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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
LIVE STOCK BOARD MEETS.
Plans Discussed for Clearing Mississippi
of the Cattle Tick.

VI the NdILIe LICK
Concidental with the gathering at
Jackson Thursday of the Mississippi live
stock sanitary board for the first meet
ing since the legislature adjourned, after
leaving a total of 900 in the hands
of the board fer the more effectual
carrying on of the work of Texas fever
tick eradication, was the return from
Washington of the governor with the
assurance from t. Q department of ag-
riculture that tie federal government
they have been b 2 to in the past two
years. The work of the board during
the past two years has been rather re-
stricted, owing to tie limited appropria-
tion at command for the carrying on of
tick eradication, but such as they had
was ;pplied Systematically, and under
the general direction of DR.. Herman, the
result has been that now three counties
of sisslppi-Tmica, Tate and De-
Soto--have been relieved of quarantine
restrictions and are within the open
zone, while Marshall and Bento viii
shortly be proclaimed free fro thc
tick.
While in Washington the 90 mo-
visiting the department of agricl NE,
al tex tra,,ication as we'll as O,hcr
L: tors pertaining to the Improvement
If tie g ioultural cor: ton am larger
development of adapt Utilities was dis
cussed. He was given the assurance that
Just in proportion ito what the state is
going to do t. help lis L, the federal
government viii rot only do as much,
but more and the outlook is very en-
couragng.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
THE TRANSIT Of HAL[Ey'S COMET
The Earth VIII Not Collide With
Its Head. but Will Plunge Harm.
IeSSIy Through Its Tail PeCuI.
lar Radiance That May Be Seen
In the Heavens.

almost as eagerly rushing toward the
comet, its speed being about 1,150
miles a minute. And though the two.
on the 10th Of April, were still 95.OOO.-
600 miles apart, the combined move
ment Of earth and comet has been
steadily filling up the great gap at the
rate of forty-three miles per second,
and the great events that are to fol-
low the middle of May are consequent
ly at hand.
That there will he no collision is as
evident as that an elevated train may
safely cross a surface road above or
a subway beneath. When the comet
crossed the earth's path early in March
for it is even now within our orbit
It was 100000 miles above us. and
when it will pass out beyond the same.
May 26, it will be 100000 miles below
US. Professor W. II. Pickering esti-
mates that on the 18th of May we
shall be 100000 miles distant from
lion or two may be clipped in the day
or two following. The brilliancy. too,
of the comet will be greatest on the
10Th, no less than G966 times what it
was when discovered by Professor
Wolf.
But the 18th of May is the great day
the day of the transit and the day of
the earth's plunge through the comets
tail Nothing can transit the face of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
SENATOR PERcY'S NOMINATION.
Unanimously Declared Fair and Square
by House and Senate.

Unanimously Declared Fair and Square
by House and Senate.
Before adjourning and while awaiting
the final message from the governor,
Mr. Cavett, of Noxubee, one of the most
effective and kindly spirits in the repre-
sentative body, and strong supporter
of Governor Vardaman, sent the follow.
ing resolution to the desk:
Resolved by the house of representa-
tives:
In view of the scandalous rumors
which have been circulated touching the
recent senatorial contest, the house of
representatives takes pleasure in saying
to the people of Mississippi that we are
convinced that the conduct of every cam
didate in the senatorial contest was dig
nifed, honorable and upright, and that
no vote in the caucus nomination was
procured by any improper means or cor
rupt influence, and that the election of
Senator Percy is fire. from fraud or cor
ruption.
And regardless of whether we have
supported Senator Percy in the recent con-
test or will support him in the approach
ing primary, we record with pleasure
our confidence in mis- chivairous honor
and personal and political INTEGRITY, and
our desire to hold up his hands in the
performance of his high duties as a rep
resentative of this great commonwealth
in the senate of the United States"
This resolution struck a responsive
chord in the heart of every man within
hearing and was adopted spontaneously
and unanimously.
4 like resolution was unanimously
passed in the senate on motion of Sen
ater w. T. Mcdonald, who was one of
counsel selected By Bilbo to represent
him in the senate investigation. Senator
Mcdonald also voted to expel Bilbo, as
also did Senator Mcmillan, the floor man.
ager of Vardaman's forces in the caucus,
and other prominent senators who voted
for Vardaman.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06

