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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Nature seems to abhor q vacuum,
which accounts for the fact that land
which possesses any fertility at all will
produce crop of weeds in lieu of
something more useful and why lazy
boy or girl is prone to get into mischief
and bad habits
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
A Formal Occasion

"At my wife's earnest persunsion,'
said Mr. Meekton, Il went to the
kitchen and notified the cook that she
would be expected to interest herself
in various household reforms
"And with what result?"
"She listened with apparent inter
est and then went ahead and did as
she chose. She treated me as if
we're regular notification commit
tee"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

An extensive cattle feeder of the
writer's acquaintance has for a num-
Der of years fed turnips to the steers
in his feed lots, 1t being his view that
while the food elements which the
turnips contained were of little actual
value. they served to keep the animals
In good condition and to increase their
appetite for the regular grain ration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Cotton Drop Estimate.

New Orleans, La, Nov. S0.-The es
innate on the cotton crop of 1908 is
12,S00,000 bales.
The crop has been picked and mar
keted with great rapidity, but farmers
are inclined to hold the remnants for
better prices.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

"How is the old man getting on
these days?'
We'll, he kin jump up an crack his
heels twice when he amt got the rheu-
matism, an when that comes on he
kin stay still an out cuss the man that
made the cuss words. Atlanta Con-
titution
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
suicide Of Prominent Physician.

Gallipolis. Ohio. Nov. 25.-Dr. o. S.
Mills, aged 4S years. house physician
at the Columbus. Ohio, insane asylum,
killed himself yesterday He left q
note that read. What's the ussf'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Selects Room % and Commits Suicide.
Hot Springs, Ark, Nov. 2S.-At his
request, Paul A. Mcdonald, solici-
tor in the employ of a local newspa-
per, was assigned to room No. 23 last
night A few minutes later the guests
were attracted by heavy breathing in
the room, and when attaches of the
hotel entered Mcdonald was found un.
conscious, having swallowed thirty
grains of morphine His death oc-
CURED several hours later
Mcdonald, whose home was in At
lanta, Ca, was 35 years of age. and
had served as a lieutenant in the sig
nal corps of the United States army
during the Spanish-American war AS
to the cause of the suicide nothing
can be ascertained
He was the son of Rev Mr. McDon.
aid, who was for nearly eighteen years
the pastor of the Second Baptist
church Atlanta. He is survived by
his mother, three sisters, and two
brothers, one in Mexico and the other
in California.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Paper to be Made From okra Stalks

Brown House, Macon, Ca, Nov. 27.-
Hon. John T. Moore, prominent Dusi.
ness man and chairman of the board
of county commissioners, arranged for
the shipment Of large quantity Of
okra stalk and pulp to New Jersey,
where an experiment will be made
with it in the manufacture of paper
The stalk and fiber have been crushed
together and are not separated, but
with the information he could gather,
Mr.. Moore believes there will be a
profitable showing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

The way lad does his work at fif-
teen Is a pretty accurate criterion of
the way he will do it at forty-ive
Both boy and parent should on this
account see to 1t that In the formative
years he learns to do his work with
thoroughness and spirit.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Atlanta, Nov. 27.-While sitting in
a rocking chair at his home, 10 Kirk.
wood avenue, yesterday morning, John
Godfrey fell forward upon the floor,
and was dead before his family could
reach him.
He is "a years old, and is survived
by his wife and three children.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Hitchcock Offered Cabinet Position.
Hot SPRING. Va, Nov 2S.-Frank
H. Hitchcock has been offered. ana
has accepted. the position Of postmas-
ter general ir the Taft cabinet that In
to be.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Triton, Ca, Nov. 29.-John B.
Greene, one of Tifton's Oldest settlers,
died last night at 80 O'Clock of acute
indigestion after suffering only few
minutes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
A Demonstr alton in Physics

do you intend 10 run for office
again if you are defeated this time?"
Perhaps answered the candidate.
"You see when man gets really un-
de- way running for office he gathers
so 4nucb momentum that it is difficult
20 stop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

The dry weather which has pre-
vailed generally over the country the
past five weeks has resulted in cutting
down materially the potato yield. This
means that there will likely be good
prices for all marketable stock. The
grower who has raised a large crop
should post himself thoroughly on the
general market situation before con-
tracing his potatoes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

One Killed, Three Injured In Collision.
Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 30.-J. N.
Castor, conductor, of Columbus, Miss,
was killed and three others injured
in a rear-end collision on the South.
ern railway at Cunningham trestle.
40 miles west of Birmingham, yester.
day
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Bio Fire at Rrewton. Ala.

