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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
High Glass Counterfeiter.

Chicago. Representing himself tc
1is wife year as government
secret service agent, and living in a
luxurious apartment IN Prairie aven-
ne, but in reality declared to be the
sleverest bill raiser who has worked
in the West in recent years, having
made, it is said, $4,000 since last Janu-
ary, the story of the career of w.
5. Kirk has come to light. Kirk S bail
was raised by Judge Sanborn Of the
United States District Court from $5,-
BOO to $4,000, after c. E. Thomas of
the secret service had testified to his
operations and exhibited his imple-
ments and raised bills.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Antitrust in Arkansas.


Little Rock.-The House passed 72
to 20, the Senate bill for an act to
punish pools, trusts and conspiracies
to control prices and the measure now
goes to Gov. Davis for his approval
Announcement is made by some Of the
agents of fire insurance companies do
ing business in Arkansas that their
companies will retire from the state
when the new act goes into effect
sixty days after It's passage. Under
the provisions Of the act such COM
panies transacting business in Arkan-
sas are subject to prosecution here in
that they are members of rate-making
bureaus in other states.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
New Enterprises.

The following new industries have
recently been organized in Mississippi
and will shortly apply to the governor
for the APPROVAL of their charters.
Durant-Lexington Electric Rail-
way Company, organized to build an
interurban line between the towns of
Lexington and Durant. Capital stock
100000.
Bramlitt Hardware Company, Cor
NTH, Alcorn county, with a capital
stock of $25,O00
f. P. McEnwarth Mercantile Com
pany,. Shannon, Lee county, with a
capital stock of $4,000.
Stoneman Lumber Company, Goa
homa county, with a capital stock of
10000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Comparative Bank Statement.

Auditor Henry gave out statement
showing the condition of the state
banks as compared with the same last
year. The loans and discounts of all
the banks amounted to $219, ,425, ,473.-
"a which is an increase of $7,716,S54.-
80; total net resources of all the state
banks is given as $50,677, ,638.s5 which
is an increase over the last report of
$41 ,249, 9,641.23. The capital stock paid
in is $S,531 1885, an increase of ST.
432.68. The individual deposits sub
ject to check are 30,941 ,664.54, which
is an increase of $1,154, ,37S.2S. The
number of banks reporting was 217
which is an increase of fifty over the
same period last year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Man Was Formerly Citizen of New
Orleans.

Kansas, City, Mo.-John Martin
Speyer, circus performer, formerly
Of New Orleans, who killed his son,
while showing in Kansas City two
years ago, was found guilty of muir
der in the first degree. At his first
rial he was given a sentence of twenty
years in the penitentiary and appeal
ed. Officers had gone to the circus
tent to serve a warrant upon Speyer,
charging him with assaulting a young
girl, and mob threatened to lynch
him, when he broke away, cut his
child's throat with razor and then
tried to commit suicide. Speyer said
he killed the boy to save him from dis
grace.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
SPECULATORS COME TO GRIEF.
Importers Prevent the Cornering of
the Peppermint Market.

New York. Efforts of spectators
with Western capital to secure con-
troll of the domestic peppermint oil
are reported by wholesale druggists
here to have been attended by unex-
pected results. Rumors of largely de-
creased production and advance in the
market price caused large manufac-
turers of low-priced candies to import
quantities of dimentholized pepper.
aint oil as an experiment The cost
was only about half that of the domes-
tic oil, and while the latter is much
saperior in flavor, the japanese pro-
duct was found, according to the man
asacturers, to be perfectly satisfac-
tory in the making of cheap candies.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Fails to Secure Bail.

Cleveland, O.-Attorney J. P. Daw-
ley failed to provide bail in either the
Federal or State courts for the re-
lease of Mrs. Chadwick, as he had an
nounced he would do. Mr.. Dawley
states that owing to the absence from
the city of a prominent person WHO
was interested in the matter, nothing
would be done until this week. Mr..
Dawley declined to state whether
bonds would be furnished through in
dividuals or by surety company. He
added, however, that bail would GER
tainly be forthcoming for Mrs. Chad
wick very soon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Texans VIII Diversity.