mary, will be placed with my resignation
in the hands of that legislature zap
plause), and my support and the sup
rort of my friends will be given in that
legislature for the election of the choice
of the people to the short unexpired
term, as well as the long term in the
United States senate. (Applause.)
Want Joint Debate.
"Now, if Governor Vardaman concurs
in this request, and l have no desire to
force any vote on the subject until his
friends have had opportunity to confer
with him, l shall request of him, do
it row. and | shall expect of him to meet
me in Joint discussion before the people
Of the state of Mississippi repeated APP
plause), and | will there defend before
the people of the state the commission
that this legislature has honored me
with, or I will place that commission
at the disposal of the people of the state.
Applause repeatedly When | represent
Mississippi in the senate of the United
States, l will not only want to know
that the commission is stainless; the
legislature OF the state of Mississippi
not only want to know, but | want -"
world to know that l hold on the tlo"r
of the United States senate a stainless
(applause), and I now chaI-
lenge Governor Vardaman to the ac-
ceptance of this primary in 1910, cp"0
to any Mississippian that desires to en-
ter it, and will be bound by it, and sup
port the nominee of it.
81 thank you, gentleemn." tApplause.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06

compounded that force with the force
of the suns attraction, and the result
is the beautiful curve of an ellipse.
Now, it is because of faithfully fol-
lowing the elliptical path that the COM
ct will not drop into the suns fiery
depths and go up in a puff of gas. In
stead it swings around that body at
safe distance of 54,609,G00 miles at the
nearest and then proceeds to withdraw
into space on the opposite side of the
ellipse. 1t is there that it is going to
meet the earth: there that it will pass
US, the two bodies going in opposite
directions: there that it will come the
nearest; there that it will appear the
largest; there that it will shine the
brightest; there that its head will
transit the face of the sun; there that
the earth will plunge headlong through
its tail. We are therefore coming to
the most important days of this come
tary visit
So we'll had the great astronomer
royal. Sir Edmund HALEY, and 9th
ers learned the ways of this sky mon
ster that Professor Max Wolf of Hell
delberg. Germany. knew to just what
quarter of the heavens to open his
camera for the long exposure of Sept.
II last When. after hours of waiting.
he again closed it and went into the
dark room and developed his plate he
knew that he had rediScovered Hal
ley's comet, and so he telegraphed to
all the principal observatories of the
world In few days the astronomers
saw it in their powerful glasses, and
they have been following it ever since
with an interval of a few weeks eX-
cepted. when it passed the sun the
last of March and removed from the
evening to the morning sky.
"Will Not Collide With the Earth"
On the 10Th of April the comet
passed ''perihelion." nearest the sun,
was going its SwifteSt. Lists miles
minute. and determinedly rounding the
curve to push on toward the earth. as
if to drive straight into our orb and
end all things fer both bodies At the
same time he r;lrih was coming around
its curve III the opposite direction and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
An Expert Astronomers State.
meni OF What We May Expect
from he Visit of This Wonder.
full. Awe Inspiring Celestial Mon.
Ster 10 Our Skies.
Nv FREDERIC CAMPBELL Sc n

By FREDERIC CAMPBELL, Sc. D..
president OF department of astronomy,
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. ]
"N HE visit of Halleys comet to
our skies is an event for which
IN we have been waiting for thir-
tySeven years and more. for
in 1873. when it had been retreating
into the depths of space ever since its
last preceding appearance in 1885. it
was at last brought up with Il round
turn" by the suns attraction and COM
PEELED to start back
While every mile of the way in '. It'll
drawing from the suns light and heat
it had equally withdrawn from its re-
straining power, yet even 100000. 600
miles beyond our farthcst known Plan
ct thai power was still real, though
immensely reduced, and finally prevail
ed over the comets momentum so that
it was forced to turn back 1t did it,
like runaway child, reluctantly, and,
although with each mile of its return
it has felt increase of attraction in the
sun and has thus been obliged to quick
en- it's pace steadily. it has nevertheless
refused to rush straight to the suns
bosom. Still retaining "a fragment Of
that original momentum with which it
came into our system ages ago-no one
knows from where-it has persistently
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06

