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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12

tinued in the dusk of the evening. 1t
was the writer's privilege to witness
the finish, and as the strange new craft
emerged FROM the mists and flew
straight across the water until taking
the long glide to the landing on Gov
errors island he felt that he had been
permitted to look upon the dim begin
nings Of a new age.
10 Put America In the Lead.
1t is possible. of course. that not all
of these other projected fights will
take place. but enough of them will be
pulled off to raise American interest in
aviation to fever heat. This is the OBJ
ject Of the prizes. With the remarka-
bic aeronaUtic achievements recently
recorded in England and France it was
felt that America. which gave birth to
the aerCplane. should not lag behind.
The proposed contests will put her in
the lead, where she belongs. 1t should
be a matter of pride to members of the
press that their own craft has been i'll
Strumental in bringing these results to
pass. Practically all Of these prizes
have been given directly by newspa-
pers or through their mediumship. 1t
is peculiarly appropriate that the press.
which is SO distinctively a product Of
the present age. should thus advance
the transportation of the future. If
the newspaper stands for anything it
is progress. and the aeroplane is about
the most progressive thing the hand of
man has yet fashioned. 1t has in it
possibilities not only of a new. pleas
urable and swift method of travel. but
of world peace and world brotherhood
Future Of the Aeroplane.
1t is not given to the pioneer to see
the mutitutieS that will follow in his
footsteps nor to the diScOverer To fore
tell the nations that will be reared
upon his new found domains. Neither
is it vouchsafed the inventor to know
the future uses or development of the
contrivance which he fashions Gu
tenberg had no vision of the modern
Sunday newspaper, the best seller or
the Undertaking magazine Fulton had
no prophetic bunch of Maureta-
MIA or a Draadnought a century after
the Clermont padded her way down
the Hudson George Stephenson had
no advance notice Of the Twentieth
Century limited or the rate bill Nei
ther is the inventor of the aergplane
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Dyke Edwards Breaks Prison.

After serving less than sixty days
of his life sentence, imposed by the
circuit court of Oktibbeha county at
the April term, 1910, which was in
June affirmed by the supreme court,
Dyke Edwards, the convicted muir
derer of DR.. A. F. Richardson, at the
town of Sturgis, on Christmas Eve
The following description of the
noted prisoner is furnished from the
penitentiary record book, as follows:
Dyke Edwards, age 81, born in
Mississippi, height 5 feet IL "a
inches, weight 140 pounds, brunette,
eyes brown, hair black, both forefin-
gers missing, scar on right hip, also
one just above the left hip"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Many AiatOrs Are Eager
For Long Flight Prizes
Vivid Review of Recent
Thrilling Achievements
In Aviation - America
Up to the Front In the
Beginning of the Human
Flying Age.

plane was substituted Then at SO
Hamilton got away, dying high
through the fog straight across New
York bay toward Elizabeth. There
the New York Times special train was
picked UP and race was begun such
as New Jersey had never witnessed be-
fore Amid screeching whistles and
cheering crowds that lined the Penn
Sylvania tracks all the way between
the TWO great cities the bird man
and the flying locomotive made their
way The run down was exactly on
schedule time, occupying one hour and
fifty minutes. At Philadelphia letters
were delivered from Governor Hughes
to Governor Stuart, from Mayor Gay
nor to Mayor Reyburn and from the
New York Times TO the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, and answers were talk
en- by the aviator to be delivered at
the end of the return fight. On the
way UP the special train was delayed.
but overlook the aeroplane by running
part of the tine at eighty miles an
hour. At South Amboy Hamilton was
compelled to alight because of crack
ed spark plug, installing swamp for
a meadow and breaking another pro-
peller. Repairs were made, and the
fight across New York bay was con-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Levee TansIe to Go to Courts.

