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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Cotton Association.

The members of the Mississippi Di-
vision of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation are looking forward with
interest to the forthcoming confer
ence of officers of the organization
in the several Southern States. The
meeting will be made up Of presi-
dents, secretaries and treasurers Of
the organization for purposes of con-
ference, and the fact that Jackson
is selected as the meeting place is
significant, seeing that the matter of
selection was left to President Harvie
Jordan, of the general organization.
DR.. Will H. Woods, the State Secre-
tary, states that one of the reasons
is that it is generally conceded that
Mississippi's organization is about as
complete and perfect as any in the
circuit, which is a tribute to the ex-
ecutive ability of President Walter
Clark, whose personality has so strong
ly impregnated the whole State and
led to the present high state of eff
cheney of the Mississippi Association.
1t is likely that the Mississippi plar
of organization will be adopted by
the other states in the Association
and that her system of disseminating
the necessary information and otner
data will commend itself to all. The
date of the meeting is not yet def
nitely fixed, but it will probabaly be
near the end of the month, and in all
likelihood about the 31st. President
Jordan, Organizer Smythe and Secre-
tary Richard Cheatham will be pres
ent, along with other giants, including
Captain J. Nee. Martin, Hon. S. A.
Witherspoon and other Mississippians
who are carrying the torch of enlight-
eminent and improvement. After the
meeting here there will be a gather
ing of the clans at Hermanyille for
one of the biggest meetings in the Sc
rles in the home county of that wheel
horse in the work, Captain Martin.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Gulfport Selected.

The Bankers Association Of Miss
issippi adjourned at Meridian after a
two days. session, which is said to
have been one of the most successful
ever held in the state. Gulfport was
selected as the next meeting place, the
date of the meeting to be announced at
some later date.
There was only one other place put
in nomination, that of Brookhaven,
which was beaten by an overwhelm-
ing vote by the harbor city.
The following officers were elected
by an unanimous vote:
For president-E. NJ MEMORIES, Me
ridian. y
For vice PRESIDENT. M. Fletcher,
Kosciusko.
For secretary and treasurer-G. W.
Griffith, of Vicksburg.
Executive Committee 20. Newton,
chairman, Brookhaven; E. N. Yates,
Macon; S. J. High, Tupelo; W. G.
Simpson. Meridian; R. C. King, Green
wood.
For vice president, first district
John I. Osborne
For vice president, second district
&C. Fort, Holly Springs.
For vice president, third district
R. E. Wilburn, Lexington.
Fore vice president, fourth district
w. S. Webster, Wlnona.
For vice president, fifth district
W. D. McRaren, Meridian.
For vice president, sixth district
D. L. Batson, Poplarville.
For vice president, seventh district
-Woodson Atkinson, Summit.
Cor vice president, eighth district
Geo. F. Bauer, Yazoo City.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
K. of P. Convention.

The Mississippi Grand Lodge Of the
knights of Pythias, finished its work
of its thirty-third annual session and
adjourned at Jackson.
Hattiesburg was selected as the next
place of meeting.
The grand officers elected for the
ensuing year were:
F. M. johnson, Escatawpa, grand
chancellor; G. c. Kendall, Meridian,
grand vice chancellor; w. A. Sessions,
Jackson, grand prelate; Sam Mont
gomery, Greenville, grand master-at-
arms; H. M. Quinn, jackson, grand
keeper of records and seals; B. 7.
Thomas, Grenada, grand master of
exchequer; R. Whitaker, Centerville,
grand inner guard; M. B. Abbey, Cor
inth, grand outer guard.
A test vote showed that the local
lodges of the state are opposed to the
proposition of reducing the age limit
for membership admission from twen-
ty-one to eighteen years, and the re-
presentatives will so vote at the meet
ing Of the supreme lodge in New Or
leans in September.
The supreme lodge representatives
are Gen. w. D. Cameron, of Meridian
and D. S. Wright of Hattiesburg.
The grand officers were installed
with appropriate exercises, and the
grand chancellor was authorized to
expend $50, or as much as necessary,
in payment Of special deputies during
the next term.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

