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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Randolph Enterprise; NJ. II. Abts
returned from the firemen's associa-
ton at Norfolk and reports a very In
teresting session. The next annual
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
About Norfolk.

Winside Tribune; Mrs. farmer Of
Norfolk is suing herself, Now if Mrs.
farmer and Mrs. farmer should chance
to meet would they speak?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

II is remarkable what multitude
of variations the word possibly" GOV.
ers in the weather mans predictions.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Was it the irony of fate? The man
on The News who handled the tele-
gram last Friday, forecasting this
thing, ran out of hard coal about noon
Tuesday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

One of the greatest benefits con-
ferred by the Agricultural department
is in instructing people engaged in
raising different products of the soil
how to combat successfully the insects
and pests of various kinds which are
constantly endangering crops. Until
recently american apple growers suf-
fered losses aggregating millions of
dollars from the destructive opera.
tions of the worm of the soddling
moth. 1t was found that Spanish or
chards We're almost immune from
these ravages and investigation
showed that the worm was there de-
stroyed by a slender wasp like fly.
This fly was imported, notwithstand-
ing our laws against contract labor,
and set promptly at work in the west.
ern orchards where it is rapidly dis.
posing of this enemy of the apple.
Every year records new triumphs over
these little food destroyers and in
time to come, hundreds OF millions of
dollars worth of goods will be saved
in these ways.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

When a woman announces that kin
are coming to see her, she always
adds, i am so glad She may not
be glad, but she says she is.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

We have been fearing this: Link.
Leedy, who left Atchison several
months ago, is coming back. Link. is
about the most worthless man who
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Some fault has been found with the
Globe because it does not describe
dresses worn at parties We tried it
once, but quit it when we found the
printers began saving the dresses, and
picking them up after every party.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Probably you'd cuss the weather
man If he should disappoint us in this
forthcoming cold wave.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

California insists on looking down
the muzzle of the gun, in spite of re.
peated warnings from Washington
that the things loaded
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

You've got fair warning this time -.
don't come down town Monday with
out your overcoat and mittens.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Men who live on their brains must
have been tempted to discard the
brains and live on their muscle We'd
nesday morning. Snow shovellers were
getting IS a day. Maybe SO of that
though, was pay for brain work in
Selling the psychological moment.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

There's a man in Norfolk who hates
to leave town for fear he'll miss some
thing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Take new courage, Men. The
Woman's Hour has not arrived in Nor
folk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Wayne Herald: The engineer of
the west bound passenger train Thurs
day evening was a very much sur
prised individual when he pulled up
at this station to find that he had on
the pilot of his engine a portion of the
roof of building. He had no know
ledge as to how he got it nor where,
but it was there. Probably the wind
had carried it on the track somewhere
between here and Wakefield as it was
not on the engine at that station. The
wind blew hard enough to unroof most
anything.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

The biggest fool is the fool who
steals a horse in winter, and is com.
PEELED to drive it over the country
when the thermometer is below zero.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

An Atchison man and his wife be-
gan a dispute about a passage in the
Bible day before yesterday, and
neither one has done any work since,
they are so occupied looking up ar.
guments in their favor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

You remember that warning from
the weather man last Friday, don't
you?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Some people, after they've been to
city eating in toppy cafes at European
prices, take satisfaction, when they
get home, in figuring up how much
each home-meal would be worth if
they had to pay full price for it in a
big restaurant.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Wayne Democrat: Grandpa Mears
celebrated his ninetieth birthday last
week, his daughter, Mrs. Cross, pre-
pairing big family dinner in his
honor. Not many at the age of ninety
can attend church, find the place in
the hymn book and read without
glasses.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Many women who can stand any
abuse at home, without shedding a
tear, always cry at weddings, funerals,
and Uncle Toms Cabin" shows.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Now how would you like to be
robin?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

The remarkable man is the one who
does something remarkable without
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

