Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-13

iaOtIlg W tie SIOl Oh lev. rank ID. Eng
lish, who claims that he was threatened
with mob violence and driven out of
Ethel without anything to eat. The lead
ing citizens of Ethel admit that Mr.. Eng
fish was told to leave town, but they say
that this was not done until he was seen
placing his arm around negroes and
other acts which they be-
lieved would be calculated to excite the
blacks and stir up race strife. They say
that no mob was formed, and that if the
minister had not left when told, all they
would have done would have been to
place him on the first train which arrived
and sent him away.
A farmers institute was held at fish
omingo under the auspices of Prof. A. B.
Mckay of the Agricultural and Mechan,
ical College. There was a good attend
ance. Prof. Mckay spoke on the prepa-
ration of the soil and the making of bet
ter homes. His remarks were well re-
ceived. He gave his hearers many points
that will be of great benefit to them in
future. Jesse M. Jones made a splendid
talk on the selection of seed and stock
Both gentlemen gave facts and
figures to show the farmers that it is
best to leave the old ways of farming and
fall in with all the new methods.
Mrs. Lucy Green Yerger of Greenville,
State president of the United Daughters
Of the Confederacy of Mississippi, an
nounces that the State chapter will place
a memorial window in the Church of the
Redeemer at Biloxi, the worshiping place
Of the Davis family years ago, to the
memory of Mrs. Margaret Davis Hayes,
who recently died in Denver, Colo. This
work of the State chapter of the U. D.
G. is recognized as peculiarly appropriate
and thoughtful on the part OF the State
officers.
Taken in connection with the decided
wave of interest created by the discus
sion in the press of the State of the prac-
and feasibility of a return to
wheat growing as an industry, it is quite
significant that the subject is being dis
,ussed among the Farmers Union To-
,als, and with increasing interest as the
discussion progresses. There is a plan
now being agitated to induce the farm
ers to make arrangements TO try it on
not this year, but next-for which
there will be more time to make prep
lrations.
There is movement on foot among
The citizens of the town and county to
give a big barbecue at Clarksdale Au-
gust 18. This is expected to be one
If the good, old-fashioned sort, where
In abundance of appetizing food will be
served the attendants, and of political
speaking there will be no dearth. Among
he prominent politicians who are men
Toned as probable speakers on that oc
,asion are Hons. A. ]. McLaurin, James
(. Vardaman and John Sharp Williams.
The summer normal school for the
teachers of Choctaw and Alfalfa coun-
les convened in the Alderman school
building on Monday morning at 9
,'clock and Will continue in session for
our weeks. Teachers from Alfalfa and
Jhoctaw counties are expected to attend
n large numbers. During the month
UGH educators as Profs. Hardy, Whit
ield, Smith, Boyd and others will be
present and deliver addresses.
The Interstate Lumber Company has
perfected arrangements to build a line
# railroad to connect with the Frisco.
t will intersect the Southern railway
me mile west of Steens, and run thence
n northeasterly direction to Win
ield, Ala, where it will connect with
he Frisco and with the Brilliant branch
# the Illinois Central.
The CORTLAND Knights of Pythias
lodge gave picnic, which was attended
" one of the largest crowds ever seen in
he town, it being estimated that from
100 to 1000 were present. Messrs. Ses-
ion and Mcdowell of jackson, Miss.
the large and attentive au-
Hence on the benefits OF being a member |
# this order.
Iona Vines, late of Alfalfa county, who
obbed the postoffoe at Niles in 1897, |
nd who has been fugitive from justice
ince, has just been arrested near Bir
ningham, Ala, by Deputy United States
Iarshal j. N. Co5er and delivered to |
Deputy United States Marshal R. j.
Warren of Aberdeen.
T. j. Hart, II years old, is one Of !
he street working convicts at Gulfport, |
fter having been found guilty of violat-
ne the prohibition laws. The police of |
GERS testified that they found bottles
f whisky in trunks belonging to tie boy
nd his sister.
The Teachers Normal, made up OF |
eachers from Choctaw and Alfalfa coun-
les, opened up at Ackerman, and will
ontinue in session for four weeks.
Attorney General Stirling declines to
nake any comment on the effort of sew
raj members of the AIississippi-Louisi-
ma Retail Lumber Dealers Association
0 secure compromise of the penalty
uits filed by him against the organiza-
ion, aggregating about $14,O00,OOO
The Piazza Hotel, one of the leading
otels of Vicksburg, was sold at public
uction. The mortgage was for $4,000,
nd accrued interest. The amount paid
7as $5l, 100, at which it was knoc ked
own to Vincent Lavecchia.
HANDY