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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
HARMONY RESTORED.
A.. 3. G. A. ROAD WILL NOW GET
MONEY TO FINISH ORIGINAL
PLANS.

New Orleans, Mar. 20.-Under the
terms of an agreement reached by at
torneys representing all parties con-
eerned, Receiver Preston s. Ark.
wright, of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad, rendered his
resignation to Judge Don NJ. Pardee,
of the United States circuit court,
and Samuel F. Parrot, of Atlanta,
was named to act in the management
of the property with Receiver H. NJ.
Atkinson.
This action of Mr. Arkwright re-
stores complete harmony among the
bondhOfders and officials of the rail
road and puts an end to the threat
ened litigation before Judge Pardee.
1t also means that the unfinished
portions of the railroad and terminals
will be Immediately completed, as the
bondholders have agreed to furnish
the funds needed for this work
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
LEAKEsv1LLE GREENE COUNTY, MISS FRIDAY MARCH 2e
TAFT URGED REVISION
EXTRA SESSION CALLED TO RE.
WISE TARIFF LAWS, STATES
PRE- ESIDENT IN MESSAGE.

Washington, Mar. 17.-President
Taft's message to congress follows:
"To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
Il have convened the congress in
this extra session in order to enable
it to give immediate consideration to
the revision of the Dingley tariff act.
Conditions affecting production, man
ufacture and business generally have
so changed in the last twelve years
as to require readjustment and re-
vision of the import duties imposed
by that act. More than this, the pres
ent tariff act, with the other sources
of government revenue, does not fur
nish income enough to pay the au-
thoriZed expenditures. BY July 1st
next the excess of expenses over the
receipts for the current fiscal year
will equal $1OO,OOO,oO0.
"The successful party pledged re-
vision. The country, and the business
community especially. expect it.
For these reasons 1 have deemed
the present to be an extraordinary oc-
casion, requiring the calling of an ex-
ira session.
In my inaugural address 1 stated
in summary way the principles up
on which in my judgment the revision
OF tariff shoald proceed, and indicated
at least onS new source of revenue
that might be properly resorted to in
order to avoid a future deficit. 1t
is not necessary for us to repeat what
then said
Il venture to suggest that the vital
business interests of the country re-
quire that the attention of the con-
gress in this session be chiefly de-
voted to the consideration of the new
tariff bill, and that less time be given
to other subjects Of legislation in this
session, the better for the country.
(Signed) "WM H. TAFT.
1.-THE White House, March 16, 1909"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
COOPERS cONvICTD.
JURY IN CASE OF cooPERs FoR
KILLING cARMAcK AGREE ON
TWENTY YEAR TERM.

Nashville, Tenn, Mar. 22.-NudlAs
OF murder in sAe second degree, wiEh
twenty years imprisonment as the
penalty, was the verdict Of the h1ry
Saturday in the case against Buaean
B. Cooper and Robin j. Cooper for
the staying of former United Stnaos
Senator %. W. Carmaek.
Immediately the defense moved be
set aside the verdict OF Disagreement
of FRIDAY and asked the eOuxt ts
declare It miskrf$l Judge Hart
said he would listen to arguments ON
this notion later He tken Gxed tAe
defendants bond at $2S6cW each
which amount was acceptable 10 both
sides
After fling bond totalin9 nearly
a million and a half, Colonel D. ID.
Cooper and Robin j. CoopS 1ArsG
to the home Of Judge J. G. BrS&fsrd
tonight, and discussed the next move
in the case.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Mid Pacific. - | am on the trail
of the American missionary. His
footprints are large and deep and
many, and l shall certainly come up
with him. Then we shall know what
sort of individual he is-whether a
haloed saint, as the religious papers
represent, or a double-dyed knave, as
many other papers and people assert,
or plain, everyday American, try
ing to do an extraordinary job to the
best of his ability.
Rather queer, isn't it, that after hav-
ing been in the business of exporting
missionaries for well-nigh a hundred
years, America should actually know
no little about the article himself, and
be so decidedly divided as to his
value?
For the American missionary has
been more a subject of controversy
than American canned beef. Hundreds
of persons who have visited foreign
parts and say that they know, and
thousands who declare that they have
their information straight" declare
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
SHORT ITEMS.

