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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
States i'm a War Over a Postmaster

-Four years ago the late Representa-
tive Campbell Slemp, father and prede-
cessor Of the present representative
from the Ninth Virginia district, and
Representative Brownlow, who comes
from the Tennessee part of Bristol,
agreed, so the Virginians say, that if
Eli Warren, a Tennesseean, were
made postmaster a Virginian should
be named as assistant. The Slemps
put forward no candidate for the
place and Warren got the appoint
ment on Brownlow's Endorsement
But the Virginia representative now
says that as soon as this appointment
was confirmed Brownlow put in a
| Tennessee man as assistant
At this stage the president enters.
AS soon as the younger Sl6mp got his
! congressional seat he acquainted Mr..
Taft with the situation and told him
that it was about time that Virginia
was given some recognition in the
| patronage in this divided town. The
president thereupon sent to the sen
| ate the nomination of a man named
! Goodell The Tennessee side of Bris-
] tol then got busy. A bundle of tele
! grams was sent to Brownlow Brown
low took an ascension. AS soon as he
came down he proceeded to the White
House. His protests against the Vir
ginia appointment were vigorous. AS
a result GoodelPs name has been
held I'D.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
LURED TO HER DEATH.
Little Girl Graduate Meets Cruel Fate
In New York

In New York.
New York-The body of Ruth
Wheeler, the little girl graduate who
was lured from her widowed mother
on Thursday last by a decoy offer of
employment, was found huddled in a
gunny sack on a fire escape outside
the apartments of Albert Wolter, the
man charged with her abduction.
She had been strangled with a short
end of three-eighths rope, hacked with
a knife. burrai almost bevond recog-
milton and thrust carelessly out of
doors like so much rubbish.
Identification was possible by
shreds of clothing and fragments of
jewelry, but there was abundant evi-
dence of how the murder had been
done. Around the neck were the
charred fibers of MANILA burnt into
the flesh. The apartment reeked with
the odor Of kerosene. There were oil
stains in front of the newly painted
fireboard that hid an open crate.
Fully dressed, the girls clothing and
hair had been saturated with kero-
sene, the freboard had been removed
and the body thrust up the chimney,
standing. When the match was touch
ed to her. she burned like a torch.
The victim was only Is years old,
the youngest of three sisters who
were earning their own living. Ruth
had just graduated from a busin"
college and had been looking for en-
ployment
The fearful crime set the police at
work with the result that Albert
Wolter, who came to this country re-
Gently from Germany, has been arrest
ed on the supposition that he is re-
sp0nsible for the death of the girl.
One of the detectives investigating
the case is quoted as saying:
''It is pretty evident that Wolter
maintained an agency for Turing girls
to his apartments. We have already
found that he lived in three separate
apartments in six months. His plan
was to write letters to business
schools. saying that he wanted a
stenographer and to send a girl to his
address. We are absolutely sure that
he had accomplices in the dreadful
business"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
TRAPPED BY FIRE.

Twelve Persons Reported to Have
Lost Their Lives at Chicago.
Chicago Twelve persons are re-
ported dead in a fire which attacked
the L. Fish Furniture company build
ing at 190G-190S Wabash avenue here.
About 40 employees escaped. A girl
who jumped from a third story win
dow died at hospital.
The dead were trapped, it is said,
on the fourth, fifth and sixth floor
when an explosion of benzine on the
fourth floor wrapped the building in
flames.
Ladders were raised to the sixth
floor, the topmost one, in desperate
effort to rescue any persons who
might be alive there.
The fire is said to have started from
an explosion of benzine in the repair
rooms on the fourth floor, possibly
from a carelessly dropped match. Two
cabinet makers, who were at work in
the repair room, were among those
who escaped slightly burned. When
a great sheet Of fame shot across the
floor they were knocked down, but
almost stifed they managed to crawl
to the front stairway, whence they
made their way to the street below
The fire. they said, was preceded by
an explosion which saook the building
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Senator Burton and the Tobacco F. abit

You smoke, do yCI not, $ 1ator?
he asked.
"Oh, yes, l smoke"
Spectators thought Burton was
about to produce for the gentleman
rom Maine, but maybe he didn't have
another cigar. Anyway, Frye got an
answer to that old question: is this
an Interrogation or an invitation?"
Il smoke about six cigars a day
Frye said then.
Il smoke about that many" the
Ohio statesman commented.
Il don't smoke at ALL" chimed in
Senator Nelson, who is chairman OF
the inger-Pinchot committee.
NO." said Frye, "but you chew
enough to make up for it."
Il don't either" he said.
He fished a chunk of plug from his
pocket 1t was about as big as your
thumb.
"A piece like that II last me a
week"
Then he shifted the lump in his left
cheek to his right. If a piece like
that" lasts the senator a day he must
take one chew and keep it the whole
day through.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Officers Think So, and Have Arrested
Robert Smith on Suspicion