Houston makes an admirable show
ing in an industrial way, and that too
within the remarkable short period OF
about two years. There are in Hous-
ton fourteen industrial plants exclu-
sive of the light and water plants and
several more in course Of construc-
ton. While these plants are gener-
ally small, they are owned and op-
Grated by home people and are thriv-
ing in no unmistakable degree. They
furnish employment for a large num-
ber of people and market for the
produce raised in the vicinity Of that
town. A number Of small factories
are better than one large one, though
the combinations of capital known as
the trusts are striving to drive them
out of business, and the community
with diversity of interests is better
one than that with all eggs in one
basket.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Ready for Visitors.

Local members Of No. los, United
Commercial Travellers, are all ready
for the welcome and entertainment
of the visitors expected at Vicksburg
to attend the Grand Council meeting
of Mississippi and Louisiana. New
Orleans, it is learned, will send one
or two special cars; Natchez will do
likewise, and a number of delegates
are expected from Monroe, Shreve-
port and from East Mississippi. The
programme for the two days meeting
18th and 18th, is most attractive, and
will be pleasant for the visitors.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
DESTROYED By Fire.

Burnham Bros saw mill and the
Magee Gin Company's plant at Ma
gee were entirely destroyed by fire
at an early hour this morning, Burn
ham Bros. place their loss at about
$4,000, with no insurance. The Ma
gee Gin Company's loss is about
$4,000, with $4,000 insurance in the
Royal Exchange of England.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Photographing from Balloons.

San Francisco. The signal corps Of
the United States army is photograph
ing San Francisco's ruins from ba-
looms. A series of pictures is being
taken, to be kept on file by the war
department. at Washington. Several
hundred pictures have already been
taken of the different buildings, and
an order sent for three balloons so
that complete panoramic picture Of
the city can be taken.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Damage to Shipping.

San Francisco.-A survey by the
underwriters shows that the damage
done to vessels at the Union Iron
Works by the earthquake has been
considerable. The two-foot freighters
Mexican and the Columbia, in course
Of construction for the American-Hi-
waiian Steamship Company we're
found in their cradels, and damaged to
the extent of about $4,000 each.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

Wheeling, w. Va. May 13.-At the
first regular meeting of the Council
of the new town of Patterson, adjoin-
ing this city on the east, Mayor-elect
w. FL. H. Williams invited the village
clergyman to offer prayer. The pas
tor performed the duty with due So
lemnity, and then remained to hear
the regular business proceedings. The
first matter taken up was the granting
Of a saloon license for William Snyder
who had previously been doing bust
ness under county license.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Shoots Himself.

Jesse James, a well-known young
man, accidentally shot and painfully
wounded himself at Sumrall while u.s.
ing a pistol careless1y. The ball en-
tered the calf of one Of his legs.
The average condition of the grow
ing wheat crop on May 1st was 81 as
compared with SO on April 1st, 1906,
and 92 on May 1st 1905 and S5.S mean
Of the May average for the last ten
years.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

The West Point Leader has recently
issued an excellent edition that gives
vast amount Of information concern
ing West Point and Clay county. Ev-
cry matter that would interest good
seeking homes in that section has been
handled in a brief and convincing
manner. The showing made should
be a source of qualification to the good
people of that rich prairie section.
The benefits to accrue will no doubt
be exceedingly satisfactory. The
prairie section Of our State is rich
and healthful and fast coming into a
high state of cultivation. The land
produces splendidly of the staple
crops and satisfactory results have
been attained in the fruit, trucking,
hay and other crops. Within few
years it is plainly evident this part
Of the state will be one Of the richest
and most prosperous sections in the
whole South.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
Mexican Governor Will Head Expe.
tion for that Purpose.

Ell Paoo, Tex, May 13.-Goversor
Isabel, Of Sonora, Mexico, is organiz-
ing an expedition to go from Harme-
sillo, Mexico, to the Island Of Tiburon,
just off Modiean coast for the purpose
of capturing or driving from island
the Seri Indians who not long ago tor
tured and then murdered the party Of
Tom Grindell, an American prospec-
tor.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
By II. Z. BLAKEsLEE. jackson. Mss.


