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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
JACKSON.
Dates for Farmers Institutes.

Prof. w. L. Hutchinson, director OF
of the Mississippi Institutes, of the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College, has completed the list of
Institutes to be held, in some twenty
counties and at fifty or sixty points
therein, during July and August, and
gives notice as follows:
Alcorn County-July 20, Farming
ton; July 80, First District probably
Jones SCHOOL, August /, Goosepond;
August 2, Kossuth; August g., Hinkle.
Amite County-July IS, Olio; July
10, Forest school house; July 20, New
Zion; July q, Robinson Station; July
%, Tangipahoa Church.
Carroll County-July 20, Carrollton.
Chickasaw County-August 5, Egypt.
Clarke County-August IS, Union
Church; August IS, Mayerhoff Springs.
Jasper County-August 4, Montrose (;
August 5, Bay Springs; August 6, Lake
IL, Rosehill.
Jones County - August s, Shady
Grove school house; August 8, Howard
school house; August 10, Moselle.
Leake County-July &c, Lena; July
q, Tuscola; July %, Standing Pine;
July 20, Williston; July 30, Midway.
Lee County-July 25, Bethany; July
26, Baldwin, August 4, Birmingham.
Lauderdale County-August Is, Top
ton; August 16, Shucktown; August IT,
Toomsuba.
Marion County-July %, Columbia
Montgomery County-July 80, Stew
art.
Jefferson Davis County-July 20
Sons Academy; August 25, Hebron;
August &c, Prentiss; August q, San
tee.
Neshoba County-August 1, Center
bill Church; August 2, Dixon; August
8, House.
Prentiss County - July 81 New
Hope; July 2S, Osborn Greek Church
Pike County - July %, Carriers
Creek school; July 81, Walkers
Bridge.
Scott County-July 10, Independ
ence; July 20, High Hill; July Il, My
er's school house; July %, Hillsboro
July %, Lillian; July 25, Malice.
Simpson County-August %, Harris
vile; August %, French Hill; August
"a, Stonewall.
Wayne County-August 10, Waynes
boro; August 20, Shady Grove school
house.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Kitchener Shown as Man of Tact.

An act of thoughtfulness and
courage, performed by Lord Kitchener
when in New Zealand, illumines a side
of his character which is perhaps too
often unrealized With the excessive
generosity of his race, the chief of the
Arawa tribe of Maoris offered the field
marshal a much-cherished sword.
given to the chiefs ancestors by Cap
'tain Cook Unlike some visitors. who
iabsolutely despoil the Maoris by ac-
,cepting all the valuable heirlooms
which the warm-hearted natives press
en- them, Lord Kitchener, while ex-
pressing warm appreciation of the
gift. courteously declined to retain it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Rigl,t to tho Point.

Joseph Chamberlain, the eminent
British statesman, sets an example
of outspokenness on the part of pub
lie men in the following:
mo statistics are needed to show
our people that temperance reform
lies at the bottom of political, social
and moral progress of England.
Drink is the curse of the country; it
ruins the fortunes, it Injuries the
health, it destroys the lives of one
out of every twenty of our popula-
ton. If | could destroy tomorrow
the desire for strong drink in the
people of England what changes
should we see? We should see our
taxes reduced by millions sterling;
we should see oar jails and work
houses empty; we should see more
lives saved in twelve months than are
consumed in century of bitter and
savage war"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
KIM a Good Business Man.

The late King Edward was an excel
slent man Of business ami with the as
ssistance of Sir Ernest Cassel kept a
sharp eye on his investments. His
private affairs are stated to have been
left in perfect order 1t is expected
that the queen mother will have the
enjoyment of a large income besides
her dowery of $350.000 a year from
the state.
Judicious investments are said to
have increased King Edwards private
fortune and not so long ago an in
surance policy on his life for a large
amount was successfully carried
through, so in these circumstances
there will probably be no difficulty in
the queen mother keeping up MARI
borough house and Sandringham, even
though the latter has grown and in
creased until it has become one OF the
most expensive country seats in the
kingdom.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
"Wanted-A Bartender"

