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Disclosed In q Dream.

,Macuish in his book on sleep tells a
story of a man who was sued for a
debt, originally contracted in the life
time of his father and, as the man
thought, settled by him, but Of such
settlement he could find no trace
among his papers. After searching a
long time to no purpose he went to
bed with the determination Of giving
up the fight and making the best COM
promise he could. He dreamed that
his father came to him in his sleep
and told him that he had paid the debt
and that he would find the papers in
the possession of certain solicitor
His father added that he could remind
the lawyer of the case by the incident
that they could not get change for a
Portuguese piece Of money and had to
drink 1t up In a tavern. The man
awoke and went Immediately to see
the solicitor in question, whom he
found an old man. At first he denied
all remembrance of the case, but at
mention of the Portuguese money the
whole event came back to him, and aft
er some trouble he found the papers
that were needed, thus saving the man
from heavy loss.
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FOR SALE,

MY place, situated in the village OF West stat
ford, near electric road. consisting OF a two
story house, with ell and basement, barn 2oxas
with cellar and about 20 adres Of land. divided
into moving, pasture and woodland. Cuta hay
to keep two cows. Brook runs through pasture
Water brought in house with pump from never
failing well. n. A. oADY. west stafford
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A MAN OF PRIVILEGE
LONDON'S LORD MAYOR A PERSON.
AGE OF POMP AND POWER.

