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The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

"It Is now eleven years since l mad
= narrow escape from consumption, -
writes {. q. Floyd, a leading business
man OF Kerausw, 5. O.. Il had run
down In weight to ljj pounds aud
cough.ug was constant, by day and by
nixht. Finally | began taking DR..
King's New Discovery, aud continued
this for about six months, when my
cough aud lung trouble was entirety
gone srd l was restored to my normal
weight, 40 pounds" Thousands OF
persons are healed every year. Guar.
teed At h. J. Wsfd's Drug Store. SOC
aud 81. Trial bottle free.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12
PROGRAM OF TEACHERS As.
S0ClA1l0n
TO Be Held Al Laurel February
9. 1907.

Program OF the Teachers Asso-
citation TO bc held at Laurel, fen. ..
Bofh.morIng and afternoon sc-.
sion. Subjects tor discussion ns fol
iows:
The Adopted Course OF Study I;
how TO use lt--W. l.. Abbott,
There is a custom among many
Teachers and Su. erintendents prais
ing the pupils on their work, when
thew do not really deserve pr,isc
Is sucn habit GOOD oney-Bnrs
Hllbun.
How may The present shortage Of
teacher be accounted for? Andrew
Allison.
II a teacher always to be jat Red by
what her pupils and patrons may
say about her?---Miss perrie Lou
Ford.
Some causes Of failure IN teaching
%. B. Loper.
What constitutes excelleucy IN a
teachcr.-D. II. Jenk,ns.
Should the superintendent make
10 discrimination in teachers sala-
'rierY How should LIE be governed
in fixing salaries?-M. l.. Bush.
1t Is hoped that all the teacher,
fvili attend this meeting and mani
fest nn interest IN their work. Leti
make this one Of the best meesiugI
.he Association ever held. Respect
] fully.
\ y. h. Moss, EXECUTIVE
J. 4. TAYLOR Commute
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

When the northern negro-pliles
get TO lighting over the negro ques
tion, the southern people VIII gel,
their rights. The negro problem l.
coming home to tbs northern peo-
pie. wherein we are glad.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

Sci a'or Ttlman just won't hs
pleased with anything thpt Pr.si-
dent does. We thouR ~ that Roose-
velt's action In the Brownsville.
matter would SUIT him to +, Tut II
didn't. Pity.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

John Sharpe Williams has actoAI.
ly declined TO be eltctsd pessidsnt Of
the United States. al IN deeeeonco
to the wishes Of mis- good wife. No
ble sacrifice.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

eRai busrcss. oKj
Docters. brokers and oshee 4 s.
ucntly respactles" cisisens ase 10
lacking.
Business men. farmers mochouton
aud representatives Of almost ovoey
other department Of Industrial -
hvity are common thu re.
But iher In not ono printer.
The fact throws nfw u6ht oa .
character that has Iona been com-
monty misjudgsd.
Tho printer 10 day 10 = hoao
owner. He 10 Of fixed smploymsne
snd II the head Of family.
Tho fact that more than twenty
bankers are In the Ohio penetentlAey
and not ono printer. tails ol tho ~.
siive honesty of the psintes today
and tells moro.
II tells ~ the the most dangerous
crimes are being Committed not b
the worlds workers. Mobile Her
aid.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12
How to Cure Chilblains.

. ITO enjoy freedom from chilblains," !"
write John Kemp, East Otisnsid Me-.
II apply Bucklin's Arnica 6alve. Have
also used 1t for salt rheum with excel.
lent results" Guaranteed to cure
fever, sores, indoIent ulcers, piles,
burns, wsunds. frost bites, and skin
diseases. &c 1t K. J. Wards Drug
Store.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

There Is Only one way to cure sn
)vsr devoted lover-marry him,
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12

No man Is ready tor his work ui
I'll lie has lea med to wait.
The new South-news. (Ellisville, Miss.) 1905-1909, 1907-01-12
No Printers N Tho Per-.

