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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Want Law Changed.

A draft bill submitted by the execu,
tive committee of the Mississippi Asso-
citation of Supervisors, which will be
presented to the legislature for action,
provides that there shall be q change
in the present plan of remuneration OF
supervisors, who shall receive IS per day
while attending board meetings, and
81 per day when on inspection of road
work or other public work for which
the board of supervisors is responsible.
The convention was entertained by an
interesting and instructive address from
Hon. G. H. Afford, of Pike, his theme
being the boil weevil and its prevention.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Alcohol at It's Worst.

The asylums for the insane, the In
stitutions for epileptics, idiots and fee
ble-minded, the prisons and the coun-
ty poorhouses are representative, as
far as their alcoholic population is
concerned, OF the extremes of alco-
holic indulgence and debauchery. Here
alcohol has done its worst to the liv-
ing individual. Below this topmost
wave Of ruin and desolation are in
Vulnerable gradations Of alcoholism
down to the moderate drinkers and
the temperate or occasional drinkers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
New Rules in Supreme Court.

An important change in the procedure
of the supreme court was announced
Monday. The proposed change is that
on Mondays and Tuesdays the court will
sit for arguments at $3.50 o'clock in the
morning At the Monday morning sitting
the opinions in cases will be handed down
instead of in the afternoon, as has been
the rule for the past year. There will
be no sittings on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, the judges having decided to
spend the whole of these days in the
consultation room.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Want DR.. Mayer.

At the meeting of the state board of
health the question of again securing the
services of DR.. Fred J. Mayer, of Louisi-
ana, as sanitary and hygienic field agent
and demonstration for another period of
lectures in the state was taken up. The
work of DR.. Mayer last winter and spring
was followed by positive and beneficient
results. An effort will be made to have
the legislature make more liberal pro-
-ision for the work and if this fs done
the services of DR.. Mayer will DO again
secured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
pars S erior = Zen.

Dogs are 4os ~ Ms ere a'vrels
hun al, / 81 gs. and as co 4 AID wit,
the lights o: proner;y n dogs t.,
rights Of hl'- an } lng 50 .or fl
most part by h b. d 81 nes
of cog Pre- rlyS b ana Is
are outnun.D red Oar . CITY a ~
n any w ,i-se It'd or .-Qui,y. y, r..
niinolity's dog o. II may j..
night hsdeSus. 70. i, majority .sia al
parentiy tn IE.loriy Is b less
wis rad. SIS ;ach are tile SAFE
ards vito. he ~ thscss L oiine
prope r.y@in dogs Il. II it is llore III I
cult 70 prove tha' the dogs . sl'
giger owner Of eogiriolt arr pesfs
lenliaI diStu:bes O fnt Z ace lisa +
is 10 l.sve. d i;iran b lng gu y
murder. Those no have tr,sd ~
have found il 70 b.. SO
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Meek Made Editor.

The publishing committee of the
Methodist church in Mississippi and
Louisiana, in session in New Orleans,
elected Rev. R. A. Meek editor Of the
New Orleans Christian Advocate, the Of
fetal organ of that church in Missis-
sippi and Louisiana. Two years ago
he was elected to this position, but de-
clined to serve. 1t was understood that
this time he has indicated his willing
ness to accept the place, and that he
will remove to New Orleans and enter
upon ais duties the tirsr of January.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
A SPLENDID
VETO


Governor Stuart, of Pennsylvania,
has vetoed a bill to permit 1uries in
murder cases to determine between
the death penalty and life imprison-
ment. "In view Of the disregard OF
human life which some elements OF
eur population continually exhibit, l
do not think that our criminal law
governing the punishment for murder
In the first degree should be relaxed"
says the Governor. Approving the
veto, the Philadelphia Inquirer says;
when we reach the point when
juries, swayed momentarily by emo
ton or by sympathy, can virtually de-
atroy the death penalty we shall ar
rive at the beginning Of an increas-
ing list Of cold-blooded crimes"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
LICENSE SYSTEM
FOR BOATING.

