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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

the local conditions of material in the
various counties.
The legislature that does the above
will be regarded as the most famous,
for having done what the times demand.
d. w. BROWN.
A. & NJ. College, Miss, Aug 25, 1909.
Endorses the Bee Keepers Association.
G. f. Hailes, of Moselle, writes an
interesting letter indorsing the organ
ization of those interested in bee keep
ing He is looking for better location
than the one he has, and parties having
such information are respectfully re-
quested to write him. Mr.. Hailes says:
81 received your favor some time
since containing membership card in the
association. Please pardon me for not
answering sooner. / would like very
much to be on hand when the meeting ia
called to order, but can't say just now
that | will be there. | will do my best
to be on hand / am convinced that the
Dec heePeiS are uohiS lHc PiOPcI thihe
to organize. AS for myself, have about
seventy-fve colonies, and have them in
four different yards on account of my
location not being able to support more
than twenty-five colonies in one place
This is not good honey-producing coun-
try, poplar along the branches and creeks
being the principal source of supply, and
it comes in so early that the bees don't
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
EXPLODING DRINKS
LAST BLUFF.

When the brewer through his
news bureau, platform adVo-
cate or printed circular at
tempts to make your hair stand
on end with the boast that Un-
Gle Sam cannot run his govern
ment without the hel p of liquor
revenue and points in dismay at
the official record which shows
a drop in liquors internal rev.
enue receipts of $23,5S9,276.53
for the past two years
Just then be sure you have
pasted in your hat for ready
reference one or more of the
following facts:
While the internal revenue
from liquor dropped $23,
276.53 in two years, and BE-
CAUSE 1T DID, the people
have saved approximately $780,
637,261.45 for legitimate pur-
poses which would otherwise
have gone into the till of the
drink maker and seller.
AND NOT ONLY THAT,
based on the figures chewing
the steady increase of the drink
traffic in previous years, the
drink makers have received in
the past four years something
like $464, 449,997.15 less income
than they had counted on,
which, of course, means that
much more saved to the people
for legitimate uses.
AND If THAT WERE NOT
ENOUGH to silence the apollo
gist for the booze maker just
tell him that the drop in liquor
production and consumption
during the past two years indi-
Gates that there are something
like 1,404,o9S more total abb
stainers from alcoholic liquors
in America today than there
were three years ago.
AND AS A FINAL CLlNCH-
Err, if the liquor emissary still
fingers for party kick, tell him
as courteously as you can:
All this gain for the people as
result of drinks decline will
be ten times bigger the moment
Uncle Sam stops protecting the
interstate traffic of the brewers
and whisky makers into Prohi-
bition districts and when Pro-
hibition begins to feel the strong
president down, chosen by a ma
tional Prohibition party.
Every item has been proved
up" at Prohibition national
headquarters, 90 LaSaIIe street.
Chicago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Treasurer Counts Cash.

State Treasurer Edwards balapced of
his cash Saturday, to find that the &C
count exceeded that of one year ago on
the same date by $169,673.25.
The figures were: Cash in the drawer,
$65.66; cash in the repositories, $751;
Bias, or a total cash account of $780,
37z.11. On Sept. is, 1908, the cash bal
ance stood So, 7O3.s6, leaving the differ
ence in favor of 1909 as indicated above.
There will be steady drains on the
treasury from now on, and very little
coming in by way of offset, but the pros
poets are that the first of November will
find quite an unusual balance of cash
for that period of the year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

have time to build up good and strong
to bring in the nectar.
Il am particularly interested in bee
keeping, and like the occupation fine.
l would like to sell or exchange my
farm for one in better locality where
sweet clover thrives. / don't expect to
get better farm, but desire to find
better location for bee keeping. There
are so many better and older bee keep
ers than myself in the state, that do
not feel competent to offer subject for
discussion. Will say that / am espe-
cially interested in the price of honey
and desirable locations. A general ques-
ton box would no doubt prove especially
beneficial. l believe that a small fec
from each member, for the purpose of
having the proceedings published, would
be good thing"
The proceedings will be given space in
the publications from the Mississippi De
partment of Agriculture without cost.
However, if there is a desire for them TO
be published in pamphlet form, a small
sum could be provided for that purpose.
The Mississippi Live Stock and Dairy
Association, at its regular meeting in
August. after a full and free discus
sion of the matter, decided that there
should be some means of reimbursing
parties for stock destroyed in the stamp
ing out of contagious diseases. The fol-
lowing resolution was offered and, after
dIc consideration, passed:
Whereas, it is sometimes necessary
for the state veterinarian to order the
destruction of animals infected with con-
tagiOus diseases, and the entire com.
munity is benefited by the destruction
of such diseased animals; therefore, lie it
Resolved, That we respectfully petit
ton the Legislature at its next regular
session to pass a law authorizing the
county boards of supervisors to com
pensate the owner of diseased animals
that are destroyed by order of the state
veterinarian, to the extent of two-thirds
of their value as determined by compe-
tent and disinterested appraisers"
The combined oat and pea threshcr is
doing good work in the way of en-
couraging the growing of these crops
Wish the writer knew just how many of
these machines were used in Madison
county. The farmers up there are going
some on both crops and using the new
thresher.
The average mud tax for the rs coun-
ties of Mississippi is approximately $685.
0O.00 per annum. How many years
would it take with the use of that
amount to give each county in the state
good and ornament roads, - Is worthy
of serious thought and investigation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

