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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
New Building on Site of Famous Mansion

beautiful heiress of Washington. Fer
some time Burns was opposed to the
projected transfer of land to the gov
eminent, and the president and COM
missioners had several conferences
with him. On one Of these occasions
the choleric Scotchman answered enc
Of Washington's arguments by this
outburst: Il suppose, Mr.. Washing toR,
you think people are going to take
every grist from you as pure grain;
but what would you have been IL yea
hadn't married the rich Widow Gus
tis?"
Gen. Van Ness, a well-born New
Yorker, was one of the many suffers
for the hand of Marcia Burns He be-
came a resident of Washington, living
at first with his bride in tho old cot
tage which she would never permit
to be taken down. He became mayer
of the city, his portrait was painted by
Gilbert Staurt, the mansion erected On
the Burns estate was one Of the finest
in the country and the resort Of I'd
distinguished people of Washington.
In Oak Hill cemetery Van Ness had
erected a tomb in imitation OF the
temple of Vesta On each anniversary
of his death the legend has 1t that his
favorite troop Of six white horses
make a ghostly midnight gsllop around
the old mansion. Whether the bureau
of American republics will inherit the
ghostly horses with the site Of the an
cient mansion remains to be seen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

WASHINGTON.-In the eyes of
w feminine visitors to the national
capital an object of pre-eminent in
tereSt just now Is the handsome new
$1,000 automobile in which Mrs. Will
liam H. Taft may be daily seen spin
ming about the streets of Washington.
Not only is the new car the first We
hicle Of the kind ever maintained for
a first lady of the land, but 1t is prac
tically the first automobile used by
mistress of the White House, for Mrs.
Roosevelt rarely entered an automo-
bile, being in full sympathy with her
husbands well-known prejudices on
the subject.
The automobile which has been in
stalled as Mrs. Taft's equipage of state
Is distinctly the property of the new
mistress of the presidential mansion.
President Taft has a steam automobile
of the regulation touring car type,
will be added later, these two ma
chimes being purchased with the re-
cent congressional appropriation of
$4,000 and being applied to official
conveyances-that is, for the use of
the president and his secretaries in
the discharge of their duties.
Mrs. Taft's new $1,000 gasoline auto
mobile of the limousine type is the
personal property of the new tenants
Of the White House, purchased from
their private funds and designed for
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
THE SALOON IN OUR TOWN.
What 1t Did to Ruin Many Of Our Men
of Promise.

was in my twenty-frst year when
1 saw the dead body of Abraham Lin
coin lying in state in st. James hall,
Buffalo, n. Y. The lines of his face
were noble even in death At that
time l was employed as night clerk
in one of Buffalo's largest hotels. The
proprietor-a good looking, middle
aged widower, with small family of
grOwn-up sons and daughters-was ad-
dicted to gin cocktails His order in
variably was: Gin cOcktail-consid-
cradle gin and little water" A few
years afterward he died in an insane
asylum in New York state In 1857
served in a similar capacity in a
hotel in Erie, Pa. The proprietor &C
CURED quite a fortune-something
over $4,000 He became a gambler
and drunkard, lost his fortune, and
about ten years afterward, while act
ing as a porter in the same hotel, he
fell out of third-story window and
his neck was broken-all this owing
to THE Saloon in Our Town" In 1884
l engaged in business in Cleve-
land, O., and in ten years accumulated
about $4,000 Now, in these years I
drank occasionally, and never imag-
ined that, at some future day, should
become one of the worst drunkards in
proved to be the case. Why, used to
sneak along the streets, feeling so
mean and lew-as if dared not meet
the folks I used to know. left Cleve-
land in 1899 and have never been
there since. l travelled through Mich
igan and Indiana, and worked as
salesman in various lines. In 1900 l
came to Indianapolis and got strand
ed so here I've been ever since.
THE Saloon in Our Town" has
made of me a physical, moral and
financial wreck. A broken right arm,
sprained left ankle, a dislocated left
wrist, disfigured right eye, and sew
eral minor cuts in various parts of my
anatomy are the results of frequent
visits to 1.-The Saloon in Our Town"
Many a night, in hot and cold wealth
er, I've carried the banner" Many
a night I've slept on the grass, on
freight-house lodges, back stoops or
school-houses, empty house porches,
stair steps, on the grass in parks
in fact, any old place that seemed
safe retreat from the policeman or
Waterman. And often-oh, how often!
I've turned my face away when I'd
read the signs: big lunch for ten
cents"
1.-THE Saloon in Our Town" in this
twentieth century enlightened age
should not be in evidence. Why
nurse a reptile within your bosom
except you love suffering and death?
In your future elections see to it that
no man receives your support except
he is fully pledged to the suppression
of that hideous monster-"The Saloon
in Our Town. Il. +. Spike, in Col
lier's
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