No state in the union offers to the
man with moderate means such in
ducements as does Mississippi. Here
we are all upon one common foting
and every man has an equal chance.
There are no multi-millionaires that
consider it condescension to speak
to laboring man and hesitate to soil
j their kid gloves by shaking his hand.
The man with forty acres and mule
is shown just as much consideration
as the man who owns a plantation OF
is president of banking institution.
The woman in a ginsAam dress, be it
neat and clean, is just as much a
queen as the one who owns coach
and dresses in silks and fine linen.
Such is the result of wise laws and
an equitable administration Of the
same. We want to perpetuate this
condition of affairs. To keep our
State as an inviting haven for the
man who has brain and Drawn and
desires to live and die happy. The
duty of every citizen is to work con-
stantly to that end.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

A Detroit newspaper recently Of
fered cash prize for the best short
essay on 'Why | am proud of Mis-
sissippi' 1t was won by Master Ed
Alexander of Marshall county. The
next two prizes also went to Percy
Laws and Manilue Hall Of the same
county. This goes to show that Mar
shall county has number Of boys
who are proud Of Mississippi and are
not backward in putting it in black
and white 1t is gratifying to know
that the young people of the State
are enough interested to enter a con-
test where the many things to be
proud Of are to be enumerated.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
To Issue Bonds.

The board of supervisors of Warren
county decided to advertise for an
issue of $4,000 worth of Jail bonds.
An advertisement for bids for the
same has been made, but it was found
that serial bonds bought at better
prices, so the change was made.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
With $4,000 Capital.

A charter of incorporation was CIV
en- in for publication for the Gulfport
Creosote Works. Captain J. 7. Jones
is the promoter. The capital stock is
fixed at $4,000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
TRAIN sMAsHEs TROLLEY CAR.
Two Men Killed, One Fatally and Sew
eraI Seriously Hurt.

eraI Seriously Hurt.
A train on the Chattanooga South
ern railroad struck street car on the
electric line at a crossing near the
city limits of Chattanooga Friday
morning. Two men were killed. one
fatally injured, several badly hurt and
nearly every passenger bruised, cut
or scratched. The car was packet
with laboring men going to their work
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

While Wisconsin was worrying with
eight inches Of snow a few days since,
Mississippi was experiencing balmy
sprng weather.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Devoted the Industrial, Commercial and Aerieul.
tural Development Of the Wonderful Resources sf
the State Items Of Interest from all Quarters.


On the 3rd, 4th and 9TH inst, Jack
son had the honor of entertaining
some 1,500 teachers from every coun-
ty in the State, and from almost every
supervisors district. 1t was body
that any city might have esteemed it
an honor to have had within its con-
fines. They were the people who are
striving to dessiminate knowledge and
prepare our youth for the battles OF
life. Engaged in a great work, that
while it may not be especially remu-
nerative in dollars and cents, has a
reward that money cannot buy for
those who are faithful to the trust.
1t was a body of intelligent men and
women that are supplying the founda-
ton upon which we are to build a
"Greater Mississippi" and eventual
ly come into the possession of that
which is rightfully ours. These an
nual gatherings are Of inestimable ben
eft in a number of ways. The coun-
try school marin forgets for the time
the worry and cares that come with
her work. They meet and greet each
other upon a common footing and es-
tablish a fraternal feeling that only
personal association will bring about.
Experiences are exchanged and sugges-
tions offered and discussed, therebp
giving to all result that might 9TH
erwise require years Of study and toll
to bring about. Prominent educators
from other states are invited to meet
with them and tell of what is being
done in their commonwealth, and the
means used to accomplish a stated
end. 1t is an encyclopedia of infor-
nation concerning the public schools
and the work to be done by the teach
ers opened for the benefit of all who
attend
The example set by our worthy
teachers is fit for emulation by those
concerned in other lines of work. Or
ganization is the most powerful fac
tor in the accomplishment of any task,
and it is passing strange that more
do not avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity to form associations with reg
ular meeting times and thereby help
themselves by helping others. The
writer hopes to see all interests Of
our great State get together in a COM
mon movement for the general good,
and feels sure that in a few more
years the man who does not belong
to an organization which represents
his avocation, will be an exception
rather than rule.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

