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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
TAX SALES INVALID.
Attorney-GeneraI Fox Delivers Opln-
ion of Wide Moment.

ion of Wide Moment.
Under a ruling of the attorney-geE-
erals department, through Assistant
Acknowledgement Carl Fox, in an opir-
ion rendered to Land Commissioner
Gillespie, there appears to be quite
muddle surrounding the sale of GER
tain lands to the state of Mississippi
for taxes back in 1872.
The specific sale which forms the
basis of the opinion was made in
Smith county, and it appears fron the
records that the then Sheriff, Ii ne
gotiating the sales, included in the
amounts 10 per centum damages. As
sistant Acknowledgement Fox, in an
opinion sent the land commissioner,
holds that it appearing from the rec
ords that if the sheriff included dam
ages at that tine, he had no such au-
thority. Decisions of the supreme
court have neld that such action OF
itself was sufficient to invalidate the
sales so made. The law has been
changed since, but the sale was made
under the old statute, and conse-
quently the state has no title and the
realty must revert back to the original
owners or their heirs or assigns.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

THERE IS NO LINE OF FARMING MORE FAS-
CINATING THAN THE BREEDING OF PURE
BRED LIVE STOCK.
his farm for a school garden. He in
vited the, preacher out to his farm and
got him out of the atmosphere of dead
theology into the spirit of living prog
ress. The preacher caught the spirit.
and the church came to- be an aid in
the forward movement. Gradually the
whole community became. moderniZM.
The people grasped the opportunities
to which they were blind until some
one opened their eyes.
The young man who can go into
community and by his indOmitabie
courage and strong faith bring about
change like this has succeeded in
the truest sense of the word II is
success of this kind. coupled with the
success of happy life and comfort
able competence, that the country Of
fers to the young man today.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
BACK TO THE PLoW.
Prof. Smith Finds Sentiment Strong
for Return to the Farm.

for Return to the Farm.
Back to the soil' is the slogan IN
Mississippi, and the call of "old Beck
and the plow" is strong in this state,
appealing especially to the business
and professional men who have made
a success of life in the city, according
to Prof. w. H. Smith, supervisor OF
rural schools in Mississippi.
Mr.. Smith has just returned from
tour of the state, and says he finds
sentiment strongly in favor of return
ing to the soil. He believes that when
the state Is in position to give the
people good rural schools, combined
with the telephone, electric cars an0
other conveniences, the tide of bank
to the soiP' will be strong in this
state.
Il find many of the leading bust
ness and professional men OF the state
men reared on the farm-hear the
call of back to the plow,' and 1t is
hard for them to resist. Some of them
can not resist it entirely, especially
one man l know in Northern Missis-
sippi, who Is conducting a farm on
five and one-half acres of land.
What we need in Mississippi is a
system of good rural schools and it Is
coming; make farm life attractive to
the youth and educate him so he can
make something out of farming; make
the life offer a future to him, and we
will have one of the richest states In
the Union.
I'VE can give our farmers electric
cars, good roads, telephones and good
schools. When we do that we will
have taken a long step forward. We
might also add waterworks, as j
would not be expensive, and would
improve the health of the state"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

