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Evening journal., 1909-06-04
For Men

Black Cotton Half Hose. all black or
with white soles or white feet-i2 IL
and IS cents.
onyx Black Iisle Thread and SIX
Lisle Half Hose, 25c and s5c q pairs
for s1.00).
Tan colored Cotton and silk Lisle
Half Hose
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
MaaIstrate Robertson FIned Ther

John Carson, Alfred Fenimore and
George Draper. arrested in Brandy
wine Springs Park on Wednesday,
were tried yesterday before Magistrate
Robertson. Carson and Feninnore were
each fined IS, and Draper was fined
81. Draper said the other two robbed
him OF s45. but there was not enough
evidence to support his contention.
Evening journal., 1909-06-04

The members Of the NJ f. Church
vii lhold a strawberry festival on Sat
urday evening.
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
Good Government
And The Way TO Gel II

The way to good government lies not much
through new laws, but in getting capable men to
force the laws already have Honest government
is the best politics and the best policy
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
S. H. Stats.
Warm Weather
Hosiery

An even larger assortment and stock
of Summer Hosiery than we have car
ried in previous years--an even greater
variety Of weights and grades. and
values we have not been able 10 offer
for some time.
Good as "Onyx" Hosiery has been In
the past. it is even better this season;
the fabrics have been practically
recreated-all Of suberb quality.
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
Nav UnIforms for Health o+ie.r,

The executive officers OF the Health
Department have received their new
uniforms and VIII don them Monday.
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
Vote for VIM. G. Taylor for Mayor

Good government is good business and good
government will be best secured through the inau-
guration of business methods by business man
Evening journal., 1909-06-04
Vote for William P. White for
President OF City Council

The plain cold fact is that the Democratic party
has outrageousy abused the confidence of the voters
in the past has notoriously broken its promises and
is asking the chance to do it again.
Everybody knowsthis; nobody ycan or does deny it.
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ture college charged through and
through with the spirit and ideals
of the new farming and with an
ambition to remake Southern agri-
culture.
"The people are beginning to ex-
hibit notable and gratifying in
terest in this subject-and sooner
or later they are going to have
their way. The agricultural high
schools must come.
The strong endorsement of agri-
cultural high schools by President
Hightower, Professor Powers, and
the Southern Farm Gazette ought
to move the people of this State to
immediate action.
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Increased Assessment.

At its session last Wednesday,
the, railroad commission increased
the assessment of the Illinois Gen.
trail, the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley and Louisville & Nashville
railroad and the Cumberland Tele-
phoae Co.
The Illinois Central is raised
from $4,000 to $2I, 90 per miles,
or $1,000 higher than any other road
in the state. and the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley is raised from
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile. The
total increase on two systems a.
mounts to nearly two million dol
lars in valuation, or more than hall
the total increase which will be
shown by the final totals.
The Louisville and and Nash.
vile has been raised from $4,000
to 5000 per mile. It's increase
will amount to about $3.50, 900.
The assessment of the Cumber-
land Telephone and Telegraph Co,
was increased sro3, most of which
was for increased properties, al
though the figures include a raise
of about 20 per cent on the olc
property.
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the extent of 700 pounds of lint
cotton per acre in one year; that
hogs grazed on the same peas i'm
proved at the rate of 70 pounds per
acre, which practically gave him
his corn crop free of cost.
Prof. McLain, a native Canad-
ian, only having been in Mississip-
pi one year, followed Prof. Hutch
inson. He stated that he is sure
the grasses in Claiborne county, if
petted a little, win be just as good
as the blue grass region of Ken
lucky. Instead of being owned by
merchants and banks, he said
the farmers should own the mer-
chants and banks, and that the
merchants and bankers would
thank them for 1T that the present
credit system was not of the mer-
chants making but a condition
forced upon them.
Mr.. McLain said he had not
seen a decent farm or a decent
mule in the county. This was a
little rough on US, yet, viewed from
the standpoint of the fine farms
north and west, his statement will
have to be accepted as true. He
said that the basis of good farming
is live stock, which constantly i'm.
proves the land. He said that if
the labor expended in fighting grass
for eight months each year was de-
voted to growing grass the results
would be many times better. He
declared that the hills between
Port Gibson and Rodney are the
best stock lands in the state, and,
he said, facetiously, | saw them
well for they were standing on
edge and | could see every side.
He said that in this section we can
raise cattle without cost for feed,
practically, by planting winter
crops. However, he recommended
feeding calves through the first
winter. He said that those who
wished to enter the cattle business
should buy the cheapest young
scrub COWS they can get and the
best beef-type bull they are able
to purchase. He suggests the
Hereford and Angus as the best
beef type. He says that before
marketing feed on meal and save
the manure and the improvement
in soil will pay cost of feeding.
Prof. McLain is a great believ-
er in sheep, recommending the
Shropshire type. He also paid his
respects.,to dogs, and urged that
efforts be made to have the legis-
lature pass dog law.
He is a great advocate of large
horses and spokevery disparaging-
lY of the small stations and those
without pedigree being stood in
the state.
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Agricultural High Schools,