The Ohio Penitentary News. le
M ny years = flourtshinR daily p
per published by convtcss. has 3
pended publication, for me '
good roason that there IL uos u
hat big penal institution .
man who can handle type.
Bankers are IN plenty. Mos
twenty arc there. aud othoyt
Ae vsy. several conviGe
might Be operated wt>h ~
| Eut uRh laWeDnn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
Need For County High School In Jefferson

have an example of this in the Agricu- tural and Mechanical College of Missis- sppi, in which over one-half of its 1000 pupils earn in part their living expenses while attending school. This work was organized in that school several years ago, under the leadership of Gen. Stephen D. Lee. I had the pleasure of hearing from his own lips an account of the diff culties and the opposition he met with and of the victory he won in making the plan a permanent feature of the school
 The Georgia district high schools are being organized along the same lines. Tennessee is about to reorganze her whole state school system, with district and county high schools open to the em- bodment of this idea.
 Further examples are unnecessary. This plan of school organization, in both state and private schools. has passed the experimental stage. As good results in scholarship and culture are accomplished under 1t as in the purely academic schools, while better results in discipline and character are obtained.
 But whatever the plan of organization. let us have the county high school. The county is blessed with q number of fine systems of city schools; at no distant future the city of Birmingham will or sanize a great technical school in keep ing with her industrial expansion: the county Is taking rapid strides in the de- Velopment of her rural elementary schools and the people should have q county nigh school to stand at the head of it's system of rural elementary schools just as the city high school stands at the head of the city elementary schools, and to meet the wants of the agricultural population of the county, just as the city high school and the technical school will meet the needs of the commercial and industrial population of the county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

and coming back up the banks with two or three great rocks piled high on the head. They carry sand in baskets, and spread 1t oyer the stones on the road ways, and they sit down on the sides ot the roads and break stones for macada- mixing They carry the mortar up the scafolding to the masons, and quite. an army of them Is employed in bringing water in five-gallon coal oil cans up from the Nile. Some of the streets are thus sprinkled, and many of the gardens of Ihartum are kept moist in this way Here, at the Grand hotel we have a day long to irrigate the garden. Some of the girls are tall. l had a photograph of myself standing beside one taken today and she overtopped me some inches. She objected to my having her picture, and as she was d lusty young negress 1t was for a time undecided whether l should succeed.
 I have asked some questions here as to labor. The builders tell me it is almost impossible to get what they want, and that the more wages they pay the greater the danger of a labor famine. The trouble is the natives will not work if they have money, and when wages are high they work so much the less All they need is their food, and family can live on cents and less per day The food consists chiefly of boiled durra or sor- ghum meal and the drink is a native beer which costs almost nothing. A man can get a suit of clothes for $l, and a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
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woman can be outfitted for less. When food is cheap the prices of labor rise, and when it is dear they fall. The native reasons that he ought to be paid more for his work when the food prices are low, for in such a case he can easily get food ahead and why should be work at the ordinary wage when he has all he wants When the food goes up the la borers need the work to pay for it and the competition brings wages down.
 An American Brickmaker.
 Referring to the building up of Khar- tum, many of the new structures are to be furnished with brick by a man from Chicago. This man came to Port Sudan some months ago. intending to start a brick factory there and supply building material for the new port now going up at the end of the Nile and the Red Sea railway. While he was waiting for his briek-mal1ing machine he took a run up to Khartum to see what was going on here. He found the town booming and decided to settle. He has bought a native brickyard and pending the arrival of his machine Is now making bricks by hand with native labor. He started only a month or so ago, and he tells me he has already contracts for more than 5,000.000 bricks. He is employing several hundred Sudanese men and women at 10 or ep cents a day, but he says that their labor is so poor and unreliable that the work of six of his natives will not equal thaE of one good American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
White Mice on a Flaq.
n the Montreal Gazette.