From financial standpoint farming
offers opportunities to young men that
are duplicated in few other callings.
Farming as q profession Is new. and
It's ranks are still far from full The
young farmer Is not entering an over
crowded calling where he must COM
bine with his fellows and boost prices
living. In agriculture there are room
and opportunity for all. The country
is throbbing with the vitality Of new
awakened life. The password is ambi-
ton, and the reward is success.
1t is not the call Of money alone that
is turning the ambitious young man
to the farm. A calling that can offer
no reward but financial one Is scarce
" worthy of the name. The chief call
of the city has been the call Of the dol
lar combined with the call of the
crowd. Better roads and denser pop
ulation have enabled the country to
offer a social life which is superior to
that of the city. Higher prices and
scientific methods have enabled it to
duplicate the financial rewards of the
city. In addition. it offers to the young
man the opportunity to live the broad
est, fullest life of which he is capable.
1t offers him a business he can call his
own and an independence which he
could gain in the city only after life
time of toll. The greatest need of
most rural communities just now is
leaders-men who can demonstrate on
their own farms the possibilities Of
scientific agriculture; men who under
stand the possibilities and the need OF
a broader community life.
The stories of some Of the, young
men who needed the call Of the coun-
try and gave themselves. to the devel-
opment of their community read like
romances. dozen years or so ago a
little Massachusetts community was on
the downhill road. The nearby cities
had Slapped it of. it's strength and Wig
or Intudicious cropping had taken
away much of the fertility Of tile
soil, and the people had lost all ambi-
ton and were content to let things
drift from bad to worse. About this
time young man, son of one Of the
farmers, graduated from an agricul-
tural college. He received tempting
offer from the department Of agricul-
ture to take up work at Washington.
A brother in Iowa wrote him a glow
ing invitation to come to the fertile
lands of the middle west. He rejected
both offers and went home.
The most optimistic resident would
have laughed at the idea Of there be-
ing any opportunity there. But the
young man went to work. He did not
lecture to the neighbors or advise
them. He merely set out to show them
what the impoverished land was ca
pable of. He made the old farm pay,
and it's dilapidation changed to an air
Of prosperity. His neighbors gradually
began 10 follow his methods and to
catch some of his spirit. The commu-
nifty started TO 20 forward instead of
backward AS soon as he could spare
the time from his farm the young
farmer sci about reorganizing the vii
lage school He gave one corner Of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
Pat on Baptism.

Pat, who was noted for a quick
tongue, was digging potatoes when
the parish priest came by. BY way
of pleasant salutation the priest
said:
Good mornin' to We, Pat, and what
kind of p'rtatoes are We diggin'?"
Raw ones, your riv'rince."
'Och, ye're so smart. I'll just give
We a question in the catachism
What is baptism?"
ut used to be four shillin's afore
We came, but now it's twenty shil-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
gbort 9ern,ons
For
5unoap Dalt-Bour
Theme:
STRENGTH OUT OF
WEAKNESS

r. i r.
BY Edwin Whittier Caswell, d. d.
Text: "Out Of weakness were made
strone."-Hebrews, XII, "a.
The one hundred thousand specta-
tors witnessing the Olympiad at Lon
don were filled with wonder when
they saw mere boy from New York
City, the smallest of the fifty-five COM
petitors, win the great Marathon rae.
Littleness was better than bigness;
quality than quantity. That the un-
seen forces of will, courage, purpose
anc faith are mightier than visible
Irowess was proven when David met
Goliath, when the Japanese defeated
the Russians, and when John Hayes
won the twenty-six mile race.
Consciousness of weakness means
preparation, discipline, progress and
development, and these mean victory.
Necessity is called the mother of in
vention; therefore if the young man
VI wealth. I06lS uO u0C0SSlLy u0 Will
fail of the greatest achievement.
Carnegie and Rockefeller struggled
up from the weakness of poverty to
the summit of wealth and influence.
Dante, Ruskin and Carlyle fought
against the weakness of bodily ills
till they attained the climax of intel
lectual greatness. The handicap of
blindness enabled Milton, of England,
Milburn and Mathewson, of Scotland,
to behold visions of thought and beau
ty beyond their fellows.
Hardships, deprivations and great
difficulties in early life lifted Lincoln
and Grant into their Hottest seats of
power. Prisons have palaces proved
to minds like Paul and Bunyan, where
they were inspired to produce pen pic
lures that have delighted and blessed
mankind in every land. !. Is 1t not q
sublime truth that there is pathway
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
Grow Figs on Large Scale.

Mr.. Witty, a capitalist of Indiana,
will try fig culture in this state. The
town of Ridgeland, few miles north
Of Jackson, is made up largely of
Westerners, and Mr.. Witty has sue
ceeded in interesting a number of
them in figs. He has purchased q
piece of land there and will establish
a first-class cannery and preserving
plant He will plant twenty acres to
fig trees and other citizens have
agreed to plant IS acres, so that in
the course of two or three years
Ridgeland will be the. Representing
center of the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
Weevii at State Farm.

