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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
WHERE OUR COTTON MONEY GOES.
Over s645,OOO Spent Annually By Lincoln County
PsopIe for Products That ShOuId Be
Produced at Home.
Policy Bankruptcy and Financial Suicide Under BOu Wsevl
Conditions, Not Soon Corrected

Mr.. O. COnant Secretary Of the Brookhaven Board Of
Trade and Mr. Estu G. Smith, Lincoln County leading
farmers and owners have lately been engaged ia gath
erng statistics Of articles Of merchandise eceied through the
Brookayen railroad by Broohayen country
merchants which coud of right ought produced
County farmers money kept
people up interests The result their
investigation is given below.
ceived rail the following products which carried Lincoln
ty money out Of Mississippi:
Flour, 2629O barrels at S. amounts $500
Meat and Lard 992 S0 pounds l6c amounts 90
Corn, 91 795 bushels at 76c 762 90
Chops 3O2 800 pounds at he amounts 45350O
Meal 80. $50 sacks at zoe amounts 26430O
Oats, 137 440 bushels at SOC amounts 2000
Hay, 5s tons at $500 100
Mixed Feed 1450 tons at $40 90 43 10000
Bran and Shorts 258 $32 90 to. 25600
Fertilizer 1888 5000 amounts 10000
Grand total $646 96 O0
6Ie961 paid annually products that could be raised
athome These figures carry their $I5s944
meat and lard Let the farmer take his pencil
how 500 pound bales Of cotton at 0or IL
it win take pay that bill $69662 93 corn
Let him likewise take his pencil and paper figure out how
bales Of cotton it will take that BILL 6243
sacks of meal Let him likewise take his pencil paper and
how many will take for that and through the bills
oats -four chops mixed feeds BRAN shorts fertilizers
BE borne mind too that these figures do include what
Lincoln County for these articles through
the railroad offices at Wesson Bogue Chtto Nofed Johnston
Station and Summit but just for what received at Broohaven
for the year ending July lst
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
Dr. IoWFeY Conducts the Funeral.

Clinton, Miss, Aug 23 The
funeral of Dr.. w. s. Webb was
conducted this this afternoon by
Pres. w 7. Lowrey, 81 Mississippi
College. DR.. Webb was former
president Of that institution, and
the coffin was followed BY the
faculty and honorary pail bearers.
The following spoke IN praise of
the deceased: Capt. w 4. RatIiff, !,
of Raymond Dr. 3. e. King, Of
Texas; DR.. W. A. McConb and
Thos4 Didlake. Of Clinton. All
spoke touchingIy Of his love and
gentle kindness and nglbiIity of
character. Dr.. Webb has had as
his students many Of the prominent
men of the South. The funeral
was from the college chapel and the
brutal Id the old burial ground be-
isde his wife.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

Ithe county's cotton crop, for last
year. This BY the census report
for 1908, was IA. .702 bales, which is
as high for an average as can be
expected under boil weeviI infesta-
tion. AT $40 . bale which ii 4 fair
estimate Of the selling price Of last
years crop, this would yield total
of Of 81, ,029, $40. Subtracting from
this the amounts sent out Of the
county for supplies, $3.50 900, there
remains a little over a quarter of a
million dollars, or about the cost OF
growing and gathering the cotton.
This tells anything else but the
story of farming prosperity which
Ought to be written. III the farm
ers of the county had not raised a
bale of cotton, and had devoted
instead their energies and farms to
raising food stuff, they would at
the end Of the year have been as
we'll off ii surplus cash Though
total abandonment OF cotton IS not
the true remedy. On the same
land and with the same means, and
less labor, they could have raised
their home supplies and half as
much cotton as q real surplus crop.
The Lincoln county figures and
their true application shed D lum-
inous light indeed. upon the one
clear lesson of enduring worth
which the boil weevil Is forcing
upon Mississippi farmers They
must, to avoid impoverishment,
get back to the old plantation ways
of their fathers Of better cutiva-
tion, and raising Oh the farm all
the staple food products and live
stock consumed and used by those
who dwell in the land. That 1910
will show d marked advance toward
such change is certain. The esti-
mates Of the agricultural depart
ment places Mississippi s corn crop
at So, GOO 600 bushels, which is 1S, I
000, 900 bushels aboye 1909
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
EUGENE NEWMAN RESIGNS.
A Hopeful Echo from che Newman
prlchaFd Feud.

