davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Shoes.

Shoes should no; be left near the
FIRE Heat destroys leather. A little
yaseiIne put between the soles and
uppers just before going out in rainy
weather will help TO keep the feet dry
and the shoes In good condition.
Admonr,oy.
Someone says: In private watch
your thoughts: In tho family, watch
your temper: In cont runy. watch your
tongue That is mighty good advice,
and we are not hurting II any when
We add. "and in Il crowd. watch your
wafch."-Bostou Transcript.
Altar Lights eurn SO Years
For 20 years seven lights have
burned day and night IN front OF
statue Of the blessed Virgin In one OF
the Catholic churches in Chicago.
These lights commemorate the escape
Of the edIfice from destruction In the
great fre of ISL
Many Treasure Islands"
A large number OF islands in vari-
ous parts OF the world have had the
reputation OF holding buried treasure.
Stevenson's Treasure Island" had no
foundation In fact. but is stated to
he the real result OF his reading Of
stories by Defoe, Washington Irving
and Poe. also Johuson's Lives Of
Pirates and EIIghwaymen." supple
mented by his own experience on sail
Ing ships. Stevenson himself said
that the germ OF the story was the
map drawn for the wall Of his step
sons playrooEl.
Watchdog Of the Treasury
The watchdog OF the treasury was
title tirst given to Judge William
Steele Holman. II United States rep
resentatiye from Indiana He xas
elected irst In 1886, and with the ex.
ception OF the Thirty ninth. Forty.
ninth, Forty-ff,h. Forty-sixth and Fif-
/ ty-fourth congresses. served contlnu-
ousiy until his death. April %. 1897. in
Washington. He received the watch.
dog" title because of his champion
ship OF economy and his opposition to
| new appropriations and measures
which he considered exrravagsnt
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-11
wha, win Maid OF A,hen, Say,

New York surgeons have restored {
lacerated heart to normal. showing
that the breach-of.promls. lawyer
can't have all that business-Wash
ingtOu Post.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Board Of Trustees of Car
riere Consolidated School District
at the School House, Carriere, Miss,
until $50 P. NJ, February 10th, 1928,
and then publicly opened, for erection
and entire completion of school
house to be built for the Carriere
Consolidated School District, at Car
riere, Miss, according to plans and
specifications prepared by ALBERT
G. BEAR, Architect, 303 Wells-Fargo
Building, New Orleans, La.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by certified check, in the amount
of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
as guarantee that, in the event Of
said proposal is accepted and the
maker thereof awarded the contract,
he will sign up necessary agreement
and execute surety bond, as required
Proposals must be made out on
forms, which will be furnished by
the Architect.
Separate proposals will be received
on the Plumbing and heating from
contractors who desire to figure only
on that portion of the work. Such
proposals must be accompanied by
a certified check in the amount Of
two hundred and fifty dollars ($250)
a guarantee that the contractor to
whom the work is awarded, will sign
agreement and execute bond, as re-
CURED by law, within ten days from
date of award.
Plans and specifications and pro-
posal forms may be secured from the
Architect, ALBERT G. BEAR, 303
Wells-Fargo Building, New Orleans,
La, upon request. A deposit of Ten
Dollars ($Q0.O0) will be required,
which will be refunded to depositors,
less cost of fordwarding, ETC., pro-
vided the plans and specifications are
returned to the Architect, in good
condition, within ten days from date
of award Of contract.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
Trustees.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
TRUSTEES SALE
Trustees.

