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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25

From the record of drunks
recocded in Mayor Hoffmans S
Court during the last week, there
must have been a very unusual
brand Of liquor sold in Brookhaven
during this period or there has
been an extra number Of tigers
operating. It is worth while for
City Marshal Blue and his police
force and ConstabIes Smith and
Hoskins to look into this record
and discover the explanation.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25
Congressman Dickson Eedging Against
the Boil MeeYiI.

Congressman w. Al. Dickson ii
taking an active and commendable
interest in the material welfare oi
his district during his congression.
al vacation. With the clear per.
ception characteristic Of the man,
Mr.. Dickson realizes that the de-
struetive boil weevil has reached
South Mississippi and come to stay.
and that this necessarily means a
revolution in old farming methods
and to great extent Of farm crops.
if financial disaster to this section
a little later on is to be averted and
the country made TO prosper in
spite of the boil weeviI.
To anticipate the future and dis
count all threatened loss, Mr.. Dick
son is directing his thought and
activities along two lines. One
of these is to have government
demonstrators from the United
States Agricultural Department
like Messrs. Moss, Afford and
others, to visit the several counties
of his district this fall and deliver
addresses and enlighten the farmers
on the best and most practical
methods for minifying the ravages
of the boil weevil and the necessity
for diversified farming and greater
reliance on stock raising and food
crops. The second line along
which Mr.. Dickson is working is
to save the oil mill industry in his
district. There are eleven or more
cotton seed oil mills in the Seventh
Congressional District. now de-
pendent upon the annual crop Of
cotton seed and representing an in
vested capital of hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars. which is threatened
with heavy depreciation and busi-
ness paralysis by the boil weevil
invasion and the cutting down of
the cotton crop. These oil mills
are located at Hazlehurst, Wesson,
Brookhaven, Summit, Magnolia,
Woodville, Centerville, Natchez,
Gloster. Fayette, and Port Gibson,
and furnish employment to a large
number of hands and are an i'm
portant factor in the commercial
life of their communities. Mr..
Dickson will endeavor to secure a
meeting at some central point I'M
the near future of representatives
Of these various oil mills and try to
interest them in concerted move
ment to manufacture oil from cas-
tor beans and peanuts.
Mr.. Dickson says that he has
taken this idea up with DIR. S. A.
Knapp, special agent Of the United
States Agricultural Department.
who believes it entirely practicable
to make oil prohtably from certain
varieties of the castor bean and
peanut. 1t is asserted that the
same machinery, in the main. used
for the manufacture Of cotton seed
oil can be used for making the pea
nut oil and castor oil. Further
more, castor beans and peanuts do
not exhaust the soil like cotton,
and the raising Of them, if con-
verted into oil, could be made
profitable farming industry.
People never know just what
they can do until put to the test.
and this may in due time prove one
successful way of solving the boil
weevil problem.
/
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25
IS DEAD BY MONDAYS STORM.
Louisiana Suffers the Greatest Loss Of
life

Death list Of Gulf Coast hurri-
sare:
Terrebonne Parish definite. 2.
East Fork. Miss. definite, 2.
New Orleans. definite, 5.
Premier, La, definite.
Desair, La. definite, A
jackson, Miss, definite. 2.
Baton Rouge, La, definite, /.
Vaudeville, La, definite, /.
Bay st. Louis Miss, definite, i.
Donaldsonville. La definite. /.
Gramarcy La, definite,
Grand Point La. reported, 4.
Barataria Bay, La, reported, Il.
Pass Manchac. La. definite, s.
Total, definite, So: reported, 45.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25

the Rio Grande near Brownsville,
Texas. Chats II years ago }
During the first ten years after its
advent into this county the annual
rate of spread was 5.640 square
miles.
Since 1901 the annual increase
in the infested territory has
averaged 20. $3.50 square miles. but
in one exceptional season. namely,
1904. 81 500 square miles became
infested.
AT the present time the weevil is
found more or less extensively in
five States, Texas. Louisiana. Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
In Mississippi Is counties are in
tested. in Arkansas 28 and in Okla
homa about one fifth Of the State.
The total area infested comprises
about 225, 900 square miles and this
covers about 36 per cent Of the cot
ton acreage of the United States.
IA conservative estimate shows that
since the weevil has invaded this
country it has caused a loss of e.
$50; 600 bales of cotton, at a value
of about $125. .000, 900.
And now at this season we have
the opportunity to check his adj
vance and utterly destroy him.
HIBERlJATION.
The boil weevil passes the winter
IN the adult stage. In the fall
when the frosts occur. immature
stages may be found in the squares
or bolls. Provided the food supply
il sufficient. many Of these imma-
ture stages continue their develop
ment at a very slow rate and
adults finally emerge. Thus there
may be a continuous production of
adults during the winter With
the advent Of cold weather in the
fall the adults in cotton fields be-
gin to seek protection against the
They fly into hedges and
cornfields, aIso lodging on weeds
and other tras sh. The vast major
ity. however obtain alternating
quarters il the fields on the stalks
and III the burrs from which the
cotton has been picked. They arel
now at the mercy Of the planter.
l. a
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25

