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He Semi-Weekly Leader. ■ .11 ■ IN— ..II.■ I' I ■■ WUBUDHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. y PAUL to. HOBBS, MRS. B. T, HOBBS. ( Official Journal o' Lincoln County and the City of Bro»kham. Kiss. son distahox non we. ex snsosxmos nucai FW Year (In Advance). **.50 fltx Month* (In A4mom). rl.S* Three Month* (In A4vrmr.).75 WEDNESDAY, MAR. 29, 1922 — ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Leader is authorized to make the following announcements: For Chief of Folioe— * JOHN W. BOONE JOE WEST j. w. mcbride J. H. CASE GROVER STORM For City Clerk— MRS. JYME DAUGHTRY NIXON as candidates for the offices stated, at the coming Democratic primary election of the City of Brookhanren, the date t,o be set by the Democratic Committee of the city. The Leader is authorized to an nounce D. M. MILLER aa a candidate for re-election to the office of Circuit Judge, Fourteenth * Judicial District. w —■ ■■■ — i ■ .- - - THE DEVIL. V _ The Leader editor has found it impossible to scan the pages of the press of Mississippi without finding some valuable or interesting item of more or less import or influence foi good. We accidently picked up the Sen atobia Democrat the other day and discovered thru one of its country correspondents, the appended poem. Prefacing the verses was this:- ‘‘I say let’s say more about the terrible menace that’s facing the world—The Devil. He is not asleep as some seem to think and as we are all going to find out when it is too late, I fear.” Following are the lines referred to: Men don’t believe in a devil now As their fathers used to do; They’ve forced the door of the broad est creed To let his majesty through; There isn’t any print of his cloven foot Or a fiery dart from his bow To be found in the earth or the air today, For the world has voted so. They say he doesn’t go round about As a roaring lion now, But whom shall we hold responsible ^or the everlasting row To be heard in home and church and state To the earth's remotest bound, If the devil by a unanimous vote Is nowhere to be found? Who is it mixing the fatal draught That palsies heart and brain, And loads the bier of each passing year With ten hundred thousand slain? Who blights the bloom of the land today With the flery breath of hell. If the devil isn’t and never was? Won’t somebody rise and tell? Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint, And digs the pits for his feet Who sows the tares in the fields of time Wherever God sows His wheat? The devil was voted not to be, And of course the thing is true, Bat who is doing the kind of work The devil used to do? Won’t somebody step to the front forthwith, And make his bow, and show How the frauds and the crimes of a single day spring up? We want to know. The devil was fairly voted out, And of course the devil’s gone^ But simple people want to know Who carries the business on. MORE TAX DODGING. t Believing that thousands of acres of valuable timber lands in the del ta section of Yazoo county have been escaping taxation, it is stated the board of supervisors of the county has employed an expert timber cruis er to make a complete cruise of the timber of the county with a view of having it properly assessed in its real valuation. Information given to the board was to the effect that one tract of 24 non arrpR helnneiner to non-resi dents has been assessed at a low footage and that this particular tract would show, under a proper cruise a total of' 103,000,000 feet of timber that had not been taxed. It is' be lieved that there is a total of approx imately 200,000,000 feet of such tim ber that should be shown in the tax rolls, and if this proves to be the case, it will mean the recovery to Yart>o county in total excess taxes a sum in the neighborhood of |36,r 000. This is a tip to other boards of supervisors.—Hinds County Gazette. HEALTH m THE COUNTY. It has been claimed that the phy sical examinations of country boys for the selective draft showed them as a whole less qualified than city boys. While some may doubt the correctness of this statement, many country boys did not show up well in these examinations. These defects ars needless, as country life offers the best chances for physical de velopment. The trouble is that many country young people are not well looked af ter. Some are mouth breathers. Some need slight operations on their throats. The development of many is retarded by poor teeth. The pure air of the country ean do wonders if it has a chance, but the parents and schools of Brookhavnn must do their share, and see'' that tehir yoangsters have good modern health cars. DEFYING LIGHTNING. When the Mississippi constitution al convention of 1890 was in session, the Comomnwealth, edited by the editor of the Hinds County Gazette, saldr “Gentlemen of the convention, don’t overlook the corporations. Treat them