From the price of plates at the
forthcoming alligator steak banquet in
New Orleans, it seems apparent that
the promoters are not aware that the
judge is on the water wagon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

A Newman Grove man estimates
that $50 windmills in Madison county
were blown down during the blizzard.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Brstow Enterprise: Dan Kramer
and family had a narrow escape from
being asphyXiated. Their hard coal
stove leaked gas and the family were
nearly suffocated when Mrs Kramer
awoke and managed to get to the tele-
phone and call up the doctor after
which she tainted. DR.. Craft hurried
to the house and soon had them all
out of danger
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

A collector tells startling stories on
YOU if you don't pay your bills. A
collector for a livery stable says that
rich girl hired buggy last July to
take man out riding, and hasn't paid
for the rig yet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

O'Neill Democrat: Gregory, South
Dakota, is celebrating with loud ac-
claim the fact that she has been
awarded the United States land office
for her district. Does it ever occur to
O'Neill that we have cause for con
United States land office in our city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Since the Hadar bank robbery
number of north Nebraska banks have
added new burglar proof safes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

We have noticed that when there is
to be an amateur performance in
town, the friends of the performers
go around and say they are Just
splendid"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Darn that grounding. Or was 1t
his fault?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

There are no more important or
timersome questions, probably, than
temperance and orthodoxy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Neigh Register: Word from Mrs.
j. f. Boyd in Washington states that
she is still unable to be out of doors
though she is gradually improving
from her severe illness.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

A man can't be insulted as a woman
can.
How much old women know that is
not in books!
Some people look so serious that it
becomes pitiful.
Whisky is not as bad as the men
who drink and sell it.
When a man has mean dog, he us
ually takes pride in it.
In winter, children hear little ex-
cept, Study your lessons"
Battle Creeks new fire department
will have about thirty members.
Work is being pushed on Wayne's
splendid new high school building.
How often you are compelled to
grin and bear it! Certainly half the
time.
Ernest w. Cuff formerly of Butte,
Neb., has been appointed deputy state
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
AROUND TOWN.

Get the coal bin filled up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

1t is a rare man who can put on a
new pair of suspenders and get them
right inside of a week.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

1t will come hard on the women,
learning to transfer the confidence
they have had in pins to suspenders
And we warn the women right here
that suspenders are no more reliable
than men are
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Ernest w. Cuff formerly of Butte,
Neb., has been appointed deputy state
treasurer of Idaho
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

City politics will soon warm up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

If you have t, ct, always call a little
baby in long clothes "he." A mother
does not mind it when a girl baby is
called "he," but it makes her furious
to have someone call a boy baby
she"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

He is an unusually reliable man"
said citizen today, speaking of a
friend; "he wouldn't lie unless it
should be to his interest to lie" Is
THAT an unusually reliable MANI"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

People are saying: We'll for heav-
ems sake, there Is time to let up"
Can't you guess what provoked the
remark? (Baby at the house of an
old couple.)
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

A boy today tried to get into GER
tain store, and found it locked. "All
right the boy said, Il don't want in"
That's good philosophy: If you cant
get in, don't want in.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Many a man who has been helped
through school by his father or moth
er, has taken all the credit to him.
self, and never mentioned the efforts
of his parents to give him an educa-
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Work is being pushed on Wayne's
splendid new high school building.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Whisky is not as bad as the men
who drink and sell it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Battle Creeks new fire department
will have about thirty members.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

In winter, children hear little ex
cept, Study your lessons"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

How often you are compelled to
grin and bear it! Certainly half the
time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

When man has mean dog, he us
ually takes pride in it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

A man can't be insulted as a woman
can.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12

Some people look so serious that it
becomes pitiful.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11

j. r Cnrran Is improving bis
l. esidenee
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11
Nola Comes BACK.

