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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-04

restriction; that the control of subsi-
diary companies should not be per-
mitted; that insurance directors should
have no conflicting business cOnnec-
tons; that investments in corporate
bonds should be regulated so as to
prevent speculation and loss from an
attempt to float doubtful enterprises;
that policies should be of standard
forms, so that the abuses arising from
ambiguity, cOmpleXity and incomplete
ness of the contract may be eradicat-
ed and the contract made definite in
form and substance; that a uniform
system Of dts and accounts should
be PRESCRIBE by the insurance depart
ment; that full publicity to policy
holders should be assured; that de-
feTred dividend policies should be pro-
hibited or greatly restricted; that poll
cies should be further safeguarded
from forfeiture; that an equitable dis
tributiOn of the gains of the company
to the pOlicy-holders entitled thereto
should be required: that pOIicy-ho1ders
should have an effective voice in the
government Of the companies, and that
the discretion Of the directors should
be subject to judicial or administrat-
i've review"
Wadsworth Elected Speaker.
James W. WadswOrth was elected
speaker of the assembly, receiving the
entire Republican vote.
Many amendments to the state IN
surance law are proposed in a bill in
trOduced by Senator Bracket. Among
its important provisions are those MAX
ing elective, instead Of appOintive, the
offices of superintendent of insurance,
making salaries if life insurance Off
GERS subject to the written approval of
the superintendent of insurance; pro-
hibiting insurance Of children under 10;
prohibiting tOntine or deferred divi-
dend" insurance; making the list of
policy-hOldeTs of any life insurance
company available for examination by
any policy-hOlder and limiting invest
ments of insurance companies in a way
similar to the law limiting investments
by savings banks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-04

Consult county clerk or the respective
signers for further information.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-04

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
She Would Not Skate.

Dallas, Tex.-Will T. Walker, of
Ardimore, I. T., waylaid Grover Rec
ord and Miss Myrtle Smith, as they
were returning from a skating rink,
shot them both and then killed him
self. The weapon used was a pistol
and four shots we're fired, three at the
couple and one at himself. Record
md Miss Smith will recover" 1t Is
believed. The men had both been go
.ng to see Miss Smith, but had been
friendly in their rivalry. Miss Smith
refused to skate with Walker at a
roller rink. Walker was a railroad
nan. Record is still alive but will
probably die. Miss Smith will prob
ably recover, as the bullet was stopped
by the thick clothing she wore, and
The wound is not dangerous.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
NO. 81


Ash Fork, Ariz.- California Linz
tied No. 8 west bound, and the Allan
tic express, east bound, on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway,
met in head-on collision at Cosnino, a
switching station near Flagstaff. No.
passengers or trainmen were killed or
seriously injured. Thirty-eight pas
sengers were slightly bruised and cut
The trains came together with great
force, and both engines were badly
wrecked. The buffet and smoking car
on the limited was also badly damag-
ed.
Engineer Williams, of the east
bound express asserts that his air.
brakes failed to work
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

SOME SELF QUESTIONING. FOR
Us ALL.
Merrill, Miss.

Merrill, Miss.
What is it and whom does it con-.
Germ?
BY some 1T may seem a peculiar
question; by others, one without
subject; by others, way for an ex-
cellent discussion of matters pertain
ing to the present age. Then in order
to define ourselves more specifically
we would take up anyone of the great
number of avocations Of life and en-
deacor to reveal to the more thought
fur mind, that if we pursue our own
cause according to the dictates of our
own small scope of thought, feeling
independent and never dependant.
Then comes the question, What is
itq
1t is many things we first take no
tice beginning at Merrill, and what is
it? Are the good people letting their
influence go out for good? By this we
mean those who are in a position to
WELD mighty influence for or against
against right. 1t is not an infrequent
thing that one can see on the Sabbath
day behind closed doors in the dry
goods and grocery stores, business be
ing transacted, or at the drug store
or beef and vegetable markets. Then
we are confronted with this question
again, What is it?
Now to this question at this stage
of the game we can get any number
of answers from those who are in the
various businesses at this point.
Some will say "my affairs demand
my attention one day with another. -
Others will say 81 have myb usiness
so arranged that | am compelled to
repair the break in my saw mill, 9th
erwise it would be sin if | could not
run my saw mill on Monday"
ThTen we have another class who
say, "We have perishable goods on
hand that we must dispose of"
Then no longer comes the question
what is it? But we have the whole
matter before us in a nut shell and
next the question takes this form: " is
it right to do these things on the
Sabbath day.
We merely make mention of these
things hoping there will be some re-
forms along this line in our little city.
We hope these remarks will be suf-
fcient to bring the people to a sense
of their duties and learn to keep the
sacred day holy.
3-26- '06. ROSE BUD.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
High License in Ohio.

