-way, and all
land lying within distance OF 100
feet from the North margin of Bruce
Street between Main Street and said
right-of-way; all in the Town of
Rosedale, Mississippi.
SECTION g Be it further ordained
by said Mayor and Town Council of
said Town of Rosedale, Mississippi,
that, from and after the date of the
passage of this ordinance, no build
ings shall be built within the fire
limits of said Town, hereinabove
designated, except that same be built
of stone, brick or like material, and
that no buildings shall be built, within
sand fire limits, of wood, sheet iron
or other combustible materials.
SECTION 3. That all other ordi-
nances or parts of ordinances, desig-
mating and establishing the fire limits
of the said town of Rosedale in con-
flict with this ordinance, be, and the
same are, hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That TINS ordinance
take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
Adopted by the Mayor and Town
Council, in regular session assembled
on this, the 9th day, of May, 1928.
J. L. WILSON.
Mayor.
Attest:
f. B. YERGER,
Clerk.
stasSa Nav 10 2w
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

Uncle Sam reports that over q mil
lion children, ten 10 fifteen years old.
were ''gainfully employed" in 1919.
If we had that situation in a year of
record prosperity. think what condi-
tions must be when the pinch of hard
times or even normal business drives
the young into the ranks Of child la
Dor. nations degree of civilization
Is measured by its child labor situa-
ton and by its treatment Of women.
Progress by inventions is surface
stuff. not basic, except as 1t helps
eliminate human slavery.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19
WANTS NURSE FOR HIS DOG
Chance for Matrimony to Follow In
Case Applicant Falls In Love
With Pup.

Philadelphia.-Una to get q
housekeeper through the usual employ
ment channels. Howard /. Davis, pou}-
tryman and dog fancier, of New Egypt.
N. J., is advertising through local news
papers for "a nurse for thorough
bred, pedigreed, registered fox terrier
pup" Davis admits In his advertise
ment his object may be matrimony, ri
the applicant falls in love with the
pup"
big wages to the right party" says
Davis advertisement. Requirements
are to care for the pup and get his
owner couple of meals a day, make
his bed and keep his house clean City
talent need not apply. l don't want
a dead one, but one who won't miss
iazz, two-step and movies. as l am
too busy to take her around until next
July. Applicant must like to listen
in on the radio. have good one"
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

One can be an artist without let
ting the hair grow long or wearing q
shabby velvet jacket. So says Blaas
da Lezze, Venetian painter visiting
the United States. He's famed as
portrait painter Of women. Long hair
and velvet jacket, however, help by
giving the artist atmosphere. Life's
play and should be staged fittingly,
at work and in the home. Why do so
many artists like long hair? A few
geniuses started IL. Lesser satellites
copied. All Of us are hero-worship.
ers and copycats.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

Scientists should be careful how
many hundreds of thousands of years
they assign to the skulls of men that
they find, otherwise they will put dents
in the accepted formulas of the era.
Five hundred thousand years for the
newly found fossil skull is good
while
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

The motorist who hits a pedestrian
and runs ought to be identified If pos.
sible and forever barred under penalty
Of Imprisonment from ever touching a
steering wheel again. Recklessness Is
bad enough, but to unite cowardice
with it is contemplate in the highest
degree.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

Quebec will bar reckless motorists
from the streets after their third ar
rest. The first time shows careless
ness, the second may be an accident,
but the third proves habit.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19
Nothing Worth While.

Harriet had been coaxing for a
cookie. After making thorough
search through the cookie jar, she re-
turned empty handed. "Where's the
cooker" asked mother. Didn't want
any," said Harriet. They're all Grip
PIES"
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19
Kills Mad ooo When It Attacks Wife

Hagerstown, Md.-Alvey c. Harsh
man beat to death pet dog that Went
mad and attacked Mrs. Harshman
The dog had leaped at the woman's
throat when her husband struck II
with a club.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19

spirit of fair play, will carry thls
answer to the people who were not
here tonight. | appeal to our citizens
to REQUIRE records and not to accept
political rumors concerning the candl-
dacy of any candidate for Governor
or any other office
Mr. Conner was introduced by Fred
Montgomery, Commander OF the Lo-
cal Post of the American Legion, and
his statement called forth prolonged
applause because of the clear cut
straight forward manner in when Mr.
Conner tackled the question. (Advt)
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1923-05-19
AN ORDINANCE.