fairly, but don’t overlook them. They tfe artificial persons; they should be no better or no worse than individuals. Don't hold out induce ments \o them to locate here and af ter they come, allow them to be per secuted, any more than you would leave loopholes which, when they grow strong and avaricious, would enable them to suck the life-bjood of the people. Yes, gentlemen of the convention, treat the corporations fairly, but don’t overlook ^hem.” This postulate, then as now, can not be questioned, either in morals or law. It is the rock otf'’ which jus tice is founded, and the gates of hell can not prevail against it. The 'constitutional convention, composed of such statesmen and pa triots as Wiley P. Harris, J. Z. George, S. S. Calhoon, Edward Mayes, R. H. Thompson, A. J. McLaurin, Frank Burkett and more than a hun dred other able and devoted Missis siDOlans. made it. mandatory on the legislature to “enact laws to prevent all trusts, combines, contracts and agreements inimical to the public welfare." The legislature obeyed the man date of the organic law and passe 1 laws to protect the people against trusts and combines and to compel tax-dodgers to^cough up.” And, to insure the enforcement of these laws it created the office of State Reve nue Agent. When that office began to function, the wicked trusts and combines and the artful dodgers and their traiped band of satellites, who were brought to book, set up a cla mor for its abolishment. They fought Wirt Adams and they fought J. C. Johnston, just like they they are fighting Stokes V. Robert son. But Adams and John&ton, like Robertson, pursued the noiseless te nor of their- sworn duty amid criti cism and slander with a step that never faltered and a courage that never failed. They put millions of dollars into the state, county, mu nicipal, and levee board treasuries, thus easing the burdens of taxation upon the great mass of humanity. They were true to their oaths and to the people, and hence they automati cally incurred the hate of profession al tax-dodgers and wicked trusts and combies. State Revenue Agent Adams was persecuted into a life tenure of that office and a grateful people were pre paring to crown his invaluable ser vice to them ,by making him gover nor, had pot death intervened. It is not believed that malign in fluences, the trail of which is mani fest can succeed in persuading the legislature—the chosen servants' of a sovereign people—to cripple the office of State Revenue Agent. Like efforts have failed for twenty-five years. Legislators who have been home are returning to "the capital with the report that the people, the men and women of both town and country, are aroused on this matter as on no uuici, oiiibc uicj1 it ecu uic oiaic uum radical misrule in 1875. They are saying that if the of fice of State Revenue Agent i3 crippled, Stokes V. Robertson will be made governor next year by a greater majority than he received for re-election as State Revenue Agent, in 1919— the greatest majority fever giv en any man, living or dead, op posed or unopposed, for any of fice by the white people of Mis sissippi. A member of the House of Repre sentatives, discussing this matter, snid: "The man Who aspires for re election or promotion that flies in the face of the people who love Stokes Y. Rbbertson as they did Wirt Ad ams, for the enemies he has made,’ will be buiied in the August primary of 1923 so deep under an avalanche of ballots that he will not ever hear the fainiest echo of the second trum peting of Gabriel on resurrection morn.” "Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make inad.”—Hinds Coun ty Gazette. The above article makes an inter esting historical review of things that have been in our State before the present. The editor of the Ga zette is Hon. Edgar S. Wilson, who was for a number of years private secretary to the lamented Senator L. Q. C. Lamar, and during Gov. Stone’s administration was Land Commis sioner of Mississippi. For years he was in charge of the New Orleans Picayune Bureau for Mississippi and lately resumed the high office of ed itor of a country weekly at Ray mond; th«M:ounty seat of Hinds. Mr. Wilson speaks with authority on all matters pertaining to State af fairs and is a distinguished repre sentative of perhaps the most inter esting periods in Mississippi’s mod ern history. - THE PUBLIC AND THE TEN HOUB DAY. The public has a direct interest in the recent ruling which practical ly establishes a ten-hour day for rail road workers, in place of the eight hour day. . The railroads have to pay their employees for overtime if they were made to work more than eight hours a day. The object and effect of that rule waB to encourage the railroads to keep the day’s work within the eight hour limit. Under the new rule, wnue eignt Hours win .still oe a day's work in theory, payment for overtime will not begin until after ten hours of