From the Montreal Gazette.
 Lieut.. R. G. Hervey of the British navy has designed d flag for the use of sub marines. The flag measures IS by F feet. and its background is in three vertical sections, one colored yellow, another red and the third blue. In. the center is q black shield divided into four parts, two of which are occupied by submarine and three torpedoes. In each of the re- maining quarters Is white mouse ram- pant. This Is the first time white or any other colored mice have appeared on q flag. The explanation of their presence on the submarine flag is that white mice are always carried on submarine boat as a safeguard to the crew. Rodents are considerably more sensitive than men to noxious gases, such as those which have a tendency to accumulate in submarine and immediately the mice show signs of collapse it Is known that there is danger. and accordingly the boat is brought to the surface.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
The New Capital of the SOudan
 and Its Remarkable Growth


at the end of the railroad on the opposite side of the river, the farms have been divided into lots and are being sold for manufacturing purposes. Farm lands near the river which not long ago were to be had for S20 an acre are now worth from $50 to $500 per acre. and some even more.
 Chicago of the Sudan.
 Khartum is bound to be the Chicago of the Sudan. It lies here at the junction of two of the greatest rivers of north Africa, giving it navigable highways to Abyssinia and to the rich lands along the watershed of the Kongo. It has railroads connecting it with the Mediterranean, and with the exception of one stretch of less than 600 miles. where the cataracts lie, it has the main stream of the Nile to give it cheap freight rates to Europe. Within the past year or so 1t has opened 8 railroad to Suakim, on the Red sea, and in time 1t will be one of the great sta tions on the main route by steamer and rail from Cairo to the cape.
 Khartum is the capital of the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. l wonder if you know what that means If you do you are This country is world in itself and 1t is. to 8 large extent unexplored. It is of vast size. It begins at the upper end of Egypt and reaches to Uganda and the Belgian Kongo. or farther than from New York to the Mississippi. It is more than 1000 miles wide; and it eavers altogether twice as much territory~as France and Germany combined. It is more than one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
Then Silence Reigned.

From Cassells Saturday Journal
 A clergyman who ministered to the reeds of the people in one of the poores. parts of London went down to provin- cial town 10 plead for support for his work.
 A large meeting was arranged for him. and he made d most telling appeal. At the close of his address up jumped a good man and promised $50 as start. The clergyman was overjoyed.
 ''l don't know your name.' sir" he cried. but l thank you. I thank you. May your business be doubled in the coming year.
 Then a solemn hush settled down over the meeting, and it was evident to the clergyman that all was not well.
 Whats the natter he whispered an- xiously to the chairman.
 "Er-well,' replied the latter, that gentleman is an undertaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
 Khartum.

Khartum. 4 REAL estate boom in the heart Of "A Africa! Farm lands rising sky 4 \ high!
 Town lots selling at fabulous prices! New streets reaching out into the des- ert!
 Residences and business blocks going mp and the people crazy at the increase in values.
 That is what we have here at Khartum. I have already told you of the pros perity of the Nile valley, of the mush- room growth of Alexandria and Cairo and how farm lands in the delta are selling from $500 to $1000 per acre. Similar boom conditions prevail in upper Egypt and farm lands are rising all along the great river. Assiout. Luxor. Assouan and the towns and villages of lower Nubia are thriving. and away up here, as far from the mouth of the Nile by its windings ns the Rocky mountains are distant from The mouth of the Hudson l find the same things going on. Lands on the Island of Tuti, in the Blue Nile. opposite Khartum. are priced out of slight, and real estate speculators are trying to buy all they can in the Gezreh, that rich territory between the Blue and the White Niles, which here come together. In Khartum itself building lots are selling at the gov ernment auctions for 200 times what their owners asked for them seven years ago: and in Halfaya, the suburb which lies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
Regarding Accessibility.

Not only must the county high school give practical training, but it must be ac- cessible. By this we do not mean geo. graphical accessibility, though the better that may be the better for the school. We mean the accessibility of opportunity.
 The horizon of opportunity must be ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
No Mere Experiment.

