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■HBHMawuuawMaMi THE ECHO IS (The Official Journal CF THE CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS Subscription: $1.50 per Annum. RED CROSS DAY AT 10GT0WN LAST SATURDAY SUCCESS Occasion Was School i eachcrs Meet ing and Many Speakers and Listeners Present EVENT WAS NOTABLE ONE Mrs! Eagan Will Give Free Knitting Lessons —Local Cnapter Makes Shipment to Camp Sheloy Bay Chapter was well represented at the County Teachers’ Association at Logtown last Saturday. Both chairman, secretary, treasurer, press reporter and many workers. We en joyed a fine lunch and delightful pro gram. Messrs. Rea and Cazeneuve talked on thrift stamps, what they were and how the children could make the money to buy one; and also stressed the teaching of patriotism as well as text books. Mrs. Stokoe talked on the what, why and wherefore of the American Red Cross, and what it would mean, when 22 million school children furn ish 22 million more garments. She outlined the plan for the Junior An nex Worrk in tne schools as worked out by the government, and stressed President Wilson’s letter in which he stated that the boys and girls must be a part of this work. Prof. Talbert talked on the origin and purpose of Arbor Day. Mr. Asa Weston addressed the teachers as to their duty in training the children to take |dieir places in this world crisis. Mr. J. /. Thomas, of Kiln, brought out many facts of school children’s wastes in luncheon scraps, pencils, tablets and showed how parents and teachers could help in conserving this waste. Mr. H. S. Weston spoke on food conservation, and the shortage of grain and meat la sytear, and the de crease in the allowance of sugar. Be fore the war the yearly average al lowance of sugar per person was 9C pounds, now it is 20 pounds. He also stated how the people in main were suffering on account of temp ■raturei -40 below zero, and where sugar came they stood for hours awaiting their turn for only 2 pounds. “How can school children hs’p best to win this war” will be the subject of a prize compostion. Mrs. Eagan will give her free les sons in knitting on Tuesday Fri day afternoon n sewing room at the court house from 2 to 5 p. m. While many of our workers are at home nursing sick children let the rest of us redouble our efforts. Last Friday abox of articles were shipped containing the following; 95 sweaters, 10 mufflers, 8 pairs wrist lets, 6 pairs knitted socks, 21 wash rags, 20 bed shirts, 9 pajama suits and 8 pairs bed socks. Counting 123 gauze compresses, 9x9, 62 shell wound dressings and th( urgent call for a French hospital, our chapter shipped about 421 articles last week. Next week we will give the list to date, cf how many articles have beer, made and shipped by our chapter. Mrs. Clifford shipped a box this week to Camp Shelby containing warm head bandages for pneumonia patients, wash rags, tooth brush bags containing a tooth brush, bar of soap gargle cup and wash rag and cover ings for surgical goods. If others are making caps, get then ready for the next shipment, about next week. Thanks are extended to those who responded so willingly. The Civilian Relief Committee L rendering valuable assistance to those who apply, and will give the neces sary aid to those in waiting as soo: as the official blanks arrive. Rev. C C. Evans is chairman of this commit tee. The minstrel has been postponed until next month. At the executive meeting on Tim vs day. Miss Gragnon reported thr. the cutting department had cut 56 garments and all given ou'. to be made up. Miss Mary Weston turned in sll as a monthly donation from Log town. Miss Engman turned in 9Gc fron Xmas penny Red Cross Dolls. Thanks to Miss Louise Briggs feu 6 tatted medallions for Red Cros. benefit. Miss Gragnon has them foi sale. Mrs, Stokoe read a very interest ing article on the Red Cross paper which applies to our ' Civilian rele: work. NOTICE TO BAKERS In accordance with the law you art not allowed to sell between the hour, of 12 p. m. Tuesdays and 12 p. m. Wednesdays. Also, all loaves must be standard weight— 1-pound minimum; 1 1-2, 2 or 4 pounds. You are hereby notified to comply strictly with these requirements. Respectfully, H. S. WESTON, Chairman Hancock County, XJ. S. Food Administration. THRIFT SUNDAY “ Sunday, February 3 