Engineer M A. Brewer vito
runs the fast train between Jack
son end Glafksdle. IS al home tor d
few weeks vacation
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25

Magnolia Rebekah Lodge ceIe-
brated its 58th anniversary last
Wednesday night ID their lodge
rooms in the Perkins Building. A
number Of visitors were present
end delightful refreshments were
served
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-09-25

A ] Walker 0f Eddieeton. was
- town yesterday He says
franklin was hard hit BY the storm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25

rather in favor Of the seeing. Griesbach
used his ORn esthesiometer, with parallel
pins or strings instead OF the old Weber
ian method with compasses- in testing the
acuteness Of touch, with the result that
the average minimum distance, say on the
tip Of the forefinger. etc. at which two
points were felt was greater in the blind
than in the seeing; in other words, that
the seeing had finer sense Of touch than
the blind. It is generally supposed that
the pulp of the forefinger of the right
hand. which is used by the blind IN feel
ing the points in Braille's system of teach
ing the blind to read. must be very sen
sitive, but this was found not TO be the
case. Too high degree Of constituencies
to touch is rather unfaVOTaDle TO discrim-
mating the points in Braille's type, and X
is curious that when. in the blind. the cpl
dermis of the skin covering the right fore
finger becomes thickened by manual labor
or by laboriOus practice in reading" the
discrimination OF the points becomes cas-
Ter IL was observed, also. that sometimes
in the blind there was q difference as re-
CARDS receiving impressions between the
two forefingers.
The wonderful way in which the blind
avoid obstacles and find their way
about is in part explained that by
practice the skin Of the faces of the
blind becomes sensitive to the currents
OF air. and that they may be influenced
by sensations Of temperature. This
theory is supported by observation that
blind people do not 50 readily avoid OBJ
stacles if the face is covered or if they
are blindfolded Perhaps instinct has
something TO do With the matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
Mr.. Skaggs' Visit in Arkansas City

body what's anybody aTays plays
draw poker"
The others Immediately sat UP and
paid attention. knowing from ex
perience something of what was COM
ing to Pepper, but old man Greenhut
only shook his head little sadly and
replied:
7 reckon the prophet must "a had
you in mind, Pepper, when he writ
into the good book: Then we knew
that he never could know an never
could understand nOthin' about any
thin on earth or over the earth or into
the waters under the earth. world
without end. amen, Likely tn amt
nobody t ever lived came higher bein
the one Unlimited idjit what the man
o God had reference to when he writ
them words nor you do.
IF you knowed enough to fall down
when you slip you'd understand t
there amt no way f'r them what's
done been app'inted by the Lord his
own self for TO flourish playin poker If
them It's pTedestinated fr 10 be suck
ers didn't play. too. That's what makes
it the bOunden duty Of all men fr 10
play poker. bein as how the hull des-
tiny o. the human race hangs onto tn
opportunity what every man had ought
to have fr to make his own Twin.
IF you'd listen more when your bet
tiers is tellin' things and not be so he'll
roarin' siren Gus about 'explainin' how
you don't know nOth.n' mebbe you q
come to see bimeby what a gre't part
draw poker plays into the Almighty S
plans f'r the betteTment o mankind.
First off, faint meant fr every
body to work f'r a Twin. Work was
p'vided FIR mules an niggers an trav-
lin statesmen I'm Tennessee an SIGH;
but a reel southern gentleman amt
made FIR SIGH purpose. He amt fit for
it an faint fit for him.
"AH the same. a southern gentleman
is 'bleedged f'r TO I've. same's every
body else. an sence the war. not bein'
able to own his niggers. it's needful fr
him to git his Twin some other way,
an that's where draw poker comes in,
bein' genteeI an profitable to them
what Understands il sufficient f'r to
play it proper. an know somepin about
where the cards is. alter he's dealt. his
own self.
But if there wa mt nobody but HIN
an his kind playin' poker, just nachul-
" he couldn't get no profit outen the
game. SO it's done been p'vided them
what don't play skilful shall play all
the same SOS 20 p'vide opportunities
f'r them as takes it up fr Twin.
There wouldn't be nothin' made
outen the game if there want no suck
ers into it. Consequent. the man as
don't play draw poker is shivk,n' his
share o. the work o. maintainin the
human race. He amt no service to
the c'munity bein what the good book
calls a cucumber o. tn ground.
"'Tain't likely t you en- see through
this. Pepper. but I done thought
mOught s well explain it to you, so s
t you wouldn't consider it needfUl e
tell 10 mo- about what you don't know
every time draw poker is spoke Of
This exposition of the old mans
views was delivered with such wither-
ing sarcasm that Mr.. Owen Pepper
might have been expected to be great
" abashed and to remain silent; hut
whoever might have expected that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
HERE Is A Happy MAN.
0Ohio SAD Journall


