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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
rh. seI,.Edueatsd Woman.

One of the first things she must
learn 10 not to attempt to do too much
heAself Every business man knows
that the higher he rises the greater
must be the number of assistants. The
private soldier attends to his own AT.
fairs himself. but the captain en-
ploys an orderly. and the general has
an entire stan to do his bidding. Many
women have not learned this lesson
They are so anxious to do their duty
In all respects that they try to per
form the tasks of general and private
soldier at the same time--a thing man
ifcstly impossible. Bazaar.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Not That Color.

Willie lost his pet dos and was much
distressed. He spent his time search
ing for it, and so often did he run into
the house crying, Come quick; thera'.
Fido! l saw him!" the family grew
somewhat dubious.
One day Willie rushed in more excit
ed than usual Mamma, mammal" he
cried, 1--WE seen Fido. I've seen Fidor
ooh, no; l guess not" replied the
patient mother. 1T must have been
your Imagination"
Willie looked at her, much ag
grieved. Well he said Indignantly
Il guess my Imagination isn't white
behind. Exchange.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
How to Relieve Chokinq.

Raising the left arm as high as you
can will relieve choking much more
rapidly than by humping on the back.
Very frequently at meal time and
when they are at play children get
choked while eating, and the custo-
mary manner of relieving them is to
slap them sharply on the back. The
effect Of this is to set the obstruction
same thing can be brought about by
raising the left hand of the child as
high as possible, and the relief comes
much more rapidly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

There is story told that when
Charles I. met Henrietta Maria at
Dover he was rather surprised at her
height, and cast his eyes down at
her feet, no doubt supposing that she
wore the absurdly high heels then in
vogue. Henrietta Maria guessed his
thoughts and showed him her feet. say
ing: "Sir, I stand upon mine own
feet, and have no help Of art. Thus
high / am, and l am no higher nor
lower"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Careers for Young Men.

In wider sense than ever the world
lies all before the young-especiall
the young who possess ability-for
them to choose. Many possible careers
lie open to a man where only one pre-
sented itself so years ago. Able men
find many other openings, each and all
more financially remunerative. The
church has ceased to be one of the
three professions to which a young
mans eyes were inevitably turned
The Sunday Strand.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
High School Act Held Void.

Under the ruling of Hon. 1. H. Oden
of Laurel, sitting as special chancellor,
the agricultural high school act, one of
the most important and popular acts Of
the last legislature, has been declared
unconstitutional, and now it will be car
ried to tho supreme court and possibly
to the supreme court of the United
States, to determine whether or not the
act is violstive of the constitution of
Mississippi or of the Union.
The plaintiff, Robert Coin, a negro,
makes the point that because the act
provides that the high schools shall be
for white youths exclusively it is unfair
to the taxpayers of his race.
Ii this decision by Special Chancellor
Oden shall be sustained by the higher
courts it will create much confusion
throughout the state, since several of
the counties having already levied spe-
cial taxes and otherwise proceeded under
the act.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Danger VIII Still Be nraxed.

A medical journal in issuing a warn
sng against kissing tells of a young
man who was inoculated with a seri
Gus illness by friendly kiss from a
young woman. He, in turn, kissed his
nancee, the journal in question neg
lecting to state whether she knew OF
the prior kiss. The fiancee kissed her
girl friends, they kissed their sweet
hearts and everybody got sick In an.
other case tuberculous young woman
kissed her sweetheart, and both died
within the year. But in spite of these
awful warnings and advice about
either nonosculation or antiseptic
OSCILLATION, kissing in the good old
fashioned way will continue popular.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
CAUSE OF MUDDY ROADS.
vaIue of Good Drainage and Ideal
Curvature For Fine Highways.

value Of Good Drainage and Ideal
Curvature For Fine Highways.
The following sectional drawings,
made by J. d. Sherwood, president Of
the Spokane County Good Roads club,
illustrate the cause of spokane's mud
dy streets and country roads.
Fig. shows the ideal curvature, the
highest point of which is eight inches
above the level Of the curbs Indicated
by the dotted line) and eighteen inches
above the cutters. A glance shows
that the crown is raised sufficiently
high to afford good drainage to the
cutters. This curve is the chief factor
of q good road.
In Fig. 2 the dotted line shows the
curve that is followed by the city Of
Spokane, the highest point being only
two inches above the level of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
crocodiles AIono ii G klIe.