Dear Leader i have decided to
reply To- Bro. Conway Summers in
his attempt to reply to my article
of few days ago.
Now, Bro S., you said you did
mot see how | missed the north
pole. / assure you If / hit the
north pole you must live very near
that place, for you made racket.
Now Bro. S., / will have to apollo
gize to you for being so personal,
to-wit: / did not know that you
had only raised two colts since the
war. When / said we mad our
mules and horses raised in Mo-,
did not know you had quit going to
mill in this county; IN fact, you
are more progressive than !
thought. understand you no
longer carry a rock in one end Of
the sack when you 80 to mill; in
fact, you have your corn ground in
the West as suggested by my last
letter. | also learn by one of your
near neighbors that you still use
the dimonl shovel and he thinks
you are considering the matter Of
putting in a one-horse turning
plow very soon.
Now, Bro. S. I am glad to know
you are reading the government
bulletins, but sorry to know you
are not following their instructions.
This year, as you remember, you
farmed according to your own plan
and made IA bushels of corn to the
acre on Topisaw land. as per your
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11


L. P. Schwem and family have
moved into their handsome new
home on Monticello Street.
The Methodist Sunday School
will be held in the Public School
Building tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Drane, of Tennessee, who
has paid so grateful a visit to his
daughter. Mrs. F. v. Becker. has
left for Hattiesburg to visit Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Drane.
Go to Girod. the photo man.
just east of the Commercial Bank
and have your photo made. Your
friend will appreciate it and Girod
has reputation for making such
good photos SO there will be no
chance Of getting bad picture.
The editors home is honored this
week by the presence of DR.. and
Mrs. j. M. Weems, late of Shubuta,
but for thespresent time of the
Methodist Conference now in ses.
sion. DR.. Weems IS one of the
most prominent, intellectual, CON
secrated and useful men Of his
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Penn have
our thanks for an invitation to be
present at the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Lenora, and Mr..
Francis Marion Triplett. The hap
py event will take place at the
home OF the brides parents, on
Wednesday evening, December fif-
teenth, at eight thirty o'clock.
Yesterday afternoon the music
and expression departments Of
Whitworth College demonstrated
before the Conference, and in their
compliment, the excellent work be-
ing done in this line Of education
at the institution. The Recital
was held at the Opera House and
was attended BY a large ccncourse
Of invited guests members of the
Mississippi Conference and visitors.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11

had no bad luck should be out Of
debt and he has not farned and
managed his business intelligently,
or ne would be-.
You say the merchants and bank
ers are in debt. / agree with you,
and there is cause for it. Many
of us have not paid them up. Any
merchant or banker who collects
all that is owing to him and does
not keep out Of debt is very poor
business man and will not be in
business long. Many Of our mer-
chants are not running their busi-
ness. The business is running
them. | speak from experience.
MY business run me SO hard for 5
years till quit.
Bro. S. says we are willing to do
the best we know. must say we
are not doing the best we could
know if we would. The informa-
tion is offered us by the State and
Government, and only few take
advantage of it. The first short
course for farmers at A. and M
College two years ago, there was
only from the State. am glad
to say the number has increased.
We had about 215 this year and lots
Of interest was manifested. ] am
sure the South will be the garden
spot of the world when we learn to
make.o living at home, which we
will have to do under boil weevil
conditions.
am also glad to note the inn
provement in farm work this fall.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11

There is. more oats planted and land
being prepared; more improved
tools used more stalks plowed up:
in fact, more general farm work
being done than ever before. /
also find less opposition to cultural
methods as recommended by the
government than ever before. i
am sure our people realize the
methods of farming will have to
change under boil weevil condi-
ti0ns, and the sooner we change the
method the better it will be.
Now, in conclusion, will say
that we have said IN above is with
best Of feeling for you and all my
brother farmers, and hope you will
take it IN the spirit ! have given
|it, and asI you remind me Of the
oId-fashioned claw hammer coat
which always will have the last
lick, ] grant you that privilege.
With best wishes for success Of
ali, am, the friend Of progress,
NOLA WHITE.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11
TOWN AND COUNTY
> C


