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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
All Saloons Bad.

Clinton N. Howard of Rochester, N.
Y, spoke in Chicago recently under
the auspices of the Chicago Law and
Order league on What Shall We Do
with the Lawless Saloon?"
There Is just 100 per cent. of the
saloons that are lawless," declared
the speaker. "a lawless saloon sells
liquor wherever, whenever, however
and to whomever 1t pleases. You can
not leave it alone, for it will not
leave you alone.
Those who pay the bitter price OF
the saloon are the mothers, the wives
and children, those who do leave 1t
alone"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

While Land Commissioner Gillespie is
over on the Pacific side of the continent,
doing the Alaska-Yukon exposition and
taking turn through the Yukon coun-
try itself, the forces of his department
are experiencing carnival of work,
having been in rush for several days
keeping up with the land redemptions
that have been pouring in during the
past week. This rush has been unprece-
denied, and all the work emanates from
the county of Harrison, or practically all,
being the result of the forfeiture of
large tracts of lands which were delin-
quent in 1906, and since which time
they have been held for redemption.
During the three years the accumulation
of damages has increased with each year,
and, as an illustration, one parcel which
was delinquent in 1906, the taxes and
damages on which amounted to $1.80,. is
now held for redemption at $11.20, in
Guiding county and State redemption
fees. These delinquent Harrison county
lands are all practically within the limits
of Gulfport, and now there is rush Of
the owners who are anxious to reclaim.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Builders VS.. Wreckers.


In the great work of developing the
lest that there is in a municipality, dis
riot, State or nation, there are two
forces continually in conflict, striving to
overcome or counteract the influence and
achievements of the other. These are
the builder and the wrecker. One striv-
ing to build up and the other endeav
oring to tear down; one trying to create
and the other just as active in the eff
fort to destroy; one with a fixed and
steady purpose to improve, and the
other equally as determined to counter
act the effect of the work of the first.
As result of the success of the sec
ond, there comes a third that can best
be termed a scayenger; one that feeds
upon the wrecks made and the decay
that ensues. Finding no place with the
creator or builder, nor with the wreckei
until the result Of his efforts has brought
decomposition suitable to his liking,
best described as contemplate being
that exists upon the wreckage and rot
ten debris produced by the second.
1t is a fact from which those who
would see the great State of Mississippi
come into her own that the second and
third in this triumvirate are few in
numbers, and almost entirely lacking in
decency and influence. The great army
of builders has recruited its ranks with
in the past few years until no State in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
JACKSON.
Railroad Receipts Increase.

Two of the most extensive and busiest
railroad systems in the State-in fact,
without doubt, the very busiest-have
come to the front with the statutory
quarterly reports, indicating an improve
ment in business for the past quarter
as compared with that of year pre-
vious. These are the Illinois Central
and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley sys-
tems, whose combined mileage is more
than 40 per cent. of that of all the other
systems operating in the State.
The report of the Illinois Central
shows net revenue of $7s0,S3S.77 for
the quarter, being an increase of $49,-
64s.3s over the quarter ended June 30,
1908. That of the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley gives a net revenue of sos, 23S.75,
which is an increase of $40, S65.29 over
the June quarter last year, and, as is
seen, by the rather peculiar coincidence
of figures, the net increase in each case
is practically the same, with little more
than 5000 difference.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