, The First Holder of the High and
and Proved Popular Dick Whit
tingtOn and other Ancient Worthless.
The most impressive thing about the
mayoralty of London is its great an.
tfquity. In Saxon and Norman times
London was an Independent state, and
the chief magistrate-the portreeve, or
the bailiff-was an absolute ruler The
first mayor was elected in 1889, and he
was SO popular that he retained the
Office for twenty-four years. The first
lord mayors pageant was in the reign
of Henry VIII, and in it he figured as
chief butler to Anne Boleyn.
Through the long intervening years
the lord mayor has retained many of
his prerogatives as q ruler Most peo-
pie have no idea how extensive his
privileges are.
He has his own chaplain lin olden
days, like the monarch, he had his
Jester, too), and badges of royalty are
attached to bis office-tho scnntcr, the
swords of justice and mercy and the
mace. He has right of precedence in
the city before all the royal family.
Soldiers in any number cannot march
through the city without his consent
He has the right of private audience
with the king. He has the privilege
Of direct entrance without question at
royal levees. He can at any time dis
solve the city courts, even that of the
common council, by removing the
sword and mace from the table. He
is lord of the river Thames, of the con-
servancy and he controls the city
purse.
The majesty of his state is pretty
considerable too. The city gives him
sum of 10000 TO eXpend. His palace,
the Mansion House, is furnished with
plate and ornaments worth 100000.
He has splendid retinue of servants.
including sword bearer, mace bearer
and seven trumpeters whose liveries
cost some f1.0OO annually. He gives
yearly banquet. which costs thou
sands of pounds. and employs an army
of $50 walters, cooks and carvers.
Best Of all, he has the power to raise
vast sums of money for charitable pur-
poses. In the last quarter Of a century
the lord mayors of London have raised
nearly f6,O0O,0O0 for the relief of vari-
Gus people III distress. -r-
Another feature which makes the
lord mayoralty attractive is it's glamour
of romance. More often than not the
king of the city is Il self made man.
Dick Wilmington started out as an
apprentice. as many other lord mayors
have done The mayor of 1911 came to
London in rags in a carriers cart. The
wealthy mayor of 1419 had been a
founding. AS recently as 1900 we had
a lord mayor of London who began life
as a brickIayer's laborer
When men of this character are ex-
alted to the seats of the mighty they
are apt to do freakish things at times.
The laborer mayor instanced above
had son who fell from a high ladder
and was killed. and the mayor on being
brought to the spot broke through the
crowd. exclaiming, See that the poor
fellows watch is safe"
Another self made lord mayor gave
Charles II. taste of his quality.
Charles dined with him in the city, and
the wine passed so freely that the
guests grew noisy and the mayor ia
miliar Charles therefore stole away
to his coach in Guildhall yard, but the
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bibulous mayor pursued his majesty
and, catching him by the hand, cried
out, with a monstrous oath, "Slr, you
shall stay and TAX t'other bottlew And
the merry monarch actually turned
back and saw the fun to finish.
The temerity of this mayor seems all
the more remarkable In view of the
Stuart kings tyrannous dealings with
the city. He imprisoned twenty of the
principal citizens because they refused
him loan on bad security. He fined
the mayor and aldermen 10000 on the
pretext of a trifling city riot and ESQ.,
600 for pretended mismanagement of
estates
The mayors themselves, however,
could fine readily enough on occasion.
For example. his worship of the year
1910 had one of his sheriffs fined ESQ
(about FL 900 of our money! for kneel-
ing too close to him while at prayers In
st. Paul's.
Yet another lord mayor 1892 made
an amusing blunder of speech at din
ner to judges and leaders of the bar.
'See before you" he exclaimed mag
niloquently, 1.-The examples of myself,
the chief magistrate of this great en-
pire. and the chief justice of England
sitting at my right hand. both now In
the highest offices of the state and both
sprung from the very dregs of the peo-
pier
These mayoral banquets, by the way,
have always been wonderful affairs.
In the year of George ILLS marriage
there were placed on the tables Ala
different dishes, excluding dessert.
Forty-f1ve years later 0806) no fewer
than seven of this monarch's sons were
guests at mayoral dinner. The Guild
hall banquet to the prince regent and
the allied sovereigns before the battle
of Waterloo was served on plate val
ued at over 100000 and cost f25,O0O.
All this, however, is hardly Somance.
We must revert to Sir Richard Whit
tington for that. Sir Richard really did
hear the bells of Bow telling him to
''turn again." and he did marry his
wealthy masters daughter. and he did
become thrice lord mayor of London.
But. alas, be had no cat!
There is story of Sir Richard which
makes good foil to the above Of the
laborer mayor. King Henry v. was
dining with him in the city when Sir
Richard caused a fire to be lighted and
threw into it bonds to the value OF
100000 given him by the king fCw
money lent, thereby freeing his n ajesty
from debt. The gratifed monarch ex.
claimed, surely never had king such
subject!' To which the courtly Whit
tington replied, Surely. sire, never had
subject such kingr
Still prettier is the history of Lord
Mayor Osborne Q5S3). Osborne was
the apprentice of a mayor who lived
on London bridge, and one day he
dived into the river and rescued his
masters little daughter, who had fall
en- THROUGH lattice window. Years
after the girl was a rich heiress court
ed by earls and knights. but her father
said to them all, mo, Osborne saved
her, and Osborne shall have her" And
Osborne, the hero apprentice, did have
her and became lord mayor as well.
His great-grandson was subsequently
created Duke of Leeds.
Such stories read like fiction, but
they are perfectly true. The city ar
chives preserve them, with many
more, Keith Hunten In London Ex7
press.
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Without going you can get nowhere
From the Chinese.
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The first mention of the Huns In his.
tory is in China. B. @. 210. They con.
quered that country and were after
ward driven out by the Celestials and
marched clear across Asia. penetrating
the country now known as Hungary in
876 A. D. For time they threatened
to overrun the whole of the continent
but were defeated in the heart of
France and driven back to the banks
Of the Danube
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Opposite r. r. Station.

ENGRAVED Cards furnished at The
III Press ofice-5O cards and script plate -
cents: 50 cards and Old English plate from sloO
20 s2-5A
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The official in charge of the grounds
at Mount Vernon not long ago came
upon woman kneeling before build
ing not far from the monument. She
was bathed in tears. Thinking that
the lady was in trouble, the director
gently inquired whether he might be
Of service to her.
mo, thank you," sobbed the woman.
Il am not in trouble, but my patriotic
feelings overcame me when first
gazed upon the tomb Of the Father Of
His Country"
Pardon me, madam" said the di-
rector, with a smile, "but you have
made slight mistake. This is not
the tomb Of Washington. but his leo
house. New York Times.
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she'd Keep II.

