The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
GLANDERS TAXES
 OFF LIVE STOCK Danger of Epidemic Is Feared By Jackson People MUCH DONE FOR SCHOOLS Superintendent Powers Has Visited Many Places in the State in
 the Interest of the
 Public Schools.
MUCH DONE FOR SCHOOLS

Jackson, Miss, August 17-(Special)- Three plainly developed cases of glan- ders, one of most fatal diseases to which live stock are heir, have developed in the city of Jackson during the past week. and owners of live stock are seriously alarmed at possibility of an epidemic.
 The animals. two mules and one horse, were property of Tom Graves, a dray man. One of the mules died with the disease last week. It's mate and the horse developed the disease afterwards. The attention of President Gordon of the board of supervisors was called to the matter today. and after having Veteri- marian Chadwick examine them, the sher- fir of the county was ordered to kill them and have their bodies cremated, which was promptly done.
 Several other head of stock belonging to the same party were ordered quaran- tined, and were sent to the swamp till the danger of infection has passed. How ever all the horses in town have been exposed to the contagion, as the dray- man has been using his sick team over the streets of the city, and an outbreak is feared.
 The case will also be laid before the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with a view to a vigorous pros- ecution.
 The prompt action of Supervisor Cor don in having the glandered animals killed, of course, lessens the danger of an epidemic, but stockmen all over the city would do well to keep a very close watch over their animals for week or two.
 State Superintendent of Education Powers is at home for two or three days, taking a needed rest and attending to such office work as his assistants could not do during his absence. Last Sat urday Superintendent Powers was at Buena Vista. Chickasaw county, where the only agricultural high school in the state is already in operation, and where great progress has been made. He ex- plains that there are 60 acres of good land in connection with the school, and that a great deal of it is being culti- vated to vegetables and other crops. The school owns a canning factory and has put up hundreds of cans of the finest truck" on which the scholars will be fed next winter. In another year there will be several such schools in opera tion.
 On Wednesday Superintendent Powers goes to Union, Newton county, where he will address the institutes next he goes to Philadelphia to attend the Neshhoba county fair. and on Saturday will be at Baskerville Attalla county. On Mon day he joins Congressman Sisson on round of his district starting at Pom totoc.
 C. w Girdlestone, a lawyer of this city, whose home Is in Brandon, states that he will bring a heavy damage suit against the Bank of Coffeeville for the part it played in securing an indictment against him on the charge of securing money on false pretenses last week.
 This indictment was in connection with the case against Ben Lewis the young insurance agent of this city who had vietimized several banks over the state and whose license to solicit insurance has recently been revoked by the state insur- ance agent.
 Lewis and Girdlestone are associated in business here, and before the former started out over the state he left lot of collateral with Girdlestone to be con- verted into cash. The party who promised Lewis to take the collateral failed to come to time, and in the mean time Lewis had drawn several small drafts on Grdlestone, and which he is said to have promised to honor by tele- phone thinking, of course, he had noth- ing to do but deliver the. collateral to get the money promised him.
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