the sisterhood can present a more solid
! phalanx or formidable array. These re-
cruits come from every station or walk
IN life. They come from the mansion
to the humblest home in the land. Their
labor is freely given for a cause that
has for its object the general betterment
of conditions in Mississippi. They are
loyal, true and generous, willing that
the neighbor may profit as well as them
selves. The result of their efforts is to
be seen upon every hand, and the State
is undergoing a transformation for the
better that is exceedingly gratifying to
| all.
! The few wreckers may be no less ac-
tive, but their puny efforts are iof little
CT no avail. Their assaults upon those
engaged in the building process are usu-
! ally understood, and without effect.
Malicious attacks upon the men who are
endeavoring to create fall fiat, and little
in the way of destruction takes place.
| Hence the last, the scavenger, is almost
without place, and not deserving of con-
| sideration.
Now, my dear reader, you are aligned
with one of these forces. Which is it
Are you engaged in building, trying to
make the country better and more pros
porous, or are you endeavoring to tear
down and counteract the work of the
builder? Have you enlisted in the cam
paign to make our people happier and
more prosperous, or do you sympathize
with and actively aid the wrecker?
This is a proposition well worthy of
consideration by every good citizen. We
need builders, and not wreckers. When
a movement for the general good is in
augurated, there should be hearty and
willing support, and no pulling back or
hindering Mississippi is moving up
ward, and pushers are needed, and not
knockers. The men actively engaged in
the work deserve cooperation, and not
maligning
Conditions are improving, and the
army of builders is growing. The wreck
ers are growing scarcer, and the scaven.
gers are almost without job. Let it
be sincerely hoped that both of the lat
ter classes will become totally extinct
during the next few years.
Sheep owners in Harrison County
pooled their wool this year, and recently
sold $500 bales for thirty cents per
pound. A Mobile firm was the successful
bidder, after a spirited contest. The
price realized was far ahead of what
would have been paid had each man act
ed Independently. 1t was powerful
argument in favor of pooling and selling
in lump, or when the market demand
ed it, just what the Farmers Union is
endeavoring to accomplish by building
warehouses and holding the cotton crop.
The wool growers were so well pleased
with their cooperative experiment that
it viii be made stronger and better in
the future. On the 31st, meeting of
those interested was held at McHenry,
and wool growers association formed
A good membership was placed upon the
rolls to begin with, and it is believed
that practically all the sheep owners will
join and aid the good work so well be-
gun.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
wouId Be Valuable knowledge.

Az Austrian physician insists that
every man has bad day periodically
"a day when everything goes wrong
for him and when his mental and
physical powers are at their worst. 1t
is too bad that the physician is un-
able to furnish chart whereby every
mans of days might be readily indi-
Gated. thus making 1t possible for
his family to take steps to keep him
from buying things on margins.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
CHICAGO TRIBUNE POINTS
OUT SIZE OF PRoHIBl-
TON ISSUE.

"As an economic question
neither the tariff nor the gold
and silver issue is in it with the
drink problem" declares the
Chicago Tribune, June 6, 1909,
in a forcefuI discussion of the
Prohibition issue by DR.. Madi-
son c. Peters.
allow to Enrich the People;
Abolish the Evil of Drink" 10
the headline of the Tribune's
article.
Continuing, the Tribune says:
1.-THE entire amount received for
tariff is approximately $225, o00,-
600 per annur, while the total
output of gold in this country is
$1o0,000,o00 per annum and the
silver produced is perhaps $780,
100000, or, combined, as much
as the annual liquor bill of New
York city, which is estimated at
100000 a day.
mo power of legislation and
no power that can be obtained
Ny t&6OT S@U HGtP
the laboring man who spends
his money in drink. IL is esti-
mated that fully one-half Of the
drink bill comes out of the
wages of the workingmen. The
wage classes of the United
States cannot support some
thing like 100000 liquor dealers
and their families and pay the
enormous rents of their dram
shops and hope to prosper them
selves.
"lf the money now wasted on
drink were used to promote our
productive industries, il the
money now spent in the sal ,ns
were spent in the stores, there
would be such revival Of bust.
ness throughout the land that
we would think the millennium
had dawned upon u.s."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
cne Of the Worlds or.a. Rivers.

