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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH
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JANUARY.
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McIllwain, %.
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me at my office ready to wait on you.
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for collection, T.. Il. Fry,
Trustee
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CAMDEN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS.

S. l.. Peeler, mayor; T. j. Lowry, F. E. Nc
Elyea, Henry F. Stigall, L. r. Watson and j. O..
Durdin, aldermen; Steve A. Clement. recorder;
Isaac N Wilson, marshal; j. II. Combs deputy
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
The COWBOY Rishop.

Once, while still Bishop of Wyom-
ing and Idaho, Bishop Talbot went
to st. Paul to attend a meeting of
dignitaries of the church. There one
noon, on the porch of the hotel, a
tramp approached group of bishops
and asked for aid.
NO." one of the churchmen re-
piled, Il don't think we can do any,
thing. But down there is the young
est bishop of us all" (pointing to
Bishop Talbot; "and he's a very
generous man."
The tramp went to Bishop Talbot,
and the others watched with interest.
They saw look of surprise come
over the tramp's face-they saw that
the bishop was talking eagerly,
earnestly-they saw the tramp look
perturbed-but they finally saw that
something passed from hand to hand.
The tramp tried to get away with
out speaking to those of the group,
but the former spokesman called to
him.
We'll, did you get something from
our young brother?"
The tramp grinned sheepishly
mo; l gave him a dollar for his nev
cathedral at Laramie! -Harper's.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
How Cleveland Hopes to Make
Prisoners and Patients Self
Supporting.
BY W. Frank Mcclure.

Cleveland's new farm colony of
1900 acres, on which are being
grouped in separate villages the city
workhouse prisoners, the infirmary
wards and the patients suffering from
tubercuiar disease, represents an in
novation in municipal affairs that is
bound to attract attention. The pop
ulation of this city farm, already
numbering into the hundreds, will I'LL
timately reach 1000. The present
area will probably be increased to
5000 acres when all the city's penal,
sanitary and philanthropic institu-
tions shall have been moved from
the busy streets far into the country.
The new plan not only represents a
philanthropy, but also an economy,
one department or Institution being
made to serve another, to the end
that the whole is to become self-sup-
porting, if the hopes entertained for
it are realized.
The site of this new city farm is
some ten miles from the central part
of Cleveland, near the little rural
town of Warrensville. 1t is 600 feet
above Lake Erie, the highest point in
Cuyahoga County. The air is just
the thing for tubercular troubles, and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
A Naval Prediction.

The chief constructor of the French
Navy is quoted as saying that he is
convinced that the battleship and
armored cruiser must before long be
merged into a single type, the battle
cruiser. This resultant concentra-
ton of great attack and defense with
extreme speed will, he believes, be
found illustrated, say, in 1915. in a
vessel of $4,000 tons, mounting
unit battery of high calibre guns and
developing a speed of not less than
twenty-five knots.
The French constructor is also per-
suaded that any navy now bold
enough to lay down battleships of
$4,000 tons displacement will by
one stroke secure tremendous adj
vantage over all its rivals, because a
squadron of four such vessels will
greatly outelass six battleships less
effective in. the energies that can be
assembled .-Engineer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
HOME OF F. s. KEYS YOUTH
To Be Saved From Vandals and De-
cay.

cay.
That the Francis Scott Key house
may be saved from destruction and
rescued from its present degeneration
into billboard for the advertisement
OF patent wares, memorial associa-
ton has been incorporated in Wash
ington, headed by some of the most
prominent public men of the nation,
for the purpose of purchasing it, fill
ing it with the family relics of the
author of ''The Star-Spangled Ban
ner," and preserving it as museum
and as monument to his memory.
Among the corporators are Admiral
George Dewey, Rear-Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley, retired; Justice Louis
E. McComas, of the District Court of
Appeals; District Commissioner H. B.
F. MacFarland and others.
The Key house stands in what was
Georgetown before it fused with
Washington and became part Of the
city. 1t is on the terrace below the
hill upon which stands Georgetown
University and at the foot of the
great bridge which spans the Poto-
mac leading into Virginia and to the
National Cemetery at Arlington. 1t
is on the route of travel usually TAX
en- by tourists, and can be seen in it's
narrow street from the hill or from
the bridge. This part of Georgetown
is older than Washington and full of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
North Country Indians.

