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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Big Ship on Fire.

New London, Comfort TORY,
on Plum Island, reported that big
steamer was on fire off the north dock
of the island and was signaling for
help.
The vessel which was bound for
New York, stopped about 1000 yards
off the north dock. A dense cloud OF
smoke was arising from amidship, al
though but little fire appeared. Sig
nails for assistance were sent up, but
before assistance reached the boat,
which appeared to be large passen-
ger and freighter, the crew apparently
had the fire under control, and about
twenty minutes after the assistance
was called for, the vessel proceeded
Her name could not be ascertained.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Lumber Rate Case.

Lumbermen of the Hattiesburg terri
tory are watching with keen Interest
for an opinion soon to be handed down
by Judge Parlange Of the United
States Circuit Court at New Orleans
in the case of the interstate commerce.
commission against the |. c. r. r.,
and others railroads. which was sub
mitted on briefs and oral arguments
several months ago. This is the cele-
brated lumber rate case being al ef-
fort on the part of the interstate com
merce commission to compel the rail
road to cancel the advance of , cents
per 100 in the rates ON yellow pl1e,
promulgated several years age, and
since rigidly enforced.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Complaint at Labor Agents.

In the hill counties numberless COM
plants are being made Of the work OF
labor agents who are enticing negroes
to the Delta plantations.
The labor enticement problem seems
to be growing in seriousness with each
passing year, owing to the increasing
scarcity of labor, and the aversion OF
the negro to accept employment al
farm work. Nothing can be productive
of more trouble in a farming commn-
nifty than the affidavit Of a labor agent
and the tragedies that-could be traced
to that cause are innumerable.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
TO DECREASE THE
NUMBER OF POSTS
RADICAL CHANGES FOR ARMY
PLANNED BY ROOSEVELT.
TOO MANY POSTS, He THINKS
In Order that Army May Be Trained
to Act En- Masse, He Thinks Gen
erals and Colonels Should be Given
Opportunity to Handle More Men.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Important steps
calculated to materially develop the
efficiency Of the army are being taken
bv President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft at Sycamore Hill. In his last an
nual message to congress the president
said the number of posts IN which the
army is kept in time of peace should
be materially diminished and the posts
that are left made eorrespondlnsly
larger.
This recommendation is to be car
ried out at once. Seven brigade posts
to be commanded by brigadier gen
erals are to be established. Two 9TH
ers are desired, but the funds at the
disposal of the secretary may not be
sufficient to allow Of their equipment
during the present fiscal year. The
posts which the president and secre-
tary tentatively decided today to en-
large to brigade posts are those at
Fort Robinson, Neb. Fort Riley, Fort
Leavenworth. Kans.; Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas; Fort D. A. Russell, Wis
consin; Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
1t is desired to have one in Penn
sylvania and one on the Pacific coast
but these will have to be taken care of
later. Final action regarding these
posts will be taken a week from next
Monday when Secretary Taft Will
make second visit to Oyster Bay.
The army appropriation act carries
100000 for the erection OF army
posts. 1t also carries $3,000,000 for
barracks and quarters and $l2,0OO,OoO
for the transportation of the army.
Before this can be expended COM
plete plan as to what it shall be used
for must be made and the lump sum
appropriations SO apportioned that no
deficiency will be created.
He suggests that provision be made
for manenvers of practical kind. la
his plan he says the generals and colo
nels would have opportunity to han
die regiments, brigades and divisions
and the commissary and medical de-
partments would be tested IN thu
field
Provision, he maintains, should ba
mace of the promotion of exception
ally meritorious men over the heads
of their comrades, and for the retire
ment of all men who have reached 4
given age without going beyond
given rank.
The locations selected for the posts
are all places where the government
has large reservations and where
troops may be mobilized to advan-
tage for manoeuvers or other pur-
poses. AT Oglethorpe, Ga, the post i;
adjacent to the Chickamauga National
Park.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Mayor Rose in Contempt.

Topeka, Kan.-The State Supreme
Court handed down decision holding
Mayor w. w. Rose Of Kansas City,
Kan, in contempt for having assumed
the office Of Mayor after the court had
busted him for the non-enforcement
Of the prohibition law and the law
against gambling. In the order today
Mayor Rose is ordered to relinqulsh
the office and is fined $1,000 for con-
tempt. The court further ordered II
Mayor Rose fails to pay the fac with
in twenty days he shall be committed
to jail until such time as it is paid.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Many Farmers Institutes.