Columbus, o. Thousands of men
will be thrown out Of employment by
the enforcement Of the Akin $1,000
liquor tax law which has just been
passed The proprietors of the 5000
saloons that will close will be out Of
employment. At least half Of them
have bartenders. Many porters, men
who get up the saloon lunches and
bakers, thrown out of employment by
the decreased demand for bread from
the saloons, will lose their jobs. Brew4
cry drivers and other employees at
the breweries will also suffer, and it
is said that between 10000 and $4,000
persons in all will be out of employ.
ment. Representative Akin estimates
that the gain in the state s revenue
will he about $3,450,000, three-tenths
of which goes to the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

that he himself believed it useless TO
allow it to remain in operation. Rep
resentative John w. Gaines of Ten
nessee Immediately took issue with
the Ohioan. Mr.. Gaines had previous
ly spoken in favor of the Denver Mint.
In discussing the New Orleans Mint
Mr.. Gaines accused Southland of
bringing sectionalism into the matter.
The same arguments he had used
against New Orleans could have been
used against Denver, said Gaines, yet
Southard failed to mention them. He
then directed the attention of the
House to the fact that the digging of
the Panama Canal made it important
for the government to have mint In
New Orleans, because the business of
that city would soon grow to point
where the coinage of more money
there would be necessary. After hear
ing practical argument along this line
the House voted to let the New Or.
leans Mint stay in the bill.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Claims Against Equitable.

New York Directors of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society at meet
ing elected John N. Beach, dry goods
merchant, as member of that board.
It was announced that the accounts Of
three lawyers-former Justice w. N.
Cohen, William B. Hornblower and
Adrain H. Joline- amounting to $780,
BOO, $4,000 and $4,000 respectively,
for services rendered to officers of the
Alexander-Hyde administration, are
in the hands Of an arbitration COM
mittee, which has not yet submitted
its report.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Put Tax on Charity.

Victoria, B. C.-Advices Of extreme
suffering, caused by the typhoon, of
natives in the Carolina group are Civ
en- in letters from Capt. Montgomery
of the San Francisco whaling bark
Alice Knowles. The natives we're
without food except roots Of wild
yams when he called in January, and
he endeavored to land biscuit -four and
potatoes to relieve the suffering, but
permission was refused by the author
tiles unless he paid 1900 marks for a
trading license. As the whaling cap
tain was unwilling to pay for the
privilege of being charitable Re sent
no food on shore.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Mrs. Standifer Indicted.

Atlanta. Ga.-The Fulton County
Grand Jury returned an indictment
for murder against Mrs. Willie Stand
ifer, who shot and killed her sister,
Miss Chapelle Whisenant, March 8.
Mrs. Standifer was melted to the rash
deed, it is alleged, by the attentions
Of her husband to her sister and vic
tim.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Ten Thousand See Hanging.

Austin, Tex.-Fully ten thousand
people saw public hanging Of Tom
Young in Williamson county, thirty
miles north of this city. The hang
ing was had in the open prairie and
people came for fifty miles to see it,
hundreds being there with their FAM
lilies in wagons. Young was a young
white man about thirty years of age,
and he was hanged for outraging, fear
fully abusing and numbering sixteen
year old girl that he had adopted
and who was working around his place
at, the time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
THE WONDERFUL AUNT SARAH
OF LEAF MISSISSIPPI.
Contributed.

Aunt Sarah was born in the fork of
Cypress and Hickory creeks, Harrison
county in 1926. She was married at
the age of Is to Mr.. Anguish Farley.
Then they moved to his home in the
northwest corner Of jackson county
where they lived for some ten or
twelve years. From there they mov-
ed to the little country village of Leaf.
Not being satisfied there they NOV
ed out in the country sixteen miles
and took up homestead. No one liv
ed nearer than six miles. They only
lived there nine years before Mr.. Fair
ly died and left Aunt Sarah with
eleven children to scratch for.
Then for some three years she and.
her children made their support by
trapping otters and beavers they hv
ing near small creek where three
was lot of them in those days.
Then her children one by one mar
ried until she was left all alone in
the woods.
She had nothing to look forward to
but her stock to which she was very
much devoted. In the winter. season
Aunt Sarah would mount her horse
Barney shoulder her shot gun and
ride to the woods. With her noble dog,
Cuff following close behind to look
ater her sheep and cattle. Cuff was a
great protection to Aunt Sarah and a
good coon dog.
The night never got so dark or the
distance so great that Aunt Sarah
would fail to go to the calling Of Cuff,
for she know that when Cuff barked
there was something doing.
Aunt Sarah is a fine shot and has
been the cause of the death of many
deer and turkey and squirrels with
out number.
1t has only been two weeks ago
that Aunt arah was out hog hunting
and found where something had taken
the life a poor little lamb and cover
ed up under the straw; then she re-
turned and got a small steel trap and
set it by the dead lamb; soon after
dark, along came the monstrous wild
eat and put his foot into the trap. 1t
not being ar from Aunt Sarah S house
| Cuff soon heard the cat following and
made for him barking. This aroused
Aunt Sarah rom her sleep. As soon as
Cuff got to the cat of course he hop
ped right on him. When Aunt Sar-
ah heard the fight taking place she
grabbed her shot gun and hastened
to the fray. Beore she got there the
cat had Cuff whipped off but as soon
as possible she filled his face with shot
and followed as loud as possible.
o, how many women would be SO
brave as to go into the swamp at the
hour Of midnight and assist her dog
in killing the wild animals. Aunt Sar-
ah is a great pride to everybody.
| We are always glad to see her come
to town. She always brings something
to sell with her and she never has any
trouble getting her price for her pro-
ducts.
Aunt Sarah is about eighty years
old and says she has never had a
doctor called to see her but twice In
her life. Isn't that wonderful re-
cord for lady Of her age?
| When horse back riding, Aunt Sar-
all always rides a wide-brimmed
| (cow-boy) hat, and a spur ON each
foot and a large silver watch aud
chain.
/ Just to look at Aunt Sarah you
wouldn t think she was over so years
|of age. She has always been Of good
reputation Aunt Sarah, Barney and
lCuff are still living alone. She seems
to always be as happy as can be.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Jordan Located.

