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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Furnace Resumes Operations:

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 20. WITH
the blowing in of. the iron furnace al
Holt, Ala "wednesday. four foundry
ironmakers have resumed operations
since Jan. l. The total in the state In
iopesation is sixteen, of which nine are
in Jefferson county Iron sales con.
tinue. to be chiefly In snaIl4lots The
reorganization committee of the South
ern Steel company viii meet in New
York about March L., when plans viii
be ANNOUNCED for putting the pi1n1er-
Gus plants of this company into oper-
alton. sse 4vsa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Fire in CITY Hall.

Cleveland, o., Feb. Fire, OF
an unknown origin, broke out in the
council chamber in the city hall on
Saturday morning and the building
narrowly escaped total destruction.
The council chamber was practically
destroyed, while nearly the entire
building was water soaked. Many
valuable public records were badly
damaged.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Y MAS Killed on Street Car

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 25.-About II
o'clock Saturday night H. L. Riley.
a street car conductor, shot and killed
Heustis George, a white man, who
operates a pool room at Plateau, on
the Magazine Point car at the South
ern railway crossing George IS
claimed to have threatened the con-
'ductor earlier in the night George
died sdnxtantly Mrs ;. Joseph Lock
ley, white, was. wounded by stray
bullet sduring the firing. Riley was
arrested Ns = ~ s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Killed on a TrestIe

Albany, Ca, Feb. PA white
man who was run down Wednesday
night on the trestle leading to the At
lantic Coast Line bridge across the
Flint river here, whose identity
was a matter of mystery until fdenti
fed at last as Augustus Hurst, who
was many years ago sheriff of Thorn.
as county and terror to desperate
criminals
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS.
Presidential Electors Will Be Elected
by Primary,


~ Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 22.-There
will be no democratic convention in
Florida. A primary election will be
held May 29, at which delegates TO the
Denver convention will be chosen, can
didates making individual announce
ment. At the same time candidates
will be nominated, for presidential cleo
tor, United States senator; congress
men from the three districts and the
state and county Offices. "a
TheaTaft faction of republicans has
already selected delegates to the Chi
cago convention, with the exception
of the third congressional district, in
which the convention has not yet been
called.
Anti-Taft republicans have selected
delegates from the state at large, but
delegates from the congressional dis
tricts have not yet been named
Socialists and prohibitionists have
not yet ANNOUNCED the date of their
conventions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Stete Gets Nstice of New Farm Hands.

Judge W. H. Hardy has notified
the prison trustees that the follow
ing new convicts have been SEN
fenced in the circuit court of
Greene county: Will Jackson,
grand larceny, five years; Pert Net
ties, murder, life; Henry Isham,
grand larceny, five years. Mondays
Jackson News
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Aero Clubs to. Meet .

Chicago, Feb. q. delegates from
over twenty aero clubs throughout the
country will meet in Chicago Feb .
1928, when the Federation of Ameri-
can aero clubs will be formed Many
of tie aeronautical celebrities in the
United States will be in attendance
An informal dinner will be rendered
the delegates at the Chicago Auto
mobile club at which a number of ad-
dresses will be made.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
TOWN is FIRE.SWEPT.

RusseilviIIe, Ala. Is Visited by Severe
!, conflasration-Loss $40 900.
Birmingham, Ala, Fc;o. 22.-Tne
entire eastside of the business section
of Russellville, Ala, in the, northwest
portion of the state, was destroyed by
fire at o'clock Saturday morning.
The bank building is the only build
ing left standing. - .s
The Commercial fovel, valued at
Sc 200, the stores oftDouglas, Wilson
and Mcintosh, two barber shops and
the Clark building, went down in ash
ess The loss'is estimated at $40, 900,
with $4,000 insurance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
penartment Chances.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The post
master general has appointed Charles
A. Conrard, of Kentucky, to be chief
clerk of the postoffice department to
succeed Merritt o. Chance, of Illinois,
recently appointed auditor of the
treasury department for the postoffice
department. Robert H Prender, OF
the District of Columbia, has been
appointed chief clerk of the office of
the fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral to succeed Mr.. Conrard
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
EIGHT Puzzles.

