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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
SO Carloads of EIbertas.

Americus, Ca, June 30.-This
week will trove a record-breaking
one among Americus peach shippers,
as not less than fifty solid carloads of
Elbertas will go forward from or
chards here The Bagley-Gober or
chard, which bears the distinction Of
being the largest in the United States,
covering $500 acres, will alone snip
forty carloads this week, while other
orchards about Americus will ship ten
or more cars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
FATAL CHICAGO FIRE.
Five Known Dead and a Score Are
Injured.

Five Known Dead and Score Are
Injured.
Chicago, June 25.-Five are known
to be dead and more than score Of
persons were injured, several of them
seriously, as the result of an explosion
followed by fire in five-story building,
the upper floors of which were used
as boarding house.
1.-THE explosion occurred in the plant
of the Pabst Chemical company on the
ground floor. ..-...
The dead are all members of the
same family, and include the mother
and four children. They were found
by the firemen in the rear of the third
floor.
The employees of the chemical COM
pany escaped, but several were injured
by flying debris and glass.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Learning is not indispensable to~thes.- -.
power of being able to converses with 80. - - 4
lucidity, force and -evens@ bTiIiiancy 49, -
Some of the best takers Jay small sessse
claim to book knowledge. Their best
books are men and women and a Sgoodei -. g. -.
understanding of human nature sTheve1'a - :
can adapt themselves to time and p aAs Il
place and make the best of their sur sI assci
roundings. aE ~ 4ss,rr
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Biz steamernLaunched.

E' Belfast, ireland, June 27-Anotner
big vessel has. been. launched at the
Harland and Wolff yards to be used in
the Red, Star line service between
Antwerp aRd,rNew York. 1apland is
the name. given the new liner, which
is the largest afioat under the Bel
gian flag. She is $40 feet long,
of $4,000 tons register, and will have
accommodations for 7GO cabin and
100 steerage passengers. 1t is ex-
.pected that the new ship will be ready
for, service in November.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
KILLED BY ELECTRIC PUMP.
rhos. Smith Had One Of His Arms
Ground Of.


Birmingham, Ala. June 27.-Thos.
Smith. aged. fifty years, met horrible
death in mine No 4, of the Tennes-
see Coal. Iron and Railroad company, /,
near Wylam, when his right arm got
caught in an electric pump. The
pump ground off the arm and broke
the mans shoulder. ''."
When picked up Smith was uncon..
scious, but there was evidence that
while the arm was being crushed off ,
the man had presence of mind enough
to use his, other arm in stopping the
machinery.
Smith died before being gotten to
the outside. This makes the second
accident of similar nature, both ia
tai, in a week in'mines Of this COM
pany.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Girl Killed bv Liohtninu

Montgomery, Ala; June PA Sci
ma special says that Mary Johnson;
a negro girl, was killed Thursday in a
field near that city, by lightning. She
was working with others when cloud
came over and bolt struck in the
midst of them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Butterflies in Colo climates.

1t is common experience among
mountain climbers to find butterflies
lying frozen on the snow, and so brit
tie that they break unless they are
very carefully handled. Such frozen
butterflies on being taken to a warm
er climate recover and fly away Six
species of butterflies have been found
within a few hundred miles of the
north pole.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

= Education as now understood l.
India is an exotic and arouses nc
where any real enthusiasm 5T'.e'sf'
dian trader, banker or money, lens
has accumulated his wealth wi.,lsl,
any very obvious aid from En- glish Ell
ucation, and he probably thcr 70
does not see why he should help otN<
ers to what he has himse'f dis9ensqs
with.-Calcutta EnglishTan. ~.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
1000 BolIs on Stalk .

Atlanta, June 26.-John B. Broad
we'll called at the Office of Secretary
Frank Weldon, of tae Georgia State
Fair, and made application for space
to attempt the experiment of growing
1 200 cotton bolls on one stalk. The
exhibit will be most unique The fair
opens in October.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
shotoun Duel Wa. Fatal.

