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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Uncle Sam Looks Up Turkish Cigarettes

bite the tongue and have small dark
leaves. The most aromatic sorts are
what are called Marden and Dere.
The country where the best Turkish
tobacco is grown is a low mountain
GUS region bordering the south shore
of the Black sea. The tobacco is
grown, like the grapes, on the slopes
of the hills, and the climate is always
humid. A clear sky and bright sun
are extremely rare. The methods of
tobacco culture are primitive, and
much is left to chance and nature;
no systematic rotation of crops is
practiced, no scientific fertilizing and
there is little cultivation.
In Trebizond the average yield is
about 500 pounds of tobacco per acre.
The leaves are put on strings, each
quality by itself, and hung on poles in
the open air. Then, when dry, they are
put into sweathouse. A good deal of
the Turkish tobacco is made up in
Hungary for the American cigarette
trade. In one factory in Fiune, Hun
gary, in the last year, 81, 900, 900 Gig
arettes were manufactured Some of
the tobacco came from Brazil, Java
and Sumatra.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
NATION BANS LIQUOR.

First National Prohibition Law In
Worlds History Just Adopted by
Iceland.
On May l both houses of the alting
(cOngress) of Iceland passed a COM
plete prohibitOry law for the island
which prohibits not only the manufac-
ture and sale, but also the importa-
ton, Of all alcoholic liquors for bever-
age purposes.
'This action of the parliament"
states a correspondent of the interna-
tional temperance bureau, is in re-
Spouse TO q popular referendum on
Prohibition taken by the people of Ice
land last September, when a four-ffths
majority was given for Prohibition
The new law must yet be signed by
the Danish king, but as to this there
seems to be little doubt. The law will
then go into effect on Jan. 1, 1912, and.
excepting the prohibitory law of Fin
land, which has not been ratified by
the Russian car, this will be the first
straight Prohibition statute in q Euro
pean state and, indeed. the first in the
world, since no state has hitherto pro-
hibited the importation of intoxicating
liquors. There has been no manufac-
ture Of intoXicants in Iceland for many
years. This action of the people of
Iceland should effectually explode the
superstition of certain people who i'm
agine that alcohol will keep a person
warm. Iceland's population exceeds
$4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06

JUDGING from many reports of new
y business ventures on the part OF
the new Junior senator from Illinois
which are floating into Washington,
be is soon to be known as
wealthy William" Lorimer in
stead of plain Mister" and Sen
ator." Besides continuing at the
head of a successful brick manufacture
ing company and one or two other
concerns in Chicago, Mr.. Lorimer soon
is to participate in a steamboat bust
ness on the Mississippi and to help
operate a railroad in Colorado.
His membership in concern which
is to operate steamboats, of light draft
between st. Paul and St. Louis and
furnish wheat cargoes to ships at
New Orleans connecting with the lead
ing rail line, was announced recently.
News now has come from Colorado
that the San Luis Valley & Southern
Railway Company has been projected,
with Senator Lorimer of Illinois and
Congressman Weeks of Massachusetts
prominent among its incorporators.
Connected with the project is a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
DAILY PRESS FINDS
PROHIBITION PAYS.

staff Correspondent of Leading Ohio
Newspaper Reports Prosperity With
out Liquor Traffic.
'"The number of arrests has decreased
from 80 to 70 per cent in all the cities
/ have visited where saloons have been
closed" writes Archie Bell, staff cor
respondent, in the Cleveland (O.) News,
June 5.
"In some instances the percentage
ran as high as 90 per cent. and police
courts have become almost obsolete so
far as exercising their former func-
tons is concerned.
Manufacturers without exception
have told me their men are better off
since the dry election.
1.-THE merchants say the laboring
people are buying more groceries and
articles for the home than formerly.
Bankers declare the ordinary man
is putting more money on deposit than
ever before.
1.-THE claim that as much liquor is
sold as formerly is a bald fake.
GAINESVILLE. once an unholy terror of
a city. with a population Of 24,S56 and
eighty-four saloons, as well as re-
markable police record, is now orderly,
contented and dry as dust"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
JACKSON.
Institutes for Farmers.