work. The effect of this rule, of course, will be to encourage the railroads to work their men ten hours instead of eight. , The concern of the public in thla matter is dear. An engineer or con ductor who is tired and sleepy is much more likely to mistake signals and wreck a train. The same-great er liability to make mistakes when weary extends to brakemen and mi the other workers on whom the safe ty of the traveling public depends. The protest against the* new ruling should be emphatic and widespread. A badly decomposed body found on the banks of the Cumberland Riv er near Nashville, Tenn., was given a military burial by the American Legion when searchers fouinj a Le gion button and membership card in the clothing. w 'f.. ’ LEADERSHIP WANTED. An optimistic keynote is sounded by a writer whose name we fail to -recall in that he states that he be lieves the American people are in the great mass, healthy and level headed, kind and honest,' which are the virtues most needed by any peo ple, and the stuff out of which lead ership can make all it wants. It is leadership, says thi3 writer which lags behind the mass mind in the world today in all countries I am passionately against those pes simists ,wJio despair of their own peo ple. They are only, waiting for the call, and will fpllow any man who scales the heights without timidity in bis own zeal. The people, in spite of political passions -and human Ignorance, are ready to- follow real leadership to day, and to force any political body to keep pace with their enthusiasm by their immense pressure of support for a man wlio dares to lead, who dares to tell the truth, who does not care for office, for power, or for popularity itself, but is strong in his unselfish devotion' to a noble pur pose. We are ready for such a man, but he does not come or—perhaps—we fail to see him among us as men fail As! oop PhrJat I have listened since my visit to the United States to more severe de nunciations of political and social morality than I should care to re peat. "There is no justice in this country," said one man. "Can that Mea before you go home” * * * "Bu siness honor has deteriorated until it has disappeared,” said another man. "Frivolity, immorality, dis honesty, crime, are overwhelming the old simple virtues of the American people,” said >n American with whom I sat only a few minutes be fore writing this article. I should be a liar if I pretended that I saw nothing but virtue in the United States, nothing but high and noble impulses, nothing but a glorious type of civilization. We are living in a time of transi tion in which the ship of humanity itself has broken loose from Its moor ings. There is a restlessness working iij the hearts of men and vjomen. We are all under the spell of stirring im pulses, of some big natural subconj scious disturbance which is prepar ing for the evolution of something new that we cannot forSee or under stand. In nations and in individuals the war and tides of thought which made the war possible, have broken down old securities, conventions, laws, and contentments. Youth is touched by the spirit of revolt. Old age Itself is uncertain of its old cer tainties,* is like youth, full of doubt, uneasy, not sure of the -future. It is the “dangerous age” of the world itself. ONE-CROP COUNTIES ARE POOR. The richest sections of the country are not those that depend on a sin gle crop, such as wheat or cotton. Specialized crops, such as fruit, to bacco, or even potatoes, and the dai ry and poultry industries, figure ve ry largely in the counties where ag ricultural wealth is highest. Census figures on which these statements are based, bear out the wisdom of campaigns to bring out diversified agriculture, according to Andrew L. Bostick, statistician of the Liberty Central Trust Co., of St. Louis, in an analysis printed in the Globe Democrat, (St. Louis). Says Mr. Bostick: “Of the leading ten counties, sev en are in the Pacific States (Califor nia and Washington), one is in the Middle West and two are in the Eest. Los Angeles qounty. Cay., with a to tal of nearly $72,000,000, comes first, and Fresno County, In the same state, is second. Fruit, of course, is largely responsible for the enor mous agricultural values in these re gions. ■*— "Third on the list comes Aroostook Cotfnty, Me. In value of crops alone this county ranks second in the Uni ted States, and by far the greatest part of the value represents potatoes. Lancaster County, Pa., the other Eastern county In the first ten, comes fifth; tobacco, in addition to hay and grain crops, _is responsible for the high rank. Dane Coiinty, Wis., is the highest Midle West county on the list, being tenth. Dairying is very important; in value of crops alone this county ranks not tenth, but twenty-fifth. "The richest Illinois county is Mc Lean, the eleventh. The richest one crop county, and also the richest county 4n the