I, H. H. Parker, trustee under the
provisions Of and by virtue of the
authority conferred upon me in a
Deed Of Trust executed by J. j.
Ladner, on the 18th day Of January,
1920, to secure certain indebted
ness due and owing to ]. A. Bilbo
which said deed of trust now APP
peras Of record in book 9 at page
20 of the record of land trust deeds
Of Pearl River County, Miss. In
the chancery clerks office of said
county and which deed of trust,
was thereafter to-wit, on February
18th, 1921, duly assigned by said J.
A. Bilbo, to DR.. W. T. Koch, the
present owner thereof, which said
assignment appears of record on
page 20 of book of the records
of land trust deeds of Pearl River
County, Mississippi condition having
been broken in said trust deed and
I as trustee having been requested
to foreclose same; will on the
first Monday of February, 1923,
being the 9Th, day of said month,
offer for sale and sell at public
auction, for cash to the highest and
best bidder at the East front door
of the court house in the town of
Poplarville, said county and state,
during legal hours, the follow
ing described land to-wit;
SWA of SEA of NWA and NJ
of NWA of SWA of Section 7,
Township / South Range Is West,
and being no part of said j. J
Ladner's homestead.
The title to the above land is
believed to be good, but I will only
convey such title as is vested in
me as trustee.
H. H. PARKER,
2l-4t. Trustee
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
CITATION NOTICE
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
To the unknown heirs Of Moses
Strahan deceased, and all persons
having or claiming any legal or equi-
table interest in the lands described
as beginning at the southeast corner
of the Moses Strahan, claim, and run
west along the southern boundary
line of said claim 20 chains to q
place of beginning, thence north Is
chains and 20 links, thence West 20
chains, thence South Is chains, and
90 links to said south boundary line
and thence east along said line 20
chains to the place Of beginning, also
the tract described as commencing at
the southwest corner Of the Moses
Strahan Claim and run north up
Pearl River 40 yards and thence in
northeasterly direction 1893 yards
to a point 85 yards due north of the
south line of said claim, thence in a
southeasterly direction to a point
on Dry Branch 20 yards above said
South boundary line, and thence up
on Dry Branch to said south line,
thence west along said south line
to the said starting point, all of said
land being in the Moses Strahan
Claim, Section No. 8 TIP. 8 South
of Range Is West, in the County of
Pearl River, State of Miss.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the
County of Pearl River, in said State
at rules on the second Monday of
April, A. D. 1928, to defend the
suit in said court Of W. E. Ken
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25

Quicksilver Dollars <s,ze=f
The following story in Fz-7s1~~'"N
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
COLD FACTS

million dollars in round numbers the
Mississippi in 1920 for bread
foods and
farm garden suppesnot
And furthermore the ejaculation
retail In other words Mississippi
percent sefeedg in 1920 Over half fftye
from the North and West
hyve states made better showing,
Southern sae-Okahoma Tennessee Texas,
the tables elsewhere in this article
accumulated
: ealth dweler
O Farm
The first business of farm feed the farmer the farmers fam
of Harvard University
production raised bread
the retain the wealth he
always
their in the smoke
These Invariably the
safely ahead of the They accumulate wealth.
hey good credit risks; banker will tell
oidly that
their supplies with
and good
the
wealth under this pn but somebody
the metropolitan
ade centers, but it mporverhes the country people.
Farm CO-ope alton
be sefdirectng
selfnncng; they sefin
until they The cooperative
accumulated collateral
marketing
South calls something like half
lion dollars of credit, peril
financed the outside by organized big business btered BY
the farms bottom
Quicksilver Dollars
in FH-7fT7-~~''N~
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
Notice
THE EDWARD HINES YELLOW
PINE TRUSTEES RAILROAD. here

THE EDWARD HINES YELLOW
PINE TRUSTEES RAILROAD, here
by gives notice that on the Both
day of December, 1922, it filed with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
at Washington, D. c., it application
for a certificate of public conven-
fence and necessity authorizing it
to operate in interstate commerce
over certain trackage already con-
structed and owned by the applicant
from Chauncey, station on the line
of the applicant, to the railroad of
the H. Weston Lumber Company,
and from that point over the rail-
road of the H. Weston Lumber Com
pany under trackage agreement to
a junction with the New Orleans &
Northeastern Railroad at Picayune,
Mississippi. 2O-4t.
Edward Hines Yellow Pine Trustees
Railroad.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
CARD OF THANKS

We take this method to, in some
ray, express our appreciation of the
lany kindnesses shown us in the
lness and death of our son, Little
ill.,"
Our neighbors and friends were
kind to administer to every want
nd need, our school so devoted,
1ur teachers so thoughtful. Nothing
an take the place of our little one;
ut it is a consolation worth while,
o be remembered in so many ways.
We thank you, each and everyone
and may God bless you is our prayer.
Respectfully,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Amacker.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
BIDS FOR STANDARD TYPE
WRITER ASKED

