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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
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WATER DRINKERS.
Bishop Lawrence Compares Social
Customs of England and America.

The bishop of Massachusetts was in
terviewed by the representative of
The Treasury, an English monthly
magazine, while he was in London,
and was asked to express his views
upon number of topics.
The reporter represented him as
saying that while he did not favor
prohibition, Il am in favor OF all
national legislation tending to the dis
couragement of the drinking habit.
With whatever faults my own country
may be charged, Americans are tenn
perate people. In my country hospi-
tally can be dispensed and appreciat-
ed where no alcoholic liquor is offered;
in yours we Americans have the ut
most difficulty in getting any water to
drink at your hospitable tables Every
kind of substitute for 1t, spirituous
and non-spirituous, is put before us,
but to offer or accept nothing but
water seems to be considered outside
your scheme of hospitable entertain
ment."
This utterance of the bishop will
probably be much objected to by those
who regard dinner as very incom-
plete without the use of some alcoholic
drinks, says Temperance, and who
make concession to what they re-
gard as the foolish objections of some
of their guests by Offering some substi
tute, but they never think of Offering
water. They regard water at a dinner
as being as much out of place as cat
nip tea.
While the bishop cannot be quoted
as the antagonist of all spirituous
drinks, he can be quoted as making
plea for people who do not want to
use them or the substitutes sometimes
offered. In the judgment of some it
mineral waters and the like than in
toxicants, but there are many who pre-
fer~water. Why should they not have
it? One reason why it has not been
offered is the dread of appearing to be
mean, and another is the notion that
wines and the like
Bishop Lawrence has settled one
point, viz: that it is good form" to
provide a guest drinking water at
dinner If the guest prefers it, and the
doctors tell us that too much liquid
is taken now by most people at meals,
and that all would be better off, even
water drinkers, if less fluids of any
kind were taken at dinner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
New Postage Stamps Nearly Ready

with the object of obtaining the great
est simplicity commensurate with ar
tistic results. The profile has been
taken in each instance instead of
full view, giving a basrelief of effect.
All the stamps are of a similar design
containing a head in an ellipse. The
lettering is in straight lines, at the
top being ~ S. Postage" and at the
bottom the words two cents"
The one-cent stamp contains the
head of Franklin, while all the others
will bear that of Washington, taken
from busts by Houdon.
Thus one of the most notable differ
ences in the new issue will be the
minimum of lettering. The colors are
the reds and blues of the early
stamps.
Director Ralph of the bureau of en-
craving and printing regards the new
stamps as the most artistic ever is
sued by the government
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

u HE advance guard of the office
] seekers is on the ground, indus
triously finding loose ends of political
wires to be pulled when William H.
Taft gets on the presidential Job.
Mr. Taft's popularity with these
hundreds "dyin to give their services
to their country can be seen by the
$500 jobs to be distributed. Formerly
there were LOO more, but President
Roosevelt, weaTEing of attempting to
fill the many consular positions, placed
hem in the competitive class.
The richest job that President Taft
will pass before the beaming faces
along the federal pie counter will be
the governorship of the Philippines,
which pays $4,000 yearly.
In aggregate, the president has 80
appointments to Offices which pay $12,-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Notaries Fail to Qualify.

Secretary of State Power reports that
since he assumed office on January 81,
last, the Governor has appointed nearly
400 notaries public, though all of them
have never qualified, the contingency
necessary being the payment of five
dollar fee to the State Department, only
951 having come across, and in the alb
senoe of the commission the appointment
is invalid. Twenty-o odd of these officers
were appointed during November alone,
though the majority date their appoint
ment back to the early days of the ad-
ministration
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Sunday School Work.