cotton belt, proper, is Bolivar, Mias., in the famous ‘delta’ section. '' *‘‘It is interesting to no\e that of the fifty leaders scarcely more than a dozen belong to the cotton belt. If crops alone were considered, with out live-stock products, the result would probably be more favorable to the South. "In a number of instances the dai ry industry has raised individual counties to high standing in value of farm products. St. Lawrence Coun ty, N. Y., ranks 108th in value of crops alone, but in the crop and live stock products list it stands four teenth. The poultry and egg indus try of Sonoma County, near San Francisco, is the cause of that coun ty's rank of eighth in the final list: in value of crops alone it stands for ty-second. "On the whole, the statistics as given present a rather stong argu ment for a diversified agriculture, with attention to dairying and to such specialized crops as the land and climate may permit.”—Literary Di gest. It is the great task of education, to give young people broad and un selfish convictions, that will lead them to thoroughly inform them selves on public questions, and na turally to uphold ideas that work for the good of 'the community. The more good books, newspapers, and magazines that people read, the more helpful their opinions will be. Bids for Oil Wanted. Notice is hereby given' that at their meeting on the first Tuesday night in April, being the 4*h day thereof, the City Council will let to the lowest and best bidder and make a contract for supplying' the city with lubricating oil and other lubri cants, for a period of six mbnths. Further particulars can be had from the Superintendent of the Power House or the City Clerk. The Board erserves the right to reject any and all bids. 'C > F. A. Cameron, City Clerk. * y * 4' ’ , : || - I . EX'TEAOEDINAEY DECADENCE. _: . Judge Humphreys, of Atlanta, read thn “Bint Act” to nool rooms and mo vie houses the other day at the op ening of court in Fultoii County, Ga. The upshot of it all was that a real roar from the-people will bring them what they want or correct what they already have they don’t like. The general moral degeneracy ex pressed in public entertainments may be retarded by non-patronage of those things disapproved. A demand sincere and true, will be met by men whose business demands nothing eo, much as success—which means the money you pay into their cash boxes. And by what else aje they to tell whether you like what they give in return or not? You, yourself, are to blame for the moral decadence that will sweep us off .our {eet as it gains momentum unless you speak out in some way against what is “great evil without disguise,” as Gov. Parker says you will, even if you. are not a Ku Klux. Somehow, however, we haven't no ticed that people a--e very bold in this respect unless it was in some political or financial game, serving their own selfish purpose. A veiled mystery is sometimes more effective than the naked truth and the peo ple, as Barnum said, like to be fool Sometime it is difficult to find the real man anywhere, for you can’t tell whether he wears “a disguise” on Sunday or Monday. It’s “Good Lord—Good Devil” most of the time to serve the moment. The fearless advocate of truth and righteousness is too often lacking. The Leader is neither condemning nor commending any organization or set of men, disguised or undisguised, but the extraordinary conditions un der which we live seem to demand extraordinary measures. Law and order should be strictly adhered to. 7 MAKING GOOD ON SALES. A man who bought an automoblte In another state was remarking the Other dflV nn thp trpmnndnua ence between the attitude of the peo ple who sold him the car, before and after the deal was completed. Be fore that date they were calling on him about every day, and manifest ing the keenest concern to please him. But afterward, they seemed to have lost Interest in him and the car. The same man was speaking of burning coal, and how he had had to learn through his own experi ments how to avoid waste. He be lieved it would pay coal dealers to make a study of scientific combus tion, so they could help their cus tomers make their fuel go farther. But probably some, he said, would like to see it burned up as soon as possible so as to sell more. People who get out mechanical de vices and machines are frequently indifferent about how they work af ter they are sold. Many of these contrivances have sold well for a time, and then people have discarded them, because they did not under stand how to run them right. The company that made or sold them needed to give more service to make them useful. It. has been said of some conscien tious people, that they made such substantial stuff that it took too long to wear it out. The people who used it would come back and buy the same thing each time, but they had to buy so rarely that it did not make much business for