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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
MATTERS OF NOTE
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
University viii contributs To The
Worlds Fair Exhibit
PINE LAND COTTON YIELD.
Jones County Farmer Grows 1000
Pounds of Seed Cotton on One Acre---
Negroes in Percy Going to Liberia---
Canning Factory offers Prizes.

Ihe directors of the Collins Cam
ing Factory have closed business con-
cected with last seasons psck and are
making arrangements for operating
the factory during The next season.
The Secretary and Treasurer's report
shows the factory TO be a good m pney-
earning industry. A vote of thanks
was rendered Hon. t. W. Wade for
his interest and painstakiDg manage
ment during the last season. The
management and the directors were
well pleased with the institu ion, and
IN order to stipulate the interest of
farmers in growing this new COM
modify of commerce, they have offered
the following prizes: One hundred
dollars to the person growing and de-
livering to their factory the greatest
number OF tons of tomatoes per acre
oh five acres and over; $50 to the per-
son raising the greatest number OF
tens on three acres and over, not to
exceed five acres; $50 to the person
delivering the greatest number of
bushels Of tomatoes per acre at their
factory mp to and including the Goth
day of July, 1904. 1t is thought that
this wall result in much interest being
manifested in The tomato business
among the farmers. I
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
VIII Exhibit at the Worlds Fair.

Quite large representative and ap-
preciatiye audience assembled in the
college chapel at the State University
at Oxford to hear the address OF r.
"a. Henry, State commissioner to I'll 9
st. Louis Exposition, who discussed
the object and purpose of worlds
fairs and the necessity for creditable
exhibit from Mississippi of all her
natural products. Mr.. Henry was in
troduced by Chancellor FnIton in a
pleasing manner who hsar lily com
mended the effort being made to have
Mississippi well represented at the
Worlds Fair, pledging the support of
the State University to the enterprise.
The State University will furnish much
matter and many articles of interest,
and the commissioners of LAFAYETTE
county have promised the best exhibit
that it is possible to collect. The peo-
pie generally are interested.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
FIGHTING NEGRO.
This ladianl EiitOr Uses Newspaper for
Weapon.

La Porte, Ind Arthur J. Bowser,
editor and publisher of the Caesterton
Tribune continues his crusade against
negro colonization in northern In-
diana by publishing in his paper the
uaue of every white person giving en-
ployment to negro. Mr.. Bowser be-
lieves that by holding the employers
of negroes up to public notice and
ridicule he will be able to cause the
discharge of all coloted help and their
Punishment from the county. The
Tribune openly declared that paid
agents Of an eastern organization are
preparing to settle colored families in
Porter and other northern Indiana
counties within the next ten days, but
the opposition to such settlement as
become so Pronounced that it is be-
lieved open resistance will be made.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Big Labor Trust is Projected.

New York.-Plans for the forma-
tioG of building trades labor trust.
afiliating in round numbers million
working men skilled in those trades,
reported to have been worked out by
prominent officials of national labor
organizations, says the Herald. A
conference for this purpose has al
ready been held at Indianapolis at
which the leading officials of several
national labor unions were present.
Among the organizations which it is
proposed to bring into the combine
are the Brotherhood of Painters, the
Journeymen Bricklayers and Masons'
international Union, the United Asso-
citation of Plumbers, Gas Filters,
Steam Filters and Steam Filters
Helpers, the Hod Carriers and Build
ing Laborers' International Union, the
Brotherhood OF Carpenters and the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Fast Trip.

Chicago. - Bert Holcomb and r. W.
Haroun. in q 24-horsepower touring
car, left Chicago for New York intent
upon breaking the record for long
distance runs. The trip will be made
in relays and it is the plan of the five
men participating to make no stop, by
day or night, that it is possible to
avoid. Holcomb and Haroun will
make the first stags of the run to
Cleveland, WHARF Laurie Duffie will
relieve them, taking the car to
Buffalo. At that point two other men
will take thsir places for the final
squirt into the eastern city. The
drivers expect to make the 1,150
miles in fifty four hours, better than
twenty-three miles an hour.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Mayor Names Delegates.