Rev. W. Fred Long, field secretary OF
the Mississippi Sunday School Associa-
ton, has been authorized by the execu.
tive committee of the organization tc
arrange with the Louisiana and Alabama
associations for the establishment of a
training school for Sunday school work.
ers, to be held at the Seashore camp
ground, on the Mississippi coast, neal
Biloxi, during the coming year. This
will mean that Southern Sunday school
workers will be enabled to secure the
same training at home as is afforded
at Chautauqua, n. Y, Winona Lake and
other noted points.
Mr.. Long has filed with Chairman Ca.
vett, of the executive committee, his re-
port for the month of November. In
addition to attending the Presbyterian
synod session at West Point and the
Sunday institute at jackson, he trav'
eled 2,40S miles and attended county as
ISOLATION meetings in the counties OF
Bolivar, Madison, Monroe, Prentiss, Al
corn, Pike, Covington and Lee, and Wis
tied sixteen Sunday schools and two
public schools, delivering 81 addresses to
nearly 5000 people.
Chairman Cavett 10 much gratified
with the progress of the work under the
direction of Secretary Long, and it ia
expected that every county in the state
viii be fully represented at the annual
convention of Sunday school workers of
all denominations, to be helS~in this city
from April 20 to %, inclusive.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
PUT AN END TO THE
{: [.
Birth of Baby Ended Argument Be
tween Loving Couple.

Did you ever quarrel with youl
wife, Rinks?"
''Only once.
Only once? Geel You are a
lucky man."
rob, it wasn't luck. I merely found
out then that it wasn't worth while"
Aha! Had'to let her have her way
eh?"
mo; it wasn't that. She djdn'!
have her own way
"Oh, | sec! You won out, and felt
like a brute afterward.y
! Nope. | didn't win out"
Wei, how the dickens"
Why, it was this way You see, she
wanted to name the baby Thomas,
after me, and wanted to name ii
William after her father, who was a
dead game cid sport if there ever was
one We had an argument lasting two
Whole months. and while she wept
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

was nrm; she was adamant even In
her tears, and | wasn't to be moved
by heaven or earth. And then-weIl,
then, you see the baby was born"
And then, of course, you each
wanted to give in to the other, and
FOUND yourselves still on opposite
Sides"
mo The baby was girl."-Judge
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

straw
Experiments made with both straw
and fern leaves in the same cellar
showed surprising results in favor of
ferns. While the potatoes packed in
straw mostly showed signs of rotting
in the spring, those in ferns were as
fresh as if they had just been dug.
Fresh meat is also well preserved by
fern leaves.
1t would seem as if the preserva-
tive qualities of fern leaves are due
to their high percentage of salt No
larvae, maggots, ETC., approach ferns.
as the strong odor keeps them away"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
States Balance Sheet.

State Auditor Smith is preparing the
general balance sheet of the state for
the fiscal year ended Oct. l, 1908, which
will show the different items of revenue
and expenditures during that period The
two accounts will very nearly balance,
with a slight balance of about $4,000
to the credit of the state As is always
the case the item of common schools is
the largest individual account, with pen
sions next, and penitentiary fund close
up, and the several state institutions,
with the State Insane Hospital account
laading, next highest. .
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
SPEND MUCH FOR AMUSEMENT.
Twenty-Five Millions Are Invested in
Parks in This Country.

ut costs a lot of money to build
and operate an amusement park on
large SCALE" says Frederic Thomp-
son, in Everybody's
Il suppose that more than $4,000,
600 are invested in these parks in this
country. Dreamland on Coney island
cost about $4,000, 600 Riverview Park
and the White City in Chicago cost
about million each
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
More Land for Mississinpi.

E. H. Nall, land commissioner of Mis-
sissippi, accompanied by Senator McLau
rim, called on the Secretary of the Inter
Tor at Washington, Wednesday, and as a
result of their conference the State of
Mississippi will be the richer by 5000 to
5000 acres of land and about $4,000 in
cash. Claim was made for the land under
the swamp and overlooked land act of
1880
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
JACKSON
Old Ladies' Home Opened.

