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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Electric Cars Head-on co,Iislor

Pittsburg, Pa.-Three persons were
Killed, two probably fatally hurt anG
10 others sustained injuries that ne.
cessitated their removal 10 EhefY
homes, in head-on collision betweee
two electric cars on the Pittsburg aad
Butler street railway, near Bryant
station.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Affinity Earle Sued For Divorc.

Middletown, n. Y.-Ferdinand Pin
ney Earle, artist, poet and foremost
exponent Of the affinity" idea, was
served with papers in an action
brought by Mrs. Earle, formerly Miss
Julia Kuttner, of New York city, for
annulment OF their marriage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Shoots Young Man Then Herself

Columbus, Miss.-After shooting
and seriously wounding Llewellyn
Hatchett, Jr., prominent young man
OF this city, Mrs. Clyde Peacher Wat
son, wife Of local business man,
turned the weapon on herself and in.
ficted wounds which will probably re.
suit in her death.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Newspaper Nm Shot VIII. and a

Boston.-A startling tragedy wms
enacted in the public garden Near the
entrance of the Boybston street sun.
way. Suffering from nervous trouble,
with which he had been afflicted f0T
several years, Lawrence r. Boyle, a
wel[known newspaper man, shot and
killed his wife and then ended his
own life by the same means.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Colonel p. :. Ross Dead

Houston, Tex--Colonel Peter F.
Ross, Of Waco, who commanded the
Sixth Texas regiment at Corinth
when it lost $50 men out of $50, and a
brother Of former governor of Texas,
dead. Colonel Ross was a noted
Indian fighter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

Child Hung in Swing, Neck Broken.
Flovilla, Ga.-The 5-year-old daught
er OF William Castleberry, a promi
nent farmer one mile beyond Indian
Springs, was found hanging to a rope
swing, suspended from a limb, with
her neck broken.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Taft's First Formal Dinner.

Washington. D. C.-President Taft
brought representatives of all the
warning factions in the lower house
OF congress together at the first for.
NAL dinner he and Mrs. Taft have
given at the white house.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
XII
YnrkUil ]

Yorkvill, srain.
consisting of Two cars, Un i.le Carolina
and Northwestern railway, carrying
about thirty Knights Templsrs from
Chester to Yorkville, for a banquet,
was wrecked. Fireman Frank Hard
in. OF Chester, jumped and was killed.
Several of the passengers were bruis-
cd, but none seriously hurt.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
AGED Professor Dead

Oxford, Ga.-After an illness OF fsue
weeks, DR.. John s.. Moore, % years
old, former professor of Latin at Mm.
ory college, died. He was wen
known throughout the soutk. beta m
a minister and teacher.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Dropped Dead Will. wrestIino.

Atlanta.-While playfully wrestling
with friend at Ponce do Leom, inst
beyond the Springs, w. H. whatSy, a
young man about 25 years Of age, fsaE
Imply to the ground, tried IN vain to
speak, and died
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

New York.-An important change
in the football rules was made by the
intercollegiate football rules commit.
tee, in the reduction of points for a
goal from the field from four to three.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Mrs. Mary Farmer Died in EIsetrie
Chair.

OHdIT.
Auburn, N. Y.-Mrs Mary Farmer,
who is to die in the electric chair in
the state prison for the murder of
Mrs. Sarah Brennan, at Brownsville,
has made statement, it was lsaeasd,
which she believes will exoaerate Am
husband, who is also under asateaae
OF death for the same crime.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Bio Jacksonville Hotel.