May 10, 3w.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

forts by the woman to lure the
dog by calling his name proved
futile. Then she hid around cor
ner of the house, initiated a cat
meowing, and when the dog leaped
from the chair in the direction oil
the sound, she walked over and
captured the chair.
After the dog returned, he looked
at his mistress reproachfully, then
trotted away. 0 few minutes later
there was persistent barking in the
rear of the house. At first indif'
ferent, the terrific barking soon
aroused the woman's curiosity. AS
she reached the side of the dog, he
bounded past her and soon was
ensconced once again in the chair.
To illustrate how like a child $
a dogs process Of thought is, DR..
LentZ said:
"If you are a stranger visiting
a house for the first time, you
must give the dog time to become
acquainted with you before he will
respond to your advances-just as
in the. case of q child Veterinar-
fans have found it difficult to treat
a dog in the presence of it's owner,
even as physicians are considerably
Handicapped treating a child when
the mother is present"
THE dog" Dr. Lentz said, has
the highest mentality of eighteen
animals treated at the university
hospital"
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

plaintiff company. allege that the
latter has been in business at Ross
lyn for the last eighteen years, that
kirtley had been their general man.
ager for almost eighteen years, and
that other defendants had been en-
ployed as statesmen, drive and route
agents in the District of Column.
bia.
The company declares it furnish
ed each of the defendants with an
automobile and truck, oil and gaso-
line, lists of customers and conf
Dental information.
The Columbia company claims
that Kirtley in his capacity as
general manager has acquired IN,
formation as to the business OF
the concern, and that recently Kirt.
ley had been elected vice president
and manager of the defendant COM
pany. It is alleged that Kirtley
knew the formulas and methods for
making, blending and compromising
motor fuels, particularly super mo-
tor fuel and Columbia gas. in
which the company has built up a
valuable business.
Leon Arnold, according to plain.
tiff, is president of the defendant
company, and will be much bene.
| fitted if his concern is permitted to
acquire business through the sale
and distribution of gasoline and
motor compounds, the plaintiffs
property.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
ENTRANTS
|NRODEO HERE
TOMORROW
Queen of Cow Girls, Champ
Rider, and ''BulIdogger"
Make Up Vanguard.

Under the direction OF two ex-
perts scheduled to arrive here to-
morrow, one from Cheyenne,S Wyo.,
and the other from Wichita Falls,
Tex. work will be started Monday
at the Union Station plaza on a
big corral in which will be kept
the hundreds or more head of out
law horses, cattle and other animals
to be used In connection with the
Shrine rodeo and Indian exposi.
ton which will open May 80 and
continue to June as part OF
the festivities OF the Shriners ma
tionaf convention.
A small army of workmen al
ready is at work on the stadium,
which is designed to seat 10000
persons, and Victor j. Evans,
chairman of the committee in
charge of the event expects to have
the ''lot" in readiness long in ad-
vance Of the opening of the show.
The corral will be completed by the
time the first horses arrive next
week and work will then be started
on the chute by means Of which
the animals are admitted, one at q
time, into the arena and in. which
the riders mount them. The chute
is an ingenius device and goes a
long way towards minimizing the
dangers a cowboy encounters in
climbing to the hurricane deck Of
a "mean horse"
Special precautions will be taken
to guard spectators at the rodeo
from injury by the plunging
animals. a wire fence, twelve feet
high and constructed in such a
manner as not to. interfere with the
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
LAWS ILLNESS REEVES
RUMOR HE MAY RESIGN

