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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
An Electric Air-Trap.

The instrument used by Mons. Teis-
serene de Bort for collecting speci-
mems of air at high attitudes with the
aid of sounding balloon consists of a
very perfect vacuum-tube with a fine
ly drawn-out end. Either the rise of
the mercury in a barometer CORE
spending with previously determined
altitude, or the clockwork of the
meteorograph forms an electric con-
tact, causing a little hammer to fall
and break the end of the tube. Air
then rushes in, whereupon another
electric contact, brought about by the
same means, allows the current of a
small accumulation to heat the plati-
mum wire wound round the capillary
tube to red heat. This fuses the
glass and again closes the end of
the vacuum-tube, thus entrapping the
air.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
CALL TO VETERANS.
Mississippi Would Erect Monument
to the Women of the Confederacy.
Rosedale, Miss, May 20. 1910.

Rosedale, Miss, May 20, 1910.
The United Confederate Veterans, at
the last reunion in Mobile, Ala, in
dorsed, without dissenting vote, a
beautiful design, previously selected
by their committee, for monuments to
be erected throughout the Southern
states in honor of the women of the
Confederacy.
This design is the brain work and
handwork of talented young woman
of the South, Miss Belle Kinney, of
Nashville, Tenn. It's chaste beauty
and simple dignity, as presented in
these imperishable monuments Of
bronze and marble, will appeal to the
minds and hearts of present and future
generations, while wildly recalling for
all time the devoted patriotism, the
,steadfast courage, the intelligent and
loyal service and the tender love OF
these noble women of the Old South,
who, from first to last, were the life
and inspiration of the war-cradled ma
ton in it's memorable struggle with
the armies and resources of hostile
world.
The design being at last agreed on,
each Southern state is now expected
to erect, with unnecessary delay, at
least one of these monuments within
its borders. We feel that Mississippi
will be among the first to enter upon
this labor of love, and in pursuance Of
our duties as members of the monu-
ment committee, we now call on ev-
cry man in the state, old and young,
and on every Mississippi woman, born
during or since the civil war, who de-
sires to honor her Confederate mother,
and on the students of our colleges
and universities, and the school chill
dren of the commonwealth, to contrib
ute some sum, large or small to the
fund that must be promptly provided
for the purchase and erection of this
patriotic purpose, and we ask for that
amount, confidently believing that it
will be cheerfully subscribed.
w. H. Griffin, Haulka,
Chas. HUMPHREYS, Jackson,
w. S. Coleman, West Point,
Chas Scott, Chm, Rosedale,
Congederate Womens' Monument Com
mittee for Mississippi
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
sIidinq Float for Bait-Casting.

Sliding floats for use with a bait
casting rod are not in the tackle
stores, but any angler can make one.
Take two bottle corks, one and quar-
ter inch size; make a hole through
each and slip them on A quill, using
sheemakers' wax hot for cement.
Cut quill off even with cork and push
a bead down into small end of it
until the bead is on q level with out
side. Work the cork down to pear
shape, the bead in the small end;
smooth with sandpaper and paint.
Make figure loop in cotton string
by forming loop and putting ends
through twice, and slip this loop on
the reel line. Draw it tight enough
to stay in position firmly, but lose
enough to slide on line by pressure 81
the fingers. To rig the tackle, set the
knot on reel line at the depth you
want to fish, slip the float on line,
bead end first, then adjust sinker and
leader as usual. When the line is
reeled up for the cast the float runs
up on the line and stops at the sink
er. When the cast is made the float
FstIrns to the knot on the line. Use
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Growth of Eoys and Girls.

At five years of Gge boys are main.
ly taller than girls, but the girls ap-
pear to equal them at the seventh
year, and continue thus up to and in
Guiding the ninth yer, after which
the boys rise again above the girls for
two years. At about twelve years the
girls suddenly become taller than the
boys, continuing until the fifteenth
year, when the boys finally regain
their superiority in stature. After the
age of seventeen there seems to be
very little, if any, increase in the
stature of girls, while boys are still
growing vigorously at eighteen. Boys
have a larger lung capacity than girls
at all ages. The difference Is not so
large from six to thirteen. but sub
sequently the difference between the
sexes increases very rapidly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
The Difficulty.