Jacksonville, Fla. B. Pound.
president of the Hotel Patten, Chat.
tanooga, Tenn, and formerly owner
of The Chattanooga Daily News, in
connection with j. A. Newcomb, a
well-known hotel man, of Macon, Ca,
closed a deal whereby Jacksonville
will have ten-story, strictly modern
and up-to-date hotel, absolutely fire.
proof, and costing upwards of one mil
lion dollars.
WaycrOss, Ga-FIollowing a quarrel
with his mother-in-law. Mrs. ]. w.
Easterling, Jim Hendry pulled knife
and fatally cut her.
New York.-Members of the New
York cotton exchange voted today on
the proposed amendments to the by
laws having as their object the res
toration OF quarter grades.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

they had found naked savages. For in
1863 the American board formally
withdrew from the Hawaiian islands,
which it had entered in 1920.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

even though the same persons were given the
care of the offices connected Herewith, they found
themselves at within a few days. Now, how
ever, the permanent census bureau makes the
counting of the population business for all time
with Uncle Sam and this gigantic job will be
given the attention of his weather eye from day
to day, though the fruits of the work will be
thrust into the public gaze only in ten years
Men who experts taking the of
countries declare that the system by which the
government will take the count in 1910 is admit
tedy model which the whole world should fol-
low, if it would be up-to-date this
Another project is foot to-day which will great
ly facilitate this census program. That is the
erection of permanent home for the population
counters If congress allows Director North to
erect such edifce, it will be specially
structed statistics manufacturing plant. a
communication to congress Director North sets
forth his plans He plans to expend the sum of
$675,000 for the purchase of site and for the six
story freproof building upon which he is laying
his program. This, he says will provide ample
accommodations for the 5000 persons who
engaged in this work from year to year.
To-day, if you were to visit Washington, and
wished to the census bureau, you would be
led to a one-story brick structure which
erected for the tabulation of statistics in 1900
One great space problem which the government
faces is the storing of census reports and this
took up just about all the room of the old struc-
ture. SO that most of the clerks and other help
had to be accommodated elsewhere 1t was re-
Gently estimated that it would house just about
onefourth of the clerks needed for the census
next year,
The great army of house-to house canvassers
who will count you and your family in 1910 are
not as vet even estimated by Director North, but
it is recorded that man counts only about
10000 persons many of them counting less in the
small space of time allotted to the tabulation-
Thousands upon thousands OF extra men VIII
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Latest Kansas Events.
The Kansas teachers Elect.

The State Teachers association
elected the following officers for 1909:
President, c. S. Risden, Independence;
first vice president, Miss Elsie Mas
dox, Emporia; second vice president,
R. G. Mueller, Seneca; third vice
president, J. E. Stokesberry, Fort
Scott; auditing committee, NJ. T. Bar
nett, Oberlin; E. B. Albaugh, Clay
Center; R. r. Price, Hutchinson. The
executive committee will select the
secretary and treasurer. A resolution
was adopted declaring that state pub1i-
cation of school text books was i'm
practicable at the present time. The
teachers say that an experience of
20 years has shown that state publica-
ton cheapened the books and gave
poorer quality The teachers asked
the next legislature to appoint a COM
mittee to study this question and re-
port to the governor before the legis-
lature meets two years hence. Here
after the annual meetings of the asso-
citation will be held the last of October
instead of the last week of December.
A resolution favoring suffrage for
women was slipped into the list of
resolutions. 1t was adopted without
comment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Taxes For FfaternaI orders.

The Kansas tax commission is send
ing out letter to all county assessors
lnstructing them that the property of
all fraternal societies must be placed
On the tax rolls for next year. The
district court in Shawnee county in
decision handed down a few days
ago said that the property of frater-
nal societies should not be taxed The
tax commission had made a different
ruling and fraternal society property
valued at more than 100000 was
assessed for taxation last year The
commission in it's letter says that the
decision of the Shawnee county court
does not affect the standing of fra.
ternal societies in any other county
as far as taxation is concerned, and
that the assessors should continue to
place this kind of property on the
tax rolls.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
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complete satisfactory of all the souls in the
country, adequate plans were made when the
republic was planted this side of the Atlantic.
For that reason every decade saw a hurry and
scurry to count the population great confusion,
distress sections and general prevalence OF
conditions bordering chaos. So for more than
century it continued thus each year. for the pre-
ceding administration, it is stated, did not care
about giving the next successful party anything
which the caption of .'spois'' might be hung,
it is declared
So nobody went after real census system very
strongly
But modern ideas have been injected into the
counting process and the gigantic move for per-
manent bureau having succeeded, we arc now to
have a which will enumerate, speedily, ac-
curately and give results to the people in the
shortest possible time. The establishment of per-
bureau will also bring about the perfection
more accurate, faster and far better ideas at
later dates Each decade will see changes for the
best, it is declared by those in power at Wash
ingtOn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
He Gave County Poor Farm.

