The Semi-weekly leader., April 24, 1920, Image 1

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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION. BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 BY THE YEAR
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I I Complete Line of White Goods I
36 to 44 inch White Organdy, from
) 60c to $1.50 per yard.
36 to 44 inch White Voile, from 50c
to $1.25 per yard.
Pride of the West White Lawns,
from 25c to 39c per yard.
36 inch English Long Cloth, from
39c to 50c per yard.
39 to 40 inch Mercerized Batiste,
60c per yard.
36 to 44 inch Nainsook, from 50c
to 75c per yard.
26 to 36 inch White Skirt Goods,
nice range of patterns, 39c to $1.50 -
per yard.
We also have full line of imported
Laces from 10c to 85c per yard.
I I Staple Goods I I
35c value in a I6J/2 by 32 inch Muck
Towel at 25c each.
Best grade of Dress Ginghams, in
large range of patterns, 30c, 35c, 39c,
and 45c.
Nice lot of Fancy Lawns and Ba
tiste, from 25c to 30c.
Riverside Checks, Shirtings, and
I Plaids. Very special at 29c per yard.
Yard Wide soft finish Bleach Do
mestic, at 25c per yard.
Three-fourth yard wide, soft finish
Bleached Domestic, at 20c per yard.
One lot.MftjL’s Cloth Hats, all large
sizes , veifSspecial at 49c each.
One lot of Men’s Dress Caps, all
large sizes, to close out at 50c to 75c.
One lot of Men’s Laundered Dress
Shirts, all small sizes, 14 to 14V*j, at
$1.00. ' ..
One lot ot Men s Soft Pongee and
soft Dress Shirts, all small sizes at
$1.00.
Nice line of Men’s Shoes in Oxfords
from $7.50 to $8.75 per pair.
Nice line of Ladies Oxfords and
Pumps from $3.50 to $9.00.
Nice line of Children’s and Misses
Low Cuts, Pumps and Oxfords at 75c
to $7.00.
Signal Tub Test Overalls, one of
the best overalls on the market at
$3.00.
Signal Tub Test Coats to match
above overall at $3.00.
Good full made work Shirts, very
special at from $1. 50 to $1.65 each.
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We have many other good things to offer at very low prices in our
Dry Goods, Hosiery, Notions and Grocery Departments. Call and ask to
see our line whether you are ready to buy or not, we will appreciate the*
call. Yours very truly,
B. L 4 D. R. KAYES CO PAKY I
BOADWEE BUILDING. BROOKHAVEN, MISS.
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POPULAR PLAYS AT POPULAR PRICES I
"IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE” I
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AND OUR FEATURE
“POLLY OF THE CIRCUS” |
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LOT ON CORNER OF MONTICELLO AND FIRST STS.
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CLONE OF TUESDAY
Hundreds Injured by Tornado
Which Sweeps Through
State.
April 22 marked the anniversarj
of the cyclone that swept this vi
cinity in 1883 and also the one ol
the year previous at Monticello. Ir
both of these disastrous visitation!
of the Storm King property and lif(
were swept out and suffering, phy
sical and mental was left in th<
path of the vicious wind where manj
lay injured and others were grief
stricken over the loss of loved ones.
On "Tuesday, April 20, of this weel
a tornado of a similar nature start
ed in the south-eastern portion o:
the State at its southwestern bor
der and swept to the northeast witl
awful effect in our State, in Alabami
Georgia and'Tennessee. 229 weri
killed and many hurt.
Effort to relieve the suffering ii
the stricken district was provlnf
successful Wednesday, relief expedl
tions being Bent into the stricken sec
tlons from New Orleans and severs
other Southern cities. Offers of ai<
were\ made by local and nationa
charitable organizations, and the A
merican Red Cross sent thousand;
of dollars to aid in providing am
equipping temporary hospitals to ac
commodate the injured, sick am
homeless. /
32,000,000 worth of property wai
destroyed.
A number of Mississippi refugee;
from the storm reached New Orlean
but most of tjiose made homeless li
Southeastern Mississippi were care<
for in Meridian or other center;
■where the Red Cross was quick ti
establish relief stations. Hospitals li
many of the larger towns were fllle<
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the courthouse or other public build
ings were used.
