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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Official Proceedings Of Short Ad-
iOurned Meeting Held Feb
ruarV ID, 1868.

AT this, an adjourned meeting
of the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of Rrookhaven, Miss, held
In the Mayors Office this, the 14th
day of February, there were pres
ent the following: Mayor Lanier,
Aldermen Hartman, Wentworth
and Abrams, the clerk being ab-
sent. Alderman Abrams was ap-
pointed clerk pro TEN. Aldermen
Baggett and Jones we're absent.
Reduction Of Assessment
Stewart Fairman appeared>before
the board and asked that bis as
sessment be reduced in accordance
with the county, and on motion
his property was reduced from
$1,000 to $500, and the tax collect
or was authorized to collect on
said amount.
w. n. Meteer aud others ap-
peared before tie board and ask
ed for street in the Oliver neigh.
borhood. The petition was re-
ferred back to the street commit
tee, who we're asked to make
report on same at the next regu-
larr meeting of the board.
Purchase of Hose. The matter
of the puchase of 500 feet of fire
hose coming up before the board
and various samples and prices
being before the board, it was, on
motion ordered that the order be
given to the Eureka Fire Hose
Co. for 500 feet at ST per foot.
The terms to be six months open
account from date of shipment.
Abrams and Wentworth voted
yea; Hartman, nay; Baggett and
Jones absent and not voting.
Illness of Alderman Hartman
Owing to the sudden illness of AL
derman Hartman, and the said
Alderman being excused, making
no quorum present, the meeting
then adjourned.
--------Clerk Pro tenn.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

Natchez has cemetery associa-
tion.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22
A NEW LAW.
Sale of Lands Delinquent for Taxes
Set for the First Monday
in ADriI

An act tn amend sec. 1923, of the
code nf 1906 in regard to the
time the tax collector shall sell
lands on which the taxes have
not been paid.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
legislature Of the State of Missis-
sippi, that section 1929 of tile
code of 1906 be so amended as to
read as follows:
1928. (3S13) How Sale Made:
On the first Monday of April, If
the taxes remain unpaid, the col
lectcr shall proceed to sell the
land, or ST. much and such parts of
the land, of each delinquent tax
payer, as will pay the amount of
taxes due by him, and all costs
and charges. to the highest bidder
for cash. He shall first offer for
ty acres, and if the first parcel SO
offered do not produce the amount
due, then he shall offer another
similar subdivision and so on
until the requisite amount be pro-
duced, or until the land constitu-
ting one tract and assessed as the
property Of the same owner be
offered. The sale shall be contin-
ued from day to day until within
the hours for sherif's sales until
completed; but neither failure
to advertise nor error in the ad-
vertisement, nor error in conduct
ing the sale, shall invalidate sale
at the proper time and place for
taxes, of any land on which the
taxes we're due and not paid; but
sale made at the wrong time or
at the wrong place shall be void.
And any person sustaining dam
age by reason of any failure or
error of the tax collector, may re-
cover damages therefor on his
official bond. (For hours of sale,
see section 1887 and 1867.
Section 2. That this act take
effect and be in force from and af-
tire its passage.
Approved February / 1908.
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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22
The Vote in the Senate.

The vote in the State Senate to
indefinitely postpone Senator Bill
bo's bill calling a constitutional
convention, stood as follows:
Ayes: Adams, Anderson, Bal
ley, Baird, Banks, Bilbo, BreIand,
Burrus, Cunningham, Darden,
Dean, Parish, Franklin of 25th,
Franklin of 31st, Gibbs, Harper,
Key, Leftwich, Mahon, McDon-
aid, Mcdowell, Mcmillan, Owen,
Potter, Price, Sample, Sanders,
Seawright, Simpson, Tucker,
Vance.
Nays: Bush, HarreH, Hebron.
McGehee, Rowan, Simmons, West
and Whitman.
Paired: Ayes, East, Barry
and Pollard: Nays, McLaurin,
Logan and Engle.
MIR. Bilbo changed his vote
from nay to aye for the purpose
of moving to reconsider, and this
vote, with the three pairs an
nounced, would have made the
vote stand 33 to -, the total men,
bership of the senate.
The convention advocates did
not muster near the strength when
it came to the actual show down,
that has all along been credited to
them.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22
DISTRICT No. 5.