Dallas, Texas-Reports by local
wholesale dealers in seeds go to show
that Texas farmers who formerly
planted practically nothing but cotton
have decided from the many discour-
aging features not only of the growing
but of the marketing that the staple is
not to be relied upon and have turned
to the cultivation of other crops. This
is shown by the great number of or
ders for various kinds of seed which
have come to the wholesale houses
here within within the last few days.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Statehood Bill Amendments.

Washington. = Senator Patterson
presented two proposed amendments to
the joint Statehood bill. One Of
them strikes out the word finale"
where it appears as qualification for
voters in voting for delegates to the
constitutional conventions of the pro-
posed States, thus giving to the wo-
men of the Territories an equal right
with men to cast their votes in that
election. The other amendment pro-
vides for the admission of New Mexi-
co as a State, according to its present
boundaries, and for the admission Of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one
State.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Fire in Power Plant.

Terre Hautte, Ind.-Fire entailing
loss of $150,O00 occurred in the pow
er plant of the Terre Hautte Traction
and Power Company, and business was
paralyzed to considerable extent. No
street cars were running and the even.
ing papers abandoned their earlier
editions. The fire originated in. the
boiler room, and the dynamos and
engines were badly wrecked.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Falling OFF in Traffic.

Chicago. There has been some fall
ing off in freight traffic since the be-
ginning Of the year, and earnings for
the second week Of January did not
make favorable comparison with last
wear. Conditions throughout the West
however, are said to be satisfactory,
and traffic officials are pleased over
the outlook for the immediate future.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Manchester's Income Increased.

New York.-A cablegram to the
American from London says: The
Duke of Manchester, who married
Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati, has
had windfall of piece out his rev.
enues. Lord Charles Montagu, the
Dukes uncle has leased from his
nephew for twenty-one years Kimbol-
ton Castle, at an annual rental of $1O,-
900. This not only adds $4,000 to
the Dukes rent rolls, but saves the
expenditures of maintaining the prop
erty leased.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
A Very Gloomy Outlook.

st. Petersburg. Despite official as
surances that the situation was well
in hand, and that ample steps had been
taken to protect the vast industrial
quarter of st. Petersburg ard to III.
sure safety of tfe city, the greatest
uneasiness pervades the entire popula-
ton. Picked troops are stationed at
various points in the city, and each
house contains miniature garrison
with eendarmes in the ccurtyards and
machine guns really for the first emer-
gcney The Winter Palace is strong
ly picketed with Grand Duke vladimir
in command.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Levee Money Needed.

In his annual report to the governor
President w. S. Barry of the Yazoo-
Mississippi Delta Levee Board esti-
mates that it will require the expen-
diture Of about ST. 100000 to raise the
levee line in that district to a stand
ard grade sufficient to meet all future
requirements and withstand floods APP
proximating the highest water mark
on record. This estimate included the
probable cost of several miles Of new
levee that must be constructed within
the next few years in consequence of
menace to the existing line of levee
from caving banks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Truck Growers Association Meet.

The Perry County Truck Growers
Association is called to meet in special
session to hear an address by T. E.
Waldrup of Laurel, general manager
for the Southern Truck Growers Lea
que, who is expected to offer proposals
looking to concerted action in shipping
truck from this section, so that the
growers may get the benefit of carload
rates.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
LONDON CLEARING HOUSE.
Last Years Increase Exceeded Two
Billion Dollars.