"There has been an increase of at
least so per cent in expenditures for
public improvements in this communi-
ty since Prohibition went into effect"
writes L. ~ Finley of the Finley Mer-
camille company of Winters. Cal, in
reply to inquiry of the Associated Pro
hibition Press. There has also been
an increase i'll the attendance and an
extra schOOlteacher added in the public
schools. | note % per cent increase in
my gross sales. while cash sales have
improved and collections are easier.
The results are so satisfactory that il
the question of license or no license
should be submitted to a vote at this
time l think the vote for no license
would be at least 40 per cent larger
than at the last election"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Two ApoIonies fer a Hat.

A Kansas City man, who had lost
his hat at public function in that nae.
tropolis, caused the following unique
advertisement to be published in the
local papers
THE undersigned will deem it a
great favor if the gentleman who in
advertently took the Undersigned
new silk hat on the occasion of the
reception of the Lotos club, leaving an
inferior headpiece instead, will have
the goodness to return said silk hat.
Not only will the gentleman receive
the undersigned's wsrmest thanks for
his kindness, but the apologies of the
undersigned-the apology for the trou-
BILE the undersigned may have caused
him, and the apology for = hat which
he has conferred upon the under
signed. THE Sunday Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Damage to Timber.

Reports received from that section in
dictate that the amount of timber felied
in the long leaf yellow pine belt by
the tropical hurricane on Monday night
was not so heavy as at first feared.
While the damage to timber will be
very extensive, and cannot be made fully
known for several days, confidence is
felt that it will not be as heavy as that
in 1906, when fully $5,OOO,OO0 worth of
yellow pine in Mississippi alone was de-
stroyed, one large syndicate suffering q
loss closely approaching $LO00,00o.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Will Cover Old Capitol.

General Manager Mckay of the State
Fair, who is also secretary of the expo
sition association, which organization is
the lessee in fee simple of the old cap
itoI and grounds, states that arrange
merits will be made at once for the re-
covering Of the unroofed portions of the
old building i'll such way as to protect
the interior of the structure as far
as possible, pending ultimate disposition
of hte property, by either selling or re-
pairing, by the legislature.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
New Insect Rayaging Cotton.

Commissioner Blakeslee of the depart
ment of agriculture and commerce has
received from an Amite county planter
specimens of a species of insect closely
resembling the lightning bug, which, ac-
cording to this planter, are ravaging the
cotton crop in that section of the State
The planter says that this bug does not
work in the fields during the day, but
commits his depredations ut night, and
the disastrous results that follow are
very similar to the ravages of the Mex.
lean boil weevil.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
No-License Gain in New York

Yates county is the first county In
the State of New York to vote out
the saloon, though for two years only
the county seat held out against the
prevailing sentiment. The result of
this election, which was a notable
victory for the temperance forces, will
not go into effect till the coming DC.
tober. 1t is believed that this success
will instigate the temperance people
throughout the state to renewed eff.
forts which will result in further vic.
tories during the coming year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

In the first
chapter of Revela-
ton we see with
John a vision of
the Christ who
was and is. 1t is
the Christ that
was who washed
us in his own
blood" 1t is the
Christ that Is
who with his head
of wisdom, his
searching eyes of
flame and his feet
Of burning brass.
walks now among
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
vardaman Goes to Maryland.

Ex-Gov. James X. Vardaman has ac-
cepted an invitation from the chairman
of the Democratic State executive COM
mittee of Maryland to deliver series of
addresses in that State in support OF
the proposed constitutional amendment,
which virtually DISTINGUISHES the negro
voters of Maryland.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Surveying Pearl River.

The parties in charge of the survey
and investigation that is now being
made along upper Pearl river, with
view 10 determining the navigability OF
that stream, are now engaged In the pre-
Iiminary work, with F. d. Pratt of the
United States engineer corps In general
charoe
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Degrees of pain.