THE bureau of American republics is
i an institution supported by p re-
publics of the Americas for the promo
ton of commerce and trade and for
the cultivation of peace and friend
ship. At the present time it is housed
in a building on Pennsylvania avenue
near the White House, but it has in
process of construction a white marble
building south of the Corcoran gallery
on the grounds Of the old Van Ness
place For this building Andrew Car
negie contributed s750,000.
For long time the Van Ness man
sion was one of the historic buildings
of the city. 1t was built by Latrobe,
one of the architects of the capital,
for Gen. John P. Van Ness, who mar
ried Marcia Burns, daughter of Davie
Burns, one of the original land-holders
of the city. "Crusty Davie Burns"
lived in rude cottage near the river,
and cultivated a large plantation ex
tending over the spot where the White
House now stands The demand for
his land made him wealthy, and his
only child Marcia was known as the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Women Walking to Improve the Figure

derson often walks from Boundary
Castle, her home, far out in Sixteenth
street to the shopping district. The
Baroness Mayor des Planches, wife Of
the Italian ambassador, is another ca
cellent walker
One young woman of the navy. circle
has quite broken the record in regard
to the length Of her walks and thinks
nothing of inviting her friends among
the officers to take a tramp Of 20
miles on pleasant days. This young
woman is Miss Elsie Jarvis Mclean,
whose father, Capt. Walter Mclean.
has recently been appointed command
er ct the navy yard. Miss Mclean has
returned here after an absence of two
years in the Philippines with her par
ents. They spent year at Yokohama,
experiencing the delights Of English
and American hospitality there. Later
Miss Mclean was presented at the
British court. She is a strikingly pref
ty girl, with a dazzling complexion
and masses of wavy brown hair, large
blue eyes and an engaging vivacity Sf
manner
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
First White House Auto for Mrs. Taft

use on all occasions when their 1oAr-
neyings about Washington and In the
suburbs have no official significance
Mrs. Taft's car, like the other White
House automobiles, has the right OF
way over all vehicles In Washington,
and will not be compelled to observe
any speed limit. Her car is upholstered
in dark blue broadcloth and her chauf-
feur wears a neat and unostentaHouA
livery Of corresponding tint. On either
side at the front are mirrors, which
enable the chauffeur to keep constant
ly informed as to what vehicles are
following him, and thus minimize the
danger of collisions at turns.
The interior of the ear II the eM
bodiment of luxury. There IL an elos-
trio dome light, supplied with current
from the storage battery OF sufficient
capacity to keep 1t aglow for "a hours.
Occupants of the tonneau can oom-
municate with the chauffeur by means
of speaking tube, or may employ an
annunciator, which causes to fash up
before the eyes of the car driver such
signals as start" stop" SLOW"
faster" right" left" home" etc.
The most distinctive feature Of
President Taft's motors is the insignia
on the side doors, in lieu of the mono
grams which are now displayed by
most owners of expensive automobiles.
The emblem on the presidential car 10
the coat of arms of the United States
in colers and this decoration serves
instantly to identify the car TO all
passers by in Washington. The coat
Of arms thus emblazoned takes the
place, in a sense, of the red, white
and blue cockades which distinguished
the White House eQuipage during the
Roosevelt administration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
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THE PRICE OF A DRINK.