Atlanta, Thomas W. Jordan
ex-comptroller Of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society, whose where
abonts has excited some speculation
and interest during the past few
months, is in Atlanta visiting relatives
here. 1t was stated by relatives thai
Mr.. Jordan and his wife would leave
for New York at once. II is stated
that Mrs. Jordan is i'll and that on
her request il was decided no public
iry De given their visit to Atlanta.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Steamship Brings 561.

Galveston, Tex The steamship
Hanover is at Galveston with mis-
cellareous assortment of Europeans,
numbering SOL, including Germans,
Russians, Bohemians, Dalmatians,
Poles, Hungarians and Croatians.
There were 161 Russians IN the cargo.
The newcomers were landed and were
Rapidly taken up by agents looking
Cor laborers. 1t is stated that the
,ext cargo will comprise about 500 Of
the same assortment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
FRANTz ACCEPTS ST. LOUIS IN.
VITATION.

Guthrie, Okla, April 1.-Gov.
Frantz announces he has accepted the
invitation of the Business Men 5
league Of st. Louis to attend the con-
vention there on April 16 and IL, at
which all the southwestern states and
territories are to be represented by
their governors and leading business
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
Typhus Epidemic Dying Out.

Mexico City-Typhus fever is di-
minishing to the great qualification
Of sanitarians, whose campaign against
the disease has been scientifically and
energetieally conducted. The cases
have fallen off one-half. There has
been no case of this disease among
travellers from the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Atlanta, Ga.-Andrew Carnegie has
announced that he would contribute
$4,000 to the construction of IL
brary for the Agnes Scott Institute,
college for young ladies at Decatur,
Ca, provided The friends of the in
stitution would raise $25, 1000 for an
endowment fund.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

A local paper at Greenwood has put
in operation a unique scheme to en-
phasize the benefits of spending your
money at home. A silver dollar has
been placed In circulation with a card
attached on which each man viii re-
ceives it in the regular channels of
business can register the date and his
name. The paper in question offers
to give years subscription for this
dollar every time it is offered at the
office, although the regular price of
the paper is $3.50. Other business men
will likely offer premium on the dol
lar and it will be much sought after.
The plan of this Greenwood newspa-
per is a good one and worthy of emu
lation everywhere. The mail order
concerns Of the North and East are
taking countless thousands Of dollars
from the channel Of Southern trade,
and that too for a generally inferior
quality Of goods, that will never find
their way back here. 1t should be i'm
pressed upon our people that dollar
spent at home is left here and will
come back to the hands of the spender
in the due course of human events.
1t helps to pay the tax that maintains
our state institutions, cares for the
sick, blind, insane and INDECENT; edu-
Gates our children; pays the preacher
and assist those in distress. The dol
lar sent to Chicago will likely not get
back here in 100 years, if at all. Then
too, if man will consult his home
merchant before buying, it is almost
certain that he can get better goods
for the same money right at home
than by sending away and taking
chances. Remember that the Chicago
and New York mail-order houses con-
tributes nothing towards the calls for
charity that your home merchant faces
almost daily; they sent not a dollar
to the people at Hamburg or other
stricken towns in Mississippi last year
not one made an offering to the home
less poor in Meridian not long since,
and if reports are true, acted far diff
ferent from what they should; they
make no contributions to the orphan
ages, hospitals or worthy institutions
in the state. 1t is the duty of every
loyal Mississippian to think Of these
things before sending money away
from home when you can buy a better
article right here at your door for
less money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

News comes from the Southern end
Of the state that vegetables are be-
coming scarce and that the crop there
will likely not be too large for home
consumption. This is unfortunate for
the piney woods country and leads one
to believe that the people down there
have not properly taken advantage
Of the opportunities given them. That
section should not only supply vege-
tables to its-own tables, but car after
car for those further North. The ear
ly season giving them an opportunity
to secure prices that are Of the fan
ciest kind, and heretofore the truck
ers have been taking advantage of
them, but reports at present give the
impression that they viii have but lit
tl~ te lip this -~r.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
OHIO RIVER.
Is Doing It's Annual Spring Stunt, and
Flood is Feared.