Felix Coleman, J. N. Alfred,
Prentiss Buie, H. a. BaiIess,I
Eugene Buie. r. p. Case, j.. q.
Cupit, B. e. Davis, Monroe
DUR. Z. Erwin, D. 9. Erwin,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

The Egyptian Standard, which
presumably speaks with authority,
is quoted in Bradstreet's as saying
that increased output OF cotton
in the Soudan is not to be expect
ed;" requiring irrigation like
the Nile Delta. there is no water
to spare from that region for that
use. And I'm the Delta the out
put is only maintained by the con-
version of cereal land to cotton in
middle Egypt. the restriction of
summer water from the Soudan to
the south of .Khartum, all the way
north to the brackish waters bor-
dering on the Mediterranean, and
the practical prohibition of rice
growing Here, according to
the Standard. increase of cotton
from Egypt is improbable, until
the water supply is increased by
completion of the Anoonan dam. =
And that increase is clouded by
the doubts of the fertilizing quail.
ity, the sedementary bearing
capacity, Of the impounded water.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

Gov. Noel affixed his signature
to the State Prohibition bill on
Thursday. This bill, which goes
into effect Dec. 81, 1908, was pub
lished in full in The Leader of
Feb. 10Th. The bills repeating
certain sections of the local option
law and strengthening the law
against G. o. D. shipments, were
also signed by the Governor on
Che same day the main Prohibition
bill was approved.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

The Supreme Court Judges, as
we'll as Gov. Noel, hold that Mr..
Quin can't whip the devil round
the stump" on the elective Judi,
ciary proposition, by his bill to
nominate judges at a primar y
election. The Senate will hardly
pass the bill or the Governor sign
it, under the circumstances.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22
Correspondence Of a wise mother
to a newly wed daughter
Dear Daughter:
Feb. II, 1908.

Dear Daughter: Fob II 1908
The idea of young girl like you eoping it's almost
enough to make me believe you but little about your
parents However, all is forgotten you have mine and
Papa's forgiveness
We are well pleased with the fact that you will begin
housekeeping at once and quite sure few remarks on
this subject will not come amss
The most important thing is select good grocer
and should imagine from the paper you sent me that
p T. BYRNE & SON, The New Grocers" of vonr
city are the BEST grocers because they Advertise and
and solicit new customers and feature of Quality
instead of Quantity know that George likes good things
to eat-hence the advice. Write soon to
Your Mother.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

voted against the Prohibition
amendment, has moved a reconsid-
GRAFTON, and it is hoped when the
vote is taken again, most of the
others will realize the mistake
they have made and change their
votes
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

The Willing Hearts circle Of
Kings Daughters will meet with
Mrs. Emma Bee, Wednesday, Feb.
26, at $3.50 o'clock. Members are
requested to attend as State busi
ness is to be discuss ed.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

The annual convention of the
Cotton Growers Asso-
citation met in Dallas, Texas,
Wednesday. Great interest was
developed in the meeting on the
three subjects of cotton raising,
future dealing and marketing.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

Senator Prices bill to limit the
cam paign expenses of State candi-
dates to $4,000 and requiring an
itemized account to be kept Of
expenses, was defeated in the
State Senate Wednesday by a vote
of % to 16.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-22

Hon. Luther Wilmington was
q Wednesday visitor from Mead
vile.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23
APRIL %, 1908.
Some Important Dates.

The enactment of the primary
election law has brought some
entirely new dates into promin-
ence in this state which it is well
for people interested in politics
ito remember. These dates are
;as follows:
June 25-Fina1 limit for filling
petitions with the secretary of
state, county clerk or city clerk,
for place on the primary ballot.
June 29-Meeting of state
board of canvassers to pass upon
petitions and make up ballots
for primary election.
July 4-Date upon which sec
rotary of state must certify list
of candidates to county clerks.
July 1O-Date upon which city
clerk must begin publication of
names of city candidates and
locations of polling places.
July 15.-Date for printing by
county clerks of sample primary
election ballot and posting such
sample ballots for public inspec-
zion. -
July "a Final limit for the
party chairman to suggest to
the county or city clerks changes
or corrections due to- error IN
his party ticket.
August date of the primary
election
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23
He Knew Ryan.