Prof. !. N. Powers, our able
.Ssste Superintendentof Education,
has just issued a timely and force
ful address to the people of this
State on the subject Of AgricuItur-
al High Schools. Every citizen of
Mississippi ought to read and re-
read this address.
President Hightower of the Far
mers' Union has written a letter to
me concerning the establishment OF
agricultural high schools in which
he said IT have just read your ad-
dress, published In the Union Adj
vocate, on Agricultural High
School" I regard it as coming
nearer to the heart of the difficult
ties confronting our agricultural
classes than anything l have read
In recent years"
The Southern Farm Gazette had
the following to say concerning the
establishment of agricultural high
schools: "Mr. 6. H: Alforo's ad-
dress on Our Need of Agriculture
al High Schools is one of the
most important articles that we
have had in twelve months. The
showing he makes as to the unde-
yeloped resources in agriculture
ought to stir our men of thought
and public spirit, regardless of oc-
cupation, into immediate action.
The mission of agricultural educa-
ton, as he declares, is to solve
the problems of poverty, and it is
hardly an exaggeration when he
/ declares that i'll legitimate banking,
we have a possible gain of ten pei
cent; in manufactures, a possible
twenty per cent; in mercantile op-
erations, a possible fifteen per cent
while between the average and the
best in farming there is an attain
able 1 900 per cent.
"The hope of the South lie.
here. If our farmers are educated
SO as to develop this latent wealth
the whole section, and every class
and industry in it, will take on /
prosperity it has never known be
fore and all will feel the thrill of :
wonderful new life.
"May Heaven now give us legis
lators with ideas broader than those
with which we have been so Ions
cursed-men like Mr.. Afford wht
will see the possibilities of grea
. program of construction work Il
lSouthern upbuilding and who will
; set themselves with enthusiasm Il
the task.
Every state In the South mus
have a system Of agricultural higl
schools such as Georgia has today
!, and then at the head of the sys
!. | tenn, a great and genuine agrlcul
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c. Il. ALFoR Ro, coUNrs

The second crop of weevils is out
and busy. Let us stand by our
guns. Let us do them before
they do US.
Let the word dust, dust, dnst be
our watchword. The cultivators
and harrows make dust. Brush at
tached to the cultivators and har-
rows knock the weevils off into the
dust. There Is no resurrection for
the weevil placed in dust.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29
STATE REFORrI SCHOOL.
Gist of Bill Which VIII Probably
be Passed by Legislature.

The bill providing for a state
reform school, introduced by Rep
resentative ]. R. Mcdowell and
reported by the committee of the
last legislature, will again come be-
fore the legislature at its meeting
the coming winter. The bill con-
tains many interesting sections
of which the following are extracts:
ssSection s. That the superin-
tendent of the state reformatory
and industrial school shall admit
| into the institution all children un-
der the age of eighteen. years who
have been convinced of crime or
misdemeanor by any court in the
state, or who shall be found to be
neglected, dependent or delinquent
within the meaning of this statue
as hereinafter defined, or who shall
be committed 10 the institution by
the chancery court or by the board
of supervisors OF any county in
the state, and the superintendent
may receive into the institution un-
lgoverable or way ward children
upon application by the parent or
person standing in parental rela-
ton to said child or children, up
on such conditions as may be pre-
scribed by the board of trustees.
A charge shall be made against
ungovernable or wayward children
admitted to the institution whenev-
Eer the parent or guardian or person
standing in parental relation is
able to pay for the same.
"Section 9. For the purpose oi
this act, the words Independent
child shall mean any child under
eighteen years of age, who for any
i reason, is destitute, homeless OF
abandoned, or dependent upon ths
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public for support, or who has nc
proper parental care or guardian
ship, or who is found begging OF
receiving aims.
"The words neglected child
shall mean any child under eigh-
teen years of age who has not the
proper parental care or guardian
ship, or who has no home, or
whose home, by reason of neglect,
cruelty or depravity on the part of
its parents or guardian or other
person in whose care it may be, is
an unfit place for such child to re-
main, or who is found habitually
accompanying a beggar upon the
streets or receiving aims for such
beggar.
"The words delinquent child
shall mean any child under eigh-
teen years of age who is found as
sociating with dishonest, vicious or
immoral persons, or who, with the
consent of its parents, guardin or
custodian, habitually absents it
self from school in which it may
have been placed or who is grow
ing up in idleness or crime, or
who knowingly frequents any place
notwithstanding liquors are sold,
used or given away; or who patron
ICES or visits any pool room; or
who knowingly frequents any gamb-
ling resort, bawdy-house or house
of Ill repute; or who wanders about
the streets at night without being
on any lawful business or occuPa-
ton; or who habitually wanders a.
bout any railroad yards or tracks
or boards or attempts to board any
moving trains; or who is addicted
to the use of Intoxicating liquors,
cocaine or other narcotics, or who
lis addicted to the use ofcigarettes,
snuff or tobacco in any form, or
who habitually uses vile, profane
or indecent language in any public
place or about any school house,
or who is guilty of any immoral
or indecent conduct.
tSection 10. The superinten-
dent may return to the penitentiary
any child sent by the penitentiary
authorities to the institution, if, in
his judgment, such child be SO de-
praved or unrully as to make his
presence in this institution detri-
mental to the morals of the other
wards of the institution.
"Section 10. All children COM
mitted to the state reformatory and
industrial school shall be treated
as wards of the institution and not
as prisoners and shall not be con-
fined except for discipline, unless
found necessary for their control
by the superintendent. Stripes or
other distinctive prison garb shall
not be worn.
"Section II. All children COM
mitted to this institution shall be
given the benefit of moral instruc-
ton, education and industrial train
ing, and shall be instructed IN
some useful trade or occupation.
ssSection IS. The trustees shall
establish and maintain separate
institutions for the two races, but
both institutions shall be under
the same superintendent. Sepa-
rate teachers and officers and 9TH
er employees shall be employed for
the instruction of the two races. !"
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29