Mrs. Watson, q woman whose pre-
tensions to beauty nature fatty re
fused to assist in any way, saw in a
shep.windOw a bonnet, the sort Of
thing that a modiste in town calls a
creation" just a knottinG of velvet,
q fold of lace and pink roses, but a
snare for feminine vanity because it
looked so simple and easy to wear.
She hurried in, examined 1t closely,
inquired the price, and at last tried
it on. Then. after few moments Of
disappointed staring. she took it OF
again.
81 don't think I'll have it, after all,
Miss Demmon," she said. What do
you suppose is the matter with the
thing? I'm sure it looked ever so
much prettier in the window"
But, my dear madam" answered
the milliner, with quick conviction,
You must remember that you have
your face to contend with now!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
$4,000 for the Orphans.

Rev. w. M. Williams, manager of the
Mississippi Methodist Orphanage at
Jackson, makes a most remarkable
showing for the institution in the May
issue of Our Home, the organ of the
home. He reports that during the
month of April he received the follow
ing amounts to go toward the erection
of the two proposed buildings, the
boys dormitory and the school build
ing: Dr. Luther Sexton, New Orleans,
$4,000 Nv. M. hampton, Mangnolia,
$4,000. ]. S. Sexton, Hazllehurst, ST.
900 r.. W. Millsaps, Jackson, $1,000.
Many others gave smaller amounts
reaching a grand total of $4,000. This
is a magnificent showing for one
month.
This home has 1S1 orphan Children
in it. The two new buildings will cost
$4,000 and only $4,000 is lacking.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Kettle litter.

drained without scalding the hands.
The device consists of a pair of wire
arms, which may be fitted to grip the
edges of the kettle. These arms are
provided with a pair of handles, which
are crossed under the bail of the ket-
tie. 4 third handle may be seized IN
one hand, while the other two handles
are grasped in the other hand. The
kettle will thus be firmly gripped, and
it may be tilted to any desired de-
gree with perfect safety.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
JACKSON.
MOSS ISSUES CAUTION.
Tells Farmers Not to PloW Up Boil
WeeViI Cotton


B. l.. Moss, the indefatigable and
well-informed district agent of tho
United States, who is devoting all his
time to getting his farmers of the
boil weevil territory in line with the
departmental methods of fighting the
pest, is sending out the following pre-
cautionary address:
ITO All Farmers in Boil Weevil Terri
tory:
This is the season of the year when
the boil weevil is normally expected
to emerge from winter quarters and
appear in the cotton fields, and the
object of this letter is to warn all cot
ton planters against becoming panic
stricken and blowing up promising
fields of cotton. This has been done
in past seasons and done too often
without any logical reason.
Among farmers in newly infested
weevil territory the impression is
sometimes current that the weevll
should not appear before July or Aug
ust, and any earlier appearance has
been the signal for panic and democrat
ization. Remember that it is perfectly
normal for the weevil to appear when
warm weather comes, and its appear
ance should occasion no alarm
''On the other hand, all fields of cot
ton should be closely watched, and
vigorous fight kept up to hold the vice.
wills in check. The methods essential
have been repeatedly published in the
past, and it will only be necessary
here to state that for the remainder
of the season these must consist OF
rapid, shallow and clean cultivation,
the continual maintenance Of a dust
mulch and the careful destruction, by
picking and burning, of all punctured
squares. A rigid adherence to these
methods has given good results even
in the worst seasons, and while this
years crop is little late, the present
good weather will enable it to largely
regain this, and in general the outlook
is fairly promising.
''In a few years the farmers of
Southwest Mississippi will be growing
profitable crops of cotton in spite of
the Weevil, and will then wonder just
why they became so demoralized when
it appeared.
1--WE can make cotton under weevil
conditions, and every man owes it, not
only to himself, but to his community,
to make the strongest possible fight
and demonstrate this fact to his own
and to his neighbors' satisfaction"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Indiana Inventors Scissors Sharpener.

