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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Mississippi
9ews

In the suit of Leona Farr against the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Company, brought up from Wilkerson
County, the Supreme Court affirmed a
Judgment for $4,000 recovered for the
killing of the husband of the plaintiff.
The killing was the result of a collision
due to telegram directing certain
train on which the deceased was riding
to meet another train at Harriston be-
ing mislaid, the fault being that of the
operator who was the agent OF the APP
pellant company.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Dame Rumor Says Ethel Is Betrothed

MISS ETHEL ROOSEVELT, daugh-
AVA ter of ex-President Roosevelt, who
but recently made her debut, is about
to become engaged to William Phil
lips, the young third assistant secre-
tary of state, according to report. So
definite is the information from Miss
Roosevelt's friends concerning the
state of her affections that guesses
are now being made as to whether the
ex-president's popular daughter will
follow the dictates of her heart soon
or will wait four years upon the
chance of becoming a white house
bride.
While no announcement has been
made of the engagement, it is under
stood that there is a cordial under
standing between the two young PEG
pie and that Miss Roosevelt's age is
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

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Subpoenas have been issued for wit
nesses to appear before the Kinds Coun
ty grand jury and give testimony rela'
tive to the concealment of VIII Sorsby
slayer of Postoffice Inspector Charles
Fitzgerald. Sorsby, it will be recalled,
was captured i'll the home of citizen
of Clinton, several months after the
tragedy occurred, and all the evidence
developed at that time tended to show
that he had been harbored in the house
for period of several weeks. Judge
Potter, in a strong charge to the grand
jury, called attention to the fact that
Sorsby had been harbored at Clinton, in
structed the jury that the parties who
connived at his conccalment were guilty
of being accessories after the fact, and
urged that indictments be brought
against them, regardless of their social
prominence
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Great Cities
Now Under
Prohibition.
Nearly 800 American MuniCipali-
ties In Thirty-Six States, Aver
aging 10000 Each. Have
OutIaWed Saloon.
FORTY INDUSTRIAL CENTERS.

Glimpse of Important Cities of Ameri-
ca Which Are Swelling the List of
Prohibition Victories and Which ST.
Ience the Brewers Claim That the
LIQUOR Traffic "Wil Always b
Here"
The brewers assertion that Prohibi-
ton will never succeed in cities and
that no great industrial centers will
ever adopt or be brought under pro
hibitory law is being exploded almost
daily in the news dispatches from all
parts of the country
During the past sixty days more
than fifty cities varying in population
from 5000 to 125,O0O have adopted
Prohibition either by direct local vote,
county referendum or state legislative
enactment.
Added to those which have already
adopted Prohibition during the last
few years. there is a total Of 300 cities
in thirty-six states now under Prohi-
bition law, with an average Of over
10000 and an aggregate population Of
nearly 100000 people,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
business of JUDGMENT

He alone reads history Alright who.
observing how powerfully circum-
stances influence the feelings and
opinions of men, how often vices pass
into virtues and paradoxes into axioms
learns to distinguish what is accident
al and transitory in human nature,
from what is essential and immutable.
-Macaulay's Essay on Machiavelli.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Senator Sample Dead.

News comes from Ebenezer Holmes
county, of the death of Hon. S. \.
Sample, state senator from the twenty
first district, after an illness of several
days from blood poisoning. Senator
Sample was chairman of the finance com
mittee, and has been Gov. NoeIs closest
friend and political adviser since the
latter's induction into the executive Of
flee. During the last campaign he was
the governors campaign manager. Prior
to his election to the senate he was a
member of the lower house, representing
Holmes County in the sessions of 1901
and 1906.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

oh, do not pray for easy lives. Pray
to be strong menl Do not pray for
tasks equal to your powers. Pray for
powers equal to your tasks! Then the
doing Of your work will be no miracle.
Every day you shall wonder at your
self, at the richness of life which has
come in you by the grace Of God
The Late Phillips Brooks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Changes in Congressional Delegation