President ]. C. Hardy, of the Mis-
sissippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, states that the series of farm
er's institutes to be held ii the State
during the summer will be inaugu
rated within the next week.
The itinerary. as thus far arranged
consists of over two hundred inssl-
tutes, and the faculty of The college
will be kept quite busy throughout
the summer travelling from point 10
point over the state and addressing
the meetings Of farmers.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

Carpentersville, N. J.-Jacob Boyer
Died to death from wound accidental
ly inflicted while he was attempting
to kill dog that was Supposed to
have gone mad from the excitement
Of the celebration of the Fourth.
When the dog began to show signs
of rabies Mr.. Boyer followed it into
the yard and shot ii. The dog did
not die at once and as Mr.. Boyer lean
ed over he struck it with the butt of
his revolver
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
The America is Safe.

New York.---Information has reach
ed here that the Fabre steamer Amer
lea, due to reach New York fourteen
days ago from Marseilles and Naples,
arrived at Bermuda il tow of the
Ialian steamship Dinnamare. All Of
her ITO passengers and crew were in
good health. The America was picked
up on June %, short distance off the
Azores Islands, in a disabled coldi-
ton, by the Dinnamare.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Was Playing With Pistol.

Hickman, Ky Willie Travester
aged 6 years, was accidentally shot
and fatally wounded by his older
brother at their home in West -Hick-
man. The older boy was playing with
a toy pistol, when it was accidentally
discharged. The bullet passed through
the child s body, entering the left side
and coming out about the center Of
the back. He lived about twenty-foul
hours after the accident.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Gen. Lee Goes to Atlanta.

Gen. Stephen D. Lee, member OF
the Vicksburg National Park Commis-
sion, is in Atlanta, where he went to
extend an invitation to Gov. Terrell,
and to the legislature to visit Vicks-
burg Park during the present session
Of the legislature, to look over the
field in the hopes that they will make
an appropriation to commemorate the
bravery Of the Georgia troops in the
park here.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Will Protest Order.

The Southern railway protest the
order Of the railroad commission, re
quiring that depot be built at Der
ma, small station on a new branch
of the Southern being built through
Coahoma county.
The protest will be based Oh the
claim that the commission has nj
right to order depots on a line OF
railway still in coursr Of construction
that the road has not yet become j
common carrier, but is still in the
hands Of the construction company
and the commission has no supervision
thereof.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Surveying Banks Of River.

A government survey will be made
of Filters bend and Albermarle bend
on the Mississippi side, also of Bed
ford s bend in Louisiana. The object
is to determine whether it is best to
revet the banks at the places named,
or to build new levaes. At the points
named the banks have been caving and
cutting rapidly for years, and the
commission may probably adopt the
plan Of revetting the banks. 1t will de-
pend on the recommendation of Cap
tain Hoffman s report after the sur
Nevs are made.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Lighthouse Tender Missing.

The Lighthouse Board has received
report from Lieutenant Commander
John Hood, lighthouse inspector at
Key West, Fla, stating that the light
house tender Laurel, due at Qua.
tanamo on June 27, has not reported
there, and search is now being made
for the vessel. The Navy Department
has beeen advised that the Osceola
has left on the the search. The Laurel
was fully provisioned.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Formidable Organization.

Before the end Of the year the Mis-
sissippi Cotton Association will pos
sess a formidable organization in ev-
cry cotton-growing county in the
state. The field work conducted by
President Walter Clark and Finan-
cial Agent P. K. Whitney during the
past few months has met with splen-
did results, and in order to maintain
the headway that has been gained and
put the organization on permanent
and enduring basis two more. agents
will be placed in the field within the
next few days.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
To Train Black Bayou.

Congressman Ben G. Humphreys has
notified Leroy Percy at Greenvilie
that the federal government will pay
the expense Of thorough survey Of
Black Bayou basin. If, when the sur
vey is made and the maps of the sec;
ton are completed, it is found prac-
ticable to properly drain the swamp
and it found that the cost is within
reason, thea an equitable basis of tax
alton for carrying on the drainage
work may be agreed on, the work
pushed and Washington county will
be benefited to an extent almost be-
vond estimate.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Greater VicSsburg.

"Greater Vicksburg" is now the
slogan of the enterprising and pro-
gressive citizens Of that city, and 1t Is
contemplated to carry on campaign
for the incorporation of the towns OF
Walters and Speeds into that Of Vlcks
burg. Ia that event Nieksburg would
have a population Of $4,000 and would
be shown by the census what 1t really
is-a large town, instead of one with
a population Of only about 1000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Extravaganza OF Congress.

Now that Congress has adjourned
sine die, it is yssible to arrive at a
fairly accurate estimate of the appro-
priations made during the recent ses-
sion. All records were broken in
the appropriations made for the sup
port of the government as the aggre-
gate of the sums drawn from the
treasury during the next fiscal year
will reach $8S0,000,0O0, or about $780,
100000 more than last year.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Searching for Murderer.

At Greenville parties are searching
the river for the murderer Of Bill
Schimmelphenig, light house keeper
on an island below the city. Schem-
melphenig also runs truck garden
and sells shrimps. A stranger ap-
preached his place in barge and on
Schimmelphenig's refusal to allow
him to land, drew a pistol and fired
twice at him, killing him instantly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
To Visit London.