Institutes for Farmers.
The present week marks the ushering
in of the farmers institute season in
Mississippi, the events in the various
counties being held under joint auspices
of the A. and NJ. College, the United
States Department of Agriculture and
Commerce and the Farmers Union.
Prof. E. r. Lloyd, of the A. and M.
College faculty, has general direction of
the Institutes, and the degree of interest
being manifested in the agricultural dis
tricts indicates that each event will be
largely attended
The corps of instructors and lecturers
organized by Prof. Lloyd is undoubtedly
the best that has ever been engaged in
work of this character in Mississippi.
The advent of the boil weevil, and
reports showing that the pest is rapidly
spreading over the State, will render
diversified farming the keynote of all
addresses delivered by institute instruc-
tors, and the farmers are apparently
very eager to get as much information as
possible on this subject.
The lectures and addresses will cover
practically every phase of farming in
Mississippi, and will be delivered by men
thoroughly acquainted with the topics
they discuss.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
100000 MORE FOR
LEGITIMATE TRADE.

"Business Better" COLLECTIONS Won
derfuIly Improved, "'HopeIess' Debts
Paid Up" In Prohibition Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn, with n population
of 10000 people, became dry Nov. /,
1907. after one of the most widely ad
vertised local Prohibition contests In
current history. Despite much to be
desired in the enforcement of the law
and the loyalty of some Of the officials
in power, the benefits which that COM
munity has received from the aboll-
ton of the saloon are remarkable.
'The people of this city, it is estl-
mated. are saving more than a million
dollars annually which formerly went
for drink" writes ]. Il. Walker of the
well known furniture firm of Biddle &
Walker of Knoxville to the Associated
Prohibition Press, and he continues:
"Since saloons were voted out of
Knoxville we find our business better
collections wonderfully improved, and
we are collecting some old accounts
which we had conceded as lost. We
are also selling goods to and collecting
from parties with whom we would not
otherwise sell at all in the days Of the
open saloon"
"Our cash sales are better and our
collections are more satisfactory"
writes another prominent merchant of
Knoxville who desires his name with
held, and he adds:
"There are plenty Of reasons why
Knoxville should remain dry but. as
far as we can see, absolutely no reason
for going back to former conditions"
The superintendent of one of the
largest mills in eastern Tennessee,
with capital exceeding n million dol
lars, writes:
"There has been marked improve
ments since no license began in re-
gard to the efficiency on the part Of
our employees. especially following
Sundays and holidays.
MANY persons" he continues, who
were regarded as almost hopeless from
an industrial point of view have been
reclaimed, and many such have joined
churches and are now numbered among
our best hands"
Our business has increased % per
cent in the past six months as COM
pared with the corresponding six
months under saloon conditions. Out
of 5000 accounts on our books. total
ing $150,000, we collected during the
month of March, 1909, over $4,000,
which we consider remarkable for
these 'panicky' times" write the pro-
prietors of one of the largest and best
department stores in Knoxville.
Another prominent merchant in his
correspondence to the Associated Pro-
hibition Press. i'll reply to the inquiry,
"Are any hopeless debts being paid
up" answers without hesitation, Lots
of them, and we will furnish you
names and addresses of families and
statements Of their accounts before
and after the saloons left
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Smith Dons Prison Garb.


C. r. Smith, the wealthy Lowndes
county planter sentenced to serve a life
term in the penitentiary for the murder
of E. A. Laurent, Nashville travelling
man, is now wearing the stripes of a
felon at the Rankin convict farm.
Smith reached the Rankin farm from
Columbus, in custody of Travelling Ser
geant Marshall and was turned over to
the sergeant, who had him carefully
measured and described, and then pro-
vided with a ready-made suit of prison
stripes.
Smith is a farmer having made prac-
tically all of his fortune at agricultural
pursuits, and, therefore, ought to be a
prisoner of exceptional value to the
State, if his talents are properly en-
ployed.
Thus far no steps have been taken by
counsel for the prisoner to carry the case
to the United States supreme court, and
it is doubtful whether an action of this
kind will be attempted. Attorneys for
Smith have 10 assurance that Chief JUS
tice Whitfield, who rendered the dissent
ing opinion, would grant a writ of error,
and even if it were possible to take an
appeal the chances are decidedly against
any possibility that combination of
personal and political influence could in
duce Gov. Noel to grant a pardon to
the celebrated prisoner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Tawney Gets Taft to Stop at Winona

