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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
PERSONALLY SHOWS DECREASE.
Many Counties Report Falling OFF in
Personal Taxes.

From present indications, the per-
Sonal assessment rolls of the state
Will show a decrease, as compared
with last year, instead of an increase,
as was expected Many of the %
counties that have already sent in
their rolls show a decrease, some of
them TO the amount of nearly 5000, 900,
and other counties are expected to
show loss. Lincoln county has
shown the heaviest loss of any coun--
ties reporting to date, but only a few
of the twenty-five have shown an in
crease. and the gain has been slight
in each instance. The loss shown by
the counties that have reported is con-
siderably larger than the gains thus
far recorded.
If that ratio is kept up, the state
will show loss of about S250,000 in
personally for the year. Counties that
have formerly come to the front with
a good gain each year, show a loss
this year, and there is no apparent
reason for it. as there are more people
in the state this year than last, which
would, naturally increase the person
atty, but the tax rolls show no evil
dence of this
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Joe Westmoreland, veteran of the
civil war, died at his home, ten miles
east of TupeIo- Mr.. Westmorelane
was a member of the Mississippi regi
ment commanded by john VI. Stone
and lost . leg in Virginia
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
CORNELL GETS REQUEST
Professor GoIdwin Smith Leaves Col
iece 1888 900.

Toronto. = Cornell University re-
ceives s6S3,000 Internationally by the
viii of the late Professor Goodwin
Smith. probated here, in which the
value of the estate is indicated at
s932,S59.
Il do this" the will says in refer
zee to the Cornell bequest, to show
my attention for the university at the
founding of which | had the honor OF
taking part; TO pay respect to the
memory of Ezra Cornell, and TO show
my attachment as an Englishman to
the union of two branches OF our
race on this continent with each 9th
err and with their common mother"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
New Cattle Disease.

A disease that is causing the state
of Mississippi good deal of money
and which has so far baffied the fore
most veterinarians hereabouts, has
broken out among the mich cows on
the convict farm at Oakley. Eight val
liable COWS have died already and 9th
ers have the disease, which seems
very contagious. The trouble origi-
mates as kind of itch, near the root
of the tail. and the cows rub and
scratch themselves nearly TO death
against fences, trees. etc.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Cotton Seed Discovery.

Athens, Ga.-Professor DeLoach,
along with the other members of the
staff of the State College of Agricul-
ture. all OF whom have been working
to develop cotton seed that will re-
sist the fatal anthracnose, have prac-
finally succeeded in securing the de-
sired type of seed 1t is calculated
that this discovery viii save the
Southland millions of dollars annual
ly. Experiments have been conducted
for sone time by many experts along
this line in an effort to discover
seed resistant to the fatal disease
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
JACKSON.
BACK TO THE PLOW.
Prof. Smith Finds Sentiment Strong
for Return to the Farm.

Back to the soil' is the slogan in
Mississippi, and the call of odd 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. II. Smith. supervisor OF
rural schools in Mississippi.
Mr. Smith has just returned from a
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 ana
other conveniences, the tide of bank
to the soil 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 it is
hard for them to resist. Some Of them
can not resist it entirely, especially
one man | know in Northern Missis-
sippi, who is conducting a farm on
five and one-haif 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 future to him, and we
Will have one Of the richest states in
the Union.
We can give our farmers electric
cars, good roads, telephones and good
schools When we do that we viii.
have taken a long step forward We
might also add waterworks, as
would not be expensive, and would
improve the health of the state"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Fivc-inch Rain in % Hours.