The Nelson river may be described
rs one of the greatest rivers of the
world as regards the actual volume
of water discharged into the Hudson
bay. Its total length is approximate
ly 400 miles, and the drainage area is
tremendous Its tributaries cover the
whole of Manitoba, the greater por-
ton OF Alberta, Saskatchewan. North
Dakota and Ontario west of thu Great
Lakes, where the3 also enter Mon
tana and Minnesota.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

The report of the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad Company of receipts and ex-
penditures for the June quarter, 1909,
shows there was an increase over the
same quarter in 1908. The receipts from
passenger and freight traffic and miscel-
laneous collections was 444,242.10,
while the total expenditures, including
taxes and fixed charges, amounted to
1897 ,65O.46, leaving net revenue ae-
count of $6,591.64. The total receipts
for the June quarter, 1908, was 1884,
O75.6s, while the expenditures amounted
in total to 3,511.23, leaving a net
deficit of $79,435.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Name Fish Commissioner.

At the last days session of the board
of supervisors of Coahoma county, Geo.
p. Graham of Clarksdale was appointed
fish commissioner for the county. The
office was created and appointment made
as result of the contract made by the
board with L. Z. MCGEE of Washington
county for the establishment of hatch
cry at Neon Lake. The new office car
ries with it salary of $75 per month.
Mr.. MCGEE will have associated with
him in this work of restocking Moon
Lake two fish experts from the United
States government, which, in addition
to the high testimonials brought to the
board by the former gentleman himself,
assures the county of a faithful per-
Torrance of his part of the two years
contract, by the terms of which 100000
game fish will be yearly added to the
waters of this popular pleasure resort
of Coahoma county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
High School Located.

Lawrence county comes to the front
with an agricultural high school, to be
located at the crossing point of the
Natchez, Columbia & Mobile with the
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad,
about eleven miles south of Monticello.
Announcement to this effect reached the
office of State Superintendent Powers
from County Superintendent T. L. Bishop
of Lawrence, the board of supervisors
having accepted the proposition of the
property owners and taxpayers, who have
guaranteed large tract of land, to-
gether with good subscription of ready
funds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Encampment Cost 5000.

The encampment committee OF the
Jackson board of trade held their wind
ing-up meeting last week, when Secre-
tary Stephenson submitted all the ac-
counts and charges incurred in connec-
ton with the event, and it was quite
gratifying to ascertain that it was about
an even break between the expenses and
receipts. The expenses had been, in
round numbers, about $1,000, and the
secretary's credit account showed that
the receipts were about the same, so
that there was no demand on the gen.
eral funds of the board.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
BEARING Our Own Burdens.

In the moment Of stress into which
q new grief or a;great anxiety plunges
all human folk now and then, 1t is
quite natural to blab out our woeful
story to the nearest listener. In nine
cases out of ten the recipients of our
condolences do not care. They listen
with curiosity instead of sympathy and
consider one al bally fool for telling al
one knows. Heartaches wear out, JUST
as physical wounds heal. We have
but to wait in patience and silence
This is the stronger AID better way.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Western Union Has Surplus.

The report of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company for the June quarter,
1909, which has just been filed at Jack
son, indicates slight surplus revenue
above taxes and operating expenses for
the three months. The total receipts
amounted to 39,693.22, and the operat-
ing expenses $34, 57O.s5, which, with
$255.O9 paid as taxes, leaves a deduction
account of S34,s25.94, and net revenue
of $4,S67.2S.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Bond Sale Ratlf1ed.

meeting of the Yazoo-Mississippi
Delta Levee Board was held at Clarks-
dale. The meeting was called for the
purpose of receiving the report of the
committee appointed to negotiate the
sale of the $685. 900 bond issue. This
sale was satisfactorily effected with the
Manhattan Bank of Memphis, and the
report of the proceeding, duly rendered
at the meeting, was approved and con-
firmed by the board.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Fairs Increased 400 Per Cent.

According to the records relative to
the fairs now organized in Mississippi,
the number of these enterprises which
have now become practically fixed events
has increased approximately 400 per
cent, or better, during the past five
years. In addition to the regular fairs,
there will be large number of corn club
exhibits, which partake of the nature
of fairs on a somewhat limited scale, and
there will be fully twenty-five counties
in which the progress of the juvenile
corn-growing industry will be demon
stratcd
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
nerIln,s Women petectIves.

