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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
Seven Million boxes sold In past IL months.

some young "K" or "W"rthat
has built his wife a nice garden
and planted it. 1t is Stime.the
young men were taking hold,of
such .matters and allowing US old
fellows to stop awhile and doctor
ourselves for that tired feeling
that. comes over us about this
time OF year.
LIDO want toTgtalk politics and
tell the old boys,how our govern
ment should be,run mighty bad ,
but, Oh gracious "Old Pete" is
too close after me tor anything
like that. But later or I may
have just a little "home" talk
with the candidates.
| also have Il little more I wish
to say to the farmers: Let's all
subscribe for The Herald, and
perhaps, ii we do. the paper
might add another sheet and give
us whole page to tell about the
line mules, pigs, water melons
and other farm matters. Later
on we might have a county fair,
when premiums might be given
tor the prettiest babies, the best
butter, the finest pigs, &c. Who
says Kemper is old? Compared
with England, where the lands
are PRODUCING double what they
did a thousand years back, KEN
per is young. She hasn't cut
her colts yet. When our young
men cut their wisdom teeth and
get move on them our county
will deck herself with flowers and
waving fields OF grain. She will
come up with rosy cheeks and
smiling eyes and you will be call /
ing her Young Miss Kemper.
Well, you must allow Bro.
"W." and Old Bill Webb to brae
on themselves little occasional
ly. 1t seems if we don't blow
our own horns ourselves no one
else will think to blow them for
US. OLD BILL WEBB.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
Rich Land Farm !
on the Pawticfaw. )
". Ell NJ.

Id EnOnuale, MISS. J
Kemper Herald,
You see how. / have named
my farm? l am now ready tor
good roads and free rural mail
delivery. Nothing like being
ready for all the good things on
the way. We have been whoop-
ing things up down this way
planting corn. We have chang
ed our mind about raising cotton
aud buying corn from those
western fellows. They are send
ing US down "yaller" corn and
speckled corn full of pieces OF
cobs and rotten grains, and some
of it sc hard our old mill will
hardly grind it. We are still
sorry tor them but notquite sor-
ry enough to eat "yaller" corn
bread lust to please them; besides
we just naturally like to hear old
Kit bite our good, soft, sweet
Kemper raised corn off the cob.
We have race question about
solved down this way. 1t is now
narrowed down to the point of
"Who can beat home when the
dinner horn blows?" And we
have found that "Cato" is tully
our equal, it not our superior, in
storing away 12a cent yankee
bacon and Is cent "yaller" corn
meal. OLD BILL WEBB.
L. S. Being in company with
some parties we thought would
know, we asked one of them
what had become of Tom Wat.
son. He answered us by saying
"Dalnph | know" We turned
to another with the same, in
quiry, and he replied, "damphy
l noes either" 0. b. w.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

The East Mississippi Female
College located at Meridian, and
which was recently destroyed by
fire, has purchased an entire ca
load OF Kingsbury plan os. The
sale was made by the A. Gressett
Music House, of the same city
and is perhaps the largest single
sale of musical instruments ever
made by Mississippi concern
Columbus Commercial.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
NOTICE
FOR PUBLICATION I!

Department OF the Interior.
LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON. MISS.
April 1S, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has
filed notice of his intention TO
make final proof in support of
his claim, and that SAID proof
will be made before the Chancery
Clerk, Kemper County, at De
Kalb, Miss on May 25, 1903,
viz William Ii. Mathews. Ii. K.
No. 3S006 tor the Sci, Sec. Is,
L. 10 n, X. Is Feast OF Choc.
taw Meridian.
He narnes the following wit
nesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz
w. b. Joyner, j. w. Hail. ,~E.
II. Kent and z. w. TiIton all of
Sucarnochee, Mississippi.
FRED w. COLLINS, Register.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
April 81, 1908.