But can you keep house7' he asked
doubtfully, for he was, above all things
q practical man.
eff you get house and put 1t in my
name," she replied promptly, "Tll keep
1t all right enough" a.
Matters being thus satisfactorily set
tied, their engagement was announced
Judge.
The Press., 1907-02-27

The only conclusive evidence Of a
mans sincerity is that he gives himself
for a principle. Words, money, all
things relse. are comparatively easy to
give away, but when a man makes a
gift of his daily life and practice it is
plain that the truth, whatever 1t may
be, has possession of him.-James Rus
sell Lowell.
The Press., 1907-02-27
To Mo+hers In This Town.

children who are delicate. feverish and cross
will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's
Sweet Powders for children. They cleanse the
stomach act on the liver, making sickly child
strong and healthy. certain cure for worms.
Sold by all druggists, 25c sample FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
The Press., 1907-02-27
Saving Time.

you shouldn't treat your boy 50
harshly. You'll break his spirit"
''Well, he'll probably get married
some time, and he might as well have
II broken nowP'
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BROWN & PINNEY
TO FARMERS!
INCUBATOR
CYPHERS INCUBATORS

No. o. 90 Eggs, $500 No. 2, 24O Eggs, S2e
No. 1, 14O Eggs, 1000 No. 3, 800 Eggs, IS
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
MAGAZINES.
ABsURDITY OF WAR TALK.

War in modern times presupposes
some fundamental dispute or antag-
Onism that cannot be dealt with by
diplomacy or arbitration. Further
more, war is usually attended by
deep feeling on both sides. But it
so happens that there does not now
exist, nor has there ever existed, any
cause of war whatsoever between
Japan. and the United States.
Nor is there any warlike feeling in
this country against Japan. On the
part of the public men and infuenti-
al people of Japan, furthermore, there
is no warlike feeling toward the
United States. Neither is there any
question of interest involved, such as
leads nations sometimes to find pre-
tex for war because of some conquest
or acquisition they desire to make.
Japan posses nothing that we could
acquire or could possibly wish to
gain. We on the other hand, have
nothing that Japan could hope to
gain and hold with benefit to herself,
as the result of even a successful cam
paign.-From THE Progress of the
World, in the American Review of
Reviews for August.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
TEE HERALD's BIRTHDAY.

We had thought in this article to
give an historical epitome Of, the
HERALD's life but at the hour arriv-
ed to pen it, a calculation of space,
shows that this must be forbidden.
So that will be passed over till some
future Anniversary notice.
A reference to the notch-stick at
the top of the front page will show
this issue registered as follows VOL.
x. No. l." thereby declaring that
the GREENE COUNTY HERALD has
rounded out its ninth year and en-
barked upon the tenth.
From the numerous expressions
laudatory that have showered in
from our readers, we take it that we
have made good our promise on the
papers last Birthday, ITO make it
better and better" AT this junct-
ure we wish to reiterate this state
ment, assuring our clientele by it
that we have by no means reached
the limitations in going on to better
service, but that by the help and
guidance of the Supreme Intelligence
that directs all matters, we intend
to put forth more efforts during the
forthcoming twelve months than
during any twelve past to forge the
HERALD forward and onward in its
career The standard we have set
for it has not yet been reached. We
have made appreciatable strides, and
are but encouraged to labour the
harder for higher marks. The man
agement as well as the newspaper it.
self is in the making, so both are
growing up to fit into one another.
While our financial basis is more
encouraging now than ever before,
it is not on that substantial paying
order that it should be, to be classe6
successful IN business sense, but we
are quite sanguine with subscriptions
rolling in a little faster than now
coming, that before another cycle is
wheeled off, this side Of the enter
prise viii come up to requirmen
is.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

Both from at home and abroad is
the press taking notice OF the trend
of sentiment in mississippi for a
Statutory Enactment by the next
Legislature for Prohibition. The
closing sentence of this article taken
from the Home Herald of Chicago, is
an Indicator of this class:
For twenty years Mississippi has
had a local option law. On petition
of one third of the electors of a coun-
ty, the Board of Supervisors must
order an election, whether any liquor
or alcoholic liquars shall be sold or
given away therein. Today, out of
Is counties, such liquors can only b.
sold in seven of them, and the next
legislature will certainly put the
saloon out of the seven.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
Good Books Received.
LIFE AND MEMORIES OF Rev. DR.. J