Nt ty.sf...fiz NKs 90 II
s. Msa1xllls, Mss Aus .s e e
sa4 y NsMlnan, { member g sne 'as Leno
lassson g. Dsalllk as1s nalle' MhIcn ls
nss IS, na1 3 anucla 1E0g0se VIII ells
s. ! Aeaaa1u i aasstOn u Z fal'hlan !, coasls
80 y, aAa s191s qulang M.lle:l sssslal lssa nase
. Dssla s,,A, n.atsa slsss go usu e s1..alls
SsAy 1iSln = zig county 1850
Go1sons plesa1ens = rs 1oa.d g
sapsssasolss ~, ]; ss nIpughs sns lsssgna-
saon 5 .ss'tS sVuas' q y ou1as AsS's-
... aalan q ~, = saseson, wnsle he laas
S.ss ssas sess 8 9 s q = sa'ss
S $50. { ~ -, 20 ss.o easeo -.
a.alsss ~ & 81 e9 nasaa Wy lass 1loWh
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
BassiIeld Man Has Awful Experience
With d Rather.

Columbia. Miss. Aug. 2l.
News has Just reached here Of q
personal encounter Of Clown Clark,
q farmer Of Baas6eld with al en0r-
nous rattle snake. and ii which the
farmer barely escaped with has Life.
Clark had gone short distance
into the woods from bis house on
his way to chip some boards when
be felt what he thought was sting
Of hornet Oh his bare foot. He
was horror stricken when Be saW
that he had been assaihsd by a large
rattlesnake and before the terrified
man could strike at him with his
axe The snake had struck him on
tie ankle, the effect Of which
knocked tie man down. Clark dA.
serlbed the feeling that came over
him as be was falling as being like
al electric shock Thrice the
huge snake struck the fighting man.
who had lost his axe ii The fa,
and this timIe the bite was on Ehe
ppposss ankle
IheA began baltle foF life thak
Clark win never fpERe Hhe
ns0nstef suake Wffh darEinQ
tongue s1 ing 81 kace. add tha
man eRsrdiag with h's arms End
bare bands When tile snak S
teeth were eeHeht in h8 t
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
Death u President Webb. President
ol Mississippi College

Meridian Miss, Aug. ~ Kew.
DF. Warren Sherman Webb. aged
S.. died this morning at the homo
Of Dr.. II. A. Venable. his son ia.
law Deceased was one of the
greatest educators Of the South and
was especially well known to The
Baptists Of the South. He was
born and reared Id New York !.
graduating from one Of Its most
famous Institutions. and about 5
years before the Civil War, finding
himself out Of harmony with the
people Of his native State on Ques-
Eions then leading up to the great
Civil War, he came South where
he became q slaveholder, and iden-
titled himself with the people Of
the South. He first taught i pri-
vate school for yonng ladies In
Grenada, and afterwards taught
the same kind Of school at Stark
vile He was later elected I'd the
presidency of the Mississippi Gol-
lege at Clinton, just after the
grievous times Of the war. During
Or. Webb's administration of the
affairs of Mississippi College he
taught men who had distinguished
themselves In the State and nation.
He has seen them in the counting
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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

lT17 -
y sg. sssa ga'Ha e ''' " sA's
7ss9Ae 'S.sssass ass Rasa5s
$500 y sel'oNFs 9, 9psas'l ksss
''s 4, .s's''s''s's'.s5 Ases. Asoa..s' e'ssz 5
81 s''.s'sS 9'29s p1' ssp
~ { n go = Z esss's1 wv +R1
$50 = Z sss7s aAae sa'e assssA4 taey
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