There is a man in Masss chusetts by
the name OF Henry J. Turner who has
had, We suspect. more solid enjoyment in
his long life than any man in the world
This is, of course, a very strong state
ment, but when we remark that in the
last forty years Mr. Turner has, with 4
hook and line, caught eleven miles of fish
the gentle reader will surely agree to the
assertion.
BY eleven miles We mean that when
these fish, nearly all pickerel and the lar
gest not weighing over five pounds, and
the average weight not reaching a pound,
are laid down head 10 tail. the line would
extend eleven miles away. He averaged
four fish day for forty years, counting
in sick days. winter days, storm days,
Sundays-in fact. for every day in forty
years he caught four fish.
While il is easy to calculate the pounds,
distance. number and all the statistics
OF this forty years fishing, il is impossi-
bic TO estimate the JOY that has come
into this mans life. Why. he has had
more real downright. upright fun than
all the presidents. cabinet officers. con-
gressmen. milliOnaires. euehre players, au-
tomobilists, vaudeville goeTs all put to-
gether. Just think Of these meditations
and exhilaratiOns attending upon the
1I5.6O9 bites he had and the 5000 fish he
drew out of the water. That mans JOY
has been greater than the mans who
found a bonanza. built palace TO live IN
and drinks champagne instead Of water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
uloLET-LIKE moDEsTY.

Few performances of the federal
bunch recently have shown such nicely
Of taste. such perfect judgment, such
retiring self-abnegation as their trip
TO Washington. Primarily il was made
20 answer charges OF pestiferoUs inter
ference with politics, but some other
color had 10 be given to il, some siguif-
canoe that would attach dignity and
lend the appearance Of Importance.
Note the outcome: Having called on
the president. the dispatches tell US.
Mess-s Spry and Booth CHyrum Ed.
and CalHster invited the president to
attend the Grand Army reunion in Salt
Lake. To be sure nobody had delegated
Booth or Callister to invite anybody
anywhere. much less to invite the pres
ident Of the United States to the great
occasion OF the summer.
On the contrary, quite otherwise; if
salt Lake wanted TO keep folks away.
il might send the federal bunch to in
vite them. but even in that case an
apology for the delegation would be
mailed in advance. They represent no
one in Utah except themselves. and the
liquor interests: they couldn't be elected
80 Office If 10 one ran against them.
They have been regulated by their
own party. and would be repUdiated by
all other parties L there were a chance
10 vote on the question.
Knowing the delegation. it is no sur
prise 10 read that the president gave no
assurance that ne would be present.
That aggregation would discourage the
most optimistic of men. let alone a pres
ident who has been around enough to
know when he is looking at a gold
brick
When salt Lake really wants a guest
O. honor, it won't send Booth or Cal
lister or James Hang-on Anderson.
There are too many. representative cit
liens available for that sort Of thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
A PAooDA OF cAMPHoR.
CPhiladelphia Record.)

There is an interesting pagoda in the
japanese exhibit at the Philadelphia
Commercial Museums that serves three
purposes. One is the display Of its ma
terial. for it is built out of crude cam
phor. The worlds supply Of Camphor
is limited to a few distributing centers,
one of the largest Of which is the ISL
and of Formosa, where il forms the
principal export product. The second
purpose is to show the shape Of a pa
CODA and at the same time the decOra-
tive possibilities of Japanese carving
on the walls of the pagoda- third
and more chemical interest lies in the
formations of camphoT crystal on the
glass inclosing the pagoda- These are
caused by the action of heat and are
very beautiful in form. They may be
seen almost completely covering three
of the glass sides of the hexagonal case.
The other three are kept clear, and
through them may be seen the pagoda
and on the edges Of the camphor blocks
a thin rime Of the crystals forming as
they leave their original form in the
pagOda.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
IL Col: SOON GONE.