Under resolution adopted by the
board of mayor and aldermen OF
Natchez, authorizing the appointment
of delegates to the New Orleans Levee
Convention, Mayor W. G. Benbrook
is made chairman of the delegates.
The full list of delegates, as prepared
by the Mayor, is as follows: A. F.
Jacobs, W. A. S. Wheeler, G. r.
Byrnes, Captain R. F. Learned, s. E.
Rumble, Sim 81. Lowenburg, Captain
James w. Lambert, 0. O. Ogden, G.
B. Brownwell, g. A. Gardener, NJ.
Moses, A. G. Campbell, Joseph VI.
Carpenter, Captain John Fowler, J.
W. Roos, G. NJ. Brown, Sam Block,
J. Barkdull, L. H. Jackson and Cap
tain John F. Jenkins.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Furnaces Resume.

Pittsburg. The Clayton plant OF
the Crucibie Steel Company, a sub
aidiary plant of the United States
Steel Company, has resumed work
after shut bown Of three weeks, All
the open hearth furnaces have also
resumed. During the shut down re
pairs were made on the furnaces aud
mills. Day and night turns will be
put on aud the plant will be run up to
the close Of the year asthere are now
said to be many orders. The plant
employs between 1900 and 1000
men.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Tries to Fire Building at St. Louis Fair.

st. Louis.-It is believed that an
attempt was made to burn the agricul-
tural building at the Worlds Fair, one
of the largest structures now in course
of erection there. One of the Jeffsr-
son guards observed man acting gus
piciously about the building. He at
tempted to arrest the man, who
escaped, although several shots were
fired at him. Guards thoroughly in
spected the building and near one OF
the walls found straw and kindling
saturated with oil. The would be in
cendarist is believed to be an Italian
workman who was recently arrested
and fined for tresspassing on the
Worlds Fair grounds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Steamer Clara Barton Towed In.

The steamer Clara Barton, which
went ashore on Chandelier Island
during the eevere blow, has been
pulled off and towed TO. Biloxi. The
crew has been aboard since the YES
sci was beached. All the cargo was
saved. The Clara Barton was bound
from Pensacola to New Orleans with a
lot of piledriving machinery. The
schooner Eva Shecker, of Tampa, with
q cargo of lumber, for New Orleans,
which went ashore at the same point,
is still aground.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
To Keep Up Fight.

New York. Charles L. Eidlitz,
President of the Building Traders
Employers Association has issue a
statement declaring that the employ
ers have not given up their fight
against the union which are opposing
the plans for labor settlements on the
employers arbitration plan. He said:
1T is now squarely up to the union
themselves as to how the fight ends.
If the man choose 10 follow false and
dangerous leaders they alone viii be
Tor the result.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Tempestuous Voyage.

Honolulu. The ship Marion Chill
,oot, which sailed from San Francisco
FOR Honolulu with cargo of oil, has
arrived here after tempestuous voy-
age in which three of her crew were
lost The mate and two other sailors
saved their lives by holding on to the
braces. Oil was used successfully in
calming the sea.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Two Negroes Murdered.

Josh English, a young negro log
man in the employ Of the Rose Lum-
Der Company, Of Merrill. v as instant
ly killed by Johnnie Richardson a few
days ago, who fred load Of shot
into the back Of Eeglish's neck. The
negroes had falling ont over game
Of craps. AT Bexley, three miles south
OF the above place Rufus Lee, negro
musician. was murdered by an un
known assassin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
NO. 5
Fate of a Man Who Interfered.

Birmingham, Ala Marvin Vernon,
carpenter, aged "a, is dangerously
wounded, having been shot at Sandus-
ky M ming camp, near here, by Rufus
Adcock, aged go. Vernon is said to
have interfered with trouble in the
Adcock family and received a heavy
load from Adcock's doubled barreled
INN
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Kills Sunday Baseball.

