Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Mississippi News
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TIMBER has been cut, without using a
great zeal of fertilizer, but this is not
! true. w. |. Lacy, a farmer near Sum-
rail-, has about twenty acres of corn
from which he will gather as much as
seyenty-five bushels to the acre. and
he did not put one bit of fortified I'M
der this corn. His cotton is very
fine. He says that his land was well
prepared before planting and then his
crop was cultivated when it was neces-
sary.
john Sharp Williams and Senator
Leroy Percy spoke to large audiences
at the Patrons Union meeting at
Lake. The subject of Mr.. Williams
address was "The Worth Wilderness
of Things" He avoided politics and
emphasized the elements that 90 to
make up the highest. citizenship. 1t
was masterful Grafton and well de-
1vered. He was followed by Senator
Percy. whose speech was forceful and
most effective.
Hon. c. H. Alexander, candidate for
United States Senator, SPOKE at Her.
manvilie to a large crowd of repre-
sentative citizens of Claiborne, Jeffer-
son and Copiah counties, the occasion
being the annual picnic of the Wood
men Of the World. His speech, which
followed his usual line of argument
was eloquent, forceful and logical, and
seemed to be received with a keen
sense of appreciation.
The Patrons Union held its twenty
eighth annual session at the camp
ground, in the western part of Scott
county. A goodly number of people
from Newton and other places are
camping on the grounds, and the at
tendance promises to be larger than
usual. A joint debate between Hon.
A. NJ Byrd and Hon. S. A. Wither-
spoon took place.
Miss Pet Simmons, aged q years,
of Magnolia, saw her two-year-old
nephew applying lighted match to a
stick of dynamite. Terrified, the young
lady took the dangerous plaything
from the child and attempted to throw
it out the window. 1t exploded before
leaving her hand, horribly mutilating
both arms, her face and neck. The
child was not injured.
DR.. w. S. feathers, dean of the de-
partment of medicine in the Univer-
sity of Mississippi and lecturer for the
state board of health, gave very en-
PERTAINING and instructive lecture at
WinOna. His lecture was also attend
ed by a representative body of the cit
liens of Winona, including the physt
clans of the community.
In addition to the good roads rally
and speaking, which are scheduled for
August 1G, at Brookhaven, announce
ment is that Jay D. Baker of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College will
be present and endeavor to establish
regular creamery at Brookhaven, a
project which has been pushed for
some time by some of the leading
farmers and dairymen of the county.
The picnic held by the Lincoln coun-
ty Farmers Union at Beaver Creek
resulted in a very large crowd gather
ing at that place. The Lincoln coun-
'ty meetings at different meeting
places in the county at regular inter-
walls, and the meeting at Beaver Creek
surpassed former efforts. Dinner was
spread on the ground and conspicuous
among the speakers were State Lect-
urer Brown of the Farmers Union,
and the good roads apostle" of ma
tional fame, Charles w. Thatcher.
DR.. w. S. feathers of Jackson, who
is secretary ard treasurer of this state
for the Rockefeller fund, appropriated
for the purpose of a campaign in the
interest of public health and hygiene,
has appointed DR.. w. G. Allen of New
ton as physician for the four counties
of Newton, Neshoba, Lauderdale and
Jasper
A picnic and joint debate was held
at Perkinston. Three of the candi-
dates for congress spoke, Messrs. Har-
rison, Talley and Lewis. These men
addressed great throng of peopI,
who seemed to be deeply interested
in their speeches. The Perkinston
board of education gave this picnic
so as to get to hear a good many men
speak on education.
Capt. Thos Spight, present Con.
gresham, and Hon Hubert Stephens,
district attorney, spoke in joint debate
at Olive Branch. They were heard by
a large and appreciative audience.
There will begin at the A. and M.
College on August 8, lasting two
weeks, a "Short Course for Farmers,
closing with the Annual Roundup
Farmers Institute" lasting three
days.
Fred Wiley, a negro who was cap
tired following his escape from the |
county chain gang near Prentiss, de- |
clared: Il will soon be free anyhow |
That night his dead body was found |
in the cell where he had been recon
fred. How he met his death was not !
ascribed.
A rich iron mine has been discov-
cred near Potts Camp. 1t has been
examined by some of the best experts
in this country and they pronounce it |
rich in quality and an inexhaustible
supply
A Japanese Observation.
In my personal observation of the |
Russians at Port Arthur, what struck |