One of the most distinctive features
of the Hudson Bay Company, says
the author of The North Country,
is the cultivation of the Spartan vir-
tue of truth upon the part of its en-
ployes in dealing with the Indians.
No Misrepresentation is permitted for
the purpose of effecting sales in that
service, or for any other purpose, and
any infraction of the rule is promptly
met with summary dismissal.
This money-making corporation
thoroughly believes, and it's long ex-
perience fully demonstrates, that the
Indian of the North Woods is not
only industrious, but honest as well.
Upon this theory an Indian comes
into trading post in August or Sep
TENDER without a cent. He has no
furs to sell, but he has many needs
to supply. He requires -four, tea,
sugar, bacon, new gun, powder,
shot and bullets, traps and many
other things to maintain him eight
months during the winter He has
honesty, industry and skill; and for
bAO PoAJ VI o0CA bA4o ID
Gent.
He is furnished with all he desires,
and the company extends him credit
on its books for supplies aggregating
from $500 to $500, and the Indian,
with loaded canoe, departs into the
forest to his hunting grounds 800 or
500 miles distant.
The trader loses no sleep, for he
knows that when June has thawed
out the ice of the lakes and streams
the canoes will return, bearing their
valuable furs, and he will be busy
balancing accounts with his former
debtors, who have returned to dis
charge their debts and to receive
credit for the additional furs they
have brought to the trader.
Last summer a post trader was
asked about the frequency of bad
accounts. He replied that he never
had bad account; that it sometimes
happened that the Indian was unable
to make full payment. but in such
cases the payment was simply post
poned until he had a more successful
hunt.
The only event which prevents the
Indian from paying is his death, and
in that case the company cancels the
debt
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
The Honest Man
and the MaSnate
By POWELL THURsToN MANNING.

A Magnate and an Honest Man
stood by high bridge, under which
train was passing.
capitalization ten Millions" said
the Magnate, in his off-hand manner.
much water?"
Plenty" replied the Honest Man.
"The river nearby furnishes enough
for drinking and steaming"
The Magnate bent a sad gaze upon
the Honest Man. Presently he asked:
What is that arrangement rising
from the track near the signal
tower?"
That" replied the Honest Man,
''is safety device"
The Magnate looked bored. "Oil,
coal and timber lands exploited?" he
inquired.
NO" replied the Honest Man,
without any emotion.
The veins on the neck of the Mag
nate swelled; his face grew purple.
will you kindly inform me-" he
choked, what is the object of this
corporation?"
why, transportation, of course, -
was the frank reply.
The Magnate clutched at the rail
for support; slowly sank to his knees,
and expired. Moral: The Millennium
may be nearer than some think
From Puck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21

When All automobile is running at
high speed the rubber tires are rap
idly warmed, and the heat sometimes
becomes very great, with resultant
injury to the rubber. The cause of
this accumulation of heat in the tire
is ascribed to the kneading of the
rubber, which generates heat faster
than it can be radiated away. For
this reason manufacturers have
found it to be an advantage to have
metal parts in the tread, suck as the
ends Of rivets. In contact with the
tire because the metal, being good
radiator, helps to carry off the heat
to the outer air. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
Change in Country Life.

A change has come over country
life and over the attitude toward
rural education. State school super
intendents consider it their duty to
minister to the welfare and progress
of rural schools, State Legislatures
are providing special normal schools
for country teachers, old normal
schools are offering courses in coun-
try life subjects; State agricultural
colleges are aiding normal schools
by short courses for teachers and
experts are preparing textbooks, bull
letins and reading matter on nature
study and agriculture; teachers as
sociations and farmers organizations
discuss these matters and school
journals and agricultural papers are
almost unanimous in support of the
movement for better rural schools
and more instruction related to their
environment
Secretary Wilson is enthusiastic
over solution of how to keep the
boy on the farm. His proposal is to
give better training in agriculture,
which brings with it a love of coun-
try life. He proposes the agricultural
high school as a preliminary to the
agricultural college. Economic forces
are already encouraging life on the
farm. It's product sells at good fig
ures and isolation is giving way under
the rural free delivery of mail and
rural telephones and better roads.
while large areas have been brought
into touch with the world by the troll
ley. Increasing interest of the city
people, absorbing as they have the
abandoned farms, is having whole
some effect upon the residents OF the
xnral districts. The Epitomist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
A Quaint Chinese Invitation.