We clip the following from
"The Democrat" a paper estab-
| lished at Lawrence, Kansas, last
week. He speaks favorable and
wants to see Ryan nominated:
"Some twenty years ago the
writer made the acquaintance of
country merchant, he was do
ing business in country post
Office, endeavoring by honest
efforts to make a livelihood for
himself. The.country merchant
has prospered and is today the
chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Central Com mittee and
candidate for governor on the
ticket of his party. w. H. Ryan
is self made man of the type
that accomplish things in this
world. He is honest with his
fellowman, true to his friends,
always willing to work where
work is to be done. Such a man
is w. H. Ryan and if the prim-
airy election should result in
placing him at the head of the
Democratic ticket, we would see
clean cut, energetic campaigns;
such one would enthuse every
friend of the common people.
Mr.. Ryan is no trimmer. no
mugwump; he is Democrat,
has always been one and as long
as that party stands sponsor for
the rights of the masses you will
find men in its ranks. There
are men who align themselves
with one party or another from
selfish motives, whose aim in life
is to profit by their political
affiliations. Such men go with
the crowd but Ryan is built of
sterner stuff. The state of
Kansas needs a strong man at
the helm, especially now when
the people are endeavor1ng to
curb the political power of the
corporations. The Republican
administrations have all weaken
ed when the real test came.
Hoch rode into Office on wave
of reform, ready and anxious to
do battle against the machine
element and corporate control.
He surrendered before his seat
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23

erative or indiyiduaD predom-
mates. Cafeful estimates have
been made from these reports
which show that the net price
paid farmers for butter fat at
these ..creameries averaged
between % and % cents for the
year 1907. The lowest price
paid was in June, when the aver
age was between "a and Is cents.
These prices are true only for
the local creamery, which re-
ceives it's cream or milk direct
from farmers wagons, where
there is neither com mission to
pay for buying cream nor freight
or express charges for trans
porting it to the churning plant.
Com mission and freight average
from 2 to 3 cents per pound.
Farmers selling cream to agents
who have to ship the cream to
distant churning points may
expect to receive ? to 3 cents
less per pound for butter fat
than prices paid by local cream
cries.
The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture is DESTROYS
of getting additional information
concerning the net returns
farmers are receiving where, by
reason of their location, they are
obliged to sell through cream
buying agencies rather than to
local creamery.
It is requested that all farmers
willing to assist the Department
of Agriculture in securing infor-
nation on this point will mail to
the Department at their earliest
convenience report to the net
price per POUND received by
them for butter fat for each
month during 1907. If original
statement slips giving price per
pound can be forwarded, these
will be copied and returned up
on request.
Correspondence should be adj
dressed to the Dairy Division.
United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23
Farmers Receive High Prices
For Dairy Products.

There are approximately 5000
creameries in the United States,
making a total Of 100000, 900
pounds of butter annually. The
average net price per pound paid
farmers for butter fat ranged 4
to cents higher in 1907 than in
1906. This would indicate an
increased return of 20 to Is
million dollars to the patrons for
the year just passed.
An interesting thing about the
creamery business is the fact
that 1900 of the 5000 creameries
are cooperative plants, and the
number of cooperative cream
cries is constantly growing.
The greater number of cream
cries that have gone out of bus
mess for one reason or another
in the past few years have been
the individual creameries, owned
by individuals or corporations.
Something over thousand
creameries, mainly in the Middle
Northwest, have reported the
results of the past year s. bus
mess to the Department of Agri-
culture. These reports are
nearly all from sections where
the local creamery (eitber coop
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23

w. Y. Morgan's Hutchinson
News keeps firing awav at
Stubs at the rate of from one
to three shots each issue. If
the News provokes him far
enough, one of these days Stubs
will take an hour off from his
campaign and give the true
history of Billy's Legislative re-
cord. It would be good reading.
Capital.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23
We need a strong

was warm. We need a strong
man in the governors chair; a
man who not only knows the
right but who will have the
courage and backbone to stay
right. Such a man is w. H.
Ryan. Democrats see to it that
he becomes your standard beal-
er and then the people will see
that he is elected"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-04-23

This bank disnctivey cattemen's stockgrowers
we solicit the business of the legitimate stockgr
the southwest Money times egtimi
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
Caught by Secret Societies.

