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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
MADE WATER DO THE WORK.

An instance of the practical ap.
plication of scientific education is
thus reported by an exchange: 1.-The
son of New York farmer recently
graduated from course in electrical
engineering. When he came home he
concluded that the little brook run
ming through the farm ought to go
to work for father. He built dam
and little power house, in which
were installed dynamos and motors.
At present the brook, which year
ago ran uselessly through the mea-
dows, furnishes electric light for the
house and barn, heat for the winter
months and power for the cream sep
arator, churn and other small ma
chinery about the place." The farmer
Is, doubtless. already much more than
repaid for the expense of his sons
scientific instruction, as is every pa
rent in time, in some way, who assists
his children to develop and be able
to make use of any special natural
ability they may possess in any line
Boston Cultivator.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Ask for Expulsion.

Butte, Montana.-The Butte min
ers union has adopted resolutions
calling on the convention of the West
ern Federation of Miners in session
at Denver to expel Thomas Booher, =
delegate from the Butte union, who
made a vicious attack on the United
States flag last week.
The union denounces the utterance
Of Booher. 1t is likely that action
will be taken by the Butte union to
expel Mooher from its membership
Booher has returned to Butte and ex-
pressed regret for the remarks HI
made in the heat of debate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

There was patriotic youth
Who dearly loved a maiden,
But, being very bashful, he
Proposing kept evading-
Until they went one glorious Fourth
To see the men parading.
The big guns doomed, the bugles blew,
The horses footsteps clattered;
While rafting drums, exploding bombs,
Along the line were scattered;
And noisy boys fired crackers big
Till every nerve was shattered.
"Oh! everything is popping, George!"
She said with eyes that firted.
Before he knew, he took the hint,
And something to her blurted-
Then heard through dir of noisy Fourth
A "Yes" from lips averted.
May Kelly, in July Lippincott's Maga
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
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Y1S1q0lN p75bcs
JZ8gMH NJoO7df3 t1,bo vas bo1orcd E>Asi I'm .
AaeaS a ReLohihofoarY Hcroi7e SsS444LaeE
SAelSdS a ReDoNfHo2dy HcF0I2'

1863 she married John Hays. who
was a barber. He became an artil-
leryman in December, ITS. The
story is told that his wife was with
his troop at Fort Clinton, on the Hud-
son, in November, 1777, when that
fortifcation was assaulted and taken
by the British The American garri-
son fed in such haste that Hays
dropped lighted match, with which
he was about to touch off a cannon,
and his wife picked up the match and
put it to the touchhole of the gun,
and so fired the last shot before the
surrender.
After the Revolution Molly Pitch
err" lived at the barracks at Carlisle,
doing cooking and washing for the
soldiers. She was also employed as
a nurse by a number of families, as
she was fond of children and gentle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Camera Blends.

Berlin, Germany.-The snapshot
photographer in Germany is threaten.
ed with extinction after July l owing
to the great risk he will run of being
mulcted in heavy fines under the new
act which goes into force on that
date.
The right of all persons to the ex-
elusive reproduction of their own por-
traits or those Of their houses or
belongings is made absolute, though
the law allows any one to grant per-
mission to photographer to take his
photographer or that of his landscape
or of his cattle or horses.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
LUMBERMEN UNEASY.


Mississippi lumbermen are very I'M
easy over the report that all railroads
west of the Mississippi river are pre-
pairing to advance rates on yellow
pine four or five. cents per 100, des-
pite the fact that the United States
Supreme Court recently declared the
advance of two cents per 100 east
of the Mississippi and south of the
Ohio, ordered four years ago, unjust
and discriminatory.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
sows AFTER CATTLE.

Many farmers do rot approve of
allowing sows to run after cattle.
There are two objections to this ac-
cording to Wallace's Farmer. First.
there is danger of them being in
jured by the cattle; second, and more
important, they get too much fat
producing food. If the SOW is fed alto
gether on fat-producing food how can
she be expected to develop a litter
of strong pigs, mostly muscle, bone.
hair, etc., unless she robs her own
system? And if she has robbed her
own body for three months she is in
no condition to take care of and
nourish the litter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Condemned Man Dies in Jail.