Mississippis delegation in congress
will undergo only three changes when
the new congress meets. Congressman
John Sharp Williams viii retire in fa-
vor of the Hon. j. w. Collier, of Vicks-
burg, and will return home to devote the
next two years to the serious task of
equipping himself to represent the COM
monwealth in the United States senate,
as the successor of the Hon. II. D.
Money, whose term expires in 1911. Con
gresham McLain, of the Seventh dis
trict, will retire in favor of the Hon.
William A. Dickson, of Centreville The
third change viii be in the Fourth dis
trict, where the Hon. W. s. Hill will
be succeeded by his former law partner,
the Hon. T. Z. Sisson.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
County Fairs.

The county fair movement in Missis-
sippi has made such Roadway with its
early preliminary work that there is
now every outward indication Of its COW
ering every county in the State, either
with a separate county fair or similar
events in which two or more counties
are interested
Several fairs of the latter class were
inaugurated last year and numerous
other such movements are now under
way. The latest of these is enc in which
Jasper and Smith have already taken
steps to organize and which Clarke has
now signfed desire to join.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
THE $1,000 HIGH LICENSE
MURDER.

There can be no compromise.
The saloon must go. The muir
derer's knife is no less brutal be-
cause his last drink before he
strikes the blow is taken at a
$1,000 bar. 1t is the alcohol that
kills love and justice, purity,
manhood, truth, pity. And out
of the heart in which these are
dead comes the viper brood of
crime to prey upon innocent
Iives.-Ada Melville Shaw.
The United States government
makes as much out of the rum
traffic as you would make as a
merchant if you sold knife for
81, and after he had paid you
the 81 for the knife he should
thrust the blade through your
sons heart, as much as Ii you
sold box of matches and after
the customer had paid you for
the matches he opened the box
and with the first match set fire
to your dwelling.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
1855 In State Treasury.

A count of the actual cash in the treas
ury Wednesday would have been almost
as empty formalty as was the strong
box itself, and would not require recheek-
ing. According to Treasurer Edwards,
the total cash in the drawer was just
1885, though of course the States credit
account is rather larger, since there are
securities in the vaults for upward of
100000, which is now drawing interest
in the several repositories, to which it
has been transferred.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
FOrty=Seven Industrial CenterS
Under Prohibition.

OF this last there are at least forty
seven leading Industrial centers of
thirteen states ranging in population
from 1000 to 125,000 and with an
aggregate population of 1,732,335 in
which the liquor traffic has been abol-
ished. Seven of these cities are in the
100000 class, and in six others the pop
uIation ranges from 10000 to 100000.
These forty-seven industrial centers
now under prohibitory law are as fol
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
cIutchinu at > straw.

CASTOR burst like whirlwind in III.
on his friend Alphonse. ''Win you =
my witness?" he cried. "Going :,
nght?" No; going to get married
Alphonse after pause inquired
Cant you apologize?"-From the
french.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Back Taxes Paid.

The Delta and Pine Land Company
has made settlement with State Revenue
Agent Adams for $33 ,634.1S back taxes
on solvent credits for eleven years from
1898 to 1904, including accrued interest
on the suit recently decided in the rev
enue agents favor by the supreme court,
the suits having been pending for five
years The interest amounted TO ST.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

The citizens of South Mississippi, who,
for the past several years, have been
making vigorous protests against the in
equality of representation in the legis-
lature and the unjustness of present as
sessment laws, are not at all pleased
with the personnel OF the joint legisla-
tive commission named by the presiding
officers of the two branches of the legis-
lature to investigate their grievances and
report on same at the 1910 session. 1t is
complained that a majority of the com.
missioners appointed are not in SYM
pathy with the demands made by South
Mississippi, and, with body SO consti-
tuted, they cannot reasonably hope for
the relief asked for.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Prohibition In Worcester Cuts
Crime In Two.