Montgomery, Ala.-The Alabama
senate has passed the Hall Sunday
baseball bill. This measure had been
previously adopted by the house and
now goes to the governor for approval.
The bill prohibits the playing on Sun
lay of baseball, tennis, golf and foot
ball. Violation of the law is declared
TO be a misdemeanor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Fires We're Not Serions

Washington Reports received at
Southern railwey headquarters in this
city concerning the fires at Green's
bore, N. c., and Culpepper, Va, in
dicate that the losses were not very
great. At Culpepper the station aud
two freight cars were destroyed and at
Greensboro an oil tank and two empty
cars were burned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Mission Official Said to be Short.

Columbus. O.-George M. Collier.
chief State inspector of engineers.
has been suspended from his Office by
Gov. Nash, and the Attorney General
ordered to bring suit to recover $2,-
716 on his bond, that being the amount
Of his alleged shortage. Mr.. Collier
has been missing since September IA.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Danced and Sang as Doom Approached.

Butte. Mont. "A special to the
Miner, Lander, Wyo., says: James
Keffer, for the murder of A. 9. War
rem, spent his last evening on earth in
riotous revelry. Keffer had been on
the verge OF collapse all day, but sud
denly braced up and requested that
Jim Dollard, another prisoner charg-
ed with murder, be permitted to play
a mouth harp that he might dance
and sing to pass away the time. The
request was granted, and for several
hours Keffer danced and sang to his
hearts content. Finally firing of this,
he engaged the death watch and pri-
soners in story telling until far into
the night.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Local Agent Not Responsible.

City Attorney Vollor, of Vicksburg,
has prepared an opinion in the Trad
ing Stamps Company case, which he
will submit to Mayor Trowbridge, de-
clairing that Miss Graham, the local
representative of the firm, cannot be
held responsible nor placed under
arrest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

Berlin The German Oriental Soc,-
ETY. says the concession granted to
Americans at Ell Ibraham. "amid the
ruins of Babylon, as the Americans
assert, is not really 10 the city Of
Babylon. but at another place Of the
same name northeast Of Babylon. The
German society AYERS That it holds the
SuItan's tirman granting it exclusive
excavating rights io The city OF
Babylon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
FIFTY THOUSAND REFUGEES.
Shiyer In the Mountains Above Mon.
astir.

Monastir. Via Sofil, Sept. EST
IS estimats1 that 5000 villagers of
the vilayet of Monastir are now ref
ugees iii the mou atains an mo ,tly in
d terribly destitute condition. They
esca. .Sed from the Ill villages which
haze been wholly or partislly burned
1y the Turks, which contained 1882
houses, of which 9,6SS were burned.
At Maktronoyo only one hundred Bal
garian families remain out of 1909.
A body OF 200 families fissing towar DIS
Bulgaria from villages 10 the Losen-
grad district were urrounded by
Turkish troops in the Urumbndjak
mountains an all of them are alleged
to have been slaughtered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

Washington, Penn. Dynamite was
exploded by robbers under the buggy
of Contractor Furguson, of the
Wabash railroad, near West Middle
ton. Ferguson was killed and his
business partner, Martin, blown 200
feet. Martin will probably die. Far
guson had with him the weekly pay
for the men, amounting to So. 900.
The satchel containing the money is
missing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Washington Hears From Gomel Affair.

Washington. The following bulle-
tin has been posted at the State De-
partment: The Department of State
has received advices from the Ameri-
can charge at ST. Petersburg to the
effect that Gornel reports eight Jews
and five Christians lost their lives.
Mr.. Riddle says that no foreigners or
foreign interest suffered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Satisfied With Two Saddles and a Horse

A robbery was committed at New
Augusta few nights age. The store
OF Stevens & Rnflin was broken or en-,
but only two saddles were taken.
The thief then went to the barn and
took horse belonging to John Ruffin.
Up TO late hour no news of the
arrest has been reported. though the
officers are searching for the thief.
Augusta is on the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City Railroad, fifteen miles
south of Hattiesburg.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Independents Put Out Candidate.