Brewton, Ala, Nov. 30.-The plant
of the Brewton Oil & Manufacturing
Company was totally destroyed by
fire yesterday, the loss being 100000,
with no insurance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Anger wishes that all mankind had
only one neck; love, that It had only
one heart: grief, two tear glands; and
pride. two bent knees.-Jean Paul
Friedrich Richter
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Taft's Announced Tariff Revision Ap
proved.
Hot Springs, Va, Nov. 2S.-Presi-
dent-elect Taft's announced position
in favor Of a thorough tariff revision
is being approved in a correspondence
which is developing to the amount OF
more than hundred letters a day.
Mr.. Taft's determination in this re-
spect continues ard the trend of re-.
Gently expressed sentiment is most
satisfactory 10 him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Vo. MoAawMk
Facts in the Case.

''See here" said the tailor, as he
beaded the young man off, "do you
cross the street every time you see
me to keep from paying that bill you
owe me?''
Il should say not" replied the y. m.
Then why do you do it," asked the
knight Ct Ire ape.
ITO Ike, p ycn from asking for It."
answered lie .-ar.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
GREAT AUTO RACE.
CONTEST IN SAVANNAH FOR S5, 900
GOLD CUP-FAMOUS DRIVERS.

Navarro, Haupt, Szsz, Fournier and
Others Direct the Most Powerful
Machines of Europe and America in
Four Hundred Mile FIIght-Foreign-
ers From Many Lands Witness Race
on Specially Constructed Course Po-
Iced by State Militia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

A timothy and corn ration Is In i'm
portant respects deficient and should
be REINFORCED by cottonseed meal, oil
meal or bran to give balanced ration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Sherman, vice-President Elect, to Win
ter in Augusta.

Augusta, Ga, Nov. 26-OfHcial an
nouncement has been made that Hon
James B. Sherman, vice-president
elect, will spend part of the winter
season in Augusta Hon. w H. Flem
ing, ex-congressman, and a close per
sonal friend of Mr.. Sherman. is in re
ceipt of letter stating that the latter
expects to arrive here about Decem
ber 20, two days after Mr.. Taft takes
up his residence on the "Hill."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
Wealthy Bachelor Commits Suicide

Bristol, Tenn, Nov. 27.-Columbus
Ritchey, fifty-eight years old, and a
wealthy retired business man of Bris-
tol, committed suicide In his room, in
the Ritchie building.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

A holding off of a killing frost has
enabled many farmers in the northern
portion of the corn belt to cut their
corn with harvester and thus save
the large amount of valuable roughage
that is for the most part wasted if
the corn Is husked in the field and the
stalks allowed to stand. Well cured
corn fodder Is just as nutritious and
valuable as timothy, and it is merely
matter of good management to save
as much Of it as one can use or sell.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

An inspection of different sections of
the writer's orchard at picking time
this fall shows that those portions OF
the orchard which had been given a
vigorous pruning bore fruit of much
better size and quality. 1t was also no
ticeable that the results of the spray
ing treatments were more pronounced,
this evidently being due to the fact
that the spray was more evenly dis
tributed among the less dense tops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Users Of silos as class seem at
present to be undecided whether the
wood stave or cement structure is
going to prove the more valuable as a
place for storing and preserving the
corn plant as succulent stock ration.
AS between the two the initial cost
Is about the same. but covering a pc
riod of years the cement structure
bids fair to prove the more economical
because of it's greater durability.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

hordes of unemployed men from the
larger cities of the country f1ocked to
the big harvest fields west of the Mis-
sissippi river the past summer in the
hope of reaping the high wages which
they had been able to command in pre-
vious seasons. Instead of getting 81
a day, as they had hoped, they had to
be content In most cases with 50, as
there were harvest hands and to spare,
the situation proving to be one in
which helpers were competing for
chance to work rather than employers
striving to get help at any price.
Many who went west to get. work
were unable to secure it at all, with
the result that the close Of the harvest
season in September found them far
from home. with nothing to pay their
way back.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04
The Pursuit Of Letters.