The other day | picked up a news
paper and, glancing over the adver-
tisements for help, read as follows:
"Wanted-A bartender. Must be
a total abstainer Apply" etc
Is not that a curious advertise
ment? What should we think of
such an advertisement in another
line of business? How would an
advertisement like this look? Want
ed-A barber who has never had
his hair cut Apply at the barber
shop on the cC.ner."
Or this?
"Wanted-A salesman in a shoe
store. He must so barefoot while
on duty Apply at Banks Shoe
store"
What other business finds it nee
essary or desirable to advertise for
help pledged to make no use of the
goods sold. Can it be that the Ii
quor traffic finds it has wrought so
great decentralization among its fol-
lowers that it is forced to draw
upon Temperance or Total Absti-
nence fanatics" in order to con-
tinue its business?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
AbStaiPpTy

Despite some surface Indications
which cannot hide tie actual fact,
it may be set down as incontroverti-
BILE that there are to-day millions of
total abstainers from alcoholic drink
where there were only thousands
fifty years back and practically none
at all a century ago. Says a we'll
known authority on this topic: "A
hundred years ago nearly everybody
took something. Liquor was to be
found on every sideboard. Besides
the grogshop, every grocery sold it,
and no tavern was without it. Freer
was its use than water by the human
Species
To-day there are abstainers in
every occupation and walk of life
and the milder non-alcoholic bever-
ages have displaced the decanter and
the 'sideboard" in thousands of
lunch rooms, restaurants and pri-
vate dining rooms.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
More Roads Projected. !

Railroad deals seem plentiful about
Jackson just at present. Following
the announcement that the Great
Northern would erect a quarter of a
million-dollar depot in this city comes
the news from New Orleans that the
By an agreement between the Great
Northern and the Frisco system it is
said that arrangements have been per-
fected that will secure another line
connecting this city with Memphis
This is to be done by the extension of
the Great Northern to a point near
Memphis.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
PASSING OF THE BILLBOARD
GroW~h of Newspaper Advertising Has
Doomed More Ancient Method and
People Have Come to Realize.

Speaking of the passing of the bill.
board and the reason for its disap.
pearance. the Mansfield CO., News
says:
Through the efforts of various as.
sOciatiOns, municipal, national, arts
tic and civil, the billboard in city and
country is doomed to disappear.
Some cities have already got rid OF
the billboard, others partially, and in
every place it is observable that the
rural signs that so mar the landscape
are fewer in number and fast crum-
bling into ruin never to be repaired.
The reason for this is universal read
ing of the newspaper, especially the
good local or home one, with its large
advertising patronage.
THE Philadelphia Evening Tela-
graph on this point says: They eX-
pect to find what they want in one
department or another of their pa4er
and have grown accustomed to &C.
pending on the advertising section for
the replenishment of their daily and
routine needs. The advertising col
1umns of the press have superseded
the ancient broadside,and futile dOGEer
and because they have every advan-
tage in their favor will eventually dis
place by absorption of the advert Isl 3
the inartistic billboard. Even withCu Z
the labor of the civic societies this re-
suit was bound to come, because
shreWd merchants doubted the e.
icacy of advertising which only mo-
mentarily caught the ,eye and saw the
value of a medium that circulated
their appeals extensively, stamped
them with the Endorsement of its own
prestige and carried into the house
hold of the buyer"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
UnanswerabIe Arguments.

The late Colonel S. n. Hadley, the
reformed drunkard, VINO was instru-
mental in leading thousands of men
who had lost everything through
drink to become strong men, said
that he began to Crink as a lad in
the army He struggled against the
appetite, but it had fastened on him
with bands of iron and hcopn of steel
He tried to stop one Gay-and took
fifty-three drinks Then he was
scarced That night sc heard If
Christ at a slum mission. and began
a victorious night, n His Strength.
After he had fought for years against
the two hundred thousand saloons in
the country, he said: 1T is time for
a non-political total abstinence move
ment in this country which plants the
Cross right in the centre
The call he made, echoed by others.
has been heard. Thousands of the sa-
looms have been closed Towns. cities.
counties. States. have responded to
the non-political movement. and the
country is a safer place than it was a
leh wears dSO-anU II Is becoming
oaIrI aILer every IocaI optIon victory.
Voters nearly everywhere seem to be
in favor of law that gives the CON-
munity a chance to say whether or
not it will have saloons. They are
waking up to the Danger about them
and their loved ones. as the old farm
er did who said: - don't know moth
in about the loca! option law, but I've
got seven good reasons for voting for
it. What are they?" he was asked
And the grim old farmer responded;
-Four sons and three daughters!
There was no answer 10 that argu-
ment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Governor Noel Counts the Cash.