An appeal has reached Brookhaven
from Homer W. Borst, Director of
Civilian Relief, for all sorts of cloth
ing for men, women and children,
which should be addressed Meridian,
care of the Red Cross. Meridian is
the distributing center.
Thursday morning 80110 blankets,
500 tents, several hundled cots and
thousands of bandages were on the
way from New Orleans, and later an
other large shipment was sent out to
New Albany, Laurel, Meridian, Boon
vill and Aberdeen, Miss. Because of
the numbers of persons injured by
the storm the Red Cross has sent on
quantities of surgical dressings.
INCIDENTS OF THE STORM.
At Corinth four children of Fltch
er McAnnall were killed and the
mother fatally injured and the home
demolished.
At New Albany $800,000 of pro
perty was destroyed and- 500 left
. homeless, 100 Injured.
Deemer, north Mississippi, was
wiped out—45 killed; 100 homes de
‘ mottshed.
> At Laurel an automobile was blown
■ several hundred yards, spokes blown
■ out of wheels, tires torn off rims,
1 three tires still full of wind when
i found.
1 Horse blown more than a mile with
two by four timer driven through
> JtB body.
I Numerous small trees stripped
clean of bark by wind.
1 Barbed wire fence torn from posts,
but posts still standing.
* An automobile locked in a garage
escaped without a scratch, Jt>ut garage
* was blown to splinters. •
s Boxcar lifted from tracks and set
l down in street on its wheels.
I Half dozen jars of fruit blown sev
) eral hundred yards and found un
> damaged. .»
l Music Hall of Agricultural High
l School lilted from Us foundations
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At Atlanta Mrs. Gibson S. Chand
ler, sister of Thomas Hardy, and two
of his children, Luther and an in
fant daughter, were killed. Mr. Har
dy, his wife and a son were not ex
pected to survive their Injuries.
In Alabama, three little daughters
of Louis Eastburn were killed, a baby
being torn from its mother’s arms,
while the mother was uninjured.
The weather is still in an unset
tled condition and there is appre
hension everywhere in the state on
account of the terrible experience at
Meridian and other places.
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Federal Government Bepresentatives
To Speak for Better Health.
Miss Gertrude Henderson, an at
tractive and zealous member of that
contingent of our state and county
in terefeted in better health conditions
and a better race with higher ideals
and a greater vision, was in Brook
haven Thursday preparing the way
for two noted women doctors of
New York who are coming to Brook
haven May 4, 5, and 6 to speak.
Dr. Hannah Morris will address
business women and women general
ly and girls and will give three lec
tures while here.
Dr. Lenna Meanes will speak to
the colored women and to the school
girls on May 6 and 6 at times and
places to be named.
Dr. Morris who will address the
ladies of Brookhaven has had expe
rience as a practitioner in a large
Sanitarium, at the same time run
ning a farm in connection with the
health enterprise and did the work
well. Dr. Morris has reached Inid
dle age and is in every way fitted to
speak With authority the things per
taining to her office.
The Leader bespeaks for her and
for Dr. Meanes a large hearing in
Brookhaven.
Remember the dates—May 4, 5,
and 4,
WILL TAKE A NEW
CENSUS OF THE CITY
Plans All Made at Public Meet
ing Held Yesterday— Gen
eral Dissatisfaction.
A meeting at the City Hall yes
terday afternoon called by the Brook
haven Board of Trade and the City
Council to take action that would
correct the apparent incorrect cen
sus of the city as given out by the
government completed plana that will
in due time place Brookhaven with
the proper figures that are due.
The official report gives the city
4,71)0 population, or a loss of 11 per
cent in the last 10 years, all this
notwithstanding the fact that the
corporation limits have been extend
ed and that the city has been grow
ing all the while. All citizens agree
and know that with the proper e
numeration the figures will show a
population of from 6,000 upward.
Plans to correct the figures given
were fully made at the meeting.
Mr. W. H. Seavey was called to
the chair as temporary chairman, af
terward being superceded by Dr. I.