LONDON, May 1S.-Sir Thomas
Horder, well known British heart
and stomach specialist, departed for
Paris today to treat Premier Bonar
Law, who is i'll in the French
capital. The continued i'll health
OF the premier has revived reports
that he will resign soon.
It was regarded as significant
that the Daily Express recalled b.
mar Laws statement when he took
office that he would resign if his
health failed. Lord Beaverbrook,
owner of the Daily Express, is now
in Paris. consulting the premier.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
Negro Advancement
Aided by Garland
Fund Gifts
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, May 18.-The
Garland Fund, as the American
Fund for Public Service is gen
orally known, announced today
how $4,000 of the income of
Charles Garland's 100000 trust
FUND had been spent in the
three months ending April 80.
Among the donations and
loans made were $4,000 to the
Federated Press, Chicago;
Women's Trade Union League,
Chicago, $4,000; Boston branch,
National Association for Ad-
vancement for Colored People,
$500 CONDITIONED on local sub
scribers contributing balance
necessary to defend three ne
groes); Rochester Labor Col
lege, Rochester, $500 (loan);
"The Searchlight," Washington,
$4,000 (loan).
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

II have spent at least five hun
dred dollars seeking relief from ca
tarrh of the stomach and the many
symptoms which this annoying all
ment brings on" declared Mr.. w.
r. Flora, the highly respected and
prosperous farmer Of Princess Anne,
Va.
MY stomach seemed to be raw
and Initiated for everything l ate
disagreed with me and caused I'M
told misery. Sometimes my stom-
ach burned like there was fire in
1t and the acid risings kept my
throat raw. / was constipated, my
liver was sluggish. spots danced be.
fore my eyes and l was so nervous
that l seldom got a good night s
rest.
1T is truly marvellous what
Dreco has done to relieve me Of
these troubles. l am better today
than in a long. long time. l eat
whatever / want and never have
the gas or acidity, my stomach
seems able to digest anything I
crave The constipation has been
thoroughly overcome, my liver
was purged pleasantly day by day
and now I am free of dizziness,
headaches, spots before my vision
and l sleep sound awaking feeling re-
freshed and full of energy. Dreco
has certainly proved a blessing to
me-"
O'DonneII's Drug Store, GOA Ninth
street, are introducing DRECO to
the people of Washington. Call
there and they will tell you of the
merits Of this wonderful remedy.
ALSO they will honestly tell you
whether or not DRECO will benefit
DDEC0
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

spectators vision, will be erected
just in front of the tiers of seats,
thus preventing the outlaws
from crashing into the stands. .
The first entrance in the rodeo
contests will arrive in Washington
tomorrow, according to word from
F.. Fl. Barrow, Mr.. Evans personal
representative in the West. They
are Ruth Reach, woman's cham.
pion broncho buster and known in
the West as queen of the cow
girls" Bryan Road, worlds cham
pion rider. and Buck Lucas, cham
pion bull-dogger.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
RIVAL OIL
co. FOR TEN
THOUSAND
Columbia Concern Asks for In
junction Against Indepen-
dent and Officers.

The Columbia Oil Company, with
headquarters at Rosslyn. Va, yester-
day filed suit in the District SUI
preme Court against the Independ-
ent Oil Company, Of Rosslyn, Va,
bert M. Priest. T. r. Shipman. and
George Cockrell, of this city, asking
that they be restrained from In
terfering in any way with Its bust
ness and customers, and also asks
$4,000 damages.
Attorneys John w. Price and
Thomas Ruffin, representing the
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
A;PR|NCESS ANNE
FARMER HAPPY
After Spending a Small
Fortune Seeking Relief
From Catarrh of the
Stomach Found it in
Dreco, He Says.

