Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-27

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One of the latest trusts is trust
of the manufacturers of road ma
chinery. This has an unpleasant
| not to say an ominous sound.
| What would be hailed with unboun-
ded expressions of delight by rural
populations everywhere would be
road making trust, provided of
course that adequate guarantees
were forth coming that it meant
business and was really in earnest
in providing the country with
| better roads.
One of the fashionable sins of the
present time is the sin of idleness.
J This may not apply to the Club la-'
/ dies" of our town, but this evil ex-
lists to an alarming extent, especial
ly so in larger cities where COM
petent ladies fit away time as if
/ there were no claims upon them in
busy marts of life. There are per-
sons whom the stress of circumstan-
ces compel to work, but the work is
too often done under protest.
There is growing distaste for
housekeeping. while all honest la
Dor is honorable there is nothing
more so than the care Of the home.
An official report shows that, at
the beginning of the month of Mar
Oh, there was total of 673, 1886 on
the federal pension list. During
February 2, 699 pension of the Civ
il war were dropped from the roll
because of death.
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The young men whose pockets
are filled with cigarette wrappers,
mustache combs, finger nail clean
ers, miniature curling irons, look
ing glass, etc., and have their moth
ers crease their pants every day,
nare not the ones who will make
promising husbands. The pockets
of those who are helping to make
the country bloom and causing two
blades of grass to grow where God
planted but one., will be found
filled with barbed wire staples, and
different size of nails and scews.
They are the boys the girls had
better look after
Most merchants realize the value
of attractive, original window dis
playin connection with their season
BILE trade The store window is at all
times one of the most valuable
store adjuncts and trade-getters
that the merchant can make use of.
All attractive window displays al
ways draw the attention of the
shopper, and, if, besides being
attractive, it contains any sugges-
tions, it is bound to sell the goods
If the merchant or any of his clerks
who may have more talent along
this line, will devote a little earn
est thought and time to getting up
a series of attractive, suggestive
and original displays, he will find
that it will tend to materially swell
his receipts.
AS king over the stalwart oak
and lofty pine, the fig tree would
have been a dead failure, and as
much out of place as some of our
politicians are in congress; but for
bearing figs the oak and the pine
are its interiors. Bearing figs is
the grandest thing in the world for
a fig tree. 1t shines in its own
sphere; but stripped of its fig-bear-
ing power, it has no excuse for ex-
istence. Sometimes a mother, who
reigns a majestic queen in her
household, forsakes her quiet sweet
ness of home rule for a noisy,
rough, public career, for which
she has not the slightest qualifica-
ton. Of course there are no such
mothers who are readers of this pa
per but we have seen them and so
have you.
The little sparrows don't seem
to decrease or diminish The peo-
pie and cats are their enemies, and
while the boys are more friendly
to other birds, they destroy the
sparrows. In twenty years there
seems to be no change in this vi
oinity.
Don't be afraid to do your duty
because some one ridicules or oppos-
es you. A man who has no opin-
ions of his own and the courage to
advocate them will be sure to have
opposition in this world because he
runs across or contrary to other peo-
pies opinions; but just keep right
ahead if your cause is right and
your conscience clear. Don't wor-
ry about what other people say;
life is too short for that. Some
will abuse you through envy, Others
for the want of principle and
some because they honestly differ
from you; but if you keep right on
openly, man fully and intelligently,
and with your proper dignity of
character, honesty of purpose and
self-respect, those who differ from
you will respect your opinions.
Talking of intemperance, did
you ever notice that fathers of
drinking boys are seldom found in
the thick fight against whiskey?