can be sharpened without entailing
the employment of skilled labor. 1t
comprises a base, which is clamped
to a table or other support. On the
base is a sharpening stone or other
suitable abrasive material, while at
the opposite end is an upright arm
from which depends a movable clamp,
The scissors are held in correct posi-
ton over the stone by means OF the
clamp. The latter is then moved back
and forth along the arm, thus moving
the blade of the scissors across the
sharpening stone. Where scissors are
employed to q great extent this simple
means of sharpening the dull blades
should prove valuable and economical.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

years, and most of the natives are, at
least nominally, members of that com
munion, / expected to find bitterness
and acrimony between the Roman
Catholics and the Professionals. But
this is not the case, and for two rea-
sons. The first is that the Protestant
missionaries have worked with tact
and quietness and have endeavCred to
avoid arousing antagonisms and sec:
tartan bitterness,
The second is that the old church
organization has it's hands full with
the Aglipay schism, which claims not
only more than 100000 adherents,
but also a large part of the church
property in the islands. This ques-
courts In the meantime, the two
wings of Catholicism are manifesting
no little bitterness toward each other.
Archbishop Agius, the Apostolic dele
gate, could not find terms with which
to characterize Aglipay, when
preached the matter to him.
And from what l could ascertain
suspect that he is pretty nearly cor
rect in regarding Aglipay as a selfish
schemer, an opportunist, and poll
tician. Aglipay, who rose to power
on the tide of opposition to the friars,
merely represents the idea Of revolt
against old and evil conditions He
seems to stand for nothing-or rather
for anything and everything a
theological way; in one district he
processes himself as steadfastly de-
voted to all the historic teachings and
practices of Rome; in another, he is
practically Protestant, attacking
church rites and distributing Bibles.
So bitter is the strife between the
Roman Catholics and the Aglipayans
that neither pays much attention to
the Protestants, who go unmolested
on their way, adding great numbers
to the Protestant churches. Many re-
cruits, am told, come to the mis-
sionaries from the Aglipayan fold,
having discovered the unsatisfactory
condition of the latter. Not few of
the earliest adherents of the Pro-
testaut missionaries became such
from political motives; anything to
show rebellion against the Spanish
friars. Many of these early fell away,
but some have become intelligent
workers in the Protestant churches
Good Words for the Filipino.
A further word should be written
concerning the Roman Catholic church
in the islands, before passing on to
the dietinctively missionary propa-
oauda It Is to he borne In mind that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Must Give Up One.

Mr.. T. R. James will either have to
resign as county attorney for George
county Or give up his commission as a
notary. He was recently appointed
county attorney by Gov. Noel and was
later commissioned a notary public
Mrs. James cannot, under the law, hold
an elective and appointive office al
the same time, and as the county at
torney is an appointive office he will
have to decide whether he prefers to
be notary public or county attorney
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Pure Water VS.. Typhoid.

Prof Geo. M. Kober recently col
lected statistics showing that the sub
stitution of a pure for a contaminated
water-supply in American cities has
been accompanied by a decrease Of
deaths from typhoid amounting to
more than seventy per cent. Before
the change the deaths numbered, on
the average. 69.4 per 100000; since,
they have fallen to 1913. A bulletin of
the New York State Department of
Health in 1908 showed. in ten cities,
a reduction of over fifty-three per
cent. in the typhoid dcath-rate after
the introduction OF q pure water-sup-
Eiy.- YouLji y LU-nUunI---
Die to DTsA.
OF the $4,000 men passed into
Wadsworth (England) workhouse
since 1886 by DR.. A. E. Dodson,
there were only fifteen total abstain
ers. OF the fifteen at least seven
were mentally or physically unfit to
maintain themselves. This makes
the proportion of needy table
bodied) abstainers practically $4,000
to eight. and affords new evidence
for the old contention. But for
drink the workhouse might be
closed"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Governor Pleased With Schools.