The plan hinted at in the above brief outline is no mere experiment It is being carried out both in state and private schools, not only in the north and the west. but here in the south. In Georgia. Mississippi and Alabama schools are being conducted along this line. We
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
Corks For bottle Shoppers.

The application of cork as bottle
stopper for liquid vessels is said to be
OF great antiquity. The earliest record
eZtant of its use in Europe is that men
toned by Horace, who asserts that the
Romans had c0rk as shoppers for their
wine amphOrae Certain of the uses
OF cork were known 70 the ancient
Greeks and Egyptians, but whether
they used cork for stopping the mouths
OF Their liquid vessels history does not
say. 1t was not, however, until the
year 1860 that the Spaniards first COM
menced to work their cork woods with
some degree of regularity for the max
ing OF corks. Although perhaps corks
were more or less in use from the time
glass bottles were first invented, which
BecEmann asserts TO have been in the
fifteenth century, yet it was not until
two and half centuries later that the
Spaniards began to prepare cork for
bottle shoppers, which 'H-v did IN q
for"jt situated at the northeast of the
Tigueras, on the Muge. The cork in
dustry has since gradually risen to be
one Of the first magnitude, its chief
center in Spain being In Catalonia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
Hayes Notes

Mrs. Ed Klock was shopping in
Hayes Monday.
VIM. Cox made a business trip to
Lake Charles Saturday.
c. NJ. Ulrich was transacting bust
ness in this village Monday.
A. p. Brackney is in San Antonio.
Texas, on business for few DAYS.
Rev. a. A. Bernard filled his regu-
lar appointment at Hayes Sunday.
Gabe Lacome of Lake Arthur, was
in Hayes Sunday visiting his brother,
lac. LacOme.
The Hayes Cypress Lumber Co.
started up this morning after being
shut DOM six or eight DAYS on ac-
count of shortage of logs.
Dave Moore, while helping w. G.,
DeWhig load piano on a car. cot his
hand in a jam which nearly mashed
one finger Off. He was taken at once
to DR.. Niles, who attended his injuries
and he is reported as resting easy at
this writing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
Iowa Items.

Mrs. Harris Of Welsh, was the guest
of her sons, Archie and Herbert, Sun.
day.
Another effort is being made to gel
an oil well on Bayou Serpent north OF
Iowa,
A. F. Roach was in town Saturday
and Sunday,
MIR, and Mrs. H. |. Longenbach went
to Lake Charles Sunday to hear the
eloquent Dean Bovard.
y social party was given Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Uhrine,
south of town. The young people as
usual, spent pleasant evening and
aIe looking forward to more such
gatherings.
Rev. Il. c. Mccoy left Saturday
for Vinton, where he was Joined Sun
day evening by Mrs. Mccoy. Mon
day they went to Dallas, Texas, where
they will attend the association of the
Congregational church.
Rev. Louis May and wife returned
Wednesday from Lake Charles where
they had attended the Ministers Insti-
tute of the NJ. f. church. They report
a most spiritual and profitable time.
No more able man could have been Sc
cured to conduct the Institute than
Rev. BOvard
The PhiliStnes, i. e.. the mosquitoes
are upon US. Not only the warriors,
armed with their frey darts, but the
SQuawS and papOOSes also, each one
its bill with the merciess
of a tax collector. There |
S that critter, the hungry muskitter,
and the way he does bite is sin: he
outs in his pump and raises a bump.
md there's where the rub comes in. "
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
The Churches.
THEY WED.
Rev. III. VI, GRAIN. Editor.