A mass meeting held at Brookhaven
for the purpose of nominating an in
dependent candidate for county treas
urer resulted in w. G.. Linton being
declared the nominee. Fully four
fifths of those in attendance are said
to have affiliated with the Populist
party in the last general election.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

London II he Associated Press, il
able to state definitely that Lord Mil
ner.. the British high commissioner in
South Africa, who is now at Carlsbad,
has been cffered and has declined the
colonial secretaryship. Further pres
sure is being brought to bear on him,
urging him to reconsider his determi-
nation, but ifthe forecast Of bis friends
is correct he will not accept.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Bit His Mustache; Then Appendicitis.

Chicago.-A dispatch from Sioux
City, Iowa. says: ]. ]. Snyder. a
cigarmaker of this city, has had an at
tack OF appendicitis due to biting a
his-mustache and swallowing the hair
The surgeons found in The appendix a
number OF hairs which matched the
patients mustache, bnt wero different
from the hairs on bis head.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Steamers in Collision.

London. The British steamer,
Larno, from Galveston, September 2,
for Dublin, and the British steamer,
Olive Branch, from Liverpool for
Guayaquil; collided during fog six
miles east of Tus1ar. Both vessels
were badly damaged. The Olive
Branch returned to Port fLynas, and
the Larno was towed away in leaking
condition.. f k
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Kicking Abont the Mails.

London. indignation has
been aroused here by dispute be-
tween the postofioe authorities and
the management of the London and
Northwestern railroad over the pay
ment for transportation of mails by
which the American mails have been
seriously delayed at Liverpool when
under exceptional circumstances they,
have not been landed at Queenstown.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Burglars Rifle a Store.

Burglars entered the store of J. Fl.
Willoughby at Brookhaven a few
nights ago, by prying off the bars of a
rear window. The cash drawer was
rifed of small amount of change and
some jewelry was taken. This is the
second robbery Of this kind in two
weeks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
LEAKEsVIE, MISS OCTOBER

]. II. Mccoy. Government actuary
for the treasury department., and J. P.
Armstrong chief of division in the Office
OF the auditor Of the state depa rtment,
will leave Washington in few days
for Shanghai Acting under the in
structions OF the secretary of-state,
they will examine the methods of re-
ceiving aud exchanging the funds OF
the Chinese indemnity being paid to
the representative of this government
at Shanghai. There is no in imation
in these appointments of any wrong
doing on the part of our financial
agents in China, the only purpose be-
ing to secure such information as is
necessary to full understanding of
the details of the payment of the
funds and their transfer, to this
country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Progressive CenteryiIle.

can Illinois Soap Manufacturing
Company will move its plant to Gen.
teryille. The Jeffsrsonian says the
plant viii be moved and in operation
in thirty days. 1t takes town with
push and energy to secure enterprises. I"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Cotton Crop Short.

The cotton crop in Mississippi win
be materially shorter than the figures
at present being calculated upon. In
fact the crop is depreciating al re-
markable rate every day. The black
belt district of Alabama will also fall
far short of expectations of week
ago. The boil worm and the army
worm are playing havoc with the crop
in that section.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Suicide Ended Her.

Cleveland.-At the conclusion of
the inquest into the death of Olive
Rayl, whose mangled body was found
upon the Lake Shore track Tuesday,
Deputy Coroner Hook said death was
due to suicide.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Surgeon Dropped Dead While Operating.

Chicago. "A dispatch from Emporia,
Kas., says DR.. Charles Gar liner, one
of the best known physicians in the
West, has dropped dead from heart
failure while performing an operation
at the home of patient.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Messenger Bows Settle Their Strike.

Chicago After noisy street dem
onstrations. the 400 day messenger
boys of tie Illionis District Telegraph
Company have ended their strike,
by accepting new wage scale OF
SIS. 40 a week, instead of commission
Of IL cents per message from their
employers. The company also came
to terms with the night messengers on
the basis OF 81 per day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