Gov. Soel has just returned from
visit to the 1. l. and G. at Columbus
and the A. and M. College at Stark
vile. The governor was very much
gratified to find the affairs of both
these institutions in such fine shape.
with no complaints, and no one called
before the faculty at either ,,llege.
Both have gone through a good sea-
son, have graduated unusually large
classes and carried very high enroll
ment, and the president and faculty of
each are fully deserving of a we'll
earned rest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

The department of education is
working extra hard now with view
to having everything in shape for the
opening of the summer normals, all Ct
which will commence work at the
same time, or on June IA, which is a
change from the former system, which
only provided for the holding of one or
two at time, in order to economic
in the matter of salaries for directors
and instructors. The legislature made
better provision for this department.
which will enable the board to do bet
ter work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
New ENGLAND Society.

There is a National Society of New
England Women that has branches in
many of the state, cooperating often
with the mems New England societies,
but making pleasant opportunities for
women to take up the thread of re-
membranes with one another Miss
Lizzie Woodbury. Law is the president,
residing in New York.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Cruel Woman!

derer the story of an intensely tragic
occurrence. "Yus," he said, there
was a bootiful lawn in front of the
ouse, nicely kept, and it looked real
good chance for gettin' bit of honest
symperthy. So walks in, gets down
on me 'ands and knees, and starts
chewin' the grass. Out comes as kind
Unlocking a Idly as | ever seed, and
wanted to know wot | was doin'. Told
her 'adn't 'ad grub fer weeks, and
was obliged to eat grass. She looked
very sympertheticly at me, and then
said: My pore man. Come around
behind the house. The grass is long
er therel'"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Gave No Warninu.

On entering the stable suddenly the
head of the house found the hostler
and his own young son deeply engaged
with the broken tail of a kite.
"How is it, Williams" he began, Sc
verely, chat never find you at WORK
when l come out here?"
81 know" volunteered his son; cts
ON account of those rubber heels
you're wearing now"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
$4,000 for improvements.

Good Roadway is being made with
Jacksons' municipal improvements, for
which a $4,000 bond issue was author
lied several weeks ago. The drilling
of artesian wells, from which the mu.
nicipaltty expects to obtain a new
source of water supply, has reached
the point where the contractors ex
pect to strike flow of pure and whole
some artesian water within the next
few days. On the 7th of June the city
council will award contracts for street
paving in the business district, aggrO
eating about $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
immigration Convention.

Secretary L. e. Davis, who is look
ing after plans for the statewide inn
migration convention to be held in
Jackson June q and %, has given no.
tice that the capital city will have to
mack plans to provide accommodations
for from 1,5O to 1900 delegates
The assurance has been given to Sec.
rotary Davis that Jackson will provide
adequate accommodations for all who
attend. Many private homes will be
thrown open to the visitors, and in
event representatives hall is too small
the sessions will be held at the Cent
ury theater.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
HOW BILLIARDS ORIGINATED.
London Pawnbroker Invented the
Game in His leisure Hours.

London PaWnbroker invented the
Game in His leisure Hours.
1t is fact nos generally known
that the game of billiards was invent
ed by a pawnbroker, William Kew by
name, who flourished in London some
time in the sixteenth century.
This inventive avuncular relative
of the needy used to employ his leis-
ure hours in wet weather when trade
was dull by taking down the three
balls which were the insignia of his
profession and pushing them about
the counter of his shop with a yard
stick, after the manner of the game
as at present played, and using boxes
fastened to the sides of his counter
for pockets.
Out of this was developed a table
with a fence of slight elevation about
it to keep the balls from rolling on
the floor and to enable the player to
make what have since become known
as cushion shots.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Supreme Court Order.