W. Cooper,^president of the Board oi
Trade, as permanent chairman, with
Mayor R. S. Butler as secretary. The
object of the meeting was stated by
Mr. W. H. Seavey, who explained
that all the city wanted was to be
given an exact and fair count on its
census.
On motion a committee of five were
appointed as official census enume
rators of the City with full power to
act and take whatever means neces
sary to get a full and accurate cen
sus of the city and to employ and
use all the means necessary to get
such a census and have the city enu
merated on the books as it should be.
This committee was appointed by
the chairman as follows:
wara i—li. £l. jtjowen.
Ward 2—W. H. Seavey.
Ward 3—A. A. Cohn.
Ward 4—J. M. Wood.
Ward 5—F. H. Hartman.
City-at-Large—L. H. Baggett.
SIDELIGHTS ON THE MEETING.
A call of the opinions Of those
present as to the number of persons
in the corporate limits ranged all the
way from 6,000 to 9,000.
The City Council is in full sympa
thy with the gathering of the data
that will put Brookhaven in its pro
per column of figures and will foot
all of the necessary bills to give the
city its proper rating.
F. D. Hewitt, supervisor of the
census for this district, has written
a letter to Mayor Butler citing that
he will do all within his power to
correct any and all errors that are
shown.
Alderman Bee stated before the
meeting that one of the enumerators
who took the Brookhaven census ap
peared before the Board of Aldermen
in a rather arrogant attitude and
that all efforts of the Board up the
present had been unavailing to get
any change in the figures.
City Clerk Byrne forcibly set forth
that as one of the former street hand
litsers of the city, that he believed
that the main deficit was due to the
failure of the enumerators to get all
of the negroes of the city listed in
the census. He believed that most of
the negroes were afraid of getting
their names listed on account of su
perstition or on account of the fact
that they did not understand what
they were being listed for and would
be "getting into trouble” if they gave
their names to a solicitor.
Hon. Hugh V. Wall introduced a
resolution that the committee be em
powered to draft whatever resolution
it saw fit as to a protest against the
enumeration that had been given the
city.
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account of the size of the meeting,
representing as it did people from
all sections of the city and wards,
that opportunity should be given the
candidates to speak. Those who re
sponded in apt ways were Clyde Day,
Pat Farrell, J. H. Case, J. Sidney
Penn, Chester Byrne and R. S. But
ler.
Among those who made suggestions
and talks were: W. H. Seavey, Supt.
Byrd of the City Schools* Hon. H. V.
Wall, J. M. Wood, E. McCormick,
E. M. Bee, A. A. ^Cohn, Oity Clerk
Byrne and Mayor Butler. -
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Republicans Nominate Delegates.
The Lincoln County Republicans
held its County Convention, Thurs
day in the office of Brennan and
Brennan in Brookhaven. There was
a. large crowd of Lincoln County de
legates present, and much enthusiasm
was expressed over the prospects of
the election of the next Chief Ex
ecutive. t
Judge E. F. Brennan, J. M. Tyler,
and E. F. Brennan, jr., were elected
delegates to the District and State
Conventions to be held in Jackson
on the 4th and 5th of May. E. F.
Brennan, sr., was elected chairman,
and J. M. Tyler secretary of Lincoln
County.
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Many Chevrolets Here.
It is being constantly mentioned
by those observant of local enterprise
in auto sales that there are an un
usually large number of Chevrolet
490 cars in use in this vicinity. Be
sides these cars that were sold prior
to that time Laird ft Day have dis
posed of exactly 200 cars of that
make within a year's time, while 40
SPPrtnH hnrH Anna aIqa nnn>A<l nwn
era under their salesmanship. Since
Jan. 1st Laird ft Day sold 59 new
Chevrolet 490 autos and eight trucks.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
The undersigned banks will
not be open for business on
Monday, April 26, 1920, A legal
holiday, (Memorial Day.)
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Co.
first National Bank. .
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Mr. Matthews.Ard Is a welcome
guest at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Q, Jg, Ard,
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| Program
i For Week—April t
I 26th—May 1st. <
MONDAY, APRIL 26
BILLIE BUBKE
“WANTED, A HUSBAND.”