the producers. j Probably the trouble was that they lacked advertising ability. If they had gotten out this conscientious product, and then advertised it right, they woul3 have gained a fofc tune. It pays abundantly to make a product last as long as possible, and show the user how to handle it. > S. The Leader is the paper you need to keep up with Lincoln county af fairs. mi.. t_j_-> . , .. * 1 MHO ■JuCrtUn. THAT BAD BACK. I Do you have a dull, steady ache in the small of the back— sharp, stabbing twinges when stooping or lifting—distressing urinary disorders ? For bad back and weakened kidneys Brook haven residents recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills. Read this Brookhaven statement: J. F. Watson, prop, of ^black smith shop N. Jackson St.,' says: “Kidney trouble bothered me all my.life. I suffered pain, caused by the passage of kidney secre tions, At night I had intense pains, especially in my left kid ney. I finally got Doan’s Kid ney Pills at the Price Drug Co., and began using them. Doan’s cured me of all the trouble.” . AFTER FOUR YEARS, Mr. Watsqn said: “I have had but little trouble from my kidneys since I gave a statement recom mending Doan’s Kidney Pills a few years ago. However, when I am bothered with kidney com plaint, Doan’s give me splendid relief.” Price 60c at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy .—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Watson had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buf THE GRANDER AGE AHEAD FOR OUR STATE. This paper has for many years taken pleasure in using the express ion, “the grand old state of Missis sippi,“ but we fear now that this ex p:eogion is in need, of revision. It certainly was once a grand old state, and wHl be agai^ as soon as we .have had £ genuine house-cleaning. — Woodville Republican. The Lehder is going to continue with “The grand old State of Mis sissippi." There is nothing wrong with the State, per se. History is in making preparatory to the “grand er age ahead." The men that go under, unable to stand the test of responsible leadership, will probab ly servf future aspirants as examples of how weak character and immoral ity, that discordant element born of sin and death and only born to die, cannot possibly "get by” all the time. The Tacts developing day by day go»to show that “Nothing is ever set tled until it is settled right”— the fact that Mississippi, is in so unset tled a state proves beyond disputa tion that the material, sensual side of-human nature is hot victorious apd that Truth is mighty and hasn’t giv en up the fight. It is for men and women now to stem the storm until victory mani fests itself because they demand it, in a clean slate of candidates for of fice who are fit to represent the mor al standards that people talk about buf have failed to vote for at the ballot box. Offices have exalted men long e nough—we need men to exalt the of fice. * i ^ i HUMANIZING EDUCATION. John J. Tigert, United States com missioner of education, recently took occasion to rap “highbrow1’ tenden cies in our public schools. He be lieves there should be a return to “the old-fashioned virtues of hones ty, justice \hd decency.” To quote him further: “If we cannot teach these virtues along with modern thought then we had better disman tle -our splendidly equipped institu tions and return to the old log schoolhouse. In the wo?ds of a fa mous evangelist: “I would rather have my boy learning his A, B, Cs in heaven that in hell reading Latin and Greek.’ We had bettqr have citizens who have character and little education than citizens whose know ledge is a peril to society." Mr. Tigert's deliverance has drawn the fire of criticism. We have just read an arraignment which would indicate that the commissioner had committed an unpardonable crime against higher education. We be lieve in higher education to be sure, but we do not believe in German “kultur” and this, as we Understand Mr. Tigert, was the thing against which he sounded a warning. Far better would it be for America to become a nation of illiterates than to rise to the pinnacles of intellec tuality-without having learned the lessons of "honesty, justice and de AAnAir All aloA ohmilfl nnt Ko cot aside even for the feverish pursuit of kjpowledge. But, of course, it is not necessary to return to the methods of the old log schoolhouse altogether. True, it possessed advantages that are now denied, but \fre are much better e quipped today than in that time for even schooling the young men in these three virtues. Education in this country should not be permitted to lag, but its influence should be humanizing. It should develop the finer instincts, honor, self-respect, charity, kindness, good citizenship. If we fail in these and succeed only in mastery of the various “ologles” and other advanced subjects we can only hope for “kultur,” and we have seen enough of that already.