has been designated “Thrift Sunday” and it is expected that every church in Louisi ana and Mississippi will observe the day with a special programme includ ing a sermon embodying the idea of the War Savings Stamps. The Louisiana State Thrift Com mittee at New Orleans has received letters from numerous clergymen in various parts of Louisiana and Mis sissippi volunteering to assist in the Thrift movement. Ministers of Waterloo, lowa, have issued a joint circular urging members of the churches to buy thrift stamps and one church alone bought $3,025 worth of stamps. Many churches in Louisiana and Mississippi have arranged special pro grammes in which children play a prominent part. Uncle Sam is rely ing to a large extent on the assistance of boys and girls in the Thrift cam paign and already they have turned many millions nto the- treasury at Washington. The State Committee believes that churches will reach the substantial classes to which the Thrift stamps will appeal, both as a means of serv ing one’s country and makng a good investment. The ministers in the two states will show that the United States government is in no sense begging but that the Thrift stamps are a first-class business proposition. Following up “Thrift Sunday” will be “Thrift Day,” February 4, when the work done in the churches the day before will bear fruit. THE FARMER’S GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Nowhere in the wide world has inyone profited from the war more .ban the American farmer. Prices of cotton, rice, sugar, grain, livestock; Unlike the farmes of France, of to sell are higher than he ever dream ed of—and the end is not y et. Unike the farmers of France, of Italy, of Russia, and of other conn cries in the war, the American farm er can go about his work, sowing in he spring and feeling secure that uis fields will not be overrun by the enemy before harvest; reaping in the . irm knowledge £hat his stored grain will not be seized by a ruthless invad er. ’Tis true the farmer has his roubles. Help is hard to get, and ;he cost of production goes up every nonth by month. What the farmer ;as to buy also advances continually ,i price, but the farmer, unlik<* the city dweller, can, f he desires, pur chase very little and still get along, .iis living is right on his farm. What le purchases elsewhere is largely in he line of luxuries. He can sell low, while prices ‘are high, and buy atcr, if he wishes, after prices go lown. In fact it would be wisdom if he Follow this plan. Cut down on the purchases of luxuries and save for he next period of depression. That s just what the United States is ask ng him to do in connection with the War Savings Campaign. The world i.eeds food—all that can be produced. The government needs money—all hat can be had. Let the farmer pro luce the food and supply a hungry vorld, and put his money—part, at east from every load of produce he sells —into government war saving stamps. The security is the best n the world; the interest rate is good; the War Savings Stamps cannot decline n value. The men, women and child ren who own them are insured against adversity. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS HANCOCK: COUNTY Alexander Lee to Thomas J. Lee. 3.E. 1-4 of S.W. 1-4 of Sec. township 3, South Range, 15 West less 5 acres. Consideration, $125.00. Jas. and Mary Norman to 31. Wes on Lumber Cos. N.W. 1-4 of S. W. 1-4 of Sec. 20, townshp 7, S. R., 10 VV. Consideration, $300.00. J. Zingarling to H. W'eston Lum ier Company. The S.W. 1-4 of the S.W. 1-4 of Sec. 21, township 9, S. R., 15 W. Consideration, $400.00. J. J. Williams to 11. Wcston Lum ber Company. A strip through said land for right of way. Part of S.E. i-4 of S.E. 1-4 of Sec. T. 9. SNR. L 5 W. Consideration, $15.00. Sandy Turner to H Weston Lum ber Company. 4 acres in Jos. Galon Nairn, township 9, Sec. (3, S. R. 16 W. Consideration, SI.OO. M. A. Castro to Victoria ,Sper wick. Lot 5, square 2, Castro ad dition to Kiln. Consideration, $5.00. Mary Garcia to W. J. Gex. E- 1-2 of N.E. 1-4 of S.E. Sec. 12, town ship 9, S. E., 15 W. Consideration, I o ■€ Gulf Coast Development Company to George Zeilor. Lot 4. blocic l‘i, Clermont Harbor Consideration. SIOO.OO. Carrie Beasler to Annita Stein. 