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VCLUSE 43
YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY DECEMBER 25, 1914
NUMBER 24
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HERALD'S GREAT CONTEST
AUTOMOBILE WON BY MISS NEL
LIE SINGLETON.
Many Valuable Prizes Awarded and
the Best of Good Humor Pre
vailed. ,
The Herald's great auto contest
came to a close last Saturday after
noon, promptly at 5 o'clock. It was
successful in every respect, and what
we appreciate more than words can
, express, that everything: passed off so
l" smoothly and nicely, that all the con
testants, even those who did not win
a prize, were in the best of humor, and
eood nature prevailed throughout.
.To each and every contestant we
desire to- return our sincere thanks.
Ihey worked hard all during the con
test, and a more courteous and genial
class of contestants we have never
seen.
We return thanks also to each of
the judges in the contest, whose ac
curacy and fairness and generosity in
giving their time to the work we
greatly appreciated. There were 52,000
900 votes cast, and the work of count
ing them was no small task.
They made the following report:
We, the judges in the Herald's auto
mobile contest, find the folowing en
titled to the prizes named:
First prize, automobile Miss Nellie
Singleton.
Second prize, piano or trip to Pan
ama Exposition Mrs. Battaile Noble.
.. Third prize, sewing machine M;S3
Mary, Rowe. 1
Fourth prize, business college schol
arship Mrs. James McGraw.
Fifth prize, business -college schol
arship. Miss Frances Blunt
Sixth prize, pneumatic sweeper
; Mrs. L. E. Miller."
JNO. P. BENNETT,
- D. WOLERSTEIN,
W. J. LEDBETTER,
; . - , r Judges.
A Card of Thanks.
' .1 ..wish to express my most sincere
.- i. thanks to.niy ?wany"' friends who
. r' c,od so valntl5'd loyally by me
'.!., .(taring tlw'' Ileraiu- Contest; ' I s
i bare you'words fail when f 4ry to ex
press all, the gratitude which is in my
heart for each and every one who so
generously and kindly assisted me in
winning the .Auto. I could never have
held out but for the many words of
encouragement and help that came
from friends. It is gratifying to me
to know that as many had it in their
hearts to do so much for me.
With every assurance thatl will
. .try to merit the esteem that I will
have fon me and that I will enjoy the
Auto to the utmost, I am
Very truly yours,
- . NELLIE SINGLETON.
To My Friends.
In the contest which has just clos
ed by the Herald the loyal support
of my friends is a great source of
pleasure and comfort. Though I did
not win the Auto my faith in humani
ty has been increased and the love of
friends made more of a reality. To
all who in any way gave me the least
assistance I return my very best
thanks and will carry your kindly co
operation in my heart as one of its
richest measures.
MARY ROWE.
Card of Thanks.
The willing hearts and hands that
helped. in the contest have proven the
value of friends, and that there are
countless numbers of noble Mississip
pians in Yazoo County, whose acquain
tance 'is well worth knowing. These
fricnd3 shall ever be treasured in the
memory of Mrs. Battaile Noble, who
' gratefully wishes to each long ISfe,
happiness and prosperity.
A Card of Thanks.
I take this method of v returning
thanks to all who so generously and
kindly assisted me in anyway during
the late Herald Contest, and also for
the many expressions of good will.
:. While I was not successful in win
ning the car I am none the less grate
ful for the hearty support and good
will shown by my friends.
FRANCES BLOUNT.
New Methodist Pastor.
; Rev. W. M. Sullivan, with his fami
ly, arrived Wednesday evening, and
are now safely and snugly esconced
in the parsonage. While we regret the
going of Rev. Mr. Harmon and family,
yet we gladly open oyr hearts to the
new pastor and his family and will
give them the same cordial and loyal
support which has been characteristic
of the Methodists of 'Yazoo City.
Miss Dorothy Darrington Entertains
I Five Hundred Club.
! The handsome home of Dr. and ;
Mrs. John Darirngton was given over
to the younger set of young people as ;
their lovely daughter, Miss Dorothy :
was hostess to the Five Hundred
Club.
After several interesting games of
Five Hundred were played, dainty re
freshments were served, after which
the young folks repaired to their,
homes to have pleasant dreams of a
most delightful evening spent with
Miss Dorothy. ,
Rev. N. B. Harmon and Family Left
Wednesday Morning.
Though it was at the season of the
year that all should wear a smiling
face, the hearts of the Methodists and
many others were made sad by the
departure of the Harmon family.