T. II. Rrinson is in New Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Gill visited in
Bogue Chitto.
Miss Beulah Anding has been the
guest of relatives.
Everything in Holiday and gift
goods at the Frank Martin Co.
Mr.. j. N. Fllzey, Of Red Star,
was here on business yesterday.
Miss Maude White is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs James White at West
Point.
j. r. Anderson has fine lot of
hogs and pigs for sale. Call at his
stable.
Mr.. and Mrs. D, NJ. Lee. Of
Monticello. have been Conference
visitors.
For a nice gentIeman's shirt get
the Bates-Street at R. G. Wooton
q Co.'s
For nobby neckwear for your
gentlemen friend 90 to R. G. Woot-
on & Co.
Your picture in q frame. just the
thing to give your friends. Frank
Martin Co.
Mines. S. A. Lewis and j. K.
Dunn. of McComb, are attending
Conference.
Get useful Xmas gift at R. G..
Wooton u Co.'S. Your friend will
appreciate Il.
Now is a good time to subscribe
for The Leader. One year for 81:
six months for ST.
Anything in mems, ladies' and
children's shoes can be found at r.
G. Wooton & Go Is
Mr.. ] F. Roberts, one Of our
near-new Subscribers, was in on a
pleasant call yesterday
Rooms for Rent Furnished or
unfurnished. Apply 229 West Com
gress st. Eli Mcdonald.
a flrst class line Of Bibles and
Testamemts at Price s. The very
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11
No Special Term Of Court.

4
Lincoln will have no special term
of Circuit Court after all. Judge
Wilkinson spent Friday in Brook
haven. coming here to personally
inspect the condition Of the Court
House with reference to its being
in suitable condition for holding
special term Of Court the first two
weeks in January. and if found in
proper shape, to issue an official
order for the special term. After
Inspecting the court room and jury
rooms and consulting Mr. King.
the contractor, as to his ability to
get the building in suitable shape
for Court by the first Monday in
January, it was decided that this
was impracticable. and the inten-
tion Of holding special term was
then abandoned.
In conversation with the editor
Of The Leader Friday evening,
Judge Wilkinson stated that the
principal obstacle in the way of the
special term. was the lack of a.
suitable grand jury room. The
law. he says. requ Tres that the
Board Of Supervisors shall provide
q room for the grand jury in the
court house, and neither the old
grand jury room nor the room at
present used by the Sheriff, which
It's designed to be the grand jury
room for the future, is or will be
available for the grand jury by the
lst of January. All other rooms
are unfinished or otherwise unavail-
able.
Judge Wilkinson further explain
ed that there is legal question
involved, not known to the general
public. and that is, that if the law
lis not strictly observed with refer
ence to the place where the grand
jury shall sit, all indictments re-
turned by such grand jury are LA
u -
bic to be quashed as worthless and
all such business come to naught.
The first two weeks in January
was the only time that special
term could have been worked in
without conflicting with the terms
of other courts, SO that it may now
be accepted as settled that we will
have no Circuit Court in Lincoln
until the next regular May Term,
by which time all the improve
ments and additions at the Court
will have been fully completr
ed
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11
Miss Rose NaIty has been detain-

Miss Rose NaIty has been detain-
ed at home by illness.
Mrs. Ed. McClendon spent the
week on Fair River.
Mrs. Bennie Joseph has been
visiting with her mother. Mrs.
Berger.
Miss Mary Parsons, Miss Opal
Higgins, and Mr.. Jehu Magee were
Eddiceton visitors Thursday.
Ladies Hand Bags, Purses, in
leather and metal at Prices. Ask
to see them. it will pay you.
Nothing will please her more
than one of those Fancy Xmas pack
ages OF Jacobs Candy at Prices.
Don't wait. buy now. Big
variety Of useful presents and
beautiful gifts at R. G. Wooton 4
Go.
Drums and tool chests to please
the boys. Dolls to please the girls
and their prices to please you.
Frank Martin Co.
We have a limited supply Of gift
books. worth anywhere else Is cents.
we sell for 10 cents. Costs nothing
to see them. Fank Martin Co.,
w. I. Sellers, Prop.
We have bought the framing out
fit and picture moulding of w. ].
Layton and are prepared to frame
your pictures. Frank Martin Co.
w. 1. Sellers, Proprietor.
Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens
make useful gifts for every day
use. They are the kind that's all
ways ready when You want to use
them. See the big line at Prices.
A Methodist preacher says he
knows q good book when he sees
one. and also a good bargain.
Prices Bibles are THE cheapest
and the best book you can buy,
There is no definite news from
New Orleans as yet as to the condi-
tion Of Rev. R. H. Purser. The
result Of the X-ray examination
will probably be made known to-
rto3r
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11