5 acres in township 9, S. R. 15 W. N.E. 1-4 of N.E. 1-4 Consideration, >1,100.00. John Ulyses to J. A. Mead. E. 1-2 of let 16 and all of lot 17 in Log town. Consderation, $450.00. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26,1918. REV. PRENDERGAST, CATHOLIC PASTOR, SOLS TO VICKSBURG Pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Bade His Parishioners Good-Bye From Pulpit on Sunday Last THE CHANGE A SAD SURPRISE Bishop Gunn Has so Willed it—Rev. Father Gmclch, of Canton, Ap pointed as Successor Rev. Father John M. Prendcrgast, pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf and of the different missions of this vicin ity, preached his farewell sermon from the new pulpit of the church of Our Lady of the Gulf on Sunday morning last at both masses, and with much feeling bade his parishion god-bye. He did so with deep emo tion and there was hardly a dry eye in the congregation assembled on both occasions of that morning. Father Prendcrgast, for the excep tion of six years, when he served in different capacities at other places and not omitting when he served as chaplain at Santiago in Cuba during the Spansh-AmericaU war, has been connected wth the Bay St. Louis par ish for the past twenty-one years, and for eleven years, succeeding the la mented Rev. Father Blanc, served most zealously and his administration a successful one as pastor of the local church. While here the church was destroy ed by fire and from a state of chaos following one of the most disastrous .ires in the history of this' city, he set about at once and built the church which stands today as an imposing monument to his administration to say nothing of his spiritual labors. The church, with its cathedral-like proportions, one of the largest and handsomest in the State of Mississip pi, represents a value of $60,000 or more, with a comparative small debt overhanging, which by a system intro duced and installed by him is auto matically paid off, and it only a ques tion of time when the obligation will have been removed. Father Prendcrgast has been ap pointed by Rt. Rev. Bishop XFunn to he pastorate of the church at Vicks bprg, to fill a vacancy caused by death, the appointment taking effect at once, and in his stead Rev. Father Gmelch, of Canton, Miss., has been appointed. While Rev. Father Pron dergast left during the week to as same his new duties, his successor will not arrive until some few days yet. In the meantime Rev. Fathers Costello and Mciiale, present assist ants, will administer to the spiritual and business interest of the parsh. A delegation, headed by Hon. Jcs. F. Cazeneuve, and representing the parishioners, called at the rectory Wednesday night and presented Fath er Prendcrgast wth a- purse as a slight -token of their esteem and a an earnest of the esteem in which he was held and to express the general regret which exists on the occasion of his going away. Similar visit; were made by other delegations rep resenting societies of the church and a handsome gift was also made by the colored parishioners. TO THE WOMEN OF HANCOCK COUNTY A call has been made for the wo men of Mississippi to supply, as bes: we can, our soldiers with foot-warm ers or bed-socks. These can be mad; •of flannellete, eiderdown or any soft warm material and are very easih made. Miss Mae Hicks Edwards County Chairman, Bay St. Louis, wil ; gladly furnish the pattern to ail whc request it. Please make all returns to her ant. she will send to the camps. In send ing this or any other gift, permissio: might be asked by the donor, of adop tion, during the period of the wai one of £hse men. Letters, post cards etc., could then follow and brim cheer, for “men are only boys grow: tall, hearts don’t change much aft er all.” Many are homeless as shot* by the registers and the thought the one cared, even when “over there’ might be an encouragement tha would make the effort supreme. With faith in your loce for these brave defenders, I am, Faithfully yours, ZOE-POSEY, State Chairman Htaltji and Recreation, Counc of National .Defense, Gulfport Miss. NOTICE TO PUBLIC The public is hereby notified tha. ail grocery stores in Bay St. Louii will be open on Mondays, until furth er notice, during morning hours only closing at 12 o’clock. This is in con formity with governmental ruling. BAY ST. LOUIS RETAIL GROCERS. . Bay St. Louis, Miss., Jan 26, 1918. mules^oFslleT^ I offer for sale