"Uncle Harry" Beazeley has
beat me on corn and cotton. NV
corn is only knee high to duck.
| will vote for The Herald's
"Devil' if lie will offer tor the
legislature on the platform that
The Herald suggests and will
make the llquor FREE. That is
all the kind | am able to drink
these hard times. 1 was a little
scared some OF the candidates
would come after me with their
little guns or big mauls of fists
for writing that "persuader' let
ter, but they have ofteIed me no
indignities whatever-and, I am
sorry to say, they have not Of
tered me anything for my cough
either.
"Uncle Harry" has got ahead
of me on early corn and cotton,
but | am closing the first crop
harvested and stored for the
season OF 1908. My neighbor's
son came down with his sulky
mower, took sulky ride over
my wheat field, and lett me a
nice lot OF wheat hay. My two
daughters turned themselves into
Maud Mullers, ran their faces
back in some long sun bonnets
and raked that hay while 1 was
plowing my corn. | didn't no.
tlce any rich judges passing by,
but | did see one of my neigh
bor's ruddy faced, muscular SONS
raking hay by the side of one of
them while the other one was
resting. My daughters get
mighty good to their old dad
about this time OF the year, help
hlm drop corn &C.; but he knows
what is coming, they are sure to
strike him for new spring hats
and other lingerie pretty soon
after good spells. 1t begins to
|ook like the times during the
war. If many more our sons
cave us and go to Laurel and
osher places | guess we old tel
ows and the girls will have to
make the crops.
That is right, Bro. w, whea
'ou make your Vile nice gar
len come out and let everybody
,now about it. 1t more Mrs.
Williams would break off peach
rec hmbs-and use them too, il
eed be-we would have better
lines. Now let US hear from
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
FOB GOTERNOR
PFthe State of mississippi,
HON. +. A. CRITZ,
OF CLAY COUNTY.
For Disfrict-.AttOrney-
10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
j. III. CURRIE

Meridian, Miss, Jan. 81, 1908.
To My Friends and Fellow Cit
izens OF the Tenth Judicial
Circuit Court District, of
Mississippi:
| hereby announce myself a
candidate Tor the office OF DIS
trict Attorney from this judicial
district, composed of the coun-
ties OF Winston, Noxubee, Ne
shoba, Kemper and Landerdale,
subject to the action OF the dem
ocratic primary election in Au-
gust next. / most respectfully
solicit your votes aud Influence
in the coming election and cam :
paign. +. V. BRAHAN.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
VALEDICTORY.

With this issue of The Herald
the connection with the paper OF
the present management ceases,
all interest in the plant, includ
ing job office, subscription books,
&C., having been purchased by
Col. j. Ii. Duke, who will see
that all contracts made by us ar
carried out. He will also see
that a neat newsy paper is is
sued, that excellent job work is
turned out, and that it will take
its stand with the best news and
job offices of the State.
Now, i'll this last issue OF The
Herald that | shall publish, I
wish to thank the dear people of
Kemper from the depths OF a
grateful heart, for their kind
support OF my paper during the
nearly fifteen years that / have
had charge of it; and for their
good natured indulgence of me
IN the mistakes that all we err
ing mortals make even when our
intentions are, as mine have al
ways been, of the very best. En-
tering the business as | did, raw
immature school girl just out OF
the shelter!ng walls of my alma
mater, the l. l. & c., L am per-
tectly aware that 1 am respon-
slb.e for a large share of blum
Gers, but the people of this, my
native county, have proved by
their continued and highly ap
preciated support of me in all
these years, that they understood
that any errors | made were OF
the ''head and not of the heart" "
Indeed, | have always endeavor.
ed to keep the paper On "a high
plane, have ever striven for that
which, as | saw it, was tor the
greatest good of all our people,
have continually, in my humble
sphere as the editor OF small
country weekly, worked for the
upbuilding of my county and of
our common country. 1t is said
that one who once engages in
newspaper work can never be
contented ont of it, hence I prob
ably will re-enter the work and
renew my connection with the
Mississippi Press (for | am con-
fident [ could not ieel "at home"
in any other, State Press Associ-
atom but OF this | am sure, that
in no section of our State will |
find better, nobler or kinder
hearted people than these in
Kemper.
The paper goes into good
hands. Mr.. A. w. Struthers.
comes among us with the high
est recommendations as q news
paper man, as a good, useful
citizen and as a Christian gen
tlenan. We bespeak tor him
the good will and continued
patronage OF the people of the
county.
Again thanking the people for
their goodness to me and support
OF my paper, | bow them my
farewell with the heartfelt wish
that peace, plenty and that much
talked-ot sprite, prosperity, may
enter and abide in every home
i'll Kemper.
BRINKLEY VINsoN.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