Capt J. W. Whitaker, sergeant In
charge of the state penitentiary farm
at Oakley, reports that the ravages of
the boil weevil in that section are
much more extended than was at first
supposed would be the case, and that
fully thirty-three per cent of the ma
tured bolls are punctured. Most of
his acreage was planted with the TIT
umph variety of seed. which produces
a tougher boil, and this is not as badly
affected by the weevils as has been
the case with other varieties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
State Bonds Not Sold.

The governors efforts to dispose Of
the bonds have not been successful,
owing to the continued tightness Of
the money market and the demand
for ready money to move the crops of
the country. He is satisfied, however,
that the entire issue will be placed
within the next few months, as condi-
lions improve.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

A bill of sale case before the court
was being argued at quite unnces-
sary length by garrulous counsel
After an nour the X. G. remarked
to the judge: Il will now proceed,
my lord, to address myself to the
furniture" You have been doing
that for some time," dryly replied
the judge, as he stiffled a yawn.-
London News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

Men of science are generally ag-
reed that birds are natures great
check on the excess of insects, and
that they maintain the balance be-
tween plant and insect life. Ten
thousand caterpillars, it had been
estimated, could destroy every blade
of grass an acre of cultivated land.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
State Gets Settlement.

Attorney General Hudson contrib
uted to the state treasury box by pay
ing in the sum of $4,935.45, being q
settlement out of court of the case Of
the Sumpter Lumber Company in Win
ston county. This settlement is quite
significant, in view of the fact that
the pending case was governed ex-
actly by the decision of Chancellor
Thomas in the Issaquena case, who
decided the Irrigated lands had been
originally obtained under fraudulent
or irregular patents, issued in blocks
Of 100 acres, to be bought f. for spec
ulatiYe purposes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
RX Her Brother.

The girl on the sofa sighed a soul
full sigh.
Nobody seems to understand me. .
she said sadly.
How can they?" queried her big
brother, when you spend two-thirds
of your time in front of a mirror try
ing to make yourself less plainY"-
vAs---- AI@@a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
From Bal 20 Worse.

Reformer-Do you believe in di-
vorces?
Acquaintance-No, sir. They're bad,
very bad.
Reformer-What are your reasons
for thinking so?
Acquaintance-Why I've had three
myself.-Detroit Free Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
a Public Performer

81 want a man with some expert
ence as public performer, ex-
planned the stout man.
81 think I'll do said the appll
cant hopefuIly. "I'm the only man on
our block who uses a lawn mower
in the evenings. PUCK.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
He Knew the Answer.

The husband of prominent club
woman had paused in front of an art
store.
A motto, What is Home Without
Mother!" mutely appealed to him.
Huh, that's easy" he muttered
MY family is most of the time. =
Chicago News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

The catalogue of the ninth annual
fair of the Oktibbeha County Fair AS
ISOLATION, to be held at Starkville Oc-
tober 5, 6 and Z, is just out. 1t con-
tains an interesting programme and
offers greater inducements to the ex-
hibitors than ever before.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
BACK TO
THE FARM"
vi. Farming The Youn.
Mans Opportunity.
BY C. v. GREGORY.

copyright. 1910. by American Press Ass,
..Ation.l
~AO the young man on the thrrSh
old Of lie the question q.
what shall l do with my
self?" comes demanding an
answer. During the past fifty years
the call of the city to the ambitious
young man has been insistent. To-Day
the country is calling for men with
ambition and energy and faith in its
possibilities. To such men 1t offers un
equaled opportunities.
The opportunities of the farm are
not limited in size or extent. The
young man with capital who is looking
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
Battle Against Boil Weevli.

B. L. Moss, representative of the
department of agriculture Ia this sec
ton the past year or two as demon
strator in the battle against the boil
weevil, has been promoted and placed
In charge of the state of Alabama. The
government approaching the fact that
the farmers of that state will have the
pests to contend with next year. It is
due to him to say that those farmers
VINO have taken his advice and fol-
loved his directions have made crops
In spite of the weevils. He goes to
Ala oama October 1.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
WnN it,a So.