The Board Of Supervisors of Pearl
River County, Mississippi, will re-
ceive sealed competitive bids on the
first Monday in February, 1928, up
to IL o'clock M, for the contract to
furnish the County one standard
typewriter machine for the County
Highway Engineers office.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
This the 18th, day Of JAM, 1923.
21-4t. H. X. ROUSE,
(SeaD Clerk.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Trustees Of the Savannah Con-
solidated School, will receive bids
to build teachers home up to 2 P. NJ,
Saturday, February 8, 1928, at the
County Superintendent office in
Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mis-
sissippi. Plans and specification on
file in said office of County
Superintendent of Education.
The right to reject any and all
bids reserved.
This 18th day Of January, 1923.
Zeno Smith
Joe Bilbo,
Russell Smith,
Trustees.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
Percent Per Cap.
Self-feedng Wealth

unmstakable relation between homeraed farm
of the
while the tobacco of the
poor tobacco
cotton tobacco farmers get left
slips through fingers of the farmers and enriches the
talks
hat ii 20 Good-by.
always produce cotton and tobacco They best
oney crops likely for long to but
will be their staple food and feed
eacehs
stingy farmers, and bankers alike
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
WANTED-Men and women t

WANTED-Men and women to
take orders for genuine guaranteed
hosiery for men, women and children.
Eliminates darning. Salary $50 a
week full time, $1.00 an hour spare
time. Experience unnecessary. In
ternational Stocking Mills, Nor
istown, Pa. Slot.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25

enOugn lot light and
small power uses.
In every respect it
has the dependable
ity and quality which
are charac teristic Of
All WHY'S Light
products-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
His Professional Manner.

We like very much the story of the
dentist who went fishing and was dis
gusted at landing large and orotund
catfish. He seized the beast firmly
round its waist and began to work the
hook out. Quite automatically and
with his usual air of courteous firrnA
ness he bespoke the fish open wite, II
IA said New York Isveninr Rasf
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
The Ages of Trees.

The Tortworth chestnut, in Eng
land, figures upon d charter dated
1l35, and so is probably well on to-
ward the end of its Tenth century, and
there is an oak at Tilford. near Farm
ham. which was there in the year 1850.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25

nedy, wherein you are defendants.
Said complainant seeks BY said
suit to confirm his title to said
lands.
This the 9th day Of January, A. D.
1923.
(SEAL) H. K. ROUSE,
21-3t. Chancery Clerk.
By L. Saucier. D. G.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25

Only large resources and great
production could make this plant
possible at its low price. We have
anticipated a great demand and
given tlle public the benefit.
The plant IS beautifully finished.
neat, compact and equipped with
the wonderful air-cooled Auto
Lite engine-generator. It places
electricity within reach Of every
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-01-25
CHANCERY SUMMONS
The State Of Mississippi.
To Arthur Ladner:

The State Of Mississippi.
To Arthur Ladner:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Chancery Court
of Pearl River County, in said
state, at the February term thereof,
to be held on the second Monday Of
February, 1928, then and there to
plead, answer or demur to the petit
ton filed in said court by Ruth Lad
ner Malone and Eliza Ramsey, COM
plainants, for the sale of E 1aof S
E n of Section 8; and W " of S W
u of Section 9, Township l South,
Range Is West, in Pearl River Coun-
ty, Mississippi, for partition, where
in you are one Of the defendants.
Witness my hand and official
seal, this the 9Th day of January,
1923.
(Seal) H. K. ROUSE,
21-4t. Chancery Clerk.
Not in Society.
She ito golfer husband)-Why is It,
John, that this Colonel Bogy you are
always playing with never comes to
the club dances7-The Showme.
Evening star., 1923-03-04

At ninety miles an hour, it
whirls over the ice and snow on
Lake Ronkonkoma, L. l. The
flivver motor is used to drive an
airplane propeller, connected di-
rectly with the cranlshaft, which
speeds the shooter" over the ice.
61I'ndrrwoOd 4 Underworld
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over the appearance and cap
pearance of the bright obling strips.
He added that the following
day he and other students asked the
professor Of astronomy the meaning
of the illuminations and the teacher
explained the entire meaning, cause
and effect ofsthe proposition. Mr..
Burns, not being a technician. was
unable to describe just what the in
structor told the young men put upon
learning of the opinion here le wrote
to the professor and expects a letter
Tuesday or Wednesday giving the
scientific answer to the proposition.
Mr.. Burns is sure that the sky ap-
peared the same where he saw the
queer formations as in Ensley and
believes he will be able to have a
very proper and correct answer here
within few days.
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7. w. GRESHAM DEAD