They certainly leave behind them
only pleasant things in the hearts of
the people they diave served for the
last two years and they will be missed
in many ways. Mrs. Howe and Mrs.
Jones the two saints of the household
whose very presence was an inspira
tion and pleasure to all who called at
the parsonage will be missed sadly in
deed. May they live many years to
bless the world with their rich exper
iences and the sweet example of wo
manly graces. . (
ROBBERY ON JEFFERSON ST.
J. H. Milner's Store Entered and Rob
bed of Merchandise.
Last Saturday night, for the fourth
time this year, the store of Mr. J. H.
Milner was broken into about mid
night. The thieves pried the door open
and took about $35 worth of sugar,
flour, rice, meat, cheese, tobacco,
canned goods, candy and molasses.
Mr. Milner suspected Charley Bur
ton, a negro that hda been hanging
around his store for several days. He
telephoned Mr. Muse, deputy sheriff
of Yazoo County, who went with him
to the mother of Burton. Here a little
of the plunder was found, although no
trace of Burton .himself was found.
Monday evening, however, Mr. Milner
called Burton's nephew into his store
and found where Burton was stay
ing. He went to the place described
and found a woman who lived with
Burton still at the place. She told
where Burton was and also told him
that Harrison Rucker and Aaron Jef
ferson were confederates of his. Mr.
Milner on seeing Jefferson on the
street arrested him and carried him to
the court house, and later to jail. Bur
ton and Rucker are still at large.
The original plan was to knock Mr.
Milner in the head, however, this plan
did not take place because J. C. Davis,
foreman of the Herald, was present at
the time he closed up
An Unfortunate Accident.
Sunday afternoon Chas. Middleton
went over to play with the children
who were playing in the yard of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Shepherd. In the play
he snapped an air gun in little Eva's
face, thinking the gun was empty.
Like all unloaded guns it went off and
the 6hot went into the child's eye.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. V.
Shepherd, took the child to Jackson
that evening t0 consult a specialist
in an effort to save the sight if pos
sible. The Doctors said that it
would be impossible to determine the
results for several days as the shot
could not be located at this time."
The accident is greatly to be de
plored and no one feels it more keen
ly than Charles Middleton and his
parents. It is to be hoped that the
shot did not go far enough in the ball'
to entirely destroy the sight. Mr.
and Mrs. Shepherd have the sympa
thy of the community in the unfortu
nate accident ifi Eva' who -a quite a
favorite with all who know her.
Examination For Nurses.
The State Board of Examiners for
Nurses will meet in Jackson, Janu-
ary 4th, 1915, to examine nurses who
are not eligible nuder the waiver.
MARY H." TRIGG, Sec
Greenville, Miss.
All nurses elligible to registration,
in 'Mississippi, under the waiver
must have their application in the
hands of the Secretary of the State
Board before the 11th of March, 1915.
For further information apply to
MARY E. TRIGG, Sec-Treas.
i Greenville, Miss.
Bargains in Clothing, Shoes, nats,
Collars, Ties and Underwear. Call
and see me before they are all sold
C A. LIGHTCAP.
"Y7L.r L
Why the Chimes
mas Wonder St
RAYMOND MACDONALD ALDEN !
There was tnce, in a far-away coun-, celebration. "Nobody can guess. Little
try where few people have ever travel-
ed, a wonderful church. It stood on a
high hill in the midst of a great city,
and every Sabbath, and on sacred days
like Christmas, thousands of people
climbed the hill to its great archways, ;
looking like lines of ants all moving
in the same direction.
When you came to the building
itself you found stone columns and
dark passageways, and a grand en
trance leading to the main room of the
church. This room was so long that
one standing at the doorway could
scarcely see the other end, where the
choir and the ministers sat near the
marble altar. At the furthest corner
was the organ, which was so loud that
when it began to play the people for
miles around would close their shut
ters and prepare for a storm, think
ing they heard the thunder. Alto
gether there was no such church ever
seen as this one, especially when it
was lighted up for some festival, and
crowded with people, young and old.