Five cents glass; Does anyone think
That is really the price of drink?
Five cents a glass l Eaar you say;
Why that isn't very much to pay"
oh, no, indeed, it's u very small sum
You are passing Ger 'twixt finger and
thumb;
And if that were all that you gave away
1t wouldn't be very much to pay.
The price Of a drink? Let him decide
Who has lost his courage and lost his
pride,
And lies a groveling heap Of clay,
Not far removed from beast to-day.
The price of a drink? Let that one tell
Who sleeps tonight in a murderer's cell
And feels within him the fires of hell.
Honor and virtue, love and truth,
All the glory and pride of youth,
Hopes of manhood, the wreath of fame.
High endeavor and noble aim
These are the treasures thrown away
AS the price of a drink from day to day.
Five cents a glass; How Satan laughed
AS Ger the bar the young man quaffed
The beaded liquor; for the demon knew
The terrible work that drink would do,
And before the morning the victim lazy
With his life-blood swiftly ebbing away;
And that was the price he paid, alas.
The price of drink? If you want to
know
What some are willing to pay for it. &c
Through that wretohed tenement over
there,
With dingy windows and broken stair,
Where foul Disease like a vampire
crawls
With outstretehed wings Ger the moldy
walls;
There Poverty dwells with her hungry
brood,
Wild-eyed as demons for lack of food;
There Shame in a corner crouches low,
There Violence deals it's cruel blow,
And innocent ones are thus accursed
To pay the price of anOther's thirst
Five cents a glass;" Oh, if that were
all,
The sacrifice would, indeed, be small,
But the moneys worth is the least
amount
We pay, and whoever will keep account
Will learn the terrible waste and blight
That follows this ruinous appetite.
Five cents a glass;" Does anyone think
That that is really the price of a drinks
Josephine Pollard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Good Evidence Found.

In an opinion reversing the ease of
Julius Weathersby VS.. the State, from
Lincoln county, being a capital case in
Tolving the death sentence, the Supreme
Court states that the application for the
rehearing of the case on the ground of
aewly discovered evidence seems sound.
In the brief accompanying the ease APP
sellant's counsel pointed out that the de-
iendant was convicted on the testimony
IF negroes, and that since the trial q
white man by name of French has been
located, whose evidence in the case
would be 50 material to the defendant
rs to alter the status, or at any rate
minimize the ofense. On this ground,
and without going into the merits at
Ill, the Supreme Court believed that q
remand is warranted, and so ordered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Pontstoc Depot Contest.

Another phase of the Pontotoe depot
contest has been settled, and it is be-
lieved that it is settled for keeps this
time. This was the appeal of J. W.
Cooper and others from the Chancery
Court of PontOtoc county, in their in
junction suit to compel the Mobile, Jack
son and Kansas City Railroad Company
to build depot at point other than
that determined upon as a result of the
decisions of the State Supreme Court.
Owing to the close connection of Justice
Fletcher with this case, both in his pri-
Tate practice before becoming associated
with the sttorney-genersfs office and
since that time, the case was reviewed
by Hon. /. Brame, special justice, the
opinion sustaining the contention of the
railroad company that the courts have
fixed the depot site and that they should
be allowed to build there or else revert
back to their old position. 1t is be-
Iieved about the capitol and in Supreme
Court circles that the decision in the
Cooper case spells the finale in the ever
asting POntotoc case,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Had the Goods, But

The very close and difficult question
of proof of actual sale of strong drink,
or of keeping liquor for sale, was dem
onstrated by case brought up in City
Magistrate Thompson's court at Jack
son. A negress named Bette Jackson,
one of the rather progressing and some
what simple and sanctified appearing
sort, was the defendant. Arrayed on
the table fronting the bench were six
quart bottles of liquor, which the ex-
perts testified was whisky, and which
the police, who raided the jackson wom-
ans home, swors they had found there
funnel and small empty bottles, all of
which were suggestive, if not actually
conclusive, of sale. But the police were
unable to prove a sale, and the esurt
considered that, notwithstanding the
rather large supply of the goods for one
small woman to have for domestic uses,
he could not hold her on the charge of
unlawful sale, and she was discharged.
By way of salve to the discounted Of
ficers, however, the court ordered the
liquor destroyed, over the protest of the
woman's attorney, and soon six police
men, each carrying bottle in hand,
marched from the court room and mo-
ment later the necks of six bottles were
cracked against the Jail wall and the
contents spilled.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered by Ou Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Arbor Day Proclamation.