—Times Picayune. WHEN THE WAY GROWS DARK. Twenty thousand persons are be lieved to have killed themselves will fully during 1921 in the United States. More than 12,000 definite reports of suicides, are filled with the “Save a Life League” for that 12 months. The total is more than half the number of American soldiers killed on the battlefields during the world war. Gray heads, little children, men whose fortunes had been wreck ed, the burden of whose fortunes was too great, women, all sorts and kinds of conditions, to this number nearly equal to an army division, voluntar ily took their way of life. Of children, 858 slew themselves. Of “millionaires”, . seventy-two took this "easiest way7 out of their troubles. Pitifully useless waste, this of human power, and in a world and a time when there is so much to be done, mosf'of it probab ly, for lack of an understanding han/l./ilflcn an/1 cvmnQ thntl/' WOrH Q nr a directing and kindly touch that might have soothed and led aright. It is easy to say that none save the craven or. the near-erased step off the road when the way grows dark. But who is to draw the line between the courageous and cowardly? Not any surgeon, not any soldier. And who is to'say, in the twilight gone, who is sane and who is not? Not any alienist we ever knew. Two qualities have ceased to be in those who on their own volition leave the living. One is vital curi osity to know what is going to hap pen next in life; the other, that sturdy sense of humor or of the mere ly ridiculous which enables individ uals to venture at least as muqh as a grim smile, even whdn fate turns the Joke upon us. . No individual has a monopoly of sorrows. Few adult lives are with out some burden of pain of heart or mind»or body. In all lives, there is opportunity for helpful usefulness. The troubles that come to the brood ing and unhappy, Jfre host dissipa ted by Miming sympathy from self to others.—New Orleans States. -- — « V Citation Notice. The State of Mississippi, To-Lovey .Wells Conley (col.) a non-resident whose post office address and place of residence is unknown. \ You are hereby commanded to ap pear before the Chancery Court of, the county of Lincoln, tn said State on the 3rd Monday in April, 1922 to defend the suit in said Court of Charlie Conley (col.) who sues for divorce wherein you are defendant. This, the 21st day of March, A. D. 1922. S. B. McNair, Clerk. 0. L. Hayes, Sol. Orchard Notes From A. & M. Fruit Specialist Although the time for spraying for San Jose Scale on fruit trees is prac tically over for this season, there' is yet important work to be done. The borers in the trees, which cayse the gum at ithe top of the ground, should be gotten out at once if they have not already been remov ed. This pest does great harm to peach trees and should, by all means, be gotten out before the trees make very much growth in the spring. This work should have been done during the fall and winter, but it is not too latent. The following prac tices are good to follow in this work: Digging out the Borers.—Previous to worming, the earth should be re moved from around the crown of the tree to a depth of 4 or 5 inches and all gum and loose dead bark remov ed. Use a knift, wire or some oth er suitable instrument and trace out the burrows made beneath the bark by the borers. Be careful to not v/%#v ivv ui 1.11 Vs llTv uaiA 11 Will the t/ee. Where cuts are to be made, they should be made lengthwise in stead of around' the tree. After the worming is done, replace the soil a round the tree and mound it up on the trunk 8. to 10 inches. The moulding will probably prevent some of the borers, which may be over looked, from coming out in the spring when they are transformed into the wasp like flies which lay their eggs on the trunk of the tree for the next year’s crop of borers. It also for ces those which come out and la^ their eggs to lay them on the tree several inches higher than if the soil is. not mounded. The bark is tough er and smoother at this height from the ground and when the eggs are hatched there will be fewer of the borers to make-their way Jnto the tree. In November when the soil is leveled down, the borers will be at or near the ground level where they can be easily removed. This work re quires little time and trouble and will certainly -be a great help in pro tecting your trees against borers. ' SPRAY YOUR ORCHARD. Spring is upon us and the time for the first spraying, which is very im portant, is close at hand. The peach es should be given the first spray when three-fourths of the blossoms have fallen. Ask your County A g'ent^r write the' State Fruit Spe cialist for a Mississippi Spray Cal endar, which gives the sprays and time'of application for our common fruits in Mississippi. If you are interested in orchard work and wish to have your name placed on the mailing list at A. & M. College for information on orchard work sent out from there, send your name and address to Lyle Brown, State Fruit Specialist. . Notice! Club Girls. Agricultural College, Miss., March 28.