scarcely remembers anything else.
except that he was terribly thirsty
and actually licked dew from the
grass as he was making bis way
back to his house.
Three quarts of whisky were
poured down bis throat before a
physician could be obtained. Clark
says that the whisky had no more
taste To It than water The
promptness of his people ia giving
him this whisky is probably what
saved his life. as he was bitten 10
three places Under the care of d
ply ysician, lie is improving
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
CIRCUIT COURT.
Jury LIsE oI lhg Seplember Term. 1910.

JuEy LlA q WR AeptehlDeR Term. lyly,
1st Week Joe Cope Mark Lott,
F Parsons, Ell. A Ballard, l. g.
KEGS Il. u. Mills w. E. Guess, T.
6. Crawford. f. Fl Edwards, +.
b Stanley Homer Lea, q. II.
Mash, &. Campbell, Albert ].
Davis, N Bridges, M Vick-
|ers, NJ Il. Crawford, Neal Dufr
] Pitts, Nj Garner Andy
Greer Jake Cumming, I Mar
lin. Thomas Gill w BfisEer,
|Jr., e. II Hart, q W Price 6.
D. Hodges, B F Boyd 6. Coon:
.. q. Gfice. w Prestridge. J
7 Keen. 5. Moak. & Seitz,
r. r Moan, n Cotton 9. C.
Drake, ] G. Bradham 6. p. Laird
Marion Smith. ] n Ritchard, w
z. Cade, Ebert Watts j Warren,
Pat Case, j n Alfred ] b. Johns
son, w ] KawIs, Isl M Crider.
End Week Walter Smith, n.
Davis, 6 Applewhits, q. K.
Pepper Geo e. Strait, " Peets.
j. p Nations D S. Hughes, j S.
Bullock W. r Smith, j " PEN
nington M g Douelasa. Fl
Bees0n y e Moak, j "A Albrit-
ton, j w Mccullough. ] ] Mars
tin Billy Thompson. JOE Moak,
- Ma f Y ssfs44a Eyaf4i ~ fat;5s<<
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
Comments BY The VIsksburg Herald.

Comments BY The Vicksburg Herald.
Commenting on the above article
and statistics. published in last
Wednesday s Leader. the Vicksburg
Herald of Saturday says:
This purports to be a list Of
produce and commodities which
could be raised by Lincoln county
farmers and the money thereby
paid out for same kept at home.
Such supply bill of one medium
sized Mississippi county goes far to
explain the abounding prosperity
of the region which fills the supply
BILL There should be subtracted
from the total. we think, the item
for fertilizers, which would be
needed if the supplies were bought.
at home. But what of mules a
cotton growing county. The Lin
coin county farmers probably buy
mules and horses to the amount of
$50 600, which under true farm
ing economy they would raise at
home. Furthermore, it is ex-
planned These figures do not
include what Lincoln county people
pay for these same articles received
through the railroad Offices at Wes-
osn, Bogue Cnitto, NorfieId, john
ston Station and Summit. but just
for what was received at Crook
haven for the year ending July I.
It would seem to be a moderate es-
innate to place the receipts Of sup.
plies for people of Lincoln county
at the stations named, at $lO0, 00O, !,
at least. Though 1t is to be re-
gretted that the public spirit which
procured the data given could not
have made it complete.
10 get a full idea Of the import
of this Lincoln county sum, which
ought to be worked out and pub
Iished IN every county as an object
lesson Of waste and false economy,
il is compared with the proceeds 0f
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

