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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-30

The hop toad asked: you're going where
And shall you like 1t when you're there"
And do you 60 a pleasant roadf"
The crackers eyes with anger giowed.
I'm not going to tell you what happened
In the next verse. It's too awful. But you
can guess.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-30
neniamin Aarri.an,. Adxantage.

That this was the very frst Fourth Of July.
Youths Comps aioL,
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21
WHAT is KILLING THE CHURCH,

In article in the Broad7Uay Magazine Mr..
THOMAS DIXON, Jr. of one-time fame pulpit
orator in New York and more recently before the
public as the author of certain sensational books
and plays, portrays the condition of New York
city churches, pointing out the lamentable de-
crease in the number of orthodox Protestant
churches and the deterioration of those churches
that still continue to exist until, as he says, many
of them present claims to existence that are pitt
full absurdities,' while many more are dead
and don't know it,
An eastern correspondent asks us to suggest
an explanation of this lamentabe situation of
which Mr. DIXON is by no means the first dis
coverer. We undertake the task with much diff
fidence, and yet it seems to us that the matter is
of such vital Importance that, if an explanation
can be given and a remedy suggested it were
criminal to refrain.
To take our questoner to Denver for an an
swer is perhaps going a long way, but that is
better than bringing the answer from Denver,
since in that case it might be considered "far-
fetched" Denver, we believe, at the present mo-
ment has in point.
By the laws in force in that city, the mayor,
through his power to appoint commissioners is
able to determine whether the city shall have
license or Prohibition. When the people of Den
yer vote for mayor, they vote upon the saloon
question. There are three nominations for the
office of mayor in that city in the election which
will take place before these lines reach our
readers.
The Democrats have re-nominated the present
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21
UNFOUNDED CLAIMS OF SOCIALISTS

The Socialist of this city, in leading editorial
published during the session Of the national con
vention Of the Socialists last week, made a
number of somewhat remarkable claims for that
convention. 1t asserted that the Socialist con-
vention is the "only whose delegates are
really chosen by the rank and file" the "only
convention that will meet this year that will
be in any sense a deliberative body; the "only
convention in which women delegates will take
equal part with mem; and the "only convention
that will put principles above candidates
The editor of the Socialist could hardly fail
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21
THE NATIONAL PRoH1B1TIoN1sT

The problem Of this hour is not how to
reach the people. The question before us
now is not, Will the American voter listen to
presentation of the Prohibition issue? The
old wonder whether the country is ready for
Prohibition is settled. The problem of this
hour is to marshal ourselves for the reach
ing of the people, is to devote ourselves to
the work in hand so as to give the nation
what the nation waits for-leadership toward
Probition.
Already some of us are specializing,
what our vote will be- Such speculation is
in large measure fruitless, but this, at least,
can be answered: Our vote will be enormous,
Just IN proportion to oar willingness to aUork
and giue as We meuer haze worked and given
before.
If some tens of thousands of Prohibition
lists are ready, even at considerable sacrifice,
to give days and weeks to unpaid service for
the Prohibition cause, if some tens Of
thousands OF us are ready to give tens and
hundreds and perhaps even thousands of
committees, even if to get the money we
must resort to such measures as we would
resort to in great crises of personal or family
affairs, then the only danger in making an
estimate of our vote will be the danger of
setting it too low.
In short, the whole question of this cam
paign is, How well is the Prohibition party
going to come into the fight?
And in very large part that is personal
question for each man of us, question as
serious as any to which human being ever
addressed himself
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21
Chicago, May Il, 1908
THE ONLY QUESTION