At the sound of the SHOT the Who'll
of this bank of the river. over the ok
tent of at least quarter of mile
sprang into hideoug life, AID my com
panions and ! saw hundreds Of crocO-
dies. of all sorts and sizes. rushing
madly into the Nile. whose waters
along the line Of the shore were
dashed into white foam, exactly as a
heavy wave had broken.
II could be no exaggeration to say
that at least a thousand of these sau.
rians had been disturbed at single
shot Strand Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
How to Polish Mirrors,

If mirrors are very dull and speckled
the following method is excellent for
polishing them: Take a small portion
of whiting and add sufficient cold tea
to 1t to make a paste. Rub the glass
with warm, dry tea with a soft cloth;
then rub little of the paste well on
the mirror and polish dry with tissue
paper. Stains and finger marks may
be removed from a looking glass by
rubbing with a soft cloth wet with al
c0hOI
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
WEIGHT Of Carload of Seed.

The Mississippi railroad commission
has made an order fixing the official
minimum weight for a carload of cotton
seed at 10000, a minimum which was
established some time ago, but which in
some way was never a matter of Official
record. In the event that . car may not
have the specified capacity, the estab.
lished minimum viii be the capacity OF
that car, and it win be 50 understood
There was no fight over this order, the
matter being passed at the request Of che
railroad traffic oGkciAls in of&er tAak Il
become of record aad deanfta.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
How to Save Shoe SoIes.

Warm the soles and apply a heavy
coat of warm tar. Dry it in and apply
two more coats before wearing them.
Smear the edges as long as they will
absorb the tar. They will wear like
horn, and once giving it a trial will
convince the most skeptical of its
value The tar costs but a few cents
at gas works Warm it on the stove in
a tin dish,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Commissioner of Agriculture Blakeslee
has returned from q visit to DeSoto
county, where he went to confer with
the supervisors relative to assisting in
the work of cattle tick eradication. Mr..
Blakeslee is very much pleased at the
evident interest displayed and is sure
that the DeSoto authorities will do ev
srything TO help the live stock sanitary
beard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

The body is the tent where our ex-
istence is encamped. The more /
think of 1t, the more / see that the
mind is something outside OF the soul.
as the hands are outside OF the body.
the eyes outside Of the head, the
branches outside of the trunk. 1t helps
to do more. but not to be more. The
mind Is fire of which thought Is the
fame. The Imagination ia the eye OF
the anul --TosArh TauhArt
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Wanted to Snare II Pain.

Dorothy had been staying with her
grandfather, and heard much talk
about it being kinder to shoot a very
old carriage horse that was long past
work than to sell it. When she went
home one day she heard her parents
talking of selling their present motor
car and buying a new one. "Oh,
mammie." she exclaimed, do have
it shot. instead i"-Home Chat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
How to Wash Channels Gloves

Put the gloves on your hands and
then proceed as though washing your
hands in lukewarm water-lather the
hands (rather gloves thoroughly with
soap, then rinse-then mop with a
towel Let the gloves stay on the hands
until they start to dry; then hang up,
but not near the heat, rather by win
dow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Farmers Warehouse Proposition.

Secretary George w. Russell of the
Mississippi branch of the Farmers Union
reports that he and his staff are still
very busy in getting the details conse-
quent upon the recent state convention
of the union in force and effect. The
warehouse proposition, while under way,
is still in a more or less nebuIous or in
definite shape and stage, though the Or
ganization ID irrevocably committed to
the matter, and it 10 bound to 10
through.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Rich Fisheries In siberla,

The fisheries of Siberia are very I'M
portant The River Amur is especial
ly rich in salmon. The amount of pre-
served fish exported from Siberia grew
from $40 tons in 1899 to 1000 tons in
1902. The high price of salt and tin
plate and the lack of skilled knowl-
edge are retarding the Siberian
canned fish industry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Money for Mississippi Monument.