Longview, Tex, June 27.-Green
Livsey shot and killed Gil Reese at
Lacy's sawmill, Blackburn, Tex, 8
miles south of here.r. The two men.
are; prominent citizens. and had a
dispute. They met at the sawmill.
both carrying shotguns, and at once
opened fire. Livesey was uihirt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
CAPTAIN HARPER KILLED.
Fatal Difficulty Between Prominent
Men at Lebanon, Tenn.

Men al Lebanon, enn.
Nashville, Tenn, June PA Leb
anon, Tenn, dispatch to the Banner
says that Captain Ellis Harper was
shot and instantly killed at that place
Thursday mornin by William Suit.
; Harper was shot three times. He
had attacked Suit with a stick Suit,
who is a Patterson man, it is alleged,
wrote an article for a Nashville paper
to which Harper, who is Carmack
man, took offense.
Captain Harper was picturesque
figure during the civil war, and was
MOTEL confederate partisan raider.
He was well connected throughout tnis
part of the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

We mortals, men. and women, de-
your many disappointment between
breakfast and dinner time, keep hack
the tears and look "a littfc' pale about
the lips, and in answer to inquiries
say: "Oh, nothingi" Pride helps us.
and pride 10 not a bad thing when it
only urges us to hide our own hurts
not TO hurt others.-George Eliot.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
A Fatal HONEYMOON.

Augusta, Ga June 27.-'After q
honeymoon that lasted only one week,
Dr. j. B. Smith, who. married Miss
Tliza Carswell, of Hepzibah. was killed
by falling into a"well while working
on the curbing, in."the course OF max
ing a number Of repairs upon his
premises. Mrs. Smith is well known
in Augusta and throughout Richmond
county, and the sympathy of her hun
dreds of friends is extended her, in
her bereavement.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
BELL CHOSEN TO WELD eAvEL.
Californian for the Temporary Chair
manship at Denver


Denver, June 90-Theodore A..
Bell, of California, has been chosen
temporary chairman of the democratic
national convention by tie committee
on convention arrangements. No Sc
lection was made for the permanent
chairmanship. this matter going over
until the meeting of the full commit
tee can be held.
The most prominently mentioned in
this connection are Representative
Henry Clayton, of Alabama, and Jud-
son Harmon, of Ohio. Governor 10
seph w. Folk. of Missouri, and SEN
ator Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas, are
also strongly favored.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Baton Rouge, La, June 26.-By a
vote of 20 to IA, the senate defeated
the state. referendum prohibition bill.
This will probably end the fight for
prohibition in Louisiana at this ses.
sion of the legislature A similar
measure was recently defeated in. the
house. ...
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Piece Of Glass Caused Death.

Montgomery. Ala. June .27 The
six-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Rutledge isAdead at Brundidge
under peculiar circumstances. While
washing some tiny dishes she got &
small piece Of glass. In her mouth
1t lodged in her throat and caused in
nammation of q fatal nature ass.'si =
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Judge MayfieId Improved

Montgomery, Ala, June Pa Tus-
caloosa special says that Judge j. ].
Mayfield, recently nominated to the
supreme court, who has typhoid fe-
ver, is much better and without COM
plications, will be able to get away to
some health resort by the middle of
next week.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Stellar Honors For a Calf.

Perhaps the most noticeable thing In
the cattle circles was the placing OF
the ,Aorthorn calf Roam King. from
CaAfRM, in the grand championship
place. OF him Judge Durno said: We
don't often see an animal like this
Not even in the old country are they
any better. At Smithfeld we find
them larger, but not any better" This
Is the second time stellar honors have
been won by calf in the fat ring
Defender, last years grand champion.
who was the first to achieve this hon
Or. was awarded third place by the
British judge, James Durno. calf.
Ohio Crown. also went to the head OF
the Shorthoin breed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Steam ouenehed Oil Fire.