President Roosevelt was touring
the west when he came to Minnesota.
In his itinerary, too, Winona was
omitted. Mr.. Tawney boarded the
train up the line and asked for a
quarter-hour stop and speech in his
town. Secretary Loeb said it would
be impossible, as they were going
somewhere else and had to hurry or
they would be late Then Mr.. Tawney
looked up the district passenger agent
of the road, who was on the train.
For some reason, not yet entirely ex-
planned, the engine got out of order
when Winona was reached, and It
took the engineer 20 minutes to find
the fault and fix 1t.
In the meantime Mr.. Tawney had
introduced Mr. Roosevelt to a large
crowd of his admiring townsmen, and
the president had made a speech Mr..
Taft said he was convinced he would
have to stop at Winona anyhow. and
he might as we'll promise TO do so
nav.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
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WHISKY DRINKING A DISEASE
Leprosy Is Better Known to Science
and Treatment Understood Than
Is Inebriety.

widespread use of alcoholic bever-
ages and the frequent cases of alco-
holism, together with the fact that the
condition is largely looked upon from
a moral standpoint and not viewed as
it should be, as a diseased condition,
has obscured the study of pathology
and psychology of this form of pois-
oning." DR.. G. D. Locke of Pontiac, Ill.,,
thus presented an analysis of the sub
ject of alcoholism" before the meet
ing of the Illinois Homeopathic Med.
ical association and told striking
stories by way of illustration.
"Delirium tremens and delusional
alcoholica seen on the streets and
in the police stations are literally less
known in their etiology and pathology
than leprosy and Asiatic cholera, he
said IF the symptoms of ordinary
inebriety were present in a case of
the simplest disease they would be
viewed by the attending physician
with alarm as the forerunners of more
profound and serious symptoms.
THE following is an example:
"a boy of IA years of age, of good
health and happy disposition, in fact,
a regular buster while working in a
wheat field was bitten by a rattle
snake. He was given large amounts
of whisky to antidote the poison, and
the family, not knowing how to give
the remedy kept the boy in a state of
intoxication for three days
"After his recovery the family and
friends Noticed that his disposition
was greatly changed, and that he had
become morose, depressed, sullen and
melancholic-a condition which is per-
manent.
Here is the case of an Investigator
who on the advice of his physician
began the use of wine at meal times:
He was exhausted, could not sleep,
and suffered obscure symptoms called
nerve fatigue
He continued the use Of wine, feel
ing much better. and went on with
his work for several months, when he
was called away ON special mission
and another mcn took up his work
The substitute found that nearly all
his work was faulty over the period
OF time in which he Was using the
Stimulent
Upon returning to his duties he
was asked to review that part of his
work. which was largely mathematical,
and he found it practically worthless,
not only in errors of observation and
conclusion, but in the deductions
from the facts, which he could not dis
cover at the time.
Alcohol has a cumulative action
when used in moderation or excess
over long period. A young man who
had been under treatment for alcohol
ism and had made splendid improve
ment, appetite good, sleep natural and
all functions apparently normal He
had been without liquor in any form
for II days.
While attending a fve-cent theater
and watching the moving pictures he
was taken with delirium tremens of
violent form, This would indicate
that there was an underlying cendi-
ton, which was not evident from the
symptoms shown"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Encampment Comes to an End.