But the strangest thing about the
whole building was the wonderful
chime of Bells. There stood at one
corner of the church a gray Stone
tower, with ivy mowing over it as far
up as one could see. As far as one
cpuld, see, I said, for the tower was
quite great enough to fit the great i her and tried to rouse her, even tug- j
church, and it reached so far into tinging at her arm a little as if he would i
sky that it was only in very fair , try to carry her away. He turned her j
Veather that anyone claimed to be able
to see the top, and even then there
were but few who thought it was with-
in sight. Up, and up, and up climbed
the stones and the Ivy, and ag the
men who built the church had been
dead for hundreds of years, every one
had forgotten how high the tower was
supposed to be. - '
Now, all the wise people knew that
at the top of the tower was a chime
chime
of Christmas"' bells. . They Mt,' hung
there ever sinca the churchjwas
finish-
ed, and were. the most beautiful bells
in the world. Some thought it was be
cause a great musician had cast them
and arranged them in their place, and
others said it was because of the great
height, reaching up to where the air
was clear and pure; however this may
be, no one who had headr the chimes
ever denied that they were the sweet
est in the world. Some describe them
as sounding like angels far up in the
sky, and others like strange winds
singing through the trees.
But the fact was no one hat heard
them for years and years. There was
an old man living not far from the
church who said he remembered that
his mother had spoken of hearing
them when-she was a little girl, and
he was the only one who could say
as much as that. They were Christmas
chimes, I said,, and were not meant to
be played by men or on common oc
casions. On Christmas Eve all the peo
ple of the city brought to the church
their offerings to the Christ-Child, and
when the greatest and best offering
was laid on the altar there would
come sounding through the music of
the choir the voices of the Christmas
chimes far up in the tower. Some said
the wind rang them, and others that
they were so high that the angels
could set them swinging. But for j Child, and spend the time, instead In ' a jar.
many long years, as I said before,'they j the lonesome snow outside t're city j
had never been heard. The ministers wall. But it never occurred to himjNo bleating cornes from the lambs
said that people had been growing less ( that he could leave the poor Madonna! of, the shecpfold. ,
careful of their gifts for the Christ-ito freeze without his help. . j Would that the world, like them, were
Child, or gave them rather to make j Tjie grcat churci, was truly a won- ' housed from the cold,
a display for their own honor thanjfjnrful place that night. Everyone ' Winds may come and bring the cold,
for love of Him, so that no offering 'gajj jt had never looked so bright' beautiful snow, -
was brought good enough to deserve amj beautiful before. When the organ But Christmas fires hold the hearts
the music of the chimes. Still every i j,iayeJ. and Hie thousands of people j warm, tender flow, '
Christmas Eve, the rich people of the;6an- tne ymn. the walls shook with! Stir up the fire, rouse gladsome
jcity crowded to the' altar, each one try-
ing to g've some Dettcr gut man any-
lone else, without taking anything that
j he wanted to keep for himself; and
j the church was filled with those who
j thought that perhaps the wonderful
bells, would be heard again. But, al-
though the music was sweet and the
offerings were plenty, only the roarjgotj g0 heavy that they could scarce-!
of the wind could be heard far up in j y farry them iown the aisle; a great
thapld stone tower. writer laid down a book that he had
Now, a number of miles from the
city, in a little country village where j last of all walked the king of the coun
nothing could be seen of the great try hoping with all the rest to win
church save glimpses of the tower
when the weather was fine, lived a:
boy named Pedro and his little broth-j
er. They knew very little about the i
Christmas chimes, but they had heard j
of the service in the church on Christ
mas Eve, and had a secret plan that
they had ofte stalked over when by
themselves, for going to the beautiful
D ' A -fV I
Kang, A Christ -
orv
Brother," Pedro would'saj-, "all the' The procession was over, the gifts J
fine things there are to see and hearxvere on the ',ar. and the chair j
In the church; and I have even heard !
It said that the Christ-Child himself
sometimes comes down to bless the !
meeting. What if we could see Him?."
k The day before Christmas was bit
terly cold, with a few lonesome snow
flakes flying in the air, and a hard
white crust on the ground. Sure
enough, Pedro and Little Brother
were able to slip quietly away early
in the afternoon on the way co the
Christmas celebration; and although
the walking was hard in the frosty
air, before nightfall they had trudged
so far, hand in hand, that they saw
the lights of the big city just ahead
of them. Indeed, they were about to
enter one of the great gates in the
wall that surrounded it, when they
saw tomething dark on the snow near
their path and stepped aside to look
at it
It was a poor woman, who had just
fallen outside the city, too sick and
tired and cold to get in where she
might have found shelter. Ine snow
niade a sort of pillow for her, and she
j would soon be so sound asleep in the
; wintry air that no one could even
awaken her again. All this Pedro saw i
in a moment, and he knelt down beside
face toward him, so that he could rub
some of the cold white snow on it,
and then, when ho had looked at her
silently for a moment, he stood up and i
saio 'f
"it's noCse, Little Brother. You will
have to go on alone."