1t is desirable that the letting OF
boats to persons incompetent to man
age them should be discouraged, and
perhaps this end can best be attain
ed through a licensing system, put
ting every person in the business OF
letting boats in danger OF losing his
privilege II he disregarded the regula-
tons laid down.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Children should be taught to swim.
II they have not this necessary &C.
complishment they will grow up to be
n source of danger to themselves and
10 others whenever they go out upon
the water.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
prohibition committed piyided.

A meeting of the prohibition state
executive committee was held at Jackson
to determine whether or not fight shall
be launched to secure constitutional
prohibition enactment at the next legis-
lative session. 1t was understood that
the members Of the committee are some
what divided on the subject.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
PEACE OR
WARP

WARY
1t is apparently an anomalous con-
dition of present-day civilization that
While all the nations go on increasing
their huge ornaments there is in
ereasing also on every hand a desire
Tor peace, an adherence of war and a
general acceptation Of the principles
Of international arbitration. But such
great problems as the stable peace OF
the world are not worked out in a
day by dreamers, theorists, or even
BY the wisest of statesmen and philos-
ophers. They work themselves out.
The how and the when we cannot see,
but must be content to strive with
what light we can see for the end to
be attained.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

A British inventor has devised a
scheme by which all the guns OF
ship can be fired by one man merely
By pressing button. Still the Dewey
Gridley way has certain advantages
when 1t comes to actual fighting.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
MAGAZINE WRITERS
AEnIOCRE.

= s. s. Mcclure recently said that
what struck him most about the cur
rent magazine literature was its medl-
ecrity. There was too much imlta-
tive and too little original literature.
The array of writers for magazines
vas much inferior to what 1t was
twenty years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

pumps OF sunIcient capacity, wsfm ~
varying depths and expense Of boring
cost Of fuel, labor, per cent. interest On
the money invested and 10 per cent. Per
annum depreciation. The general -
suits are given in the following tables;
Louisiana.
First Acres First cost Ami eost Of
Coat. Irrigated per acre operation
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Practically at the same moment all
over the world, in Great Britain, Scan
dinavia. Germany. France. Italy, the
United States, there has arisen wave
OF feeling against the misuse Of alco-
hol.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Things good, bad, and Indifferent
come to US for publication which are
unsigned. We cannot consider any
article, however good, of which we do
not know the author.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
Adams Collects $500, 900.

- The report Of State Revenue Agent
Writ Adams for the biennial period re-
Gently closed Is in process of compilation,
and viii show payments into the treas
ury on delinquent tax collections amount
ing to more than 100000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

A Turkish editor has been shot for
printing some criticisms of public
men. The Turks are certainly fast
becoming a progressive people.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

The new phrase social service
covers the same meaning that was in
eluded in the old Unitarian ideal OF
public service
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Sixteen hundred children are
smothered yearly in England BY
drunken mothers" writes the Lon
don correspondent OF the Journal Of
the American Medical Association"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Old Holmes added laurels to her crown
when her manly sons came trudging to
Lexington last week, bringing their fam
lilies and loads of exhibits that would do
credit to the State Fair at Jackson As
is widely known, Holmes county took the
lead in the introduction of corn clubs,
and has maintained her place in the
front ever since. She lived up to her
reputation, and the exhibits excited
words of praise from the experts who
come for the occasion. 1t was supposed
to be Corn Club day, but as the day
wore on it assumed the look Of a county
fair.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
wisdom from Uncle Eben.