Supreme Comedy
• Dainty Billie Burke has the de
■ lightful role of a girl who finds
S5 herself, in her latest photoplay.
11c and 22c.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27
WILLIAM BUSSELL
“LEAVE IT TO ME.”
Mutt & Jeff. Fox News.
SS Romance of a rich young man. A
— tale bristling with fun, light and
SB fervor.
3B 11c and 22c.
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RETURN ENGAGEMENT
Longfellow’s
“EVANGELINE.”
Ernest Truex Comedy.
3 Popular request prompted us to
— book this subject for a return en
as gagement.
B5 17c and 28c.
THURSDAY, APRIL 29
H. B. WARNER
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“HAUNTING SHADOWS.”
"The Adventures of Ruth”
Fox News
BE Fourth episode of Ruth Roland’B
BZ popular serial.
11c and 22c
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
ETHEL CLAYTON
3 “THE 13TH COMMANDMENT”
Joe Martin Comedy.
■ Ethel Clayton is a society idler
BZ who learns a new viewpoint of life
BZ in her newest picture.
3 lie and 28c
SATURDAY, MAY 1
BRYANT WASHBURN
in
“TOO MUCH JOHNSON.”
FATTY in "Moonshine.”
5 Washburn’s fondness for yachting
BZ involves him in an amazing mesa
— in this subject.
BZ lie a^d 22c
MARGUERITE CLARK
““ Monday, May 2nd.
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The Curtain of Life.
The moving picture screen draws back the curtain
of life unveiling the thoughts, loves, passions and
ideals of humanity. In fact, the secret of the fascina
tion of moving pictures is that they show you yourself
as you really are, or as you might be.
Every man and woman, high or low, rich or poor,
can sometimes find the very, features of his own char
acter depicted on the screen.
Year after year the greatest talent of the screen,
of the theatre, of literature, are drawn together, and
gives out the results of all this concentrated genius to
the form of an ever changing stream of photo-plays—
dramas, comedies, travel pictures.
In every city and every village every afternoon
and evening, eager audiences composed of four million
people from all walks of life, find the curtain of life
drawn back at the “Movies."
Legitimate amusement for the entertainment of
humanity, when humanity has the time and inclina
tion to avail itself of it is one of the crying needs of
the hour. The purpose of the moving picture is to ease
minds fagged out from the tedious routine of profes
sional activity, to rest bodies worn from the labors of
the day.
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At Yottr Local Theatre.
While the management enjoys the opportunity
afforded by the Magazines in which moving picture cri
tics set the pace for high class production, the Man
ager invites suggestion and community interest in his
endeavors to entertain the people.
In booking the plays we are governed by the ex
pressions of the critics one of whom is Mra. Linda
Griffith, wife of D. W. Griffith, producer and director
of plays. Mrs. Griffith is versed in all stfcges of the
picture game and understands the demand for legiti
mate entertainment everywhere.
Our new musicians are ple&sing our patrons? our
fans are in full swing and the Arcade has a welcome
every day for every comer.
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MANAGER.
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MAKE TIRE- FILLER
FROM CORN STALKS
Corporation Organized at Nor*
field to Manufacture New
Product.
A corporation that bids fair to
mean much to the state and nation
as well was organized at Norfleld on
the 14th day of April, 1920. This
corporation, known as the Paren
chyma Products Manufacturing Co.,
was organized under the corporate
laws of the State of Indiana and cap
italized at one hundred thousand
dollars. All of the directors and of
ficers are local citizens and are deep
ly interested in the success of the cor
poration.
The purpose of the corporation is
something new in the automobile
and tire world. It is based on a pat
ent obtained by Mr. J. H. Douglass,
a citizen of Norfleld, Mississippi,
whereby the interior pulp of the corn
stalk is, thru a certain chemical
treatment, made into a lasting sub
stance and given almost the resilien
cy and elasticity of rubber.