Prohibition in force in Worcester,
Mass, with population now esti-
mated at 10000 has reduced the total
arrests more than 80 per cent, drunk
enness more than 60 per cent. disturb
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
| BE NE !
THAN FkFUL 4
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BY REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pestor Of the Chicago Ave. tMoody's) /
s-aurch, Chicago. \
ty
Wator seeks its

Water seeks its
level. The water
in the reservoir on
the hill presses
down through the
pipes, and up into
the air it goes
sparkling in the
sunlight, making
the beautiful foun-
tain. It's gravita-
ton is upward be-
cause of the pres
sure in the reser-
voir. A thankful
heart is a heart
that feels the pres
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Cashin Made Judge.

Gov. Noel announces the appoint
ment of J. 1T. Cashin of Greenville to
be Judge of the Fourth district, to sue
ceed Judge Sidney Smith, whose resigna
ton takes effect May 8 next.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

greatly diminished. The people are
generally employed, and the authori-
ties say that never has the general lev
el of temperate and Industrious living
been as high as it is now
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
City Wants Paving Done.

The board of mayor and aldermen has
put it squarely up to the jackson Elec-
trio Railway Company to begin the paw
ing between tracks Of such portions Of
the streets through which their tracks
run which are already paved elsewhere.
The company insists that it is not legally
liable OF subject to such an order, claim
ing exemption under the charter granted
in 1902, as successor of the Edwards
Hotel and City Railway Company. The
city authorities believe that they can
successfully attack the exemption idea,
and have given the city attorney author
ity to institute suit should the company
refuse to regard the order.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Decrease under Prohibition s,1ss

During the same time the revenue
of the city Of Atlanta during the year
1908 under Prohibition shows an in
crease of $241,013 over the previous
year under license, despite the fact
that no money from saloon licenses
was turned into the treasury.
Decatur, ILL.,, is another instance of
similar results. Decatur is the largest
dry" town in that state The record
of arrests under Prohibition and Ii
cense for the first seven months of
Prohibition since May /, 1908, is as
follows
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Unusual Situation.

The first official document coming up
during the absence in Washington of
Gov. Noel, and requiring his official sig,
nature, developed rather unusual sit
uation. Lieut.-GoV. Manship is out Of
the State on lecture tour in the East
ern States. The line of succession would
make Hon. John L. Hebron, of Green
vile, the acting governor by reason Of
his office as president pro tenn of the
senate Mr.. Hebron, however, is spend
ing month in and around Chicago. Col.
Street, as speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, falls heir to the office, and
if he is at home, will have an opportu-
nifty to sign the document. In the event
of Col Streets absence from the State,
if the document was of such character
as to justify it, Secretary Power would
be authorized and required to call the
senate together and select a governor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Birmingham'S Police Docket Under
License and Prohibition.

In Birmingham, Ala, the following
official figures show the arrests under
Prohibition during the year 1908 as
compared with those under the license
saloon system during the year 1907
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

ing the peace nearly 40 per cent ana
wiped out murder entirely in seven
months time 1t is estimated that no
license in the city of Worcester since
May l, 1908. to Jan. 1, 1909, has saved
the people nearly 100000.
Prohibition in Atlanta, Ca, for the
year 1908 shows the following differ
ence in arrests for crime and drunken
ness:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

IT is now alleged tha. lettuce. cab
IRE and similar vegetab' s are germ
conveying. You can take your choice
II ween germs ard starvation
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

Experience is a dear school but
some will learn in no other-Rev. e
Davidson.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12
Woman Swore Falsely.

The pardon petitions of J. r. Slade,
the wealthy planter from Pike County,
who is serving a life sentence on the
Rankin State farm for the murder of
w NJ Miller, near Magnolia three or
four years ago, have been enriched by
a somewhat sensational document in the
form of an affidavit sworn to by the
widow of Miller, the dead man, in which
she claims that she perjured herself all
the way through the trial for the pur-
pose of convicting Slade, and that she
knows several other witnesses did the
same thing, having been inundated by
enemies of Slade, who told her that if
she did not succeed in eonvicting Slade
she would be herself convicted of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

*State Prohibition law including these
cities passed January, 1909; in effect July
l. 1909.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