One more institution, eleemosynary in
its nature. and one that will be an ever
lasting credit and honor to Mississippi's
matchless womanhood, her mothers,
wives and daughters, and incidentally to
the manhood of the State, which has fol-
lowed their patient and efficient leader
ship, the Mississippi Old Ladies' Home,
becomes a fixture. The opening of this
institution is the fulfillment of a dream
If years; the idea originated in the minds
Of those who realize that there are or
phans of an elder growth who are in that
condition that would warrant the exist
ence of just such home for their mar
rowing years; who, while deserving of
the charitable and philanthropic eonsid-
grafton of the world of means or compe-
tence would yet shrink from any overt
effort to attract its attention or secure
it's eleemosvnary benefits. For such the
Did Ladies' Home has been developed, and
for such its portals are open and will re-
main open as long as the womanhood OF
Mississippi continues thoughtful and I'M
selfish and its manhood chivalrous and
devoted.
The building, though completed, is not
as yet entirely paid for, though the bal
anee ia small, and the association is sat
isfied that the gap will be stopped before
very long. Nor have the ladies anything
by way of endowment or maintenance
fund, but they open up the home, feeling
sure that the same Providence that has
blessed their efforts SC far will be with
them and those whom they have adopted
rs their wards.
The Old Ladies' Home opens with six
inmates already comfortably domiciled
in it's coy and attractively arranged
wards or apartments, and with applica-
tienS from dozen others.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Apportionment of School Fund.

Superintendent of Education j. N.
Powers is busy compiling the data upon
which the January apportionment of the
common school fund will be made
throughout the State, and just when
this will be completed will depend upon
the promptitude with which the county
superintendent return the apportion-
meht blanks which have been sent them.
About half the counties have been heard
from. He leaves Thursday for Benton
county, and will make trips to the uni
versity and the Agricultural and Mechan-
ieal College before returning.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Farmers Claim $1,000.

Local branches of the Farmers Union
throughout Mississippi have elected dele
gates to the State convention which as
sembles in jackson on January IL.
The number of delegates to which
county locals are entitled is specified in
the constitution and bylaws of the or
ganization, based on membership, and it
is expected that the State convention
here in January will bring a much larger
attendance than heretofore, owing to the
growth of the organization during the
past year.
Secretary Russell estimates the mem
bership growth in Mississippi for 1908 at
$1,000, which gives the Farmers Union
$4,000 active members in the State, and,
ON this basis, there will be fully 400
delegates at the State convention.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Prohibition Sustained in Maine.

Prohibition was an issue in the
Maine state campaign, which closed
with the recent election. The Repub-
lieans, who opposed the resubmission
OF che question of prohibitiop, won by
ahsut aADe uluraatgs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
ASLEEP IN |
THE LORD |
- -
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. lMoody's)
Church, Chicago.
1t is said OF

1t is said OF
Stephen t b a t ,
after his prayer
for his murderers,
"he fell asleep
CA C t S Z: 6 o.
Death is a sleep.
The body becomes
unconscious.
Asleep in Jesus,
blessed sleep;
From which none
ever wake to
weep.
A calm and undis-
turbed repose,
Unbroken by the
last of foes.
a.. z.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

Y HE bureau. of engraving and print
ing has completed designs sug-
gested by Postmaster General Meyer
for a new issue of United States post
age stamps. The new stamps will be
of the following denominations; One
cent, two cent, three cent, four cent,
five cent, six cent, eight cent, ten cent,
IS cent, so cent and one dollar. The
two and five dollar denominations now
In use will not be reprinted. The
Ivo-cent. STAMP will be the first dis
;Fibuted.
The new issue has been designed
-~-.szHs
remembers grafeiuily, JUST ore fnsti.
tuition left TO which the mystic words
II am rich" do not have the effect OF
i'm open sesame"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Parchman Cotton Sold.

Secretary Yerger, of the Penitentiary
Board, reports another small sale of the
States cotton at ParchlRan forty bales,
which brought 12ha cents pound.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

Newfoundland is without reptiles.
1t j; said tia, 10 snake, frog. toad OF
lizard has el-r been seen there.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Penitentiary Population Increases.