After spending a few days at his
home in Yazoo City, Mr.. John Sharp
Williams will leave for New York.
from which point he sails for London
to attend the ntar-parliameatary con
ference.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Elected Professor of English.

The board of trustees of Mississippi
College have elected w. Fl. Weathers-
by of BrookhaVen assistant professor
of English. Mr.. Weathersby has ac-
cepted the place for the coming ses
sion, but will possibly retain his IN
terest in the South Mississippian and
return to newspaper work yea
hence
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Chancellorship Matter.

No intimation has been given out
from the governors office as to when
meeting of the board of trustees
will be held for the purpose Of select
ing new head for the University OF
Mississippi. In the meantime Chaacel-
lor Fulton is still in charge of the
institution, and will hold that position
until his successor is chosen and IN
stalled.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Fell in Boiling Water.

Little Marion Cohn, at Brookhaven
had the misfortune to fall in tub
OF boiling water and was painfully
burned. Both arms were blistered
from elbows to wrists and one hand
was submerged in the sealding fluid
DR.. Wilson, the attending physician
hopes for the best, but has some feal
Of blood poison complications.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Fifty Million Levee Appropriation

At their meetings to be held this
week the two Mississippi Levee
Boards will be formally invited tt
participate in the great Waterways
Convention to be held at st. Louis j.
November, at which movement will
be launched to secure a $50,00O,00t
appropriation from the national gov
ernment to improve the Mississippi
and it i, quite likely that the tws
boards will decide to attend in a body
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Devoted to the Industrial Commercial and Agricultural
DEVELOPMENT Of the Wonderful Resources Of the Stae.
Items of Interest from all Quarters
By II. e. BLAKESLEE. Jackson, Miss.

Abe Shepherd of Holmes county
gives the following pertinent infor-
nation regarding the use OF cotton
seed meal ia raising corn: Ninety.
six wants to know how to use cotton
seed meal to make it profitable as a
fertilizer for corn, and when to apply.
~ will say first; to break your land
early in the fall with double team
and then in March know that you have
it thoroughly in fine shape and plant.
When it is ready for work, bare off,
five or six inches deep with sharp
coulter on the p'ow, hoe out, put three
sacks Of meal in burrows, plough with
a six-inch shovel and use the same
amount of meal, which will make six
sacks to the acre. Plough middle out,
side harrow and in few days follow
ing with turning plow, throw middle
out with a fourteen-inch shovel, so
that the dirt will fall back in the fur
rowland you will get for your trou-
Bile, time and meal, excellent returns.
If you are not well pleased with the
result, let me know
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12
Rockefeller Summoned.

Findlay, O.-Judge Banker of the
probate court, has issued summons
for John D. Rockefeller in connection
with the suit recently fled here
against the Standard Oil Company
and its subsidy companies.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

The recent successful 'home-com-
ing' event IN Kentucky has set other
states to figuring on like events. 1t has
been suggested that one be called for
Mississippi tc take place during the
Exposition this fall. The Clarksdale
Register however, objects in the fol-
lowing unique manner:
"a friend of the Register thinks
that the Homecoming idea would be
a good one to adopt in Mississippi.
We disagree with him. 1t would de-
populate the great state of Texas,
break up the legislature of fourteen
western states and compel an adjourn
ment of Congress. And then it would
be unjust to the people of other sec
tions Of the country to aggregate all
of the brains in one spot and risk the
consequence of an earthquake or a
cyclone. A Mississippi homecoming
would be great event, but the coun-
try. really can't afford it,"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

Itta Bena has recently established
a factory that is unique and interest
ing. 1t has recently been accorded an
exemption from taxation from the
fact that it manufactures a finished
article from the crude material. Tu-
pelo gum is the material used and it
is turned into bowls of various sizes,
polished and placed on the market
ready for use. This is "a great factory.
Tupelo gum has long been known to
possess qualities of toughness and du-
rability under certain conditions, but
the uses for it have been limited in
deed This factory takes the timber
and makes articles that command a
price, thereby utilizing wood that
has not had a market value and bring
ing to the state many dollars for dis
tribution. This is the kind of a fac
tory that should be gladly welcomed
by any community.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

Mississippi has fattering prospects
for crops Of ever kind just at pres
ent and indications are that the year
will prove most prosperous one.
There will be little emigration to west
ern states under such conditions and
there is no occasion for aay at all.
Our own state offers more to the
young, rniddle-aged and old than any
state in the Union, and the sooner
this fact is made generally known, the
better for all interested
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