Simkins-Windham seems to think
he knows it ALL
Timkins-Well, he's not to blame.
Simkins-Not to blame.
Timkins-No. He has no children
big enough to ask questions.-Chicago
News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

In peace, patriotism really consists
only in this: that every one sweeps
before his own door. minds his own
business, also learns his own lesson,
that it may be well with him In his
own house.-Goethe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

Johnny-Why do you want your
father to be detective?
Freddy-Because a gumshoe won't
hurt so.-Puck-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

A United States internal revenue
collector at Natchez visited several
brewett sands and called upon the
proprietors of the establishments. for
license. The licenses were paid with
out demur.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

The first term of circuit court held
in Lowndes county since last January
was opened Monday morning, Judge
Thomas B. Carroll of Starkville max.
ing his debut in the local presiding
chair. The new judge made a good
impression by his able charge to the
grand jury.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

Prof. L. B. Hutchinson died at Water
Valley, and his remains were inferred
at Long Branch cemetery. Professor
Hutchinson had taught school in Yalo-
busha county for thirty-fve years, and
his name is a household word through
out the county He was a brave Con.
federate soldier, having enlisted from
his native state, Missouri.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
QuIIo ExcusaS,;c

'Mr. Chairman" began tbs %--
who is unaccustomed to public
speaking. "I-er-I-er-I-
''WeIl," interrupted the chairman,
kindly, err is Bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

There was quite a sensation Gre
ated in the court room at Fulton when
Judge Mitchell pronounced life sen
tence upon Drew Bishop for the MUIR
der Of Glide 1abler After brief
conference between the attorneys in
the case, Louis Sheffield, representing
the defendant, and District Attorney
George Strange and County Attorney
NJ. c. Benson, representing the state,
an agreement was reached to the eff
feet that Bishop be imprisoned for
life. Bishops mother broke down
when she kissed her boy goodbye. 1t
seems that whisky was the cause Of
the murder.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

In contest for prize offered by T.
S. Turner, dealer in fertilizer, for the
best acre of corn raised in Madison
county three contests were made. The
corn measured and resulted as fol-
lows: S. c. Pitchford, 40 bushels; J.
D. Pace, 10S bushels; w. A. Falkner,
SO bushels. And yet people in the
North claim that Mississippi soil will
not produce corn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

A storm which almost reached the
proportions of hurricane swept the
Mississippi and Louisiana coast Fri
day, causing considerable damage at
several points. At Gulfport the steam
er Hermanos dragged her anchors and
electric light plant at Bay st. Louis
was considerably damaged. The
schOoners Farwell and Henry NJ, load
ed with shrimp, were wrecked in Lake
Borgne, near Rigolets. The crews
were rescued, no lives being lost.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

The Winston County Fair, which
will open at Louisville on Tuesday,
September q, and continue four days,
bids fair to far excel the fair of last
year in every detail. The association
now has about 100 members and is
chartered at $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

All the steps precedent to the es-
Enlistment of the Agricultural High
School in Bolivar county were conclud-
ed Monday when the board of super
visors authorized levy of mills for
the erection of the buildings 1t is ex-
pected this levy will provide about
$4,000, and this will be supplemented
by other amounts. The tax for this
purpose will be collected with the
county taxes this winter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

United States Marshal Fred w. Col
Inns, clerk l.. B. Moseley and District
busy time at Biloxi in October, when
q special term of the United States
District court for the southern d.
vision of the southern district of Mis-
sissippi will be held. This special
dispose of considerable business
which is pending before that special
tribunal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

The preparations for the Delta Fair,
which opens at Greenville on Mon,
day, October 10, for the week, are
well advanced, and the indications all
point to the most successful fair in
the history of the Delta Fair Associa-
ton. A big barbecue dinner will be
given on Tuesday, October II, free to
all who enter the gates Of the fair
grounds on that day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