President Walter Clarke of the Cot
ton Association while attending a
meeting of the National Convention
of the Cotton Planters and Spinners,
is credited with the followingstraight-
m-the-shoulder remarks concerning
bucket shops and curb spectators in
cotton:
"The bane of the cotton planter, as
well as the spinner. is the so-called
cotton broker or middle man. ALI
over the South there are little bro
kerage concerns which are nothing
more or less than bucket shops, and
the profits they reap are immense. l
firmly believe that these middle men
cost the South $100,OOO,O0O a year.
They cost the State Of Mississippi
last year a million dollars or more.
[ was told by leading planter, mer-
chant and banker of Yazoo City that
the cost of this business to that COM
munity in the last six months alone,
was at least $500,000. 1t is a great
wrong to the cotton planter and the
spinner that the price of the staple
should be fixed by the manipulations
of gamblers. The idea of a planter
buyign cotton when by so doing he
is buying against himself, is ridicu-
lous, but that is what is done every
day. In nearly every town in the
South there are what the brokers term
cotton exchanges, but in reality they
are bucket shops. They bear no re-
semblance whatever to a great. cotton
exchange, such as is maintained in
Memphis and few other Southern
cities"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

The first county from which any
thing like definite estimate of the
increase in property valuations from
the assessment under way is that Of
Perry. Assessor McKinnon states to a
reporter that the assessment in that
county will approximate S16,0O0,O0O
against $7,OOO,OO0 at the last period.
While there has been a healthy in
crease along all lines, the greatest
come from the pine land holdings in
the county. This land is being put
in at from $40 to $50 per acre this
year against 81 to before. So it be-
gins to seem that the holders Of our
timber wealth are going to pay their
proportion of the taxes necessary to
run the State government and bring
about the development that is making
it more valuable year by year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

Holly Springs citizens are awaken
ing to the necessity of a cheap and
rapid means Of transit from the depot
up town, distance Of more than a
mile. A correspondent in one Of the
city papers recently urged the build
ing of an electric railway and ad-
vanced convincing arguments in sup
port of his contention. The city owns
an excellent light and water plant ard
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-05-17

it is estimated that the cost Of adding
a car line would be small in compari-
son with the benefits to accrue. In
this age of progress it becomes neces-
sary for communities desiring to keep
what they have and to get more, to
show a spirit of energy and enter
prise. The one that lags is sure to
fall behind in the possession. The
watchword is. hustle and keep at it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-29

