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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

FL. LARKINS, 357 STATE Street
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air. heating on monthly pay
ments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

Luther M. Hope and son witnessed
the performance of "The Wizard of
Or, - in Newark Saturday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22
MORE NAMES
IN CONTEST.
One from South Amboy Now En-.
tered in Race for Worlds Fair
Trip and Scholarships.

South Amboy makes It's appearance
in the contest today for the first time.
In the letter received yesterday was
six ballots for f. L. Dey. He is en-
tered as member of the A. o. H
One other now name from Perth Am
boy also makes it's appearance. Lloyd
@. Harner is entered as a member of
the Epworth League.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

When people want help they adver-
tise in the Evening News. Those
looking for help should bear this in
mind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

Smith street corner for SALE Frame house and 30 feet
on Smith street. corner Mcclellan The postoice,
to be erected block opposite, will make this the
center of new shopping district $350O cash required
WARD B. SNYDER, l55 Smith Street
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

Cleveland benton. formerly of this
city, is visiting in town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

For real estate see page 5
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-22

Classified ads. on page 3.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
TRAFFIC IN YOUNG GIRLS.
st. Louis Woman Jerked Up By Fed
eral Authorities.

st. Louis. complaint of Inspec-
tor James f. Dunno, of the United
States department Of commerce and
labor, Mrs. Sophia Weinzirt was ar
rested and arraigned before a United
States commissioner on a charge of
importing girls to st. Louis frem Eu-
rope, especially from Germany, for
improper and unlawful purposes. The
arrest followed the arrival a week ago
Of ten girls from Germany. 1t is al
legged by Dunno that they came to st.
Louis in answer to advertisements in
foreign papers offering positions with
good salary at light house work in ST.
Louis. 1t was these advertisements,
it is alleged, which first attracted the
attention of the department of labor.
Inspector Dunno says that the girls
we're taken to Mrs. Weinzirt's home
and that proposals were made to them
that they engage in improper and un-
lawful pursuits. Mrs Weinzirt was
held in $4,000 bond pending a prelim-
mary hearing next Monday. The girls
will be taken care of by the federal
labor bureau pending the settlement
of the case.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
MISSISSIPPI
HAPPENINGS
EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGIS-
LATURE MAY BE AVOIDED.
MATTERS INDUSTRIAL
Federal Indictments Against officers
of Debenture Company, Charged
With Uusing The Mails for Fraud
ulent Purposes.
, Suit Against the Auditor.

J.sW. Carter, ex-sheriff of Kemper
county, has brought a mandamus pro-
ceeding In the circuit court here to
compel the auditor to issue his war;
rant for $40, which was appropriated
by an act of the last legislature to
reimbure Carter for funds collected
by the revenue agent. The revenue
agent checked up Carter s accounts
as sheriff and found a shortage of this
amount due the state on account of
tax collections not accounted for.
The same act authorizes the board of
supervisors to refund to Carter 81 7S0.-
81 collected by the revenue agent on
account of Kemper county. These
sums were recovered against Carter
by judgment rendered in the circuit
court of Kemper county. The act to
reimburse him was passed by the house
and senate and went to Governor Var
daman for his signature. The COVER
nor withheld his signature and sent
message to the legislature express
ing his disapproval of such legisla-
ton. The bill then went to the sec-
retary of state, as having become d
law under the constitution because it
had not been vetoed within five
days. The point has been raised that
the governor message is tantamount
to veto of the bill, and the auditor
declines to issue his warrant on the
ground that the bill has never become
a law.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
A Canal Conference.

/ Washington. President Roosevelt
had an extended conference with Ad-
miral Walker, chairman of the 18TH
mian canal commission, concerning
matters connected with the canal
work. They discussed particularly
the regulations which are to be issued
by the president governing the canal
zone and operations of the commits
sion. Absolutely definite decision re-
garding the scope of the regulations
has not been reached yet, but proba-
bly, will be in a few days. Admiral
Walker said on leaving the white
house that at present the labor sup
ply on the isthmus was ample for the
purpose Of the commission.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Legislative Blunders.

