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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
GAMRI1NG IN STOCKS.

Representative Campbell of Kansas,
author of the resolution that resulted
in the Standard Oil investigation, is con-
sidering movement for Legislation at
the next session of Congress to prevent
gambling in stocks. He said that deals
in stocks and bonds wherein there is ut
delivery, or thought of it, constitute
gambling pure and simple.
81. IS a question worthy Of serioas
consideration, he added, whether
the Interstate Commerce clause of the
Constitution is broad enough to prevent
gambling in the production and trans
portation of commodities entering into
interstate and foreign commerce. This
last furry on Wall Street was not caus-
ed by fall in values of stocks and
bonds of railroads and manufacturing
enterprises, but was a panicky condition
created by lot of gamblers. 1t affect
ed the whole country, reached into the
Treasury and disturbed the peace. The
railroads were never so prosperous, their
gross earnings never so large. 1t is not
right that they should be the subject
of manipulation by gamblers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29

An effectual treatment for worms
In sheep, which is recommended by
the Ohio Experiment Station, is to
put gallon of fiaxseed in a cheese
cloth sack and place it in a kettle
with two gallons of water and
let it steep for two hours. Remove
the bag and let it drain thoroughly
into the kettle. When the flaxseed
tea is about as warm as freshly drawn
milk, put four ounces into bottle
and add a common tablespoonful Of
gasoline for each sheep of sixty to
eighty pounds weight. Shake we'll
for minute or two, then turn into
the drenching bottle and give to the
sheep. Have the sheep set up on its
rump and held between the knees,
taking care not to throw the head
farther back than the line of the
back. The sheep should be soused
every evening and not fed before
10 o'clock, when the dose may be
given. Allow them to remain three
hours longer without food or drink;
then let them feed until evening. Re-
peat this treatment for three days
and in weeks time give three days
more treatment and again repeat at
the end of ten days more, always Civ
ing the medicine after about sixteen
hours fasting and fasting about three
three hours after giving it. The
flaxseed tea need not be made fresh
each time. but should be warmed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
CITIZENS MUST MARRY.

Fort Dodge, lathe message of 5.
j. Bennett of the city council, urging
that every male or female of marriage
able age, who persists in remaining sin
gle, should be penalized, was taken in
earnest by the council, and this ordin
ance was passed:
All able-bodied persons between the
ages of twenty-five and forty-fv years,
whose mental and physical propensiticq
are normal and who are not now mar
ried, shall be required to obtain IL
cense and wed within sixty days or be
subject of fine of from $40 to 500. +"
The ordinance passed to its third
reading amid great applause.
Mayor Bennett said tonight: eff
there are any who desire to escape the
penalty described, viii be at my office
at all hours to perform the marriage
ceremony free of charge. The day is
coming when every up-to-date city in
the land viii pass similar statute.
The act is in the interest of good NOR
ais and sound public policy"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
Remarkable Industrial Data.

The cottonseed oil industry is scat
tered all over the South, but it's gen.
eral centre is Memphis. For a CEN
tury after cotton became the king of
textile staples, the cottonseed was
despised as worthless vexation.
Then its utilization was begun. In
1880 nearly $4,000,0o0 worth of cot
tonseed oil and by-products was pro-
duced. Last year the best estimates
placed the amount at $50, 1000, 900, or
twenty times more than the product
of 1880.
Pittsburg makes enough steel rails
each day to build over eleven miles OF
railroad track. One of the unique
features of the smoky city is its won-
derful marine commerce. 1t is at the
head of navigation on the Ohio River,
and ships 100000 tons of freight
by water each year, although boats
can only be handled during the high
water stage. If it had nine-foot
stage all the year round, there is no
telling to what dimensions its marine
commerce would reach.
Cities which send the products of
the United States to foreign lands
must needs gather them from within.
New York ships more wheat and re-
ceives more wheat than any other
city in the world. A large portion of
this grain has previously beer coli
lected at Buffalo. Next to New York,
Portland, Ore, at the other end of
the American empire, ships more
wheat than any other city here or
abroad. Portland leads all the world
in the shipment of lumber, and on ac-
count of being situated near the
great uncut forests, it will probably
| lead in lumber production for many
/ years to come. Indianapolis News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
GET RAISE JULY l.