Gov. Noel states that as the time is
approaching when it will be necessary to
draw on the fund fer the cost of erection
of the Mississippi state monument in
the Vicksburg National Park, and as the
money, amounting to $4,000, appropri-
ated by the legislature in 1906, reverted
back to the treasury through statutory
limitations, he will have to make ar
rangements for borrowing at least $4o,-
900 with which to meet the demand.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Now He Could Die satisfied.

The dying Englishman laughed,
family and reservedly, an became his
race.
What ails the MANI" asked the
vicar. the heir, the younger son in the
army. the younger son in the church,
the keeper of the lodge and the stolid
barrister
1T is the joke he heard in America
In his youth" whispered the nurse.
"He has just grasDed the Significance. .
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Adjutant General Arthur Fridge is
getting together tho list of those who
will be of the Mississippi party to at
tend the Inauguration of President Taft
The party will be routed over the Illinois
Central from Jackson to Memphis, to
Louisville, and thence over the Balti-
more l. Ohio to Warrington. The party
will rendezvous here so as to leave Jack
son on Monday, March l, at $3.50 pm,
to reach Washington the Sd, at $3.50
am, where a stop of three days viii be
allowed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

The name split log drag itself i'm
plies cheapness, but cheapness doesn't
mean an inferior article. Any one
can have one, and good roads and
split log drags are usually pretty close
<nOothop
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Battleship Commission Deadlock.

Battleship Commission Deadlock.
1t looks like the Mississippi battleship
commission will remain in deadlock, in
sofar as prospects of agreeing on a de-
sign for the silver service is concerned
until Mrs. Lockwood, special agent OF
the body, can raise a sum sufficient to
Justify Gov. Noel and DR.. Dunbar Row
land adopting the design for which they
expressed a preference.
If this policy is followed, and Mrs.
Lockwood again takes the field, it will
be equivalent to eliminating ex-GOv. Var
daman and frof. j. n. Powers from mem.
bership ON the commission, as both OF
these gentlemen are determined that the
contract for the silver service shall be
awarded to a Mississippi firm.
EX-Gov Vardaman remains steadfast
in his refusal to turn over to the COM
mission the sum of $l,7O4.SO raised dur
ing his administration for the silver serv-
ice fund until his personal approval is
given to the design, and Gov. Noel and
DR.. Rowland are equally determined that
they will not be thus forced into accept
ing the design favored by Gov. VRrda'
man and Prof. Powers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
Right of State Upheld.

In the course of his opinion reversing
the case of the Jackson Cotton Oil Com
pany and upholding the power of the
state legislature to enact restrictive
statutes against combinations in re-
straint of trade" Special Judge Camp
bell remarked:
"The power of the legislature to pro
hibit trusts, combinations, contracts and
agreements inimicsl to the public vel
fare il not derived from OF dependent on
section 1913 of the state constitution,
which neither eonfers nor limits its pow
ers, which exists by virtue Of the gen.
eral grant of legislative power. This
section imposes on the legislature the
duty to pass such laws and the use of
the expression 'inimical to the public
welfare by the legislature has no effect
except to show that what it prohibits is
by it regarded as of that character. That
expression might be stricken from the
constitution and laws without affecting
the validity of the law. 1t is for the leg
islature TO declare what is inimicsl to
public welfare"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
six Million Dollar Halfway.

