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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31
Reply by Joseph E. Wing.

In reply to several questions
propounded by DR.. ]. F. McCaleb,
the editor OF the Breeders Gazette
says:
Devons do exceedingly well in
the South The stock is practi-
cally extinct in the North. | know
of no one advertising Devons in
the Gazette, a pretty sure sign
that there are no enterprising men
breeding them more, pity, too.
If there was an available supply
of Brahman cattle they would do
spledidly there, in truth one sees
in Louisiana near Baton Rouge a
good deal of evidence of Brahman
blood and the more of it in the
beast the more fat, as a rule.
Since one can't get either Brah-
man or Devon why uot take Here
ford or Angus7 Herefords thrive
there admirably when given a
show. Ticks assuredly do stunt
cattle; can not answer for horses.
1t is an easy matter to rid a pas
ture of ticks. Ask Prof. H. A.
Morgan of Knoxville, Tenn, or
w. H. Dalrymple of Baton Rouge,
La, or DR.. TAFT Butler of Stark
vile, Miss. | should not go into
cattle breeding in Mississippi if |
meant to let ticks ravage un-
checked.
1t is assuredly true that Here.
fords forage more vigorously under
hot suns than do cattle of some
other breeds.
As to horse breeding in a region
without lime in the soil and under
no hot suns, I observed last sum-
mer while working in Louisiana in
July that horses did not suffer from
the heat when used with care. In
truth the thermometer will not reg
lister higher there than northward,
as a rule, though the period of
heat is long, from middle June till
middle September. Horses not
worked hard will come through the
heat all right. I am sure that very
good Percherons are found in the
rice country of South Louisiana,
so the heat is not a formidable de-
terrent factor. The absence OF
lime will assunedly effect the
grass, making it less nutritious,
and will affect the bone of colts.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31

M. M. Marx Is In the market for
good, fat, Cattle.
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Farm That Cost SIOO Worth
$4,000.

pl&sOOUt
Ben. F. Lindsay, prominent on
the coast as a good business man,
told Herald reporter here one
day this week of his investment in
70 acres land just north of Pass
Christian which cost him hundred
dollars twenty-five years ago, and
on which he maintained a family OF
sixteen members-himself, wife
and fourteen children.
This land came into his possess
ion before if was cleared, and ere a
tree was felled, he planted a large
area of it in paper shell pecans,
The actual nut, not the young tree,
was planted. These trees came
up in due season,
Last year from hundred OF
these trees he gathered 1000
pounds of nuts which were shipped
to New York and sold for go and
40 cents a pound. Had not his
pecan orchard been damaged by
the storm of some years ago, his
revenues would be twice what
they are.
From a hundred and ffty-seven
year-old fig trees he gathered 5000
quarts the past season which he
sold to local cannery for ten
cents a quart. On that part of his
farm devoted to corn he made so
bushels per acre the past year.
From ten acres planted in toma-
toes he gathered and sold 700 bu-
shells.
That was farming "some" on a
small tract of landl
Last year Mr.. Lindsay was of
fered $4,000 farm, but the offer
was without attraction to him, and
the 70 acres he owns is likely to
remain in his possession.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31
Progress OF the South.

Following up its wonderful work
in compiling and presenting the
wonderful progress and develop
ment of the south in the past thirty
| years, covering the liege of one
generation, the Baltimore Manu-
facturers' Record in its issue of
March 10 presents the story in fig
ures and in nutshell epitome. We
recite few of the facts presented
in more condensed shape, as fol-
lows:
Population of the south in 1850,
10, 100000; in 1910, 28,o85, 1000
Capital invested in manufactures
in I8so,sa57,244,564; in 1910, $2,-
2I4, 900, 900.
Products of manufactures in 1880,
s45z454,77T in 1910, Saith
ooo,oo
Capital invested in cotton mill
in 1880, $21, 900, 900; in 1910, $685.
100000. Cotton used in 1850,
1o8, 694,e8e pounds; in 1910, T.
200, 600, 900 pounds.
Cotton oil mills in 1856, As; in
1910, $50. Capital invested in
1880, S3,8oo,ooo, in 1910, $685.
100000.
Value of lumber products in 1880,
$4,000, 900; in Io1, $40, 900, 900.
Value of farm products in 1880,
5000, 900, 900, in 1910, S2,5so, ,ooo,
600.
Coal mined in 1880, 6,o37,oo3
tons; in 1910, 100, 900, 900 tons.
Phosphate mined in 1850, 100,
763 tons; in 1910, 2,5o2, 900.
Railroad mileage in 1880, s2o,-
6I2; in 1910, 6o,4oo.
Value of exports in 1880, $264,
qo5,753; in 1910, $3.50, 900, 900.
Assessed value of property in
1850, $2,834, 522, ,o72, in 1910, So
565,ooo, ,ooo,
There are no words to add to
the eloquence of these figures
Jackson News.
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ORDINANCE