Newark, N. J.-Following her re-
lease on bond Of $4,000, made through
her son-in-law, Mrs. Francis j. Ridley,
of Atlanta, charged with the theft of
a fve-karat diamond ring, valued at
$780, announces that she will sue the
RAILROAD for damages.
Cincinnati, O-Being so instructed
by United States Judge Sayler, the
jury in the district court returned a
verdict for the defendant in the case
of the McKell estate against the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, an ac-
tisn to obtain $3,750,0OO on an al
legged contract.
Richmond. Va.-For killing his for
mer sweetheart in moment of jeal-
Gus rage, 2c~ jamin Gilbert was cleo
trocut2d in the state penitentiary
here, where all criminals in this state
are put to death.
Elkins, w. Va.-Joseph Brown,
Sd1u " nave DCCn d1 CA-COuf1CA, WHO
shot and seriously wounded Chief of
Police Scott White, at Whitmer, was
taken from Jail by a crowd of men
and hanged upon a telegraph pole.
Hazlehurst, Miss-Geo. w. Coving-
ton, president of the Bank of HazIe-
hurst, was injured, it is believed IA
tally, and his wife severely hurt,
when their automobile was struck by
a passenger train of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad.
London-Proof of the awakening
interest of Great Britain in the sub
ject of aviation is seen in the inter-
national aeroplane exhibition, the first
ever held. witch began at the Olyn-
=.
Washington n.-Louis A. Coolidge, as
sistant secretary of the treasury in
charge OF the financial bureaus of the
department, has resigned Mr. Cool
idge VIII be succeeded by Charles B.
Noctcm, Of Chicago, a personal friend
of Secretary MacVeagh.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
BOY KIDNAPPED
ElGHT-YEAR-BOY OF ATTORNEY
WHITLA STOLEN FROM SCHOOL
IN SHARON, PA.

Sharon, Pa, Mar. 19.-Ten thousand
dollars ransom is demanded for the
return of William Whitla, Attorney
James P. Whitlas S-year-old son, who
was spirited away from school by an
unknown man, furnishing a mystery
which the detectives of the country
are being asked to solve. Accompa-
nying the demand for ransom is a
covert threat that the boy will be
killed unless the money is produced.
Hundreds of kilograms and tele-
phone messages have been sent to
s6e police of various cities asking
their assistance in the search for the
boy and his abductors. The first fruit
Of those came when Chief of Police
Grain, of this city, received word that
a rig, in which the lad had been taken
away, had been recovered at Warren,
Ohio, with the child's hat on the seat
of the buggy
A stranger drove up to TIE East
ward school house, where young
Whitla is pupil, and told the janitor
the lad was wanted at once at his
fathers Office When the janitor ap-
peared with the boy, the stranger
smiled and helped him up to the seat
beside him. He then drove off in the
direction of Mr. Whitlas Office.
Later Mrs. Whitla received the fol-
lowing letter:
eve have your boy and will return
him for $4,000. Will see your ad-
vertisement in the papers. Insert in
Indianapolis News, Cleveland Press,
Pittsburg Dispatch, Youngstown Vim
dicator: "A. A VIII do as request
ed. ]. P. W. Dead boys are not de-
sirable."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Motor Boat Races TODAY.

Palm Beach, Fla, March. 16-Al-
though the absence of the Dixie H.,
Americas fastest motsr boat, de-
tracts somewhat from the interest of
the motor boat races which began on
Lake Worth today, there is large
enough list of entries in the races
to satisfy the motor boat enthusiasts
assembled here from all parts of the
United States. The Dixie has been
shipped abroad to compete in the in
ternational races at Monaco.
The motor boat races are sailed on
Lake Worth, long, narrow inlet of
the sea, separated from the ocean by
strip of sand The races will last
four days. The main feature of Fri
day, the closing day, will be a ninety
mile endurance run at maximum speed
for all boats entered in the other
events.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Last Speech Made in Cooper-Sharp
Trial

Nashville, Tenn, Mar. 16.-The gem
eral belief that the case would go to
the Jury yesterday caused the largest
crowd yet assembled to try to get
into the court house for the final
scenes of the trial of Colonel D. B..
Cooper, Robin Cooper and John D.
Sharp, for the murder of former
United States Senator E. w. Carmack
BAT there was another delay. After
Attorney General McCarn had closed
for the state, Judge Hart announced
that he had not completed the charge,
but hoped to have it ready some
time Tuesday
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.