Long Pat McCauen. who is cred
tied with control Of Fitzgerald and a
few other members of congress who
voted for the oil and sugar interests in
the fight for organization of the house,
has his little weaknesses. An instance
Of how this particular wolf put on
Sleeps clothing and got sheared has
Jast come to light. The books Of the
failed firm Of brokers, Ennis & Stop
PAM. disclosed the fact that Long
Pat received a straight tip from some
OF the magnates whom he serves and, in
February, 1907, took a flyer jim Amalga-
mated Copper. which was then selling
at 1855. He bought $500 shares. and
the loss is somewhere in the vicinity
of 100000. Another investment of the
Brooklyn boss turned out equally bad.
He had 1000 shares of Brooklyn Rapid
Transit. which netted him a loss Of
$4,000. In addition, the failed brokers
were carrying fifty shares Of United
states Rubber. first preferred. for him.
No call was ever made upon Long
rat until bankruptcy proceedings were
started and the existence Of blind ac-
count No. $50 discovered. Now hen
have 10 put up $4,000 to take up the
stock. Long Pat" however. has the
money. or knows where he can get IL.
It is said that Wall street snicl1ered
when the news came out that a uolit-
zeal agent Of the Standard Oil who
was generally supposed TO have inside
information, had been bitten in Anal
gamsted Copper, the stock Of which is
controlled by the STANDARD. Little
sympathy is wasted on ordinary suckers
who so against games braced on both
sides and in the middle. and the loss
OF Long Pats tainted money will
not be followed BY letters Of coincidence
from the country at large. He didn't
earn II in the first place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
LIE SWEETEST THING.
Baltimore SUM

Baltimore SUM
A sovereign babe them summon from tra
Doctor and priest slave. poet, Statesman
clown.
Artist and soIdier-"bid them hence. he
So to their task the trembling oour,rs
sped.
First the physician whom he questioned
-of ali thou knOwest. what is most sweet
TO know
Science. my lord, her Utmost deeBs TO
Reading the voudrous legends Of her
face
Then the grave priest: Religion. holy
wherein ~ the light Of balIowsd worship
CLEAN.
Song. cried the poet, lifting souls on
To sing the immortal epic, then to die
Power" said the statesman. "wieId.nE
the public mind.
So prone to follow power with footsteps
blind.
Joy" was the clowns reply with jaung
smile
Joy, and the wassaiIs brim 10 kiss the
while.
Fame said the artist. won with magic
brush.
To touch the canvas with the heavens
blue blush.
Glory" the soldier sighed-"the fsI5.
the fray,
The battling hosts far flung in bright az
ray.
And then the slave. in Iowliest attitude
Freedom. my lord, and life. and daily
food:
And kindly cheer. and homeward in TIE
night
A little face to guide my feet Alright.
Sweet lips to kiss. and little hands 20
hold
Bright eyes TO CLEAN and tossing curIs Of
gold,
TRUE hearts and fond-believe me. zra-
ci0us king
a little child's love is the sweetest thinE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
AZ AWKWARo sTEERsMAN.

In the last generation Tyler Cobb.
Esq, was q. weil-known citizen OF NORTH
Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass. Ha
was famous throughout Plymouth c0un-
ty for his wit and dry humOr
Never having taken a sea trip. NJ.
Cobb one day conceived the idea ~
making a voyage to New York. Accord
ngly he sailed from Boston On a small
schooner
The first day out a storm was en-
countered. and Mr.. Cobb became vic.
lently sick, but after several hours De
mustered up courage and strength tn
look out upon the troubled waters
As ne looked from the side Of the little
ship up the trough Of the sea Il seemed
very smooth to him. The captains cut
ting Of the waves was "senseIess." he
told himself.
But as the mad steering continued The
unhappy passenger finally cFaWied out
on hands and knees. 10 where the cap
tain stood at the wheel, and, raising
his voice above the din OF the waves
and wind. shouted
Man. man, keep ia the ruts. keep
III the rutsl'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
lChlcsg o Inter-Ocean.l