The Prohibition party, on the threshold of
the Presidential campaign of 1908, looks
back over history of almost forty years
forty years of the most remarkable political
history that was ever written. Without
immediate prospect of partizan success, with
out those emoluments that quicken the po
litical activities of others, much of the time
without the remotest expectation of any
tangible reward, the Prohibition party has
conducted a continuous campaign for almost
four decades in the face of scorn, ridicule
and hatred, bitter persecution and the I'M
relenting opposition of the political powers
that be-
In the worlds history there is no grander
page. The men who founded the Prohibition
party, the men who faced the scorn and
ridicule of its early years, the men who have
borne its burden and championed its cause,
the men who have toiled and sacrificed for
it-these men, if history shall ever be writ
ten in truth, will be given honors not less
bright than those that are accorded to the
men who, in other years and for other great
causes, have ridden to battle, starved in
prison cells and died upon the scaffold.
This glorious history gives us a magnifi-
cent vantage ground for the present cam
paign. We enter it, an army Of trained
veterans, with an established position,
recognized right to exist, the respect of the
great mass of our fellow citizens, and what
is better, that which we have most lacked in
all the years-an understanding by our fell
low citizens. Recognition for ourselves and
for our contention, for which we have bat
tied so long and seemingly so fruitlessly in
the past, we have today at the outset Of the
campaign.
All this is only another way of saying what
we have said to each other thousand times
already-that this is an hour of wonderful
possibility for the Prohibition cause. We can
face this campaign with the complacent as
surance of sure victors, save for anxiety over
one thing-Wal we ourselues rise to the
occasion?
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21
May 81, 1905.

occupant of the mayors office who stands com
mtted to the ''wide-open" policy which he has
hitherto followed.
The Republicans have nominated man who
since his nomination, has publicly asserted than
he drinks when he pleases and that no one shall
prevent him, but who makes the promise that
if elected he will enforce all the laws" There
is no suggestion of hostility to the liquor traffic
in his promise. The Sunday TimeS-Neacs of
Denver, in full campaign document which
is spread before us at this moment,- assures its
readers that that promise 'that the cribs
would have to maintain at least the semblance of
decency"; chat no tenderloin district would be
tolerated next door to public school,; that
the dishonest saloons would have to keep closed
after midnight and Sunday" These brief
quotations give the lie to the Republican can
didate's campaign promise, for they admit that
contrary to the Ia7v cribs and "tenderlon dis
tricts" will be allowed in certain places and under
certain conditions in Denver Also they prac-
tically commit the Republican candidate, all
know him to be committed, to license not only
saloons in general, but even dishonest saloons"
The Ne70S- Times asserts that this policy will
be acceptable to saloonkeepers and includes them
in the "all honest men, whom it expects to sup
port the Republican candidate.
The Prohibitionists on the straight issue of
Prohibition, have nominated and have in the field
a candidate for mayor in the person of in
every way qualified by his private character and
% his public standing to fill the office.
And at least some of the ministerial associa-
tons of Denver, including the Methodist minis
tiers, by formal, public action, have allied them
selves with the honest saloonkeepers' and
nounced their support of the Republican candidate.
And as these lines are written, they marching
to the polls shoulder to shoulder with the saloon
keepers and with the people who want Cribs
that maintain a sembance of deeency" to elect
the who dehantly announces that mo power
on earth can prevent his drinking when he wants
to drink.
We are glad to believe that this thing does
not happen as frequently in this year of grace
as it has happened in the past and hope that
it will happen less frequently, but this sort of
thing has happened often enough in the history
of the American church of recent years to ac-
count, both for terrible lack of respect for the
church upon the part of the masses, and woe
full lack of spiritual power in the church.
If this plain statement of facts arraigns us be-
fore any ecclesiastical tribunal, we willingly $50
in the dock" with the greatest Of the evangests
of the American church, CHARLES G. FINNEY
who, as long ago as 1885, SAID: PERSISTENCE to
the temperance reformation 70U put stop to re-
0i7'als in a church, The TIME has come cohen it
can no longer be innocent IN a church to stand
aloof from the glorious reformation The
mans hands are red 70ith blood 1oho stands aloof
from the temperance cause. And can he haze q
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-05-21

