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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

The whiskeyites of Alabama are
much exercised over the Constitu-
tional Amendment for Prohibition,
which is shortly to be submitted to
the sovereign voters of that state
Alabama passed a string Of Statute
nv Prohibition measures because the
people of that state desired it So;
there was pressure from the people
that caused their Legislature to do
it. If that commonwealth fails now
to write prohibition clause into its
organic law, or pin same to it by a.
mendment, they but leave the mat
ter in condition to invite the liquor
associations to expend thousands of
dollars in an educative campaign in
that state, to create a reactionary
sentiment and thus offer some future
Legislature excuse, under lobbying
representative of the liquor inter-
ests, to repeal the present wise and
effective Prohibition statutes and re-
vert to the licensed saloon. Better
fix the matter constitutionally now
o Alabama as Oklahoma has done
and settle it finally, that the program
for National Prohibition may not
be delayed by putting you back in
line, if you should be caioyed into
taking a reactionary step.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

often put in the open ports mission
equipment and by temperament are
least likely to do the most effective
work there, both among the natives
and the foreigners. No end of misun-
derstandirg and misrepresentation
would be escaped by a wiser method
on the part of the boards.
The frequently expressed policy of
the missionaries, that they have como
to work for the heather and not for
Europeans, is mistaken to the point
Of absurdity and folly, as in case l
ran across here. The best single mis-
sionary enterprise in Tientsin is the
work of the Young Mems Christian
association in the Chinese city proper.
1t is almost entirely self-supporting, so
greatly does it command the respect
of eminent Chinese, the viceroy him.
self being among the contributors.
All the work, including the home of
the missionary, is in a big Chinese
residence, with upwards of a hundred
rooms. A school which has govern
ment recognition and approval is
maintained, as well as a library and
an athletic department Some months
ago the wife of the secretary was TAX
en- suddenly and dangerously i'll. A
messenger was hastily dispatched to
a physician in the foreign concessions,
who reported himself busy (The
journey by night into the center of
the native city is not pleasant one.)
A missionary physician who, like all
the other missionaries, lives outside
the native city, sent back word, when.
appealed to: Il came to treat the
Chinese, and 1 cannot take other pa
TENTS
So after this experience, which
might have proved fatal to his wife,
the association secretary, to avoid its
repetition, is obliged to consider the
possibility of surrendering his home
amid the Chinese, where he is doing
notable work, and of taking up his
residence in the foreign settlement.
Probably such an extreme instance as
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
For Father and Mother.

Do not-mother at your house
work, father in your studv-do not
be always too busy" The little
heart wants an outlet, the appraised
bud wants kiss, the little hearts
have something to tell you, little
grief to bring, small joy, game of
play expected now and then. All,
bewarel Those requirements will
will slacken and will cease, if it be
too often NOW run away dear,
father is busy" Don't be trouble
some, dear, mother must do her
work. :"
OF course there must be checks
sometimes; of course overindulgen-
ce is the worst kindness. But be
not as q rule repellant, unsmypathet-
ic; they will go elsewhere, after a
while, with their little condolences
their little wants, their little losses,
their little grlefs and joys, their little
winning ways, with the refresh
ment of their pure, delightful be-
ings. Perhaps you will be sorry
then-then when the mischief is
done-sory when the new toy is no
longer as a matter of course brought
first to father to see; when the tod
ding feet seek elsewhere but to
mother for drying of tears, when
the patter of unsteady feet always
passes your door. All, you will be
sorry then that you were so foolish,
sorry that you scared the birds
away.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

The usual amount of fawning on
the new appointee to the judgeship
of this district is being INDUCED in
by the sycophantic crowd. Barrett
seems to be very remarkable fell
low from the way some of the artists
are putting on the paint. Speaking
for ourselves we can say we know
scarcely nothing at all about him.
We met him just once when he was
getting over the district after en-
dorsements and found he had pref
ty good way of turning off the glad
shake. That and what few friends
have told us that know him closer;
and the extravagant stuff that we
have read since his experimentation
has to be received with due allow
a1ces) is about all our knowledge OF
the new Judge consists OF. We will
saw hits thong h,-if Judge Barrett
will hold his Courts regularly in
Greene County and without PARTIAL
ty. that the HERALD will be found
giving him that earnest cooperation
which is the Office of the press in as
sistinG the judiciary to uphold the
Law. When we say hold the courts,
we have in mind how many prefer
mitments for trivial or .inconsequen-
tial pretexts, that Greene has borne
from other iurists. There is hardly
anything more calculated to beget
contempt for the courts, than these
Irregularities in its holdings; inter-
rupted court schedules break down
the confidence the commercial world
has in the courts to redress their
wrongs: and encourages criminals to
stalk abroad. Let US have regular
stated terms of the Courts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