Officers Think So, and Have Arrested
Robert Smith on Suspicion.
Atlanta-Charged with the murder
of w. H. Spencer, an aged and wei
to-do farmer Of Walker county, Rob
ert Smith, aged 26, meat cutter Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, was brought to
Atlanta and locked in the police sta
tion, following his arrest in Chicka-
mauga, Ca, Saturday morning.
Spencer, who was 65 years of age,
is supposed to have been slain by
Smith somewhere between Smyrna,
Cobb county. and Atlanta, after the
night of February 1G, last, at which
time the two men were seen together;
Spencer for the last time.
Smith maintains silence and refuses
to give an account of himself and
what became Of the aged man after
leaving Smyrna. Witnesses have
been secured who saw the two to-
gether at different places all along
the way from Chattanooga to Smyrna,
where the trail ends.
Smith was located after tireless
search of many weeks conducted by
the four sons of Spencer. He was ar
rested at Chiclamauga by w. A. Ma
theny, of Kensington, Ga, sworn in
as a deputy sheriff, and was brought
to Atlanta in company with Sheriff
R. S. Garmany, of Walker county.
Matheny and the four sons, L. L., E.
E.. R. L. and H. J. Spencer. all bust.
ness men of Lafayette, Ga, county
site Of Walker.
That Spencer was murdered after
leaving Smyrna there seems to be nc
doubt in the minds of his family, as
he has not been seen or heard from
since the night of February 16. But
as to the whereabouts of his body
absolutely no clew has as yet beer
obtained The manner of his Staying
is equally mysterious. A theory has
been advanced that the body was
thrown into the Chattahoochee river
near Smyrna.
The disappearance of Spencer has
been the sensation of Walker county
for weeks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
senator Owens, of Oklahoma, Pleads

Senator Owens, of Oklahoma, Pleads
For Enactment of Such a Law.
Washington.-Sena Owens, of Ok
lahoma, delivered a speech in the SEN
ate in advocacy of his bill favoring a
department of public health. He said
In part
"The people of the United States
suffer a loss of over 100000 lives per
annum. This terrible loss might be
prevented by reasonable safeguards
under the cooperation of the Federal
and state authorities. Measuring the
money value Of an American citizen
at S1,7OO, this preventable loss by
death is or thousand millions Of dol
lars annually.
There a > 100000 persons in the
United States on the sick list from
preventable causes of whom 1,000,000
are in the working period Of life;
about three-quarters of a million act
uaI workers losing on an average OF
$500 per annum, an approximate loss
from illness of $500,000,000, and add
ing a reasonable allowance for medi-
cine. medical attention, special food
and care, a like sum of 100000, 600,
these losses would make another thou
sand million dollars of preventable
loss. A department of public health
is absolutely essential in order to deal
with this matter and with similar
questions with the full power and dig
nifty of this government in order to
faithfully and honorably comply with
the state and international sanitary
obligations of the United States"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01

yETASHINGTON.-It's hard enough to
w have constituents in any event,
but it's much harder to have 'em for
next door neighbors.
Representative Slemp is the only
Republican member Of the house from
Virginia. This, is of course, a Re-
publican administration So when any
body in Virginia wants anything he
comes to Slemp.
Just now Slemp is facing a problem
in little. The town of Bristol is split
up between Virginia and Tennessee
Representative BroWnlow of Tennes-
see, like Slemp, is the lone Repub-
lican from his state. White House in
fluence is divided. For 40 years a
Tennesseean has been postmaster of
Bristol. Brownlow wants a Tennes-
seean to be postmaster But the presi-
dent has appointed a Virginian to the
place. The appointment still iScks
senate sanction, so that Brownlow
has not given up hope. Slemr is
smiling, for the reason that the SEN
ate is not considering his mans mime.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01

EKR. SHERLEY was making a speech
I'VE in the house several days ago
when Representative Clayton arose
and asked: May interrupt the gen.
tleman?"
Mr.. Sherley-Certainly.
Mr.. Clayton-To say that the sen
tleman from Georgia was unavoidably
taken away and is not present.
Mr.. Sherley-I thought the gentle
man wanted to ask me a question
Mr.. Clayton-I wanted to ask The
gentleman
Mr. Sherley-I would rather go on
with my remarks but just ask he
question.
Mr.. Clayton-That is to say. dAes
the gentleman think that any man
who in failing circumstances goes to
a man who has money, within four
months of his failure, and says to
him: 81 am about to fail; l am in an
embarrassed position; let me have
a thousand dollars and l will prefer
you" Do you think any sane man
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01