Adopted by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of the Town OF
Port Gibson, Miss, March 9th,
1910:
The loafng, lettering or walking
on the streets of the town by
minors and unattended females, is
hereby declared to be a nuisance,
and against good morals.
Be it ordained by the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen of the Town
of Port Gibson, Mississippi, that
it shall be unlawful for any minor,
under the age of I6 years, or for
any female person, who shall not
be accompanied by a male adult
person at the time, to loaf, loiter,
walk or be upon the streets, alleys
or sidewalks of the town, between
the hours of 9 o'clock p. m. and 5
o'clock a. m.
Section 2. Any person convict
ed of violation of the foregoing
ordinance shall be fined not less
than one dollar, nor more than
twenty five, or imprisoned not
more than thirty days.
Section 8. That this ordinance
be in effect from its passage.
Be it ordained by the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen of the Town
of Port Gibson, Mississippi, that
it shall be a defense to said acts
made criminal by the foregoing
ordinance, if any such person de-
scribed therein shall be, when
found on any street, alley or side
walk, then and there about some
work of necessity. mch24-3t
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31
ORDINANCE

Adopted by the Board of Mayor anc
Aldermen of the Town of Port
Gibson. Miss, March 9TH. 1910.
The following persons are and
shall be punished as vagrants, viz
(a) Persons known as tramps,
wandering or strolling about in
idleness, who are able to work and
have no property to support them.
(b) Persons leading an idle, i'm.
mortal or prohigate life, who have
no property to support them, and
who are able to work and do not
work.
Co All persons able to work
having no property to support
them, and who have no visible or
known means of a fair, honest
and reputable livelihood. The
term visible and known means of
a fair, honest and reputable liveli-
hood" as used in this section,
shall be constructed to mean reas-
onably continuous employment at
some lawful occupation for reason
able compensation, or fixed and
regular income from property or
other Investment, which income is
sufficient for the support and main
tenance of such person.
(d) All able-bodied persons who
habitually loaf, loiter and idle In
the cities, towns, and villages, or a.
bout steamboat landings or rail-
road stations or any other public
place in the state, for the larger
portion of their time, without any
regular employment and without
any visible means of support. An
offense under paragraph CD of
this section shall be made out
whenever it is shown that any per-
son has no visible means of support
and only occasionally has employ
ment at odd jobs, being for the
most of the time out of employ
ment,
(e) Persons trading or bartering
stolen property, or who unlawfully
sell or barter any vinous, alcoholic,
malt, Intoxicating or spirtuous
liquors.
(f) Every common gambler or
person who for the most part maiu-
tains himself by gambling.
(gj Every able-bodied person
who shall go begging for a livIi-
hood.
(h) Every common prostitute,
CD Every keeper of a house of
prostitution.
Cd Every keeper of a house of
gambling or gaming
(k) Every person who shall a.
bandon his wife or family, without
just cause. leaving her or them
without support, OF in danger of
becoming a public charge,
Cd Every able-bodied person
who lives without employment or
labor, and who has no visible
means of support.
(m) All persons who are able to
work and do not work, but hire
out their minor children or allow
them to be hired out, and live upon
their wages.
(n) All persons over sixteen
years of age and under twenty-o one,
able to work and who do not work,
and have no property to support
them, and have not some known
visible means of a fair, honest, and
reputable livelihood, and whose
parents or those in loco PARENTS
are unable to support them, and
who are not in attendance upon
some educational institution.
Upon conviction of any person
on a charge of vagrancy, he shall
be fined not more than $50, or be
imprisoned not more than 80 days,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. mch3I-2t
nnRRAYANs~E
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31

A school library is invaluable to
both teacher and pupil. BY using
the books to supplement the text
book we not only increase the
knowledge of pupil but his intrest
as we'll. Aside from these bene-
fits it tends to relive the the mono
tony of school work and furnishes
entertainment for the leisure hours.
The school library gives the pupil
added practice in readiug-the key
to all knowledge. BY the use OF
the library in connection with his
text and during his leisure hours,
he forms the reading habit which
will be source of profit and pleas
ure to him through life. In this
way a thirst for added information
is created.
If the teacher has good library
at hand and is careful to lead her
pupils step by step, she will final
ly be able to bring the child into
vital contact with truth and beauty
as revealed in the best books, and
in this way creates love for good
literature. What the pupil reads
now determines in a measure what
he will read in after years. Let
me give you an instance: When
the writer was a child, the country
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31
Boil WeeviIs VIII Pass Away.