Albany, Ga.-Wtth the Flint river
nearly 2S feet above low~water mark,
and reports reaching here of vary
heavy rains in middle Georgia the
fear is Justified of food which wA
break all records.
Paris.-The great strike of the en-.
ployees Of the peStonsce department,
which has pgaottcaAy isolated Parie
and cut of France from c0Infnunhca-
tdon with the outside world for the
past week, collapsed.
New Ycrn-SeveA ocean liners
which arrived here hnonght to Amer.
tca nearly 10000 immigrants, m~Ir1ne
the arrivals for the day che largest
in the history of the port with per
haps a single exception.
The immigration ofscers say this
year likely will break adj the records.
Evansville, Ind.-Fiye were killed
and a score injured in an explosion
at the Sunnysiie mine.
Fort Deposit, AIa-Fort Deposit
and vicinity were visited by one Of
the heaviest wind and rain staynaa
since that Of last April.
Canton, Ga.-Colonel Thomas C.
Crenshaw has sold the Mary Lee gold
mine to Judge James Freeborn, a
New Jersey. It is stated that the
new owners will at once install up.te-
date mining machinery and put te
work large force of hands.
Des Moines, Iewa-Safe b1ewers
dynamited the safe of the First Ma
tional bank, Of Imogene, Page eoun.
ty, and took all of the cash ON hand.
ngton.-Presiden: Taft viii in
the near future make two judicial aP-
pointments in the south which will
be of tremendous significance They
will indicate clearly his future policy
with respect to such appointments.
Hawkinsville, Ga-Oae of the larg
est land deals that has occurred in
south Georgia recently was the pur
chase of the plantation of Hon. Pope
Brown by the Hawkfnsviile Loan and
Abstract Company. The plantation
consists of G.0o0 acres.
Jacksonville. Fla.-Sheriff W. NJ
Langs ION, of Leon county, was shot
by a desperate negro named MORT
son, whom he was trying to arrest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
English Fear Our H~raas.

London, March 22-tfhe opening Cd
the English racing seascn this week
with the Lincolnshire handfcap be-
gins a season full of interest to sports
men on both sides Of the Atlantic.
Many of Americas best runners are
entered in the big English events, and
leading native horssmcn have given
IT as their belief that the foreigners
will carry off some OF the stakes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26

Train Jumped Track, Three Killed
Charlotte, N. CA fast passenger
train on the Atlantic Coast Line
sumped the track at Pikeville, flag
station between Goldsboro and Will
Rnington. killing the engineer and fire.
man, and brakeman. Conductor w.
81. Newell and several passengers
we're seriously injured.
Montreal-Four persons are dead
and thirty others were more or less
seriously injured as the result of the
blowing out of a wash pipe on the
locomotive of the Canadian Pacific
railway. Scalding steam filled the
cab, and the engineer and fireman
were forced to jump. The train,
without a guiding hand at the throt
tie, dashed into the Windsor street
station, through the granite wall, in
to the women's waiting room, and
then into the rotunda, where the 10
co@otive, after denrolishing one mas
sive granite pillar, was brought to a
Rtandstiu by another.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
new TARIFF BILL
ESTIMATED REVENUE PRODUCED
BY CHANGE IN DUTIES $3,ooo,-
600 ANNUALLY.

Washington, Mar 1S.-The new
tariff bill introduced by Representa-
tive Payne provides for an inheri-
tance tax; increased internal revenue
tax on cigarettes; a $40,000,G00 issue
of Panama canal bonds; an issue of
$l6o.ooo,e0o in treasury certificates
and the imposition of duties on a
maximum and minimum basis.
Coffee, hides and iron ore are on
the free list; boots and shoes, leath-
er goods, steel and iron products, lum-
ber, wool shoddy and waste are ma
terially reduced. Tea is taxed eight
cents a pound.
An internal revenue tax on beer and
whisky Is not disturbed The bill, it
Is estimated, viii produce $500, 900
FSs'enue from customs.
The duty on refined sugar is re-
duced $500 of a cent a pound and Oh
dextrin half a cent pound. A re-
ductton Of one-half cent a pound is
also made in the duty on starch, with
the exception of potato starch. Zinc
in ore is assessed one cent per pound
for the zinc contained. The tariff on
pig iron is reduced from 81 to $3.50
per ton.
The principal increases are made in
tho duties on lemons, cocoa and sub
stftutes for coffee, coal tar, dyes,
gloves and coated papers and litho-
graphic prints
The inherictance tax provisions Of
the bill is similar to the New York
state law. 1t provides a tax of per
cent on all inheritances over $500
that are collateral inheritances or in
which strangers are the litage.
In cases of direct inheritances the
prescribed taxes are: On $4,000 to
100000 one per cent; on 100000 to
100000 two per cent, and on those
over $500,009, three per cent.
It is estimated that $20,000,000 an
nually Will be derived from this tax.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
savinn Babies Their Aim.