Judge Burlington, of the Uniten
States court, who was in the city on
Monday, displayed to friends unique
thing in the way of an invitation. 1t
was received by DR.. Neal, relative
to the judge, who is a practicing ply
siclan in China, and it babe the doc
tor attend reception by Yong Shin
Gang, imperial governor of the Prov
ince of Shan 1'ung. The envelope is
about eight inches long and of the
typical thin Chinese red paper. DR.
Neal had written a careful interpre-
tation beside each Chinese character
before sending it to Judge Burlington
The invitation was written in the box
like Chinese characters, and the lit
cral translation is: Carefully settled
present moon-the eighty day-af-
ternoon--6 Observation-Disclosures,
Unexpectedly await-the ligh.
of--your presence Philadelphia.
Rzeord.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
WISE WORDS.

No revelation can come to the ir-
reverent.
Self-mastery is self-surrender to
an IDEAL
A large head is likely to have a
small opening.
Are you willing to be always just
what you are now?
The value of time depends upon
how you spend 1t.
The bread of life never comes from
the bread and butter parson.
Ferment is faster than fruitage.
But one is death; the other, life.
In the eyes of history the great
men are not the Harrimans and the
Morgans.
You can rarely induce another man
to do right by joining him in that
which is wrong.
Whoever hauls down the colors OF
his soul does treason to himself and
every other man.
A man who gets vision of saliva
ton and rises to it, must not wait by
the grave of his own past, nor return
to it very often.-Home Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
QUESTIONING

Two torturing questions vex nay soul,
And daily tax my self-control.
fight their fascination fell
Until / feel I must compel
An answer willy-nilly.
just two there are-here's number one
lone after that and / have done),
Did Shakespeare e'er his ma annoy,
And did she lick her darling boy,
And did she call him "WilIie?"
But this conundrum's not the worst
Although I've told it to you first.
Another question fills my brain,
And causes me much mental strain
II fairly makes me dizzy.
You've heard of Queen Elizabeth,
Who brought about Queen Mary's deoth,
Now did her father, Henry VIII,
Let his young daughter sit up late,
And did he call her "Lizzie?"
-Somerville Journal
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21

historic interest dating back to the
time when General Braddock landed
his redcoats there in Colonial days
and marched them into the wilder
ness to be cut to pieces.
1t has been fifty years since the
old house passed out of the hands of
the Key family, and in that time it
has fallen into great decay. The part
of the town which was once the IA
vorite residence place of the old fam
lilies has become a third-rate river
front community
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-06-21
VANISHING OF INDIANS MYSTERY OF AN ISLAND

The island. says this historian, was
were a number.of large villages and
numerous farms. Among other things
he describes a temple. This, he says,
was a large circular place, deliberately
decorated with feathers. In the CEN
ire was an immense idol of stone, on
either side of which were carved rude
of the sun and moon.
To this circular Enclosure all the ma
tives came to worship, and here they
made sacrifices of birds. How full of
beauty and poetry this unique offer
ling to their gods! How different
from the horrible rites of human sac
rifice prevalent on the mainland so
near them, yet how completely in &C
cord with the spirit which seems to
hang over the island to this dayi
There was one bird, however, which
was never sacrificed, says Torque-
mada, and that was the raven. These
sombre birds were held in the great
est veneration and were so tame they
would snatch the fish from the hands
of the women. 1t was considered
great honor to be robbed in this way.
The Spaniards were warned not to
modest the ravens, and 1t is possible
that they were considerate enough to
heed the warning. Torquemada does
not mention the slaughter of any of
the natives, from which one may infer
that this expedition was less blood
thirsty than most of those sent out
under Spanish auspices.
The fact that Santa Catalina was
well populated by race that had
progressed some degrees beyond bar
barism is borne out by other evidence
that the island was inhabited for at
least. hundred years after its dis
covery by Cabrillo, but there seems
to be, no record of the existence of
these people later than the middle of
the seventeenth century. What be-
came ,of them? That is the mystery
which adds another touch to the
magic of Santa Catalina. Torque-
mazda irftimates that there were thou
sands of these Indians There is no
reason to believe that they were ex-
terminated by the methods which de-
populated some of the Caribbean ISL
ands. If that had been the case there
surely would be mention of it in some
of the records.
Two theories have been suggested
to account for the absolute disappear
ance of this race from the island. One
is that contagious disease introduced
by the whites carried them off. The
other is that after the ablishment
of the missions on the coast in the
latter half of the eighteenth century
they may have been invited by the
monks to come over to the mainland
to escape the ravages of the Russians,
who were at that time, sending ex-
petitions down from their Alaska
possessions.