The boil weevil soon browns in
dust. He cannot live more than
say ten minutes in dust. He can
not crawl ont of dust cannot fly
out of dust. He is as certain to
die if placed in dust as is man
thrown overheard in the middle of
the Atlantic ocean and left alone.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29

More grass, more stock and bet
ter stock ought to be the slogan
in Mississippi. More grass means
more stock, more stock means more
manure, more manure means fertile
soil, fertile soil means good crops
of cotton, corn, oats, etc.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29

The boil weevil will soon spread
all over Mississippi. Many ofo
farmers are anxious to quit grow
Ing cotton. While / certainly do
not advise the average farmer to go
into truck farming, hog raising, the
raising of beef cattle, dairying, etc.
exclusively. believe that dairying
and hog raising combined ought to
play a prominent part in the farm
operations on many farms in this
State. Three-fourths of the butter
consumed by people who live OF
the farm in this State is shipped
in from the outside. All the cheese
eaten in this state is shipped into
the state. This proves to us that
we have a home market tor large
quantities of milk and butter. Many
farmers who live rear towns and
cities can devote a large part of their
farms to the dairy and hog buiness
and it will not be necessary for them
to ship their products north and
receive bill for balance due on
freight.
I recently had the pleasure of
spending day on the dairy farm
of Mr.. ]. NJ. Taylor, Port Gisbon,
Miss. nj. 1yios IS president Of
the State Live Stock Association
and one of the most successful dai-
ryman in Mississippi He started
his first dairy in the fall of 1898
with only one Jersey heifer. Short
" thereafter, he bought three head
of cows,-Jersey grades of average
producing power and at once got
down to business. By 1900, he
was milking around 40 head of all
sorts, kinds, and descriptions.
In 1901, he bought the best Jer-
sey bull that he could then find in
Mississippi. He then kept the
heifers from his best cows and bred
them to his bull. From time to
time he increased his herd and
bought other Jersey bulls until he
now ownes so cows, so heifers and
calves, and three OF the best bulls
in the entire country.
He weighs the milk given by
each cow at each milking and of
ten tests it for butter fat. The
cows that produce the most butter
fat are retained. The Improbable
cows are sold.
An exact account is kept of feed
consumed by each COW. The val
ne of the butter fat given by each
cow is also kept. Consequently the
exact profit made by each cow is
known. Cows that do not pay a
good profit must "move on"
Mr.. Taylor has an abundance oi
pure running water, good pastures
and raises most of his feed. He
feeds his cows literally the yeai
round. He realizes the fact that 6
cow cannot make milk and butter
out of water and wind.
His herd is tested annually fol
tuberculosis as he realizes thai
only healthy cows give health. NJ
man ought to drink milk from {
COW that has not been tested fol
tuberculosis recently.
In the early days Of his dairy
he sold some milk but mostly but
ter. Later on, more milk, having
a local run iu Port Gibson. Tbs
past three years, he has handled
his product mainly as cream. th'
past year entirely so. He feeds th'
skim milk on the farm.
Asis generally the case where
success OF this kind Is scored, til,
wife played principal part. Mrs
Taylor enabled him to make thi
dairy farm a great success With
out her assistance, Mr.. Taylo
could not have done so we'll.
IF there Is sufficient interest in th'
dairy business, I will be pleased t
discuss the subject at length In fu
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29