Rev ] = Parish 81 Meridian.
M is will preach 1T the Baptist
church st I 4 a 81 and s =. IA. on
the fouEth SUNDAY August 28, lalo.
This CREST old preacher is over
eighty years Old ard IS one 81 tie
strongest preachers N fhe State
and ever body is invited Is come
70 heaF hiln llasQn eea0ha
County Advocate
twenty ii4e years ae9 Rex r..
sa was ffe pastor 0f the Bab.
tls1 Church 4 bEe9kasR wen and one
Qf we BeHE known and mos pepH Az
preachers ia South MISS p6i
aHN ala friends 81 th 6e on
Wpg zead Ihs above WILD rel 9iSa q
'eal0 that the brave QIa 4e efen IL
lnf Gross n ssil Sbis fe bs sNt
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

Congressman VIM Dickson
Will address Tie people 81 Betue
GhHtto arid vicinity s B04u6 lAsfto
ne''s k'1lQey afternoon q 2lQc
Qn Friday Neak M
9r6e|d He Iands cordial in<
Riia1lQn O. sa emo.
neI|ts alike. IS eo|ns t hen[
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24

/ True Report q Their Joint Debate
RIlb0. Representing lhe Cause
ol lie People Discounts
peFeys Ap0I6 sG.

QFests IA lsss Aug l9, 1916
I9 the Vieksburg Post
Gentlemen was at Morton
% the 17th inst. and heard the
joint debate between Senator BiIbo
and Kepresen tative emeII and as
there has been 50 much n1isreDre.
sentation about this debate shall
give tie facts as saw them.
In the first place ! wish to say
that the friends of Mr. YeWeA
claimed that they thought from 40
To so per cent. 81 The audience was
with their man. and that the
friends Of Bilbo claimed that SO or
S5 per cent. was ID sympathy with.
Senator Bilbo. ! asked number
Of people to give me their idea Oh
this subject and these are about the
figures given.
The crowd that heard the speak
ing was estimated from 900 tos
| 500 people, and It was evident
from the beginning that the feel
ing was intense.
Senator Bilbo spoke first and was
applauded SO heartily at times that
he was forced to wait until quiet
was restored. He made his usual
speech except i few references TO
Mr. Yewell. He said it had been
charged that he was Gov. Varda-
man henhchniaFs. and asked whose
henchman Mr.. YeWell was. He
told about borrowing some money
to pay his travelling expenses, and
asked Mr. Yewell to tell where he
got the money to pay his travelling
expenses. Mr. BiIbo stated that
Mr.. YeweIl,s purpose was the same
as that of the cuttle-fish which
muddies the water that it may es-
cape when pursued hy the whale.
This comparison brought deafen-
ing yell from the vast audience,
and when the Senator'S time was
up the crowd rushed to the stand
and began shaking the speakers s
hand. and as others pressed to the
front he was pulled bodily from the
platform and carried over the sur
rounding grove while d large por-
tion Of the crowd followed cheer
ing
The master Of ceremonies waited
for some time for the crowd to pnt
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-08-24
Bob Mitchell HltIess Hero.

Out in the Western League
Bob Mitchell, the talented Missis-
sippi colIegian who refused to sign
with the Chicago Cubs unless a
clause was inserted in the contract
exempting him from participating
in frollcs on Che Sabbath. Is show
ing Des Moines bugs some rare
stunts in tEie pitching line.
The big Mississippi boy s most
recent achievement was the blank
ing Of the Topeka aggregation, ID
which be never allowed his oppo
nents the semblance Of d hit. Na-
tive Mississi ppians are rejoicing
over the success Of their idols iii
the athletic realms. Willie Mitch
ELL now with the Cleveland team
in the American League: has been.
pronounced BIZ observing critics as
one of the most promising poftsid
ers sent to the big belt in many
days
t will be remembered that to-
anti Yardaman crowd objected His
q certain senatorial primary this
fall On the grounds that the peo-
pie had enough Of politlcst for
awhile and should be given q rest
until next year AS soon as he
succeeded i'd putting Off the pri..
mary Vardanan went Oh with his
work and SO far as he IS concerned
the people are having that much
needed rest, but what of the
antiscrowd They Immediately
put two Of their strongest candi-
dates in the Geld and opened the
campaign. From the receptions
they are receiving over the State It
is evident chat they Will be given
a much needed rest after the
1911 primary there will be only
one senatorial primary Poplar.
vi3Ie Free. Press
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-21
UPTON SELLS HIS INTEREST
IN MiMBRES CANNERY.
Four Hundred Acre Orchard and
Farm Went Into the Bargain
Quarter Million Labels.