Corpus Christi, Texas.-The rainfall
in this city the twenty-four hours end
ed with O'Clock Wednesday evening,
according TO the local weather bureau,
was ; inches. telephone reports re-
ceived by the Herald indicate that the
rain was general Throughout the
Southwest At 6 o'clock pm the wind
attained a velocity of sixty miles an
hour, but 'this lasted only few sec
onds. and as far as can be ascertained
no damage was done TO shiDing or
other property
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
1000 Miles in Canoe

New Orleans. La.-Lloyd Kaufman
and Ralph Buch, two young men of
LititZ, Pa, arrived here in a 17-foot
canoe, having completed a 2.000-mile
river voyage in fourteen days. Elk
cept fortwo narrowly averted disas-
tiers, once stopping only ten feet
short of being shot over a dam in
the Upper Ohio, and a few days later
missing by few feet collision with
a coal barge in a swift current of the
same river. the youths report an en-
joyable journey.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
DEMOCRATS WILL WIN
JAMES o. WATSON GIVES DEMoc~
RAcY 80 MAJORITY.
Puts Blame on RooseveIt-Former
President Intensified insursent OPP
position-Made no New Ones.

New York.-Ex-Congress James
ID. Watson of Indiana. who used 10
be the Republican whip in the house,
and who is an active campaisner,
made some startling statements with
regard TO the outlook before the Re-
publican party at the present time,
SO far as the fall elections are ocn-
cerned, and gave il as his belief that
present indications are for a Demo
cratic majority in congress next year
Of at least thirty.
Mr.. Watson blamed Col. Roosevelt
not for the making of new insurgents
or progressives, but for helping TO
align them so distinctly that there is
little hope of their getting together as
things stand
II was out West with Vice-Presi-
dent Sherman, in Missouri and Okla
hona," said Mr.. Watson, 'and have
been campaigning in eleven states
this year, and | tell you the situation
is bad for the Republican party. |
am not one of those who shut their
eyes and predict big majorities. The
Republican party is confronted by a
situation that is acute, and il is no
use to shut our eyes TO IT,
1T is absolutely necessary for the
Republicans TO get together every
where The indications are now that
the next house will be Democratic by
at least thirty majority, unless the
Republicans do unite. We are losing
Republican congressman all the way
from Maine 10 California.
las for Roosevelt, | honestly do not
believe he has made single new in
surgent for all his rhetoric. But what
he has done has been to intensity the
feeling of those who We're insurgent
at heart, and to emphasize the split
in the party
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
WORLDS WHEAT YIELD SHORT
Crop Will Be Above the Average,
Nevertheless.

Washington, ID. C.-While this
years world acreage sown TO wheat
was doubtless the largest in history
(235 00O, 900 acres), it is not unlikely,
according to the United States depart
ment OF agricultural epxerts, that the
world WELD of wheat will be short of
the high record of last year, 1854, 000,-
900 bushels. yet the crop is reason
ably certain TO go down in history
as quantitatively above the average.
When the final figures are made up
it will not be surprising TO find the
total world yield short of the high
record, 3,642, 900 bushels last year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
State Gets $4,000 for New Bonds.

At least $4,000 of the 100000 state
bond issue authorized by the last legis-
1ature has been sold, for that amount
or real cash has been received at the
governors office. Two persons bought
these bonds, one taking $4,000 and
the other $4,000 One of these buy
ers resides in South Mississippi. anu
the man who took the SIS, 900 of bonds
is resident of East Mississippi. These
are only the first of those who have
bid for bonds. as about s15o,000 have
been spoken for.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
cerbracht Gets Two Years.

New York.-Ernest w. Gerbrachf.
for"er superintendent of the Will.
ialDr ourg refinery of the American Re-
fnir- Company, who, with Charles r.
Hei... former secretary and treasurer
of tbs company, was convicted OF con-
spir;.-y TO defraud the government by
the underweighing of sugar, was SEN
fenced TO two years in the federal PEN
itentiary at Atlanta and fined $4,000.
After imposing sentence. Judge Mar.
til granted a stay on appeal and fixeJ
bail at SIS 700.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
walllnn Aonenmoon In oermany.