The program for the meeting of head
camp NJ, Woodmen of the World, which
is to convene in Columbus March 8, and
remain in session two days, has been
completed and the local committee has
provided ample entertainment for the
delegates who may attend the meeting.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

fishery interests in the United States,
over 5000 men being employed in that
oil
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

A $4,000 amphitheater and annex to
the State Charity Hospital at Vicksburg
will be built at once to accommodate the
University of Mississippi medical stu,
dents, who will begin their studies there
in September
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

R. E. Duncan has been appointed man,
ager of the Farmers Union warehouse
at Oxford to succeed j. R. Harkin, who
recently resigned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

The ninetieth anniversary of the
founding of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows will be jointly celebrated
by the two lodges in Meridian April 20.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

Architects have been invited to submit
plans for the new Knights of Pythias
six-story office and club building, to be
erected on ground owned by the Knights
of Pythias at Meridian.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

Rev. E. S. Lewis, presiding elder of
the Winona district, announces that the
Winona district conference will be held
at Schlater, Miss, April 1926. A large
attendance is expected and ample accom-
modations will be provided for all who
attend.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

The plant of the Ten-NIile Lumber
Company, located south Of Hattiesburg
on the G. & S. 1. Railroad, was de-
stroyed by fire. The plant, which was
valued at about $4,000, had lain idle
for several months, but had been recent
ly overhauled at great expense and
put back in operation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-12

The Retail Merchants Association,
which has strong State organization in
Mississippi, with branches in all the i'm
portant towns and many of the smaller
ones, has opened war upon all peddlers
and transient vendors of whatever de-
seription in each locality where such
vendors are caught doing business with
out having paid the statutory privilege
tax license.
Evening star., 1909-05-15
OLD COMRADES MEET.
Members of Company d, District
uolunteers Hold Reunion

Company ID of the I'd Battalion, 1st
Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteer
Infantry. celebrated the eleventh anniver-
sary of it's muster into the service of the
United States during the war with Spain.
which was Friday, May Is. 1898, Friday
evening at the National Guard Armory.
Capt Samuel Feland, commanding Com
pany of the I'd Regiment, y. G. d. c..
rendered his old comrades the use of B
headquarters for the occasion. which were
tastefully decorated with flags and
flowers
Maj. William S. Hodges. president Of
the association. presided. Those answer
ing 10 the roll call were Capt. W. S.
Hodges, Lieuts. r. j Donnely and Sheri-
dan Ferree. 9. NJ. sergt. J. Ligon King,
jackson. Corporals Samuel Feland and
Peter Little. Privates F. ID. b. Austin,
J. F. Baughhausen. F. l.. Buddinston.
Thomas Haywood. Arthur l.. Kitchen. w.
H. Moves. jr., and Ross. W. Wise.
First Sergt. Henry \. Dobson and Cor
poral Towner died in the service, and
Artiticer Jacob Richie and Privates Wat
son and Mayer have since died.
The following officers of the association
were reelected: Capt. W. S. Hodges.
president: Q. NJ. Sergt. J. Lyon King.
vice president. and Sergt. Clarence =.
Walker, secretary-treasurer.
\ buffet lunch was served. after which
Capt. Hodges, Lieuts. Donnely and Fer
rec, Sergts King, Walker and Jackson
and Corporals Feland and Little enter
tained with speech and story, while Ross
w. Wise. the tenor singer of the regi-
ment. sung some OF the Old songs that
cheered during the gloomy days in the
service.
The attendance was small compared
with that of the tenth anniversary but
was accounted for by the fact that a
large majority of the members of Com
pany D are now officers in the United
States Army stationed outside of Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1909-05-15
PYTHIAN SISTERS.