pleasantly that you are very glad to
see her again. Stiff. cold and for
NAL ways of greeting acquain tances
are not proper in a girl welcoming
guests to her fathers house. A
daughters part is to assist her
mother on every social occasion.
The girl pours tea in her mothers
drawing room when friends drop in
at five o'clock. Quite often, when
no maid is present, she helps the
guests sandwiches and cakes which
are served at FIVE O'Clock tea, and
he self hands the cups and takes
them from the guest who would like
to be relieved.
Apart from and more important
even than her manner to guest who
happens in for an hour or day, is
the manner of daughter to her
father and mother. The father re-
turns to his home after a weary day
at business. He is tired in body ana
mind. Coming back, as his latch
key turns in the home door he
throws off care, he is joyous at the
thought of the dear ones he will
meet after hours of absence. His
young daughter. in q pretty gown,
with the bloom and freshness only
girlhood wears should, be ready to
give him the attention he loves-the
kiss, the CHEEKY word, to help her
mother and the rest in letting her
father see how much he is loved at
home. Men give up great deal for
their families, their time, their
strength, the knowledge they have
gained in life's experimenting
spend everything freely for their
homes sake and the home should
pay the debt in much outspoken
love.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

Tientsin. China.-Here is the place
to come to learn 'the other side" of
foreign missions This city and
Shanghai are doubtless the two
greatest centers of anti-missionary
sentiment in the world. The criti-
cisms of missions and missionaries
most commonly heard have to do with
China and with Chinas capital.
Three out of four stories rejecting
upon missions are located in China,
and two out of three are likely to con-
Germ Picking and its neighborhood.
Now, that means Tientsin. The for
eign population of Peking is very
small, including few persons besides
legationers and missionaries. But
Tientsin, the port of Peking and of
North China, has the second largest
foreign population in the empire. 1t
is city of imposing European build
ings, of foreign stores, of modern
streets and homes, of clubs and
churches-in short, it is bit of the
west which greets a traveller like an
oasis in the desert of the east.
A Missionary Charged with Graft.
On the ship between Chefoo and
Tientsin l was talking over a variety
of far eastern topics with British
merchant who had lived for more than
20 years in Tientsin He was plainly
! a gentleman, man of family, OF
breeding and social standing, and in
all respects his views had been tenn
| perate. Without his knowing my in
terest in the subject, the conversation
drifted to missionaries. Really some
one should look into this missionary
| business 1t is not what people at
home think it is. You go up to Pc
king, and you will find the mission
| aries living in compounds as big as le-
| cations. And during the Boxer
trouble they looted frightfully.
There was one missionary, Mr..
Blank, who was made interpreter to
British punitive expedition, with the
honorary rank of second lieutenant.
At every village he would demand
large sum of money, in the name of
the commanding officer, which he
| would quietly pocket himself. At
| length word of this reached the Brit
| ish authorities, and the missionary
! was asked for an explanation. He
! fatty denied everything. Then he was
| given his choice of standing a fair
court-martial, with the assurance that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

The Cook-Peary North Pole Dis
covery controversy bids fair to
stretch out over several months, and
we predict will much harass the ge-
odical societies of the World. So far
the matter seems to turn entirely on
the statement each of the claimants
make to their having reached the
Earth's Northern axle pole, as Meth
er of them took any white men along
in the final dash. The word of the
Esquimos are worth about as much
on one side as the other. Columbus
discovered the Americas, but il was
years and not even until yet is it f.
'nally settled as to whether GVespucci
and CABOT are not to divide the hon
ors with him. Peary should be Ike
Cook, willing to at least a division
and not so uncharitable, unless he
has bona ide evidence that Cook has
turned fake at this late day, for here
tofore the veracity of both these men
as explorers of the bleak cold regions
has not been questioned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
The Farmers Who Study.