Jndgeing from the press dis
patches, our post office depart
ment is about as rotten as the
Missouri legislature. The whole
layout are "slick ducks"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
Statesmen as "Business Men"

Statesmen as "Business Men"
An exchange thinks the gov
ernor OF Mississippi should be a
man who has shown himself to
be successful business man. y
According to that standard of
craftsmanship L. @. G. Lamar,
john NJ. Stone, A. j. McLaurin
and II. D. Money, of Mississippi,
and most OF the greBt statesmen
OF the United States were and are
failures. Greenwood Common
wealth.
1t Is notable that great states
men are seldom "successtul bus
mess men" IN the sense of indi-
vidual gain. Almost all our great
statesmen died poor, thongh
many achieved lame as The he
roes of great national business
policies and achievements. For
instance the greatest financial
ever framed in this coun
try was the Walker tariff; the
most far sighted and business
like venture ever made on earth.
was the Louisiana purchase by
J Jefferson. Looking to Europe,
we find the most adroit and star :
ling business scheme eve. en-
lcted, the obtaining. of the fnan-
nal control OF the ..Suez canal tor
england, cone lved aud carrie,
'ut by Beacpusheii, i man at
apable Of financing his own
neat account aceount.-Aber
leen Examiner.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

Confederate memorial day
was tittingly observed in Merld-
ian Tuesday. Col. X. f. il.
bourne delivered a very eloquent
address on the OCCASION.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

Efforts are being made to close
the crevasse below reenville so
as to save the Illuminated farms
from being overtiowsd by the
June rise in the big river.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

The Confederate Veterans.
all over the South, are making
their arrangements to attend the
reunion at New Orleans alay
1921.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
FOR SALE.

Artichokes for hog feed can't
be excelled. The yield to the
acre is simply immense. 100
bushels at sl.oO per bushel for
sale by d. z. Stuart of Binsvilie.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
Announcements.

The following gentlemen are
candidates for the respective
offices for which they are an
nounced, subject to the action of
the Democratic primaries
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

If you want up to date milin-
cry come and see. Mrs. Roseu-
baum's.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

Mrs. Rosenbaum's millinery
is from first hand---all bought'in
New. York.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
G. III. Ethridge
ATTORWE HA T-L.A W.
DEkALB, MISS

General law practice il all the
Courts of Mississippi. Special atten-
tion given to legal writings and collec-
tiohs.
Branch Office in Scooba, Miss. A
member of the firm will be in Scoobs
very NJ M)nday.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
J. e. Tinsley.
DEWT.AL SURGEON
SCOOBA, MISS.

Offers his professional services to the
people of Kemper County. All kinds
of dental work done neatl ! and prompt.
ly. Satisfaction guaranteed
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30

Meridian merchants were pay
ing ~ cts. for cotton Tuesday.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-04-30
ONE
MINUTE

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief In
one minute. because II kills the microh.
which tickles the mucous membrane ca,,s-
Ing the cough, and at the same time clears
the phlegm. draws out the Inflammation
and heals and soothes the affected parts
One Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs. wards off pneumonia and IS a harm
less and never falling cure in all durable
cases OF Coughs. Colds and Group.
Our little eirl was unconscious from s,~.,s,,,..,..
1urine sudden and terrible attack of Group ouckv
secured bottle Of One Minute Cough Cure and gave
her three doses half an hour apart The crr,n s,ss
mastered and our little darling speedily recove-ed
ssnnot praise One Minute Cough Cure TOO much for
Wnat II has done IN our family. "A L. Spaforri Posf
master. Chester. Mich. -
Prepared BY e. 0. Dewitt CO.. cH,cAco
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
DID YOU EVER KNOW
That Improper Food Often Causes
 the Liquor Habite