Berlin is to have corps of women
detectives. Ten women have been
chosen for the purpose, and will be
put to work on cases requiring femi-
nine intuition as fast as they arrive.
The police department believes that
there are numerous crimes that WON
en- can deal with better than men.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Loses on Telephones.

The report of the Meadville Telephone
Company for the quarter ending June
80, which has reached the capitol, indi-
Gates that that little corporation has
played to losing business. The receipts
amounted to $365.26, while the expenses
were SALSA, leaving a deficit of $46.28.
During the quarter there was paid out
the sum of $54.47 for line extensions, so
that the actual deficit is not so bad as
the figures indicate on the surface.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
A Wayside Observation

What i want you to imm sdiately
do" said the woman with &. deter
mined look, SIS to uncerem9niously
pick up that ak and before eat, ing this
lunch to carefully split some wood.
"Alas!" exclaimed Flooding Pete,
how unreasonable some wonsn are!
They think wood is as easily split as
an iutinitive"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Receipts Show Slump.

The quarterly report of the Gulfport
& Mississippi Coast Traction Company
shows quite slump in business for the
three months under review. The traffic
account, including transportation and
sale of electric current shows total OF
$40 1884, while the expense account for
the same period was $50, 303.S0, which
amounts to a net deficit of $9,914.S6.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
The Proper Question.

The man with the CLASSY eye and
preternaturally solemn demeanor put
down sovereign at the booking Office
ut Charing Cross, and demanded "a
ticket" What station?" snapped the
booking clerk The would-be traveller
eadied himself. What stations
! We your" he asked with quiet dig
y-London Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

Gov, Noel has received his invitation
from the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Water.
way Association and the st. Louis Bust
ness Mems League, to join the company
of governors who are expected to make
the water trip from st. Louis to New
Orleans with President Taft during the
latter part of October, and he will proba-
biy attend,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Chief Justice STAYS Home.

Hon. A. H. Whitfield, the distinguished
chief justice, who had anticipated taking
a little vacation trip, is still at his home
in jackson, and has about decided that
home is good enough for him as sum-
mer resort, and it is probable that he
will not go abroad at all.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Rnxish rReaanninn-

A boy. once inquired why leaves Of
tables were so called, since they did
not resemble leaves in the least. Not
having resolved satisfactory answer
he thought for some time and then
said: Il think know now; they're
called leaves, because you can have
them up or leave them down"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

and follow the wheat with cowpeas. The
second year plant the land to cotton.
The third year plant the land to corn,
and SOW cowpeas in the corn. This plan
gives the land two cowpea crops in
three
Kind of Land for Wheat.
Wheat will grow we'll on practically
any rich, well-drained soil, but makes its
best growth on rich clay or heavy loan
soils. The sandy loan soils, with good
clay sub-soil, will grow wheat. A soil
to grow good wheat must be well drained
and contain organic matter. 1t would
be waste of time and money to plant
wheat on poor land or on land that over
flows There is no crop that responds
so quickly to thorough preparation of
the soil as does wheat. There is no bet
ter crop to precede wheat than cowpeas.
The land that is to be planted i'll wheat
this fall should be planted in cowpeas
now. If the land is thin use from 200
to 800 pounds acid phosphate per acre
under the peas, and when the land is
prepared for wheat this fall use 200
pounds acid phosphate and 200 pounds
cottonseed meal per acre broadcast, and
work into the soil when the wheat is
planted. Do not SOW the wheat until
the soil has been made fine with the har-
row.
When and How to Plant.
The best time to plant is from the
first to the middle of November. Use one
bushel of good seed per acre, and if the
soil is sandy roll it after the wheat is
planted.
Varieties.
1t is important to get an early variety.
The early ripening kinds are damaged
less by rusts and insects. Wheat will
be less liable to rust on well-drained land.
Lancaster. Fultz, Fulcaster, Red Wonder
and Purpose Straw are some of the best
varieties for this section.
Harvesting.
The harvesting should begin when the
grain is fully in the dough stage. If
harvesting is put off until the wheat is
dead-ripe, much grain will be lost by
SCATTERING, and the straw will be worth
little for feed. The wheat should be
bound into bundles, and from twelve to
eighteen bundles put in a shock and
two or more bundles spread on top of
the shock to keep out water. After
the wheat has stood in the shock for
few days, the crop may be stacked in
the barn or threshed. If the weather is
damp, or the wheat not thoroughly cured
when threshed, it is not safe to bulk
the grain in large quantities; it should
be spread out on tight floors or sacked
and put in the sun.
1t is an easy matter to raise twenty
bushels of wheat per acre, and on the
same land, the same season, produce from
one to two tons of peavine hay per acre.
There is from $50 to $40 worth of farm
products per acre, and practically all of
the work done with machinery 1t seems
to me that it is at least as good as from
one-third to one-half bale of cotton per
acre, with practically all the work done
with human labor. E. R. LLOYD.
There are plenty of people to look af-
ter the big things, and entirely too few
watching the little ones.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

