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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

til the people of the district ire
ready to accept this woman as their
postmaster.
INDIANOLIANS EXCITED.
Memphis A special to the Com
mercial Appeal from Indianola,
Miss, says: This community was
highly interested to learn that its
internal affairs should have ecu
pied part of the time OF the presi-
dent and his cabinet at Washington
Friday. II is realized that the action
Of the government in closing the
postof1ice here will seriously inter-
fere with local commerce and in
other ways work many hardships
upon the inhabitants OF this town.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
in November last at which resolu-
tions were passed demanding that a
new postmaster be appointed on
January / and that a white person
be named for the place. 1t is posi-
lively denied here that threats have
been made against Mrs. Cox, and al
though there is a strong sentiment
for submitting to the permanent
closing Of the office rather than al
low its operation by any other than
q white person, it is stated that no
violence will be offered Mrs. Cox
should she reopen the Office.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
EFFECT OF COAL FAMINE.

Baltimore.-The effect Of the coal
famine on the four million inhabit-
ants OF Maryland, the District Of
Columbia, Virginia and West
Virginia, is indeed verv serious.
Few towns are supplied with
anthracite coal and In many
there is a shortage of all kinds Of
fuel. In the towns the residents
su bstitute wood for coal but in the
cities this has not been possible. In
some counties nothing but wood is
used. In West Virginia. owing to
the wide distribution Of coal mines
there is not likely to be much dis
tress. Although the industries are
suffering. Washington and Ba!ti-
nor are getting along with soft
coal at advanced prices. The con-
sumers of both Baltimore and Nor
folk are suffering owing to the
shortage.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
DEWEY AT CULEBRA.

Washington.-The navy depart
ment has received the following ca
biegram from Admiral Dewy, dated
San Juan: Combined squadron
reassembled at Culebra; visits to va.
rious western ports most cordially
welcomed, excellent in every re-
spect; feet continuing tactical exer-
cises; marine and torpedo fiotilla en-.
gagged in several exercises, ;nclud,
ing night attack by the latter on
designated ship; E. B. Railey, coal
passer, drowned in sinking of New.
ark's steam cutter by collision With
torpedo boat"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
FIRST ATTACK.

Manila.-A boats crew from the
United States cruiser Don Juan de
Austria made the first successful at
tack on the mine fields in the ma
neuvres near Subig bay. The boat
capsized as it was approaching the
mines and part Of the crew with
q ,sign Babcock leading, wan a
mile through the water which was
infested with sharks. The search
lights of the warships did not dis
cover the operation. Ensign Bah
cock ami his men were congratu-
lated on their courage. Rear
Admiral Evans fleet will abandon
Subig bay Monday and come to Ma
Mia for heavy gun practice. One
target will represent a submarine
boat. 1t will be lowed by a subma-
rine vessel and will appear on the
surface briefly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
CALLS WIFE A DRUNKARD.
Prominent Englishman Invokes Aid
of New Law.

London The first notable case
under the new licensing act. which
went into effect Friday came up in
a London police court when Sir
Charles Allen Lawson, the Amigo
Indian newspaper editor and writer
applied for a summons against Lady
Lawson, whom he describes as a
habitual drunkard. The summons
was granted. The new act enables
either a husband or wife to ecure a
separation in the case of habitual
drunkenness and allows the police
to arrest and Investigate airy where
except in a private house. II con-
viction follows drunkards are black
listed for the space of three years.
II they attempt to obtain drink dur
ing that period they are liable to a
fine, while the publican supplying
them is fined $50 for q first offense
and 800 for a sec ond. Imprison-
ment is provided for drunkenness OF
a person in charge of a child under
seven years of age.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
ON TO MANILA.
Cable Builders Will Hurry The
Work.