Under the recent act of Congress,
making appropriations for the postal
service for the fiscal year, the postmas-
ter general may fix the salaries of car
riers in the rural delivery service at a
rate not exceeding 5000 per annum after
July /, 1907. The highest rate now
paid under the existing law is 1920. The
adjustment of salaries under the new
law has not been fully determined, but
it is proposed to allow the maxinlm
rate, 5000, to all carriers on routes
twenty-four or more miles in length.
This viii give approximately $22, 500, :os
about sixty per cent. of the carriers an
advance in salary of $3.50 per annum.
A substantial increase in pay for other
carriers is contemplated, but the chief
benefciaries of the new law will be
those serving the longer routes upon
whom the greater hardships of the SER
vice fall.
The pay of substitute rural carriers
viii also be increased in many cases.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT INTERFERE
CANNOT ACCEDE TO REQUESTS
OF RAILROAD EXECUTIVES.
VAS PROMISED IMMUNITY
PUTER' OF LAND FRAUD FAME
SO DECLARES THE AGRICULTU-
RAL BANK IN THE PHILIPPINES
WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY EN-
GLISH CAPITALISTS.

Washington. President Roosevelt told
Isaac N. Seiigman, of the banking firm
of j. & l. n. Seligman, of Wall Street,
that he could not aceedc to the requests
of the railroad presidents and issue a
statement calling on the various States
to stop their hostile railroad legislation
On leaving the White House, Mr.
Seligman made it apparent that the re-
quest of j. Pierpont Morgan that tho
President should intercede for the rail
roads before the various State legisla.
lures could be compiled with because of
the certainty that such course would
be bitterly resented. Mr. Segilman said
The railroads have made some sug-
gestions to the Presluent which I dc
not think he can carry out The Presi
dent, however, is willing to meet these
men half way, and he says he will be
very glad to discuss these matters thai
are now of so much vital interest. Bni
l do not see that there is much the
President can do to allay the apprehen-
sion that exists in some quarters. The
one thing he might 90 would te in
fringement on the rights of States
that is, to use his influence in trying
to mitigate, or rather to prevent, tho
Western States from passing the 2-ceDt
fare laws, which are disastrous to rail
roads. / rather think these attacks arc
temporary. They are result of thC
outbreaks against corporations, growing
out OF recent disclosures, and viii regu
late themselves in time.
81 want to say that Wall Street is
very unfair and unjust to the Prcsi
dent. There has been great deal OF
feeling against him there. Some of my
friends express the most violent animosi
ty toward him. l tell all these mel
that the President is doing what is best
for ALL While few share my views
the majority of the people in Wal
Street, when their pockets are damaged
feel that the President is to blame.
''The President, in my opinion, IS
looking ahead. He is seeing abuses
which have crept into conditions, and is
showing US the way, and the proper way
to avoid them in the future. We will
all be thankful to him in time-if not
this generation, then the next one The
present disturbance, which is injuring
some corporations, is only temporary
At times the President may appear 10 be
going too far, but in the end it viii
all come out right. -
Mr. Seligman added that the Pres;
dent had the greatest confidence in Mr.
Cortelyou, his Secretary of the Treas
ury, and would not interfere with hin
in the operations of the Treasury De
partment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29