It's a great proposition to ged rid of a taste for liquor by changing food.
 About three years ago." writes man from Lowry City, Mo-, my appetite failed me and my food disagreed with me. got weak and nervous and felt dull and entirely unfit for business; then like fool I went to taking liquor to stimulate an appetite. For a time that seemed to help and congratulated myself on and ing so simple a remedy. But als! l had to take more and more all the time until | got so that I could not get along without the whiskey, and I was in a pit fable condition.
 I tried to quit but that seemed impos- sible as I needed nourishment and my stomach rejected food and the more whiskey I drank the worse got. l Kept fighting this battle for more than two years and almost gave up all hope.
 I noticed an advertisement or Grape Nuts in the paper and concluded to try it. I found l could eat Grape-Nuts with a relish and it was the first food that found nourished me in long time Soon my stomach trouble stopped, my appe- tite increased, the craving thirst relaxed until all desire for drink was gone. ] have used Grape Nuts constantly Tor over year and l am now strong and robust; entirely cured from drink and aoie to work hard every day. My grautude Tor Grape-Nuts is unspealable as IL has saved my life and reputation Name l given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
DEATHS AND BIRTHS.
Weekly Record of Vital Statistics in
 Montgomery.

Deaths were reported to the office of the Montgomery sanitary department during tthe week ending yesterday as follows: January 10, Caroline s. Bird, age x years, pneumonia. f January Il, child of Cornelius O'Donnell age 2years, enteritis. January 13, Elizabeth Ledyard, age 6 years, Bright's disease.
 January 13. child of c. W. Pruitt, age 6 days congestion of bowels.
 January l6, William T. Walker. age 6s years cerebral hemorrhage.
 January 13, child of William Dunnivan
 Negroes.
 January 10, child of Thomas Fields, age years, enterttis.
 January II. Millie Workman, age 4; years, peritonitis.
 January 12. Lizzie Perkins, age 90 years old age.
 January 12. John Davis. age 49 years dropsy. January 18, Martha Mccoy. age 70 years burns.
 January 1s, Frank Williams, age 1S years, gun shot wound.
 January 13, Simon Richardson, age 4. years, hemorrhage of lungs.
 January H. child of Hugh Mccall, age months, teething.
 January 15, child of George Thomas, age years, heart failure.
 January 16, Willie Hinsley, age 25 years killed by blunt instrument.
 January 16, Eliza Nelson, age S4 years tubeI culosis.-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
HALF HOLIDAY CUSTOM.
Thought to Have Arisen From an
 Old Southern Institution.

O1u 6OuL06In 4ubLlLuL1Ou.
 New Orleans Times-Democrat
 Before the war Saturday or the last half of the day, was called negro day" said man with a penchant for the cu- r1ous, and even now there are country folk who still hold to the old idea. In some of the more rural sections Saturday is still looked upon as negro day. and 1t is not uncommon in some quarters of the South to hear white persons being re- preached for being like the negro when, they want to lay off half day on the last day of the week. Time was when it was extremely difficult to get the black man to work after l2 o'clock Saturday. He would no more think of working Saturday afternoon than he would think of working on the Sabbath. As l was saying just now, this idea still prevails in some sections of the country. The ns- gro st1ll insists on the last half of Sat urday, and when he leaves his plough at the turning row at the noon hour on this day he doesn't expect to take up the work again until Monday morning. He may want to spend the afternoon fish ing or hunting. or he may want to spend the time ioahng and joking with the other negroes of the countryside at the store some distance down the road. At any rate he holds to the old idea that Satur- day is negro day so far as the last part of the day ia concerned. But the idea is not as general now as 1t used to be. There are many negroes throughout the agricultural sections of the South now who would never think of claiming the half holiday Saturday. They toll after 12 o'clock just as they toiled before the noon hour. They have outlived the old idea and when you corne to think of 1t the fact must be put down to the negros credit, for it shows that he has learned to put value on time, and time in farm ing as in every other kind of business, is worth a great deal in this age.
 But was thinking that the half hol- iday plan which has become so popular in other lines of business and industry, Is, after all. the outgrowth of the old idea of the black man. Shall l say 1t is but the evolution of the old negro day plan2 We'll, 1t is in effect at any rate. Of course the various institutions which close down at Saturday noon now do not close down for the same reason which tm- pelled the old negro to quit his plough or his hoe at the noon hour on the last day of the week-to go fishing or hunting or to loaf around the country store. A half days rest has become a business essential. but At is a fact, nevertheless, that the idea of resting up Saturday af- ternoon originated with the negro, and by the countryside is still known as ne gro day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
UNDERSTANDS His BUSINESS. Dr. B. N. WOOIIey and What
 This Great Specialist Says.