This is the "jinin'" season, and all
the real political politicians, those who
never overlook bet to sink their
teeth in anything that looks promis-
ing, are working overtime. Just
t'other day large Mr.. Taft became an
honorary steam shovelman, bit later
smiling Mr. Bryan rode the goat-and
10 it goes.
once heard OF politician-and he
wasn't exactly a national figure at that
who had Joined so many different
kinds of Observation-Disclosures, social,
fraternal, political, mutual and other
wise-that If he'd had to pay his dues
the total would have amounted to
more than his annual income.
But of course he didn't. Most OF the
organizations were glad to have his
name on their rolls for the honor Of
the thing and let him in free for the
purpose. And this politician never
could remember grips and signs and
passwords and things. He belonged
to so many orders that he got 'em all
mixed up. He was just as liable to
give the Brother OF Moses grip to a
Son of a Gun and the Son of Gun
grip to a Master Joiner and the Mas
ter Joiner's to a Son OF Jehosophat.
and so forth. So finally he got to the
point when anybody came up to him
and tried to give him fraternal
clutch he just backed away and wig
gled his ears. And as that is Esper-
anto sign language common to all
secret societies. he got away with II.
Every fraternal brother thought him
too humorous for anything. and he was
elected to 81 Offices, died in the pub
lie harness and the representatives OF
the 943 organizations to which he be-
longed took part in his funeral pa
geant.-Washingto Star.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
English Women as Physicians.

The Englishwoman is making great
headway in the medical profession
The College of Physicians already ad-
mits her to all its examinations. The
Royal College of Surgeons has just ia.
ken up the question. At recent poll
of the fellows and members a major
ity of the fellows were in favor of ad
mitting women, but the majority of
the members were opposed. The Lon
don Hospital, commentig on the re-
suit of this poll, declares that the op-
position of the members depends on
their ignorance of the excellence of
woman practitioners and on fear of
their competition. These two objec-
tions cut each others throats. Skilled
man surgeons are not troubled by the
competition of unskilled woman sur
geons On the other hand, there is no
tenable ground for barring the skilled
woman from any of the honors or priv
ileges of the profession. Antique
prejudice cannot long hold out against
the assault of the expert, no matter
how unwise she may have been in
her choice of sex. 1t is better to give
cordially what she demands than to
wait till she takes what she deserves
and makes the withholder ridiculous.
New York Evening Post
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
Home o, vice-preslden, John.o, \

On the corner OF Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the post
Office department. in Washington.
there stands to-day q modern hotel,
and It occupies the site OF what was
once the pension office, when Gen. VII.
liam W. Dudley was commissioner.
Formerly, however, there stood on
this site the Kirkwood house, one OF
the best hotels ever known in Wash.
ington. Its corridors were thronged
by the most eminent statesmen. and
by ladies of social glory In their day
and generation. That old hostelry
would have been preserved by any one
OF the countries Of the old world: be-
cause 1t was the residence OF Vice.
President Andrew Johnson; and in a
room facing the southwest corner Mr..
Johnson took the oath Of president OF
the United States within Is minutes
after President Lincoln had breathed
his last.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
As He Read the Sign.

Two little boys the other day, from
distant city, on visit to the capital
of the nation with their parents, sat on
the front steps of the house where
they were visiting, absorbed in the
passing traffic A smart touring car
buzzed into view and sped on.
That's a fine automobeel," observed
one little urchin.
Its a laundry wagon, too," his
brother commented, with conviction.
"'Tain't neither. What makes you
think that?"
Cant you read, goosie?' the other
returned, scornfully; 'it says Wash
Dirty Clothes on the back
So the imaginative little stranger
had interpreted the Wash, D. c." on
the pendant metal number tag on
the back of the machine in perfect Sc
robustness.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
Color Tone Of Washinaton.