Will Smith, who was sentenced t.
be hanged on May 8 for the murder
of Christine Baptiste, but who thru
the efforts of his attorneys was grant
ed an appeal, died in the county Jail
Smith was a robust negro when first
sent to Jail, but had been pining away
for the last month. Every effort -
sustain him was made by the sheriff
and jailer He died without making
any confession.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05


the part they played Some have
figured in mans attire in both the
army and the navy, and for all whose
identity became disclosed there were
doubtless many others who preserved
the secret of their sex, despite the
proverbial tendency of feminine mem
bers of society to make known the
facts which should be most sedulous-
ly concealed.
Or the American women who have
taken part in warlike scenes, none is
more widely known than "Mollie
Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth.
This battle was one of the important
conflicts of the Revolution, and was
fought in the summer of 1878, when
the British troops, retreating from
Philadelphia, were overtaken and at
tackled in New Jersey by the Cont
mental forces under Washington. AL
though no decisive result occurred
from the battle, the fact that the
American forces were not repulsed
by the foreign foe gave heart to the
colonies to continue the efforts be-
gun two years before, and which were
to last five years longer before sue
cess was attained In the troops
from Pennsylvania was John Hays,
a gunner in the First Artillery, Con-
tinental line, He had been accom-
panied by his wife when the troops
to which he belonged had been sent
to the field, and she busted herself in
doing laundry work for the officers
On that July day, when the fight
ragged ON the New Jersey plain, the
thermometer standing at ninety-six
degrees in the shade, Mrs. Mary Hays
busted herself in carrying water in a
pitcher from a spring to the hot and
wearied troops. Here's Molly with
the pitcher" was frequently heard
from the thirsty Continentals, and
finally it was abbreviated to Here,
Molly Pitcher" and the sobriquet w2s
permanently substituted for her real
name when she displayed galiantry
and heroism which surpassed her linn
itations of sex
The company in which Hays was
fighting and in which he was a ram
mer was stationed on rising ground
between the brigades commanded by
Livingston and Varnum. In a dash
by British cavalry and infantry Hays
was shot down, but not killed, and
call was made for some one to fill
his place. No man appeared, but his
wife, dropping the pitcher, picked up
the hammer which her husband had
held, and said she would avenge him.
She served with the smoking cannon
throughout the rest of the battle, and
her courage was commended by the
seasoned troops. The next day the
brave woman, with her garments
still soiled with the smoke of battle,
was summoned by General Greene,
who. took her to Washington, by
whom her gallantry was praised and
who gave her commission as a SER
geant, under which she wore cooked
hat and the insignia of her rank.
After her husbands death she con-
tinued to serve in the army, and she
was finally placed in the list of half
pay officers.
MOLLY Pitcher" was born at Car
Isle, Pa, in October, 1744. Her
maiden name was Mary Ludwig, and
. her father came to this country from
Germany. She was employed as
servant in the family of General Will
lam Irvine, in Carlisle, and there in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Eward 7. Mills, VINO has been ap

Eward p Mills, VINO has been ap
pointed Assistant United States At
torney for the Western District OF
Louisiana at Shreveport, is son If
II. Il Mills, Chief of the Stamp Di-
vision of Internal Revenue Bureau.
Mr.. Mills is a graduate Of the pub
lie schools Of Washington and ike
wise of the law department of the
Georgetown University. He has been
in Shreveport about five years and
has twice been Republican nominee fos
Congress from that district.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Valley Forge, the camping ground
of Washington little army during
the dismal winter of 1777-78, may
soon be converted into national
park or military reservation. Pow
erful interests are striving to secure
the passage of bill by Congress for
that purpose. The State of Pennsyl-
vania has already secured PIT acres
OF the land, but the rest is owned by
private persons. The plan is TO have
Congress. buy up the old camping
ground and restore it as nearly as
possible to its form at the time the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Undoubtedly much suffering would
be prevented and many lives would
be saved were the day to be kept as
fast day once was in New England.
but old established customs are
changed with difficulty, and it Is
much easier to abolish the most dan
gerous features of the celebration
without depriving the youngsters of
a. chance to make noise in safe
way. But the grown-up members Of
the community should be taught
sense, and the reckless firing of guns
and pistols by hoodlums and less VI
cious persons should be sternly sup
pressed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Smith Inaugurated.

Atlanta.-Hoke Smith was inau-
gurated governor Of Georgia. The
oath of Office was administered by
Chief Justice William H. Fish of the
supreme court before the joint ses-
sion of the two branches of the legis-
lature which began its annual gather
ing this week. Gov. Smith then de-
livered his inaugural address from a
platform erected in the open air on
tho front of the capitol.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Judge W. H. Potter, of the seventh
judicial district, has pretermitted the
regular July term of the Kinds coun-
ty circuit court for the second dis
trict, due to convene at Raymond next
Monday, in compliance with petition
from the farmers in that section ct
the county stating that they need the
time for working their crops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

The health people are making he
roic efforts to establish sanitary con
ditions. A strike of drivers of the
American Ice Company also went into
effect today, and with garbage on the
Sidewalks and no ice in many refriger-
ators, New York residents passed a
somewhat unpleasant summer day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
The Fourth of July.