According to the Attorney General,
the Constitution did not follow the flag
in the case of the establishment of the
United States government in the
Island of Guam. When the naval col
ony was originally established in Guam
with Admiral (then Captain) Leary as
the supreme power, one OF his assist
ants, Lieutenant W. E. Stafford, pur-
chased one of the very few good dwell
ing houses on the island and made it
the best residence there. Governor
Leary concluded that Lieutenant Saff-
ord's house was needed as an executive
mansion, and sought to buy it. The
Governor thought Safford's price ex-
cessive, and finally condemned the
premises for government purposes and
took possession. Lieutenant Stafford
made vigorous protest and appealed
to Washington for redress, financially
and otherwise. The case became 60
complicated that it was referred to the
Attorney General. The Attorney Gen.
has now sustained the action of Gov
ernor Leary. In his opinion the At
.torney General holds that the Consti-
tuition has not been extended to Guam
by congressional enactment, and that
the sole powers of government of the
island had been necessarily and prop
erly committed by the president to the
Naval Governor, and that in appropri
ating the property be was entirely
within his authority in the exercise of
the right of eminent domain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Australian Aspires to Watching Honors,

New York. Capt. Wales of Sydney.
is in England, says Herald dispatch
from London, with a view of arrang-
ing for yacht to be built for the pur-
pose OF contesting for the Americas
cup. He proposes to fit the boat with
a twin keel of his own design.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

Collector Henry Mccall Of New Or
leans has visited the treasury depart
ment and asked Secretary Shaw to
furnish him additional inspectors on
account of the large decrease in the
business Of the port. The secretary
promised to furnish some relief.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Strikers Return 10 Work.

Newark, N. 1.-The employees OF
the North Jersey street railway. who
went out on strike, have returned to
work. The company signed no
agreement, but promised to consider
changing present Objectionable ''split-
run" system.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Delegates TO the Leyee Convention.

The Board OF Trade of Vicksburg,
appointed the following delegates to
the New Orleans Levee Convention !:
W. r. Luckeit, W. L. Wells, w. r.
Craig, J. H. Knox, P. X. Austin, E.
Martin, P. A. Cowan and M. Moore.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

Tangier. Morocco. The Sultan has
issued decree. recently foreshadow-
ed. ordering oil Foreigners, except the
Sconsuls, to leave Fez and proceed to
Tangier, becanss he is engaged in
campaign.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02

First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne has issued an order putting
into effect the terms of the new postal
treaty between the United States and
Cuba on Oct. next. The treaty pro-
Yides for the transfer OF mails from
one country to the other at the lowest
rates.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
CANAL TREATY CAN
BE CONCLUDED
In a Week Think Many of the Higher
Officials.
MIC RAUGA AND COSTA RIGA
The Next Move Rests With President
acknowledgements at the
Capitol---Siiyer on the Rise.--Costa
Rican Minister Busy.

Washin2ton.-If Pre- ident Roose-
velt gives the word the state depart
ment can conclude Nicaraugan canal
treaty within week, and the diplo-
matic representatives, OF Nicaragua
and Costa Rica promise il will have a
clear road to ratification by the con-
gress of each country. The ske Teton
OF Nicaraguan treaty has already
been drawn. Only day or two would
be required to give it the form neces
sary for signature. Senior Calvo, the
minister OF sofia Rica, called on Act
ing Secretary Adee al the state dspart-
ment and learned that no proposition
had been received from Colombia,
which is sufficiently defnite to enable
any one to say what concessions the
United States will be obliged to grant
10 insure construction OF the Panama
canal. Senor Calvo ma le No proposi-
tion. It is understood that Costa
Rica and Nicaragua stand ready to
conclude as reasonable treaty as they
were before the United States turned
from the Nicaraguan route. The
protocols which were once drawn up
between the United States and Costa
Rica and Nicaragua, and which were
to serve as basis for q treaty, are,
however, considered by Seaor Calvo
as abrogated By the switch the admin
istration made from Nicaragua to
Panama.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
shamrock |. Win be Used as Freighter.

New York. Shamrock l., the old
Americas cup challenger, just sold by
Sir Thomas Upton. has been turned
over by the purchasers to Brooklyn
firm dealing in old metals. and the
racer, after being remcdeled will enter
trade instead of being used for cruising
as at first reported. She viii be turn
cd into schooner and will carry scrap
metal between New York and South
American oris.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-10-02
Warning TO Merchants

"a warning has been given the mer-
chants in the small towns of the State
to look out for burglars and safe blow
ers, as there is band of them abroad.
liable to turn up in any community.