New Official reports of the
transactions of the London Clearing
House for the year 1904 have just be-
come public. The total clearances
amounted to 51,447, ,639, 800, as against
i9, ,2S3, 3,547,75O in 1903, an increase of
more than 2,0OO,OOO,OOO. Great as
;hese figures are they fall far behind
:he magnitude of the transactions Of
The New York Clearing House for the
iame periods. The clearances here for
1904 were 6S,649,419,673, or about
b17,000,000 more than those of the
London Clearing House in that year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Improvement Bonds Sold.

The bids for the bonds of 100000
for street paving purposes in Meri-
dian, recently voted have been opened.
Parson & Leach, of Chicago, were the
bidders, that firm offering a premium
of 1880, together with accrued inter
est, for the entire issue.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Delegates to Natchez.

Camps throughout the State are
naming their delegates to attend the
convention Of the Woodmen of the
World at Natchez commencing on the
Oath Of March. The Woodmen have
enjoyed fourishing growth in Mis-
sissippi during the past year and is
numerically one of the strongest fra
ternal organizations in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
d 7. Snllv's Seat Sold.

New York. The Stock Exchange
seat Of Daniel j. Sully, the cotton op-
orator who failed almost year ago,
aas been sold to Stuyvesant Fish Nor
ris, Jr., the reported price being $780,
300. Mr.. Sully had been member of
the exchange only few weeks before
he failed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Hazlehurst is attracting much atten-
ton from large truck handlers in
the north and east who desire to buy
their crop this spring. A large number
Of representatives Of big houses have
already been on the ground trying to
contract or make arrangements to get
the stuff. Truck is MS easily handled
as cotton and If it is grown il any
quantity by community there will
always be buyers Oh the ground to Of
Fer The highest market price IN cash
before it is loaded,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Fire in Clothing Store.

The brick clothing store of George
Bowsky caught fire, and the stock,
valued at between $4,000 and $685.
900, was almost total loss from fire
and water before the flames were sub
dued. The damage to the building
and fixtures amounted to about $500.
The insurance on the stock was $10,-
600 and ON the building and fixtures
$500.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

AT a special meeting Of the Missis-
sippi State Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy memorial was
adopted requesting the Jefferson Da-
Wis Monument Association to make a
change in the inscription to be placed
on the Davis monument at Richmond
reciting the fact that Mr.. Davis was
citizen Of Mississippi, and that this
State gave him to the Southern Con-
fad4raev
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

TOXIC. It has been proposed to dan
Port Arthnr harbor at the entrance
and pump out the water preparatory
to salving the Russian war vessels
Discussing the matter a naval Officer
said that under ordinary circum-
stances such a great work would be
Improbable, but in view Of the mum,
ber Of ships possibly salyable and the
shallowness and smallness Of the har-
bor It may be the most economical
method.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Portland, Ore. Dispatches from
from Washington have been published
here to the effect that Senator Mitch
ell will return to Portland to insist up
on an early trial, information having
reached him that the prosecution is in
no hurry to bring him to trial, and
that an official closely connected with
the prosecution of the land frauds
cases has advised friends IN this city
that Senator Mitchell will not be
brought to trial for at least year,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Typhoid and Consumntion.

Washington. The Secretary of the
Treasury sent to the Senate request
that there be added to the estimate
for preventing the introduction and
spread Of epidemic diseases, a provi-
sion permitting the use Of the appro-
priation for special inquiry into the
cause of the prevalence or spread Of
tuberculosis and typhoid fever. The
Secretary asks that 100000 be added
to the appropriation in order to pro.
mote the inquiry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

During the past ten years the Mis-
sissippi farm has been reduced in av-
erage area from 1918 acres to 82.6
This is in keeping with the increas-
+ ing tendency to cut up the large farms
and sell to those who will tend them.
This condition of affairs is not to be
ldeplored at all. When we have a
citizenship of land owners and land
workers the state will be in better
condition than with large farms ten
anted by renters and shareworkers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Sugar Cane Syrup Company.

The Long Beach Sugar Cane Syrup
Company has been organized. The
The capital stock is fixed at $4,000,
divided into 400 shares of $25 each.
1t is proposed by the company to put
several acres Of land into sugar cane
at once
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
New Town.