One of the most interesting and
novel schemes that are resorted to
when it comes to "doctoring" up a
horse for sale is 'peroxiding." Horses
just suitable for carriage work, save
that they do not quite match in color,
are now chemically colored to the
tint desired in the twinkling of an
eye. A peroxided' horse shows
what has been done to him soon after
his new owner takes him away and
frequently he has to be touched
up" This bleaching does not injure
the horse any more than it does the
average girl; but the chemically
tinted coat seldom looks we'll when
closely examined, the dark roots of
the hair showing on careful inspec-
tion. Yet it deceives the average
buyer and so answers the purpose
of the unscrupulous horse trader
The Epitomist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29

secting at Throckmorton and Sevet II.
None, however, dared to enter the
death hole IN the lumber yard and ey
cry story of the shooting added to its
luridness. In the meantime the body
of the dead county attorney lay in u
drug store and the dying deputy sheriff
was IN the office of a doctor only block
away. About this time the police pa.
troll wagon came dashing through the
crowd and soon the officers came out
dragging Thompson with them and hold
ing their empty pistols in their hands.
The mob then threw themselves upon
the officers and were only prevented
from rending what they supposed to be
the dead body of the gambler by the
display of empty pistols and the decla-
ration that the double murderer was
dead.
He was loaded into the wagon and
with Thompson lying On the floor, it
dashed off down the street two blocks
to the police station.
With mob hanging on to the steps
of the hoodlum wagon and demanding
the life of the wounded prisoner on the
floor, the wagon reached the station and
the prisoner was carried bodily into the
police hospital. The story was then
spread that he was dead and the mob
quieted down.
County Attorney Mclean had been an
implascable foe to gambling. He has
led hundred raids since he has been in
office and last fall the gamblers tried
their best to defeat him, but he was re-
elected on the record he had made.
He comes of a splendid family and
was son of the first railroad commits
sioner of Texas and former member IF
congress. He has been married less than
a year and was a fearless and splendid
young man.
There is talk here tonight of lynch
ing every gambler that does not get out
of town at once. But whether such dras
tic measures follow or not the tragedy
viii no doubt seal up the joints for
time at least
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
Crisp Farm Comment.

Money is not the only thing in the
world. There is more enjoyment IN
the country than in the city and we
get more out of life.-Mrs. H. j.
Stevens, Kennebec County, Me.
Prune and spray your fruit trees
while sluggards sleep; you raise ap-
pies to sell and apples to keep.-A. A.
Eastman, Penobscot County, Me.
Farming is now profession and Is
not held by men who are holding on
by their gills waiting for the time
when the farm can be cut up into
building lots.-F. E. Dawley, Onon-
daga County, N. Y.
1t is the city man who goes fishing
Sunday; the farmer who goes during
the week.-Boyden Bearce, KennebeC
County, Me.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
UNION PLAN FAILED.
MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
DELEGATES BOLT.

Chicago.-An act of union, by which
the Congregational, United Brethren,
and Methodist protestant churches of
fourteen states are formed into one large
religious organization to be known as the
United Churches, was consummated here
by the general conference of delegates
from different parts of the country. The
final vote on the policy report was kno%n
after strenuous session in which the
Methodist Protestant delegates from
Louisiana and Mississippi "bolted' the
conference and refused to have anything
to do with the union planned. The
unifcation of the three churches brings
together more than 100000 communi-
cants and the new church will be about
the fourth largest Christian church or
ganization in the United States. The
action of the Southern delegates came
as a complete surprise to the conference,
as It was thought that the entire assem-
bly, was in harmony. 1t was brought
about by R. R. M Watson, editor of
the Christian Standard, of Briel Miss.
''In no place does the report men
ton, sanctifcation should be upon re-
generation - said Mr.. Watson. Protest
ing that the report practically removes
the old and new established creed as
representative of Mississippi and Louis
lana he withdrew and refused to have
anything to do with the union.
After several exciting speeches; L.
which the Southern delegates were urged
to relinquish their ground, Watson again
took the floor and announced that re
could not be true to his constituents and
approve the union plan. He MAS fol
lowed by j. E. Carr, president of the
Louisiana conference, who concurred in
the secession movement. The policy re-
port will now be referred to the local
and State churches and viii also he sent
to Louisiana and Mississippi in the hope
that it will be adopted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
ROOSEVELT COMMENDED.