JACKSON.
Arbor Day Proclamation.
Gov. Noel has prepared his proclama-
tion, designating Tuesday, April 20, as
Arbor Day for Mississippi, the procla-
nation in words and terms being as fol-
lows:
"To the School Authorities and Pupils
of Mississippis
"As governory 4 Join in the request
that Tuesday, April 20, 1909, be consti-
tuted Arbor Day for the State. Our
forests, like those of other States and
of other countries, are rapidly disap-
pearing. At the present rate of growth
and destruction of timber the supply of
the whole Unien will be exhausted in
thirty years. Of course, high and in
crea sing prices of lumber will lessen use
and consumption and postpone, to some
extent, the evil which will certainly be-
fall us, unless a revolution is effected in
the timber industry. Forests, flowers,
shrubbery, birds, the beauty and use
fulness of country, rise and fall to-
gether. Extremes of heat and of cold,
of drouths and of floods, mark all tree
less lands From such unfortunate con-
ditions we can be delivered by timely
thought, study and labor in the eonser-
vation and development of forests, flow
ers and bird life. l, therefore, recon-
mend that on the day mentioned, all
educational institutions discuss and
study tree-planting, forest preservation
and bird protection; and that every per-
son be encouraged to render some per-
sonal service along these lines, at least
to the extent of planting and overlook
ing the growth of some tree, plant,
shrub, vine or flower, and to be inn
pressed with the important bearing bird
life sustains to the successful growth of
farm crops, trees, flowers and of all
vegetable life In witness whereof, etc.
e. F. NOEL, Governor.
by the governor. Attest:
JOSEPH w. POWER,
Secretary of State"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
School Matter Settled.

State Superintendent of Education
Powers has obtained from Attorney
General Stirling an opinion, the con-
illusions of which will be of interest to
the men in charge of public schools in
the several counties. The opinion was
sought pursuant to the receipt of
query from Superintendent l.. II. Jobe,
of Tippah county, who appears to be
right in the middle of bad fix fnan-
cially, which is that he needs money
for the settlement of teachers pay war
rants, and that there is none to that ac-
count in the county treasury. He points
out, however, that there is the June
distribution forthcoming, and that if it
is legal to do SO he can meet the pres
ent demands by anticipating the June
appropriation, which, when received, can
be covered back into the treasury.
In his answering opinion the attor-
ney-general holds, after quoting the sec
tions of the statute law bearing on
school fund distribution, that it is mani
AeoI 1hC nSAoy appropriated IOT JAe use
of the public schools is for use at any
time during the year, and whether it 10
in the treasury to the credit of the
county school fund during the actual
scholastic year, or whether it be used
after that period, SO long as it is ap-
piled during the year for which it is sp-
prOpriated, it is obvious that the actual
payment of the amount due can be made
in anticipation of the receipt of the au-
ditOr's warrant of distribution. OF
course, the money so used must not et-
ceed the amount that will be actually
due when the June distribution is made
State Superintendent Powers states
that the opinion of the attorney-general
covers his own conception of the law, as
well as that held by some of the county
superintendents; but there are others,
like Superintendent Jobe, who want to
be shown before taking an advance
stem
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Cotton Planting Begins.

With favorable weather conditions
prevailing generally over the State, there
promises to be a large amount of cot
ton planting during the week, especially
in the central and Southern counties.
In the delta, planting is indefinitely
delayed in some sections, owing to the
high water. 1t will take clear skies and
steady fall in the Mississippi river to
make conditions favorable for planting
in the delta before the first week in
April.
Cotton acreage depends largely on
weather conditions. There will doubt
less be a small reduction in the hill
counties, where the boil weevil has made
its appearance, and practically the same
acreage in the delta, if the waters sub
side in time for the planters to pitch
their crops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Mrs. Taft Selects Her Social Secretary

French and Spanish, all Of which will
be extremely useful to her in the du-
ties of her new position.
This position has come to Mis&
Blech through no influence, her ap-
pointment being governed entirely ny
her unusual capabilities to Ill the Pc
sitiOn of secretary to Mrs. Taft.
During her several years Asnocia-
ton with the bureau of American re-
publics she has gradually risen in sal
airy and position. The direetor Of the
bureau speaks of her in the highest
terms as clerk, laying particular
stress on her fitness as a secretary
Correspondence was her chief work
in her former position, and her sys-
tematic handling of letters Of different
natures Will be beneficial to her in her
rev position at the White House.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
BATTLE WITH NEGROES
THREE NEGROES KILLED AND
MANY WOUNDED IN BATTLE
WITH DEPUTIES.