either in lot or separately, 20 head work mules in splendid con dition at the most reason able prices. A fine oppor tunity for farmers to pur : chase one or more mules. : Telephone Kiln 18. i A. J. McLEOD. WAVELAND RESIDENT WRITES ECHO LETTER FROM CAMP SHELBY Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., Jan. 14, 1918. Dear Editor Echo: When I entrained, so to speak, at Bay St. Louis for Hattiesburg on July 31st last, I had high hopes of gaining admission to the second offi cers’ training camp, which for Mis sissippians was to be held at Leon Springs, Texas. I had worked and worried for weeks in preparing to face the examining board and as a consequence was apprehensive that I might be found lacking in avoirdupois. It did not rcasure me any to glance at the plump figure of my fellow candidate, Robert Taylor, as he sat opposite me in the coach, but his ready-flow-of cheerful conversation dispelled any system of gloom which might threaten to gather and allowed small chance for my thoughts to dwell for any appreciable time on my possible infirmities. When the hour arrived I appeared before the board and in short order was found to be deficient in the matter of physical requirements. I was pronounced just 16 ounces underweight, but the principal obstacle which barred my further progress was my teeth or rather my lack of them. I was bitter ly disappointed and did not fail in my first letter home to admonish my growing sons and daughters to profit by my experience and diligently and daily cleanse and care for their own good grinders against a possibly similar time of trial. When I left home at Waveland I cast an anchor to windward by taking with me my chest of carpenters tools so th t in’ case I was denied the opportunity to prove' myself a good soldier I might find an opportunity of enlisting in the industrial army that was then mobilizing for the great purpose of constructing a great camp for the training of soldiers on a range of hills near Hattiesburg. Upon my arrival at the camp site seeking employment I was very mud impressed by the feverish activity dis played by the crowds of men wht were moving about in a ceaseless ef fort to align themselves with some foreman who might possess the will ingness and necessary authority tc have their names duly engrossed on the roll. Tho contractors on their part through their managers and super mtendents, seemed quite as anxious o avail themselves of the services c* a.’l able bodied viewing the spectacle for anime 1 felt positive that if they who centre, he destiny of the Central Empires could have witnessed the determineu energy and enthusiasm displayed b;, oil concerned they would have hasten ed to request their Uncle Sum to re all his dogs of war, ere they vol their teeth firmly set in the Teuton’ rousers. I was not long in realizing however that this was but a beginn eg and that the crowds of workmen would bo multiplied many times both in numbers and enthusiasm before rpany weeks had passed. My employ ment number, 229D, indicated that 1293 persons had been given work ; n advance of me, which was a very nv figure when compared with the total number enrolled before the work covered by the original c. *- ract was completed. Besides the non, there were hundreds of teams employed as well, as a large number f motor trucks. The idea of tnoss n charge seemed always to be to .mild everything straight and strong, out to build it quickly, little time was wasted in smoothing the ro *h r aces, they being left to be polish ed by use. Taking into considera tion the great number of men em ployed, the newness of the orgajiiaa ion, the distance and manfold dim unities met with in the prosecution of the work, one cannot help bu wonder at the excellent time made a the erection of the thousand anc acre buildings which now adorn the Gamp Shelby hills. The water sup •ly of the camp was very good anc is cooking and distribution, especial ly during the months of August ano September, taxed the executive ability of a number of water super ntendents and the endurance o nany men. Trucks and teams. Wat ,r was obtained from spring creek* on the grounds and pumped by gaso .ine engines to a great number ot iistributing stations and centers ol ise. The gtading and graveling of roads lirough the camp, v. T hich work ke ace with the