J. w. Grisham. 60 years old, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. c.
l. Gillian, 2612 Avenue j, Ensley
at 1925 o'clock Monday night. Flu
neral services are to be held from
the home of the daughter at 4 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, with DR.. Gatlin,
pastor of the Fairfield Baptist
church, officiating. Rev. w. II.
Mansfield pastor of the First Meth
odist church, Ensley, will assist Bur
ial will be made IN the Oakland
cemetery.
Mr. Grisham is survived by three
sons, Ernest, Oscar and Frank Girls
ham, all of Ensley; one daughter,
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LIBRARY CAMPAIGN

1t is expected there will be large
attendance at the mass meeting of
women to be held at the Carnegie
library Thursday afternoon at 2:S0
o'clock. Plans will be made for
campaign for funds for the library.
This meeting has been called under
the auspices of the Minerva, the Gull
ture and the Quest clubs and is for
the purpose of raising money
through canvass of the city, which
Will match an appropriation by the
city for the repair of the building
Most of the womens clubs have
already contributed literally but the
Thursday meeting will be for the
formation of an organization to can
vass individuals. All women Of the
city have been invited to attend.
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bESsEMER SENDS
DELEGAT tt 7 D
BLOCTON MEET INC
Children OF Confederacy Will
Begin Second Annual
Convention Tuesday
BESSEMER BUREAU
THE AGE-HERALD
Besscmer, Ala, June 4

The Alabama state convention of
the Children of the Confederacy will
be held at Blocton beginning Tues
day evening and lasting through
Wednesday. Miss Rebecca William
son VIII represent the Bessemer or
ganization, and Miss Frances Rush.
recording secretary, and Miss Sarah
Huey, historian, are state delegates.
Miss Rush will also enter the con-
test for a medal Offered by Mrs.
Hubert Scruggs for the best dec
lamation delivered at the conven-
ton.
This will be the second annual
convention, the organization having
been separated from the U. d. C.s
during the administration of Mrs.
b. L. Huey. 1t is expected that there
VIII be a large attendance of dele
gates from over the entire state.
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To HEAR SUTTON CASE
Night Warden Is Charged With
Holding Two Positions

Trial of DR.. F. B. Sutton, night
warden Of the northside Jail, who
is specified In charges presented by
Chief of Police Fred H McDuff
with holding two positions while in
the employ of the Birmingham po-
lice department, was set for Monday
night. June IS. at the meeting of the
civil service board Monday night.
Charges which were read to the
stated that while employed by the
city as warden at the city jail,
DIR. Sutton performed work as an
examining physician for an insur-
anSe company. He received compen-
sation from the work amounting to
approximately $40 per month. I'm
der the rules and regulations of the
civil service board no member of
the department may be employed in
any other capacity during his con-
nection with the police department.
Three applicants for position as
firemen and one policeman, were ex-
amined by the respective chiefs of
the departments Monday night. The
applicants were: Firemen. J. A. Rop-
err F. H. Wadaman and Charles l..
Duke policeman. r. A. Lewis.
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OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC
Injunction Restraints Refreshmq
Sellers At Calern tSntion

A temporary injunction has ben
issued by Judge Henry d. Claytd
in United States Gistrict court Mon
day to officials of the Louisville an
Nashville railroad restraining Roll
ert Langston, King GOODWIN, Geors
Head. Albert Calhoun, Willie Wool
Willie King, Paul King, Peter Cal
Loun. Dave Langston, West Lang
ston and Clara Lewis, jessie Heal
Agnes Wood and Beulah Langstd
all of Calera, from selling the rd
freshments to travellers. Notices 4
the injucntion were issued to tn
defendants Monday by T. j. henn7
mer, United States marshai.
Reports from Calera have it thu
the adroit statesmen of "Getta d
hotta dawg," chicken sandwiche
etc, obstruct traffic at the static
in their effort to unload their ware
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The picnic committee of the Mer-
chants association visited most OF
the business houses in Ensley Mon
day to determine the number OF
persons for whom they must plan
for at the picnic June IL. 1t was
stated by members of the committee
that the number present Will most
likely exceed what was anticipated
but that plans would be made to
take care of everyone. The picnic Is
sch eduled to be held next Tuesday
at Pineview. Every business house in
Ensley is expected to close for the
outing and everyone is cooperating
in making the affair the most sue
cessful ever held in this section OF
Birmingham. Nick Walters viii
prepare the barbecue and no one Is
expected to bring a basket. This
feature will no doubt be pleasing to
the ladies. Everything will be free
to those wearing Ensley badges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
ENSLEY STUDENTS
TAKE ISSUE WITH
WEATHER PROPHET
College Boys Declare Sky
Manifestations Seen
In Indiana
ENSLEY BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD :
Fualey Ala Juue 4