1t is said G. NJ Bagget will fight the
appointment of ]. H. helms as prest-
dent of the lower levee board in the
courts. He refuses to recognize Mr..
helms as president of the board, ana
this may result in his removal from
the board. 1t is believed that Gov.
Noel will remove w. H. Fitzgerald
and Edward Collins also, which Will
necessitate the appointment of three
new members.
Mr.. Baggett is one of the members
recently arI ointed by Gov. Noel.
About month before his term of of
fee began, Dr. Crump, who was presI-
dent of the board, resigned, and Mr..
Baggett was elected his successor at
a special meeting of the board. This
was done before the term of the new
members appointed by Gov. Noel be-
gan, and when the new board met
early in July and tried to go into an
election of officers Mr.. Baggett lined
up and voted with Messrs. Fitzgerald
ard Collins and prevented the cleo
tiOn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12

gee. Various cities along the different
routes wired that each would raise a
fund to have the aviators stop at that
particular town en- route. An offer Of
$1,000 was made for an indianapolis
Chicago flight, and later there was a
proposal of a triangular course en-
bracing Indianapolis, Chicago and St
Louis.
Then the Scientific American offered
a prize and in addition announced that
Edwin Gould offered $4,000 for the
first best aeroplane equipped with
two motors and two prOpellers, the
purpose of this doubling up being that
if one motor stopped because of any of
those unaccountable whims which mo-
tors sometimes have the other could
be switched on. On the heels of this
offer came another from the New York
World proposing to give a silver tro-
ply challenge cup worth several thou
sand dollars for the longest continu-
Gus cross country flight made each
year.
New York to Philadelphia.
In the midst of all this prize offer
ing activity came the news that the
New York Times and the Philadelphia
Public Ledger had arranged for
Charles K Hamilton. the diminutive
nervy and red headed aviator who had
been putting over such thrillers at Min
cola, to fly from New York to Philadel-
phia and back again. The machine to
be used was that in which Glenn 81.
Curtiss had won the worlds prize at
Rheims. The route was to start at
Governors island and follow the Penn
sylvania railroad, on which a special
train was to run and keep up if it
could. The same course was to be fol-
lowed on the return fight, except that
tons permitting trip was to be made
up the Hudson to Grants tomb. then
back again to Governors island. The
whole journey. amounting to more
than eighty-five miles each way. WIS
to be made in a single day and the
date set was Saturday. June II.
1t was Monday. however, before
Hamilton actually got off to Philadel-
phia, the rain of Saturday preventing
a start on the scheduled day. On at
tempting to leave Governors island a
propeller blade was broken. but a new
propeller from Glenn Fl. Curtiss' BIZ
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12


and the second is to lower his stand
ard of living The wage Garner. band
I'd together with his fellows in Il I'M
ion. has been able to increase his
scale of wages to some extent. though
not nParlF enough to fill the gap be-
tween income and expenses The wage
Garner WHO does not belong to Il un-
ion has prnlted to some extent by the
general rise in wages. though not so
much as the union man.
The Saared man has borne the hard
est brunt o. the rising prices. He be-
longs to no union. and his demands for
Increased by have brought little re-
spouse
All Glasses that are compelled to
work for living have had to turn to
the other alternative in a greater or
less degree They have been forced to
lower their standard of living. The
first item to be attacked is the food
supply. Russell Sage once said las
the cost Of liz ing increases the use of
meat decreases. the proportion of dark
l'JOIIlS lIISi EttS - anu CDlIQ IdDOI De-
comes plentiful" Less meat means
poorer flourish ment. less resistance to
disease and Il Higher death rate Other
foods OF cheaper quality are used.
OleOmargarine takes the place of but
ter Cold storage eggs are Il luxury
and fresh eggs unknown. and cheaper
brands of canned goods are used
Aside from food. the big item of ex
penSe in the city is rent. In order to
keep up with the increased cost of
things property owners have been fore
ed to raise rents. The frenzied crowd
ing of the people to the cities has en-
abled landlords to make these increas-
ed rents effective. The result is that
a house with porch and bit of lawn
has become Il luxury. and more and
more the middle classes, the classes on
whom prosperity should react most ia
yorably. have been forced into fats
and apartment houses. The poorer
classes have moved into tenements.
The high cost of room has made crowd
ing inevitable. Human beings have
been forced to herd together like cat
tie or worse. The modern dairy barn
is a palace beside some of the teEe-
ments that pass muster as human hab-
itationS.
Many causes have been advanced by
economists and others to account for
the rise in prices. Many blame the
tariff, but that will not explain why
prices are rising nearly as rapidly in
England as in the United States. Tie
economists favorite reason is in the
Increase in the supply of E3.d. Money
is becoming cheaper, he says, and
therefore it takes more of it to buy
given amount of any commodity
This explanation sounds very plausi-
BILE, but it does not explain the fact
that prices have at other times gone
down in tie face of increased gold
production. The gold supply is I'M
questionably factor influencing ris-
ing prices That it is the fundamental
factor may well be doubted.
Other writers try to lay the whole
trouble to the growing extravaganza
of the American people and to the in
creased standard of living. 1t is true
that at the present time we regard as
necessaries what yesterday were luxu-
ries. This increase in the standard Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12