Steam was successfully use1 re.
Gently in quenching an oil fire
Petersville, Pa. There are about 80
oil wells in the vicinity of the town,
and when one of them caught fire tie
burning oil flowed through the streets.
Steam was raised in the boilers Of
the oil rigs and the inhabitants used
it to put out the fire.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
THAW BoBs UP AGAIN.
Whites Slayer Has Obtained New
Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Writ OF Habeas Corpus.
Poughkeepsie, N".Y., June 27.-Har-
~ Thaw has obtained new writ of
hHbeas corpus, returnable before SUI
preme court Justice Mills at White
Plains at 1920 a: m Monday morn
ing, when counsel for Thaw will en-
deavor to secure jury trial to pass
npon his mental condition. es
The writ was served on Under Sher-'
iff Townsend in anticipation of Judge
Morschauser's signing an order recon-
mitting Thaw to Matteawan.
The writ has the effect Of holding
Tnaw here until Monday. when the
sheriff will be required to produce him
before Judge Mills'-a White Plains.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Nephew Of Augustus Mayer Suicides

Augusta, Ca, June 30-News was
received by Mayor w. NJ. Dunbar of
the death by suicide of his nephew,
Louis Hopkins, a we'll known young
Augustan, at Leesport, La. Mr.. Hop
kins was about 80, years of age and
was a successful railroad man. He
has scores of relatives in Augusta,
with whom he has recently been in
correspondence and they are at loss
to account for the tragic deed which
ended his life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

The money mentioned in the Bible
would possess the following equiya-
Tents to-day: A shekel of silver. 80
cents; a shekel of gold. $40; talent
of silver, $4,000; talent Of gold, $780,
900; a piece of silver CT penny, II
cents; a gerah. 8 cents; a farthing, !
cent; a mite, less than farthing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Berlin, June ga dispatch re-
ceived here from Windhoek, Demara-s
land, German Southwest Africa, says
that a diamond field. the extent of
which is nearly ten square miles, has
hene discovered at I.udoritz Bay.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
WILL MEET JULY 4th.
Socialist Party In Alabama to Hold
Convention.

NOnNGUIlONs
Birmingham, Ala, June 27.-The
State and ninth congressional district
conventions of the Socialist party in
Alabama will be held in Birmingham
on July 4th, and fifty locals will be
represented.
Tickets will be nominated and can
didate for congress put out. The city
and county socialists at Jeffer-
son county and the city of Birming-
ham will meet and put out candidate
for mayor and a county ticket.
F. X. Waldhorst, the state secre-
tary,, says that good attendance
is expected as Socialists have been
without work so long they are practi-
cally straving." .
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Feminine Elnancierinn

When woman buys something she
cannot really afford, she comdones the
fault by doing without something she
did not intend to buy. anyway.-Atch.
ison Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
BOY praaaed to Death.

Montgomery, Ala, June 26-George
Tierce, a lad at Marcumville, met
horrible death. He was thrown from
mule and dragged to death, his feet
becoming entangled in the harness
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
Died at Ace Of 90 Years

Maysville, Ca, June 27.-James
Brooks, aged 80 years, died at mis-
home in Banks county Thursday. He
was widely known In this section.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

~ see no reason why professional
Aeronaut should not be admitted into
the best social circles" What claim
has he 10 such social recognition1 7" I
ann sure he is man Of very high do.
acent"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03