Russell county will sell farm at
public auction January and the
money derived from the sale will be
used to establish county poor farm
The farm TO be sold was acquired by
the county commissioners in 1886.
The intention at that time was to
make it poor farm, but the plans
never were carried out. The county
came into possession of the farm
through an agreement of the commits
sioners to take care of Marcus J.
Weiby, pay his doctor bill and nurse
hire in his last Illness. The farm
consists of 240 acres, but is not To-
Gated suitably for q poor farm.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
CulfiDafe the Open Mind.

President Eliot says the open mind is fruit of
culture. And it is likewise, Christian virtue. The
with open mind is agreeable person. He
is just and kindly One talk with him with
pleasure for can be quite sure if the mind is
open, there is prejudice. envy or ilIwin there
The open mind is where the truth is welcomed. and
where it is not tainted with meanness of any kind
As a general thing the ignorant person
the tighter is his mind closed He thus becomes
exceedingly absurd, and consequently pitfful- He
loses influence and in time. respect likes say
his mind is made up, which means that the doors
and windows of his soul shut and no more light
viii be let in
That is bad situation for person to get in.
1t is full of cold gloom. pessimsm. and malign med
itations; and stands in the of the world getting
better. And who wants TO be such obstrustions
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Winter Institutes in Kansas.

The department OF farmers insti-
tutes in the Kansas State Agricultural
college is planning a series of meet
ings to begin January IL. The fall
campaign, just ended, resulted in
or meetings The first of the winter
meetings probably will be held at
Usage City, January IL. This insti-
tute will work south and east for eight
weeks, including all county institutes
that are not held in the fall and TAX
ing in all the local Institutes and also
making some new places. This cir
cult will be conducted by Mr. Crab
tree, an assistant to Superintendent
Miller. He will be assisted by S. C.
Hanna of Howard, J. G. Haney of Os-
wego and others. Another circuit
probably will start at Dodge City,
western Kansas for seven or eight
weeks. This circuit, for most of the
time. will be conducted by Superin-
tendent Miller, assisted by A. H.
Leidigh of Reno county, formerly in
charge of the government experiment
station at Amarillo, Tex Other meet
ings will be held in Northern Kansas
and in Western Kansas along the
Union Pacific and Rock Island rail-
ways. Most of these meetings will be
conducted by Superintendent McClel-
land of the Hays branch experiment
station and Prof Willard of the col
lege and Prof. E. H. Webster, the new
director of the experiment station.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
HorticuIturists Elect ofhcers.

At a meeting of the Kansas Horti
cultural society in Topeka the follow
ing officers were elected for the com
Ing year: President, Edwin Snyder
Topeka; vice president, E. G. Hoover
Wichita; secretary, Walter Wellhouse
Topeka; treasurer, Clarence Holsinger
Rosedale; trustees, First district, F
w. Dixon, Holton; Second, c. v. Hol
singer, Rosedale; Third, F. L. Ken
oyer, Independence; Fourth, C. c.
Cook, Eskridge; Fifth, Albert Dickins,
Manhattan; Sixth, J. J. Alexander,
Norton; Seventh, G. A. Blackmoor,
Sharon, and Eighth, George A. Blair,
Mulvane; entomologists, Professor S.
J. Hunter, Lawrence; Professor T. J.
Headlee, Manhattan; microscopic,
Professor Bernard B. Smyth. Topeka.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Women May Vote in Primaries.