1t seems not at all improbable that
a special session of the legislature will
have to be held to make appropriations
that the recent legislature either failed
to make or engrafted on a general bill.
There is no oyster fund, and if the
Supreme Court upholds the attorney
general s opinion, as it seems evident
lit will, there will be no boil weevil
fund, and there are several other i'm
portant appropriation bills that are
engrafted on general bills, and are
thus unconstitutional. Nothing but a
special session Of the legislature can
remedy the defects. The boil weevil
appropriation made by the recent leg
islature is tied up, and another blund-
er of the lawmakers is evidently dis
covered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Convicted of Girls Murder.

Dover, Del.-Mrs. Mary A. Powell
was convicted of the murder of Es-
tella Albin, the jury fixing the pun
ishment at Imprisonment for. life. The
trial was in progress for one week
and the jury deliberated two hours
Sentence will be pronounced on Mon
day. Estella Albin lived with Mr.
and Mrs. Powell at Bears Beach. On
February 9 she was found murdered
in the attic of the house. Mrs. Powell
was arrested and confessed but de-
clared the act was committed in self
defense. The evidence showed thai
'iEM Tx. 4nolstions existed between Mr.
Powell and MISS ABR.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Electric Lighting.

Work has been commenced by the
Biloxi Railway and Power Company
on the end of the line which is to
furnish the town of Ocean Springs
with the city and commercial lights.
The line will be strung across the
bay on poles to be set near the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Bridge,
cable being used at the draw. The
company has until the first Of June
in which to complete the contract
Ocean Springs is to have ten arc
lights and twenty three incandes-
cents, and large number of the
dwellings and business houses will
use the lights.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
No Available Oyster Fund.

The judges of the Supreme Court
have advised Gov. Vardaman that no
part Of the oyster fund is available
for paying the expenses Of enforcing
the oyster law, and this because the
legislature failed to make an appro-
priation out of the fund. The court
holds that section 81 of the laws shows
that the legislature contemplated that
appropriations should be made for
this purpose in the manner usual with
appropriations for all purposes, and
that the constitution forbids cont;nu-
ing appropriations. This is final, and
settles the fate of the oyster law for
the next two years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
BANKERS KILLS A COUPLE.
Prominent Texans Figure in Sensa-
tional Tragedy

Austin, Texas-A sensational double
tragedy occurred at Luling, a town
twenty miles south of here. Maston
Nixon, a prominent banker of that
section, shot and killed Robert F.
Malone and Capt. John Veasey. An
old feud is said to have existed be-
tween Nixon and Malone. Nixon ap-
preached Malone, who was standing
in front of his store, and after a few
words shot Malone, killing him almost
instantly. Capt. Veasey, who was a
clerk in Malone's store, rushed out
and grappled with Nixon. Another
shot was fired in the scufle and Yeas
ey fell dead. There is much excite
ment in the town over the tragedy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Remarkable Records Made.

Washington. Remarkable records
were made by the Iowa's gun in the
annual target practice just completed
at Pensacola. The Iowa's 12-inch
guns made AZ shots and 81 hits. One
12-inch made IL shots and IL hits.
The hits per gun per minute for the
Pinch guns were 0.75. This equals
the record made by the British ship
Ocean in 1902 when she broke the
world IS record, and in the case of
the Iowa the record is all the more
creditable because her guns are of an
old type. The Iowa's 8-inch guns
made 1.20 hits per gun per minute,
the best gun making eight hits out of
nine shots.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Accidentally Shoots His Wife.

Spiers Catalina, a young Greek in
playing with his pistol accidentally
shot and killed his wife at Carriere,
Miss, and was carried to Bay ST..
Louis and placed in the county Jail.
Catlina is 21 years of age, tall and
slender and of delicate physique. He
is in dazed condition and stands
most of the time in corner with arms
folded across his breast, eyes down
cast and bemoaning the loss of his
wife, and begging her to speak to him.
In answer to questions as to the TRACE
dy, he says: ssNo, no, I did not kill
her! Ny wife! My wife! /" The grand
jury will investigate the charge in
June.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
officials Enforcing the New Law.