By direction of the judges Of the
supreme court Clerk Myers Thursday
issued the following notice to the bar,
which explains itself:
"The court directs me to notify the
Thar of the state that no further oral
arguments will be heard after Tues
day, the It'll day of June, 1910, all
causes in which oral argument is re.
quested and which have not been ar
:gued by that time will be continued
until the October term.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

AS the season progresses the injury
to the tomato crop by the freeze on
April "a becomes more apparent, and
it is now evident that the damage was
greater than at first estimated to be-.
To the inexperienced many fields loci
well, look as they ordinarily dc in the
middle of April. but a close examina'
ton shows that most fields will yield
but few tomatoes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Prof. Smith Commissioned.

Prof. w. H. Smith of Durant has
been appointed as state supervisor of
elementary rural schools, upon the
recommendation Of the state board of
education, the appointment to date
from July 1. This signifies a new de-
parture in Mississippi, in which the
Peabody Educational Association fig
ures to the extent of defraying the
cost of this supervision, and it is
agreed On all sides that it could not be
entrusted to ADLER or better qualified
hands than those of the man who
gave the corn club system in the state
its boost toward success as a going
institution
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
SCISSORS sHARPENE r.
Simple Device Does the Work With
out Skilled Labor.

Sharpening a pair of scissors h as
always been considered to proper ly
belong to an expert. An Indiana in
ventor decided that a device could be
readily made by which the sharpening
could be readily accomplished by any
one. He, accordingly, designed the
device shown here, by which scissors
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
A Honeful Soul.

Hope springs eternal" says the
poet The Chicago News gives a
striking illustration of the truth of
his words.
Woman is naturally more hopeful
than man.
Yes, there's my wife, for instance;
for years past every time she had
occasion to buy fish she has asked the
dealer if they were fresh, hoping, l
suppose, that some day he'll say no.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
A Kings Bank.

The practice of hiding money away
In all manner of out-of-the-way cor
ners is by no means modern. In the
old days, according to "Gleanings
After Time" secret receptacles were
often made in the bedsteads. and con-
tributed both to safety and romance
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
OEEOO OOOOOHHO


In the presence of large gathering
of Masons and others the cornerstone
of the Harry T. Howard Hospital. II
the grounds of the state Masonic Wild
ows' and Orphans Home. was laid at
Meridian with interesting and impress
sive ceremonies. The address was de-
livered in a mastery way by Most
Worshipful Grand Master Walter Nc.
Conner while the stone was lAid hy
Grand Master Harry T. Howard, who
donated the hospital, and for whom 1t
is named.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

The Walden Dredging and Drainage
Company has adopted plans by which
all necessary money will be raised and
a canal survey made to begin at once
through Hays creek valley. II pres
ent plans are perfected lareg body
of submerged land, which is very val.
liable, will be drained. cleared and
put into a state of cultivation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

To meet the demand for boarding
facilities for girls, the board of trus'
tees of the Madison County Agricultu
raj High School has decided to build
a dormitory for them. There will ~
a teachers normal. lasting four weeks,
in July and August. 1t will be held
under the auspices of the school, AMI
accommodations for a hundred teach.
erS will be afforded.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
More Farm Land for convicts.


The board of penitentiary trustees
must take definite action in the mat
ter of acquisition of more land as au-
thOrized by the legislature, as the lan1
is very much needed. While the legis-
lature failed to make a specific appro-
priation for the land purchase, it is
expected that the defect will be COW
cred by draft on the pending issue of
100000 state bonds for this and other
purposes.
Illustrating the necessity for more
land upon which to proftably employ
the convicts, is the report of the trav-
cling sergeant of the penitentiary for
the month of May, taken in connection
with that of Secretary Yerger, which
has just been completed, which shows
the total population to have gotten
still nearer the 1900 mark, the num-
Der being 1,793, as compared with l.
10 at the end of April. There were
IS new ones received, while there were
only sc clearances, made up of 16 dis
charges, II pardoned, escaped and 2
died.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Preventive of ScaIdino.

A simple device is illustrated here
with, which may be used to tilt ket-
tie in which vegetables or other food
is being cooked, so that it may be