Much has been written OF late
years upon the dangers incident to
the noisy celebration of Independ-
ence Day, and attempts have been
made by legislative and other enact
ments to abolish the gunpowder
method of commemorative the ma
tional birthday.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Houston. Tex-Mrs w. w. Surrey.

Houston, Tex.-Mrs. W. W. Surrey.
wife of the head chemist Of the Hous
ton Drug company, fell down an ele-
vator shaft four stories and died m
twenty minutes. The elevator was
down and as has been her habit, she
reached over the shaft to pull the rope
so as to lift the car to the fourth
floor. She lost her balance and fell.
She formerly lived in Keokuk, Ia,
coming here few years ago. She was
"A years old.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
SOURCES OF MANURE VALUE.


The plant food in a ton of manure
varies greatly with the materials
used for feed and bedding. Thus
wheat straw contains per ton about
ten pounds of nitrogen, two pounds
Of phosphorus and seventeen pounds
OF potassium; timothy hay contains
about twenty-four, three and TWEEN
ty-four pounds of these respective
elements; and clover hay about for
ty, five and thirty pounds respective
ly of nitrogen, phosphorus and po-
tassium. At fifteen cents a pound
for nitrogen, twelve cents for phos-
phorus. the value of these elements
is SAFE in ton of wheat straw,
$40 in timothy hay. $40 in clover
hay, and $9.42 in ton of alfalfa
hay.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
NEW YORK UNCOMFORTABLE.
Garbage Men and Ice Wagon Drivers
Are on Strike.

New York City-Be Believing that the
health of the city was menaced by
the continuation of the strike of driv~
ers of garbage wagons, Mayor Nc
CleIlan went over the head of the
Commissioner of Street Cleaning
Craven and placed the responsibility
for the collection of garbage with the
health department
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
EN- ROUTE TO MIssIssIPPI.

Grand Junction, Tenn.-Rev I. L.
Eaton, pastor of the Walnut Street
Baptist Church, Louisville, was striek-
en- with apoplexy while en- route 80
Mississippi, and died during the after
noon. 5
DIR. Eaton is editor of the Western
Record, religious weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Last evening Frank Henm, the fl
teen year old cabin boy of the Norye-
gian bark Bayard, while attempting
to swim with a bathing party of sail
ors in the Escatawpa river, was ac-
cidentally drowned. This vessel is
loading cargo Of lumber from w.
Denny and Co., for South America.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Davis Name on Bridge.

Washington, D. C.-Representative
Adolph Myer of Louisiana announced
his intention of making an effort to
have the name of Jefferson Davis re-
inscribed on the bridge which spans
Cabin Johns Greek, about six miles
above Washington.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
AFTER STANDARD OIL.
Judge Lands Takes Steps Against its
Officers.

Chicago. Under the order Of Judge
Lands the district attorney may sum
mon John D. Rockefeller, H. H. Rog-
ers or any other man connected with
the Standard Oil Company that he
may desire to question to SO degrees
by noon
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Mollie McCauley,
Renowned in history as
Molly Pitcher, I"
The Heroine Of Monmouth.
Died january %, 1923,
Aged seventy-nine years.
Erected by the citizens of Cumber-
land County, July the Fourth, 1876.

There is a bass-relief representing
the battle heroine in the act of ram
ming a cannon on monument on
the battlefield of Monmouth. In the
painting of "The Field of Monmouth, :"
by George Washington Parke Curtis
molly Pitcher" also figures.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
WEEDS IN FENCE CORNERS

One Of the greatest nuisances in
farming is the way In which weeds
are encouraged and protected In the
corners Of fences and in the Vicinity
Of fences, from which places their
seed is scattered over the surround
Ing lands. The extent to which seeds
are scattered from one field to an
other by high winds proves that one
neglectful farmer may annoy hum
dreds of others by failing to exter-
inmate the foul herbage.-The Epi.
tomist. u4J4--~~
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
Automobiles in United States,

1t is stated that there are 10000
automobiles registered in twenty-five
States in the United States, and there
are $4,000 in the tWenty-one States
which have no laws pertaining to au-
tomobilism.- Engineer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
FERT1L1TY nor ALWAYS 1osT