The cultivator makes dust out of
the surface of the soil. The brush
attachment will knock the weevils
off in the dust made by the use of
the cultivator. Frequent and shall
low cultivation with cultivators and
brush attachments will place many
weevils in a dusty grave
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-07-29

Let MS plant peas, more peas and
then more peas. Speckled peas are
all right planted by the first of Au-
gust. Peas mean rich land and
fat stock.
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WANTEDQ Quantity OF fat cat
tle. Let me hear from yorl.
NJ. nc. MARX.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21

ton furnish TO the board a bond in double
me me amount OF such funds as may come into
MS nauus. Said board
wen organized shall have full aud complete
power 70 purchase or in any manner ac-
quiTe the real estate necessary for a site
VI ~ ioealtoh OF the institution to
e ~ ereeeed ana to erect the same, provided
tnat no WORK shall be done or materials fur
hshe9 except upon contract let to the low
est pluder in the same manner that con-
tracts are required to be let by the laws of
o ohas state relating to cities of the first
Section s. Any city availing itself of
shs provisions OF this act shall have the
rignl 70 levy a tax upon all the taxable
property thereof of not to exceed one half
oI one mill per annurn upon each dollar of
ine assessed value of the taxable property
a ~ saau city and the same shall be special
anu separate tax for the exclusive benefit
OF SAID fund and may issue and sell bonds
Tor SAID purpose and provide for the pay
Tue n,shI 81 5ne same with interest by a special
TAX levied as aforesaid.
section y. The said board shall have full
power ana authority to advertise for or in
sHy manner obtain plans and specifications
lor the institution sought to be erected and
may In the manner hereinafter defined erect
and provide building with one or more
auditoriums, halls. Offices. and ac-
commodarions to be used for public meet
hSs, conventions, expositions and other
purposes of public nature which uses
anu purposes are hereby declared to be pub
nc uses and public purposes. Said board
shall have power to regulate and control the
use of said building, and fix the terms and
conditions on which said building. or any
par, thereof, shall be used, and when said
building. or any part thereof, shall not be
IN use for any of the purposes hereinbefore
mentioned, said board may rent the same on
such terms and for such purposes as In the
Judgment Of the board may be deemed ad-
visable and not inconsistent with the pur-
poses hereinabove enumerated, and may do
all Things necessary or convenient for the
maintenance and operation of said building.
SECTION $. This act shall not apply to
or affect any action now pending.
Section 6. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication
Approved June 10, 1909
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No. 612, A. Published June Y. 1909.
CHA PTER $3.50. LAWS or 1909.

AN ACT to create section 1850 of the stat,
utes validating indebIeaness lnc et go
for the construction and equipment OF
dams and water powers.
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows;
Sertion /, There Is added to the statutes
a new section to read: Section 7T6o. In
any case where any town organized unoer
the laws of this state shall. prior TO the
first day of January A. d. 1909, have IN
CURED or attempted to incur any indebted
ness for work or labor performed or mate
rails furnished in or about the CONSTRUCTION
or equipment of any dam, water power or
plant for the purpose OF generating ana
transmitting electric or other power TOT the
purposes Of said town or any unincorporateo
village therein or for the purposes OF sup
plying the inhabitants of said town or any
unincorporated village therein with water,
and such dam. water power or plant snail
have been actually constructed ana IN opera
ton prior to the first Day OF January a; -
ATTEMPTED to be incurred, or some part
thereof. shall be Invalid by reason OF lack
of power on the part Of such town or the
officers thereof to construct sucn Dam, water
mower or plant or by reason of the failure
Of the officers Of said town to comply with
any provisions of the statutes or the state
of Wisconsin, In mourning such indebted
ness or any part thereof, such Indebtedness
and each and every part thereof Is hereby
declared to be legal and valid as against
tsverv such town and the owners and hold
ers of such Indebtedness ana each ano every Ell,
part thereof shall be entitled TO recover the
same In an action against any such town IN
the same manner as though sucn inoepseu-
mes had been legally contracted IN the nrst
Instance. and any and all judgments which
NAV heretofore have been recovered against
any such town by reason OF any sucn IN
debtedness are hereby declared to be valid:
Section 2. This act shall take erect ana
he In force from and after its passage and
Approved June 10. 1909.