Maysville, KY, April LA heavy
rain for 36 hours has caused all the
creeks on both sides of the river iii
this vicinity to boom. 1t is raining
steadily tonight, and the river is on
The jump. A big river, and possibly
food, is predicted by river men. The
river has risen feet since last night.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06
cAR TAKES A TUMBLE.

Two Women Fatally Hurt and Others
Injured in Trolley Accident.
AS the result of an accident on the
VineviIle and South Macon line OF
the Macon Street Railway and Light
company, Thursday afternoon, an cleo
trio car plunged down an embank.
ment and into culvert, and dealing
fatal hurts to two Macon ladies AMI
serious injury to half dozen other
persons, passengers in the car.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

By fostering the oyster beds in the
waters adjoining our state the indus
try. will be kept alive despite the loss
of SO much oyster territory to Louis
lana by recent supreme court decis-
ion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Too frequently the great amount of
work done for the general good of a
community by newspaper is not
appreciated as it should be. People
generally take these things too much
for granted, and forget the fact that
a newspaper mans stock in trade is
his space. You have no more right to
ask an editor for half a column of
space without offering to pay for the
same than you have to ask the gro
ceryman for barrel of -four or a
bag of coffee. Some American states
man is credited with having said :;
Every year the local paper gives
from 500 to 5000 lines for the benefit
Of the community in which it is To-
Gated. No other agency can or will
do this. The editor, in proportion to
his means, does more for his town
than any other man. He ought to be
literally supported, not because you
like him, or admire his writing, but
because a local paper is the best in
yestment community can make. 1t
may not be crowded with great
thought. but financially it is of more
benefit than both preacher and teach
er. Patronize your home paper, not
as a charity, but as an investment? 1t
is refreshing indeed to observe and
note that a statesman, who was un-
doubtedly politician as well, had Civ
en- the deserved credit to country news
papers. However, what he says touch
es the, spot and is every word of it,
gospel truth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Six miles of new electric railroad is
being built in Jackson and new
power station to cost $150,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Columbus will have an electric road
in operation within few weeks, the
work Of construction nearing com
pletion,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Prof. W. C. Welborn who was with
the "A. & M. College for several years
and at present Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture in the Philippines, is back
at the old home for visit, and while
in jackson recently made an address
to members of the legislature on mat
ters in our far-away possessions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06


During the past ten years the ex-
port of cotton seed oil to Italy has in
creased from $2S8,000 to 81, 1,699,000i
while at the same time our imports
from Italy Of olive oil have increased
from $4,000 to 81, ,23s,OOO. Some one
has suggested that we do not get back
all Of the cotton seed oil we send them
as olive oil and wonders what becomes
Of the Balance. 1t makes but little
difference what becomes of, the bali
ance, but it would be much better ii
we would convert this oil into the pure
ca olive here at home and not only
gain the corresponding increase it
price, but save the freight to and from
Italy. Why don't some of our inge-
nious Yankee friends, get onto this as
we'll as other schemes to bring money
to Uncle Sam s domain? To think that
the South furnishes more than a mill
lion dollars worth of olive oil every
year and don't know it. Wondera
will never cease.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

And it transpires that the cold snap
aid not destroy the fruit crop Of Mis-
sissippi as at first feared The damage
in the north end Of the state was very
slight, while the balance escaped un-
scather.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Senator Daniel introduced an
amendment to the House railroad bill
making railroads liable for damage
to employees resulting from negli-
genee or mismanagement or INSULT
cient railroad equipment on the part
of the railroad. 1t provides that neg
ligence ON the part of the employee
shall not be a bar to the recovery of
damages when such negligence is
slight compared with that of the en-
ployer. 1t provides that no contract
for insurance, relief or indemnity of
any kind that may have been entered
into between employee and employer
shall be bar to an action on the part
of the former, or his heirs, to recov-
er damages for personal injuries or
death.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-04-06

Northern farmers bought $25, 900
worth Of lands in Kinds county last
week and will move on the same and
cultivate it. That is the kind Of inn
migration that we need, people who
will buy small lets Of land and work it
themselves. This will soon solve the
labor problem.