Pain is a general term. A pain
which is local and of short duration
Is twinge. If local and continuous.
1t is an ache. Agony, torment and tae
like, when not the mere hysteria of
overstatement, are employed to des-
ignate the higher degrees of pain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
Mississippi
Aews

The twentiy-fourth annual session q
the Mississippi Industrial Institute anc
College opened Thursday morning witt
practically every room in every dormi
tory filed. About eight hundred board
ers are in the school and the number out
in the city will reach fully a hundred
more About two hundred applications
for places have been refused because
there is no available room.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

led off i'll 1891. Connecticut followed in
1895. and then came Massachusetts and
Vermont in 1898. etc, to the present,
when we find twenty-five states with or
ganized highway departments. The
state aid plan, briefly stated is as fol-
lows: A direct appropriation by the
state legislature, the roads constructed
under the state aid law to be paid for
partly by the counties and partly by the
states. In Massachusetts the state pays
three-fourths of the cost; Pennsylvania
pays rs per cent, the counties 1919 per
cent, and the townships 1912 per cent;
Ohio pays p per cent, the counties 80
per cent, the townships Is per cent and
abutting property 10 per cent.
The aid extended by the states is
usually accompanied by some form of
state supervision over highways con-
structed with state funds. The system
of supervision varies all the way from
highly centralized system to an almost
local system; in Connecticut, Rhode ISL
and and New York the highway depart
awards contracts. supervises construc-
ton and maintains the road; in Michi-
gan plans, etc, are prepared by the local
talent. the state paying reward for
roads which meet certain standard. n
cooperative system seems to be the
happy medium: by its working the de-
partment of highways would have super
vision over all permanent Improvements,
and for other work would act as a bu-
reau of information.
Solution of the Problem.
Public sentiment on the side of per-
manent improvement is most powerful
organ, so hold agitation meetings" in
all the counties to enlist the enthusi-
astic support of as many people as pos
sible: encourage the state press to boost
good roads; invite railroads and other
corporations to take hand, all of which
will be preparatory to enacting a law
creating an appropriation for perma-
nent improvement and also highway
department to make intelligent surveys
and plans for modern highways.
The appropriation should be sufficient
to give 81 900 to each county, and to
pay the expenses of the department.
When county has raised an amount
equal to its share of the appropriation,
construct at least one-half mile of
object-lesson road in the most frequented
place in the county. When the head
of the department of highways has COM
pleted these exhibition roads, he should
report on the cost, and then viii the peo-
pie know just what can be done, and
at what cost. The head of such a de-
partment should be one trained in the
art of modern highway construction,
and, more important, should be one who
should energetically and promptly study
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

Authentic reports from the cotton
growing sections south of this place esti-
mate the damage to the cotton crop as
a very material one, as result of the
heavy equinoctial storm of the 21st.
Much of the staple was blown out of the
hollis, the plants blown down and broken
off, and the crop reduced to perhaps a
fifth of bale to the acre.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

On the Northeastern Railroad, near
Deerley, south of Lumberton, a freight
train met the LumbertOn accommodation
in hcad-On collision. Fireman y. j.
Fitzgerald of the freight train was
caught between the tender and the head
of the boiler, being mangled and burned
to death.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

The University of Mississippi began
its fftieth session at Oxford on Thurs.
day The exercises in the chapel build
inc were attended by some four hundred
and fifty students and the general pub
lie. The opening address of Chancellor
Kincannon was full of the greater uni
versity, and was splendid statement
of splendid conditions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

The men who are charged with the
responsibility OF developing the section
of country along the Pearl river valley
which is traversed by the New Orleans
Great Northern railroad are going stead
lily on with the task, and while it is
still early in the day to do more than
speculate and plan, they are going quiet
ly and persistently along in the process
of making great railway line. They are
sure of their territory, which is one of
the most favored in the lower part of
the state, and, taken in connection with
that in Louisiana, which the railroad
company has done so much to develop,
they are content to work and wait.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

Prof E. r. Lloyd, director of Farm
ers' Institute from A. and NJ. College,
and r. S. Wilson, state agent of farm
demonstration work of the agricultural
department at Washington, with others,
are holding series of very interesting
Institutes in Holmes county. The large
attendance and interest manifested in
these meetings indicates a deep interest
on the part of the farmers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
a4t's Fcruetfui1ess


Alr. Arthur Coleridge. speaking at
the sumner festival of the College for
Working Women. at which the bishop
of London presided related that the
poet Coieridge once jouI neyed from
Hig gate to Holborn to visit a nephew.
Sir William II. Cole ridge. 1t was very
cold weather. and the poet had on a
double-breated waistcoat which met
just below his neck. 1t was discovered
hat he had got no shirt. His nephew
demonstrated with him, to which the
ioet rerl;ed: I'm very sorry. Will.
liam. very se'ry; but I've forgotten
my shirt Upon this Sir William
kindly lent his uncle a shirt. and.
said the speaker Il regret TO say that
very necessary garment was never re-
turned to its original owner"
Selected Self Made This Ink.
A Chinese newspaper contains the
following advertisement of local ink
manufacturer AT the shop Tae
Shing ('Prosperous in the extremely.
very good ink. Fine! fine! Ancient
shop. great-grandfather, grandfather.
father; very hard; picked with care.
selected self made this ink. Fine and
hard, with attention. The ink is
heavy so is gold. The eyes of the
dragon glitter and dazzle; SO does this
ink No one makes like It."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