LIFE AND MEMORIES OF Rev. DR.. J.
Asa d. BARBEE.
Late of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. HI. M. DuBose, author
243 pages. Frontispiece bust picture
of the subject of the book. Substan-
TALLY bound in black cloth, well prin-
ted on good white book paper and
clear open type. Price 81, Smith
& Lamar, Publishers, Nashville,
Tenn.
This work is of course as its titles
reveals biographical, and its author
has by it proven the skill of his pen
IN life sketching. That he had a
ter-subject to handle, is common
knowledge to those well acquainted
with the giants in Church Circles.
Barbee took towering rank in that
class and has been Gathered to the
Fathers but such little while that
his memory must still be green in
the recollection of many who keep so
posted.
The book recounts in a wonderful
ly glowing style the strides that
this study character made from a
rustic boy to the highest pastorate,
and business trust in the gift of his
church. He was reared in coun try
community, under adverse environ
ments for an education, but before
his death was recognized as one of
the very learned men of his class, de-
spite he never attended any College,
except as he facetiously would re-
mark the Log Cabin College" He
was Book Agent of the M. E. Church
South for a number of years and
brought its finances and general con-
dition out from a very choatic con-
dition account of the Civil War to a
sound business basis, and to high
earning powers. He held that great
post of honor in his Church, the pas
torate of McKendree in Nashville,
the oldest and best work in the
bounds of M. E. S. Domain. He
was one of those remarkable men
whose sterlingness of character sur
mounted difficulties easily and born
leader of men. His memory will run
down through the annuls of South
ern Methodisms as one of its sturdy
oaks. Buy the book and read it,
much is to be learnt from studying
how great men like this have risen in
Church and State, unfavorable sur
roun9ings to the contrary notwIth-
standing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
Died at McLain.

O'rom Yesterdays Mobile Reaster)
Mclain, Miss, Sept. l1-(Special.)
While driving along the road yester-
day, Mr. G. 0. Bockstrom found a
man laying in a semi-conscious con-
dition, some neighbors were summon
ed and he was recognized as Tom
Winiger, piano tuner Everything
was done by the physician and citi-
zers that could be, but he died this
morning at 10 o'clock. His home
was supposed to be either in Mobile
or Chronicle, but he could give no in
formation concerning friends or fam
ily that could be communicated with,
so he was buried here at the expen-
Sc OF citizens, as he seemed to be in
circumstances.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

This saying is clipped from Miss
Comment in Mobile Daily Register
The Hattiesburg Daily News
claims to be the only newspaper
in Mississippi that positively re-
fuses to take whiskey advertise
ments at any price. 1t is to bad
when newspapers have to pay
cash for their railroad trahspor-
tation and whiskey.
The HERALD is not of a disputati-
We turn, but we won't allow the
statement of the News as to it's
Solitaire position with reference to
Whiskey advertising to go unchall
enged. This paper tobooed that
character of business before the
News was born or even conceived in
the brain of its distinguished editor,
Bro Birdsall formerly of Yazoo City,
and we received before such decision
cash for this class of work and have
been prooferred it since, the sly In
of the writer of the above to
the contrary, Notwithstanding.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
Remarkable Rescue,

That truth is stranger than fiction
has once more been demonstrated in
the little town of Fedora, Tenn, the
residence of G. V. Pepper. He writes:
Il was in bed, entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat.
Doctors failed to help me and all hope
had fled when began taking DIR.
Kings New Discovery. Then instant
relief came The coughing soon ceased
the bleeding diminished rapidly and in
three weeks was able to go to work. ;"
Guaranteed cure for coughs and
colds. 5Oc. and $1-OO,at Peoples
Drug Co Trial bottle free.
Road fhfc ,,a,ao,. for tho ,,oxrc
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

We welcome gladly the Senatobla
Democrat back toour exchange table
after an absence of several months
for what reason we know not. Bro
Walker Wood has recently been cleo
ted Representative in the next Legis-
lature from his county, Tate, and of
course being the experienced well
balance quill driver that he is, with
his ripe knowledge of political econo-
my and intimate acquaintance with
pertinent issues and legislation will
be strong asset to our next law
making body. We have said all along
through the campaign that it would
much strengthen the Solons to have
a liberal sprinkllng of newspapermen
in it, though we did not mean to put
ourselves forward as encouraging
class legislation The point we wish
ed to emphasize was the wisdom of
having all classes represented that
all might be fairly treated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
Pass Christian Beacon.