Entered second-class matter Nov. 26. 1907,
at the postoffce at Chicago, Ill. under Act of
Congress of March g. 1879.
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business matters and matters intended for the
eye OF the editor should be enclosed in separate
envelopes, and, in any event, should be written
upon separate sheets.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

turpentine camps and people are
putting good doors on them and |
think they intend to lock them and
knock old Pete in the head with
slips, unless the merchants slip up
with a mortgage and swipe stakes.
We are glad to say that the hard
times ard Farmers Union and the
6 or s months of protracted meet
ings have converted more people
than has ever been known before,
or it has as far as | know but | am
sorry to say that the "big pop and
whoa back Buck have not made
any racket in our woods in twelve
long months.
think Mr.. George Leatherpants
has busted hard times with dyna-
mite.
Mr.. D. A. Mcleod has got Mr..
Hoxie back making brick. | think
he will have kiln ready to freeze
by the time the first one comes.
Oh yes; Mr.. Bill and R. w. Nc
Leod went fishing Saturday and
caught what fishermen generally
catch.
Mr.. w. B. Proctor has begun to
do his pushing turpentine business
but the summer has been so wet
until there isn't much to push, but
he has made move; he has moved
his commissary goods into his
smoke house; a move like that does
a man good these times.
HOOKUM.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28
E. w. IRELAND.

A beautiful and fitting tribute
is paid to the memory of Mr..
Sweyn Mcleod, in this issue by
his friend, E. w. Breland How
lovely it is and what as Breland
soappropiately writes, an inspiration
to others to so live, that in the
sunset of life such a picture as
this can be drawn. May many
who have yet days left to do SO;
profit by this good old gentle
mans Cody walk and falling
asleep. The scene which our con-
tributor so beautifully portrays of
this old patriarch calling his loved
ones round him and giving to each
a blessing and directing as to
his affairs, forcibly reminds this
writer of that of Jacob who before
his demise called the twelve pa
triarchs to his beGside in the
same manner. In fact the career
of this old father in Israel as
we have watched in life, has fire.
quently caused us to think of Jacob
in his declining years.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28
McLAIN
Crowded out last week. !

OIOWuCuO OuG AdSt NCOhsl
McLain, Miss, Aug. 18 1908. -
Mrs. Jennie Jordan and sister
Miss Lille Rogers of Richton were
visitors at the home of Mr.. John
McLain for the past few days.
We had a fish fry on Leaf river
yesterday, we had lots of fish of
all kinds. Wish you could have
been with US Mr.. Ed.
The death angel visited the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Allen on
Friday the 4th and took from
their home the baby, age 6 months
Mr.. McArn made his return Sun
day morning from Baskerville, Miss.
Miss Mary Louise Lackey, who
has been visiting relatives at Hat
tiesburg returned yesterday.
Mrs. M. j. McLain has returned
from an extensive visit among her
friends and relatives in and near
Hattiesburg.
Mrs. Jane Ezell of Richton spent
the day with Mrs. C. Slay Sunday.
We see signs of returning pros
perity here, as each train brings
Lumber buyers and drummers to
our village.
Messrs Oscar and E. Evans leave
us tomorrow for some point un-
known to your scribe.
l will close by wishing the HER
VLD much success.
HUGO.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

services of his own church but when
at all possible attended all the SER
vices of all denominations. He had
been a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church nearly fifty
four years having joined when he
was eighteen years old. He had
filled several positions of honor and
trust in his church with credit to
himself an1 the church. 1t was the
privilege of this writer to have
visited him several times during his
last illness and | am sure | never
saw, and perhaps will never see a
gain, the evidences of the Christian
religion more beautifully or pow
erfully manifest. He knew that he
was dying, prayed that the end
might speedily come and set him
free. Said soon he would slap his
hands in glory for he had already
been mustered in by the Holy An
gels. He constantly prayed not
only for himself but those around
him. The theme of his prayer was
that God would take him home out
of his pain and suffering. His chill
dren were all with him more or less
during his last illness. Most of
whom remained constantly by his
bedside until death relieved his
sufferings. | am sure it will not
be out of place to here mention that
no father was ever blessed with
more devoted and unselfish sons and
daughters. 1t was to me an inspi-
ration to be present at times during
his long illness and observe the
tender care and, service bestowed
upon him by his children. They
never grew too weary, tired or
sleepy during these long days and
nigh of waiting and watching
to patiently listen for his faintest
call, or rush to serve his slightest
want. | am told that on he day
prior to his death he called his
children and grandchildren around
his bed and gave to each a fare
we'll kiss and parting blessing
He also prayed for and blessed his
friends that were present. He
then arranged all business matters,
gave final instructions as to his bu-
rial and seem d to know exactly
when death would come. A good
man has gone to his reward, his
babes that have gone on before
have welcomed him home. He is
now waiting, watching and beck
oning others to come. We all
miss him and the gray-haired wife
that has walked by his side for
these fifty years is left sad and
lone. The children, grandchildren
and host of friends are sad because
he is gone but we sorrow not as
those that have no hope for never
was brighter testimony left tC
help us live as he lived and die as
he died and meet him in the glory
land.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