Boil WeeVIls VIII Pass away.
We have several old copies of
the Wood7ille Republican which
were found among the papers of
the late John w. Bryant, and CIV
en- us by Mr.. John d. Morris, says
that paper in a recent issue. In
one of the papers dated Oct. 18th,
1862, we found the following re-
port of the depredations of the
cotton worm, or army worm,
which caused the cotton planters
great loss at that time. The re-
port says:
eve are informed by Hon. ].
Alex. Ventress that the caterpillar
or army worm has destroyed the
cotton planted below here on the
coast on his own and other places,
and that they have made their ap-
pearance in this county, on several
plantations-his own among 9th
ers-stripping the cotton stalks
most completely of bolls and
leaves. We also learn that they
are numerous in Concordia par
ish."
"But few planted cotton this
year and these only one-fourth or
one-hfth of a crop. They will
probably make but little more than
sufficient to supply the county
with seed"
The farmers of that time were
viewing the future of the cotton
crop just as they are now viewing
it on account of the boil weevil.
However, the army worm crisis
was soon passed, and so it will be
with the boil weevil if the farmers
do their duty. 1t will simply be a
case of history repeating ITSELF
Natchez News.
Possibly so, but the weevil has
been in the lower portion of Texas
70 years. Pretty near time the
prediction that "the weevil will
soon pass away" was being full
filled at Brownsville, Texas.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31

Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
This is the second Sunday
school organized in the county dur
ing the past few months, the other
being an interdenominational
school at the Byrnes school house
near Insmore with an enrolEement
of as. There will probably be
one or more Others organized in
the near Eutuxe.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31

In such region l should use
mares and breeding to jacks grow
mule colts. Mules are somewhat
better adapted to hot weather than
horses. Good grade Percheron
asses, if they could be had, would
be ideal for such purpose.
1t IS usually thought that Per
cherons are best adapted 10 hot
countries, perhaps this has not
been proven.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31

Last Sunday afternoon a Pres
byterian Sunday school was organ
lied at Hevmanville with seven
teen members enrolled. Mr.. w.
G. Harrington was elected super
intendent and Mr.. e. Foster sec
retary and treasurer The school
will hold its regular sessions each
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-31
Dogs Alleged to be rIsd,

Published by requestl
A really rabid dog never foams
at the mouth. Its tongue and lips
are brown and hard-looking. The
discharge from the mouth is small
in quantity, brownish in color, and
hangs about the i ., like strings Of
gum. The eyes have an unnatural
fiery glare.
In APoPLExY there is a sudden
loss of power;
The dog falls down either par
TALLY or wholly insensible;
The eyes are fixed and blood
shot,
The breathing is heavy;
There is no foaming at the
mouth;
There is no unusual discharge OF
saliva.
In EPILEPSY the dog is seen to
tumble just as the fit is coming on;
If the dog tries to move he falls
on one side;
His Jaws begin to champ violent
ly;
All the voluntary muscles are
powerfully convulsed;
Generally he utters sharp short
cries, but not always;
There IS a copious discharge OF
white frothy saliva;
The gums are of pale leaden hue;
When recovering from an cpl
Ieptic fit the dog has bewildered
look, the eyes having a dull and
stupid expression.
No constable who will take care
! to remember what I have pointed
out above need ever commit the
error of destroying on suspicion, a
dog that is not afflicted with rabies.
CHARLES J. ROTTERDAM,
M. r. C. v. S.
Published by the National Can
inc Defence League.
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Ice In small quantities delivered
daily for IS cents per week; larger
amounts a little more.
9. M. HOWARD.
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Instructions issued in 1901 by
the Assistant Chief Constable of
Liverpool Police to the Liverpool
Police Force.
After specifying symptoms of
Rabies, as set forth in Leafet 81
of the National Canine Defence
League, the Assistant Chief Con-
stable adds:
"Don't jump to the conclusion
that every poor dog thar looks
strange is mad. Many a poor dog
that gets fit or convulsions is
killed as a mad dog when it really
only wants proper attention to
cure it, and dogs that have been
hunted and bullied till they don't
know where they are and what
they are doing, are often thought
to be mad when they are only
frightened and need your protec-
ton more than anything else"
+
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school with a library was the ex-
ception, not the rule. We had no
library at our school and were al
ways "crazy for something to
read", as school girls say. One
term just before the Christmas
holidays our teacher said that she
would give each of our class a
book from her own library. Mine
chanced to be book of old Greek
stories, and to this day those old
stories have peculiar facination
for me.
A carefully selected school Ii
brary is valuable for the effect it
has on the characters of pupils,
creating their minds, higher ideals,
tending to make them better and
nobler boys and girls-the men and
women of the great morrow,
whose infunce is to be felt in the
families of which they are menu
bers and the communities in which
they live.
TEACHER OAK RIDGE SCHOOL.
Examinations for white teachers
will be held at the court house,
April Ist and and and April 18th
and 10th. Examinations for col
ored teachers will be held April
9TH and 9Th and April 22nd and
2srd. Work will begin promptly
at o:3o a. m. st
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-10-07

for tie estimate of the total
indebtedness is in the neigh
borhood of So, 600. None of the
accounts are very large, but
we understand they include
quite a variety of bills, some
going back as far as the build
ing of the manse.
Mr.. Barnum was asked what
he meant by promising in this
notice that the debts would be
paid at once. Il mean within
a month"; he answered. He
has refused to disclose the plan
by which the money is to be
secured. The outcome will be
watched with a great deal of
curiosity.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-10-07
Church Debts 10 be Paid.