The Magnolia town marshall, began
to enforce the vagrancy law in a pc
culiar manner last week by hiring
large float and going about town pick
ing up the idle negroes and treating
them to a free ride to the courthouse,
where they were duly tried by Judge
Walker, justice of the peace, and pun
ished in accordance with the provis-
ions of the Well IS vagrancy act.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

The Chancery Court heard at Scran-
ton has the contest over the will of
the late DIR. IS. Ports, of Vancleave,
Miss. The main point of interest was
centered about some $4,000 Of United
States 4 per cent bonds. They came
into the possession of the housekeep-
er Of DR.. Portis, who claimed that she
held them as a gift from Dr. Ports,
made prior to ais death and with the
consciousness of approaching death.
Judge Deavours decided that the eyi-
dence did not sustain this view and
ordered that the bonds be. credited to
the estate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Excessive Rates on Machinery.

The American Seeding Machine
Company of Springfield, Ohio, has adj
dressed a communication to the Mis-
sissippi Railroad Commission calling
attention4.5 what the company claims
to be serious determinations against
shippers of machinery by the rail
roads in this state. Complaint is
made that the companies have in
force certain arbitrary rules that are
great impediment to business. One
of these is the refusal of lines to per-
NIT the stoppage in transit of car
load shipments of agricultural i'm
plements for the purpose of partly
unloading at stations on a through
route which are intermediate to final
destination. A second cause of COM
plant assigned is the refusal of these
lines to return to the factory or origi-
nal shipping point articles of old and
obsolete machinery for repairs in
carload lots at so per cent of the reg
ular tariff on new machinery of the
same class. A third complaint is
against the "excessive and in some
cases prohibitive rates on shipments
of less than carloads by freight and
express on agricultural implements.
The Federal Grand Jury exploded
bomb when it returned indictments
against the officers of the Mississippi
Debenture Company, which has its
place of business in Capitol street,
Jackson. The Mississippi Debenture
Company has been under investiga-
ton by the Postoffice Department for
some weeks, it being the idea Of the
Postoffice officials that the business
done by the company was such as to
bar it from the mails. This inves-
tigation has been quietly in progress
for the last several weeks and good
deal of testimony was secured. The
troubles of the Mississippi Debenture
Company seem to have came in ba-
tallions, for some days ago, on appli-
cation of Wesley of Skardon, of New
Orleans, the company was thrown in
the hands of a receiver, George B..
Power being appointed. The receiver
was directed to take charge of all
the visible assets Of the company, and
according to the story that is cur
rent the assets consist of about 5000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Improve College Dormitory.

The Board of Trustees of the Missis-
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege awarded A. J. Krebs & Co., of
Birmingham, Ala, the contract for re-
fitting the rooms of the old dormitory.
This improvement will provide about
sixty additional rooms and thus in
crease the capacity Of the entire build
ing to accommodate 1000 students
next session.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Building Fever.

The building fever has again struck
Magnolia. The Magnolia Bank is
building handsome extension to its
building, and the Gazette is building
a two-story brick building on the lot
adjoining the Pierce building opposite
the .postofice. Plans and specifica
tions are being prepared for large
number of new residences to be erect
led during the summer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

News from Brookhaven is to the ef-
feet that there will be rousing meet
ing Of the lawabiding people Of Lin
coin county, at Brookhaven, on May
81, for the purpose of assisting the
officers Of the county in putting down
whitecapping Lincoln is one Of the
most prosperous and progressive conn
ties in the state, and the good people
are determined that this species Of
lawlessness shall stop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Port Arthur Isolated.