According to statute, Governor Noel
Saturday paid a visit to the state
treasury for the purpose of verifying
the books and cash account of the
treasurer The result was the inter-
esting discovery that there was just
80 cents in the cash drawer, though
this, of course, does not represent the
states cash balance. In the certif-
cate which he returned, after verify
ing the count made by Treasurer Ed
wards and Deputy Auditor Thomson,
the governor states that in addition
to the 80 cents in the drawer he found
in the vault the sum of $2,449.55 be-
longing to the county tax on land re-
demption funds, while the books
showed a balance in the repositories
Of $2GS,481.O4, giving total balance
of S270,931.49.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
A Commercial Fraud.

The saloon is a commercial fraud
1t is full of shams, hollow pretenses,
and false claims. 1t takes blessing,
and gives back curse. It takes
your money; but fails to return a
fair equivalent. Bar-room bargains
are essentially wanting in the prin-
ciple of guild pro quo, or commercial
honesty. Otherwise, saloonists
would display their goods in their
front windows, and put the drum
kards they manufacture upon exhi-
bition at the country fairs, instead
OF sku1king behind painted panes
and screened. doors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
District Agent Farmers Co OF
Demonstration Work.
Sendinq Out Pension Blanks.

Sending Out Pension Blanks.
The auditors department has sent
out to the several counties of the state
the blank forms for pension applica-
tlons, which are to be filled out by the
applicants and be ready for consider
alton wen the pension boards meet in
September. The forms of application
are div ed into three classes, as fol
lows
First Class-Indigent soldiers or
sailors 10 lost two legs or arms as a
result O. the war between the states,
SIPS.
Secon' Class-Indigent soldiers or
sailors 10 lost one leg or arm, S75.
Third Class-Indigent blind widows
or veterans, $75.
Fourth Class-Indigent soldiers or
sailors, PRO rated per capita.
Fifth Ciass-Indigent servants of
veterans, also prorated per capita
Sixth Class-Indigent widows or vet
Grams, also per capita prorated.
The appropriations for pensions at
the 1910 session were in excess of that
made in 1908, by upwards of 100000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Damage to Crops.

President Hightower of the Missis-
sippi division of the Farmers union,
who has just returned from a tour OF
the northern part of the state, in
speaking of the damage done by the
recent rains, said: 1T is a fact beyond
question that the heavy rains of the
past two weeks have drowned out a
large portion of the young and grow
ing cotton" The same kind of news
comes from planters from every Sec
ton of the state coming to Jackson,
and gloomy predictions are made I'M
less there is hold up in precipitation
in the near future.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Very True.

Stopping an ad. to save tmoney is
like stopping a clock to save time.
If all thought alike, there would be
no horse trading or advertising.
Advertising is an insurance policy
against forgetfulness. 1t compeis peo-
pie to think of you.
Like eating, advertising, shol1d be
continuous. When today's br eakf:int
will answer for tomorrcw's, you can
advertise on the same princips..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Vicksburg May Get Encampment.

Vicksburg may get the next encamp-
ment of United States and state troops.
The Vicksburg board of trade has
taken the matter up. This would
mean 10000 troops in camp at Vicks-
burg, and Mayor Hayes, it is said. is
working along this line. Secretary Of
War Dickinson intimated some time
ago that such move was possible. 1t
is known the war department does not
like Chickamauga any too well, but the
encampment was held there this year
because of the lack of better place.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Railway Abstinence.

Less than a generation ago rail
road employees were among the
hardest drinkers in the land. Since
1899, when the American Railway
Association, controlling 100000 out
of 100000 miles OF track in the
United States, adopted total absti-
nence rules for its 100000 men,
the movement has extended itself to
practically every road in America,
with constantly growing emphasis
upon both the spirit and the letter
of Prohibition. These total absti-
nence rules now apply to more than
1900, 900 men in the service of AM
erican railways.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Send $50 to Help immigration Work.