All the world may not exactly love
lover, but it ..lrass takes quite an
inre: ; II his letTe $ when they arc
read 10 tht Jiiy Puck.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

AS a determining factor in a per
soR's success in life the Importance Of
good health and robust constitution
can hardly be overestimated. 1t fol-
lows from this that any form Of dis
sipation or excess which tends to un-
dermine ones health or to render him
less vigorous or energetic is bar to
the highest measure of success of
which be would otherwise be capable.
In all too many cases there does not
come a realization of the force Of this
truth until 1t is too late to repair the
damage which may have been effected
through ignoring 1t. Many young
fellow who has no money at the start
is nevertheless endowed with a fine
physique, which as his chief and ex
elusive capital stock he should hus-
band with the utmost care by clean
and temperate living.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-04

Some few weeks ago the district of
East Kootenai, Saskatchewan, B. c.,
was visited by a forest fire which
swept over a territory fifty miles in
width. completely destroying the towns
of Fernie, Cool Greek and Hosmer,
killing ITO people, rendering 5000 home
less and destroying property valued at
$5,0OO,0O0 This disaster seems to be
traceable to slipshod methods of lurn-
bering which have been followed by
employees of the Cedar Valley Lum-
bering company, they having been
careless and left their brush or timber
slashings without burning them. Other
disastrous forest fires which have
ragged more recently In northern Min
nesota, Michigan and Wisconsin have
condition which made the forests as
lnflammable as tinder and liable to ig-
milton from passing trains, campfres
and other causes. The prevalence Of
these destructive fires, whatever their
cause points to the need of greater
precaution in numbering methods and
the establishing of patrols which shall
report fires starting and summon aid
sufficient to put them out before they
gain headway This method of safe
guarding Is followed by the federal
government In its reserves on the Pa
cific coast with very satisfactory re-
suits.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded TO cutieura.

Il had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians. but they only
gave me relief for a short time and 7
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions ! used to no purpose. My ank-
les were M mass of sores. The itch.
ing and burning were so intense that
/ could o sleep. 1 could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus.
band said ] had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times 1 had the best nights rest In
months unless I took an opiate.
used n set OF Cutieura Soap, ONT
ment. and Pills, and my ankles healed
in a short time. II is now a year since
I used Cutlcurs. and there has been no
return Of the eczema Mrs. David
Brown, Locke. Ark, May is and July
IL. 1907
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13

