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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Editorial Writers.

indianapolis, Ind. The convention
Of the National Editorial Association
closed with reception to the visitors
at the home Of Vice President and
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks. James
town, Va, was selected for the next
convention.
Officers were elected to serve dur
ing the ensuing term, John 3. JunkiF
Of Sterling, Kans., being named as pres
idet; Will M. Mayes Of Browawood
as second vice president,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
naicer Shoots a Blind Tiger.

Jim Fortenberry, negro blind tiger
operator, was shot and probably IA
tally wounded at McComb by Police
Officer Umphreys, who had made a
raid on the establishment. Fortenber
ry drew a pair of knucks and struck
Officer Umphreys over the left eye,
inhicting painful wound. Umphreys
shot his assailant twice, once through
the chest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Marengo. Levee Situation.

The change IN the levee at Marengo,
above Vidalia, is working great dam
age to the Natchez and Vidalia har-
bors, and government aid to avert
the danger of caving banks is solic-
tied. The city has a $15O,OOO water
works plant on the river front, and
its safety is jeopardized by the con-
slant erosion of the river bank by
the swift current which is caused by
the arrangement Of the Marengo levee.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
vicksburg Pays Her Bills.

The city clerk dished out the sum
Of $40, ,760.70 over the counter to those
who have held warrants and claims
under the city floating debt, for which
the recent bond issue Of $115,000 was
doated. He is still in the ring and will
meet ali other claims due by the city,
having the balance of the issue, which
was originally $117,649.50, which in
cluded the interest. It is learned that
there are only few more claims, and
they will be met.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
EarIy Cotton Bloom.

First cotton bloom reports are now
being received and, strange to say,
the first reports are coming from the
delta section Of the state. Usually it
is the southern counties that claim
this honor. The weather for the past
week has been hot and dry, with oc-
casional light showers, which is ideal
for rapid development of cotton, and
the crop is making splendid headway
in all parts of the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

The writer notes with satisfaction
4 tendency on the part Of the best
newspapers in the state to depreeate
the increasing tendency to infract the
Jaws, notably in the increasing NUM-
ber Of murders committed. A number
have published articles recently head
ed, Life is TOO Cheap in Missis-
sippi, and similar wording, that wers
ably written ard forcibig brought ont
;he demand for q sentiment for >
s.ricfer enforcement Of existing LAWS.
The newspapers are the most power
iul factors IN producing sentiment
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Sullivan Dead.

Bob Sullivan, the last victim of the
Sullivan Hollow feuds, died in the hos
pital, in Jackson, to which he was
brought after being shot in the abdo-
men at Saratoga, Miss. His body was
conveyed back to Sullivan's Hollow
for interment in the family graveyard.
The negroes who shot him have never
heen apprehended.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

New York.-There returned on the
Hamburg-American liner, Bluecher,
which sailed for Bremen, Wilhelm
Meyer, who arrived in this country a
few weeks ago with Sophie Christiani.
Both we're arrested at the request OF
the German government on charge
Of numbering Meyers rich aunt in
Germany. The body had been diseov-
cred in a trunk belonging to Meyer,
n storage at Frankfort-on- Main. Th'
Christianai woman has been ORDERED
back as an undesirable citizen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
San Francisco.-The latest addition

San Francisco. The latest addition
to the list Of insurance companies
that have decided to withdraw from
business on the coast is the Delaware
of Philadelphia. The Delaware IS an
old established concern organized IN
Philadelphia in 1885, and has done
business in California for a number
of years. It announces that while it
is the company's intention to adjust
all losses, it will not pay more than
rs cents on the dollar in anv instance,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

New York. Greater New York.
Council, Brotherhood of Carpenters
have ratified an agreement betwcenl
the carpenters and the master car-
penters' association, thereby bringing
to an end the carpenters strike. Tns
men will return TO work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
DIR. Saunders Not a Candidate.