building, was of it self a stupendous undertaking. Many hundreds of carloads of gravel were ased and now many miles of the fines 1 drives in the state traverse the camp. The read conditions between Hat aesburg and the camp %vas included n the work and hundreds of motor ars now pay tribute daily to the result achieved. The camp was erected for the use of troopers from Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, and with the ar rival of the first contingents from .hose states the Mississippi boys who had been doing guard duty for many weeks folded their tents like the Arab, and silently (?) stole away. And it also can be said to their credit that they stole nothing else, at least not from mg. We felt like kin to the Mississippi hoys and regretted to loose them, but we soon learned that real sol diers were not less than 100 per cent human, and that if treated at all square they would respond in kind regardless of whether they hailed from. The pine-punctured hills of Mississippi or the banks of I .he Wabash. COMMITTEES BUSY WITH PETITIONS FOR | HANCOCK CO. FAIR Petitions Are in Process of Circula tion Over County Soliciting Stock holders for Proposed Fair Ass’n. COMITTEES WILL MEET TODAY .. - ■ ■ ■ -—— / Results Will Be Tabulated—Reports From Country Indicate the Proposi tion to Finance Successfully a At a meeting of the fair committee held some time ago, it was decided to create a stock company for the purpose of carrying on theforthcom ingKancock County Fair on a plan whereby something of a permanent nature can be constructed, of ample accomodation for exhibits. The mini mum amount of stock necessary to begin operation, that is to take care of the prize list and constructions, was placed at $500.00 and the maxi mum at $2,500.00. The stock is val ued at $5.00 per share and all public spirited citizens of Bay St. Louis and the county at large should subscribe to this undertaking. If we are to boost our county and make it the progressive county that we would like to have it, we can do no better thing than endorse a move of this kind. We must do it, if we are to line up with other progressive com munities. Petitions are being circu lated in every supervisor’s district of the county and today, Saturday, Jan uary 26th, the committee in charge will meet at the court house and tab ulate the results of their work, and it is to be hoped that our citizens will be alive to the situation to the extent of subscribing the necessary number of shares. Reports already coming in from various sections of the coun- 1 :y indicate that the petitions are be ing heartily endorsed. If only the ?ood work will continue. The com nittee is leaving nothing undone on ts part to further the cause and from i ?fforts of this kind we are sure to ucceed. The plan is not only to bet er the forthcoming fair, but the logan goes forth that Hancock coun .y must be represented at the State air to be held next October. Now s the time to act by subscribing for share and in so doing you are plac ng yourself in line with those who .Land for improvement and for the jetterment of the people of a greater lancock County. Considerable good natured chaff i as been thrown at us Southerners' n regard to the lack of merry sun- j shine. Vv r e have been rationing out: o our guests through the weather : bureau. Our weather man admits he did make sort of a mess of it, but his intentions were good all the while, when he threw the cold into high, he expected to hear all the soldier boys from the latitudes remark that it was just like weather from honv> but it seems that their woolens *.vcr a little slo-w in arriving and thei enthusiasm for ice and snow was at a very low ebb and as a consequence some of the compliments they pa ; d us for our atmospheric exhibition would not bear repeating here. In their hearts though they know there is a wide difference betwee the temperature here and in thei; home towns, but w-e’re not going t be mean enough to even suggest their owning up to it. We will plead guilty to having staged a change of temperature c' v/er 40 degrees on one occasion with n 12 hours and admit that it appear I ed like an unhospitable proceedin and one likely to shatter the faith o many of the boys in the aathentit of the Sunny South, but when the take the trouble to compare note md realize how little