Betty, Miss, August 25, 1908,
"A little girl baby frightened the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ball,
they seem to be very happy over it's
arrival, it was born Saturday Aug
ust q 1908.
Mrs. w. D. Ball and her little son
Vannie visited relatives at Ball last
week. think they enjoyed their
trip fine.
Mr.. M. w. Ball is going to teach
a singing school at Corinth church
which will begin August 81. All
are invited to atte nd; will run
ten days.
Little Matte James of Ball, is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. S. A. and Miss Isabel Ball
attended church at Pine Grove Sun
day.
Bro. Winborn will begin his pro-
tracted meeting here Sept. 3, and
will run for several days; every
body is invited, we are expecting a
good time.
Mr.. ]. C. Hillman has been very
sick for some time but we are glad
to say that he is improving, we
hope he will soon be alright.
Mr.. Abb Breland's girls were
seen in Betty Sunday, hope they
will come again.
Mr.. S. A. Ball has begun haul
ing logs now and also Mr.. M. w.
Ball, hope they will have success.
If this escapes the waste-basket
will come again Yours,
SWEET PEA.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28
AvERA.

Avera, Miss, Aug. oath 1908.
People have good crops up this
way. Everybody is scratching king
duly and some queen dulys and
some one kind and some another.
Mrs. Frank Clark has been on the
sick list but glad to say is improv-
ing.
Misses Ada and Mamie Landlord
and writer went fishing the other
day and had a fine. time and
caught lots of fish.
Hello Clubfst whats gone wrong
with you-too busy suppose. ped
ding beef, was seen coming from
Merrill the otner day with three
quarter Eagles jingling in your
pocket, singign that good old rag
time song ! am just as Happy" as
as | we'll can be as drive Henry
Browns mule and wagon up the
hill of prosperity was never meet
friend but come again." we love
to hear from you as we hailed from
Ball community.
Mr.. D. C. Lankford went to
johnson Creek to church yesterday
and came back boasting about the
good grub he eat, it makes me
hungry to hear such talk.
We are having a very good Sab
bath School at Avera.
Jimmie Clark's whip is still
heard out and on the hill as he
makes his daily load of logs.
Jimmie is true to his work.
the singing school begun at Eel
I'lowship yesterday, conducted by
Prof. Valley.
Mr.. J. s. Smith is preparing to
build him a new house which will
soon be towering above the shrub
berry.
Preaching will be at Avera church
on the Third Sunday in September
dinner will he served at the church
and two sermons. Everybody invited.
With true love to the Editor and
everybody else | will ring off, eX-
pecting to come again.
YELLOW CURLS.
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