DIR. P. II. Saunders Of Laurel was
interviewed in regard to the chancel-
lorship Of the University of Missis-
sippi. He said in substance that the
place had not been offered him and
that he was not an applicant, so there
was nothing to give out. He further
stated that such place of honor and
trust in his opinion should not be So
licited; nor did he know that he could
accept should he be thus honored.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Decatur, Ala. Charles F. Piqae,
the sculptor Of New York will make
model of the proposed memorial
statue to General Joseph Wheeler, and
will send it here for inspection this
fall. The statue will be erected some
where in the Eighth district the place
to be decided on later.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Convicts Have Hard Time.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Two convicts
escaped from Durham mines, on Look
out Mountain, by digging through a
weak place in the rock. One was
killed by a guard in a few moments.
The other made his way to Trenton,
where he was chased, shot and cap
tured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Model of Wheeler Memorial

Decatur, Ala. Charles F. PiqusI
the sculptor of New York will make
a model of the proposed memorial
statue to General Joseph Wheeler, and
will send it here for inspection this
fall The statue viii be erected soma
where in the Eighth district the place
to be decided ON later.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

George Washington and Thomas
Mason, negroes, have been arrested
at Delhi by Deputy Sheriff R. J. Lar
kin, and lodged in the parish Jail
They are charged with bootleggine
whiskey in the prohibition wards o.
this parish.
"A company has been organized II
to manufacture and place on tht
market a cane cutter recently invent
ed and patented by Mr.. Pessou, ol
New Orleans
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Huntsville, Ala.-John M. Hamp-
ton, candidate for the State legislature
has withdrawn from the race in favor
of the dispensary ticket nominated
composed of Senator Robert E. Sprag-
gins, Hon. Nathan Rowe and A. D.
Kirby.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Lexington has organized and put
into working order one of those town
and community building organizations
known as a building and loan asso-
citation. A number of the best and
most enterprising citizens of that ex-
cellent town are interested in the pro-
ject and its success is assured. There
becoming a homecoming state and
the work done by local building and
loan associations is highly commend-
able.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
Want Universal Language.

Berkeley, Cal.-President Wheeler,
II the State University, has been ask
ed to lend his support to a plan for
she adoption Of a universal language.
delegation from Partisan bodies Of
scholars is in charge of the propagan-
la. The delegation states in letter.
% President Wheeler that in any case
it does not especially advocate any
'ne project, whether old or new. It
propose simply TO unite all partisans
ot an auxiliary in an expression of
opinion to represent them, and to ar
1ve by an international agreement
md kind Of arbitration at definite
md universally accepted solution. For
his purpose, it invited all the learn
ng bodies, all associations of business
nen or tourists to express an agree
nent with the declaration and to elect
delegates.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Covington, Tenn.-H. Holsford. a
lumber inspector for the Mengil Box
Company of Dyersburg, came near
ending his life in Covington, by an
overdose of morphine. The drug
vas taken some time in the afternoon
md his condition was not discovered
until after 7 O'Clock, when he was
found in his room unconscious and
black in the face from the effects of
.he poison. DR.. ]. R. Sanford was
,alled and applied the stomach pump
and the usual antidotes, but it was
ate in the night before Holsford was
pronounced out of danger.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Raetis5 pfGag OF fne State ar are max
ing extensive preparations for the an
nual convention to be held at Vicks-
burg on the Fourth of July, and which
will be in progress one week. There
will be over 500 delegates and promi-
nent church workers in attendance.
The Baptist church in Mississippi
numbers nearly 100000 communi-
cants.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Poplarville is engaged in building
large college for the higher education
Of the youth Of that section. Ground
has been purchased and plans are be-
ing made for a main building to cost
not less than $4,000. The cause Of
education is being looked after prop
erly by our brethren of the pine
woods.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Congressman Rufus +. Lester. a
Georgia was fatally injured b. fa-
lng through a skvlight at Washinass.s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

for law and order, and in keeping
with their championship of everything
that is for the best in our state, il
is gratifying to nose that their efforts
will be to bring about a more eff
cient enforcement Of our laws. May
they keep up the good fight until our
great state will take its place at the
head Of ali as the most law-abiding
and God-fearins in the Union.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22
College Products Store.