Deming, n. NJ, June 21.-Charles
E. Napp has bought out the interest
of Senator ]. n. Upton in the can
merry now in course of construction
on the Mimbres twenty miles north of
Deming. Mr., Napp also bought the
farm of Senator Upton consisting of
459 acre of farming lands and orchard.
The construction work on the cannery
will be pushed forward with all pos
sible expedition. All the machinery
for this cannery, as well as the ma
chinery for making the cans is on the
ground. A hundred thousand cans are
also on the ground and 250,000 labels,
so that the cannery can begin opera
tions just as soon as the machinery
is installed. The capacity of this can
merry is 250,000 cans in a season.
J. A. Kidd of Waco, Texas, has ac-
cepted position in the office of Major
James R. Waddill.
w. w. Barracks of Las Cruces, has
moved to Deming, and will begin i'm
proving his land which lies a few
miles south of town.
Mrs. ]. A. Lorentzen, of Ell PasO,
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. L. R. Tay.
lor of this place.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-21
BLUNDER
D|SCL0SES CRIME
Bleeding Body of Wealthy
Man Found in Wrongly
Routed Trunk
ARREST OF SUSPECTS MADE
These Were Drunk and on Their
Way From House of Ill
Fame

Portland, Ore, June 21-The blum
der of murderers in wrongly routing
trunk containing the body of their
victim, late yesterday disclosed the
CHASTITY murder of the victim, Will
lam Johnson, who, with his wife and
seven year old son arrived here on
Monday in company with a man who
went by the name of A. G. Powers.
Powers registered as from Nome,
Alaska. The Johnsons did not give
their residence. Powers and Mrs.
Johnson were arrested at an uptown
lodging house early today. The three
were located through finding a little
boy, and were apprehended as they
were returning from an automobile
trip to a suburban resort. Both,
though badly intoxicated, denied all
knowledge of the crime. When the
trunk containing the body arrived at
the Union depot it was found that it
could not be shipped as the instruc-
tions read 1t was then set aside and
it was later discovered that blood was
oozing from it. 1t was broken open
and the body found. The police set
to work Immediately Mrs. Johnson
had a large sum Of money on her
person, which she said her husband,
who had sold ayfarm had given her
to keep. +
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-21
POET CHOOSES SPECTACULAR
METHOD OF SUICIDE
Rides Into the Storm Tossed Sea as
He Sends Bullet Crashing
Through His Heart.

Athens, June 21-PericIes Ianopo-
los, a Greek poet, compared by Nine.
Leblanc -Maeterlinck to Hermes for
his personal beauty, has committed
suicide in melodramatic fashion.
At banquet to which he had sum-
moned all his friends he showed them
a trunkful of manuscripts that were
to be destroyed.
Tomorrow | am going on a jour
ney," he said, as they left him. The
next morning each of them received
by post an exquisite statuette of a
horse.
At the same time Ianopoulos rode
out of the city to Mount Aegaleos,
gathered a garland of flowers and
then made dash for the sea. At the
time a violent storm was raging. Iano-
poulos, driving his spurs into the
horses Hanks, urged the maddened
beast into the foaming waters of the
bay, and shot himself through the
heart.
In letter written to a relative the
poet wrote: Il am giving my dead
body to the sea to cleanse it. II the
sea gives up, cast me back again."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-21
MONSIEUR D'ALBERT WAS
RATHER SECRETlVE
Has Hotel Clerks Guessing as to His
Identity and His Present
Whereabouts.