New York.-Clarence H. Mackay,
president; George g. Ward, vice
president add general manager, and
the other officials Of the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company are greatly
pleased at the completion Of the
company's cable between San Fran
cisco and Hawaii. They do not pro-
pose to stop at Hawaii, however, and
now say that by July 4 they expect
the cable will have been competed
to Manila. Speaking of the project
Mr.. Ward said: 1.-THE Commercial
Pacific Company's cable to Hawaii
was connected through to San Fran
cisco at 8:43 p. m.,-Honolulu time.
The cable will open for public bust
ness on Monday morning, January
5. 1t is a peculiar satisfaction to US
to have the cable completed on the
first day OF the new year, because it
fulflls our promise to congress.
Rapid progress is being made in the
manufacture of the sections to be
laid between Honolulu and Manila
and over $500 miles of this cable
have already been manufactured. /
fully expect messages will be ex-
changed between Manila and the
United States by the. fourth of July
next"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
PUBLIC DEBT.

Washington.-At the close of the
business, December 81, 1902, the
public debt less cash in the treasury
amounted to 1867, 1874, 679, which is a
decrease for the month of $40, 932,-
6e2, which is largely accounted for
by an increase Of nearly so, 0O0, 900
ia the amount Of cash on hand.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
CELEBRATION IN HONOLULU.
customers.

Honolulu.-By Pacific Cable-A
public celebration was held Janu-
airy 2 in honor of the successful com
pIetion of the Pacific cable. The
day was observed as a public holi-
Cav
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
NEW oRLEANs-cHIcAGo ROAD

New Orleans.-The New Orleans
and San Francisco railroad was
chartered here Friday with a CAPT
tai stock of So, 600, 900. Local CAPT
talists have become associated with
ofic ials of the St. Louis and San
Francisco in the enterprise. The
object of the corporation il TO build
a line of railroad from New Orleans
by way Of Arkansas to Chicago.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

Secretary John r. Young of the
Mississippi Poultry and Pet Stock
Association, is sending out the cata-
logue and premium list for the Sec
ond annua. exposition, which will
be held in Aberdeen, commencing
Jan. IL, and continuing five days.
The Comfort Colored Orphans
Charitable and Industrial Institut,
has been organized at Ellisville by
prominent negroes OF that section
for the purpose of establishing an
industrial school for the colored Or
phans Of both sexes.
Captain S~turtevant, who has
charge Of the Yazoo canal work at
Vicksburg for the Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific Company, was presented
with a handsome solitaire diamond
by the employees under him, on
Jan. /.
The only business change made in
Canton on the 1st inst, so far as
known, was the forming of a part
nership between Howell aad Foot
for the practice of law. Tteir Office
will now be found in the Mississippi
State Bank building.
Nose Thompson an industrious
negro man, accidentally stepped on
the cotton seed conveyor at the oil
mill at Magnolia Saturday, and his
left leg was SO badly crushed that it
had to be amputate | above the-knce.
AS far as can he learned, no white
cap demonstrations have been made
anywhere in Lincoln county in near
ly two weeks. The proclamation of
the governor and the action of the
citizens mass meeting held at
Brookhaven a week ago seem, thus
far, to have had q very salutary
effect.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
CHINESE BROUGHT IN PLAGUE

Washington-Consular advices re
ceived at the state department from
Mazatlan. Mex, relative to the out
break of the bubonic plague, state
that the disease was brought over
on a Chinese ship arriving there on
December Is. Every precaution
will be taken to prevent the en-
trance of the plague into this coun-
try. :.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

The Alabama Military Academy
at Huntsville has been offered, rent
free for fifteen years, to the state as
a home for Confederate Veterans.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
AT
WASHINGTON
News and Notes of National
Interest.
CARMACK'S CHOICE
For President Labor Leaders
sturbed-- Chinese DiIndemnity
Venezuela Matters.

Washington-Jas. b. Cole, Of Bear
den, Union parish, La, has been COM
missioned postmaster 1t the newly
established postofice at that point.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
BASEBALL

Little Rock.-Manager M. j.
Finn, of the Little Rock Baseball
Association, has received a check
from the Cincinnati club for $500 in
payment for pitcher Harry ALE
mange's release, who was with Lit
tie Rock in 1901 and 1902.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