At its recent annual meeting the
board Of trustees of the Alcorn Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College
decided to establish a depot at Match
ez for the sale Of college products,
such as shoes, wagons, buggies and
other articles from the industrial de-
partment. These products are quite a
source of revenue to the institution.
Omaha, Neb. The federal grand
jury returned indictments against
thirteen prominent Nebraska cattle
men in connection with land fraud
cases.
The charges include conspiracy to
| defraud the government, subornation
Of perjury and illegal fencing Of pub.
s lie lands. Over 100000 acres Of lant
on Cheridan nd Cherry counties, Ne
braska, are involved, including tn
Statde 0verton and G, Bar ranches
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Plans for the annual meeting of the
Mississippi Industrial Exposition are
being completed and the active work
of preparation is under way. The leg
lslature leased the old capitol and
grounds for this purpose and the pro-
moters propose to make the fair larger
and much better than ever before.
Several new buildings for various pur-
poses will be provided and the in
terest is increasing from year to year,
requiring larger quarters for exhibits.
The attendance is taken as an evi-
dence that this enterprise is appre-
ciated by the people Of the state. In
1904 fifteen thousand people paid ad-
mission at the gate while last year the
paid admissions numbered $4,000.
This fall the promoters confidently ex-
pect more than $4,000 and likely Co.,
600, will attend. In a register kept
last fall, nearly every county In the
state was represented by visitors and
more than half the states in the
Union. The great good to be effected
by county and state fairs cannot be
grasped in an instant, or does it all
come in the year in which the fail
is held. Results can be traced fol
years afterwards. They are undoubt-
edly the greatest educators of the pres
ent time, and every county in Missis-
sippi should hold a fair annually The
promoters will likely not realize or
the money invested in the way of di-
rect dividends, but the dividends vii
come to every man, woman and child
alike in increased prosperity, better
yield Of crops, improved stock, eco
nomical handling Of products, and il
thousand other ways. The writer
hopes to see a number Of fairs organ
ized next year and made permanent
institutions in the several countic.
now without them.
The circuit cle.k Of Tippah county
In making his rounds with the reg
istration books, reported that he reg
istered at Geno's Mill man wat
qualified to his age as lO4 years. Th'
gentleman in question was Mike Co,
typical son Of the Emerald Isle ant
a fine specimen Of humanity. He ha4
been citizen of Tippah for Ions
Time and is one Of the best citizens
Of Dumas registered as 80 years o.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

The laying OF steel from Belzoni on
the Delta Southern railroad is in pro-
grsss and work is being pushed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

The board Of direnters Of the Ma
sonic Widows anti Orphans Home has
selected Meridian as the place for lis
location. An extremely liberal offer
was made by that enterprising city,
and after considering the offers of a
number of others, Meridian captured
the plum-- Tho irv,aae VII etssrt wtru
an endowment Of 100000 and will
be supported by the Masonic bodies
Of the state. Meridian is to be con-
graduated upon the securing of this
important institution, and that it
will be literally aided by the citizens
of that place, goes without contra
liction.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-06-22

Several years ago a minister died
in North Mississippi, leaving a large
Family in an almost helpless condi-
tioa. Two of the girls were cared for
by the Methodist orphanage at Water
Valley, now Jackson, and given a
fair education. They were also train
ed in the pursuits necessary in the bat
tie Of life. They were given a start
In life under Christian influences and
Al has just been announced that Min
ale and Matte Koon have become as
sociated in the publication of the
Dawn Of Light at Walnut Grove with
Bre> g. S. Ellis. They will learn the
business in every phase, conduct
woman's department., set type, write
locals and editorial. A useful career
IS opening up to these deserving young
ladies. This is not an isolated in
stance Of the good done bv the or
phaaages Of great old Mississippi. 1t
IS being done every day. May they
continue to prosper.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
Seals Learning to Swim.