The board Of directors of the Lin
coin County Fair Association, which
was organized recently, decided on
the holding of Lincoln County Fair
and Stotck Show and set Thursday
and Friday, October 20 and 81, as the
days
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
Mississippi News
OUOOO OO0OU0

B. F. Gregory, prominent gentlemen
of West Point and Clay county, are
soon to begin fish farming on gigan-
tic scale. They are beginning the con-
struction of an artificial lake that will
cover over one hundred acres, and
will be fed by artesian wells in addi-
ton to rainfall. The lake is to be
generously stocked with game fish,
and will be provided with handsome
boats, bath houses and all necessary
buildings will also be constructed, and
all necessary accessories for public
resort.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-15
CANDY COUNTER

We sell Belle Mead Sweets. The
only line of boxed eand sold in a guar
anteed fresh condition. We receive
only a weeks requirement in advance
Therefore our stock is never large
I, but always fresh.
Belle Mead Sweets are made after
the order is received. The quality is
the same throughout, the assortment
only making a difference In price.
Half pound boxes assorted Choco-
lates SOC.
Pound boxes assorted Chocolates go
Half pound boxes Exclusive Choco-
lates 4Oc.
Pound boxes Exclusive Chocolates
soc.
Pound boxes De Luxe Chocolates
500.
Chocolate covered Mints CSC.
Crystallized Mint Waters f5c.
Bottles of After Dinner Mints f5c.
Boxes OF Chocolate covered Mar
aschino Cherries 40c.
Boxes Molasses Taffy fOc.
Boxes Chocolate covered Nut Meats
soc.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-15
CLEANING UP
CHICAGO SHOWS
On Account of Complaints
That They Are
Objectionable.
BY United Press Wire.

Chicago. Nov. 15.-Risque songs,
the sort that are especially designed
for the entertainment of the some
what passe man, with the bald head
in the first row, are to be sung no
more in Chicago's theaters and cafes.
Stirred to action by complaints which
have been pouring in of late that
some of the vocal offerings coupled
with the gesture with which they
are presented have too much OBJ
lection even for Chicago. The police
theatrical bureau, today started on a
war of determination. Every cafe
and nickle theater dirty will be warn
ed at once and failure to comply with
the purity order will bring sharp and
decisive action. Post cards which are
too slightly favored are also under
the ban. Police have been instruct
ed to work with the post office autho-
rites and stop the sale of all pictures
such as are barred by the govern
ment as mail matter.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-15
PARIS AGAIN IN
DANGER FROM FLOODS

BY United Press Wire.
Paris. Nov. 15.-,-Thc Seine at the
Royal Bridge, today, reached n height
Of twenty feet three inches. The
weather bureau declares that FEN is
expected some time during the day,
but as heavy rains are forccastcd i'm
the upper tributaries Of the river the
situation is not regarded as hopeful
There is still an immense body Of
water in the upper river and this,
augmented by further rain, win pro-
badly do great damage when It
reaches Paris.
Later in the day the Hydrometoric
service in the weather bureau official
~ predicted rise Of ur feet four
inches in the Seine in Paris Saturday.
This win put the river far out of the
normal bounds and may cut off con-
siderable railroad traffic by inundat-
ing the dcpots and tracks.
The alarm created considera BILE
alarm In Paris, where the people had
been told the river was almost at q
standstill and that no further rises
were expected at this time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-11-15
DRUG DEPARTMENT

Our own Olive Oil, you can buy
cheaper, but ours the pure, free from
peanut oil, sesame oil, cotton seed
oil or any additional or adulterant,
our price is Csc per pint.
Squibb's Sugar of Milk.
Squibb's Sodium Phosphate.
Squibbs Lithia Tablets.
Squibb's Spices, in sitter top boxes.
About two and one-half times the
strength of the ordinary.
Sauibb's Soft Soap for Shampoo.
Squibb's entire line of chemicals,
drugs and medical tablets, than which
there is none better made. For in
stance-Squibbs Chloroform and Eth
er are used almost exclusively in sur
gical operations.
The whole line is uniform. There
fore the growth OF our drug business
is exactly explbbn After people
experience the economy of pure me-
dicine they will have no other