The new $500 city hall at
Vieksburg is now completed and
ready to be turned owe to the city
fathers, but this cannot be done un-
ill the red tape of law is complied
with. the bond money secured ard
,he hall paid for. which may re-
ouire another month Of !awlnakipg.
The Vicksburg Gas Company,
with a charter granted by the state,
has been formed, with E. S. Butts
as president. The new company
will probably be applicants for the
franchise for gas to local consumers
to be let seine time in February.
When passenger train No. 6 left
Crystal Springs Fridoy night the
news agent, Ralph Corner, was
found with his right foot cut off just
above the ankle. The local surgeon
of the railroad was called and Mr..
Corner was taken to q hotel and
given the best possible attention.
His home is in Moberly, Mo. Mr..
Corner is suffering intensely, but
has some chance for recovery.
The cotton receipts to Jan. i,
1903, at Summit, amount to ID, $50
bales, and, as compared with last
year, shows q shortage of 1882 bales.
The crop has been rapidly market
ed. The best posted merchants and
farmers are OF the opinion that this
year. S. crop will fall about 20 per
cent below last year.
The preliminary trial of Irwin
Blackburn, charged with the kill
ing of Robert Watts, about, ten days
ago at Sumrall, Miss, has just con-
cluded at Columbia. Quite a num-
Der of witnesses were examined on
either side, and both sides were
contested with ability, but, after all
testimony was submitted. Justice
Banks admitted Blackburn to bail
in the gun of $1,000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

A Boston syndicate has purchased
LOO square miles of timber lands ir
New Foundland.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

Senator Edward W. Car mack Of
Tennessee Is out for Judge Alton B..
Parker OF New York for the democrat
ic presidential nomination in 1904.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

The corner stone OF the Army War
College at Washington Barracks will
be laid on Washington's birthday.
The principal address will be made by
President Roosevelt.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

The Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton have invited President Roosevelt
to New Orleans during the Carnival.
The President will not accept, but he
hopes TO be able to attend Mardi
Gras in 1904.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

A negro porter of the Arno Id
Hotel at Canton killed a negro
lamed Joe Prince at 8 o'clock Sat
lrday night. Prince had some
words with the porter. Princes
friends attempted to carry him
lway, but he advanced again upon
ihe porter, who drew a large knife
md stabbed him in the neck.
Prince. assisted by some friends,
walked a block to a drugstore,
where he died in a few minutes.
The murderer has not been appre-
4 ended.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

Labor leaders IN Washington are
much exercised ove 9 report hat has
reached them Of an organization
among the big employers OF the coun
try for the purpose Of protecting
Themselves rs much - possible
against strikes, The thing hat vor-
ries President Gomners and his asso-
dates most is information to the eff
feet that & blacklist 10 being prepared
by manufacturers and other large en-
ployers Of labor on which will be
placed the IN Of men who are in.
strumental in bringing on strikes and
stirring up labor troubles generally.
1t is said that the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacture rs Is the leader In
the present movement, which is looked
upon as . very important development
in the relations between employers
and employees. A western man WHO
maintains a big establishment with q
long pay roll said that he had been
informed OF the plan Of fhe Assooia-
ton Of Manufacturers In Q circular
that he had received on the subject
In brief, the idea Is to have all the
big employers enter into individual
contracts with their workmen, cover
ing the terms Of pay. work and other
features. The Association Of Manu-.
facturers have prepared q fern Of
agreement which is to be followed by
employers. It is drawn with the idea
OF protecting the employer from sud
den and supposedly unreasonable
demands by his workmen, and at the
same time is said to make liberal pro-
visions for the employee. 1t Is pro-
posed that when q workingman will
fully breaks this agreement with the
intent to iniure his employer, he shall
go on the black list. His name Is to
be sent to all the members Of the As
ISOLATION OF Manufacturers, each Of
whom is to r fuse employment to him
in the future. The labor leaders have
heard Of the movement and are doing
their utmost to checkmate. Wherever
the circular has appeared the employ
ees have been warned by the officers
Of their unions to have nothing to do
with tho CON pact. They have been
told that II would be suicidal 10 sign
the agreement, and that II they all
hold out against 1t the whole scheme
will fall to the ground.
The Sons Of the American Revolu-
ton have invited President Roosevelt
to New Orleans during the Carnival.
The President will not accept, but he
hopes TO be able to attend Mardi
Gras in 1904.
The corner stone OF the Army War
College at Washington Barracks will
be laid on Washington's birthday.
The principal address will be made by
President Roosevelt.
Senator Edward w Car mack of
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