There is not a remedy on the
market today having such a repu-
tation as Dreco for it's powers to
overcome catarrh Of the nose,
throat and stomach Many people
have given Dreco a fair trial and
proclaim it marvellous. Right in
this section men and women owe
their health to Dreco. One such
person writes as follows.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
TOKYONUPT|ALS
To BE GREAT
EVENT
Japanese Prince Regent to
Take Bride at Ceremonies
to Continue a Week.
BY DUKE N. PARRY,
International News Service.

TOKYO, Japan. May 1S.-The
wealthiest reigning family in the
world, that of His Imperial Majesty
the Emperor Yoshihito of Japan,
is this year preparing for what
promises to rank highest among
the social events of 1923. The
date of the marriage If His High
ness Prince Regent Hirohito to the
Princess Nagako Kuni has just
been Officially announced for late
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
SAYS DOGS HAVE
POWER To
REASON
Professor of Veterinary Anat-
omy Tells Story Of Canine
outwitting Woman.

PHILADELPHIA, May 18.-Dogs
have power to reason, and they
think just the way children do
DR.. William J. Lentz, professor OF
veterinary anatomy at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania said today
He told a story of a dog outwit'
ting a human mind to prove mis-
contention.
A dog was summing himself com.
fortably in the favorite porch chair
Of his mistress, he said. All Of
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There Shall BeNo MoreDeath'

Tomorrow? Tomorrow there
will be ship, crew, provisions, no
master over US and the free path
of the seal!
His head went up. He was tall
er than the girl had at first
thought, She sensed through the
film Of her own excitement that
some sort of inward vision had
come upon him. She remembered
the world beyond the world of
Rome of which he had spoken.
Dark-sapphire seas, coast cliffs
white as milk, immemorial sea-
shore forests bathed in the last
level gold Of the sunlit west. The
seas path--the path of Ulysses,
the path of adventure-led to this
other world. An incredible, &C.
static dream feeling came over her
and throb of pure delight struck
through it. lnstantaneously she
envisioned a ship-Wave-scarred,
drenched with glory-coasting vir-
gin shores of Wild, strange beauty,
"Can We-can we really get
away to the places you told me
about"
He looked at her.
eve WILL" he said. The set of
his mouth was as hard as when he
had. struck the Master of the gal
ley, but in his eyes there was q
smouldering light-almost golden
light, as when sudden sunshine
fires the hollows of a green-gray
sea. Something in the sweep Of
his level brows recalled to her the
sculptured marble heads of great
poets which she had seen crowned
with fresh laurels and their pedes-
tails wreathed with roses. The
very thought that he had been a
galley slave, branded and shackled,
was like sacrilege.
Copyright 1923. American Weekly. Inc.
ITO Be Continued Next Sunday. }
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(c0ntinued from Double Page)