The question is often asked agri-
cultural papers for means of de-
stroyiag coco grass, or nut grass as
is frequently called. So far, no prac-
tical remedy for the pest has been
made public, and it is doubtful i
there is one. Some may have theories,
but not actual experiences to offes
The writer was in charge of the cap
itol grounds at Jackson for two years,
a Plat was covered with coco.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

The Masonic Grand Lodge of Mis-
sissippi is erecting splendid monu-
ment to the memory of it's departed
Grand Secretary, John Logan Power,
which is token of esteem to a grand
and good man. Mississippi suffered an
irreparaible loss in the death of this
truly good man. His devotion to the
best interests Of his state was remark
able and the good done will last for
years to come. He was charitable and
kind, hundreds Of widows and orphans
still living to testify to his many
kindnesses to them Oh numerous oc-
casions. For number of years he con-
Quoted a department in the ready
print service Of the state papers that
was Of incalculable benefit to the state
His many virtues are too numerous to
mention here, so let the people com
mend the action Of his former crafts
men in erecting to his memory suit.
able shaft in Greenwood cemetery.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

Through the efforts of Vice-Pres-
ident Washington Of the Cotton As
sociation, Starkville is to have cot
ton warehouse for the purpose of car
ing for cotton safely and cheapiy
while being held for a fair price.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-07-12

Acting under the law made to spe-
cially provide for such cases, contract
was recently made with Indiana par
ties for canal sixteen miles long for
the purpose of draining swamp or
overfowed lands in Chickasaw county.
The canal will be sixteen feet wide
and varying depth. It will straighten
creek and reclaim several Thousand
acres of very rich land. The entire cost
is estimated at $4,000 and will be
raised by the sale Of bonds, same to
be refunded by taxing the benefited
land small amount ON each acre for
a number of years. Several districts
in different sections of the state have
tried this during the past few years
and find that it is an excellent in
vestment. Exceedingly fertile land is
brought into cultivation at small
cost and that distributed until the
land owner scarcely realizes that i
has cost him anything.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-23

The American swine Of today are
very different from their English an
cestors, which few centuries ago con-
sfituted one Of the chief sources Of
British wealth. The improvement in
the race is largely due to the introduc-
ton Of the Chinese and Neapolitan
breeds. The crossing of the former up
on the English hog has resulted in the
production Of the Berkshire, Essex, Po-
land China, Small Yorkshire and Suf-
folk breeds. The Chinese hog Ia re-
markably prepotent, as Is shown by the
vert to the original type. This is doubt
less owing to the many centuries Of in
breeding which have so firmly hxed its
characteristics. One Of the most i'm
portant of these is its propensity to
fatten under the most adverse circum-
stances. This superabundance of fat
prevents the flesh of this breed being
highly esteemed in this country, but II
has had q most valuable effect in modi-
flying the lean, gaunt hogs of England.
while the Neapolitan has added delica-
cy Of flavor. The original Chinese hog
Is a very peculiar shape. 1t has q
long body, with short legs, very heavy
Jowls, small prick ears, short head
neck and snout and the eyes wide
apart. In color it is white or black OF
a mixture of both, with the white pre-
dominating.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-23
HOLBEIN, THE ARTIST.

His Early Training and His Wide
Range of Genius.
Born at Augsburg, almost at the very
end of the fifteenth century, twenty-six
years later than Durer and twenty
years after the date usually given as
that of the birth of Titan, Holbein was
a child of the high renaissance and,
slowly as the renaissance crept north
ward, fell early under Italian influence.
ent career at the age Of seventeen or
eighteen, this influence must have been
greatly strengthened in some way and
reaches its visible height about 1926,
just before his first journey to Eng
land. The multifariousness of his
work during these early years Is some
what surprising to us who have learned
to think of him as almost exclusively
a portrait painter Here is an all round
artist who can turn his hand to any
thing and in the absence of steady en-
ployment Is very willing to do so.
Book Illustrations, portraits, designs
for stained glass, anything from initial
letters to altar pieces, he is glad to do,
and he does them with a wonderful
fertility of invention and precocious
mastery. The earliest are decidedly
German In accent, reminding one not
a little Of Durer, but almost from the
first there Is a finer taste In ornament
and In architecture, greater freedom
Of movement, a more Italianate cos
tune and more concentrated compo-
sition, while the study Of light and
shade becomes early visible preoccu-
patton. There is a whole series of his
cartoons for glass In the museum at
Basel which are worth attentive study,
and the designs for the shutters of the
Basel church organ, there preserved,
seem to me admirable In character, in
decorative propriety and in beauty of
hne-far finer than anything Of the
same sort by Durer or by any other
northerner AS for his little woodcuts
of the Dance of DEATH" every one
knows them, and every one admires
them. No one else has packed so much
action, SO much energy, so much fan
cy, into such small compass. These
tiny blocks are among the worlds
masterpieces of designs.-Kenyon Coz
In ScribneE's.