New York, March 16.-Philanthro-
.pists, sociologists and others interest.
ed in the saving of babies lives met
here today in a conference to plan
the establishment of an academy for
the instruction of mothers in the prop.
er care of children. Theconfereence
was held under the auspices of the
recently organized infant Science
academy, the founder and leading
spirit of which is Mrs. Gibson Arnold
of this city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Report Of Cotton Bureau

MISUNDERSTANDING bales Of oct
ton numbering 13,40S;S41, OF average
gross weight of 505.S pounds, all
equivalent to 13,56G.942 flve-Gundrei-
pound bales, with 1881 &nners op-
ersGng, was the final report OF the
census bureau on the cotton crop
grown in 1908 The outlook is now
the acreage in cotton this year will
be about what 1t was last.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
John .. Sharp Acquitted,

Nashville, Tenn.-When the jury re-
turned a verdict of acquittal for John
D. Sharp, charged with the murder
of former United States Senator E.
W. Carmack, and declared it was
'hopelessly tied up as to the Coop
ers," it was generally conceded that
the end of the famous case had been
reached.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
New kexstone Senator.

Harrisburg, Pa, March 16.-In sep
arate session today the two houses
of the Pennsylvania legislature met
and elected George T. Oliver, RepDb-
lcan, of Pittsbug, to serve in the
United States senate the unexpired
term of Philander C. Knox, who left
the senate to become secretary of
state
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
He Shot His Guest

Pensacola, Fla, Mar. 17.-In the
midst of merry-making in which the
host and his most personal friend
were taking leading part, A. B. Geb-
hardt shot and instantly killed John
Maxwell.
The shooting was accidental and
was due to Gebhardt giving an imi-
tation of how he would defend him
self from the attack of highwaymen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Head-on Collision.

Chattsworth, Ca, Mar 16.-in a
head-on collision between two freight
trains on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, near OalEman, Engineers
Charley Hanson, of Etowah, Tenn,
and Brakeman Goodman, of Atlanta,
were instantly killed, and Fireman J.
F. Hicks, of Marietta, was perhaps
fatally injured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Galloway Out Gambler In

Atlanta, Mar. 16.-Hon. c. Murphy
Gambler, of DeKaM, recently chosen
to succeed himself as representative
from that county, was yesterday ap-
pointed by Governor Smith member
of the state railroad commission to
succeed Hon. Fuller E. Galloway, Of
LAGRANGE, resigned. Both the resig-
nation and appointment are effective
April 1.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Conference of Presidents

Washington.-The suggestion from
the City of Mexico of a conference of
Central American presidents with the
idea of removing all possible causes
for Intervention by the United States
and Mexico, was the subject of gos-
sip at the state department and in
the Central American colony.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Sons of Erin in Line Today.

New York, March 1E-To the music
of scores of bands playing Irish airs,
$4,000 descendants of Irishmen march
ed today in the big st. PatricK's day
parade in this city.
Today's procession was the biggest
Irish parade in the history of the city
and was unusually imposing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26

tives, and sundry other forms of mer-
chaadise. But the church members, as
church members, who put up the
money, prOfited not at all by this.
Apparently, the missionaries them
selves, of whom America maintains
3,17S in Japan, China, Korea, the Phil
ippines, Burma, Siam, India, Thibet.
Persia, Turkey, Egypt and the South
American countries, do not get rich
out of this vast SUES. According to the
official figures, which / gathered be-
fore leaving the United States, the
missiOnary's salary ranges from moth
ing to $500 a year The last-named
figure is paid to veterans of the Bap-
tist denomination, who are married
and have families: the former repre-
sents the salary promised to the mis-
sionaries of the China Inland Mission.
the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
and a few other undenominational
bodies
What 1t Pays to Be Missionary.
The unmarried college-bred man
who goes to the foreign field gets
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
First Georgia Appointment by Taft