"Alone?1; cried Little Brother. "And
you. will not see the Christmas fes-
,
r" 7 -
tivifi"
'". j ajd Pedro; and he could not
nc!R a Jiittlo
choking sound of d.s
appointment in hig throat. "See this
poor woman; her face looks like the
Madonna in the chapel window, and
she will freeze to death if nobody
cares for her. You can bring some
one to help her when you come back,
and I can keep her alive. Both of us
need not miss the celebration; it would
better be I. You can easily find your
way to the church; and you must see
and hear everything twice, Little
Brother once for you and once for
me. I am sure the Christ-Child must
know how I would love to come and
worship Him; and ohl if you get a
chance, Little Brother, to slip up to
the altar without getting in anyone's
way, take thig little silver piece of
mine and lay itxlown for my offering,
when no one is looking. Don't forget
the place where you left me, and for
give me for not going with you as I
would like."
In this way he hurried off Little
Brother to the city, and wrinkled hard
to keep back the tears as he heard
the crunching footsteps sounding
farther and farther away in the dark
ness. It was so hard, to lose the music
and splendor of the celebration that
he had planned for so long, to lose
the chance of offering his own silver'
; piecs that he had saved for the Christ- j
j the SOim an,i ijUie rt.firj, outside;
j,e waW of th(J citV( et tjie earth
trrmblp all around him. At last came
. tho procession to bear the offerings
' $0 tj,e atar, when great and rich men
j marched proudly up to lay down their
pifts to the Qirist-Child. Some brought
wonderful jewels, some baskets of
been making for years and years; and
, for himself the chime of the Christmas ,
bells. There was a great murmur
through the church as the people saw
the king take from his head the royal
crown all set with diamonds and other
precious stones, and lay it gleaming
on the altar as his offering to the holy
Child. "Surely," said everyone, "we
shall hear the bells now, for nothing
like has ever Wpewd before."
d thy u .tood sua tou.ten, but;
vMuy me cum oui wum was ncaru in tnt
stone tower, and the people shook j
their heads, some of them saying, as I
they had done before, that thev never i
really believed the story of the chimes. ;
an1 doubte(1 f hey rung at all. j
naa. closing hymn. Suddenly
he organist stopped playing as though
h had heen hot, n everyone looked
at the old mfuiBter, who was standing
in his place and holding up his hand '
for silence. Not a sound could be heard ,
from anyone in the church, but as all
the people strained their ears to lis
ten, there came softly but distinctly
swinging through the air, the sound
of the bells in the tower I So far away
and yet so clear seemed them usic, so
much sweeter than anything that had
been heard before, rising and falling
away up there in the sky, that the
people in the church sat for a moment
as still as though something held each
of them by the shoulders. Then they
all stood up together and stared
straight at the altar, to see what great
gift had awakened the long Silent
bells.
But all that the nearest of them
saw was the childish figure of Little
Brother, who had crept softly down
the aisle when no one was looking,
t euros little piece or silver on
1 he altar,
,
THE CHRISTMAS FIKE
to
MKS. BATTAILE NOBLE,
By Her Mother.
M AINTY DOWNS-HOUTZ.
(Written for the Herald)
,:,. un the fire roue it warm eW-
Hnm. rhppP.
Kindle the Yule logs, for Christmas
tide is here.
Chips kindle the flames that light' the
logs above,
Flames that mirror the faces of those
we love
Faces of friends of now and then, of
young and of ..old, . 1 ...
Iij whose joyous eyes our own heart
thoughts are told.
Heap up the chips 'till the merry
flames glow bright.
The spirit of life-flames make little
deeds right.
Pile on life-chips gathered from last
year to this
Little deeds of kindness give yule-tide
its bliss.
Love and forgiveness make life-fires
golden glow.
Bury words of unkindness In ashes
below,
Yule fires are treasure troves all the
years have found;
Set the chips to glowing with love and
joy around.
Let music and laughter from hearts
full glee
Mingle with the smoke that upward
goes so free.
Mistletoe with its tears of melancholy
Decked with the red beads of ever
green holly.
Hang stockings low to mantle jambs
for tots ,
While Santa is waiting on the chim
ney tops. ,
Reindeer have come from nobody
knows how far.
Like memories that slip near without
Christmas cheer; x
Kerne mber each dear, loved one, both
far and near.