L oSS OuIlS tl6lu I)SdCOD.
The HERALD will have another
birthday on Sept. 6. That is that
will be our Natal day issue, but the
Calendar Day of the Month on which
this wabby sheet first saw the light
of life was on the 1st., in 1898. We
shall probably indulge in a few edi-
torial observations at that time, as
we have no pound cake and turkey
to celebrate the occasion with
Greene County Herald,
The writer was responsible for the
launching of the Herald upon The
journalistic sea and we remained
with the paper for year, during
which period we enjoyed many cour-
tesies from the good people of Leak
esville and Greene County, which
will alwaysremain pleasant memories.
We have watched with no small
satisfaction the progress of the
Herald and trust it may enjoy for
many years a continuance of its
present prosperity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

We observe in the published list
going the rounds of the legislators
elect, that our Representative
Greene County, E. W. Breland is
written down for address, Lucedale.
This is an error, Leakesville is his
post-ofice. W. w. West the Senator
from this the End, District is also
given in enormously as to address,
he is set down for Ellisville, when
Richton is the place where he has re-
sided and gets his mail. We trust
that the list will revised speedily as
to these two names and save trouble
as to mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
9TH day of October. 1907.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND FOR
PETITION

Ensley Wood, Eft Ais Comp.
VS..
Cary Mckenzie, EFT. Ais. Def.
BY virtue of the provisions OF a decree of the
Chancery Court of the County of Greene Miss.
rendered by said court on the 8th day of July,
1907, the undersigned as Commissioner of the
said court in the said cause, will on Monday
the 9TH day of October, 1907,
at Leaf. Greene County Mississippi within the
hours II am to pm. in Front door oil the
Store OF Leaf Mercantile Company at Leaf
Mississippi. expose for sale and sell to the
highest bidder, for cash the following describ-
ed real estate situated in the County OF Greene
State of Mississippi. towit:- The Southeast
Quarter OF the Northeast quarter of Section
Twenty One, Township one North, of Range
Eight West.
The said lot of land is sold for the purpose of
FORTHCOMING among the owners in accordance
with said decree. and the title is believed to be
good. but win only convey such title is vested
in me as said commissioner
Witness my hand the Bird day of September.
A. ID. 1907, 5. r. MCKAY, Commissioner
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

It may be of interest to the voters
in Greene County to know that at
the General Election this Fall they
wont be bothered with any Amend
ments to the Constitution on the
ticket. But few elections roll round
now adays that are general ones, that
the ballot is not laden with one or
more amendments. We were a little
in doubt whether the last Legislature
decided to submit any amendments
to the people or not at this General
Election, so to make doubly sure
wrote the Secretary of State at
Jackson and he furnished US the pos
tive official information that there
is not, SO draw an easy breath on
that score. You won't be troubled
with the complexities of studying
out how to register your X mark a.
longside of any Amendment this time.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

,DOMINOCARDS- The new house
hold game that combines and excels
both Cards and Dominoes. Canvass
ers wanted to introduce in every
community. Sample game and par
ticulars, postpaid, Scots. DOMINO
CARDS CO.. 1907 Chouteau Ave, st.
Louis. Mo.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13

With it's issue of last week, the
Clark Co. Times, Enterprise, announc-
es temporary suspension. This
sheet has reached our Office but few
times, and that lately, but we were
well impressed with Bro. Oliphant
as writer of strength.
The paper hands out the promise
of resumption upon the finding of a
suitable man to guide its destlnies.
This kind of critter is getting scarce
but we trust that it will not be long
before the management will stumble
onto one and begin reinsurance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-09-13
Ellisville New South-News.

When the next legislature meets,
which will be the first of January
next, it will be confronted with pc
titions and memorials from the best
people of the state asking for statu-
tory prohibition and an amendment
to the constitution to be submitted
to the people of the state for consti
tutional prohibition. They will be
backed up by Governor Noel who is
a full bloDded prohihitionist. The
good people of Mississippi ire going
to demand it, and the legislature will
we believe. be equal to the occasion.
We want to see every dram shop In
the domain of our beloved state,
closed.