Chicago Inter-Ocean.)
'More'n likely the good Lord done
knowed considerable about what he was
Amin al when he done made men so
all fired different as they be. Diff'rent
I'm each other, I mean" said old man
Greenhut in a manner which betok-
ened his entire satisfaction with the
existing order OF things.
Some necessary violence had been
employed a few moments before, and
possibly a little unnecessary violence
as wei. in the election OF an undesir-
able citizen from the old mans saloon
in Arkansas City, the undesirable
served with more red liquor after the
fact had been established that he had
not the WhereWithal.
With notable self-restraint the old
man had refrained from using his
bungstarter while putting the man out
but as if TO reward himself for his own
forbearance he had planted a mighty
kick on the precise spot where il
would prove most effective just as he
reached the doorway. and the intrud-
er's blasphemOus protests were smOth-
cred in the mud into which his cOun-
tenanee was plunged when he fell in
the middle of the road.
After watching the unfortunate man
as he liOundered up with difficulty and
after listening with profound indiffer-
ence to his Incorporate language for a
few moments. the old man closed the
door ana. lighting a fresh cigar, re-
turned to his fav0rite seat by the win
dow and putting his feet on the sill
delivered himself Of the remark quot
ed.
ss-r7--. 41--,.,tr ILL .--.l - - ~,1,,,+s,.
ued after he had smoked for a time
''in more things besides the liquor bus
mess. o. co'se. there wouldn't be no
object in sellin' rum if everybody was
like that there zap t was just throwed
out. ANY fool cd see that. But it's
just as true in all the other p'fessiOns.
Take boss tradin', for example, or
preachin'. or most anythin'.
"Th' amt no business what man
en- take up what's got better chances
into it nor tradin' bosses If a mans
RELY got tn gift. but IF everybody
was to trade bosses fT a Twin there
wouldn't be no meat TT anybody but
them ddgOs what eats bosses. That
there'd bring tn hull world down to
the level o them onfOrnlJ races what
don't know Z hogs was meant for TO
feed mankind.
Same if everybody was TO be Il
preached. o cO'se. a reasonable num-
Der O preachers is neeedful for to keep
women folks I'm payin' too much at
tention to Their husbands. but If every
body was to take to pTeachin' f'r liv-
in there wouldn't be nobody to pay
EN- salaries, an just nachully the hull
plan o. salvation d collapse.
An it's just so into all kinds o
business. T wouldn't be no good for
to be into any on EN- If everybody else
was in EN-. too"
oh. I don't know" said Owen Pep
per. who was sitting among the regu-
lar frequenters of the saloon listen
ing. as the others did, with mixed emo
tons to the oUtpoUring Of the old
mans wisdom. Pears like I've herd
you say consid' able about how any
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
A VERY QUEER IRIsHMAN.
lPittsburg Gazette-Timesl

ffiNLSpufS GdIelIe-I llheS-1
While patrolling his beat in the small
hours Of a recent morning an officer be
held a Notwithstanding little figure
shuffling along in the shadows, bearing
a bundle.
Look here" said the officer. hating
the wanderer; where are yez goin'?''
Me go home" was the short reply.
Where did yez come FROM"
Mort 'ighland," grunted the little
chap.
North iv Ireland? Indade an yez
did not" declared the officer. What
is yer manner"
Tara Makata"
Just at that moment a we'll dressed
couple arrived on the scene.
Why, it is our japanese servant
exclaimed the woman He is carry
ing home our fancy dress costumes. -
she explained. He is all right. officer. -
"Oh. he's all right" said the officer,
releasing him reluctantly. We'll. thin,
what tn divvil does he name be tellin'
me he's from tn north iv ireland an
his name is Terry McCarty?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-25
coMING DOWN EASY.
CYouth's Companionl


Inquiries after the welfare Of Patrick
COurov were answered by his devoted
friend. Terence Dolan, who was at the
Conroys in the double capacity OF nurse
and cook. NO. he's not dangerously
hurt at ALL" was Mr. Dolan'S reply o.
a. solemniy whispered question at the
door.
we heard he had a bad fall and vss
all broke to pieces whispered the
neighbOr
&c rTis a big story you've heard said
Mr.. Dolan. in his cheerful roar. "Thrue.
he fell off'n the roof o. the Brady
stables. where he was shingling. and BE
broke his lift leg, knocked out couple
o. teeth and broke his collarbone.
Mind ye, if he'd have fell clear TO
the ground it might have hurried him
bad. but sure there was a big pile ~
shtones and old lumber that broke his
fall