Feet'haFe they, but they walk not
Eyes haEe'they, but they see not
~
Teeth have,they, but they chew
,mot-saws.
Noses have 'they, but they smell
not-teapots.
Mouths havesthey, but they taste
not-rivers.
Hands have they, but they handle
.not-cfocks. 2
Ears have they, ,,but they hear not
-cornstalks.
Tongues have.they, but they talk
',not-Wegons.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
ATabama State Fajr

Montgomery, Ala. Feb. 2O.-Pres-
ident A. sG. Forbes. of the State Fair
association J says that good progresses
being made for the fair this fan. The
debts are being arranged and the
work of getting Buildings in shape w i'll
-soons begin. Secretary TAFT, is Just
now in the. east looking after the ra-
cling events. ~%sr
l.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
BRIEF DISPATCHES.

The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for a statement of the
condition of all national banks at the
close of business on February IA last :.
William Handy, a South Carolinan,
was anged at Easton, Pa. for the
murder of Policeman Shuman, OF
South 2ethlehem, last summer.
President Pulliam, of the National
League of Baseball clubs, announces
the release. by Pittsburg to Atlanta
(Southern league) of Thomas Philbin.
Sam w. Small, one Of the best
known newspaper men in the United
States, has gone back to editorial
work, and is now the leading writer
on the Cairo Evening American, pub
iished at Cairo, III.
Announcement has been made that
on Feb. 20 the Southern Brewers
association will meet in New Orleans
to discuss the campaign in favor OF
prohibition now general throughout
the south. The conference Is expected
to last several days.
Brigadier General Francis s. Dodge,
u. S. A, retired, who was awarded
a medal of honor by congress for dis
tinguished gallantry at the battle of
White River, in Colorado, in the In
dian campaign in the sixties, died at
Washington, d. G..
William Fl. Johnson, negro, was
hanged at Philadelphia for the murder
months ago because of jealousy. Al
ter the drop fell Johnson struggled SO
violently that he kicked his shoes on
and they dropped several feet from
the gallows.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
scIothInn Makers Meet

New York, Feb. Clothing man
ufacturers from adj parts Of the coun-
try are expected for the annual con-
yention of the National Association
of Clothiers to be held at the, hotel
Astor on March z, and 4. The
twenty-ffth anniversary of the found
ing of the local branch will e.scele-
brated by a banquet,at Delmolico's On
the evening of the conventions first
day Among the speakers is,Congsss-
mar Hobson, of. Alabama.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Cashier Gets Three Years.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 21.-Alex B.
Butt, cashier of the wrecked Peoples
Bank of Portsmouth, Va, Thursday
pleaded guilty on three of the twenty
two indictments against him, and af-
ter making restitution to the deposl-
tors to the extent of $4,000 on the to-
tai shortage of S252,O66, was sentenc-
ed by Judge Balm to three years in
the penitentiary and to pay fine OF
S7.1S4
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Books Observe Sunday.

All the animal world appears &C
know a Sunday fEom a week. day.
There is a fl'adision in. Lancashire,
and,perhaps elsewhere, that the rocks
always commence building. on the first
Sunday in March. This has been fre-
quently verified by. observation, and
the punctuality- of the rocks hight al.
most claim to exceed the limits of
coineidence:-Coun Life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Mixed.

4 Wisconsin schoolteacher had
amcng her pupils little boy named
Jackey, who was always late in the
morning. But one day he managed
to get to the schoolhouse before the
bell rang, whereupon he said to the
teacher: 'Vell, today I am pefore
at last. / always was pehind Pc
fore"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Wreck on B. & o.

ConnellsVille, Pa, Feb. 22.-
Train No. 9, from New York to Pitts
burg, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, was wrecked at Salisbury juno
ton Saturday morning. With the ex-
.ception of the engine, mail car and
first baggage car, the train was de-
rallied. According to local officials
Of the road, one passenger, Rudolph
leonard, of the university of New
York, was injured. The cause of the
accident is not known.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
]. W. McLain Dies.

Captain j. w. McLain, one of the
leading merchants and millmen,
and the founder of this town, died
here last night, aged sixty two. A
wife and six children survive him.
The Masonic fraternity will have
charge of the funeral arrange
ments, as he was a prominent mem
Der OF that order. -McLain Cor.
dated Feb. 25, in Tuesdays Reg
lister.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
MGtinn to Reconsider New County
Bill Tabled.