Let the warm, merry crackling Christ
fire glow;
Let each heart be glad with life's
rythmetical flow.
Then listen to the story the Christ-
j Child tells.
T.ing out its tidings with merry Christ-
ma3 bells.
There's joy among the poor, the low,
and the high ;
For this Christ-Child is nigh to take
away each sigh.
Benton, Dec. 25, 1914.
For Sale.
200 lbs. of pure home-made lard put
up in buckets. Price 15e per lb.
Apply to MR. IL C. JOHNSTON,
Yazoo City, Miss.
REPORT OHV. R. RITCH
(iood Work Done During Last Year.
Plans for Next.
Mr. W. R, Ritch, Farm Demonstra
tor for Yazoo County, has given out
the following:
Having arrived at the end of the
6rst year's services with the farmers
of Yazoo County, as Agent of the
Farm Demonstration Work, coming as
a stranger among you, I feel that it
would be a display of an ungratcfut
disposition not to express my appre
ciation of gratitude for the many acts
of kindness shown me during the past
year. The life of a Demonstration
Agent is a hard one, at best, and but
for the co-operation, encouragement,
and assistance by the good people of
Yazoo, I fear the ends sought for
might not have been accomplished. I
feel that my work might have amount
ed to little had it not been for the as
sistance rendered me by the Yazoo
Commercial Club, first in Introducing
me to the various farmers over the
county and helping me locate the dif
ferent demonstration plots, and second.
in providing the funds which ' were
used for the following purposes: A
tour of the county, carrying speakers
right to the farmers direct The home
grown dinner held in Yazoo City in
September. Tho putting on of the Ya
zoo County exhibit, both at Jackson
and Yazoo City, as well as the demon
stration of the inoculation of hogs for
cholera by Dr. E. M. Ranck, of the
A. & M. college on Nov. 6th.
I think that this jg more than has
ever been done by any other commer
cial organization in the United States
up to the present time. It might be
well to state right here that the ini
tiative taken by tho Yazoo Commercial
Club in encouraging this line of work
will receive the support of almost ev
ery Southern commercial organization
during the season of 1915. It is now
receiving the greatest consideration at
the hands of the business men of. the
South, as it Is a subject thnt is of
vital interest to us all.
I mtiBt Iho give due credit to the
three newspapers of Yazoo City, for
their assMance and co-operation.
Without t;ie support of the newspa
pers, I realize that this work could
not he accomplished hear so quickly or
thoroughly.
The following progressive farmers
of Yazoo County have rendered ma
terial aid in pushing this work for
ward: G. E. Rivers, P. C. Mitchell, Ernest
Pepper, W. T. Clark, W. A. Cannon,
W. E. Jenkins, J. J. McGraw, II. H.
Brickell, J. S. Rowe, Marx Schaefer, ,
G. M. Manor, D. A. Swayze, Wallace
Fleming, J. W. Henderson, J. A. Cald
well, Wise Bros., Kyle Kirk, W. C.
Sharbrough, and many others too
numerous to mention.
And last, but not least, I appre
ciate the Interest manifested by the '
Board of Supervisors since my 'em
ployment by the county for the sea
son of 1915. As I am just entering
upon the work for the next season, I
am going to ask the co-operation and
support of every farmer in Yazoo
County. I am now employed by your
county to assist you as much as possi
ble in the improvement of your farm
ing methods. I shall not impose upon
yoi the untried theory of anyone.
Rather I bring you the true and tried
methods of the Department of Agri
culture. It has cost our government
millions of dollars to establish these
principles, and I want to r.ssure you
that you run no risk in their adoption.
Of course, you will undorstr.nd that I
am not poing to be able to visit every
farmer in Ya;:oo County, and make a
demonstration plot of every farm, but
I shall endeavor to establish at le;if;t
one plot i;i every community, and it is
my desire that you kfen well nostcd
j upon the progress made in your neigh
jborhood. To those who might doubt the
clticiency of tho methods I teach, I de
sire to inform you that very shortly I
shall compile my annual report to the
i government as to just what was ac
complished in your county, and for
your inspection I am going to have it
published. This report will only deal
with results which I confidently be
lieve will challenge your most earnest
consideration. W. R. RITCH.
LOST.
. On the tenth day of December, a
small black horse "mule, 10 or 11
years old, weighs about 600 pounds,
shod on front feet. Please notify,
J. B. JOHNSON, Benton, Miss.
Fresh Egg.
Aiwiys on hand.
JOHNSON A JOHNSTON.