the moon unless it be a fleeting me-
teor, for the moon is the nearest celes-
tial body. Only three bodies can trans
it the face of the sun-namely, the
moon, thus causing an eclipse of the
sun, and the inner planets Mercury
and Venus. The last transit of Mer-
curry occurred in November. 1907. The
last transit of Venus was observed
Dec. 6. 1882. and the next will be seen
June s. 2004. this entire century pass
ing without that most interesting and
significant phenomenon. But the head
of the comet will transit the face of
the sun on the 18th of May.
Where the Transit May Be Seen.
This is made possible by remark
able combination of circumstances. For
four months the comet has been north
of the sun. On the very day that it
passes it in going back from the morn
ing to the evening sky it also passes
south of the sun. This brings it di
rectly across the suns face. Professor
See says that this will take place be-
tween p. n. and Il. ~. eastern time.
Professor Pickering names Q p. m,
eastern time. as the hour. Popular
Astronomy" says that 10 p. M. east
ern time. is the exact middle of the
transit. but that it lasts in its en-
tirety from 1850 p. m. to 11:4S p. M
The center of the comets head will
pass about four or five minutes of arc
above the center of the suns disk. the
diameter of the entire disk being thirty
minutes.
Now. it is manifest that. vastly i'm
portant as this event is. it will be en-
tirely invisible to a large part of hu-
mainly by reason of the suns being
below the horizon at the hour named.
France. England. Germany. Italy.
Spain and all the eastern part of the
United States will then be in the
shadow of night. Only on our western
borders is there hope that the transit
may be witnessed. and in the Hawai-
ian Islands there is a much closer APP
proach to certainty. Professor Barnard
has estimated that the size of the COM
cts head as seen from the earth will
be more than sufficient to cover the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
WILL GO 10 CHICKAMAUGA.
Mississippi Soldiers to Be Drilled and
Prepared for Maneuvsr3.

Adjt.-Gen. Frid ., with tie cncpa:a-
tion Of Capt. Edgar Coffey, United States
army officer detailed to service as in
structor with the Mississippi National
Guard. are involved in considerable work
in advance of the general movement TO
Chckamauga, which is officially pro-
vided for, to take place during the COM
ing summer. The entire command, con-
sisting of general staff, two regiments
of infantry, battery of artillery, troop
of cavalry and one company of the sig
nal corps will be under marching orders
to proceed to ChicHamauga ard remain
there and participate in the joint ma
neuvers from July to July IA, which
will be in lieu of a general state en-
campment during 1910.
Prior to this movement the secretary
of war has ordered a school of instruc-
ton for the officers of the guard to be
held at Camp Williamson, below Nicks-
burg, from May % to p, and has des-
ignated the army officers to have charge,
as we'll as outlined the courses Of in
struction to be pursued.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
SENATOR PERCY'S
STARTLING SPEECH.
To Joint Session of the LegisIa.
ture of the State of Mis-
sissippi April Is, 1910.