The walking honeymoon is "a custom
Young couples who prefer io Keep
their money or who haven't amy for 20
wedding trip by train, a"lhh fl"p
sacks over their shoulders on the NoN.
ding day and set out Tor "t'h
tramp. stopping over hIfht hi lN'
roadside tavern. ] remember belns
told q story h. the Ragariau Alps oi
The gloomy young man whose '|
,rerne melancholy m tho village iuu
,,,sed e,qnpathetic inquirics He con.
feseed that he had been married the
day before 10 the belle nI 'h' Flii'f
and ~ they didn't haf" means I"I
10Th al them o. take wedding trip,
he bad been Obliged 20 tramp alone
Elmer Roberts in Golfers
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Bio Criminal Docket.

Indications are that when the Mis-
sissippi supreme court meets in Octo-
Der it will have the heaviest criminal
docket in its history to handle Thus
Tar about twenty-five cases have been
hriefed, while there are yet a num-
Der of cases that have not been put
on the docket, though notice of APP
peal has been given. This means one
of the busiest terms of the court the
attorney-generai of Mississippi has
ever known, in a criminal way
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
BRYAN is WELL PLEASED
Commoner Talks of the Election in
Maine.

Lincoln, Neb-Regarding the result
of the Maine election. William Jen-
nings Bryan said:
Il am very much pleased to learn
If the Democratic victory in Maine.
The fact that we elected two out of
four congressman, as well as governor
and legislature, gives it a natural sig
uifinance which it would not have if
il were merely a victory for state Of
fees.
Taken with the returns from Yer
mont, it indicates that the revolt
against the Republican party is as
pronounced in the East as in the West
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Beverly. Mass.-The trip TO Panama
which President Taft has planned TO
take in November, to inspect the work
that has been done on the Isthmian
Canal, may be given up. II is under
stood that several OF the Republican
leaders have endeavored to convince
the president that the political situa-
ton at home requires his presence in
this country.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Internal Revenue Department Plans
Big Reductions.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-The reduction of
Uncle Sans storekeepers, gaugers
and storekeepergauger in the inter
nal revenue service from 1900 to
about 1900, with a substitute list of
500 or more, was a recommendation
agreed upon by the National Fedora
ton of United States Internal Reve-
nue. Storekeepers, Gaugers and Store
keeper-Gaugers. which opened its
third annual convention here
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Dime Novel Boy Shoots.

Chicago. Ill.-Charles Gallagher, II
years OF age. who is said to be a
reader of dime novels, was arrested
charged with robbing two boys of a
revolver and a rife and with shooting
two other boys with double-barreled
shotgun. Peter Socks. 10 years old,
and Raymond Depew. II years old,
were the victims of the robbery, and
Martin Josephon. IL years old an,
Clarence Anderson. IL, were wounded
with buckshot when they got in the
way of Gallagher's bad aim
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Cotton Report Coming.

Washington. ID. . Government
crop reports for October will include
one on Monday, October 3, at noon,
showing the condition of the cotton
crop on September %, as estimated by
the department of agriculture, and
one on the same date from the census
bureau. giving the first ginners' report
of actual cotton ginned.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Predicts 2o-cent Cotton.

Little Rock, Ark.-Twenty-cent cot
ton will be a reality long before the
middle of next summer. in the opinion
of John F. Boyle, Jr. Mr.. Boyle bases
this prediction upon his long familiar
ity with the cotton trade and his per-
sonal investigations made in every
other cotton growing state.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Charity Hospital Gets Site Wanted.

The state charity hospital will not
be built on the north end of the ole
capitol grounds, as announced by the
trustees some time ago. but will be
located near the blind institute. The
announcement was made after a con-
ference OF a committee representing
the city of Jackson and state fair as
ISOLATION with the trustees of the
blind institute
At former meeting of the trustees
OF this institute they refused to al
low the trustees of the state charity
hospital to use the land adjoining, but
belonging TO the blind institute. This
site had been decided upon for the
hospital. provided the land was avail
able, but the blind institute trustees
refused TO grant the request of the
hospital authorities, and the north end
of the old capital grounrs was selected
for the site
Now the trustees of the blind insti-
tute. by unanimous vote. have decided
to allow the hospital to be built on
this land
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Visitors Will Be Searched.