living is but the product Of civiliza-
ton. however, ard is something to be
encouraged rather than discouraged.
Furthermore. it is responsible in but
small degree for the increase in the
cost of living The increase in the
standard OF living has manifested it.
self lIOSt strongly in better houses,
better clothing and more conveniences.
Yet the great increase in cost has been
not III these materials, but in food.
Between july l, 1896, and Jan. l, 1910,
brtadstuffS and live stock increased in
price lUS per cent During the same
period the Increase in the textiles was
Is per cent, in metals % per cent and
i'll building materials only 10 per cent.
That luxurious living has had much
to do with the increased prices cannot
be denied. That it is wholly response
bic is far from the truth.
If we are to seek the real cause of
this crisis that confTonts our country
we must go back to the old cause of
supply and demand. coupled with other
factors that have grown out of this
The period from 1870 to 1899 was the
period of development Of the middle
west, the bread basket Of the world
Here were lands of unparalleled fer
tility that had merely to be scratched
to give forth their bountiful supplies
The result WAS that the markets of the
world were flooded with foodstuffs.
Fly 1856 the middle west was pretty
we'll settled The bloom of its virgin
fertility haG been removed Soon the
days of using corn for fuel and wheat
TO feed the hogs were past. Prices of
far2I prod:.' Is began to rise If there
had been no other factor entering in
they would soon have rp;S'hpd nor
NAL level. and the reimbursement would
have come with little trouble Unfor-
tunatrly tn" tide of population toward
the ci.icS lad become too strong to be
turned in II day.
From 1880 to 1900 the percentage of
farmers decreased from ALB to 800.
decrease of 81 per cent. During the
same period the percentage of persons
engaged in manufacturing Increased
ll'iL -4.c ~ - i.'D. lliS luNl cdSc vi -
per cent is no more than normal and
may be accounted for by the increase
in the standard of living and the CON
sequent demand for manufactured ar
ticles. The increase in professional
lines during this time was eight-tenths
of / per cent, while the number of per-
sons engaged in domestic and personal
service decreased one-tenth of ] per
cent
The great increase came in the num-
Der of persons engaged in trade and
transportation. an increase of 5.5 per
cent. OF the 1913 per cent of the work
ing people engaged in trade and trans
portati0n in 1900 only nine-tenthS were
engaged in transportation proper. The
others, lJ.4 per cent of all the people
of the United States who work, were
simply midGlemen. Complete figures
since 1900 are not available, but the
cityWard trend has increased rather
than diminished.
Here is the true explanation of the
high cost of living. There are more
than one-third as many men engaged
in distributing food as there are in
producing il. The consumers dollar
is worn thin before it gets to the pro-
Queer The 100000 men who farm
must supply food to the 7000,0 900 peo-
pie who are working in the factories,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Monument to Confederate Women.

Hon. Charles Scott, of Rosedale,
chairman of the committee of United
raise a fund of at least $4,000 to be
used in the erection of a monument to
the women Of the Confederacy on the
state capitol grounds, was in Jackson
Thursday to confer with other men,
bers Of the committee relative to the
progress of the work Hon. H. Clay
Sharkey, treasurer of the committee,
reports that the contributions have
reached a total of $1,OG246 An ener-
getic canvass for subscriptions will be
waged throughout the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Why Scott Cannot Speak.