Guthrie, Okla, Mar. 26.-On tbs
scene Of the famous Creek Indian I'D.
rising of last year, at Hickory set.
Element, three negroes were killed
nve wounded and forty-one captured
in a battle between twenty deputy
shsriffs and one hundred negroes.
Five deputies went from Henrietta,
IL miles north to the negro settle
ment to arrest cattle thieves, thought
to be concealed in the house of one
OF the negroes. They were met ut
thu edge Of the camp by a party Of
armed negroes, who refused to allow
them to enter. The deputies persist.
ed and were fired upon. Being out
numbered. the deputies fed.
A few hours after a larger posse,
heavily armed, reached the settle.
ment. Some one fired q shot and the
rioting was on.
The fight continued az q series Of
duels throughout the night, the ne.
groes retreating gradually from tree
to tree as the deputies advanced, FIR
ing steadily.
At daybreak firing ceased and
neither party made another move un-
Til 10 O'Clock, when the deputies re-
newed the attack on the negroes, who
now numbered 100 against twenty
deputies
About 800 shots were fred. three
negroes were killed and Deputy Sber.
If Fowler injured.
At the first onslaught the negroes
were dislodged and fed The deputies
pursued and captured forty.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

ID EDESTRIANISM has hundreds of
devotees among persons of wealth
and distinction in Washington society.
Wrelen, in particular, who recognize
in this form of exercise an antidote
for late hours and errors of diet, as
we'll rs a remedy for the elimination
of that i-olcTn bugbear, supcrfluous
flesh, are taking it up with will.
Mrs. Knox, wife of the secretary of
state, is especially fond of a brisk
walk, although splendid automobile
and other conveyances are ready for
her call Mrs. George Won L. Meyer,
wife of the secretary of the navy, is
another cabinet hostess who is fire.
Quently seen in the streets Of the
northwest or with her face turned
toward the suburbs. Mrs. John B. Hen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02

MISS ALICE BLECH, clerk in the
w bureau of American republics, has
been selected by Mrs. Taft as her sec
rotary. Miss Hagner, who served Mrs.
Roosevelt in a similar capacity, has
been transferred to a position in the
bureau of trade relations in the state
department.
Miss Alice Blech besides being a
good stelographer, speaks German
fuently AID has also a knowledge of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
SHORT pIePATchRa.

San Franciseo.-Amid boots and
yells, banging OF tin cans and an ipeni.
cal shower Of rice and Aowsrs, Mrs.
John Emery, wife Of Arch Deacoa
Emery, Of the Episcopal church, and
her daughter, Miss Helen Gladys Rm.
cry. whose engagement 70 o1nstrs
Acki, Japanese. has aroused sseaans
against them, left their home at Cersa
Madeira.
Atlanta.-The Southern Railway
Company will begin, In the iraeaedaAaa
future, the construction Of "a uD-so
date freight station, Creating 7ee fsst
On Madison avenue, and lying heewssa
Peters street and Mitchell street,
which 10 to cost, whom completed. in
the Asighborhood OF SEQ. eco.
Washington.-WeaEy Of dc gas
whirl of society and face 10 face, aa
she believed, with years se physical
suffering, Mrs. Pierre LostiAzd, ~,
0<SG0 TO- WfAG VI LAG o081SCC0 2kRXAE#&X
committed suicide by aspAyxiAkas@ Al
her home near the fashionable Duecna
circle, In this city
Denver, Co.-Two hAeAwagMea On.
tered sSeeping car in Ne HaDwM
and RIO GraAds yards Ut West Den.
yer, help UP" six 6 he ssvsa pas.
sengers, the conductor and porter nd
got away with shout tleo In cash.
WashiAgton.-Prsstdsnt Yak4 wt|
attend the Meeflsnbarg celebrates nj
Charlotte, N. c., May 10. He aceaet
ed an invitation.
Newport News, va.-Oeaonel 0saags
f. G. Harrison, United States agaaiassz
corps, retired, died at Qua Potm3.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-02
Why Not?

Why may not a goose say thus:
All the parts of the universe l have
an interest in: The earth serves me
to walk upon, the sun to light me; the
stars have their influence upon me !;
l have an advantage by the winds and
such by the waters; there is nothing
that yon heavenly roof looks upon 10
favorably as me. l am the darling OF
Nature. Is it not man that keeps and
serves me?"-Montaigne.