According to the penitentiary popula-
ton statistics, which have just been com
piled from the reports sent in by the diff
ferent camp sergeants and Others in
charge of convicts, the month of Decem-
Der started with total of l sol net pop
ulation, which is record. Whether it is
an evidence that the law-breakers have
been more numerous and their violations
more fragrant and indefensible, or that
the prosecuting attorneys have been more
vigorous and determined in presenting
their case for the State, the very patent
fact remains that the penitentiary ranks
have been swelled for net gain of thir
ty-five persons. There were on the diff
ferent farms, in the hospitals, the saw
mill, the carpenter gang and the insane
institutions at the end of October, 1 ,466
convicts, male and female.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18
Expert Road Builder Coming.


The office of public roads of the De
partment of Agriculture agreed to send
an expert road builder to the delta coun-
ties of Mississippi to confer with the
Board of Supervisors in mapping out a
better system of improving the dirt roads
and to assist in building demonstration
roads where deeind advisable.
Mr.. Kellar, who for several years was
superintendent of roads of Madison coun-
ty, Tennessee, whose public highways are
regarded by the department as the best
in the South, has been detailed by the
government to go to Washington and Le-
fore counties, in Mississippi, early in
January He probably will spend a
month in each of these counties, going
over every public road with the local
road supervisor, advising with him, and
in some instances building shert reaches
of roads where particular skill is required
for the work Both Washington and Le-
fore counties have recently issued bonds
for the purpose of improving their roads.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-18

In the circuit court at Eupora Wal
ser Cooper was convicted of the muir
Ter of Sam Hightower, and Judge
Mclean imposed sentence of ninety
zine years Imprisonment.
mons and spoke of It on he way IN
from the train He said he should
mention it to his wife"
You poor. ignorant creatures," said
Mrs. Perkins, tenderly The days and
days it must have taken to make that
neat, simple, plain little waist. 10
Youths Companion.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03
Against a Common Enemy.

The careful gardener closely
watches the weeds that spring up to
strangle the growth of his profitable
crop. In early scriptural times evil
disposed persons sowed tares among
the wheat of their ne1ghbors, causing
much trouble and discord. Alike con-
dition is found to-day; Troublesome
weeds have sprung up, and now there
is weeding-out process going on that
is essential to the welfare Of the ma
tion. With sturdy, dutiful men to
carry out the work of protection, there
is little danger of obnoxious weeds
causing ruin. Every good citizen can
assist in the work, which is part of
the task that goes with his good citi-
zenship. Encourage those who have
taken up the labor of uprooting the
common evils that exist, and prevent
as far as lies in your power the SOW
ing of tares'' in the great public gar
den-the nation. Raise your voice
against every effort Of the enemies OF
the common people to SOW weeds
broadcast. Do your part toward les
sening the power of trusts and COM
bines. This you can, do by prevent
ing concentration Of great capitalistic
power in large financial centers. Keep
from sending your money away from
the community where it is earned.
Give your support to the home trade
movement. Stand by your home
town. =:
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03
ONE VALENTINES .:
r u. MYSTERIOUS CAREER
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
BY CORA STUART WHEELER

salve to his conscience. When Peter
Dukes returned to SO Clavers place
that night, he found his little sickly
daughter, Rosy, turning over the val.
entlne with wistful interest.
Who'd ever think O. sendin mo 1
valentine?" said Peter, pleased IN
spite of his persistent widowerheod.
What becom' O. the wrappin', Rosy
dear? Meobe I'd know the hand.
write.'
"Twasa't hand-write, daddy, out
just like the newspaper, and l give it
to Mis- NGrady when she came in for
'somethln' to start up her fire a bit "
"Prin,tn'-that settles it," said
Peter, for Mary Patterson can write
name as good as the next one; but
Sarah Collins-well, l do believe she's
knowiner than 1 thought,
unconsci0usly to herself. Harrie
had expected that Claytons own heart
would suggest all that she had so
carefully hidden; young Dukes, on
his part, as he had made no effort to
CONCEAL the fact that his ten.dollar
bill had paid for the magnificent
roses, felt perfectly justified in expect
Ing some acknowledgment.
A dinner-dance at Mrs. CARING
fo:d's was at last to bring them to-
gather.
Things fell out all criss.cross as
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03
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CAN NOT BE#ELIMlNATED.
Position Of the Middlemen Secure In
the Worlds Commerce.