President Roosevelt has received tele-
grams from a number of commercial,
waterway and other organizations in the
West congratulating and commencing
him upon the appointment of an inland
waterways commission to consider and
report comprehensive plan for the inn
provement of the inland waterways.
They have come from the Chamber of
Commerce and the Businessmen s Club
of Cincinnati, the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, the Business League
of st. Louis; the Lakes to the Gulf
Deep Waterways Association, the Mer-
chants Exchange of st. Louis, the MI
niciPal Council and various organiza-
tions of Memphis, from the Tennessee
and Memphis Branches of the Lakes to
the Gulf Deep Waterways Association.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
A Few Nevers.

Never milk with wet hands.
Never mix warm with cool milk.
Never take chances with the bull.
Never close a can containing warm
milk.
Never try-t to break kicker with
a club. Try kindness.
Never form the habit of feeding
and milking at irregular hours.
Never allow the cans to stay in the
dairy stable while being filled with
milk.
Never add an animal to the dairy
herd before being sure it is free from
disease.
Never buy a cow on her pedigree
alone. 1t is her performance at the
pail that counts most.
Never allow COWS to become excited
by hard driving, unkind words, or un-
necessary disturbance. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
Poultry Notes. --ass.


80 Poultry Notes. ~ --a@s-s<si
A poultry house without a grit box
and dust bath is incomplete.
A bone cutter costs money, but it
helps to make more money from the
flock.
Too much cannot be said for the
dust bath in winter. All too often
this is overlooked, to the detriment
of the flock.
1t is not a good plan to force the
breeders for laying; it is apt to cause
infertility in eggs. Let them come
along to laying naturally.
Improvement in the flock is made
only by applying good business judg-
ment in selecting and mating the
breeders and feeding so as to insure
health and vigor.
Air Stacked lime sifted or scattered
over the dropping boards will assist
the cleaning process materially, and
also take up much Of the dampness
from the droppings.
Breeding stock can be bought now
at much lower price than will be
asked for in the spring. 1t is a good
plan to buy few fowls to start with
rather than to buy eggs.
Save the small potatoes and other
vegetables that would otherwise go to
waste and feed them to the fowls.
This will help in keeping up the egg
yield in cold weather.
The winter is a good time to put
in studying up better methods OF
mating, feeding and caring for the
flock. No one has succeeded in reach
ing perfection; there is always room
to improve.
The best way to protect poultry
at night in very cold weather is to
have curtains arranged to drop
around them during very cold wealth
er. This prevents the escape of heat
to a great extent and still leaves free
access to pure air. 81
A frequent cause of male birds get-
ting their wattles frozen comes from
first getting them wet in the drink
ing water. The drinking fountains
that give only room Co get the beak
into the water are to be preferred for
this reason.-Commercial Poultry. 4
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
BOY MEETS TRAGIC DEATH.

Crawford, Tex.-Rc.7ert Farmer, IL
year-old boy, met horrible death. The
boy, while hunting chased rabbit under
a road bridge and in order to secure
it pried up slab of stone sixteen feet
long and ten inches WIDE While be-
meath the prop fell, the stone falling
on the boys neck and holding him un-
til life was extinct. The body was
found by neighbor while still warm.
The boy had made frantic struggles for
liberty as the ground was torn up and
the flesh was scraped from the knees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29

Secretary Taft has received advices
from Gov. Magoon at Havana, that never
in the history of Cuba has there been
50 much sugar cane harvested as there
has been in The past month. The gov
ernor deplored the fact, however, TINT
there is not so much cane being planted
as had been expected. This is taken as
an Indication that the uncertain condi-
tions in Cuba are having serious effect
on business.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
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$3.OOO.00O COTTON MILL

Guadalajara. The Compania Indus
trial De Guarelajara, a French concern
VIII soon begin the erection of a big
cotton mill in this city at cost of
43u00,Ooo. The company already opc-
retes several mills In this vicinity and
viii combine them under one roof. The
demand for cotton goods IS steadily "a:
cIcasing and the company therefore, .le-
cisled 10 increaae their output.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
WAS PROMISED IMMUNITY