Hon. Leroy Percy addressed joint
session as follows:
I'FMr. Speaker, Members of the Mississippi
Legislature, Fellow-Democrats
Il am glad to be with you again.
Much water has flowed by the mill since
1 last stood here and looked into your
faces, and it is good to have chance
to talk with you again.
Coming from the national capitol, l
can bring you glad tidings for the ma
tional Democracy. The great party that
scarce more than a year ago was swept
into power by an overwhelming majority,
with a chief executive entering upon the
duties of his high office under brighter
auspices than ever attended the inaugu-
ration of any previous president, today
is like rudderless ship wallowing in an
angry tempest.
already from Massachusetts, has come
the triumphant note of Democracy. ZAP
plause.) The Republican speaker has
been battling for his life before a Repub-
ican house; the president has abandoned
the quiet and dignifed seclusion of his
great office and is now going hither and
thither pleading and imploring with the
Republicans not to destroy their party.
The leader of the Indiana wing of the
party has already deied and tainted
the established leaders of the Repub-
lican party for their broken pledges.
Under Che curse of its broken tariff
pledge the Republican party realizes it's
foredoomed to 90 down in ignominious
defeat, and the reasons that make that
defeat so certain are the reasons that
give value and worth to it.
"Why, the bewildered leaders of Re
pubicanism ask, has this storm swept
down upon us out of a cloudless sky, be-
cause we have broken a pledge given to
the people in the last Republican conven-
ton? Why, in all the years gone by we
have never kept party pledges, and such
a visitation has never before come upon
us? Why, now, are We assaulted not only
by our enemies from without but by
those who have hitherto rallied to the
party cry within?
"They now know that with the blight
of sectionalism swept from the country,
with the people viewing the acts of their
rulers with clear eyes, not dimmed by
passion nor poisoned by prejudice, the
intelligence and manhood of America is
asserting itself politically as never be-
fore in the history of this country, and
that this party, and that any other party
that holds the reigns of power, is going
to be held to a stricter accountability
for party pledges than ever heretofore in
our history. And that is what spells
victory, assured victory, to a triumphant
Democracy, the party that lives close to
the people and carries out the pledges
made by it in order to secure an cleo
tion, by indicating them when that cleo
ton has been secured
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
Investigating Bond Bill.

Attorney-General Hudson is going
over senate bill 500, providing for an
issue of bonds of 100000 to meet the
appropriations made by the recent legis-
lature The proceeds from these bonds
will be used for permanent improve
ments, and General Hudson is going over
the bill and comparing it with the law
on the subject, to see that the act is
legal The appropriation for the State
Charity Hospital will come out of these
bonds, which is one of the permanent i'm
provements provided for. Gov. Noel has
appointed the trustees for this institu-
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
ePrivate John" Escapes Trial.

The Indictment against private" John
NJ Allen, former member of Congress,
and one of the leading attorneys of
East Mississippi, for gambling, has been
nolle pressed.
Judge Henry wet his sponge and
wiped the case of his judicial slate at
the request of District Attorney Nc
Neill, but his was the only case given
the immunity bath. Several members of
the legislature and few outsiders were
among those indicted, and these cases,
it is understood, will be tried at the
June term of court
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
N. o. G. N. Buys Right of Wy.

At a cost of approximately 100000
the New Orleans Great Northern road
has purchased right of way, and made
all arrangements for the este blishment
of its own terminal facilities i'll jackson.
Right of way has been secured for
distance of two miles north of the cor
porate limits, and from a high official
source it is learned that plans have been
formed for an extension of the line in
northeasterly direction up the Pearl
river valley, with the ultimate purpose
of building north, and south trunk
line.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
BUT E0EL HAS HIJ DOUBTS.
VIII Refer Legality of Primary to At
orzey-General.

VIII Refer Legality of Primary to At
torZey-General.
Discussing the proposed early primary
asked for by Senator Percy AMI CX-' ;ov.
Nardaman, in orC>. to run OF before
the people The race for the senator hip,
v hich was the feature of the le;.slative
session this year, Gov. Noel said:
while | am in Acart,." accord with
Senator Percy in It's matter, i, is a
question that the people must pass upon,
and the state executive commiti &c,
Which represents the Democratic party
in the state, IS the sole ju-9e Of whether
or not it is best
As to the Legality of the proposition,
the eorCr1 or VII re-er tl-at ph"se OF it
to Tie encouragement, and with an
opinion from that official he viii prob
ably have something more to say
later on.
He entersains very positive doubts,
however, as do a number Ct o,her
lawyers who have given thought to the
subject.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
Bilbo Witnesses Want Fees.