—Miss Susie V. Powell, State di rector in charge of home demonstra tion work in Mississippi, has receiv ed advices of much interest to the women and girls of Mississippi, whe ther club members or not. This is to the effect that the Hazel Atlas Glass Company of Wheeling, Va., has come forward with another liberal offer of three large cash prizes, to be distributed through the home demon stration forces for 1922, as was done in 1921. 'the object of this offer "Is to encourage thrift in the conserva tion of fruits, meats and vegetables during the seasons of abundance; the provision in the -home of a better quality and larger quantity and va riety of pure wholesome fodd for the family; to encourage the use of prac tical, economical and efficient con tainers—also for home use. Contest No. 1 is open to any club girl in the United States. For the best individual jar of any product put up in Atlas E. Z. Seal or Atlas Good Luck Jars, with recipe required later for all jars that may score high enough to win prizes; the same to be sent directly to the Com pany. -There are 10 prizes for work in this competition, ranging from $10 for the first -to one dollar for the tenth. Contest No. 2 is open to any girl or woman in the United States, and to be disposed of on the following plan:- For the most adequate sup ply of fruits, vegetables, meats, pick les, preserves, jellies, etc., for. home use, a grand champion prize of $250 in cash. The displays in this class are to be held at homes of competi tors, subject to inspection. The purpose of this contest is to encourage home canning for the fam ily use, not commercial canning, and no products put up for sale, or for use in boarding houses or hotels will be recognized as eligible for this com petition. It is sought to encourage piembers in each home to be respon sible for food preserving for "out of season” use. The person of small family will have equal opportunity with those of big households. \ Contest No. 3 will be open to any woman in Mississippi. For the best six quart Jars of any one home grown vegetable, from which the prlze-winnig jars will be selected. For first best single jar, $25; for second bast single jar, $15; third best single Jar, $10. These are to be exhlbjted at the county fairs, in the home country of each exhibitor, and later at the Mis sissippi State Fair. It is sugegsted that those desiring full particulars regarding these prize offers either see their county home demonstration agents, or else write direct to Hazel Atlas Glass Company, Wheeling, West Va. GEO. R. JAMES ON “CREDIT.” jj. . * ■v*.' . , ** - George R. James, prominent Mem phis business man said at the Farm ers and Business Men’s Meeting at Jackson last Friday that credit was like morphine, the most soothing thing in the world, when used in an emergency, but when taken con stantly became the most dangerous thing that could^ossibly be taken in to the system. Mr. James indicated his belief that Mississippi was the greatest agricul tural state in the union and said that the only thing that the farmers and business men of the state need to place the old staje in the very fore front of the agricultural states of the union was a little common sense and the Realization of the immense possibilities that surround them. Co operation* between the farmers and. business men will be the salvation of the country. This co-operation has never been of the right kind and I {"ASAWMILL WORTHY OF* THE; WOOD ETERNAL ,’’| 1 i 'i '] ■. m j « J “The Pivot of the Paradise Parish of Louisiana.” (The home of the finest strawberries, the finest Cypress and the beet people in t'-e world. Alto famous for its wonderful health-giving waters, garden truck an^ game. . "Ted the world.") When you build that new barn, shed, hog or poultry house, or other outbuilding, wouldn’t you like to make a once-and-for all-time job of it? Do it—stop the bugaboo of repair bills be fore they happen—use our famous 87 Brand” Farmers’ Special of the “Wood Eternal.” (True Tidewater Cypress.) It makes a weather-tight siding, has all of the everlasting qualities of the higher grades—and costs no more than other lumbers that rot out quickly in these trying places (very likely not as much.) With Cypress you “build for keeps.” It is good business for us to help you economize. Just tell us what you want 4 to build, or repair, and we’ll tell you the most economical grade of "87 Brand” Cypress to use for the purpose. No use paying for a higher grade than the job requires. WILLIAMS LUMBER CO., Inc., Ponchatoula, La. ' SOLE MAKERS OF THE ‘‘tr’ BRAND OF GENUINE «OLD TIME” DR.]