s. A. D. Puter testified for the gov
ernment in the Hartman trial regarding
fraud and bribery in land deals. Just as
his cross examination was closing At
torney Worthington, for the defense
asked:
"Were you ever promised immunity
by any representative of the government
for your tcstimony2'
To a certain extent | have been,
was the answer. Puter explained that
after he had been convicted in the case
for which he is now serving two years
sentence in the Multanoah county jail
in Oregon, he had gone at once to United
States Attorney Heney and offered to
tell all he knew about land frauds
'Heney told me, said the witness
elf | became witness for the govern
ment he would not pursue those other
indictments against me, but would have
them dismissed when the time came.
Puter said he received no special f.
fors in jail, but was locked in cell
as any other prisoner. He has, he said
served nearly year of his term.
Did you try to bribe the grand jury
that indicted you?" asked Mr.. Wccc III
ington.
81 did" was the answer
The witness then explained that he
had given a man named Brownell $50
to influence two of the grand jurors
to see that true bill was not return
ed against him. This effort failed.
Were you engaged in criminal op-
erations after your coz ilon, and prior
to your sentence?'
sfYes, to a certain extent. That IS,
I was dealing in great deal of state
land with alleged fraudulent titles'
Regarding the two one thousand dol
lar bills which the witness said he gave
the late Senator Mitchell to fix things
regarding these claims, Mr.. Worthing-
ton brought out the statement that the
witness got them from Charles Chaffee,
President of the Wisconsin National
Bank of Milwaukee. He received six
such bills as a loan on some property
before reaching Washington on that Wis
it. Mr.. Worthington also secured tAe
admission of witness that he had regis
tered at various hotels in Washington
under assumed names.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
WTHEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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PENROSE Is ACQUITTED

San Antonio. Maj. C. w. Penrose
was acquitted of the charge of the neg
lect of duty preferred against him at
the instance of President Roosevelt fol
alleged misconduct in connection with the
shooting up of Brownsville by negro
soldiers of the twentyffth infantry last
August
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COUNCIL

San Francisco.-By vote of 65 to
Z, resolutions were adopted by the San
Francisco Labor Council condemning the
municipal government and those otllcials
who have betrayed their trust and call
ing for the vigorous prosecution of cv-
cry corruptionist, the bribe giver as well
as the bribed officials.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
FLAsHLIGHT SYSTEM.

The first shipment of material for the
fashlight system which is to be installed
in the local Cumberland Telephone Elk
Company is remodeling the entire second
floor of the Democrat building, in which
the exchange is located, and will install
the new system as son as the carpenters
are through with their work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
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RIG FIRE IN MEMPHIS.

Memphis.-A freight house of the
Illinois Central railroad, together With
twenty-five car loads of merchandise and
six empty freight cars, were destroyed
by fire entailing a loss estimated at
$65, GOO. The fire, however, was practi-
cally confined to the building in which
it originated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
WANTS. NO REORGANIZE CHURCI

WAN10 IL REOhGAN LIE CdU hNI1.
Mexico City.-A special dispatch from
Guadalajara says: Deacon John Lewis,
an official of the Zion Church who ar
rived in Guadalajara last week to look
over some mining investments in the
State of Jalisco, received the news of his
appointment as first apostle of the
church by the last will and testament
of John Alexander Dowie.
Lewis declares the news came abso-
lutely as a surprise to him and declined
to say what he intended to do in the
premises. He said, however, that he
intended to return to Chicago Immediate
ly and take charge of the business af-
fairs of the Christian Apostolic Catholic
Church of Zion, in accordance with the
wishes expressed in the last will of
Dowie and the executors. He declared
that it was his purpose to do all in
his power to reorganize the church and
bring the warning factions together. He
maintained that he owed this to Dowie,
whom he characterized as an always
faithful leader.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29
BISHOP GAIInWAY unnE

Bishop and Mrs. Charles B. Galloway,
who have been spending the winter and
spring in Florida, has returned home
The distinguished divine has been COM
pletely restored to his former health
and yigor and will be given warm well
come home by citizens of Jackson and
the State generally.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-29

Practically the entire province Of Mol.
davia, Roumania, has become involved in
the agrarian riots. Numerous casual
ties are reported in the fighting between
troops and peasants.