Attorney General Jackson has, upon
the request from the city clerk of
Coffeyville, rendered decision to the
effect that women are entitled to vote
at primary elections. City Attorney
Smelling had ruled that women were
barred according to the way in which
the primary law and general election
laws read.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Kansas Editors. Meet Earlier.

The date for the annual meeting OF
the Kansas Editorial association has
been changed from February go to
February IL. The change was made
on account of some of the officers of
the national association who expect
to be present
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Kansas injured al Football.

In a football game at Burlington
Martin Bradford. Is years old. was in
jured and remained unconscious until
the next morning His injury was.
suffered in the last minute of play.
Bradford was a Burlington player and
he was either struck on the back of
the head OF his neck was twisted. Id
is not believed that any permanent
injury will result
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Revolutionary. Dauahter Dies

Mrs. L. G. Mason, wife of one of the
wealthiest and most prominent citi-
zens of Independence, died recently of
pneumonia, after a. three weeks ILL.,
ness. Deceased was. born in Rockport,
Ind, in 1845, her maiden name being
Mary Virginia Bnatton. She was a
daughter of the American Revolution
and a very prominent member of the
Presbyterian church.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
The unIoaded Gun AGAIN.

Believing the gun he held was not
loaded, Charles Swigert, aged IL,
Tuesday blew the top off the head of
his 7-year-old-cousin, Willie Swigert,
with a charge of shot at East Null
berry, pulling the trigger after re-
marking in fun he was going to shoot
'Shoot away, for the gun isn't loaded"
was the reply, followed almost in
stantly by the guns boom. The boys
had been hunting and thought the load
had been removed from the gun. The
dead boy was the son of the city mar
shall of East Mulberry.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
K. U. Alumni Organize.

A permanent organization of the,
Kansas university alumni of Crawford
county was effected at a banquet and
reception held at the Elks club rooms.
in Pittsburg C. o. Pangrey was elect
ed president and Mrs. F. B. Wheeler
of Pittsburg, secretary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Liauor AGENTS Evade Law.

The agents of wholesale liquor
houses making shipments to Wichita
have adopted a method for evading the.
officers who are watching for violat-
ors of the liquor law, and it works.
perfectly. The liquor is ordered in
carload lots and is allowed to remain
in the car until it is delivered. The
car is sealed each night, and the. de-
murrage is only dollar day The,
officers can not break into the car.
and delivering direct from the car to,
the purchasers makes it interstate:
business. An appeal viii be made to,
the railroad companies to have tina
practice stopped.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Girl Victim of Gas Fumes.

was found dead in. the home of George
j. McPhillarney, 1929 Kansas avenue,
Topeka, where she Eoomed She was
discovered on her bed in her room
with the gas light and gas stove burn
ing. The stove, a. large one, had no
pipe attachment. Miss Rogers prob
ably died from the fumes
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
A New x. S. A. c. Dairy Teacher.

Andrew Logan of Tavistock, Canada,
has been appointed Instructor in COM
mercial dairying at the Kansas State
Agricultural college, and assumed his
duties January l. Mr.. Logan is a
graduate of the Reading Agricultural
college, Reading, England, and of the
Midland Dairy institute, Derby, Eng
land
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Wichita to TOY Again.

Mayor Graham of Wichita. has is
sued a proclam alton calling an cleo
ton February 2 for the purpose of
voting on the proposition of the adop-
ton of the commission system of au-
nicipal government The proposition
was voted down at an election. held
there last spring
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

and trying to make good.
The conditions each ten
years were so much diff
ferent from those of the
decade nrovionS thaf
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

Lincoln County Mines Reopened.
The coal mining industry in Lincoln
Denmark, and two or three mines are
oow In operation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Many Pheasants for sSsnsas.