Talk" said Uncle ':5en + sunpin'
:,e rain. A certain aol1f is wei
come an Necessary. But d.,ssons !.
daluge!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

efv's ei.'~.f2 81 Fic-.5a
;s o e,iou are pub K
{ his country
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Powerful Teeth o. Squirrel.
The. teeth OF squirrel will psne
crate deeper than those OF dog.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

That the cotton crop is very short
around Lexington is shown by the COM
press figures. The receipts this year up
to the present time are 1885 bales az
against 1888 bales to this date last year.
These figures would indicate that Lexing-
ton will get but little over 10000 bales,
when 10000 bales are usually received
annually.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

lOJAA SUI
s24,Sss e7e t25 4S 81 81
Following this table IL the following
explanation:
''The table shows that the average cost
Of pumping at the well plants tested in
Louisiana 10 $e.e7 per acre, while that
at the Arkansas plants 10 e11.el per
acre irrigated. The average lift at the
Louisiana plants 10 approximately 20
feet, and at the Arkansas plants sp
prOxinaately 40 feet, the increase in cost
act being quite proportional to the i'm
crease in lift. Although the Arkansas
rice planters secure their water supply
at = slightly smaller cost per acre per
foot of lift, yet they must contend
against considerably higher cost Of
water than tnat borne by the Louisiana
planters, due entirely to the increased
i;ft.
Coming 10 the comparison between
taking water from n canal company in
Louisiana and installing and operating
a pumping plant large enough for farm
of ordinary size, in discussing this mat
ter in former report the writer said
in substance: assume an s-barrel crop
and that the average price of rice is 81
per barrel In case water il taken from
4 canal system, the charges of the canal
company will be 1/5xsx$3=$4.so per
acre With rice selling ct $3.50 per
barrel the amount paid the canal CON-
pany would amount to $500. When the
farmer raises ten barrel crop, and the
price 10 IS per barrel, the cost will be
$500, while the price OF rice is $3.50.
the water for the ten barrel crop will
cost $500 The average cost OF pump
ing per acre in Louisiana, as shown by
the table, is $6.67. This is based ON the
pumping OF lila acrefeet per acre, II
more water is used, the cost will be APP
proximately $2.90 additional per acre
foot used. II appears, then, that under
ordinary conditions there is slight
financial advantage in securing water
from q canal. Under abnoraml eondi-
tions there are advantages on either
side. and it 10 Q matter of balancing
these. In years of heavy rainfall and
good crops the canal company secures
its share of the crop for minimum OF
service. Under the same circumstances
the owner Of a pumping plant saves his
fuel charges. His interest is the same
and his depreciation is nearly - great
~ in years when his plant is in full
operation. On the basis OF the plants
shown in the table, the cost, IL no pump
ing 10 done, will he $a.66 per acre, and
the owner would gain the differences be-
tween this and the payments to the
company. On the other hand, in the
caae of q crop failure for any reason,
there are no payments to the canal eonl-
pany, while the cost to the pump owner
viii stilI be s2.66 per acre in addition to
whatever is spent for fuel and attend
ance. This comes at time when he has
no crop from which to meet it, while
the increased payments to the canal COM
pany come at a time when he 10 best
able to bear them"
A limited supply Of Bulletin No. Soi
will be furnished those especially inter
csted upon application to this office. Il
was the intention of the writer to make
a trip into the rice section Of Louisiana
some time ago, but illness prevented.
| Additional information concerning rice
culture will be given from tins to time
as has already been stated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

A meeting under the auspices of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Work of the United States Government
was held ut Greenville. The attendance
Of planters and business men was good
and interesting speeches were made by
II. e Saveley of Washington, r. S. VIII
son Of Columbus, Miss, and L. H. Mark
ham Of Greenville, on the subject of fall
farming operations and general agrieul-
ture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Owing to the high price of -four num-
Der of farmers in the Wesson community
are going to plant few acres in wheat
this year and try to make their own
-four. They are sure that some energetic
men will put in -four mill if sufficient
wheat is planted
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