Did H. T. D'Albert, who registered
at the Claire hotel Sunday June 5,
take French leave" Sunday June Il
or has he met foul play? That is the
question asked around the hotel and
which has been put to Captain Form.
off of the mounted police.
1t may take some time to be an.
sWered for if there ever was a man
with a mysterious bump Monsieur
D'Albert" apparently had it and had
it well developed.
He is described as young man un
der 80 years of age, feet 7 inches in
height, weighing 140 pounds and
dressed in a fine suit of dark material
He carried a leather suit case. He
registered backhand and carelessly
left the apostrophe which was intend
ed to go between the D and the A
somewhere near the in Albert. He
was clean shaven and taciturn, so the
hotel clerk says. Beyond an exchange
of matutinal greetings, it appears the
hotel clerks had no conversation with
their guest who was registered in
room 30.
Monsieur was out of his room 8
good deal and came to the hotel be
tween train hours. He also departed
when no bus was running.
He left in his room three neckties
made in Brooklyn, IA collars, size IA
four negligee shirts, size ii 2, some
winter underwear from which his ini
tials were cut with knife, a Pajam;
nightshirt, few toilet articles, ant
box of cold cream, the name of thu
pharmacist selling it having been tori
off. He also left a pair of low shoes
No. 5. Not letter of the alphabe
was found to give away his identity
and the only clue to his occupation
was a package of artist crayons and
draughtsman's fine pen.
He also left the vest of the suit ht
wore, but the inside pocket which
may have had his name on it, was GU
out.
The mystery of his disappearance
has fasinated number of semi-profes
sional "sleuths" in the city and Mon
sieur's relics have been CAREFUL,
gone over. "He was probably mur
dered", said one sleuth. "He simpl
took French leave owing the Clair
a weeks rent" said another. "It i
great mystery" said third.
And that is what a clerk at tn
Claire hotel thinks and wishes tn
mystery were solved.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-21
GOVERNOR WILL
SOON RETURN
Acting Governor Jaffa Re.
ceives Message From
Hon. w. ]. Mills
CORPORATION At CARLSBAD
Peoples Mercantile Company
Is Capitalized at
$15O,000.

Acting Secretary Jaffa has received
a telegram from Governor Mills who
is in Washington stating that he eX-
poets to return to Santa Fe in a few
days.
Game and Fish Warden Thomas
P. Gable is expected to return today
from Springer where he has procured
some small trout for stocking the
lakes of the territory.
Acting Governor Jaffa appointed
one notary public: NJ. E. Hickey at
Albuquerque, Bernalillo county.
Articles of incorporation were
filed today in the office of the secre-
tary of the Territory by the Peoples
Mercantile Company, at Carlsbad
Eddy county, with capital stock of
$15O,0O0, there being 1900 shares at
$100 each. The company will COM
mence with working capital of $780,
900 and will do a general real estate
business besides building houses,
roads, digging wells and attending to
other enterprises. A. J. Crawford,
who holds $50 shares, is named as
the New Mexico agent with office at
Carlsbad. All of the stockholders are
of Carlsbad and the duration of the
company is given as fifty years.
Engineers Sullivan, Neel and Myers
in company with Mr.. Flick and Hart
made a trip down to La Bajada hill
yesterday in Mr. Flick's large auto
mobile to test the turns on the
switchbacks. This big automobile
came from the bottom of the hill to
the top, distance of over mile and
a half, in eight minutes making all OF
the completed turns with great ease
The party returned to Santa Fe in an
hour and two minutes.
Good road work on the La Bajada
hill has been practically completed
This road comes up the La Bajads
hill on a maximum grade of seven
and eight-tenths per cent and in Or
der to maintain this grade it was nee
essary to make a number of switch
backs. The road bed itself is made
of the material found along the line
of the road
1t is probable that the convict camp
will be moved from La Bajada hill tC
the mountains in a short time as the
heat is becoming oppressive and the
water supply inadequate.