. H. SPENCER'S Great Tonic for the Nerves and Blood • iThls wonderful combination of Herbs, Roots and bark Is put up for all kinds of diseases, such as rheumatism, or uric acid in the blood, which creates the condition known as Rheumatism. Uric* acid is a natural product of the body. This great tonic and blood purifier will not only arrest this trouble but will cure liver and kid ney complaints, backaches, cold flesh and it makes your skin clear and is sufficient for ordinary cases of Malaria, Indigestion, Torpid 1 Liver, Nervous Affections, Loss of Appetite, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Dysentary, Numbness of Limbs, Whites Pimples and Rough Skin and all impuritws of the blood; it is also a Nerve Tonic and Ague. Dis eases of the bladder and bowels. Sudden pains in the Stomach and a number of other bowel com plaints quickly relieved. There is no need to toss and tumble to get rest at night on account of pain. Get a bottle and keep if on hand for emergency cases. There are times when man and woman would pay most anything to be relieved of pain. This great medicinal ton ic eures different complaints as follows: Bladder, Shortness of Breath, Indigestion, Female Complaints, Dizziness, Poor Digestion, Sleeplessness, Heart Disturbance due to kidney trouble. Skin Erup tions, Bad Blood, Causing such symptoms as Weak Bladder, Rush of Blood to the Head (called vertigo) a/id accompanied by headaches, dizziness, disorder and weak disorder. *■ I recommend this Great Tonic for all disorders arising from im pure blood such as constipation and loss of manhood. It builds up and makes a wonderful change in man and woman, my dear friend, don’t suffer any longer with your trouble, in'your condition, as my great tonic will build you up. Try one bottle for $1.25 and money back if not benefltted. This remedy is guaranteed for Just what I recommend it for: uric acid diseases. Be sure to get a bottle for your condition. This is to all men and women who are suffering — Ask your druggist to get it for you; if he falls, then send for it. We will send it by mail, all charges prepaid. Call at Price Drug Company, Brookhaven, Mis*. DR. J. H. SPENCER, i 11051/2 WASH. ST. VICKSBURG, MISS. V, V ■ -1 n DRUGS! DRUGS! AND SOME OTHER THINGS —Come Here for Your— PATENT MEDICINES DRUGS PRESCRIPTIONS TOILET ARTICLES STATIONERY NOVELTIES SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLD DRINKS CIGARS AND CIGARETTES Come Here for Many Other Things. Just Come Here Anyway IT WILL BE A PROFITABLE “COME” FOR YOU. Price Drug Company PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. TELEPHONE NO. 102. BROOKHAVEN, MISS. I —II —II —II —M —II —M —II —■ ——II —ll_ll II II II li .. i«— .. > Day Phone 35. Night Phones 393, 198, 6. . C. B. Perkins 1 UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER COFFINS AND CASKETS BCSOOMIF BUSINESS/ SOIi LE COLLEGE. NEW ORLEANS, LA Should be (riven tee beat training to Pit pare them for sne-ccaa la baalaeaa Personal Instruction, Free Employ meat Department, Complete Coljegt - Bank, Collar* Store and Whole**'* Office*. fo misrepresentation* to *ecnr* *4*. dent*. Through the snccesa otits £2000 former students. Seale On Item *» ttcogshe* everywhere a* a Wla* Awake,, •’’WetJutL Popnlns tat Rim w****ji OtaMn^', | BBfc.'jg?? H wiSfli «w**w» *> eras* Mississippi will not come to the front until the right kind of co-op eration is u$ed. Making use of the possibilities that lie in your own yard is the ticket that will bring pros perity to the state,* according to Mr. James. Citation Notice. +■ » The State of Mississippi. To the United States Fidelity ft Guar anty Co.,. of Baltimore. Maryland, non-residents of the State of Missis sippi: Tou are hereby commanded to appear before the Chancery Court of the Coun ty of Lincoln in said State on the Ird Monday in April. 1922 to defend the suit la said Court of City of Brookha ven. Mississippi who sues to collect debts due City of fTroobhaven, Misan (md laborers, etc., wherein you are de tend ant. This, the 14th day of March. A. D. m2. (Seal) S. B. McNair, Clerk. |2P.-' ^ f'-- f ffigsyu.-i v si; .v Trustee’» Sale. • By virtue of a certain deed in trust executed on the 27 th day of November, 1917, by Marshall Brte ter and his yrlfe, Dona Brlster, to secure the payment Of an Indebted ness therein mentioned to the Plant ers Bank of Bogue Chltto. Mississip pi, recorded in Book 9ft, page 203, Lincoln County Deed Records, de fault having been made In thb pay ment of *the said indebtedness, the undersigned trustee will on the 13th day of April, 1922, within lawful hours at the front door of the Court House la the City of Brookhaven, Lincoln County*; Mississippi, offer tor sale at public outcry to the highest bidder the following described pro perty situated In Lincoln county, Mississippi, to-wit: The. Northwest Quarter of Block Twenty-Six <2«) In the town of Bo gue Chltto as per official map of the * said town by J. A. Porter. - This March 21st. 4922. P. Z. JONES, Trustee. x *■- g&t * V * v / , -