The little town Of Holcomb, in the
western portion Of Grenada county,
has applied to the governor to be in
corporated. Holcomb is only about
three years old, but has made wonder
full strides.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

President F. H. Lewis, of the Pas
cagoula Commercial Club made re-
port recently of al matters handled
and the result for the past year. No
organization in the state can show a
better record of accomplishments, and
it goes without saying that the citizens
of Pascagoula win see that the club
is better supplied with the sinews OF
war for the present year. It is money
.
well spent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Poplarville comes to the front again
by voting overwhelmingly to install a
municipal waterworks SYSTEM. Work
will begin as soon as the plars can be
made and the contract let. Poplarville
is exactly right in deciding to have
these necessities supplied by the mu-
nicipality. The cost to users will be
much less under municipal ownership
and if there should be any profit,
which it is never figured t. have
more than enough to pay interest and
bonds,-it will revert to the tax payers
and tighten that burden in tie end.
Good for Poplarville.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Giuners Refuse to Give Figures

Nashville, Tenn.-A dispatch from
Athens, Ala, says many of the cotton
ginners decline to give the Government
agent who is collecting cotton statis-
ties the number Of bales ginned by
them during the season, claiming that
lit is injurious to the cotton grower.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
has been fled by the attorneys for HI.
S.. Archer & Co., of Centreville, Miss.
The liabilities In the case are $6,383.52
and the assets are figured at $500, di-
vided as follows: Stock of goods $5,-
-776.2S, personal property to the
amount of $500, accounts secured by
deed Of trust are placed at $1,139.17,
ana cotton held by the firm amount
ing to 81 ,775-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
Hillsboro Devastated.

Hillsboro, Tex.-Fire destroyed a
full block of business houses, entailing
= loss of $4,000, with partial insur-
ance, and few days ago fire destroy
ed buildings valued at So, 900 and this
second conhagration leaves the town
practically. devastated. The fires are
believed to have been of incendiary
origin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

The Illinois Central road has ac-
lively taken up the matter Of build
ing axnew line Of the Y. 6 M. ". road
from Vicksburg to some point on the
Jackson ClarksdaIe branch. Presi-
dent 8. s. Fish, during his recent
southern trip, promised the citizens
Of Vicksburg that the line would be
built If they agree 10 secure the right
of-way without expense to the com
pany. which the Board Of Trade has
agreed to do.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Natchez will celebrate Mardi Gras
on a much larger scale this year than
ever before. The success attending
their efforts in the past Is a sufficient
guarantee that the event this year will
be well worth going many miles to at
tend. Then too, it is a Mississippi in
stitution and deserves the undivided
support of Mississippi people. At the
season when this event comes off the
people are anxious to get off some
where for a few days recreation and
with the splendid list of anusements
offered at Natchez, there is no reason
why the attendance should not be all
that could be desired. Patronize Mis-
sissippi institutions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Monroe county has made a step to-
wards, bettering the condition of her
public roads. The contracts have been
let to have them worked and if the
new system proves profitable it will be
enlarged upon in the future. The in
terest in better roads is gaining fast
and ere many years pass it looks a it
the great old state would be on an
equal footing with those that have
given the matter attention years ago.
Positively no better investment can be
made than to prepare good roads for
The use of farmers and others in
hauling to and fro. 1t saves wagons,
buggies, stock and makes life better
worth living. May the movement start
ed gather strength until every county
will have system Of roads to be
proud Of.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
$5OO.OO Cold.