This paragraph scissored from
Legislature proceedings as shown
by the daily prints Monday tells the
fate of the New County (George)
Bill with this session of the Solons:
"Mr. .Breland called H. B. 100, an
act creating the county of George,
which was lost, on a motion to re-
consider the vote, and moved that
the reconsideration be tabled. A
doDted. ,"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Boston Scuiptress Dead.

Boston, Feb. a22.-Miss Harriet
7Hosmer, the sculptress, died Friday at
her home in Watertown after an ill
ness of three weeks Miss Hosmer
was born in .Watertown in 1880 and
spent most of her life in the art cen
ters of Europe, returning to her old
home a. few years ago. Marble stat
Nues modeledby Miss Hosmer stand in
many Of the leading cities of Europe
aand the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Released. ..on $40 900 Bond

Pensacola Fla, Feb. 22.-George
c. Scudamore, former cashier of the
Pensacola Bank and Trust company.
who is charged WITH embezzling $40, ),
900 of the banks funds and who was
recently adjudged insane by a lunacy
commission, has been released from
custody Of the sheriff, his friends Civ
ing bond in the sum of $4,000 for
his appearance at the next term OF
court to be tried upon the charge Of
embezzlement and forgery, provided
he is then sane. -,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
$4,000 CONFEDERATION
Lancaster, S. c., Suffers Severe Loss
Partly Insured.

~ ONliSES GCNGTe .LOSS
Partly Insured.
Lancaster, S. c., Feb. 25. Fire al
this place Saturday night. DESTROYED
property worth about $2S 1000. on which
there is less than s13, 900 insurance
About ten lead of mules and horses
were consumed in the fire.
The losses and insurance are:
Gregory-Hood Live: Stock company
S15, 900; insurance $1,000. Method,
ist Episcopal church, brick building
So, 900, insurance S1.5OO. Dr. S.
Mackey's residence, 81 900, insurance
81, coo. Other buildings were dam
aged to the extent of several thousand
dollars
The town is without fire protection,
and tie flames were checked after
hard work by bucket brigades,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
BOLD DIAMOND ROBBERY.
In Broad Daylight Men Take Tray of


Valuable JeWeis*
New Orleans. FEB 2O.-A SIS, eco
robbery in broad daylight In. t,r+ teart
of New orleanavs with ,huhdfe3s OF
persons passing at the tine, wis per-
petrated here Wednesday afterh6on at
the jewelry store of NJ, WaEforn q
Co, \, Cont and Royal streets.
Z. Two men drdvetup. in front of the
store in a buggy One of them alight-
ed and smashed one of the large plate
glass windows in the front Of the es,
tablishment. He quickly seized two
trays filled with diamonds. and jump
ing back into the buggy. was driven
off. A large crowd started in puI-
suit, sbut men, buggy and horse were
soon loststo- sight in a cloud of dust
in the old French quarters.
The proprietors of the jeweIry store
say the trays contained 112 diamond
rings, whose. value was between SIS. ..
900 and $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Belmont,s Dauohter Asphyxiated

New York, Feb. 22.-Mrs. William
'Prodft Burden, who was Natica
Raves, daughter of o. H. P Belmont
and a society favorite In New York.
Newport and Washington, was found
dead in bed at her Fifth avenue home
Friday. i. Death, the coroner decided,
WAS. accidental and due to gas pois-
4oning-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
FATAL END 70 FEUD

Kills His Neiehbor and Then Surren.
ders to officers of Law.
Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 2O.-A spec.
scial to the Sentinel from Sergent
Ky, says
At Stewart's Branch, 4. a few miles
west of here in Knott county, Lid
Stewart. shot and killed William STAN
per, his near neighbor. q The killing
was the result of a feud of several
years standing z.t ss,- ~
Stewart then walked three miles to
an officer to give himself up s'-s- He
will be given, an examining trial on
Friday. tsfe -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
SENATOR LATTIMER's. r ,rNERAL
Delegations fnon Both Houses of Con-
Pass Dress Attended

, Greenville, s. c.. Feb 20, The
.. funeral of the late Senator Asbury
Churchill Latimer, who died in Wasn-
Iington Thursday, was held !, in the
methodist church at Bolton, near here,
Friday afternoon at o'clock. Rev
R. l.. ,Holdoyd, pastor of the deceas-
ed, officiating The floral Tributes
were numerous, among the most con
spicuous being the one sent by the
immigration commission. and the one
sent by the guests of the Congress 40.
tel, Washington.
There were present funeral delega-
tions from congress and both
houses of the, South Carolina leg
islature, besides representatives from
various commercial organizations in
the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Riddle Box.