"A rich man misses much" You're
right" declared Paw Hoptoad. Il
missed good dog fight in the hotel
lobby yesterday. Thought 1t was the
orchestra playing something from .
grand opcry"-Kansas City Journal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

"Why Every Prohibition Section
Needs >he Help of Uncle SAM" You
can learn the facts about this from
Prohibition National Headquarters, 81
La Sale street. Chicago, III. Please
incloSe stamp.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Capital Is Ready.

Hon. R. H. Henry. chairman of the
citizens committee that is working up
the Jackson-Clinton interurban electric
line scheme, is in receipt of inquiries
from promoters and others, who claim
to be financially able to take practical
part in such an undertaking and carry
it to successful conclusion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
Story Of an Eoq.

Burman Hunter while on trip
near Unadilla found an egg beside
the railroad track. He brought the
egg home and set it under hen, and
now Mr.. Hunter has one Of the finest
11-days-old wild ducks ever Aeen.--
Cordele Rambler
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
| THE MOODY |
MOVEMENT
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. lMoody'sj
Church, Chicago. /

Fifty years ago
there began in
Chicago a relig-
iouS movement
which became the
greatest revival
m O v e m e n t of
the century, the
abundant fruits of
which can be
seen to-day in
every part of the
world. 1t centered
in d. L. Moody,
who resolved in
early life that
no WO111d LOT God
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
All Can Be HELPERS.

It is never true that we are not help
ers; where the fervent heart is. there
is the servant of God, and unto Him
comes ever with work the reward :
Robert Collyer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
puty to safeauard Health.

Hall: Take care of your health
you have no right to become bur
den to yourself and perhaps to 9th
ers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
SAYS The Rural Solomon.

says the Rural Solomon.
"Ef you are Jest little behind the
pace tibet is set for. you. YOU kin take
little comfort in the thought thet
you won't bump so hard when you
land. "-Ros+on Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

Ed Hinson, living in the eastern por
ton of Meridian, received notice that q
band of twenty had organized into q
Christian society" and would take hin
out and whip him if he had not moved
by Tuesday night. Officers in the neigh
borhood are on the lookout and quiet
prevails.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

The sharpshooters are doing much
damage to the cotton crops in the Hol,
landale community. Recent rains have
also been damaging the crop. There
has been no sign of boil weevil in that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

About 1000 people attended the open
ing ceremonies of the Confederate reun-
ion in Louisville. The entire program
was carried through without flaw, and
the event is said to be the most sue
cessful in the history of Louisville
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20

The 1O-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franz Burchfeld, who live about two
miles east of lockwood, was drowned
while in swimming with a number OF
young companions near the home of his
parents.