q tendency TO DTuIdllZe ul1dUl rt tG
Our knowledge that man is only one of the company of brutes has
led small men to teach that man IN ALL THINGS is merely a
brute. In their desire to unity the world they have jumped at the
conclusion that man is no different from the other creatures that ten
ant the earth. In their passion to show him IS a beast philosophers
and authors have reveled in vice and depravity, calling it REALISM.
The French arr the worst in this. They have a facility of Ian
guage which enables them to speak giby Of things which could not be
mentioned in any other tongue. Their literature destroys their home
life, and virtue is regarded as something rudimentary-an arrested de-
velopment. THEY KNOW NO MORAL LAW
The excuse advanced by Bernard Shaw and others that the books
to the LOWEST in man.
Society is drifting without a compass. 1t is a period OF transition.
The old canons are gone, and the new ones have not yet been found.
The latest announcement Of modern philosophy is that you may do
what you want to, but DON'T GET CAUGHT AT 1T. If you do,
commit suicide. In this philosophy of brutality you have an expana-
ton for the fact that literature always paints life as a struggle between
the forces of desire and duty.
NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAS
THERE so GREAT A NEED OF MAsTERs-MEN WHO WILL IN.
TERPRET LIFE in TERMS OF SANITY AND sANcTITY, OF DUTY
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Writers should see life in its brightest aspects and have n o right
continually to present it in its lower forms. The "naturalas" preach
the right of a woman to sever EVERY TIE which binds her to her
husband when she feels a stronger love for another man. The French
life of today is the best example of its baleful results.
Ibsen, in "The Dolls House" strikes a false note and falls far
short OF solving the problem, the woman problem which he at
tempts to do. Sudermam mirrors perfectly the BRUTALIZED
SPIRIT OF MODERN LITERATURE.
Nietsche, the German disciple of materialism, or of COMMER-
ICIALlSM, as we call it in America, breaches that the world will be-
long to the strong men-men like Bismarck and Napoleon. Is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-29
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Railway Advocate:
Another life has been sacrificed at
the deadly grade crossings IN TINS
city. The question ONE home with
increasing earnestness, how many
more lives have got to be offered up
before such accidents will end. If
the testimony of reliable witnesses is
to be accepted, no attempt was made
to lower the gates. The marvel IS,
hat two or three lives were no sac
rifced in addition to that OF the vic
tim. There is not, nor can there be
any excuse for such a tragedy as
that of yesterday. If the Railroad
Company does not provide competent
men to protect the lives Of our peo-
pie at these dangerous crossings, the
Common Council should at once take
such action as will put an end TO this
n to life and limb. A search
ing investigation should be made by
the county prosecutor and coroner
into the cause of yesterdays tragedy
and fix the responsibility. The people
of this city demand il TO the end that
they may have proper protection in
the future.
Hudson Observer:
None of the arguments made at
Trenton in favor of the repeal of the
Hillery tax rate act was impressive.
Every one has been answered again
and again.
Politicians and o%ticeholders are all
opposed to the law. 1t means en-
forced economy. the abolition of the
luxurious ease which all oficeholdeps
enjoy and a reduction in salaries that
in many instances are far o large.
Therefore they oppose it.
But the law is right in principle
and with some changes should be
kept upon the statute books. Here
is a suggestion to Senator Hillery,
who is the chief defender of the act;
Let him amend it in the light of the
best suggestions made and attach to
it a referendum clause.
Let us see whether thepeople want
it or whether they do not. If he will
do this we predict that it will be APP
proved by the voters of the State by
a majority of more than four to one.
Bridgeton Evepdng News:
Who said winter was over? Does
one robin makei spring? Where IS
your straw hat?NGuess you'd better
order that extra ton of coal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-29
GETTING OUT OF THE RUT.

Camden has joined the ranks of
progress and is going to seek a new
city charter. This makes three cit
les that nave fallen in line. The
others have already been referred
to in these columns. They are Pat
erson and Bayonne. When is Perth
Amboy to make a move in this di-
rection? The following is clipped
from the New Jersey page of the
Philadelphia Press, of yesterday:
camden is to have a new city
charter, one that will be in line with
the of the present day. The
old charter contains sections which
Mayor Ellis declared in his annual
message were useless at the present
time. 1t was framed when Camden
was a small town, and no doubt met
all the requirements at the time.
Give us a charter said Mayor
Ellis, that win place us in the same
position as other cities of our size
The Finance Committee decided that
the committee on revising the char
ter should consist of the aforesaid
committee, in conjunction with May
or Charles H. Ellis, and two citizens
whom he should select.
THE two citizens were selected
by Mayor Ellis yesterday. They are
former Mayor Joseph e. Nowrey and
William Schmid. both Democrats.
The committee will meet tonight to
man out the work of revision. Bills
will be submitted to the present Leg
i~slature authorizing the new charter
to go before the citizens for their APP
proval next fall"
Camden seems to be laboring I'M
der the same handicap as Perth Am
boy. In fact all cities which still
have a co%untry-town charter are 60
ing after new ones. Why not Perth
,Amboy?
One of the arguments of Dr.. Crow
Their in favor of his bill giving sal
aries to the city fathers is that
charter is |antiquated and does not
provide for paying the public SER
wants. That is rue and there are a
great many other things the city
charter does not provide Let's have
a new one with all these provisions
included, then wen have something
worth while.
Other cities are getting out of the
rut into the open, why not Perth
Amboy? Give us a new charter.