1t has developed that at the close
If the encampment at Biloxi last
summer by the State National Guard
me regiment left q number of un-
paid bills. In many instances the
bills amounted nearly 500 each and
he total amounts to several hun
lred dollars. All efforts to collect
he accounts from the regimental
commanders have failed, and now
he matter will be brought to the
attention OF the governor and the
commanding officers OF the National
Guard.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08

Grenada had a Gretna Green af-
air Saturday w. f. Gee of Winona
md Miss Lizzie Majet of Grenada,
both pupils of the Grenada Business
College, a away and YER mar
led. Mr.. Gee left Grenada osten-
tibly to be gone several days. He
returned on the $50 train and it
vas only a short time when Rev. j..
N. Wyatt was called upon to per-
orm the ceremony, which he did,
n the presence of one or two
,riends, on the steps of the Grenada
female College.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-01-08
MISSISSIPPI
NEWS NOTES
Transpiracies Of Moment in The
Magnolia State.
SMOOTH SHARPER
Works GreenviIIe Merchants
CoIored Orphans Home.-AH
Quiet in Lincoln.

A smooth indiv idual of the name
Of A. d. Harvey, representing a
harness and saddlery house of st.
worked Greenville to a finish
last week and left for parts un-
known. His scheme was to give his
victims drafts on his house for o GER
tain amount, secure the cash, and
the accommodating friend who ad-
vanced the money received in re-
turn a notice of protest from the st.
Louis Bank. Two prominent bust.
hess men were caught for $50 each.
On leaving, Harvey beat his board
dill. He is a member of the Knights
Of Pythlas, and Uses this graft to
assist him in his work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10
ABOUT SEED POTATOES.
cred with Earth and Straw
They Keep Well.

American Gardening tells how some
have kept their potatoes intended for
seed. Selecting them when digging,
they store them in dry shed or
barn until the weather gets cold.
About the middle of November they
sort them, rejecting all that show
signs of decay. They then spread a
layer of straw eight or ten inches
thick upon the ground, and place the
potatoes on this. The best results
are from mounds about three feet
wide at the base and rising like a
cone to about the same height. This
is covered with straw and then by a
layer of soil from six to eight inches
thick. Before the weather gets too
severe more soil may be added, and
when the ground is frozen, put on
more straw or strawy manure. They
seem to winter much better than in
cellars or when put in mounds or pits
as soon as dry. We would say that
we think it would not injure the ger
of the sprouts if the tubers
were frozen solidly in such mound,
if they were not disturbed until they
had thawed out in the earth in the
darkness. We have plowed out pota-
toes in the spring that had lain with
III six inches of the surface of the
ground all winter, where the ground
had been frozen two or three feet
deep, and they were apparently as
sound and fresh as those dug in the
tall.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10
King Edwards Memory.

The king is said never to forget a
name or face. Queen Victoria made
it point in his education that the de-
velopment of memory be carefully
considered feature. Many persons
have been surprised at the kings re
membering and singing them out for
recognition in the presence of throng
of people. They tell story in Rome
of the king having noticed in a cafe
there, while travelling incognito, a
restaurant proprietor who had at
tended him elsewhere. The man, all
unconscious of the identity of his pa
tron, SO the story runs, slapped the
prince, as he then was, upon the back,
exclaiming delightedly: "Bless you
sir; you're the only man that's put
foot in this place who remembers my
being at Ostend! James Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10
Turkeys as Bug Killers.