-
detachment OF the Eighteenth in
la.-ry from Fort Bethunc trapped by
iHC ons in a narrow gorge. Among them
3 . stranger who introduces hlmseit ny
The aame OF Hampton, also ellis the
pcst trader. and his daughter. Gtlits ~
4 majority OF the soldiers are KILLED dur
tne 8 three days siege Hampton ana
They fell exhausted on the plains. A
ompany % the Seventh cavalry, Lieut..
Hrant In command, find them. Hampton
and the EiFl stop al the Miners Home In
Gioncaid. Mrs. Dumy. propretress. Hamp-
ton talks the future over with Miss Gil
ts-the Kid. She shows him her moth
~ picture and tells Eim what she can
81 her percentage and life. They decide
she shall live with Mrs. Herndou- Mazda
tle kid-runs ava from Mrs Herndon's
and rejoins Hampton He induces her 20
go back ard to have nothing more % do
with hin Hampton plays MS last game
~ yards He to Red Slavin
That he has Quit and h leaves Glen
caid. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives IN
Eieneaid to teach It's first school Miss
Spencer meets Mazda, Rev. .Wynkoop.
Nadia n Lieut. Brant again meet with
out his knowing who she Is. She informs
Nim Of the coming Bachelor club ball in
honor OF Miss spencer Lieut.. Brant
meets Silent Murphy. Clusters scout He
reports trouble brewing among the Sioux.
Social difficulties arise a. the Bachelor
clubs ball among the admirers Of Miss
Spencer. Lieut. Rrant meets Miss Spen-
Ger but she Is not bis acquaintance OF the
Gay Before. She tells him OF Nadia, and
be accidentally meets her again as he Is
returning to the ballroom with a ian for
Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nadia
home from the ance, On the way she
informs him as 20 who she is, and that
she iE TO meet Hampton. Braut and
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his alterations 20 Nadia
must cease, and prociafms an authority
over her thar justines the statement.
krant tells Hampton Of the presence 81
silent Murphy. and OF the fact that Red
SiaVin receives government messages Tor
him. Miss Spencer called on Bob Hamp-
ton Tells him OF a red-faced stranger
rnisthking her for MAZDA. Brant inter
views Red Slevin. Finds that he Is an eN-
trooper tn the Seventh cavalry Il was
SlaNin's and Murphy's testimony that
more than ten years before had convicted
Robert Nolan. then 4 captain In the Sew
cath. of the murder Of Mai Brant. Sr.
Hampton attempts 20 force a confession
from SiaVin. 6iavin insists Il il Murphy
ne wants. and Murphy had left. IN a
scufic Slavtn Is killed By a knife thrust.
Hampton surrenders 20 Buck Mason.
marshal Mot attempts TO capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape 20 a hill
and defend themselves. Mob lights fire
10 bprn them out Braut tells Mazda that
he loves her. She tells him there IS an
insurmountable barrier between them.
but that she does not fully understand
a.. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by the
mob. Brant carries the unconscious
gambler through the lines Of FIRE
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13

IN his heart. leaped forward into the
seemingly narrow fringe OF ere IN his
front Head down. he ran bllndly.
stumbling forward as be struck the
oredump. and beating out with bis
hands the sparks that scorchod his
clothing The smoke appeared TO roll
higher from the ground here. and the
coughing soldier crept up beneath H.,
breathing the hot air. and feeling as
though his entire body we're ahre.
Mason. his countonance black and m
recognizable. his shirt soaked with
blood. peered into his face.
Hell, amt az" he sputtered. but
you're a dandy, an right.
rs Hampton dead2
Il reckon not Got hit bad. though.
Brant cast one glance into the
white. unconscious face OF his rival.
aud acted with the promptness OF mil
itary training.
whip on your shirt. Mason, and tie
It around your face" he commanded
Lively now"
lie bound hls silk n~eckerchief
across Hamptons mouth, a lifted
the limp form partially from the
ground. fHelp me TO get him up.
There. that viii do. Now keep as
close as you a 50 Al 10 steady him
IL ! trip. Straight ahesg-run for itl"
TheI sprang directly into the lurid
namcs bending low. Brant's hands
g-raspiag che inest fotm lying across
his shoulder They dashed stumbling
through the black. s~mouldering lane
beyonf Hallway down this. the
ground yet hot beneath their feet, the
yapor sitting. but with clearer
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13

he pressed upward, sheitering his
eyes with uplifted arm, and seeking
passage where the scarcity OF under
brush rendered the zone Of fire less
impossible. He could see scarcely
three yards in advance. but to the
rear the narrow lane Of retreat re-
NAMED open. Standing there, as
though in the mouth of a furnace. the
red flames %scorching his face, Brant
followed his hands for a call.
"HamptOni" The word rang out
over the Internal cracking and roar
ing like the note Of a trumpet.
"Ayl What Is it2" The returning
voice was plainly not Hampton's yet
It came from directly In front. and
not far away.
who are youi Is that you. Mar
shal?"
"Thet's the ticket" answered the
voice. grufiy. AN just as full o. fight
es ever.
3rant lifted his jacket to protect
his face from the s~eorching heat.
There was certainly no time to lose
VI aMe EANAaAkS 0t compliments
I'm Brant lieutenant Seventh cav
airy, he cried. choking with the thick
ening smoke. My troop has scatter
ed those fellows who were hunting
you I'll protect you and your prison
er, but youu have to get out OF there
at once. Can you locate me and make
a dash for it? Wrap your coats around
your heads, and leave your guns be-
hind
An instant he waited for the an
swer, fairly writhing in the intense
heat, then Mason shouted. Hamp-
toms been shot. and I'm winged a lit.
tie; l can't carry him"
Brant ripped on his jacket, wrapped
it about his face. jammed a handker
chief into his mouth and with a prayer
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13