Governor Stuart Of Pennsylvania
will recommend that the legislature,
which convenes soon, appropriate &c.
5000 for the construction Of state
highway from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

There were sixty-four applications be-
fore the state depository commission,
whose aggregate proposals call for 81
OF, ooo-mors money than the state is
likely 10 have on hand ut any one time
before next January, and the interest
rate offered runs all the way from to
S per csnt. A great majority Of the
banks offered surety bonds as security.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

An enthusiastic meeting was held at
TupelO by the people of Itawamba, Pom
tatoe and Lee counties for the purpose
of making arrangements for a survey of
the proposed Tupelo, Pontotoc, Toccopols
and Fulton railway. The people along
the route manifest much interest and
from the encouragement given it is now
cutie evident that the road will be built.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
@issnsippi
8elrs

Messrs. r. s. Wilson and B. L. Moss,
respectively state manager for Missis.
sippi and district manager for South
Mississippi in the farmers cooperative
work under the bureau of plant industry
of the national department of agricul.
ture, made practical and convincing
speeches to a meeting of farmers at
Brandon. The agricultural department,
through these men, proposes to pay half
the salary of local manager, whose
duty shall be to supervise the cultivation
Of five demonstration farms in each SUI
pervisor's district in the county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12
No Harm Done.

NO Harm Done.
Goodart-You didn't actually tell
him that l didn't think him much of a
poet?
Wiseman-Sure.
Goodart-O. l wouldn't have had
you do that for the world
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS That doesn't
hurt him. 1t only makes him pity
you.-Catholic Standard and Tiuaas
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

The Retail Merchants Association OF
Meridian want the peddling ordinance
to apply to the wagons of the Standard
Oil Co. The existing ordinance provides
that peddlers shall not stop longer than
one minute for the delivery of goods, and
he local merchants association claim
that the Standards wagons violate the
law and thus practically control the re-
Mil oil business.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

TIE passage of stock ordinance has
Ssst been effected in COanoma county,
de board Of supervisors voting unanf-
xAously for a measure looking TO the
eholiahmeut Of fences throughout the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Gov. Noel appointed Hon. CASTOR L.
Jones Of New Albany to hold the ensu-
ING term of circuit court for Benton coun-
w, IN place of Judge Roane, who will be
mrvvented from disability.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Special terms for both the chancery
and circuit courts have been ordered to
be held in Laurel by Chancellor Sam
Whitman and Circuit Judge Billiard, re-
speetiVely, the chancery court to meet on
the fourth Monday in February, and the
sireuit court on the second Monday in
March
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Famed by a gale blowing from thirty
10 forty miles per hour, forest fires
ragged in the turpentine timber belt near
Seminary, involving heavy loss to stand
ing timber. The fire covers wide area
and it is impossible at present to esti-
mate the full extent of the loss.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

As an aftermath of the Littlewood
wreck on the Northeastern, some time
ago, when the Great Northern express
crashed into the rear end of the local &C
eommodation train on the Northeastern,
D. Seixas, claim agent for the Northeast
arm, has succeeded in compromising two
Of the most important cases by paying
to Mr.. J. A. Travis, father of Ora Ira
Wis, the sum OF $500 for the death of
his son, and the Shows case has been
settled Mt $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

The most disastrous fire that ever Wis
lied Clarksdale, bringing ruin and devas-
tatiOn in its wake, swept away an entire
Asoek Of buildings in the principal bust
sass section Of the city. About thirty
AUuses were destroyed, the property loss
On all amounting to about $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

The alfalfa lands adjacent to West
Point, now declared by government ex-
psrts making a soil survey of Clay
county to be absolutely the finest in the
world, are attracting the attention of
capitalists from all over the country.
One holder of land seeded to alfalfa
dNhteen months has just refused a cash
effer of 500 per acre for large tract
that sold just previously to being seeded
for sss per acre.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Cad has been issued for the slxtieth
annual session of the Home Mission So
Gsty of the Mississippi Conference OF
she Methodist Church, to be held at Nc
Comb City from March II to Fl, inciu-
savs. This body represents the active
home mission workers of the Methodist
Church in this conference, and it is ex-
peated that about 200 delegates will be
in attendance at the gathering. Miss
Belle Bennett, one of the most noted
home mission workers in the United
States, has accepted an invitation to adj
dress the conference, and will be IN at
tendance throughout the session
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