President A. C. Benders, of the Mis-
sippi Travellers, has forwarded to
Treasurer Oscar Newton, Jr., a contri-
button of $50 to the fund being raised
to carry on the work of the statewide
immigration movement. 1--WE appreci-
ate this donation from the Mississippi
Travellers" said President p H. Saun-
ders, mot merely for the amount in
volved, but for the spirit that prompt
ed it. The support of the Mississippi
Travellers means a great deal to us, for
the boys ON the road WELD a great in
lf1uence in the upbuilding of the COM
monwealth."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
She Could, But She Wouldn't.

fair and twenty-five, was travelling in
Germany with an elderly friend. One
day in Berlin the two ladies had board
ed sightseeing car and were just
comfortably seated when an English
man of pronounced sporting type
got in and sat down beside the
younger lady. After staring at her in
silence for some time he. inquired in
sinuatingly:
do you speak English Miss?''
"Yes," replied Miss Johnston, swith-
out turning her head. IL do, but I2don' t
care to-"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
BOIL WEEVIL ADVICE.
Given Mississippi Farmers by Spe-
caI Agent Moss.

Given Mississippi Farmers by Spe-
ciaI Agent Moss.
The following has been given out
here:
To All Farmers in Boil Weevil Terri
tory:
The fight against the weevil has
not progressed far enough for its eff
fectiveness to become fully apparent.
But one lesson has, or should have
been, impressed on the man who has
been compelled to pick closely the
weevils and punctured squares in his
field, and that is the urgent need OF
so reducing the emerging weevils as
to minimize the expense and trouble
of picking them.
The only way to do this effectively
is by burning all cotton stalks be-
fore frost in the fall.
Hundreds and thousands of weevils
have appeared in the fields in weevil
| sections this spring, and the expense
and trouble of picking them has often
| been a very considerable item How
ever, it was one of the effective means
of fighting the pest, and every farmer
who has carefully followed this prac-
tice will profit by it.
By destroying your stalks in the fall
at a cost of 80 cents an acre, you can
very greatly reduce the cost of pick
ing weevils and punctured squares in
the spring, and practically assure
your cotton crop.
Further, the expense of picking the
weevils this year has been compare
lively light, on account of our very
| cold winter. By June 20 this year,
| following a cold winter, only per
cent. of over-wintered weevils had
emerged from Information: while one
year ago, followed by a mild winter,
over 20 per cent, or five times as
many, had emerged by the same date.
| Hence, where stalks are not de-
stroyed the average expense of pick
| ing weevils and squares will very like
ly be much greater than this year.
| We are always going to make cot
| ton in Mississippi. but the sooner the
grower realizes that a smaller acre
| age, fall destruction of stalks and
pickin~ weevils and squares, and rap
| id, in, 2nsive methods are essential,
the be .er it will be for all concerned.
B. L. MOSS.
| District Agent Farmers Co operative
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
twenty-five Get Liberty in August.

A total of twenty-five prisoners will
be discharged from the penitentiary in
August, when who have served their
time, and the first one will be released
nearly every day during the month,
| till August 81, when five will be freed.
Some of these men may be given their
freedom before their term expires, in
order to restore their citizenship, but
in this case Gov. Noel would have to
issue pardon. The longest sentence
any of the men served was seven
ears, ranging from that time to two
~eGrs
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
TEMPERANCE
IN ENGLAND.