Witnesses in the Bilbo case are look
ing for their fees, and Auditor Smith
has been piled with questions as to when
they will receive their pay warrants.
Mr.. Smith has already honored the
warrant to pay all witnesses, and Ser
geant-at-Arms Franklin has the money
with him at home, Ruleville.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06

At his home in Longview, eight miles
west of Starkville, William Mccain died
in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
Mr. Mccain was a Confederate veteran,
having served throughout the Civil War
in the Army of Virginia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06

"But, owNlississippians, while the
great papers have flashed this glad in
telligence abroad to buoy up the hopes of
the Democracy of our entire country,
those same great papers have carried an
intelligence which has saddened the heart
and caused the flush of shame to man.
tie the brow of every Mssissippian. The
shameless story has been spread broad
cast over the land that a Mississippi
rupted by son of Mississippi. Among
strangers, seeking as best l could to up
hold the dignity of the state whose COM
mission L bore, knowing that that COM
mission had been won as fairly and as
honorably as any ever held by son of
Mississippi, knowing that 1 had entered
this political struggle through no desire
to crafty a personal ambition, but l had
cast my lot in with those who fought be-
cause they believed that Mississippi was
threatened with a grave disaster in the
election of James K Vardaman; know
ing that had forbidden those who loved
me at home to bear one cent of the ex-
pense except the legitimate expenses that
attend a prolonged stay in the capital,
thank God, no money has to be spent
on a Mississippi legislature; knowing
that no cent of my money nor of any
body else fo2 my benefit had been used
to influence the result, it seemed that the
cup was bitter one for me. l had come
from no race of office seekers (applause),
but from men who always held honor
above life, country above SELF an unfair
nished name had been handed to me by
my forefathers, and it was my pride and
my prayer that untarnished still that
name should go from me to those who
should bear it hereafter.
kilograms Came Thick.
'rBut the Indignation that sprung from
personal feelings was swallowed up in
the Indignation that arose in me when
realized that the name of the state of
Mississippi was sought to be dragged in
the mire of degradation for political ag'
.grandizement. The kilograms grew thick
'er, and the air was full of rumors of
foul deeds done. lies and ISLANDERS, and
worse than that, the intimation, the sug-
gestion, the innuendoes, the unfathered
questions for which no man would stand,
by which it was sought to drag down
the names of those Mississippi has held in
evercnce-And1son Alexander, Byrd,
Kyle, Critz and Street, as pure and able
patriots as the state has ever produced
Their past characters were to be no
shield to the darts of calumny; nay, how
could the living hope to go unscathed
when the new-illed grave afforded no
shield to the character of one who has
gone from you to his reward since | last
was here with you.
"When the name of Heslip, who but
lately filled a place here and for whom
you dug a grave in the cemetery, was
to be besmirched by the foul charge that,
because, through honest effort, he had
been able to lift mortgage that pressed
down upon his home, the means to do it
with must have come into his hands from
polluted sources. and honest men looked
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-06
Mississippi News
0ND0D0O00ll0
T. = q Il - = -..4 S5Css1

The Tri-state Association of Odd Eel
lows, rc2re senting Mississippi, Tonnes
see and Alabama, met in ann Ial session
at Columbus. One hundred and twenty
four representatives from lodges in
these three states were present.
The annual convention of the Miss
issippi Woman's Suffrage Association
convened at Greenville with Mrs. Robert
SomervilIe, president, presiding. All the
officers of the state association were
present as well as many prominent Wis
itors.
The jefferson Davis Chapter, L. D. c.,
Of Yazoo City, held an impressive me-
mortal service at the public school
building. The entire school was present
and took part, furnishing the music
for the occasion. They entered into
the spirit of the exercise and sang as
if they had fought under Lee in Vir-
ginia.
DR.. E. L. Thornton, of Nashville,
Tenn, a government tick expert, has
been engaged for the purpose of taking
up the work of tick eradication in
Lowndes county. He has just com
pleted a four-year campaign in en-
nesee. He VIII remain about eighteen
months, the period of time in which it
is estimated the work of Graduating
seed ticks in the county can be com
pleted.