the weather r Camp Shelby has interfered wit’ trilling and outdoor maneuvering a; bow greatly ft has interfered with such work in camps situated farther Morth, we believe they will have r good word or two for “Dixie” whe . they swap tales with their comrade from other camps when they meel somewhere or nowhere in France. Many of the finest specimens of young manhood in the land are found in the camp, in fact we take pride in them, but we must bear ir. mind that they have come here large iy direct from good homes, where fond mothers and loyal fathers have seldom denied them perfect libert;, of speech and action and that the throwing of them together under the conditions of camp life the putting of them under what seems to many to be the yoke of army discip line was a change so radical that their temporary discontent is not to be wondered at. Comparatively few o:t them had entered the service with anything like a true conception of actual conditions and the fact that they were obliged remain, but added to their feeling of unrest. The seasoned soldier (and they all are seasoning fast) appreciates the fact that at no time in the history of the world have so many men been called to their country’s service in so short a time and that likewise no army in any land has been so well fed, cloth ed and cared for as they. A soldier is defined as an aggressive individual, with a chip on each shoulder and an insatiable desire to go somewhere else, and when he gets there to re peat the operation at the first op porunity. This explains why nearly | ForJnfents^awdJDhildroj^ p| : |||iHi|S| Mothers Know That IliliSHH Genuine Castoria hil'J :| ALCOHOL”3 PER GENT. ! M MPsbbss Alwa ys / v Signature/Ji.lr Cheerfulness andßcslfonß® /ftA If Kef* >. ;“neitherOpium, Morphine nor nf gl\ Vr Mineral.Not Xabcotic U 1 VAm Pumpkin S*d \ i | ' • '1 AlxSrTina Ii \ M j&l* tssg* I ■ ' lA. | M szAs* ( ; A TV • ! R ill'' ss&e, l\ L ! i ■%-VS’ ‘ a v^: ] r i A helpful Remedy for J /ff -| S 1 C D fyr I ■> 8 ti~4SsS**iV> For Over KSi : ; facsimile S.en° f j m JSSM Thirty Years ij^BOISTORB Exact copy of Wrapper. TMe CKN run •#wmnv. nw *♦** cty. I<tn kVivVtV*;mitVi(VhV:i*iViViViiiWWAV(VVVlVulfiiVi mici n’nVi >'% I VULCANIZING t IN ALL ITS BRANCHES = : 2 ■ *T Z - | SEND YOUR TIRES FOR CORRECT AND |; ! QIUCK REPAIRING TO |: : | I Schneider’s- Garage,! 5 . ' S' I Opposite Echo Building. ;• 5 2: 5 ;f NEW EQUIPMENT FOR VULCANIZING JUST | | INSTALLED. OUTER CASINGS AND \ if INNER TUBES DAMAGED CAN BE SAVED :| AND MADE PRACTICALLY NEW. **• •, ••V- ■S- Inrrjf ffl | [The Nation’s Needs | Come First I Any patriotic American would guid.v stand aside and give his place—anywhere—to an officer on government duty. The placing of the Bell telephone system at the disposal of the government, as was done when j war broke out, involved the same patriotic obhga- j tion. During the months of military preparedness, j the War and Navy Departments had the service of the most comprehensive and efficient telephone system in the world. And it must be kept so. In the face of the unprecedented demand from pri vate sources, every government need must and will be met. j The government comes first, but we arc do ing everything that science can suggest and money can accomplish to maintain oui genera! service at the usual standard of efficiency. A loyal organization is working continuously to meet the increased demands and # your patient co-opeia tion will prove helpful and inspiring. Telephone users can help by avoiding useless conversation and by encouraging their employ es and associates to use the telephone only when necessary during the busy hours of me day, and to make their conversations brief. j With this patriotic attitude of the public to- S ward us we can serve the government fust and I , render a service that will meet the recjuiiemenls 1 of the commercial and social world. CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY nJaB - Incorporated I ■ every one you talk with expresses an emphatic desire to leave for the fron : as quickly as Mr. McAdoo’a trains TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. No. 3. 11 1 1 I THE ECHO’S Job Printing Department b Complete ud Up4o-Dtti f POWER EQUIPPED b——i ii ii ■ ■ ii— and anybody s ships are reaay to take him. This zeal to get into th„’ ( Continued to pago *.)