Col. Charles Scott, who was in the
city Thursday, authorized the follow
ing statement in regard to his posi-
ton:
Il have been troubled with my
throat ana vocal cords since an attack
CT ia grippe, following bad cold
caught at Gen. Lowrys funeral several
months ago. For this reason | cannot
attempt to make any speeches until
normal conditions are restored, and |
have been forced, therefore, to de-
cline the many kind invitations to
speak that have been received from
friends in all parts of the state.'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
State Fair Prospects.

Assistant Manager Jim Mcdonnell
of the State Fair Association, declares
the fair being arranged for next fall
will be the biggest and best ever I'M
dertaken here, the applications for
space being unprecedented and sew
eral of the most interesting attrac-
tons having already been secured Eff
forts are being made to secure an
aviation exhibition and the Wrights,
the Curtisses, the Baldwins and 9th
ers are persistently corresponding
with The management
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Plan Fight on WeeViI.

One of the most notable gathering
of farmers ever held in South Missis-
sippi took place at the state agricult-
ural experiment station at Mcneil.
The purpose of the gathering was to
awaken the farmers in that section Of
the state to the importance of prepar-
ing to fight the Mexican boil weevil,
which will be generally prevalent over
the entire southern part of the state
next year. A basket dinner was serv-
ed on the ground, after which an adj
dress was delivered by B. L. Moss,
agent of the United State department
of agriculture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
jackson May Have Natural Gas.

A strong flow of natural gas, evil
IDENTIFY through a fissure leading TO a
larger deposit, has been struck by
from which Jackson will be provided
with an artesian water supply. The
flow Of gas is so strong that it is read
lily ignited at the surface, burning with
a bright blue fame, and when the drill
first struck the fissure the gas came
forth with a rumbling sound that
awakened the entire neighborhood for
several blocks around. The gas was
struck at a depth of 500 feet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
JACKSON.
APPORTIONMENT OF TAXES.
Amount Due by Each Road in the

Amount Due by Each Road in the
State To Be FIGURED Out.
According to the classification of
the different railroad lines and prop
erty in the state for the purpose Of
privilege tax assessment, there is very
little change from the last assess
ment, made a year or two ago. While
the state legislature fixes the rate at
which this class of property must be
assessed, it is left to the railroad
commission to determine the classi-
fication.
Under the classification just COM
pleted ana adopted at this weeks sit
ting of the commission, the following
are the railroads of the first class, the
rate for which is $3.50 per mile.
Illinois Central, main line; Yaozo &
Mississippi Valley, main line; Mobile
& Ohio, main line; Alabama Great
Southern, Alabama & Vicksburg, New
Orleans & Northeastern, st. Louis &
San Francisco, Gulf & Ship Island,
Louisville & Nashville. The mileage
of these trunk line systems combined
constitutes the bulk of the railroad
mileage of the state, all of which must
pay taxes at the rate of $3.50 per
mile
Then follows list of the third class
property, which includes the New Or
leans Great Northern, New Orleans,
Mobile & Chicago, Liberty, White,
Fernwood & Gulf, Sanoody Valley
new, Pascagoula Northern, Alabama
and Mississippi, Natchez & Southern,
Delta Southern, Brookhaven & Pearl
River, Mississippi Eastern, Gulfport &
Mississippi Traction Company and
Pascagoula Street Railway and Power
Company.
Secretary Maxwell of the railroad
commission will now apply himself to
the task of working out the amount
due by the several railroads under the
adopted classification. This will oc-
cupy him closely for several weeks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Make Little Ones Happy.

One hundred children from the Mis-
sissippi Methodist orphanage enjoyed
a days outing at Crystal Springs
Chautauqua. Free transportation for
the unson depot was furnished by the
street railway company, the Illinois
Central provided a special coach and
free transportation from Jackson to
Crystal Springs and return, and free
transportation to and from the
grounds, free admission through the
gates. and 5ountifgl, free timer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
A Japanese Observation.