Sir William Whiteway, former pre-
mier of Newfoundland, died at St.
Johns, N. F., aged eighty-one.
The Epworth League convention of
the North Georgia conference holds
interesting meetings at Atlanta.
The first bale of this years cotton
crop sold in New York City for 35c
a pound. 1t was grown in Texas.
A correspondent at the Hague learns
that Holland has made claim against
Venezuela for redress for the seizure
of Dutch ships and mails.
Harvard Freshmen four-oared crew
beat the Yale Freshmen four cared
crew over a mile course by three full
lengths at New London, Conn.
Don M Dickinson, former postmas-
ter general in President Cleveland's
cabinet, is i'll in a sanitarfum at Flint,
Mich, suffering from nervous break
down.
A telegram received at Manila, P.
L., from the island of Negros, tells of
the murder of P. d. Everett, a gov
ernment forester; T. R. Wakley, a
school teacher, and four Filipinos by
hill tribesmen.
The baby boy which was born early
Tuesday morning to the king and queen
of Spain, will be baptized June 20.
His god-parents are the Prince Re
gent of Bavaria, Luitpold, and the IN
fanta Isabella.
The syndicate which has charge Of
the boxing contests for the week OF
the American fleets visit at Sydney
has arranged with Mike Schreck, the
American heavyweight pugilist, to
come to Australia and participate in
the events
At a recent meeting of the Georgia
branch of the National Society for
tee Promotion of Industrial Education,
Asa G. Gambler, of Atlanta, was elected
president and Thomas c. Erwin, treas
urer The approaching session of
the society will be held in Atlanta
on the 18th, 18th and 14th of Novem-
Der.
Frank j. Gould has been sued by
his wife for an absolute divorce.
DR.. William D. Foster, of Kansas
City, was elected president of the
American Institute of Homeopathy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Lexington. KY, June 27.-Henry
Miller, aged 1O4 years. grew tired of
life at Harrodsburg. in Mercer county,
and committed suicide Friday by TAX
ing paris green He was one Of the
oldest men in Kentucky. 4'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

To clean water. BETS nj s.
mix together half q ~ Of -
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locaniets tc be cl ascs' ~ =
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

rhe city of Thebes had a hundred
IS and could send cut at each gate
e"a d~liting men and 200 chariots-
/. 100000 men and 1000 chariots
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
nrvest place on Earth.

Twenty minutes of rain in year
Is sometimes all that southern Egypt
gots. and there is no dew in that
| country.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
DENVER AUDITORIUM, SCENE or The DEMOCRATIC Ma.
8. 49," ,TI0NAL CONVENTION JULY T.

cultural colleges being represented by
larger classes than ever before Nine
representative institutions of this char
acfer competed in the class judging
contests
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
GROVER CLEVELAND
had been attending him in the various
periods of his illness. e..ive

had been attending him in the various
periods of his illness. .fisf
The following statement, -signed,tby
Ors. Joseph D. Bryant, George R.
Lockwood and J. NJ Carnochan, was
given out: -
Mr.. Cleveland fer many years mad
suffered from repeated attacks - oi
gastro-ihtestinal origin Also he had
long standing organic disease of the
heart and kidneys. Heart failure
complicated with pulmonary throm6o
sis and oedema were the Immediate
cause of his death' si'tt ~
Those at the bedside when the end
came were Mrs. Cleveland and the
three physicians. The only other
persons in the house at the time were
a number of servants.
While Mr.. Cleveland had been seri.
ously i'll from time to fine, the IAN .
nouncement of his death came. like a
thunderbolt to those who had been
watching his illness. rat..-s-v.
The Clevelands came. here from
Lakewood, where the former president
lay sick for many weeks, on, June l,
and intended to go to their summer
home as soon as Mr. Cleveland had
gained sufficient strength to travel.
Mr.. Cleveland was seventy-one
years old on March IS last. During
the rast winter Mr.. Cleveland kept
close to his home in Princeton until
the approach of mis- birthday when he
went to Lakewood with his family. He
was a trustee of the Equitable Life AS.
surance Society of this city and upto
the time of his going to Lakewood
had attended to correspondence in
connection with his duties for that
society. --.z--...s.-s--.
After he went to Lakewood. how
ever, he discontinued that work and
1t socn developed that Mr. Cleveland
was suffering from an attack of diges-
tive trouble. which he had experienced
many times before 81, hne
The surviving cabinet Officers of
President Cleveland are Secretary OF
State Richard Olney;; Secretaries OF
the Treasury John G Carlisle and
Charles S. Fairchild; Secretaries 81
the Interior D. r. Francis, Hoke
Smith and w F. Villas; Attorney Gen
eral Judson Harmon: Postmaster
General Don M. Dickinson, of Detroit.
-Es1 - fs1i4 l-ll
Princeton, n. j., June 26.-Without
eulogy, sermon or song. but with the
simple burial service of the Presbyte.
risn church, Grover Cleveland was
buried Friday afternoon in Princeton
cemetery besies the UNCOVERED grave
of his daughter Ruth Although Pres
fdent Roosevelt was in attendance as
well as Governor Fort, of New Jersey
Governor Hughes. of New York; Gov
error Eoke Smith, of Georgia, and
other distinguished personages. they
did not attend in an official capacity
but as friends of the late ex-presi
dent. aiaN919 ;'li
Tie last honors paid the dead
statesman were strictly private. both
at "Westland, :" the Cleveland resi-
dence, and at the cemetery, in ,com
pliance with the wishes not only OF
Mrs. Cleveland. but those of Mr.,
Cleveland as well. n. +.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