England whose sustenance from
from beef bread and beer. is fast ell
bowling her way up to the front of the
temperance procession. So rapid has
been her progress in this way that
it is said he- brewing stocks, which
have heretofore been considered gilt
edged investments. are now practical
ly drug on the market. a bill which
the ministry introduced in Parliament
during the past week threw that tor
pid body into an uproar. and created a
tumult of discussion which has swept
the country from end to end. The bill
provides for the abolition Of one-third
OF the liquor licenses of the country.
including those granted 20 clubs. with
in a period of fourteen years. The
number of places where liquor could
be procured would thus be very great
ly reduced and the remainder would
be placed under much more rigid re-
strictions On the nro oand tho hill
is greeted by the temperance forces
with shouts of joy. while on the other
the liquor sympathizers. led by ex.
Premier Balfour, are even more loud
i'll their protestations that the pro-
visions of the measure are simple rob-
berry The truth is, that the measure
as first presented is more radical than
the sentiment of the nation is at
present prepared to support. 1t Of
fers basis for negotiation, however.
which cannot but result favorably to
the cause of temperance. 1t is reas-
surfing to find evidence that one other
people at least is affected with the
prohibition monomania which Ameri-
can brewers say is affecting US. The
misery which arises from this sort OF
insanity is the kind that loves com
pany, and insists on having lots of it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Refuses to Be Hitched.

THE temperance question has
reached the stage in every state
where it refuses to back up and be
hjtched. The sentiment is gaining
ground that business that has to
have thrown about it all the re-
straints and projections of the law
is a business that is not respectable
eLough to exist unrestrained in a
civilized community, and is making
it necessary for the men behind the
bIng and vat to go slow Denver
Times
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22

ST q students, 81 graduated in
"a There were eighteen men
in@Iny class.
''Of the eighteen six drank habitu-
ally while at college; not to excess,
but regularly glass or two each
day. Not one of these men has sue
ceeded in attaining fortune, reputa-
ton, or even a respectable position.
Yet they were among the ablest men
in the class.
while at college, I was in the
habit of frequenting the daily news
men in it-editors and reporters.
knew them ala lot of bright, jolly
fellows. The work was hard, the
hours late, the meals irregular.
Every man in the Office drank
but one, reporter, Ben Perry. One
of the editors told me that he had
seen Ben come in from a fire at two
o'clock in the morning, drenched to
the skin and tired out. He would
look wistfully at the whiskey bottle,
but he never touched it.
Il inquired for the boys to-day.
Three have died from drink; six
are holding inferior positions in
newspaper offices.
" Habits bad said my informant.
They could not mend their ways and
so fell lower and lower. Perry's
head was always clear, and he was
regular at his work. He is editor
in-chief of one of, the principal news
papers in a: seaboard city He had
not half the natural ability of at
least three of the Others
''These are facts" said the doc
tor. Il advise you who are begin
ming life to consider them. / have not
a word to say about the moral ques-
ton involved in drinking. But
know, as a physician, that no Ameri-
can, with his nervous organization,
in this wearing cline, can habitually
take liquor without injury to his
health, and without in greater or
less degree hindering his chances of
success"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22
Drink and Military Accuracy.

About three years ago a series
OF experiments was arranged in Swe-
den with the object of ascertainins
the influence of alcohol upon accu-
racy in craftsmanship. None of the
men Experimental upon were alb
stainers, three corporals and three
privates being chosen for the pur-
pose In the first series of expert
ments no alcohol was given. In the
next it was provided, and in the
third it was again withdrawn. Spir-
It's and beer were alternately tried.
The result of these experiments in
dicated without a single exception a
reduction in the accuracy of aim as
result of the alcohol consumed.
Yet all the men, after receiving
their allotted portion of alcohol
drink, had declared that they felt
far more capable, but found them
selves deceived.=Union Sign2I
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22

BY GEORGE S. BANTA
The Purposes Of Advertising

Advertising has just ato increase business. The pub
passed the idea that because expensive to advertise the
heavy advertiser high profit his The increased
number of sales makes possible his business much
margin of profit each sale Today wife buy pound
of Quaker Oats package her grocery chenpy than
quantity taken dirty old barrel in the of the
could have been bought years ago Yet in the
time millions have been spent in exploiting Quaker Oats
Every person cannot informed of advertisers
holds the price of it. The advertiser must be content to
impress upon the public memory that when in the
buy the purchaser will if the article he wants
cluded in that advertisers stock
The public must couple with the advertisers business two
qualities low price and high grade In general is safe
to saw intent making the first point stick
that they the second Everyone knows that price only
relative thing and value is the true test
Advertising its purpose them when it eevates the
advertiser competitors that his business
the would-be customer.