Much is printedi in the trade papers
about the cutting1out of Ssthe middle
men, the jobbers and. retailers. Bust.
ness revolutionists have taken up the
theme, and have aired themselves.
socfa1fstfc economists have advocated
the, annihtlation of the middlemen as
a class of non-producers. The farm
sers Of 'thescountry@are trying toadevise
means % OF doing away with sharks
that produce nothing, and make a liv.
Ing on the labor Of Others" But the
ones who: are so desirous to see the
m1ddlemen done away with will have
to wait for a few thousand years.
The *jobber and the little storekeeper
are necessary in the distribution of
products. They are most important
parts of the machinery of commerce.
To illustrate: A large manufacturing
company is located in an eastern city.
Its products are sold by more than
100000 stores: These stores are To-
Gated in all parts of the United States.
Perhaps it costs the concern ten per
cent: to have its products distributed
by the jobbers. # the concern at
tempted to sell its products direct to
the retailers it would be necessary to
carry 100000 accounts
There would be required shipping
force OF several hundred men. The
freight on the small amounts of goods
that would be called for would be enor-
nous over the cost of shipping in
trainload or carload lots. The delay
in the transportation of goods long
distance would be costly. Should the
company not send goods direct from
the factory, distributing stations
would have to be established. These
would have to be maintained at a cost
greater than the ten per cent paid to
the jobber for the warehouse charges
and the carrying of the accounts, and
the employment of travellers. Be-
sides, the manufacturer would be CON-
PEELED to- employ an army of travelling
men, or institute a system of trade
getting that would be more expensive.
The jobber sends out traveller and
he sells few hundred kinds of goods,
the makes of a few hundred different
factories. Here we have cooperation
that is sane and profitable, and it is
doubtful whether the time will ever
come when the jobber and the traveller
will be out of business. The present
system is the development of eighteen
hundred years or more of experience.
1t is doubtful whether the inventive
brain of man can devise any other
system of distribution that will be an
improvement. Don't worry about the
middleman being driven out of the
field just yet
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-01-03
Flowered. Cretonnes Good
For Fancy Work

Il never did any fancy work till
these lovely flowered cretonnes came
ln.' said one member of the sewing
bee, as she took another stitch in the
queer-looking bag she was making.
Il have to sew on something that gets
done quickly"
THAT is just what I'm looking for"
broke in the associate member who
was reading the latest novel to the
others while they worked.
Put that book down." commanded
the active member land I'll show YOU
how to make pair Of cretonne bed
slippers this very minute" The girl
OF the cretonne bag volunteered to
lend a yard of material that she
couldn't use that afternoon, and the
hostess brought forth a common old
knitted slipper as pattern. Then the
active member cut out a pair of
cretonne tops by the old slipper and
told the associate member to seam
them up the back. A lining Of plain
cotton cloth was cut the same size,
the edges turned in and stitched on
the sewing machine. and the slippers
were ready to be overhanded to q pair
of cork soles.
Now get some coarse linen lace
next time you 60 down town." com.
manded the active member, and sew
il round the tops"
1t was done so quickly that every
girl there resolved to go into cretonne
fancy work Immediately. At the next
meeting one was found making fow-
cred bags for soiled handkerchiefs. A
yard of the material was gathered at
each end on to an embroidery ring
wound with ribbon to match. When
the rings were held together the Gro.
tonne formed delightfully."- capacious
bag. Another was making small tabl.,
covers, with centers of the cretonne
and broad border of plain sateeu to
match the color Of the flowers. A
third was making a set of over
draperies for her sisters chamber win.
dows, to be hung straight down over
the old muslin curtains. Still another
had invented set Of bureau scarfs,
with an edge of coarse Cluny lace.
And the beauty OF it all is that
you can do most of it on the machine"
said the associate member, as she
basted busily at a cretonne pillow
cover.