A New York physician advises peo-
pie to let prunes alone. Most people
do. unless the prune attacks them
first
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

it-Ovid.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

The little Wainwright girl died from
he results Of the brutal assault.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Frank j. Gould has been sued by
his wife for an absolute divorce.
DR.. William D. Foster, of Kansas
City, was elected president of the
American Institute of Homeopathy.
Jackie" Clark, the Australian bi.
cycle rider, lowered the worlds rec
ord of three miles at the track at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
1t is reported here that Mulai Ha-
fid, the insurgent brother of Sultan
Abd-el-Aziz, has been proclaimed sui.
tan of Morocco at Mogador.
The first flag raised over Kentucky's
new capitol was sent up to half-mast
in token of Kentucky's grief over the
death of Grover Cleveland.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

Believe that you have, and you have
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
DISPATCHES IN BRIEF
Summary Of a Weeks News OF
the World.
CULLED FOR BUSY READERS

es for the Ready Perusal of Those
Too Busy to Read the Longer Ac-
counts.
Three Rivers, Quebec, has been al
most destroyed by fire. The loss is
placed at $1,000, 900.
Two deaths and seven prostrations
were reported in Chicago from the neat
which prevails.
The next session of the Internation-
al Sunday School convention will be
held at San Francisco.
There were two acquittals and two
convictions in the land fraud cases
which have been on trial at Washing
ton, D. C.
Lieutenant f. B. Uppham, U. S.
A. ;, has recommended that 5000 ra.
tions be issued for the immediate re-
lief of the 5000 flood sufferers in
Mississippi.
Admiral Sab, commanding the Pei
Yang squadron of the Chinese navy,
is at Annoy with the cruiser Hal Yung,
making preparations for the reception
of the American battlesnip fleet.
Another son has been born to Queen
Victoria of Spain. Queen Victoria,
formerly Princess Ena, of Battenburg,
and King Alfonso were married at
Madrid on May 81, 1906. Their first
son was born on May 10, 1907.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

William Waldorf Astor. hassgiven
So, 900 to assist the British school at
Athens in carrying on it's excavations
in Laconia, Greece.
Captain Retzmann has been select
ed as naval attache to the German
embassy at Washington in succession
to Captain H. G. Bebbinghaus.
James ]. Hill and associates have
sold the. property of the Great Falls
Water Power and Transit compa-
ny to John D. Ryan and others for a
million and half dollars.
A Lexington, Tenn, dispatch says
that Oscar McCommons was shot and
fatally wounded in an affray near Mid
dleton, Tenn, by John Pipkins. Nc
Commons had eloped with Pipkin's IL
year-old daughter.
Seventy homing pigeons of tie
Washington Federation of Pigeon
Fanciers started ffrum Napanese, End.
for Washington. and the record of the
United States for this sort of race was
broken, a pigeon making the distance
of sos miles in 693 minutes. a speed
of 1924 yards a minute.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-03
DEATH HAS CALLED D.. !. = = =: !
GROVER CLEVELAND !.
The Former President Dies at His - = y.....i
Home, Princeton, N. ].
WAS DUE TO HEART FAILURE

Three Times Nominated and Twice
Elected President of the United
st@t@s-Oeceased Had Been Unwell
for Some Time, But Still His Death
Came as Shock to the Nation-A-