Sheriff r. J. Harding, of Kinds county,
has made his final settlement with Au-
ditor Smith, which shows that he has
paid in taxes during the year amounting
to $1O1, 72S.S9, probably the largest
amount of taxes ever collected in one
year in this or any other county in the
state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

Reports from all over the county are
to the effect that the members of the
Lowndes County Boys Corn Club have
reached the harvest period and are ready
to gather their specimens and compete
for the prize.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01
The Christ That Is
To Come
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. lMoody's)
Church, Chicago.

Saith the Lord, who is to come
Pau f..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

Industrious efforts are being made by
Fl. B. Barbee, president of the Grenada
Fair and Live Stock association, and
j. S. King, secretary, to make the fair
to be held Oct. &c, 81 and 2S great sue
cess. The fair district embraces all ad-
Joining counties. as well as several 9TH
ers, and it appears that every county i'll
the district is to be well represented.
The grounds of the Alcorn County
Fair association, adjoining Corinth, are
completed and are a credit to the man.
agement The fair will open Oct. 8, and
continue four days.
Strong circumstantal evidence cor
roborates the almost general belief that
J. w. Smith. the farmer whose mangled
body was found partially buried beneath
brush and fresh dirt ten miles south of
Columbus near his plantation, was as
sassinated by negroes, VINO are known to
have held bitter enmity towards him.
The Lafayette county camp, No. 1852,
of the Confederate veterans, has de-
cided to have an old-fashioned barbecue
and reunion here on Thursday, Nov. 25.
The board of supervisors of Washing
ton county has fixed the tax levy for
the coming year at mills on the dollar,
which includes Il special tax for road
and bridge purposes.
The suit of Mrs. Kate Laurent ct al.
VS.. c. R. Smith, for damages in the sum
of $4,000 for the killing of T. A. Laur-
ent, will not come up at the September
term of circuit court at Columbus. At
a conference of attorneys representing
both defendant and plaintiffs, continu-
ance was agreed upon.
The total assessment of all lands Ill
Lauderdale county, including the city Of
Meridian, amounts to $S.023 ,104, or an
increase over the year 1906 of 1872, 500,
that being the year in which the last
land assessment was ms de, amounting
Cd S7,15O,6O0.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

The state Sunday school superintend-
ents institute of both Mississippi Meth
odist conferences held three days. ses-
sion at Meridian. About ono hundred
superintendent from different parts of
the state were in attendance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

On the 30th of this month there will
be big dinner, and Senator McLaurin
and other noted speakers Will address
the people, at Shuqulak.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

The Lafayette county camp, No. 1872,
of the Confederate veterans, has de-
cided to have an old-fashioned barbecue
and reunion here on Thursday, Nov. 25.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-10-01

The board of supervisors of Washing
ton county has fixed the tax levy for
the coming year at mills on the dollar,
which includes Il special tax for road
and bridge purposes
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-09
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SOME SHORT TALKS
ON MANY SUBJECTS
BY RETIRED TEACHER.


Never have any fears as to the FL
ture OF Uncle Joe Cannon in thi
world. The United States, outside o.
the Danyille. Ill district may com
bine against him, but his district will
stand by him. He has placed Dan
vile on the map Of the world, and her
citizens are grateful for this, But the
like him for his good personal quail
ties, as a man and neighbor. He is
not .two-faced everybody understand
where he is all Of the time He is the
refreshing opposite of the trimmer
sycophant and hypocrite, a PERSONAL
tn rare and honest enough to com
mand the admiration Of those who De
not concur in his views.
Bring up the boy in the way Nc
should go and when he is old he viii
not depart from it, If he wander
away he will return to it, The mos
important matter is to cultivate In
the boy the habit of industry See
that he acquires this to the point 81
hating idleness. Commence when he
starts to school See that he has some
stunt" to perform every day whe
he returns from school and on days
when there is no school more to dc
Give him time employment and nc
jobs. The latter he would not do
rightly but would hurry through and
slight in order to get off to play as
soon as possible, Increase his tasks
in manual labor as he grows older
Teach him industry in the pursuits
of his studies also Let him have time
for play out OF school hours, but see
that an equal amount OF time is d.
voted TO industrial employment. Nine
of ten boys allowed to grow to the age
ow twenty without this kind of train
ing will acquire a habit of idleness
they will never shake Off
Cairo may put on the airs and have
the appearance of a metropolitan
town: but will only be small pro
vincial city as long as she shuts up
shop, from the Battery to F0rtieth
street, to go to picnic.