Grasshoppers and other insect pests
could not hold high carnival in the
fields and orchards of Colorado this
season if farmers and fruit raisers
would only employ the proper means
to circumvent them. Their deadly
enemy is the plain domestic turkey,
the bird that turned Thanksgiving
day from time of prayer and medi-
tation to time of gorging and purga-
tive pills. Farmers, beet sugar raisers
and fruit culturists, all over the state
are now raising turkeys, which they
turn into the fields and orchards to eat
the insects. Experiments have been
under way with the turkey as bug
killer for several years past, and each
test has given very satisfactory re-
suits. The Field and Farm propag gated
this idea Is years ago, the advice COM
ing originally from Mr.. Ogilvy, of Weld
county. The proposition is creating
a great deal Of interest in all sections,
and turkey eggs for Matching have been
in much demand.-Denver Field and
Farm
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10


have been an exhibitor of Toulouse
and win my full share of prizes. I
started with pair of the finest to
be obtained, the gander a very long
bird, the goose remarkable for color,
very wide dupe and not showing the
least tinge of brown in plumage, but a
beautiful silvery gray" Size and this
beautiful silvery gray color free from
any discoloration are most important
features for the exhibition Toulouse.
None can be more attractive than they
when of high quality, large size and
rich color. They more than any other
goose have gained the admiration of
visitors to the showroom.
The looser plumage of the Toulouse
adds to their apparent size, while, in
fact, they are usually under the
weight of the best Embden. Records
show that at Birmingham Toulouse
ganders have weighed SO and 80
pounds each and ranged from SO to
62h pounds per pair, but the gen
eral average of the White Embden has
been the best and most regular, and,
while the show weights of the pres
ent do not equal the above because
they have quit showing them in fat
tened condition, the average is in
favor of the Embden if of the same
age.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10
so PRESUM1NG OF HIM.
With Only 47S,OOO a Year He Had No
Reason to Expect That He
Had q Chance.

The yellow moon hung by its crescent
hook against the starlit azure of the Sep.
TENDER sky, and the night was dreamy, de-
llc1ous, divine, says the New York Her
aid.
The man and the maiden walked be-
meath the silent stars and listened to
the purple music from the dusk. Her
jeweled fingers rested lightly on his arm,
and he felt them there as trembling harp
strings feel the touch of angel hands that
summon forth the souls high harmonies
His heart beat fast and the red blood
ran riot in his veins, for love had placed
lis caalice to his lips and he had drunk
his fill. He had not spoken, but he felt the
spirit of the hope that makes man dare
do anything and now this night of nights
SHOULD see him conqueror of the maiden's
heart.
"a penny for your thoughts" he wills.
pered, bending low to look into her sweet,
soft eyes.
"No more?" she murmured, locking up
n him, to let those blue eyes fall again.
He caught her hand in his and let his full
heart flow
:. CAN have in the world" he said, SUBJ
timely.
TOO little" she responded, with firm
ness.
And then he knew that some of his
hated rivals had told her he had but $751;
600 year income and no rich relatives.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-10
POULTRY IN WINTER.
Flocks Sh Ould BE CuIled with a View
of Making Each and Every Bird
Prove Profitable.

Many focks are run through the
winter at an expense, simply because
we neglect to take proper interest
in them, and because we do not
study and learn just what is neces-
saTy to make profitable winter
flock.
To make poultry profitable during
winter, we should begin in autumn.
With poultry, it is in the same line
with any kind of stock on the farm,
good wintering depends upon the con-
dition of the stock in autumn or at
the beginning of winter. In the first
place Gull down your flock of laying
hens, and keep none that it not liable
to make a good winter layer. The
age of hens must be taken into con-
sideration. Early spring pullets, or,
say, pullets Matched from March on
until June, should make the best of
winter layers. One-year-old hens do
fairly well at egg production in win
ter, but it is an exception that older
hens are profitable winter layers.
This depends somewhat on the vari-
ETY., as the smaller varieties carry
egg production much longer than the
larger ones.
Perhaps we might here say that
there will be found but little differ
ence as to the number of eggs pro-
duced from any good standard vari-
ETY. of well bred and well kept hens
of either the larger or the small
breeds until they begin reaching two
years old, after which the small
varieties lead.
Laying hens, if the eggs are for
market purposes and not for hatch-
ing, are much better without cock
erels running with them. No hocn Of
hens will produce near the mum er
OF eggs if large number of cock
erels are running with them.
Fowls should be classed and kept
in separate tiocks during winter, if
more than one class are kept.
Late matches should be kept by
themselves, cockerels by themselves.
and the laying flock should be given
special care in the way Of housing
and feeding.-A. II. Duff, in Farmers
Voice.