Magnolia News.
In every county and parish in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana which was in
tested this year with the boll-weevil
it has been demonstrated beyond
question that the farmer who was
willing to be told something about
anti boll-wevil methods of cultiva-
ton, and to put that information to
practical use, was the farmer who
made cotton crop. No farmer, it
matters not how long he has been
farming, knows everything about
farming, and he is wise who is will
ing to profit by the experience Of
others.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

he would be shot if found guilty, or
of being deprived of his rank and of
being dismissed from the service in
ignominy. He chose the latter, thus
practically confessing his guilt. Mis-
sionaries all say: Poor Mr.. Blank
and look upon him as a martyr; al
though the board that employed him
took a different view of the matter,
and discharged him. He lives in
Tientsin to-day, and is rich man.
Trouble Through Ex-Missionaries.
Now this attitude of many English
missions means something. 1t is not
a sufficient answer to fling charges, as
missionary supporters commonly do,
at the moral character of the white
communities in port cities. The man
above quoted is, as has been said,
an honorable man of position, and his
statements were specific.
In the particular case he cited, an
investigation showed that his state
ments were warranted, except as to
Iu6 dIIlIuC6 VI IllC Wv al "
the alleged culprit in question. What
the merchant said was mildness as
compared with what the missionaries
said to me- They seem to have
more intimate knowledge of the crook
edness of the ex-missionary than 9th
ers, and they have the additional
grievance that he has brought dis
grace upon their calling. Similarly,
the missionaries went farther than
others in condemnation of another
notorious character in this city, an
ex-missionary now in corporation
service, who is commonly alluded to
as 1.-The prize coward of the Picking
siege" and whose business methods
are reputed to be devious.
Of this attitude of the missionaries,
apparently, the community is unaware.
In it's sensitiveness to criticism the
missionary body presents solid
front, making no explanations, and
the world does not know that the
black sheep have been cast out of the
fcck 1t appears that this place like
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
OFF. YoNDER CORRESPONDENCE,
FAM KETTsR NO. 2.

Dear Herald:-l will again take up
the rather tangled thread of my
narrative.
When | awoke the morning of the
fifth the Green Fields of Virginia. ?
We soon passed the famous battle
field of Manassas, and it seemed odd
indeed that those pleasing green
slopes and little valleys had once
been dyed the crimson hue of war
and trembled to the roar of the first
great battle of the deadliest conflict
of modern times. That where that
Dfield of corn rustled in the breeze
once stood battery of smoking
field guns and, and up that green
pasture slope the Federnls rallied and
charged and struggled in vain
against Jackson S living stone wall.
left the field in the same direc-
ton and according to authentic his
torians at about the same rate Of
speed rs did the flying Yankees on
that memorable day.
OF course from there on into
Washington was all historic ground,
having been fought over in the hun
dreds of battles and hallowed by the
blood of the best and bravest men
that ever followed an ideal or died
for principle.
For moment the grand Potomac
lay before US, purple and gold in the
morning light. Then across Il long
iron bridge down through tunnel,
and into the new Union Station we
arrived just at $50 A. NJ. by the
clock here, which would be $50 by
yours, as there is AL hours differ
ence in time here and in Washington,
G.. C. Now how many of my one
time pupils can tell me why?
The Union Station has just been
completed. 1t is built of white mar
bic and is the finest railway station
in the worid-but there are lots Of
things up here that are the finest Of
their kind in all the world, so you
may lind me using the expression
several times.
From the high arched doorway of
that building ] first gazed upon
Washington d. c., the proud capital
of the proudest nation on earth, End
well does she have the right to be.
But you can never rightly estimate
this country of ours till you have
visited her capital.
To the left lay the National Mu-
scum, the Washington Monument
and the Library of Congress, almost
surprising the imagination in the
beauty of architecture, to the right
Try the Pension Office, the Soldiers
Home, the business section and on
beyond these, the Heights, where
are to be found the most magnificent
residences of the place. Straight
out in front, rising high in the air
was the dome of the Capitol itself
I felt like giving yell aud throwing
my hat up in the air, but didn t,
| merely turned back in the dining
room and ordered breakfast-such is
| life.
More anon,
J. G. FAIN.
Sept. 9TH 1909
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
September 17.19O9
FRIDAY
EDITORIAL

The Simpson County News comes
to our desk ostensibly asking for ex-
change relations which we cheerfully
accept. From the issue in hand we
are unable to tell whose is the hand
that guides the helm, but possible a
later number may reveal the editori-
al name. AS we have two mighty
good friends in the town OF Menden-
hall in the persons of Prof. J. F.
Miller and Lawyer Sheehy, and as
this Simpson County paper is pub
lished at that place we welcome it,
as it will aid ia our keeping up with
those old boys.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
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Ar AID That Pulled.