In my personal OBSERVATION Of the
Russians at Port Arthur, what struck
me most was their inordinate drink
ing of such liquors as whiskey and
vodka. Even at the time of surren-
der. both officers and men were
found quite shamefully intoxicated.
This disgraceful practice was found
to be in vogue everywhere, together
with that of excessive smoking, even
in the hospitals. Judging from
these. ! easily conclude that their
constant drinking and smoking re-
duced the troops to general incom-
potency and was the principal cause
of the fall of tie Port Arthur
s.ron Shold.-Tokio Paper.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
All the Famous Man Birds
Preparing to Compete For
Big Cash Rewards For
Cross Country Air Voy-
ages Offered by Metro
politan Newspapers.
BY j. 4. EDGERTON.
copyright. 1910, by American Press Asso.
ciatiOn.1

citation.
%OLLOWINGt the successful flight
of Glenn Fl. Curtiss from Al
bany to New York the country
blossomed into bouquet of
aviation prizes. For that feat Curtiss
received $4,000 from the New York
World; also u large bunch of fame and
a banquet 1t was at the banquet that
the bouquet of prizes burst into bloom,
Mayor Gaynor as POSTMASTER an
nounced that the New York World and
st. Louis Post-Dispatch offered n
purse of $4,000 for a flight from Now
York to st. Louis. Almost simultane-
ousIy the New York Times. which had
run a special train accompanying the
Albany-New York flight, announced in
conjunction with the Chicago Evening
Post that it would give $4,000 for
New York Chicago flight
This was followed by an effort of
Governor Hadley of Missouri and 9th
ers to raise $4,000 for St Louis
Kansas City fight. Then a Muskogee
(Okla.) paper started purse of $4,000
to induce some of the New York-St.
Louis f1iers to continue on to Musko-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Gen. Fridge to Camp Perry.

AdjF.-Gen Fridge, with the men
who will make up the rife team to at
tend the national rifle matches to be
held at Camp Perry, O., this month,
left the state Thursday for the Buck
eye state, where they hope at any rate
to make an impression on the targets,
if they do not land up among the top
nOtchers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12

Pc systeIat.o1,,y heroic in little
unneeo ssary points. Every day do
soE etbirg for 10 other reason than
its difficulty, so that, if an hour of
reed should cone, it may find you
trained to stand the test The man
who has daily Injured himself to
habits of concentrated attention, en-
ergctic will, and self-denial in unnec-
essary things will stand like a tower
when everything rocks around him.
William James.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Prof. HuddIeston Ill.

Hon. G. w. Huddleston, member of
Millsaps College faculty, as we'll as
head of the state board of examiners
in the department of education, is
quite ILL., Prof. Huddleston is one of
the best known and most thorough
going educators in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Honor Memory of Confederate Women

7OnoT memory OF COnIeuerdte women
Chairman Charles Scott, of the COM
mittee of United Confederate Veter
ans, appointed at the last annual re-
union to take charge of the movement
to raise funds for the erection of a
monument to the Confederate women
of Mississippi, has issued an address
recommending the observance of
confederate Women's day" through
out the state on August 16. At each
place where a Confederate organization
exists public exercises will be held,
tributes paid to the women of the
Confederacy, and earnest appeals
made for contributions to the memo
rial fund
Chairman Scott hopes to raise at
least So, 090 for the monument.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12


H J. Hill puts it, is IL Sli.s
which just now is en-i1s
the attention of the entire nation
cost of the uecessaries Of life has be
steadily increasing since 1916
symptoms have been viewed with H..
creaSiIg alarm by nearly all claSyf
Within the last year the matter ha,
reached IN acute stage. The aver;s-s
increase in the cost of necessities 70
Jan. T. 1909. to Jan l. 1910. was II {
per cent. The increase over July l.
1916. was 81 per cent
The wage and salary earners in the
cities have seen the dread line" grad
ually drawing closer The margin be-
tween income and expenses, narrow at
best, has ShYunk to the vanishing
point All this while newspapers have
been shouting prosperity, fcv%etful Of
the old maxim that THE real prospect
ty of a nation is the citizens margin
of saving"
Whatever the cause of this increase
in the cost of necessities and comforts.
there are but two ways in which the
citizen as an individual can meet it
The first is to increase his income,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-12
Temperance Wit.

An Irish lawyer noted for his wit
was engaged by a lady to defend an
action her husband was bringing for
judicial separation. While cross
examining the plaintiff he asked:
You wish to leave this woman
because she drinks?"
Yes, sir"
do you drink yourself?"
That's my businessH '-angrily.
Whereupon the unmoved lawyer
quietly asked him:
Have you any other business?"