Young seals do not know how to
swim. They have to become gradual
" accustomed to the water either by
entering it to paddle about by them
selves or by being carried into it in
their mothers jaws. They have great
fear of the waves that break into foam,
and as soon as they see one approach
ing take to flight in terror and do not
turn round until they have assembled
TO a very high place above the sea.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
BLAZING METEORS.
The Short Lived spIendor of Shoot
30 ing Star.

A small body as large as a paving
stone or not as large as marble is
moving round the sun. Just as a
mighty planet revolves in an e!lipse, so
this small. object will move round and
Found in an ellipse, with the sun in the
focus. There are at the present mo-
ment inconceivable myriads Of such
meteors moving in this ngnner. They
are too small and too distant for QUIZ
telescopes, and we caRneyer see thesi.
except under extraordinary circfm-
stances.
. At the time we see the gmeteoe it
traverses distance of more than
twenty miles a second. Such a velocity
is almost impossible near the earth's
surface. TIE resistance Of the air would
prevent it. Aloft in the emptiness of
space there is no air to resist it. :
In the course OF its Wanlerngs the
body Aly come near the earth and
within a few hundred miles of its sur
face, of course, begins to encounter tic
upper surface of the atmosphere with
which7fhe earth is inclosed. TO body
moving with the appalling velocity Of
meteor. Elu4ge into the atmosphere
is usually fatal. Even though the ups
per layers Of air are excessively at,
tenuated, yet they suddenly check the
velocity, almost as rife bullet would
| be checked when fired into water. As
| a meteor rushes through the atmos
| phere the friction of the air warns it!
surface; gradually it becomes red hot
then white hot and is finally driven of
into the vapor with brilliant light
while we on the earth one or two hun
| dred miles below, eEclaim:
"Oh, lookI There is a shooting STAR
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
COG AND MAGOG. :.
Various Traditions Relating TO
These Two Famous Giants.


Who were Cog and Magog? English
tradition says that they were the last
of a race of giants who infested Eng
land until they were destroyed by
some of the Trojans who went to the
British isles after the destruction of
Troy. Cog and Magogs it is said, were
taken captive to London, where they
were chained at the door of the palace
of the king. When they died wooden
images Of the. two giants were put in
their places. In the course of time a
great fire destroyed these, but now, if
you go to London. you viii see in the
great hall Of one OF the famous build
ings -t the Guildhall - two immense
wooden efigies Of men called Cog and
Magog.
But there are other.traditions of the
two giants. One is to the effect that
when Alexander the Great overran
Asia he chased into the mountains Of
the north an impure, wicked and man
eating people who We're twenty-five ma
tons in number and who were shut up
with a rampant in which were gates of
brass. One of these nations was Goth
and another Magoth, from. which we
readily get the names of the mythical
giants. 1t is supposed, however, that
the Turks were meant by Cog and the
Mongols were the children of Magog
We shall find mention made of Cog
and Magog in many books, including
the Bible, but there are the great wal
and the rampant of Cog and Magog
whatever may have been the fact tina
gave the names of the two giants t.
that portion of the structure.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
A FISH HOOK.
The One You Should Buy and the
Test You Should Try.