Armistead Hubbard, a farmer liv-
ing several miles south of Jackson, be-
lieves that the suffering resultant from
a bad cold is worth $500, and he has
sued the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
road for this sum. Hubbard was
driving to town a few days since, and
blockaded crossing near Van Win
kle station delayed his journey, ac-
cording to the declaration, one and
one-half hours, during which period
he was exposed to disagreeable wealth
er and caught bad cold. The rail
road company will introduce as a line
of defense the probability as to
whether Hubbard couldn't have
caught the cold just as easily while
driving as sitting still in his wagon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

The farmers who raised great deal
If six cent cotton in the central por-
ion of the state are not meeting and
.esoluting much, but have already set
heir pegs to plant little more truck
md a little less cotton this year than
asst. This is about the only sensible
way to go at the business of reducing
he acreage. The price will reduce 1t
Ill right and who knows but what an
experience like that through which we
ire passing is not good thing? 1t is
undoubtedly forcing diversifcation
If interests; and that has long been ac-
1nowledged as absolutely necessary in
The south. Raise the necessaries OF
ife as far as practicable at home and
make the surplus crop cotton. With
cotton at IL to Is cents per pound, OF
,ourse everybody will raise all the cot
ION that they can for there is big
money in it, but such prices are abnor-
nal and will not hold good. Eight
cents is fair price for cotton and>as
surplus crop the south would grow
rich in raising it at that price.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

Harry L. Lyons, founder and until
last week editor and owner of the
Laurel Ledger, has sold that excellent
paper and will devote his time ex-
clusively to the work of compiling
industrial editions of papers in hus-
tling towns that desire such work
done. The first work of Mr.. Lyons in
Mississippi was for the writer, for
whom he compiled and issued the IL
lustrated edition of the Tupelo Indus
trial Review. The phenomenal sue
cess of this work firmly established
him with the newspaper fraternity OF
Mississippi, and the several beautiful
and valuable editions issued since have
placed him far ahead of any man who
has ever done this special work in the
state. His style is unique and con-
vineing, setting forth in an unusually
strong light the advantages of the city
or community under consideration. 1t
is to be hoped that the present year
will see much of this highly commen-
dable work done in the great old
state. The newspapers are more wide
awake than ever before and thorough
ly realize the Importance of pushing
their home towns and the great bene-
fit to be derived. "Push Mississippi"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI

Devoted to the Industrial, Commercial Agrcul-
tural Development Of the Wonderful Resources sf
the State Items Of Interest from all Quarters
ByH. Z. BLAKEsLEE, Jackson. nss
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-01-27

generally leads the neigLborhood in
point of yield. The most perfect stalk
of cotton, loaded with open bolls, were
in this room also. Mr.. Jones has no
trouble in seasonable years in making
his cotton crop average a bale to the
acre, and that without the abnormal
use of fertilizers. Pumpkins, kerr
shaws, broom corn and many other
products of model farm were shown
and elected the admiration of all who
saw them. Mr.. Jones was awarded
the grand prize for the best display
from a single farm and al who attend
ed the Carnival were well satisfied
that he richly deserved it.
Less than one year since. the state
of South Carolina added to its Off
cials that of Industrial Commissioner
and the following from the Manu-
facturers Record gives some idea of
the accomplishment of that official to
date: "Hon. E. ]. Watson entered
upon his duties as commissioner of
immigration for South Carolina less
than ten months ago. Since that time,
according to his first annual report,
156 immigrants from foreign parts
have been settled in the state and 48
from other parts of the country,
total of 204. These newcomers have,
it is estimated, brought more than
$4,000 in cash to the state, but have
really added to its wealth 100000.
Such a great return upon the invest
ment in the bureau Of immigration
ought to encourage liberal treatment
of that bureau by the legislature.
This should appeal to every Mississip-
plan who desires to see his state pros
per as it should. why not have such
an official here? There is money in it
to the people. The state expends large
sums to support department that
cares for archives and history, why
not spend a small amount for the
making of history that our children
will be proud off This is a pertinent
question to ask your representatives
in the legislature. 1t is high time
they were realizing that good things
will not come to Mississippi without
the proper effort being made to bring
them here. We must awake to the ne
cessity of active, energetic work.