st. Petersburg.-A dispatch says
says that Port Arthur is cut off from
all communication by land, the Japan
ese having disembarked in its rear,
occupied the railroad and cut the tel
egraph. Vice Admiral Skrydloff, who
is enroute to Port Arthur to take com
mand of the naval forces in the Fai
East, will be unable to reach his des-
tination.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

New York. k.-Owing to the inability
Of the freight carrying lines on the
great lakes to reach an agreement
with their masters and pilots, the New
York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie,
Baltimore and Ohio, and Delaware
and Lackawanna and Western rail-
road companies have announced that
they will no longer accept rail and
lake freight at Eastern points and
have cancelled all tariffs in this sec
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Capacity of Mills Increased.

The Laurel Cotton Mills have plac-
ed an order for 10000 additional spin
dies, and the new machinery will be
installed within the next few weeks
The Laurel Oil and Fertilizer Compa-
ny is practically doubling tits capac-
ity for the manufacture Of fertilizer,
and when all of the improvements are
completed will be one of the largest
plants OF its kind in Mississippi.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Thihetan Attack.

London The Daily Mails Simla
correspondent says that 300 Thibe-
tans, coming from the direction of
Shigatse, attacked the British mission
at Gyangtso at dawn on the 5th. The
Thibetans were repElsci with heavy
loss and fed. The British had only
two Seooys wounded.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Gusher in Tennessee

Knoxville, Tenn.-A special to the
Sentinel from jamestown, Tenn, says
flowing oil vein was struck about
four miles from jamestown. At a
depth of 700 feet oil began flowing at
the rate Of 500 barrels an hour, and
it continues to flow. Excitement is
high. jamestown is in the Kentucky
Tennessee oil belt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

Macon, Miss, is to put in system
of water works at an early date, and
the firm of w. f. & A. d. Wilcox, of
this city, has been enjoyed to draw
up the plans. There is great activity
in number of towns in Mississippi
just now as regards municipal water
plants. A vast majority Of the towns
which have water works own their
plants and municipal ownership is
proving very popular and profitable
in this state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Arrested in Chicago.

Chicago. Cornelius Butler, a negro.
was arrested here on a warrant is.
sued by the authorities of Brookhav.
en-, Miss, Butler is said to be impli.
Gated in the killing of twopersons and
the probable fatal injury of another
as the result of a feud between .
score of negro families. Butler con-
fessed to the shooting of one mar
while locked up at the central polics
station.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
Panama Will Invest.

Panama. Eusbey Morales and
Ricardo Arias have been appointed
by President Amador special COM
mittee to receive the $6,000,000 which
the government of Panama is to in
vest in American securities. They will
sail for New York on Wednesday.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

Will Dozier, a negro, was shot and
fatally wounded at Laurel by James
Squares, negro as the result of a
quarrel over woman. Squares es-
capped, and although hounds were put
on his trail, he is still at large.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
LEAKEsvILE, GREENE COUNTY, MISS. FRIDAY, MAY 49, 1904
COTTON CROPS.

Pricee of Cotton In New York Since
1871 and Size Of Crop.
The following are the prices of cot
ton In New York and the size of the
crop for more than one hundred years,
which was compiled by Wynne, Love
& Co. The figures will no doubt be
interesting to large number of read
ess:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

The things you get for nothing are
generally not worth any more.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

An educated focl is a bigger fool
than An unSdusatea one.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13
VOL. VI