The farmers institute held at Belzoni
under the auspices of the farmers CO.
operative demonstration work OF the
United States department Of agricul-
turs was attended by a large number OF
interested farmers and business men.
The object of these meetings il to dis
cuss plans for next years crops; to in
duce farmers to plant better varieties
of seed, and especially cotton seed, in
anticipation of the boil wGevil
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Permission has been asked Of the Mis-
sissippi Railroad Commission by TIE lead
ing telephone corporatio.,s 4sing business
in the State to again increase their rates
for long distance messages on account
/ of recent damage to lines by the storm
that prevailed during the middle of Sep
TENDER. The proposition has not beea
acted upon at the tine this Is written,
but it is believed that the prrmissioa
asked will not he granted,
Does the general public realize what
has been gained during the past few
way of Increased rates! Possibly not,
and it might be we'll to recount some
Of it. The free county service by sub
scribcrs has been done away with, ard
we must pay for q message to q friend,
although he may not be more than q
mile away, and both regular subserib-
ers, Up to two years ago, night mes
sages were only one-half of the regular
day rate. Now we pay just the same
for night message ~ q day message.
Within four years the farmers rate, has
ben increased from 200 to 500 per cent.
This last increase Is the one to be
most deplored. Telephone lines were
being run to the remotest portions Of
the counties, and every farmer was able
to have one in his home, provided he
built and maintained his own line. The
expense then was only 81 year FOR
the privilege Of connecting with the local
exchange. Now it runs from es to ess
per year.
The rates are surely high enough with
out an increase at this time. The demand
is for n network of phones that viii
cover the entire State, and to secure
this the rate must be In keeping with
the ability Of our people to pay.
Thia has been q phenomenaily success
ful year for the fairs in Mississippi.
Every one reports goods exhibits and
record-breaking attendance. Corinth with
it's first year ran the attendance above
i've thousand per day and the same re-
port comes from Holly Springs, which
was also in the initial year. Grecnville
held the second fair, but the first on it,
own ground, and it was splendid sue
cess. Without exception, the news Gomez
that all have had good years. With
little encouragement, the number Of fairs
could be doubled and trebled in year
or so and nothing would 60 farther to-
ward the proper development of the ssri-
cultural horticultural and live stock re-
sources Of the state, 10 II not about
time that the state was recognising the
usefulness Of these installations and help.
ing themf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

At a meeting Of the board Of direc-
tors of the Columbus, Memphis PEN
sacola Railroad Company, it WIS de-
cidsd to take steps to regain the char
ter of the company, which two years
ago was transferred to H. Z. Reynolds
and other promoters. The latter pro-
posed to build what is now known as
the Aberdeen & Tombigbee Valley rail-
road, the name having been changed aft
er the charter left the hands of the orig
inal grantees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

1t has been the custom in Water Val
ley for the past decade for the old Con-
federats veterans to have n public bar
becue annually. This year the Sons OF
the Confederates and the Daughters OF
the Confederacy combined their
strength in order to do honor to the
worthy gray-haired veterans, and last
week witnessed the happy fruition OF
the Joint labor Of love Of these sons and
daughters, in banquet rendered to the
old soldiers by the sons and daughters
at the courthouse.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Subs tribe for the HERALD.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

The Piney Woods Normal and Indus
trial Institute at Braxton opened its
doors to the public on last Thursday
morning In every sort Of v'hiels, Afoot
and horseback, negroes from every d.
rection began to arrive with the dAw1 Of
day, and by 10 o'clock the campus pre-
scented a picturesque throng in vaTie-
gated colors such As is characteristic OF
the Southern negro.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

The Mobile, Jackson / Kansas City
road contemplateS the building Of an ex-
tension of its line from Ellisville to
Collins, q distance of about eighteen
miles, passing through very fertile sec
ton of Jones and Covington counties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

Prof. S. NJ. Tracy of the A. & NJ. Col
lege at Starkville, talked to the farm
ers of Claiborne county on food crops,
hog raising, etc Claiborne is becoming
one of the best live stock counties in
the state
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

1t was determined to hold the 1910
convention of the State Sunday School
Association in Meridian April 1921.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-05
MARS CANALS FOR DRAINAGE.
German Says They Are to Prevent
Floods When Pole Caps Melt.