An agricultural experiment station will
b established at Clarksdale, the board of
supervisors having made an appropria-
tiOn of 800 per month for the mainte-
nance of same. This station will be in
charge of specialists appointed by the
government, and its establishment is in
harmony with the present statewide
policy prevailing, looking to the improve
ment of agricultural conditions in the
South aud the application of scientific
principles to Mississippi's farming meth
DDS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-02-12

Carroll and Claiborne counties have
fallen into line with the others that have
adopted the boys corn club movement,
and they are going about it in way
sAAA promises success from the first, and
have applied to Commissioner of Agricul'
Aurs Blakeslee and others IN touch with
kAa nodus operandi for pointers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-01
CRIB AND WATER CURE USED
Warden Haskell of Kansas Peniten-
tiary Admits Their Use ON Re-
fractOry Prisoners.

LEAVBNWORTH, Kan, Dec. 31.-The
Crib" and the water cure, until recently,
have been used in the Kansas state peni-
tentiary at Lansing to subdre refractory
prisoners, according to a statement made
here last night by Warden w. H. Haskell
at a preliminary meeting OF a joint in
vestigating committee appointed by the
governors of Oklahoma and Kansas. The
investigation is the outcome of charges
made by Miss Kate Barnard. state In
spector of prisons and charities of Okla
homa. who alleged that the prisoners OF
that state sent to the Kansas institution
have been mistreated.
Warden Haskell spoke with feeling In
defending the prison management and
urged full and prmopt investigation. Mr..
Haskell said:
"The crib is something that has been
in use here for a great many years, but
which we have used little and recently
took 1t from the room where 1t was kept,
as we thought the room more desirable for
other purposes.
THE so-caled water cure has been used
only In a very few instances, and then only
on incorrigible prisoners. 1t consists OF
Handwriting a man and confning him in
a sitting posture and turning water on
him from an ordinary garden hose. The
water was never forced down his mouth,
nor did 1t ever result in any physical in
jury. 1t always being used under the di-
rections OF the prison physician
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-01
DISEASE NOW UNDER CONTROL
Foot and Mouth Infection About
Eradicated from FOur Quar-
antined States.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3i.'I believe we've
about gotten the foot and mouth disease
corralled," declared Secretary OF Agricul-
ture Wilson today. mo new outbreaks of
the disease have been found since that
which occurred in Snyder county, Pennsyl-
vania, on December 49," continued the
secretary. II want to emphasize, however,
that we are letting up in our Investigations
very slowly because II we did not. foreign
countri Nigh quarantine against the
whole Unitel States, as they are very
suspicious of getting the infection"
The department has had a force Of Isl
veterinarians and as many more non-pro-
fessional men engaged in the work of
eradicating the disease, the cost of which,
1t is estimated. will be fully 10000, in the
four states. The total number Of animals
slaughtered was 3.6O5 valued at $SS,26S, Of
which the federal government will pay two
thirds and the states affected one-third.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-01
NO MORE TIPS ON THE RACES
Los Angeles City Prosecutor Issues
Order that VIII ARect
Newspapers.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 3i.-Nothing
in reference to betting on horse races, tips
to probable winners or matters that In
any way gives a comparative estimate OF
horses that have run or are to run I'm any
race may hereafter be published in any
newspaper OF pamphlet placed on sale
within the corporate limits of Los Angeles.
This affects not only the Los Angeles
daily newspapers and publications, but the
San Francisco newspapers sold here, and
any other publications giving tps and
racing news relative To the betting. II also
probably will cause the prohibition OF the
daily form chart, as gotten out by the
racing association.
Such. I'm effect, Is the order issued by
Guy Eddie. city prosecutor. which went
into operation today Eddie has notified
all the publications doing business here
and informed the managements that viola
tions would be prosecuted.