Hint of new financial policy
for the Presbyterian church of
this place is given by the fol-
lowing notice w h c h was
brought to the Courant office
for publication:
1t is intended to pay all the
debts of the Presbyterian church
at once. All those who have
claims against the church or
any of it's organizations are
asked to submit itenized state
ments of their accounts. These
should be mailed to Rev. g.
w. Barnum, the pastor of the
church, before October 15. If
received by that date, they
will have prompt attention"
This announcement will be
welcome news~to many of our
readers, especially to those
who are most interested in the
welfare of the church, for the
officers of the church have had
considerable anxiety about their
outstanding accounts. They
met Monday evening, and after
discussion of the situation,
voted to place the settlement
of the church debt in the hands
of the pastor, who had volun-
teered to take charge Of it.
At looks as though Mr.. Barn
um would have his hands full,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-10-07
Vote on Co unity Division.

The proposition to transfer
Wheaton, Hoffman, Cut Bank,
Blaine, Lansford, Elms,
MountRose, Renville and Sher-
man townships from Bottineau
to Renville county will be sub
mitted to the voters of the two
counties at the general election
November 8. VIM. Clifford,
Thos. Fitzmaurices and ]. j.
Van Woert of Mohall and ]. NJ.
Vannice of Lansford appeared
before the county commission
ers Monday and presented peti-
tions asking that the PROPOSE
ton be placed on the ballot.
As there is practically no senti-
ment for division outside the
townships contiguous to Mo-
hall, the possibility that the
proposition will carry is very
remote.
The two remaining unor-
ganized townships in the sec
ond district have been organiz-
ed. Township 1915, in which
Willow City is located, will be
known as Ostby and township
1904, containing Overly and
Tasco, will be known as Cecil.
The Willow City Eagle was
designated to print the delin-
quent tax list this year.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-10-07
Prices All Knocked TO Smash

On watches, jewelry, china
and holiday goods, at the big
closing out sale of the North
western Jewelry company.
Please remember that Mr..
Sheldon goes to Fargo on Oc-
tober rs and that the stock
must be sold. You better
hurry as you have only two
weeks left to get these goods
at factory prices.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1910-10-07
School Of Forestry

The winter supply of coal is
being put in this week by the
Imperial lumber company.
The library is open to the
public every school day, and
on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from ZOO to 8: 90.
Work on the greenhouse has
been pushed forward during
the recent fine weather, and
the glass is now nearly all set.
Through the kindness of
Mrs. Thompson, mother of
Mrs. John H. Kirk. the school
has received a number of fine
house plants.
A meeting of the athletic
association of the school has
been calleekfor the purpose of
electing officers and starting
the work in athletics.
The faculty are now prepar-
ing a list of books to be added
to the library in the near flu
ture. The people of the com
munity are invited to make use
of the library.
Most of the apparatus for the
domestic science department
having arrived, those desiring
an evening class in this work
will do we'll to meet and talk
with Miss Failyer at an early
date.
Joe Gardner has been gather
ing seeds from the box elder
trees about town. Three
bushels of seed have been OBJ
tanned and planted on the
ground at the school. They
are planted thickly in rows
three feet apart, where they
are to be grown two years, then
transplanted.
While in attendance at the
inaugural exercises at the state
university last week, President
Kemp secured the services of
DIR. Robertson and President
McVey of the university to
deliver addresses here during
the early part of the year.
Dates for the same will be
announced soon.
For the benefit of any who
expect to plant box elder or
ash seeds this year, a few di-
rections are given below: Pre-
pare the ground thoroughly SO
as to make as good a seed bed
as possible; mark the ground
and open small trenches about
three inches deep; plant the
seeds thiCkly, as many of the
seeds this year are poor; cover
with two or two and one half
inches of dirt, packing it firmly
over the seeds. 1t is preferable
to plant such seeds in the fall,
so that the frost will break the
hard shells; should the plant
ing be delayed until spring,
pour hot water over the seeds
and let them soak for several
hours before planting. 1t is
we'll to note, however, that the
fall planted seeds get an earlier
start in the spring, and usually
maintain a better grow h
throughout the season. Nr.
Older of the horticultural de-
partment will be pleased to
give further assistance to any
one contemplating planting
seeds or trees.