Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-30

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Tallahatchie drainage commission, en-
bracing eight of the counties in the
northern section of the delta, and
through which it is expected that 5O0,-
900 acres of swamp and overhowed
lands will be reclaimed. The survey
work is in charge of Van II. Manning,
chief Of the Typographical department
of the United State geological survey.
The government topographers have
been at work in the delta since last
June, and about $50,0 has been ex-
pended on survey work.
Cotton Buyers Tax.
g State Auditor Smith has felt called
upon to remind the various state and
county collectors OF the provisions of
the law regarding the collection of priv
ilege tax'on cotton buyers. cotton seed
buyers, cotton weighers and others
whose activities are centered on the
marketing of the staple, to what seems
to have been an inadvertence or over
last report of privilege tax collections
the sheriffS have collected from these
Industries only a pro rata tax OF for a
part OF the year only, when, as mat
ster9t fact, aheg ares 4bjssf 60 tax Scr
the entire year, or from May-te May. If
they have been engaged IN the SANG
line during the past season, and the
full years -taxarhust she collected, =
Suicide Ciausexset Asides4 - Is "
The supreme court put a spoke IN
the wheel Of Ehe ~s9-calIsd, "sgieide
clause" in life insurance policies In de.
Gliding the case of the Home Life In
Surance combany VS.. Mrs Laura Hyde,
in favor of the apBgliee.s Justice
Mayes, in passing on the case, briefly
stated that there was mo reyersible
error, the gfst Of the case baiIg that q
son of the appellee had taken cut a
policy for $4,000, and, that7within the
year, Notwithstanding thelssFing clause
contained in, theqp9liGY, 4he; had COM
mitted suicide, and the, setllement;was
contested -on that lsraund. aYhe jury
had properly founi for the lafntiff
below, and in the opinion of the court
the finding was right, which meant an
af1irmance. ~asii-p1 ~ 7ia87 81 0'
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Pullman Earnings.
The railroad commission has received
the quarterly reportesofs tlieS Pullman
company for the qqartersend ingsSept.
30, showing total receipts oneMissis-
sippi business of $37, 5SIa3; decrease
from the figures for the corresponding
quarter last:eyeas II So, Od7:esss T'he
operating expe1tses Tor til mart are
given at 1873, lQ2. N decrease ct 81, I.
6l2.33 from the expenses of the same
quarter last year rEhe net loss Tor This
last quarter is figure DAT s52kS9sI-
Commission Restrained.
The railroad commission was served
with a restraining order. against the
enforcement of is order passed Sept.
%, whereby the Illinois Central, .YazoQ
and Mississippi, Valley, Mobile land
Ohio, Mobile, Jackson, and Kansas City
and Queen and Crescent lines rwereadi-
rected to make uniform rates on cotton
and its by-products to Gulfport.
Cotton Seed Market. -. ,''. :. 9
The cotton seed market in Mississippi
is showing some. signs Of. Weakening,
according to managers.of local. mills,
it will not be surprising if there is a
drop in price. Local mills are now.
paying s14 per ton for seed, fig. 5. at
stations and if theirs, is q crop sh9rtage
in this territory it IS pot ,eyidenced by
the aseedl, market. ffor offerings, rhaye
been much pcclh largei in volume stR than fqrl
the same period lasst,ye ear 2aAy as5sl &c
Revision of Registfationsa 20 slsr'lo
County boards. aofieelection commits
sioners have completed the work of>fe'
vising poll and registration books for
the November" election. . About the
usual percentage of names were .stefck-
en- from the rolls because Of the non:
payment of poll taxes, removals and
other causes for disqq Publication, .,-,i,,.
Fighting the Boil Weevil iai .ti5T'a
The department of agriculture has
issued special instructions to she<ceFps
of boil weeviI experts on watch IN
Mississippi to comf11efice an active cam
paign among the farmers and advise
them touching the best means to mini
mizeH the. damage from the pest, which
has now gained a footh6Id in this state,
Search for SorsbygElgf 2af1s.b 90 zsysof
While public iuteFest se4fot SUBJ
sided, there hasbeen nothing new in
the search for wHpSotsby,,1 the Slayer
of Postoffiee Inspector Charles TFftz-
gerald. Besides the federal 6ffitfals'
who are believed to be nunerously
scattered throughout this fsftitory,
searehi IS fff5 d e ave.
been frequenting the places near BY
Whereby Sorsby :, ,stiifSieht be rsasehablv
expected TO sra ~. o. stS cas- t 10 visits
but if he. has ever been seen by any
OF them, orgapx y sly elsenitr Has ftai
been made pu j ..AElil va:
--., ,ae o,iier where
'cej, -s,Ion,,t k5 E4m US, Their" said the
m 5p6 War Ahs declared, the duo
ia 81 ened around to an empty lot be-