The unprecedented era of prosper
ity now prevalent in Mississippi has
not been brought about by chance at
all. 1t is the result of campaign for
better conditions, and its continuance
is dependent upon the continued ac-
tivity of the movement. For a short
time only has there been an organ
lied effort on the part of our peo-
pie in general to promote the indus
trial, commercial and agricultural
prosperity of their section, and the
result so far has been gratifying to a
high degree. The present year so far
has shown more accomplishment along
these lines than any other period, and
1t is to be hoped that the start thus at
tanned will be continued throughout the
balance of the year. More industrial
leagues, progressive unions and kin
dred organizations have been effected
so far than any previous time and the
good work seems only to have been
started. These organizations are not
confined exclusively to the towns and
cities as some have imagined. The
farmers are beginning to catch the
spirit and get together for their mu-
tual benefit. The truckers association
recently formed at Ridgeland is cited
as an example of this fact, and many
other instances could be shown. The
rural districts are being supplied with
free mail delivery, many routes hav-
ing been established during the past
year, and this with other things is
bringing the people of these districts
In closer touch with their fellow men
and creating a desire for the better
ment of their conditions. The projec-
ton of interurban electric lines, and
that a number will be built during the
year goes without saying, will be anoth-
means to bring the rural folks to bet
ter appreciation of the advantages to
be derived from improved methods in
their work and will have a good effect
Then to sum up the situation, with live
and progressive towns literally backed
by population of farmers who are
awake to the best interests of their
communities, the future of Mississip-
pi is bright indeed. All that is neces-
sary to give the state the place it de-
serves is for our people to be alert to
nVeTvt HING that would advance If ma :
terially "Push Mississippi.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

A prominent coast citizen in writ
ing the editor of this department a
few days since: Mississippi needs
stirring up on the lines you are work
ing. We have slept too long on our
rights and allowed other states to reap
benefits that were rightfully ours.
Keep hammering this into them and
it will have its effect after a while. I
pledge the hearty cooperation of my
section of the state in the good work
you are endeavoring to accomplish. -
And this man is not an exception eth
er. Such letters are received ofte 0
from prominent men who realize tha.
something must be done to bring about
a state of affairs that will mean the
best of everything for Mississippi. 1t
is popular movement that will gain
momentum as the days pass by and
will eventually bring the whole people
to sense of their responsibility and
interest them as a unit. Let us hope
that this day is not far off. Work
without ceasing and good results are
sure to follow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13


There is one fact with regard to
cattle raising in Mississippi that ought
to have peculiar interest and that is,
a great deal of land in proportion to
the labor is required and there is in
the state a surplus of more than twen-
ty million acres. 1t is comparatively
easy to have large herds and only
pure-bred mules need be purchased in
order to grade up to good quality.
Some feed will be required of course,
but there is always plenty of branch
bottom in tract of any size to fur
nish this feed if the land is properly
handled. When it is necessary to buy
feed it has been proven by experiment
that $500 will carry COW through
in good condition. No country on the
face of the earth has superior advan-
tages for stock raising and a little
publicity among the proper people
would no doubt create an interest
that would work a revolution in that
industry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

Several large farmers near Natchez
are trying the experiment Of raising
cotton with Italian labor. The search
ty of labor is big question with cot
ton planters, and it is to be hoped
that these gentlemen will be success
full in the experiment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

The Winona Times reports that
Capt. Buckley brought a strawberry
to its Office last week that measured G
3-4 inches in circumference. How is
that for Mississippi strawberry
Two berries Of that size would make Il
generous slice Of shortcake. This is
the greatest country in the world for
small fruits, berries, ETC.. and If is
strange that our people are only just
now beginning to realize the fact.
The burning Of charcoal gives en-
ployment to large number of people
in the pine belt of Mississippi. The
coal is burned from the small pine
timber that is too small for lumber
and affords fair revenue to land
owners who would otherwise find it
an expense to remove this timber from
the land. A market for the product
is found in Mobile and New Orleans.
Those engaged in the business find it
remnneratiye, so much so that the
number is increasing yearly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

J. N. Mckay, a prominent truck
farmer of Madison Station last week
sold ear of strawberries for 81. $50
That was a good price for berries, but
the quality and flavor was ahead of
those raised in other sections which
accounts for it A large portion of
Mississippi is especially well adapted
to the culture of strawberries, and
those in the business are reaping a
large profit from their crops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-13

There is work for every Mississip-
plan in doing his part toward the de-
velopment of our resources. Let it be
done cheerfully and without stint. 1t
is duty that must be performed.