The ban has been placed on visi
tors to the state farms, and hereafter
visitors who enter the cages to tall
with convicts will be searched This
action was taken by the trustees be
cause of the number of saws and
weapons found in the cells OF some
the prisoners recently This rule has
been practically void for some years.
but the recent large number of es.
capes has compelled the trustees to
take such action as they believe viii.
protect the state Ia future.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
COCO rre.tmen. 20 A., Animals.

Fresh from the Italian riviera.
where the sojourner's happiness used
to be seriously marred by the state
Of the horses. mules and donkeys. .
correspondent writes with extreme sat
isfaction Of the Improvement made
In . very few years. Good treatment
Of all working animals IL the rule
rather than the exception. and this
implies q wholesome change Of habits
nnd presumably a. mind
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

The Natchez Packing Company will
begin operations about the middle Of
November, but will begin To buy cattle
a month ahead of that time. This is
the first enterprise OF this character
ever attempted in the state Of Missis.
sippi and its career viii he watched
with a great deal Of interest
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Bank TO the Ponies.

Galveston, Texas.-After a two-year
experiment with automobiles for
rounding up cattle on the ranches,
several hundred machines are for sale
cheap, and the cowboys and ranchmen
have returned to their faithful cow
ponies.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Help Must Come From Within.

No one can help US as much as our
own determination to find the best
way out II Is often wasted time to
ask advice. yet the explanations We
make to others may clear up our own
vision. II you are in trouble. ask your
self II this could not be some act g
fate to turn you On Q better path.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Little Willie-Say. pa. what is vul-
gar ostentation?
Pa-Vulgar ostentation, my son, IL
he display made by people who have
more money 10 make II with than we
have.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

II suppose John Smith and Poeahon
tsa lived happily ever after"
"Of course He was one man who
couldn't nut up the shadow Of an ar
gument when her relatives said he
owed everything 10 bis wife"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Wisdom Of the Wise.

What do you know about religion ?"
asked the irreverent youth.
Well" replied the home grown
philosopher, Il know that the worst
Kind OF religion man can have r.
he kind he is always Dragging about
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Rate on School Books.

The railroad commission has passed
an order making secondhand school
books returned to the depository here
sixth-class freight matter.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

so you are OF for the seashorog"
Yes"
You're lover OF nature2"
NO, sir ! want 20 get away from
this quiet city and watch the merry
go.Tounds,"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

All the steps precedent 10 the es
adjustment of the Agricultural High
School in Bolivar county were conclud
ed Monday when the board OF super.
viscrs authorized levy of mills for
the erection OF the buildings. IL is eN
pected this levy Will provide about
$4,000. and this viii be supplemented
by other amounts. The tax for this
purpose viii be collected with the
county taxes this winter.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
canada.s whea. Crop Shy.

Ottawa Ontario Canada's total
wheat crop this year is 122,7s5,030
bushels. This is 1883. 900 bushels
less tnan the yield of 1909.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

A storm which almost reached the
proportions OF a 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
came near crashing into a barge. The
electric light plant at Bay st. Louis
was nsiderably damaged The
schooners Farwell and Henry NJ, load
ed with shrimp. were wrecked in Lake
Borgne, near Rigolets. The crews
We're rescued, no lives being lost
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Mr. Blinks Tin art museum,-
didn't know you were such an al
mirer of curios, Mrs. Biunderby.
Mrs Blunderby-Oh. yes, indeed. :
just delight in iniQuities.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

The railroad commission has adopt.
ed an order establishing joint long.
distance telephone rate. which APP.
plies where a message is handled by
two or more lines. This is done for
the convenience or patrons Of the tel
ephOne companies. and means re.
duction in the cost for long-distanle
service in such cases.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