Publishers Auxiliary.
The following ad was published in
Pittsburg paper few days ago:
LOST.-A White Kitten; Sick child
grieving. Reward will be paid for
its return to 301 Sandusky street, AL
legheny.
And behold the result! Three
hundred kittens were offered by chill
dren that were willing to give their
pets to comfort the grieving child.
Yet there are many who do not
understand what good results adj
vertising brings home for a good
article.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
Good Books Received
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
The Story of Negro Progress,
by Miss Mary Helm, editor of
Our Homes" organ of the
Woman's Home Mission So
ciety of the Methodist Epls-
copal Church, South. Flem-
ing H. Revell Company New
York 1909. Paper zoe, cloth
SOC net.
New Orleans Christian Advocate.
This book is one of the seven
books prepared for the Woman's
Home Mission Study Course at the
instance of a Council composed of
representatives of nine denOmina-
lions whose women are engaged In
home mission work. The Council
had no book or the subject of negro
progress and one had to be written.
The Southern contingent of the
Council said it must be written by
"a Southerner. To this the North
ern contingent wisely agreed, and
the work fell to Miss Mary Helm. 1t
could have fallen into no more com
petent hands. To Aunt Gilly"
Miss Helms 'black faithful old
nurse, to whom the book is dedica-
ted with tender love and grateful
memories, is the author largely in
debted for the inspiration in the
writing. With she inspiration it
was a labor of love to collect, classify
and put in order the mass of matter
at Miss Helms command.
The author disclaims any inten-
ton to undertake the solution of the
Negro Problem. In saying this
she had in mind the problem in all
it's phases, political, social and re-
ligious, and yet she sets forth the
only method by which the problem
can be settled, VIZ, by the evangeli-
cation of the negro race. To this
end there is recognition of ednca-
ton as an auxiliary. not as a spe-
cific for all human ills, as monomani-
acs on education insist.
The book is what it proposes to
be. "the study of negro progress
| from darkness to light. One who
has never thought much on the sub
iect or has seen the negro only in
the most unfavorable circumstances
will read some of the pages of this
book with establishment, for it is
true that in many sections of the
negroes have made but little prog
ress. This is true of large numbers
simply because they failed 10 take
advantage of their opportunities
We commend Miss Helms book to-
our readers. We hope it will have
an extensive circulation in the North
where light on the negro question IS
more needed than in the South.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

One of the sweetest things girl
can do is to receive friends gracious
ly particularly at home. In ones
own house cordial manner is pc
culiarly fitting. Do uot stand in
the middle of the room and bow
coldly and formally to the friend
who has called. Walk over to meet
her, give her your hand and say
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17

other port cities, contains a number
OF eX-m1ssiOnaries who have been dis
missed from board service. or who
have OF their own will retired to en-
ter business. There is nothing dis
honorable in the latter practice, al
though it is a clear violation of ac-
cepted missionary ethics The onus
of the shortcomings of all these, who
are naturally still called mission.
aries attaches to the missionary
body, the members of which, have
been repeatedly assured, look with ut
most disfavor upon the entrance of
any one of their number into money
making pursuits.
The wiser way would be for the
missionaries openly to disavow re-
sponsibility for the course of all ex-
cept bona fide members of estab-
lished missions; and Hospitality to
meet honest criticism with frank ex-
plantations and with respect for the
motives of the critics; instead of
maintaining an attitude of silence, Sc
clusion and self-sufficiency. In the
matter of the gulf that exists between
the foreign community and the mis-
siOnaries, the latter appear to be more
blameworthy than the former, for it is
their business to be friendly with all
men and to guard the good reputation
of their work. Yet in truth they some
times seem the more censorious of
the two. Some of the sweeping asser-
lions of the missionaries concerning
the evil lives of non-missionary for
eigners are as unfounded as many of
the criticisms which the latter make
of the missionaries. Investigation re-
veals the fact that i'll Tientsin more
effort is put forth in behalf of the
young men and for the reclamation of
those who have strayed, by the nom
missionary residents than by the mis-
sionaries themselves.
Where the Missionaries Are at Fault.
An interested critic could probably
prove the charges of narrowness, ex-
clusiveness and consciousness
against many members of the mission
airy body here admitting the note
worthy exceptions. All this might be
comprehended within the phrase, gen
eral unfitness for missionary work in
a port city. 1t is singular lack of
perception on the part of the mission
boards in America and Europe which
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-09-17
Woodville Republican.

WOOQVllle Repu Ollcdn.
That we are returning to the GUS
toms and practices of our daddies is
evidenced by the fact that we hear
of grist mills being erected in all
portions of the county. For many
years past our farmers have scorned
the home ground meal, preferring
the bolted stuff that comes to US
from the city mill at city prices, but
a change has come and we can hear
the hum OF the grist mill once again.
This means a return of prosperity as
the farmers will give more attention
to living at home and not pull all
the work on the cotton crop thus
leaving the corn and forage crops to
the tender mercy of the elements and
the poor lands on which they are
planted