The color tone of the city of Wash
ington is green-a bright, new green
in June and gradually darkening as the
leaves of the trees mature. There are
nearly half million ornamental trees
and numerous extensive parks in the
Capital city, which accounts for its
color tone. From above the eye looks
down on a vast sea Of green, along the
southern extremity of which winds a
silvery band, the Potomac To the
east a white island dots the waving
mass of green, and little beyond an
island of glistening gold shimmers in
the sunlight. The first is the cap
itol, the second the library of con-
gress. A brilliant white dot in the
west, surrounded by specks of yellow
and red, marks the White House and
the cluster of gardens around it,
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
The Work Of Nal. l'Enfsnt.

L'Enfant, the architect who laid out
Washington, was born in Paris in 1854
and educated in the profession OF arms.
He came to America during the prog.
ress OF the revolution and served TIL
Yorktown as a major OF engineers in
the continental army. One OF his works
was that of remodeling Federal hall.
New York city, Just prior to the meet.
Ing OF congress there. He also de
signed the badge Of the Order OF the
Cincinnati.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
Famous Explorer Once Wait.

1t is not generally known that Stan
ley, the famous explorer, was a waif,
and that his original name was not
Stanley at all, says the Delineator.
The little boys real name" was John
Rowlands. He vas born near Den
bigh, Wales, in 1910. When he was
three years old he was put in a poor.
house at St. Asaph. 1t was ten years
later that he sailed away to America
as cabin boy. In New Orleans q
merchant by the name Of Henry Nor
ton Stanley adopted him and the little
boy was given his name. The John
Rowlands" was discarded from that
day.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
WASHINGTON A CENTURY HENCE.
Writer Points Out Necessity Of Build.
ing for the Future.


A communication to the Washington
Star says:
Your editorial on government build
ings on the 22d instant is very correct
in principle They need a whole block
But allow me to suggest that half
loaf is better than no loaf or only
scattered crumbs. The real trouble is
that no plan is adopted and moves are
made according to the spur of the mo-
ment, involving the future, sometimes
disastrously. We have all seen the
growth of this country in the last 20
years; let's close our eyes and dream
a vision of a century hence, with this
plan worked out gradually: The
White House remains as it is, with a
court of honor made of the discarded
columns of the treasury; on the west,
the war department is in what is now
the state, war and navy; it has ell
bowed out the navy, which has taken
refuge in the Mills building, which has
grown to the whole block of the ave
nue. and f. Between them the Winder
building is there to provide annexes
as they are needed. The old Corcoran
Gallery block has become the state,
with appropriate reception rooms for
greeting the whole diplomatic corps.
The Bureau of American Republics has
become one OF its subdivisions. JUS
tice is in the vacant lot opposite the
treasury, taking in the Arlington Fire
Insurance and Riggs bank. Belasco
theater is the home of the supreme
court, court of claims, etc. The treas
ury has its auditing Offices in the block
OF the Hotel Regent and Chase's. The
hall of records fills the other end of
the block. Commerce and labor has
fine home on the avenue beyond the
postoffice and district buildings. Agri
culture has also fine home near the
botanical gardens, following the south
side rebuilding of the avenue. Is not
that a beautiful vision? 1t can be
realized some day if we recollect that
We are DulluluS lOG OuI Cillul eli Culi-
dren. Circumstances alter, and homes
that are now considered landmarks
may be willingly given up by future
heirs banks may close or move, and
as last resort there is always official
appropriation. Let us see only the
plan and ignore the obstacles; pursue
the plan persistently, gaining ground
constantly as events occur with the
same unalterable purpose, and Wash
ington will become the finest capital
In the world. Paris and London have
had to struggle against historical land
marks of ages ago-relics of the mid
die ages that had to be preserved as
heirlooms of past period, but that
taxed ingenuity and talent to their ut
most to improve around them. Len
fant was genius who started and
created Washington out of magnificent
distances. We have now good sue
cessor to him in Col. Bromwell May
he remain long in charge of district
Improvements.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-08-22
Monument for L'Enfant.

The commissioners OF the District
OF Columbia have determined to ex.
hume the remains OF Maj. Pierre
Charles LEnfant, which lie buried on
the Riggs farm, N Prince Georges
county, Maryland, eight miles north OF
Washington, and to renter them on
the campus Of the Catholic university
A monument will be placed over tho
new grave,