made happy over the arrival of a
m ale heir August 16 1908.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Welford
of Mullett, visited at this place last
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Mcleod spent last
Saturday and Sunday with her Un-
Gle, Mr.. B. C. O'Daniel's family.
Mr.. John Woodland and family of
Ball, spent part of last week here.
Miss Durah of Deer Park, Ala, is
spending part of the Summer at
Mr.. Albert Davis's.
Mr.. Tom Lofts foot was hurt a
few days ago by a log wagon run
ming over it.
Mr.. Jim Woodland Sr. of Fall,
was the guest of his daughter, Mrs.
B. G. O'Daniels.
Mr.. Davis went over to Bay Mi
nette, Ala, last week after his
wife and daughter, Miss Eugenia,
who were there for Medical treat
ment.
Master Joe Lackey of Leakesville
is spending part of his vacation at
Mr.. B. C. O'Daniels.
Miss Rubye Naples of Leakesville
visited her sister, Miss Eugenia.
Miss Eugenia Davis is spending a
few days at Deer Park, Ala. with
her sister, Mrs. Turner.
Bro. Berry Byrd filled his ap-
pointment here on the 4th Sunday
instead of the 3rd Sunday, the reg
ular day. There were five Candi-
dates for baptism and two new
members came in.
ICHAROD
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28

2DeeRT1HSI
IN MEMORY OF SWEYN MCLEOD.


Mr.. Editor:-In keeping with
the very high regard, and. lofty cs-
timation in which | ever held my
life long fatherlv friend Mr.. Sweyn
Mcleod | desire to pen some
thoughts pertaining to his life and
death. This undertaking will be
attended by both pain and pleas
ure. Painful because of the sad
realization that Uncle Sweyn is
gone, his kindly gentle face no
more shall we see, his Cody walk
and fatherly counsel are but sweet
dreams, as it were, of yesterday.
Pleasant because no part of life is
sweeter than that given to the
communication of the really true
and worthy man or to speak words
of cheer, comfort and encourage
ment to the fond and heartbroken
loved ones left behind.
Mr.. Mcleod or Uncle Sweyn, as
we all loved to call him, departed
this life at l O'Clock P. NJ Thurs
day Aug. 20, 1908, at his home in
the town of Leakesville, after a
lingering illness. The last four
weeks of his life, he was confined
to his bed but patiently bore his
sufferings. He was born near Ver-
nal of this county October %, 1927.
He was married to Miss Rachel
McInnis on May 27, 1858 and set
tied at Leaf, Miss, where he re-
sided until the breaking out of the
Civil War 1860.
He entered the Confederate Ar
my DC ober 1862 and did faithful
service for his country from then
until the close of the war. After
the war he returned home to be-
gin life's struggles anew. Having
lost all his earthly possessions dur
ing the war, he located on the East
side of Leaf river and began again
the task of building home; he
here remained until 1908. Twelve
children, three boys and nine girls,
were given unto this happy home.
Two of the girls died and were bur-
led there. The other ten still live
to mourn his death.
Mr.. McLeod's father, Peter
Mcleod came from Scotland to
North Carolina when he was just
nine years old. He grew up to
manhood and married Miss Sarah
McCaskilI in North Carolina and
then moved to Greene County.
Miss, near Vernal, where the sub
ject of this sketch together with
thirteen other children were born.
In January 1903 in order to be
near his children in his last days,
he moved to Leakesville where sew
eral of his children then resided
and others came later. Too much
cannot be said of the unceasing ev-
licences of devotion on the part of
his wife and children in his declin-
ing years. He suffered the sad af-
Fiction of almost total blindness for
the last several years of his life and
it was indeed beautiful to observe
the willing care and attention con-
tinually offered and bestowed by
his children.
His life always gave inspiration
and cheer to those with whom he
came in contact. 1t was the good
fortune of this writer to have
known him from my CHILDHOOD and
to have numbered him with my
warmest and truest friends. To
know him was but to love and ad-
mire him for his peerless honesty
and unfaltering conviction to right
and duty. His life religiously was
indeed model. Not withstanding
his physical infrmities, no man
that ever | knew was more faithful
and punctual on Divine worship.
He not only attended regularly the
Greene County herald., 1908-08-28
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
showed on record to have been is
sued since our last report:
8-15-08. Ben Bolton to Annie
Thomas col.
8-25-O8. Alfred Smith to Miss LIE.
Cochran.
8-27. O8. Thomas Woulard to Add ie
Oakley, col.