man leap from the back window Of the
Occidental Is that truce?
The missionary nodded.
Good then come along with me
1 intend breaking the back Of this
lynching business right here and
o "
lie strobe directly across the street
to the steps Of ghe Occidental. his
clothing scarcely more than smolder.
Ing rags. The crowd stared at him
s~ullenly: then suddenly a reaction
came, aud the American spirit OF fair
play. the frontier appreciation OF bull.
dog courage. burst forth into a con
fused murmur. that became half a
cheer. Brant DID not mince his
words.
NOW, look here. men. n you want
any more trouble. we're here 10 ae,
~oommodate you Fighting is our
trade. and We don't mind working al
g. But J wish 10 tell YOU right now
and straight un the handle, that you
are slnply making . parcel OF fools
OF yourselves. Slayin has been killed
and nine out OF ten nmong you are
secretly glad Of a. BE was q curse
10 this camp. but because some OF bis
friends and cronies-tnugR, gamblers
ane dive keepera-accuee lgb Hamp-
ton ~ having killed him. you start TO
blindlY - lynch hampiaa, never even
waiting % hnd out whether the charge
h the truth or a lie You act like
sheep not American citizens Now
that We have pounded d little sense
into some Of you. perhaps youn listen
10 the facts. and II yon must hang
soma one. put your oDe on The right
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13
or. SIMMONS AND
rag souTAWEsT.

Or O r. simmons whoae advertise.
ment appears IN another column Of
this paper, has probably helped more
people TO acquire homes Of their own
IN tho most delightful and fertile aeo'
ton Of tho country. whcrc life IN really
a pleasure, than any other man now
living. Dr. Simmons Is a southerner
BY birth. a broad. minded, kindly gen
tleman, who Is W happier than
when helping others 20 help them
selves. tie would not mivstate any.
thing for all the wealth OF the Rookie
fellers. aud any OF our readers intcr
ostod in land IN the sunny Southwest
ran enter into negotiations with him
with the fullest assurance OF a square
deal at any and all times.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1908-02-13

Totally exhausted the two men
dropped their heavy burden on the
earth. Mason swore as the blood be.
san dripping AGAIN from his wound,
which had been torn afresh in HIS 81.
forts to bear Hampton to safety Just
below them a mounted trooper caught
sight OF them and came forward. He
failed 20 recognize his officer In the
begrlmed person before him. until
called to attention BY the voice Of
command
sims. II there is any water In your
canteen, hand it over. Good; here,
Marshal. use this. Now. Sims. note
what l say carefully, and don't waste
a minute. Tell the first sergeant TO
send a file OF men up here with some
sort Of a litter. on the run. Then you
ride to the Herndon hOuse-the yellsw
house where the roads fork. you re.
member-and tell Miss Nadia ellis
don't forget the name) that Mr..
Hampton has been seriously wounded,
and we are taking him to the hotel
Can you remember that?"
yes, sir.
Then on with you. and don't spare
the horse"
He was gone instantly. and Brant
began bathing the pallid. upturned
face.
You'd better lie down, Marshal
he commanded. You're pretty weak
from loss OF blood. and I can do all
there Is to be done until those Eel.
lows get here
In IS minutes they appeared. and
five minutes later they were toiling
slowly down to the valley. Brant walk.
ing beside his still unconscious rival.
Here and there down the street, but
especially about the steps Of the Ccci.
dental, were gathered the discounted
vigilantes, busily discussing the affair.
and cursing the watchful. silent
guard. AS these caught sight of the
little party approaching there were
shouts Of derision. The sight and
sound angered Brant.
Garry Hampton 70 his room and
summon medical attendance at once. %
he ordered. Il have a word to say to
those fellows"
Seeing Mr.. Wynkoop on the hotel
porch. Brant said to him; Miss
Spencer informed me that you saw a