Del Travis, state fish aud game
warden. has imported 100 pairs of
Hungarian pheasants for stocking
Kansas. The birds are now being dis
tributed through the various countiea
and they will be released early next
spring by the county clerks who ara
to keep them this winter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
serious Fire at Mulberry.

A fire that started from some un-
known cause wiped out an entire
block at Mulberry, in the northern
part of Crawford county, enLai1ing a
loss of about $4,000
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
Kansas Music Teachers Organize.

Kansas Music Teachers Organize
A Kansas Music Teachers associEs-
tion was organized at Wichita by the
election of the following officers
Charles Carter, Wichita, president;
Theodore Lindberg, Wichita secre-
tary; Reno B. Myers, Wichita, treasur-
er; W. s. Vandoran, Pratt; B. S. Hoag-
land, Hutchinson; o. p Barbour. Win
field. directors. The next meeting will
be held in Wichita December Is, 20
and 30, 1909.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

A New State Bank For SaIina.
Salina is 10 have q new state bank.
the Traders State, with capital
stock of $4,000. This wlll be the
fourth bank for salina.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16

tenn for its accomplishment has no
peers anywhere in the world.
The reason is because America
now has a permanent census bureau,
one which is always making prepare
lions for the next decades count.
The country's solons will go down
into the public treasury this winter
for $14,000,000 for the 1910 census,
and of that sum, $1,500,000 is for
maintainence of a permanent bu-
reau.
Speaking in smaller figures, it
costs the United States government
IT cents for counting each and every
man, woman, boy and girl once in
ten years. 1t costs just as much to
count John D. Rockefeller as it does
the lone immigrant from Norway
who arrives at New York with $23
as a nucleus for his prospective for
tune
1t is estimated that the population
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
CRESSI L. mn RLR %
CHIEE S7N7IS7IcIAN =

been invented by members of the
acensus bureau and these do greater work than
the old style counting devices in use when the
job was started nine years ago.
There styles machines-one is the
card punching device and the other, the tabulator
The first punches the holes in the census cards,
which arranged much in the conventional
card index The wonderful tabulating machine
then takes the pasteboardS and solely by mechan-
icai means adds, Classics and makes up totals
from the cards. which pass through the device
faster than the follow them. Both
chimes essential and each is dependent upon
the other for
The card punching machine, which is
great improvement upon the old system. is
electrical contrivance Hitherto the operator was
compelled to play upon it like typist, but to-day
all that is necessary is touch the key desired,
press a lever and the machine keeps punching
cards long the power is kept n. The old
hand puncher capable of sending out 900
cards each day while the automaton attans
4 speed of $500 and saves the operators nerves.
Another feature of these machines is that
he United States will know after the cards
have been turned in by the great army of stats-
tics-gatherers just where it stands population.
) Classification is also great feature, divisions
being made of whites, blacks, and other races,
along with females. males, natives, foreigners.
married and single persons
One hundred and fifty of these machines
in the process of construction for the census
king of 1910 Three thousand persons will do
e clerical work in the government offices at
washington So you there is something to
this census taking business.
Director North of the declares that as
! soon the incoming cards are punched he will
be able to give to the country the total Inc
&tabulating machines closely guarded
3secret in a little machine shop at the census
bureau offices in Washington and at last accounts
he experts at work upon it perfecting the
"Details of its construction 1t is government
Enve ntion and gets the credit for il,
&,ut it will reyolutionze the business of counting
loses.
! IN shot of his people like man in the hay
m fesS business jumping into printing shop
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-01-16
The NENlZY PERFECTED
JHRLIZ A7ZfyC N4CH/lYE

of this country has increased 20 per
cent since the last census was
taken in 1900 and according to con-
servative guesses by men who are
qualified to know, the number of
persons should total in the neighbor-
hood of 90,000,000. As conse-
quence statisticians have arrived at
the decision that in 1920 the popula-
ton will touch the 100, 000, 900 mark
The census of 1910 is to cost the
people little more than that of 1900
for the reason that machines, which
are wonderful in their makeup, have
been invented by members of the