There is peculiar thrill of glad
ness in every community occasioned
by the union of lives in marriage of
two who are highly esteemed in the
community. Welsh experienced that
thrill of Joy last week, when it was
known that Rev. Paul Leeds, pastor
OF the Congregational church, had ar.
rived with his bride, to make their
home among US.
1t is not necessary for the writer to
pronounce a eulOgy on the groom or
bride. They both have been known to
many OF our readers for q number OF
wears. Bro. Leeds ministry has been
fruitful both here and in other charges
and he is universally esteemed for his
christian integrity and strong, manly
character. By-the-way, Leeds is a
good preacher too, and his words are
the more powerful, because his life
conforms to his preaching.
The bride, Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Allen, "Miss Bessie" as we all knew
her, is young lady of whose graces
and charms, too much can not be said.
She won her way easily into the hearts
OF the people OF Welsh, when she came
to take charge of one of the grades in
the school. The children became easy
captives to her, as she won her way to
their hearts by her sympathy and love.
Besides her charming christian char.
acter, miss Bessie" is endowed with
many accomplishments which will rem
der her most excellent helpmate for
her consecrated husband. AS a min
ister's wife, she will occupy trying
places now and then, but His grace
will be sufficient for her no doubt.
Brother Leeds has done we'll and he
is now entitled to place among the
bishops, according to Paul's first let
ter to Timothy. We extend our hand
and welcome him to the rank, and
wish for him and his bride a most
prosperous and happy life.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10

w. B. Flower, who has been in La.
fayette the past four months, spent
Sunday here with his brother, L. G.
Flower.
The Misses Williams delightfully."-
entertained number of their Young
friends last Saturday evening at their
home northeast of town.
M1sJ. c. MINK left Tuesday ev.
ening for SanFrancisco, California to
visit relatives and friends. Mrs.
Minnix will return in July.
Miss Jessie Findley went to jennings
Friday and returned Saturd lay, ,accom-
panied by Miss Leila Meeks, who
spent Saturday and Sunday the guest
OF Miss Findley.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10
Report OF the 93rd Annual CoDyentio -
W. c. 4. U. Held at Zwslle May
Third, Fourth and Fifth.

Inc Ord annual convention of tht
Louisiana W. G. T. L. met at Zwolle
La, May ;, 1 and 5. In the absence
OF our state officers, president, vice.
president and secretary. Mrs. Mary
Arm0r, president of the Georgia w.
Z. L. t., presided as chairman of the
convention.
We were accorded a hearty welcome
by the people of ZwOlle and royally
entertained while there. Three ad-
dresses of welcome were delivered; one
in behalf of the churches, by Rev,
Weems, of the NJ. E, Church, South,
one in behalf Of the local Union. by
Mrs. Ola Williams and one in behalf
OF the town by the mayor, Mr.. Porter.
Key. Gonzales of Jennings, gave
splendid talk on who wants the Sa-
loon?' More than fifty years ago
Abraham Lincoln made the statement
that Saloons were like cancers: All
attSmpts to regulate, only aggayate
them, and in order to be rid of them.
they must be taken out by the roots. "
He said: 'The saloon must 60" Rev.
Gonzales thinks no right minded per-
son could want the saloon, except for
the money they would make by it.
Rev. Vaughn of Bon Ami, gave
lecture on "Alcohol, the greatest evil
Of our nation" He brought up facts
to show that alcohol IN all forms and
at all times works for evil-neyer for
good, and made an earnest appeal to
young men and women to leave it
alone"
Mrs. Armor of Georgia, who is very
earnest, in the temperance work, gave
a fine address. She tells us that no
wine is served in the dining cars on
the Queen and Crescent road. One of |
the colOred walters, when asked why
they did not have wine, replied: "De
president and all of US on dis road
has got religion" May the time soon !
come when de president and all of
us" on all the roads may have religion
too.
Miss Louise Holl Ster, national
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-10

orerS having sent Gift some weeks
ago.
Rev. James Ellis will preach for US
next Sunday morning at the usual
hour.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Leeds departed
Monday morning for Dallas, Texas,
to attend the Southern Congress of
Congregational Ministers. They will
be gone about ten days.
Word comes from Miss Fannie Rob
inson that her mother is improving in
health rapidly and she hopes to be
with us about the middle of May.
Mr.. Calkins writes that they reached
their destination, had fine trip and
all were we'll.