Who dares to sit before the queen
with his hat on? The coachman.
When is doctor most annoyed? ?
When he is out of patients.
Why is defeated army like wool7
Because it is worsted.
What relation is a doormat 10 a
doorstep? A step farther.
Who was the first person in his
tory who had bang on the fore
head? Goliath.
Why is girls belt like a scaveq.
ger? Because it goes around and
gathers up the waist (waste).
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
$lOG000 FIRE Loss.
SeriOnS Blaze Occurred at New
Orleans, La.
BUSINESS AREA THREATENED
Julius Weiss Buildings, Common and
Varieties Streets. Were Guttcd-Oc-
cupied Principally by, Law and Real
Estate Firms. t4

New Orleanss La. j, Feb. 22.-Fire
which broke out mere Saturday morn
ing for time seriously threatened a
large part of the cfty's business dis
trict. ~
The Julius Weis buildings, on, Com
mon and Varieties place, ,sswhere the
fire originated, were. Quilted and sever
al adjoining buildings we've slightly
damaged. st
! The. Weis buildings were occupied
principally by lawyers and reaf estate
firms. -
/, The loss is estimated at $10O, 900. T.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
CANNOT SHIP TO DRNTowNs.
So Rules Judge Richardson, of Ala
bama-Roads Await Decision.

bama-Roads Await Decision.
Montgomery, Ala, Feb 22.-Rail-
road officers are worked up over the
charge Of Judge J. c. Richardson,
of neighbofing circuit, that any snip
ment of. liquors from outside as Well
as in the state, are violations of the
antishipping act, which provides
against taking intoxicants from SELL
ing territory into dry sections.
1t had been thought that it could not
be made to apply to interstate ship
ments, but this judge says it can, on
the ground that every state may pro-
vide its own police protection. This
will affect many cities near the state
line if held to be good, those places
having saloons set up to ship to the
dry territory in Alabama and Georgia.
Many roads have stopped movements
of liquors awaiting decision.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
True Happiness.

!. We may safely call that man happy
who, however lowly his position, and
limited his possessions, can always
hope for more than he has, and feel
that every me ment of exertion tends
to realize his aspiraion.-Prof. Stan
ley Leyons
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Railroads to Reduce WAGES

Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. PA
special to the News from Bristol states
that the Southern railroad has ordered
a reduction if 10 per cent in the
wages of all emploees in Bristol eff
fective March l. The Virginia and
Southwestern will also cut 10 per cent
on March 1. The Norfolk and West
ern. which has granted two voluntary
advances of 10 per cent within the
past two years, has not yet made a
reduction.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
CROP MAY BE SHORT.
Early Fruits and Vegetables Damaged
BY the Blizzard

New Orleans, La, Feb. 21.-Early
fruits and vegetables, mostly intend
ed for shipment to the north. have
been badly damaged by the cold
weather of the last two days, which
arrived on the gulf coast simultaneous
ly with the blizzard in the north.
Reports from southern Mississippi
and Louisiana are that strawberries,
which are in bloom, have been in
Jured, and that lettuce, radishes and
peas have also suffered. Peach, pear
and orange trees escaped because the
buds had not yet opened. Long
Beach, Miss, which is on the gulf
shore, reported ice half an inch thick.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
The ,loiee of.cnux.

The fact that q Young lady of Flor
ence, N. j., U. s. A.. almost lost her
life as !. the result of Laughing i'm
moderately for eight hours iat a joke
h which was made'to laor. has, we note,
made the American comic papers
more cautious than usual.-London
!. Punch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
.SEN LATIMER is DEAD
South CarOIfnian Passes Away
After Short Illness. l..
DIED AT WASHINGTON CITY
Senator Latiner WAS Taken hi Only
p. ~
Few Days Ago and Was Operated
on for .Appendfeitis-FamiIy Present
When End Came"