The 1909 encampment of the Missis-
sippi national guard the most successful
in the history of the organization, was
brought to close Friday, and the 1000
troops who participated in the twelve
day event departed for their homes. The
officers of the national guard, from Gov
Noel down to the last corporal in the
rear ranks, were unanimous in the YER
dict that the enoampment was the great
est ever held by the national guard, that
every feature was perfect, and that the
people of Jackson did everything in their
power for the pleasure and entertain
ment of the troops during the period
spent in camp.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06

e OR the benefit of people who have
/ developed a great fondness for the
so-called Turkish and Egyptian ciga-
rettes, the state department at Wash
ington has made an investigation of
the tobacco industries of the east.
Practically all Of the Turkish tobacco
comes from Samsoun, in the district
of TrebiZOnd
Large quantities of the Trebizond
tobacco are sold by the Turkish grow
ers to Egypt, where it is used to
brighten the tobacco obtained from
other parts of Turkey. The Trebizond
tobacco, according to the United States
consular agents, is weak, has very lit
tie aroma and large, very light col
ored leaves which do not keep we'll.
The Samsoun and Bafra tobaccos are
stronger, have more aroma, do not
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Alcohol Debases.

1.-THE mean man shall be brought
down, and the mighty man shall be
humbled." Alcohol makes the mean
man by making him weak as child
in his efforts to break its shackles.
Experts tell us that insanity is de-
generacy. Alcohol produces temper
airy insanity, which leaves a perman-
emit degeneracy. Alcohol not only
brings to the surface all the bad that
is in a man, it seems to generate evil
by making the truthful man a liar,
the chaste man impure, and the lover
OF his family a wild beast who beats
his wife and children without cause
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Chautauqua Crowds Increase.

From those who have visited the Mis-
sissippi Chautauqua grounds at Crystal
Springs it is gathered that the attend
ance at the pleasant and classic resort
has been beyond expectation, while the
entertainment has been of an unusually
attractive class, both literary and his
trionic The management got bad
start, owing to the fact that the weather
during the opening week was villainous-
" hot and not at all conducive to travel,
even short distance,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
IN "DRY" CHAMPAIGN.

Business Defies Depression" In Well
Known Illinois City Under Prohibit
ton.
-Four hundred thousand dollars
which went over saloon counters in
Champaign, ILL.,, under wide open sa-
loon conditions now goes over the
counters of reputable merchants. This
added to the like amount not earned
while loafing about saloons gives an
idea of the benefit to our community
from Prohibition" writes f. P Ven
non, prominent banker of Champaign,
to the Associated Prohibition Press.
'Under Prohibition" continues Bank
er Vernon, savings banks deposits have
increased 80 per cent in three months.
So great an increase in cash and col
lections has resulted under Prohibition
that the leading department store pro-
prietor, always heretofore in favor of
licensed saloons, is now emphati<ally
against them. In an interview this de-
partment store proprietor declares that
his orders and collections have mate
rally increased and that he is now get
ting much of the 100000 which for
merly went over the saloon bar"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Smith Is Number SixtY-One.

The register of penitentiary popula-
ton and the statistics relative thereto
show Charles r. Smith as No 81, the
noted convict having fallen heir to the
of life term prisoner This is the pol
icy of the penitentiary department, when
long term prisoner is brought in, in
stead of giving him or her a serial or
sequence number, to pick up a vacant
number, such as was done in the Smith
case, and by such number he will, as
long as he remains a prisoner, be Off
cially known, addressed and recognized,
just as any other prisoner is known and
has his existence.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
o D @ 0 O 0 o o o o 0 . Q o Q
PERSONAL LIBERTY ENDS I
WHERE WRONG OR ROW.
DYiSM BEGINS.
CRIME RECORD CUT IN TWO.

Ohio City of Twenty five Thousand
Gets Instant Relief Under Prohibi-
ton Law.
GAINESVILLE, O., population 24,S56, af-
fords another striking illustration of
the solid benefit which Prohibition,
even bylocal enactment, brings to city.
During the first four months of 1909,
Jan. l to April 30, inclusive, the total
number Of arrests decreased 81 per
cent as compared with the total num-
Der of arrests for the first four months
in 1908, when the saloons were open.
For the same months drunkenness
shows a direct decrease of II per cent
under Prohibition.
Arrests decreased from 573 in 1908
-four months) to 274 in 1909 Gour
months). and for the same period ar
rests for drunkenness decreased from
$50 to IS under Prohibition.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06