Statements from the weather bureaq
and the newspapers that the sky
manifestations of Friday were re-
Elections from the Ensley open heart
was questioned Monday In Ensley by
Robert Burns and other young men
returning from college. Mr.. Burns,
who has been attending school In
Indiana, said the reflections were
seen as far west as Indiana. He Is
quoted as saying that several stu
dents at the college he was attend
ing observed the unusual illumi-
nation in the sky and marveled
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CHURCH SHOWER

A number of pretty gifts were pre-
scented to Mrs. A. D. Brown, leader
of the Sunbeam society of the Seventh
Street Baptist church, when the mem
bers of that organization gave her
miscellaneous shower at their last
meeting. The following program was
carried out after short business
session. Vocal duet, Grace Willis and
j Jeanette Langford reading, Meredith
Langford: piano. Lillian Johnson;
song. Meredith Langford. Flora Della
more, Frances Jones, Hazel Paige and
Sallie CoOley
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FITZPATRICK-MARTIN

Miss Ellen Fitzpatrick and Doyle
A. Martin were married at the First
Methodist church Sunday afternoon at
s o'clock. Only a few friends wit
messed the ceremony, which was per
formed by Rev. B. T. Waites. Miss
Fitzpatrick is graduate of this
years high school class, while the
groom Is connected with Morton
Hardware company. After a short
wedding trip, they will make their
home at 1880 Clarendon avenue.
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INCENDIARY TRIAL

Lon Gilbert will again go on trial
in the Bessemer circuit court this
week for the alleged burning of
school house, church and dwelling
near the Warrior river. Gilbert is
under Agar sentence at this time,
charged with distilling and was re-
Gently given seven years on a charge
of murder, in the case Of Betty Price,
killed IA years ago. Both cases have
been appealed
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CONVENTION DAY PROGRAM

The Kiwanis club viii hold a con-
vention day program at Its Wednes-
day luncheon, when reports from the
convention held at At
lanta will be made. A. Z. Ausman
will give report also on the Cham
Der Of Commerce gathering recently
held at Memphis, while j. B. Morton
will talk on the hardware conven-
ton which was held in Atlanta, and
Rev. Roy Chandler will make re-
port on the Southern Baptist con-
vention held in Kansas City.
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MASONS MEET

The annual meeting of Ensley
council No. rs, r & S. Mosans, will
be held Wednesday night at the
Masonic temple. Annual election of
officers will take place at this meet
ing and all members are urged to at
tend. No other matters will be taken
UP at this meeting.
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| ', r@..ss5: TODAYS
70, e.: >. ]CAL1NDAR|
ATNTHE MOVIES

Capitol-Cecil B. DeMille's Male
and Female"
Galax-Ethel Clayton In Can
Woman Love Twice?"
Odeon-Ruth Roland in THE
Haunted Valley"
Princess-Irvin Cummins In Man
Law" and comedies.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in IAN Eye Tor
An Eye"
Royal-All-star cast In Dangerous
Adventure"
Strand-Bebe Daniels and Antonio
Moreno in THE Exciters.'
Trianon-Double header, Douglas
Mclean in Bell Boy 10" and Buster
Keatcn in my Wife's Relations"
AT THE THEATRES
Lyric-Keith vaudeville; Gladys
Walton in Crossed Wires"
Loew's Bijou-Loew's vaudeville
Clara Kimball Young in "Cindellia
the Magnificent"
CURRENT EVENTS
Kiwanis club luncheon at l O'Clock
in ball room of Tutwiler.
w. C. T. U. meeting at o'clock al
w. T. c. headquarters.
Baseball at $3.50 o'clock at RICK
wood field, Birmingham-Atlant
No WSY program.
Market quotations begin at i
o'clock standard central time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-05
WEDNESDAY MUSIC CLUB

The Wednesday Music club of Bes-
semer will broadcast program over
station WSY of the Alabama Power
company in Birmingham Wednesday
evening, beginning at o'clock. Those
on the program will include Mrs.
Julian Erlick, Mrs. H. H Pendleton,
Mrs. G. B. Hollingsworth, Mrs. A. G..
Grove. Mrs. Macon Williams, Mrs.
Eugene Raraden and Miss Ethel and
Virginia Williamson.