of Madame Trufanoff. In the
months when made my pilgrim
age over Russia / had the best OPP
portunity to observe the attempted
working out Of this decree. But
even before / left Tsaritzin had
conducted the funeral services for
poor girl who had killed herself
to escape such an alliance.
The unfortunate young woman
was Zolkina. never knew the
name of the man, but he was an
officer in the new free states
army. He had seen the rosy
checked, bright-eyed girl as she
passed back and forth on the
streets of Tsaritzin. She had mo-
ticed MIN as he strobe his war
horse, gallantly galloping to bar
racks. At last they met at de-
bate on the same ship, "The New
Woman" of which / spoke at the
beginning Of this chapter. The
subject of the debate that night
was eff a Man Wishes to Be Joined
to Woman and She Insists Upon
Going TO Church, What Should a
Patriot Answer"
Yes, that was the subject. If a
man happened to love girl VIII
was decent enough to wish for
respectable ceremony, what should
be patriotic for him to say to the
poor unfortunate?
That debate was absolutely one.
sided. For all the speakers, fawn-
ing in eagerness to emphasize
their devotion to the new ideas,
advocated that the man should
give up the girl, or else carry her
off by violence. Little Zolkina
listened, her young eyes blazing.
When the meeting was over the
officer took her home, seated be-
fore him on his horse. / got all
these details from her parents
later.
That ride began his siege of the
poor child. He was desperately in
love with her little, girlish inno-
cence. But he never once offered
to marry her, Yet she, quite nat
urally, expected the man who Of
fered her his love to offer her mar
riage at the same time.
my position, little one" he
told her. Nobody who hopes to
become great in our glorious new
republic is married the old way.
Darling Child, what difference does
it make? Not a hundred nuptial
masses could cause my love for
you to become any stronger than
it isl
And the poor child chung to him,
begging.
"But it's sinful-so the Bible
and our catechism say. Folks al
ways should be married in church"
"Bahv' he would reply. "Relig-
ion is the opium Of the masses.
We should think clearly, little one.
After all, what is there to be
ashamed of in the new alliance?
Nature is the same. How can
ceremony change it,"
Then the child would go home
and plead with her parents.
HE loves me better than all
ceremonies. He would marry me
the old way, only then he'd be dis
charged from the army. Oh,
mother, my heart is breaking! ]
want TO marry the man ! love.
And / want to please you. Why
-why-did they think up this hor-
rid free love to worry us 500"
The siege lasted for six months.
The man kept insisting, and so did
the child's parents.
"No girl of mine shall ever live,
a shameless woman, with a man
who didn't take her to church,"
swore the old father. II will see
her dead first"
That is just what the father did
see. Things came to such a pass,
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their sweethearts were sure 81
their daily bread.
These instances ] have mem
toned are typical Of I'll Russia.
For the resistance Of the women
grew and waxed strong. As /
travelled on foot through the ural
country ! met peasant women,
their heads shaved close. their skin
peeling of and stained with 4 hid
eous green-hlue paint. ! asked the
meaning.
They make themselves ugly so
that no man win want them in the
new free love-" one old peasant
mother told me, ''They are brave
girls. God sees, and He viii care
for them"
So ! might GO on, with many
further details. What / have said
illustrates one Of the conditions
which Russia is rapidly OUTLYING,
even now. Indeed, such unions are
no longer openly sponsored by. the
State. ] shall tell my readers next
Sunday OF some Of the other con-
ditiOns in Russia things / saw
and things that befelI me as /
stealthily made my way out Of
Russia to safety disguised as a
wandering pilgrim.
ITO Be Continued Next Sunday. j
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tie cantering vessel and painted
honey tints upon the dingy white
ness of the sail.
But Cassandra had forgotten
that she was upon a ship in the
midst of the sea. 1t was a small
world-violent, sudden, packed
with unguessable elements. And
the noises that came to her were
more vivid than the raw sunshine
that lay without.
= "The wines made them mad"
said Evan. "Some of them haven't
tasted it for years. They'll be
beasts now until they've slept it
Off" He was silent a moment;
then he said simply, 81 had sore
myself when they opened the first
amphora. It's wonderful wine.
This is the scourger's
cabin; l had to bring you here, for
it will be easy to defend in case
there are only a few women and
the men are mad He
was a foul-hided dog and it smells
like a kennel"
eyes, it does" said Cassandra.
She turned her face to him
"What will happen now?" she
asked suddenly.
From the waist of the galley
came a fresh burst of outcries and
clapping of hands.
Nothing will happen until
they've slept off the drink. The
helms dashed and don't think this
wind will drop. Well just drive
on as we're doing all night, and by
the morning they'll be some sort
of men again-not animals"
He was looking straight before
him through the doorway and
frowning a trif1e. He seemed to
be weighing serious matters.
"And what will happen to-mor-
row."
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"California Fig Syrup" is
Childs Best Laxative


If your child is listless, full of cold, has
collie, or if the stomach is sour, breath bad,
tongue coated, teaspoonful of California
Fig Syrup will quickly start liver and bowel
action. In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly it works the constipa-
ton poison, sour bile and waste right out
and you have we'll, playful child again.