After this pulp is treated in this
manner it can be used for the inte
rior of automobile and other motor
vehicle tires. It bids fair to revolu
tionize the automobile and tire
world. It will also be a great aid
to the farmers of the country in that
a market will be given to the com
mon corn stalk. Just as cotton seed
were once thrown away but are now
almost Invaluable so will be the his
tory of the corn stalk under this new
treatment.
As above stated, a patent has been
granted for the process by the United
States Government with foreign
patents pending. This 61 itself
speaks volumes for the-movement. By
virtue of this new process there will
be ho necessity of the present trou
blesome inner tubes in tires. The
"Tubeless Tires” will be here and
the day of punctures will be past.
This substance will be placed in the
interior of the tires by certain scien
tific processes and the life of the cas
ing will be the life of the tire. The
resiliency and elasticity of the tire
will be as great as it Is today. There
will be no necessity of useless ex
pense in carrying the usual extra
tire.
The greatness of all great inven
tions or processes is simplicity, and
this new idea is marked by the same
characteristic. A limited amount of
stock will be placed on the market
at the office of the Company.
It is a pleasure to note that all of
the officers are stable business men
of the community and this gives as
surance of the success of the insti
tution. J. H. Douglass was elected
president; 0. H. Hartman, vice-pres
ident; Jno. N. Bitel, treasurer; Geo.
H. McCann, secretary; A. A. Cohn, at
torney.
A plant will be built Immediately
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A FIFTY CENT RAISE IN THE
LEADER'S SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
The Old Price of $2.00 Per Year Will
Be Good, Though, Until May 29, to
Those Who^Pay in Advance.
The high cost of living has gotten the best of us at last.
We have made a hard fight against the demands of the situa
tion that confronts us.
It has been our desire and our hope for the past three years
to survive the general high cost of living without changing our
subscription price of $2.00 per year to a higher figure; but the con
tinual yearly increase by the government in postal rates and other
increases all along the line necessitate the new order we are com
pelled to inaugurate. Newspaper now costs four times what it
did three years ago.
The Leader is among the last papers in the State to raise its
subscription price, many of them having already done so.
' The raise of only fifty cents is slight indeed compared with the
increased cost of running the business.
In the face of the stress of the times we are doing our dead
level best for our subscribers while maintaining the paper as a
business enterprise. ■ (
HERE ARE OUR RULES:
From now until Saturday, May 29th, inductive, any and all sub»
scHbers or new subscribers, may secure the paper at the old price
of $2.00 per year by settlement of any amount they may be due
and the payment in advance of the present price—$2.00 per year.
After that date any and all subscriptions will be collected at
the new price of $2.50 per year. • No deviations whatever will be
made from this rule. t .■
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wherein will be manufactured the
products of the Parenchyma Pro
ducts Manufacturing Company. It
is institutions of this kind which
hare built up the commercial world
and in all probability it will be a
great thing to our people in every
respect.
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Notice to Creditor!.
Notice is hereby given that on the
11th day of March, 1920, letters of
administration were granted to the
undersigned on the estate of James
E. Sasser, deceased, by the Chancery
Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi,
and all persons haring claims against
said estate are required to hare the
same probated and registered by the
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Lin
coln County, within one (1) year and
a failure to probate and register for
one (1) year will bar the claim.
T. L. SASSER,
Administrator.
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Mr. C. J. Kees spent last Sunday
la Now Orloano,
First Baptist Church.
The Interest In our April evange
listic work has grown steadily. Last
Sunday morning there were 10 addi
tions to our church. Seven of these
were from our Sunday School and /
came for baptism.
We are expecting a fine Sunday
School next Sunday morning and >.
hope to have a photograph of our
Bchool at the closing hour.
T%e pastor will preach at 11:00
and 7:30.
Morning theme “The Greatest of
all Invitations.”
At 7:30 the subject will'be “The
Place and Purpose of Good Works.”
The ordinance of baptism will be
administered at the evening hour.
The public Is most cordially Invited
to attend and worship with us.
J. A .Taylor, pastor.
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Mr. Duncan McCormick Is expect
ed tomorrow from St. Jambs, La., to
accompany his wife and child home
at the MeCor
nick fcouutead.