j. T. Coldwell Company No. :. Uni
form Rank, held its regular meeting at
its armory in Pythian Temple Thursday
night. There was a large attendance
and the interest manifested bids fair to
make this year one of the best in the his
tory of the company. One new recruit
was received. making the total number
of recruits since January six.
Franklin Lodge, No. >. has arranged
for gala time at it's castle hall in Pyth-
the ranks of esquire and knight will be
conferred. 1t is expected that large
delegations will be present from Anna
ranth Lodge, No. IS. of this city, and
Central Lodge of Baltimore. Franklin
Lodge recently paid fraterna visit to
Central Lodge in Baltimore, and this is to
be ret turn visit.
Harmony Lodge, No. 81. knights of
Pythias under the leadership of s. Percy
Oliver. its chancellor commander, has
mapped out a comprehensive years work
1t was inaugurated last Thursday even
ing. whep the lodge entertained large
gathering of Pythians at a smoker and
.sausagefest'. at its castle hall in Pyth.an
Temple. 1t is the intention of this lodge
TO have these gatherings every month
a. r. Riddle. proprietor Of the Pythian n
paper. tne Spfig or Myrtle. published at
Salina Kan. died recently from the re-
suits of an automobile accident near
his home in Kansas
Quite a number of enthusiastic Pytb-
ians accompanied Grand Chancellor AL
bert kahlert on a visit to Sir Lancelot
Lodge. No. 30 knights of Pythias. al
Ballston. Va. last Tuesday evening. and
conferred the rank of knight on two
applicants for that lodge. After the
conclusion of the ritualistc work refresh
mentS were served.
Evening star., 1909-05-15
new GOLDEN CROSS OFFICERS
j. H. A. FOWLER ELECTED
GRAND COMMANDER.
Installed by Deputy Supreme Com
mander John ". Ehle and Miss
McCutcheon and Others.

At the annual session OF the Grand
Commandery, District of Columbia.
United Order OF the Golden Cross. held at
Schmidt.s Hall. Wednesday evening last,
the following grand officers were elected:
Past grand commander Robert Z. Har-
yey: grand commander. John II. A. Fow-
Ter: vice grand commander, Mrs. Fannie
f. Wood: grand prelate. Rev. j. IL.
Bradford, grand keeper of records. Will
liam f. Graham; grand treasurer, Ar
thur L. Adams, grand herald. George NJ
Gerhauser; grand warder inner gate.
Miss Lena Fowler: grand warder outer
gate. Joseph B. Bailey: grand trustees.
Walter b. Allen. Thomas Humphrey and
John r. Sullivan.
The grand officers were installed by
deputy Supreme Commander John y.
Ehle. assisted by Deputy Past Supreme
Commander Miss Marguerite McCutch-
con. Deputy Supreme Keeper of Records
y. VI. McBath and Deputy Supreme Her
aid r. VI. Yates After installation in "A
short address Grand Commander Fowler
briefly outlined his policy regarding the
work OF the order the coming year. which
@as heartily indorsed by the members of
enc grand commandery.
: John H. 4. Fowler. the new grand com
ma nder. was born in the District of Co.
hmbia, January =. 1861. residing here
ever since. He was educated in the pub
lie schools OF this city, graduating from
The pioneer class of the Washington
High School in 1875. shortly after which
he entered into business in which he re-
mained until twelve years ago. when he
received position in the government
printing office.
His membership III the Golden Cross
dates from April ;. 1880. wien he entered
the order as a charter member Of Mount
Vernon Commandery. No. 40. and was
,,,tti ,al into ha ca nd ,Ja,, a.,
April. 1>..2, where he has filled several
offices
Evening star., 1909-05-15

Canton Washington. No. l, Patriarchs
Militant, will hold May carnival in the
l. 0. O. F. Hall. 7th street northwest,
commencing with Monday evening. May
II. and continuing during the coming
week. which bids fair to eclipse all former
efforts of the canton as regards scenic
effects and varied amusements. The
three vaudeville entertainments to he
given nightly will be well worth the snail
price of admission. The proceeds of
the carnival will be used to defray the
expenses OF the canton drill team to
Seattle in September next where the
team will compete for the prizes offered
during the session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge. /. o. O. r.
The officers of the Grand Encampment.
accompanied by the officers of the Grand
Lodge, as their guests, paid the usual