Test You Should Try.
The most common flaw is the temper
of the hook. Some hooks are brittle
and break easily. There are other
hooks still that bend, and bend so east
ly that they "straighten'' on every big
fish. and yet other hooks that bend, but
bend so hard that big fish never
fexes them, and they only straighten
and come away when the full tension
of the line is laid upon them if caught
on a tough snag or tree bough. These
last are the hooks to buy-if you can
find them-and the hard breaking
hooks Classics next in merit. Tests by
the eye are quite useless, as so many
hooks carry exactly the same tints in
blue or black. Test the hook instead
by the hand. catching the point in a
firm bit of wood and trying it out both
by the hard, firm pull and by the Jerk.
Watch particularly in this trial for
weakness at the foot of the barb, where
the wire is apt to be attenuated over.
much and the whole point give way
on a strong fish. especially if hooked in
bone or very hard grisble. What vastly
depths of angling profanity, in spirit
if not in word. have been stirred in
boat and on bank when the pointless
hook comes away from the hard played
fish must be left to memOry.-Outing
MAGAZINE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
FEES IN ENGLAND.
The Treasury Has Many schemes
- -. That Swell Its Income.

The Treasury Has Many Schemes
~---.. That Swell Its Income.
When a, young man determines to
become barrister and enters his name
at one of the inns of court in London
or Dublin he has to pay to the govern
mcnt a fee of f25. And when he is
full fedged English or Irish barrister
or a Scotch advocate he has to fork out
a further sum of ESQ.
Should he desire to become solicitor
he is fined even more heavily. When
he becomes an apprentice his fee to
the government is $50, and his yearly
duty when he begins to practice is, for
the first three years, f3 in the country
and a los. in London or Dublin and
after fhe third year f6 and 70 respec-
lively. So that a solicitor practicins
forty years in London will have paid
the government over f400.
\ law agent Scotland, pays $50 at
commencement of study and 300 or Isl
on beginning practice In the sheriff
court or court Of session.
II you want TO change your surname
of your own free VIII the government
charges you only $40, but if you do it
under TIE direction Of some deceased
benefact6r il costs you $50.
Bishops pay $50 for permission to be
elected AMI ESQ more for the royal as
sent to their election, and the fees paid
on receiving letters patent are By a
baronet. 800; q baron, ESQ; yiscouHt
1000; an earl. fcJO:- a marquis: 1900
and Il duke. fS50.-London Express.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
MAKING PORCELAIN.
The Most Exciting and Romantic
Trade In the World

The maker of porcelain and pottery
has decidedly the most exciting and ro-
mantle trade in the world.
The great factories of Sevres and
Dresden were founded by Bernard
Palissy. This man invented white
enamel. but it took him sixteen years
to make the nvention-sixteen years of
hunger. misery and persecution, which
eliminated in the episode, used in FL.
Jones play of The Middleman.''
wherein Palsy maintained his furnace
fire by burning all the furniture in his
house and finally opened the. furnace
door to find within the glaze which he
had sought throughout the best years
of his life.
Bottgher invented hard porcelain.
He was an alchemist, and one day,
CHANGING to discover that his powdered
wig was unusually heavy, he inquired
the cause and found that the weight
was due to the kaolin with which the
wig was powdered. This kaolin was
the substance for lack of which Bott-
gher's investigations had for years
failed.
When Elers opened a porcelain fac
tory at Burslem he employed none but
the most stupid and illiterate workmen,
so that his secret processes might not
become known. But Samuel Astbury
resolved to learn the Elers method, and,
| affecting ignorance and stupidity, he
got a place in the factory. mastered all
| a plant of his own, wherein he duplicat-
| ed in every detail the work Of .Elers.-
| Exchange.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
Liquid Corn.

An fastener was prospecting in the
north Georgia mountains when he
came on a. native apparently clinging
to the side of a steep hill tilling corn
The prospector stopped for a chat,
and the mountaineer, nothing loath for
a rest in the shade from his fatiguing
toll, was agreeable.
-"Say, friend. how in the world do you
get the corn down off that hillside aft
er it is ready for harvest?'' asked the
stranger.
"In jugs was the laconic and prob
ably truthful repiy.-Atlanta Georgian.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08
IT HanDenS.

"You are very successful prophet
we said. "Will you tell US the secret
of your success?"
Certainly" the sage replied in
kindly tone. LAS it is always the I'M
expected that happens. merely proph-
esy- the unexpected. American Spec
fator.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-08

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