statement on file at the court house.
The boys who followed government
instructions made 70 bushels per
acre, as the record shows. But
some Of us had rather farm the
good old way and make la bushels
corn per acre and 400 pounds of
seed cotton, than to follow
government instructions and make
70 bushels Of corn per acre and one
bale cotton per acre. Bro. S.,
please allow me to ask you pri-
yate question; did you belong to the
church that turned The fellow out
| for saying he saw people in town
making ice in August, or was you
the fellow that got turned out? /
will tell the story 50 people will
know what it Is.
Not long ago good fellow went
Ito town and came back and report
led that he saw the people in town
making ice il August. The church
people heard the story and appoint
led a committee to go over to town
and investigate the matter. They
came back and said it was true.
! The church preferred charges
against all Of the parties for lying
land turned them out. And | want-
led to know il Bro. Summers was a
member of that church or not:
1 Bro, Summers ii il not fact
/ that Bro. Green tried to get you to
work demonstration patch this
year and you preferred to work ii
! your way and give us the results,
to which have just referred.
Bro. S. you are mistaken about me
saying every man that is in debt
was 8 fool said every man that
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-12-11
The College Dinner.

The dinner, complimentary to-
the members of the Mississippi
Conference on Thursday, at Whit
worth College, by President I. w.
Cooper, and Mr.. B. E. Brister,
head of the B. E. Brister Lumber
Co. at Bogue Chitto, was one of
the most brilliant social functions
ever witnessed in Brookhaven.
There were $50 covers laid, there
being number of special guests in
addition 70 the conference. Among
these were Rev. G. Gordon Smeade,
rector of the Episcopal Church,
and Rev. Father James Kiernan,
pastor of st. Francis Catholic
Church, who occupied seats at the
same table with Bishop Hoss. The
dinner, which consisted of seven
courses, was spread in the college
hall, and served by lovely college
girls.
After a welcoming address deliv-
cred on the part of the hosts by
Rev. j 7. Leggett. presiding
elder of the Brookhaven district,
the repast was appropriately pune
tuated with speeches by Bishop
Hoss, Drs. B. F. Jones, Robert
ESelby. M L. Burton. H. G. Haws
kins, ]. M. Weems, j. G. Gallo
way, A. F. Watkins, E. H. Noun
ger, g. W. Crisler and Mr.. 7. B.
hampton.
Whitworth College, which is the
property of Mississippi Methodists,
has reached its highest mark of pros
perity and efficiency under the. adj
ministration of President Cooper,
and the last speaker. who is a
prominent Methodist layman and a
member of the college Board of
Trustees, broadly suggested that it
might become necessary to sell the
present site and secure a larger
one. with more modern buildings
and equipment, in order to meet
the demands made upon the college
and the church.
The occasion was brought to a
fitting close by the presentation of
! a box of silverware by his conferes.
to Rev. ]. A. B. Jones, the ranking
member of the conference in point
of continuous service, in honor Of
his seventy-ninth birthday, and a
handsome gold headed cane to DR..
/. w. Cooper. a present from the
Crystal Springs Methodist Church.
The presentations were made by
Rev. H. D. Watkins, of Hazlehurst,
and happily responded to by the
surprised recipients.