REPRESENTATIVE TAWNEY, who
N is chairman of the house appro-
priations committee and lives in Wi
mona, Mimi, read in the morning pa
pers the other day the itinerary of
Mr.. Taft's western trip, and it did not
mention Winona. Mr. Tawney is the
man who engineered the $4,000 ap-
preparation for the presidents travel
ing expenses, and he called to find out
president agreed to put Winona on
his travelling map not, as he ex-
planned, on account of the appropria-
ton, but because he remembered
story President Roosevelt had told.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Taft as Bachelor in the White House

The president has happily solved
the problem of disposing of the long
evenings by taking long autmobile
rides about the city and suburbs. He
usually starts out on these trips about
$3.50 o'clock, returning to the White
House at IL or afterward. Capt. Arch
ibald Butt, the presidents aide, Is al
ways his companion on these jour
neys and usually the president tele-
phones an invitation to some cabinet
officer, senator or representative, and
stops at the guests house or club to
pick him up. The evening rides often
extend out into the beautiful Rock
Creek park, which stretches for miles
along the little waterway whose name
it bears. At other times Mr.. Taft has
his chauffeur drive about the city or
on the Potomac park driveways,
which skirt the river back of the White
House and the monument grounds.
Arising at about seven o'clock the
president gives nearly an hour to
dumb-bells, pulley weights and other
forms of exercise prescribed for him.
He breakfasts slowly and usually
alone. During his morning meal and
for half an hour or so afterward, the
president reads the newspapers. Be-
tween $3.50 and 10 he begins his busy
day in the executive Offices. At 1870
comes luncheon at the White House
always with some invited guest for
company. The afternoon is devoted
to golf, for the president hopes to
play every afternoon that he remains
in Washington. Dinner always finds
guests assembled and usually 1t Is
an informal and delightful meal,
which begins a little after seven
o'clock and sometimes continues for
ON hour and half
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Vardaman Announces.

Ex-Gov Vardaman, in signed article
in the Issue, assures his friends and
many inquirers as to his political inten-
tions; that he expects to be candi-
date for the United States senate, but
is not going to be hurried into cam
paign ahead of time. He expects to
follow up his present line of work, both
on the lecture platform and at the edi-
torial desk, and will not begin a cam
paign until 1911. Gov. Vardaman also
intimates that he is not going out on a
scalping expedition when he does take
the stump.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
State After Railroad.

The State of Mississippi and the Mis-
sissippi railroad commission has drawn
first blood in the litigation instituted to
compel the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City Railroad Company to change the
course of its track so as to run through
the town of Decatur, in Newton county,
instead of running more than mile to
the west of it, as at present. The suit
is for the enforcement of the constitu-
tional provision which requires that
where a railroad runs within three miles
of county seat town it shall run
through the town itself.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Oppose Negro Farmers Union.

Not content with the summary exPul-
sion of Col Thomas S. Haynie, one of its
erstwhile leaders, from membership in
the organization, the Mississippi branch
of tie Farmers Union is preparing to
wage a war on Col. Haynie's movement
to form negro branch of the Farmers
Union in this State. While no official
reports have been made, it is stated that
the movement to organize a negro Farm
ers' Union has thus far made very small
headWaV
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Wireless in Mississippi.

One dozen wireless telegraph stations
will be in operation in Mississippi before
the close of the year. Promoters of the
Massey system of wireless telegraphy
are now arranging for the establishment
of these stations Arrangements have
been perfected for the stations at Vicks-
burg and Meridian, contracts entered
into for the sites, ETC., and the COM
pany's promoters will next arrange for
stations in Jackson, Natchez, Hatties-
burg, Greenwood, Columbus, Greenville,
Aberdeen, Winona, Laurel and the other
larger towns of the State.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-06
Will Invite Governors.

Secretary John f. Mckay of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition Associa-
tion, and manager of the State Fair, pro-
poses as an additional attraction to Sc
cure the attendance of as many as pos
sible of the governors of the Mississippi
Valley States for one day during the
fair. 1t is proposed to have some TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty of the governors make
the trip from st, Louis down the Mis-
sissippi river with President Taft as far
as New Orleans and return overland.