Dr. B. M Woolley, Atlanta, Ga. an ex pert in the treatment of opium and whis key habits, and who is the recognize authority in this, country. upon these al eases. says most eases can be effectua cured His record for more than a qu ter of a century 's a guarantee If truthfulness of his statement H. specialist and understands his bl sir Write him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

County, Ga,, where he proBpered and was much respected by his neighbors.
 Some years afterwards we heard his name called at Anderson, where we were then living, and prominent merchant gave us an introduction to his weil4to-do customer from across the river. but he did not perceive that each of us recog- Dized the name of the other, and both were thinking of the sorrowful incident at Laurens, though never word passed be- tween us in reference to it. We saw him often in the years following upon the public square at Anderson, selling twen- ty or thirty bales of cotton at a time, hauled there in his own wagons drawn by fine large mules, which told the story | of his prosperity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Kissing Children .

The kissing of children is far too com mon. People think they have a right to kiss child, but the practice Is to be dis couraged as much as possible. So, also, shoul dthe common practice of children kissing each other-that is, kissing strange chiidren-be discouraged on hy- gienic grounds. It does no good and it may do harm. Children are specially sus- ceptible to contagious diseases. and no precaItion Is too trifling in their case Whatever may be said about the bacil- Jus, a knowledge of its presence and hab- its has done much to throw light upon diseases the catching of which was before quite inexplicable. Therefore let kissing in future be done on 'stirctIy antiseptio principles"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
Campaign Against Consumption.

Philadelphia Record. A,
 war on consumption has been organized the first step being series of poplar lectures at Washington It IS expected that the same means will De employed to stimulate interest In all tne clles. It fla worthy of note that the pioneer in this country of a systematic efrort to check the ravages of this destrucuve mai adv is Philadelphia Long ago the Penn- sylvania Society for the PreVenuon eL
 which were distributed wherever they could bo uaeful-in dispensaries Tor me
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18

poor, hotels, tenements, factories. stores, etc.; 1t assisted in the hospital treatment of poor consumptives from its small funds, and appealed to councils and thi State sanitariums for the poor victims of consumption. The pavilion for con- sumptives at the Philadelphia hospital
 cd irdiIectly from the labors Of the society. The free hospital for consunp- tives at White Haven Bounded by a former president of the society," has proved of great value, but 1t Is utterly Inadequate, and there is urgent need that the Legislature. at It's present session should make provision for at least two (eastern and western) sanitariums. Ike that of Massachusetts, but of greater ca pacity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-18
PRATT LAND & IMPROVEMENT co.
 ot al ,y NFifsT AIN


 Bill in Equity for the Cancellation of Deeds. Appeal rom the City Court of Birmingham, in Equity.
 1. Cancellation of deeds; what neces- sary when duress relied upon.-In order to authorize the cancellation of a deed upon the ground of duress exercised upon the grantor, 1t Is necessary to aver and show that the conveyance was procured by the duress complained of, without the grantor being Influenced in any other vyay: and, therefore on a bill filed seek Ing to cancel a deed upon the ground of duress. which, after averring that it was procured by coercive influence, further ayers false promises made to the grantor as to the use by her of the purchase money, such bill is subject to demurrer, 1t not appearing that the deed was pro- cured solely by the duress complained of and uninhuenced by the promises made as to the use by the complainant of the purchase money and her expectation to so use 1t.
 ?. Cancellation of deed for fraud; what necessary to be averred.-On bill filed seeking the cancellation of Q deed upon the ground of fraud practiced in the pro- curement of 1t, mere averments of con- clusions as to the existence of fraud are insufficient, and it is necessary Q aver and show facts from which fraud is the legal result, and further, 1t is necessary to aver and show by the evidence that the grantors in said deed participated In the fraud complained of, or had nctice of It.. either actual or constructive, be- fore paying the purchase money.
 g. Vendor and purchaser: when failure to disclose value of land not fraudulent. Where there are no peculiar circum- stances, such as confidential or fiduciary relations existing between the vendor and purchaser, which call for such dis closure. a purchaser having superior Judg- ment of the value of the lands being sold, does not commit fraud merely by pur- chasing them without disclosing his knowledge of the value.
 4. Husband and wife; conveyance of wife in payment of husbands debt valid, I--Although under the statute, married ! woman can not convey her property ai