Berlin. Germany.-Prof. F. S. Arch
eenhold, Director of the Treptow AS
Economical Observatory commenting
upon the idea that the canals on Mars
were constructed for the purpose of
signaling to the earth, said he was un-
able to accept this view. In his opin-
ion the canals on Mars were for the
practical purpose of drawing off the
enormous masses of snow water that
evidently come with the melting Of
the ice caps and to prevent inunda-
tion.
This theory, he says, is confirmed
by the fact that the canals, which at
other times are indistinct. become
sharply marked when the snow caps
melt. and the professor assumes that
they are built by throwing up dikes
a few yards high.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-05

In appearance he is the image of his
father 20 years ago.
For five years young Morgan has
been in training for the industrial
branch Of his fathers great enter
prises under the tutelage Of no less
an authority than James ]. Hill. The
young man, who is director in the
Northern Pacific Railway Company,
has studied railway finance with the
same system that he went about the
study of banking upon his graduation
from Harvard University in 1899.
Young Morgan was born in 1867 in
New York City. Since his graduation
from Harvard he has kept up a per-
sonal interest in the institution and
he is now one of the overseere Of the
university. He began his business
career in Boston, where for two years
he worked as clerk in the banking
house Of Peabody & Company. He
then came to New York, and after a
short time spent in his fathers Office
he was admitted to partnership in
the firm of ]. Pierpont Morgan g.
Company. He worked for six or seven
years, and so diligently did he keep
his nose to the grindstone that little
or nothing was heard OF him by the
outside world.
Young Morgan next went to Lon
don, where he was given member
ship in the firm established by his
grandfather, as Morgan & Company.
He remained there for five years. al
ternating between London and Paris
in the latter city in the affairs Of the
house of Morgan, Harris & Company.
In 1904 he was permitted by his faith
er to return to New York city and
prepare for the responsibilities which
would be his when his father shall de-
eide he is capable Of bearing the bur-
den. Mr.. Morgan, Sr., has planned to
retire from the activities of business
life just as rapidly as he can unload
the responsibility upon a younger and
sturdier pair Of Morgan shoulders.
Young Morgan is a family man.
With his wife, formerly Miss Jane
Norton Grew, and their four children,
he lives in modest style at 231 Madi-
son avenue, occupying q house ad-
joining that Of his father.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-05
KEEPER NOT BLAMED.
No Beacon on Lonely Alaskan Island
While He Rowed Dead Wife to Land.

No Beacon on Lonely Alaskan Island
While He Rowed Dead Wife to Land.
Seattle, Wash.-J. Reagan, light
house keeper of st. Mary's Island,
Southeastern Alaska, who left HIS post
a month ago with the result that the
beacon was not lighted for two nights,
has been absolved from blame.
Reagan and his wife, both young,
were the only persons on the barren
island. The woman became sick, and
Reagan nursed her as we'll as he
could until she died. There was no
way of communicating with the main
land. The husband might have buried
the body in the sand, but the thought
was repellent He put the body in a
dingy and rowed twenty-five miles to
Ketchikan. Two days passed before
another man could reach the island,
and in the mean time a passing steam
er had found the light not burning
and had made q report
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-05
Sewers Legs to Fit Coffin.

Rock Springs, Wyo.-It was a
shock to relatives and friends to dis
cover when the body Of Jacob Star
man, more than 6 feet tall, who died
at Hudson, Wyo., reached here that
in order to ship it in a casket too
short the legs had been severed at
the knees. Indignant relatives and
friends say they will prosecute the
Hudson undertaken.
An order from the undertaken that
the coffin should not be opened under
any circumstances aroused the sus-
picion of Starman's friends, and an
investigation revealed the legless
body.
The explanation of the undertaken
is that the remains were not in con,
dition to keep, and, unable to embalm
them and secure larger casket, he
severed the legs, believing no one
would be the wiser.