When County Attorney Gordon Gil
lespie made his report to the Lehore
county board of supervisors AT their
September session it showed many
convictions and the determination OF
the officers of this county 10 eradicate
the bootlegger and the pistol toter.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Needham NJ Whitley one Of Her
nando's pioneer citizens. died after 3
lingering illness of five weeks.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

duction in the cost for long-distanle
service in such cases.
Boil weevils operating and feeding
on several stalks OF home raised cot
ton" in Vicksburg at the residence Of
NJ. w. Coles. is the latest thing in the
weevil world, and the fact OF this pest
operating in the literal heart center OF
the principal cotton market city IL
the Mississippi delta, has caused I'M
usual stir and general interest among
the cotton men and other students o.
the pest
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Something Newer.

What does 'blithering' meanr
1T doesn't mean anything. II you
want to call man an idiot. Dick o.
."sue osber QUALIFYING term"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

600ipf0eley.
= - afraid ] have come to 80 you
shout this matter only - borrow trou-
bic" That's al. riGks It's the only
thing have y lend
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
Great Chiefs Hold Council.

The elective great chiefs of the
great council of the Mississippi I'M
proved Order of Red Men held impor-
ta1t and enthusiastic special council
in West Point. when many things per-
tanning to the propagation of the or
der in Mississippi were discussed and
plans laid for an active campaign this
fall for members. Those present were
Great Sachem VIII c. Gunter of Co
umbus; Great Senior Sycamore w.
F.. Jordan of Tupelo; Great Junior
Sycamore Beverly Matthews
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30
6iibo and Brodie Mix.

A personal encounter between State
Senator Theodore Bilbo, of Poplar
vile, and State Senator Van Bodie. OF
Greenville, occurred during the join
debate of the two at Maben, and for
. time the widest excitement pre-
vailed. The trouble started when Sen
ator Bodie, referring to the bribery
charges against Dulaney, said thas
Dulaney would have been a fool te
give q bride to a man whom his col
leagues knew to be crook and a
bribe-taker." and that Dulaney was
not = fool.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

Suit for damages in the sum Of So.
600 has been filed against Chief Of Po.
lice GroOme of Ficksburg bv Robert
Lawson, who alleges i'm the bill Of dee.
laration that he had been arrested in
Vicksburg without charge or warrant
dragged through the streets, humili
ated, degraded. maltreated and search.
ed. and then put in Jail
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

The petition of ID. w Reed, chair
man OF the Shiloh Memorial Parh
commissioner and citizens OF Alcoru
county. asking that the board Of SUI
pervisors cede TO the United States
governme nt such road or roads az the
government may desire TO improve as
an extension Of or in the nationa
park. was granted by the board
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

There is 10 De contest among the
farmers of The Sumrall section over
growing corn. potatoes and other pro
ducts.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-09-30

The boil worm is reported 20 he
playing havoc on the convict farm in
Sunfower county, where the weeds
grow rank and the ground remains
damp after other fields have dried out
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-22

Adverte-n discussion prohibition
by
FrThe alcohol which is the active
poisonous producing
between alcohol and
both well being; in
morally, mentally spiritually
believe consideration when
viii
alcoholic be
shocked
Second-Alohol produces
alcoholism
dpuant problem
They
with which
ThdAeohol
appalling leading
insanity
in
patient
in bed
the of municipal
showing ''wet brain
alcoholism.
power
generally the question of
Of well alcoholic
will prepate outbreak of otherwise quiescent o
has suggested determine whether the
IMPOSSIBLE HOW MUCH ALCOHOLISM CON
OF LEPROSY BY INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY INDIVIDUAL TO THE DISEASE BUT
LEPROSY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
endeavor to confne
medical prescription and hope live
limited advantage of its
WALTER R. BRINCKERHOFF.