Land does not always give imme-
date results from liberal manuring.
The more completely decomposed the
manure the better the crop, as such
manure is more soluble. If manure
when applied be coarse and full of
litter, it may require two or more
years before it will reach condi-
ton to be of service, which explains
the securing of heavier crops at
times during the second year than
during the first.-Florida Agricuul-
turist. s.z.sr -A-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

The following data covering per-
iod of nineteen years has been COM
piled from the weather bureau records
at sixty-fve observation stations in
Mississippi. They are issued to show
the conditions that have prevailed in
the State during July for the above
period Of years, but must not be con-
strued as a forecast of weather con-
ditions for the month.
Month of July for nineteen years
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature, 81.
The warmest month was that OF
1901, with an average of 83.
The coolest month was that Of 1904,
with an average of 70.
Some of the highest temperatures
recorded were as follows: 105 at
Greenville and 107 at Batesville in
1901.
Some of the lowest temperatures
recorded were as follows: 55 at Duck
Hill, Lake Como, and Pittsboro in
1904.
PRECIPITATION.
Average for the month, 5.26 inches
Average number OF days with .01
inch or more, 8.
The greatest average monthly pre-
cipitation was 1902 inches in 1892.
The least average monthly precip-
itation was 2.19 inches in 1896.
Some of the greatest monthly
amounts of precipitation recorded
were as follows: 1868 inches al
Brookhaven and 1888 at Columbus in
1892, 1867 at Magnolia in 1900 and
1888 at Corinth in 1906.
Some of the least monthly amounts
of precipitation recorded were as fol
lows: 0.13 inch at fernando and Ole
inch at Austin in 1896
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear days, IA;
partly cloudy days, II cloudy days, 6.
WIND.
The prevailing winds have been
from the southwest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

1t was stated that Stefano Monfre,
wanted in connection with the La
mana murder, escaped from Pitts
burg, Kansas, when he learned Of
ficers were after him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

New York City boasts the largest
and finest public school building in
the world. It is of fireproof construc-
lion throughout and cost $4,000. 600.
1t has accommodations for 400e
pupils.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

The next annual business meeting OF
the Mississippi Negro Business League
now in session in Meridian has se-
lected Vicksburg as the next place
of meeting. The league is composed
of representative negro business men
of the state and their sessions are
largely attended and are of much
interest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

A storm at Natchez, Miss, turncu
over the steamer Belle Prince in ten
feet of water.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Arthur d. Varnado was shot and
killed by A. N Simmons at Franklin
ton, Tia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Senator Foraker, of Ohio, has Sc
lected Charles Kurtz as his campaign
manager.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Hon. Theodore Wilkinson made the
first political speech of the campaign
at Shreveport.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Misses Ruby Carr and Matte Den.
mis- were drowned while bathing in q
creek near Taylorsville, Miss.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

An investigation shows that big
batleships are being built at a de-
creased cost compared with few
years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Jackson, Miss, voted for municipal
ownership Of the water and light sys-
TENS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

ordinary sled. The sketch will clear
ly show the construction of the mark
CT. On stumpy ground, raise the out
side runners as when turning, and
go right along. o. Worst, l.. The
Epitomist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

OMEN have filled no
unimportant place in
military affairs from
the days of Joan of
Arc to those of the
most modern of
daughters of the regi-
ment. But few, how
ever, have had any
lasting memorials of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
CORN GROUND MARKER.

This will make four marks at
time on ridges or in burrows. To
turn at the end of rows. pull gang
pole out of hole, lay it back, fold
up outside runners and you have just
two runners to turn, the same as an
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

Evidence in the Holmes trial was
completed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05
WoMAN'S WAY.

Petey Con the Fourth) -"Girls Is
curious critters!"
Mugsy-"D ere de limit. Dere's one
now-setting off ten-cent cannon
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

dependence. A sum of :noney wal
then collected for the purpose and q
shaft erected. On which appears thif
inscription:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-05

gallant Conunentals froze ana nun
gered and suffered while the enemy
was feasting and dancing in gay Phil
adelphia.
The ordinary firecracker and the
paper torpedo are comparatively
harmless. Little injury beyond SUI
perficial burns will ordinarily result
from even reckless use of these
noise producers. The truly danger
GUS things are the toy pistol, the
cannon cracker and the clay torpedo.
These are all death dealing instru-
ments. which children should never
be permitted to handle.