When End Came
Washington, Feb 20. Senator AS
bury c.. LatiRer, of South Carolina,
died at Providence hospital at. 9:15s a !:
m. Thursday of perftonitis:
Senator Latimer had been at tae
hospital since Sunday LAST. When ne
underwent an operation for, appehdi-
citis. 1t was then discovered tt2. he
was suffering with a far more ,seri-
Gus a1lment. The bowels, had. be
come twisted and his. condition, was
found to be such that surgeons Eeld
out little hope for his recovery He.F2l-
lied, however, and .his progress. was
satisfactory until O'Clock Wednesday,
evening, when steadily he began to
grow worse At midnight i app AIRED
that recovery was Impossible, -,
The members of the ser atoT>s fam
lily were with him when he died, hav-
ing been informed that there was httie
hope that he would survive. nc rsgAt.
Colonel Ransdol, serseant-at-arms
of the senate, at once made arrange
ments for the removal of the body to
the Latimer home at Belton, 81 c.
Senator Tillman Announced the
death Of his colleague wfept the. Gen
ate convened Thursday, after Which
the senate Immediately adjourned. 4
committee of the scnaterwill be. ap-
pointed by the vice pregiGeat tQ ac-
company the body toASouth Carolina.
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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
REFORMS F'o R MEXICO.
IWiIl Be Especially Made in Financial


Il Questions.
Mexico City, Feb 22.-Mexico is
On the eve of great financial. reforms.
Jose Yves Limantour, minister of
finance and public credit, has been in
negotiation and in conference with
the leading financial, commercial and
banking men of the republic for sever
al weeks. =.
The result of these conferences has
been declared in "a circular which mas
just been issued by the department
of finance making an exposition of the
aims and desires of the government
and calling a conference of banking
men in the near future to devise ways
land, means for the reform of the pub,
lie. credit system. r
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28

We want your dollar; you want the
news. Lets trade.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
MAY ACCEPT INVITATION.
Non-P Partisan Dinner To Be Given In
Honor Of Governor Johnson.

sa .f
St. Paul, Mimi, Feb 21,-Gover-
nor Johnson Thursday night sent his
reply to Congressman F. c.. Stevens,
at Washington, in answer to an in
quiry whether the governor would ac-
cept an invitation to a complimentary
nOn-partisan dinner in MS honor to
be given in Washington
Governor Johnson says that he
knows oftnothing that would take him
to Washington before May IA, when ne
will attend the conference of COVER
nors called by President Roosevelt
to discuss the conservation of the nat
ural resources of the country. If in
the meantime he should find it neces-
sary to so to Washington, ne would
be pleased to accept the invitation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Harrison at State CapitaI.

Hon. B. P Harrison, the ener-
getlc young district attorney of the
gulf coast district, was at the capi-
tai last night. From Tuesday s
Jackson News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Cabinet Factory Burned

New York, Feb. 22-The cabinet
factory OF Edward B. Jordan and
company, in Brooklyn, was totally de
stroyed by fire Saturday, causing a
loss of 500, ,000 49,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
Casks Of Gold Found

st. Petersburg, Feb. 20s-A prf-
yate dispatch received here from. Kan
enetz, in PodoHa, reports. the discov-
cry in, an ancient quarry, of quantity
'of gold contained in thirteen casks and
estimated. TO be worth s75O,OOo. II
is thought that this treasure was hid.
den In this tquarry centuries ago at
the time Of the. Tartar invasions X.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
SHOT WIFE; THEN1suiciDEs-
Tragedy at Supper Table Of Wealthy

/, Tragedy at Supper Table Of Wealthy
Colorado Fsrn7er.4-.
I; Hotchkiss, Colo, Feb, .22.-Insane
(, with rage because she objected to him
,iscolding one of their children, M. u.
.aStoneburner, aged forty-one, a. prom,
,inent and wealthy farmer, living. near
this city, Friday. night shot and fatal
~ wounded his wife and then placed
1.-THE still Smoking revolver against his
breast and committed suicide before
shis six children seated around the sup
per table. A ~~ss
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-02-28
VETERAN EDITOR DIES.
Crosby S. Noyes Lays Aside Pen At.
ter Iona Service, .a

Los Angeles, CAL, Feb. 22.--Cros-
by s. Noyes, editor of the Washing
ton Evening Star, died shortly after
$3.50 p m. Friday at the Hotel Ray.
mond Pasadena, where he had been
i'll for some time. Mr.. Noyes, WHO
was: surrounded by the members of
his family at the time of his death.
retained his faculties to the last.
s Mr.. Crosby Stuart Noyes was SO
years of age, and no less than sixty
years of his manhood had been spent
in the newspaper business.