First Georgia Appointment by Taft.
Washington.-Mrs Alice B. Bussey,
Of Cuthbert, was today reappointed
postmaster at Cuthbert, the first Geor-
gia postmaster whose name was sent
in to the senate for confirmation by
President Taft.
Judge Adamson has introduced a
bill providing for increasing the sal
aries of rural carriers to $50 per month
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Honor Cleveland In New York

New YOrk-In the metropolis OF
the nation America honofs the only
man who was ever elected to the pres
fdency, then defeated for that Office
and again elected. Thursday would
have been the seventy-second birth
day of Grover Cleveland if he had not
died last June.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26

Lumber Men Oppose Tariff Changes.
Chicago.-Ruin OF the lumber and
kindred industries in the United
States, with great losses to the west-
ern farmer, mechanic aad lAberinx
men, and special benefits for Cana
da, is foreseen by Chicago lumber
men If the tariff changes of the PAYNE
bill goes into effect.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Many Injured in New York Fire.

New York.-More than a dozen
persons were injured and many mem
bers of twenty-four families had mar
row escapes from death by fire when
a seven-story twin apartment build
ing, known as the Fifth avenue apart
mcnts at "a Central park, burned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Liner Makes East Trip.

New York, Mar 16.-The Mallory
liner Brazos, which reached this pert
from Galveston yesterday, made the
fastest trip on record between the two
cities. The ship travelled the 2,26o
miles in four days, Is hours and Is
minutes, an average speed of 1872
knots
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Water Tank Burst Three Killed.

Water ank Burst Three Killed.
Parkersburg, W. Va-Three per-
sons were killed, three others prob
ably fatally injured, and many more
slightly hurt, and ten or more houses
completely wrecked, and forty more
badly damaged, when the two large
water tanks supplying this city with
water burst early this morning.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
s15,ooo,ooo iron 6 Cement Company.

Augusta, Ga.-With the purpose of
organizing a gigantic company for the
working of the iron and cement beds
of Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama,
Hinto Graves Lee, a former Angus
tan, is again in the city. Mr.. Lee
announces that the headquarters of
the company, which is to be capital
lied at $15,cOO,O00, are to be located
here and will be opened within sixty
days.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Boy Left Millions.

Augusta, Ga, Mar. IA. G. Dick
inson, who is stopping a9she Bon Air
hotel here, was infcrmSd in a tele-
gram that his son, Hunt Tilford Dick
inson, had been left a fortune of $4,-
100000 by his uncle, the late Wesley
Hunt Tilford.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Woman Novelist Dead.

Lynchburg, Va, Mar 17.-Mrs Eli
nor MacCartney Lane, the novelist,
died here. She had been i'll for sew
eral days and was ON her way south
with her husband, Dr.. Francis R Lane,
to recuperate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Edward w. Durant, Jr, Succeeds

Washington, Mar. 17-President
Taft's action in sending to the senate
the name of Edward W. Durant, Jf.,
a white republican, to be collector of
the port of Charleston to succeed Will
liam D. Crum, the negro collector, has
greatly delighted the democrats in
congress.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Uprisino in Cuba,

Havana, Mar. 1.-THE first armed
uprising against the new Cuban repub-
lie occurred last night within little
more than six weeks after the inaugu-
ration of General Gomez as president.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Charge to Jury DELAYED.

Nashville, Tenn, Mar 17-Another
one of those tedious delays which
have marked the Cooper-Sharp trial
for the murder of former United
States Senator E. W. Carmack, pre-
vented Judge Hart from charging the
jury.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Depot at Louisville Destroyed.

Louisville.-By the destruction, at
a loss of 100000, of the union depot,
the local terminal for five of the
country's chief railroads, Louisville
will probably benefit by a new union
station.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Child Labor Conference.

New Orleans-Three hundred and
eighteen delegates have been appoint
ed by the governors of various states
in the south to attend the Child La
Dor Conference, to be held in New
Orleans March %, 80, 81.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
Helping the Little Ones.

New York-At a meeting of some
of the leading physicians of this city
plans will be made to enlist the ser
Yices of the medical profession in the
war being waged on infant mortality
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-03-26
WilIed 100000 to Hopkin, Child.

WHICH %TUU5UUU 70 Hopkins Child.
st. Louis.-JOsephine Lawrence
Bennett Hopkins, the three-months-ols
great-granddaugh of DR.. ]. J. Law
renee, former resident Of st. LeuiS,
is made sole residuary legatee OF the
estate Of DIR. Lawrence, worth $r,Aee,.
900 or more.