CECRETARY HORN of the staff of
- Representative Gaines, is a Foxy
Quiiler The other day he sent out
invitations to a number of other sec
retaries for a lunch in his Office of a
certain night
Fine" said the surprised secre-
taries."
"Tll have a pretty girl for each of
you" said Horn.
Finer" said the secretaries.
He had the lunch and the girls. He
had spant nearly six dollars. though
some OF the secretaries said after
wards that they had an idea that the
girls had brought the lunch. 1t is
not of record whether the lunch was
eaten before or after Horn unfolded
his little scheme.
In any event. before each secretary
and each girl had left. they had ad-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
BANKS BULGING WITH CASH.
Georgia Banks Show Prosperity Now
BEING Enjoyed In State.

Atlanta-An indication of the pros
perity that is now being enjoyed by
the people of Georgia and restoration
of mutual confidence of the banks and
the people since the panic of 1907-OS
is shown by figures compiled by AS
sistant State Treasurer Ben F. Perry
from reports just received from 33S
state banks. The state banks are
bulging with cash.
The net profits of these 338 banks
for 1909 is $2,335, 5,521.43. This shows
10 2-3 per cent net profit on q total
capitalization of SIS, ,347 7O58O5, and a
surplus Of $G,5O8,12127, or Is Is per
cent net profit on the capital Of 1909
business.
The year 1909 also shows IN in
crease in capitalization Of $2G9f ,772.91
and an increase in the number of
banking institutions of Sc. The net
increase in profits for the same period
is S1.S97, 7,1O6.74. The total surplus and
profits in the state banks in 1909 was
$11 ,2S9,9 ,976.97. The deposits for 1893
show an increase of S1S0G7, 1855;
a total Of deposits of SGG, G,775, ,714.57.
The banks borrowed less in 1909 than
in 1907 by $1,424.1 4.114
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
TRAGEDY IN DODGE COUNTY.
Neiuhbors Fall Out and Fatal Shoot
ina Was the RG5ult.

Milan. Ga-News has reached here
of deplorable tragedy enacted in
Dodge county, about three miles from
this place, at an early hour Saturday
night. Two neighbors, Rufe Miller
and Ed Hart, became involved in a
difficulty in the early part o: The day,
which, it was thought, hal been ami
cably adjusted. 1t seems, however,
that Miller continued to brood over
his fancied wrongs and mounting his
mule came to Milan and secured a
box of cartridges for his Winchester
and returned and opened fire on Hart,
killing him instantly and fatally
wounding Mrs. Miller later in the
night
Miller was arrested and carried to
Eastman and placed in jail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Threatened Strike In Chicago.

Chicago Eight thousand painters
and 5ecorators in Chicago are prepar-
ing for strike on April 1, when their
present agreement with the contract
ors expires. The local unions affiliat-
ed with Martin D. ("Skinny") Mad
den's district council have repudiated
the agreement which their officers
signed with the employers and will
join the "revolutionists" in the strike
for an increase of 5 cents an hour in
wages
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01

THE senate committee on commerce,
1 of which Burton of Ohio is a mem
Der, was just about to begin its after
noon session. Senator Frye of Maine,
chairman of the committee, sat at the
head of the long table. Burton sat
midway toward the end from Frye
Presently Burton pulled cigar from
his vest pocket. He lit it, rose and
stalked up the room toward Frye
Frye looked at him quizzically.
well, Burton" said the Maine SEN
ator, I'm glad to see you have one
vice"
Burton held his cigar between his
thump and forefnger like a boy learn
ing to smoke.
"Ah, SENATOR" he said, Il have
many vices; | have many"
Frye only grinned little at that.
Burton came closer to him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Bomb Throwers Busy.

Chicago-Following the third bomb
explosion on the West Side within a
few weeks and No. SO in the gambling
war, a police drag net has been
thrown out over the city. Dynamite
had been wrapped with lead sheeting
and then a long fuse attached to ex-
plode it. The explosion was so heavy
that windows in an elevated train half
a block away were shattered, causing
a panic among passengers. Pedes-
TRANS within radius of block were
thrown from their feet and goods in
nearby stores were shaken from the
shelves
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Rush to Gold Country.

Seattle, Wash.-News CT mild
weather in Alaska, following an un-
usually severe winter, has caused a
rush to the interior gold country be-
fore the spring thaw destroys the
trails. On the steamer Olympia,
which sailed for Valdez, steerage
berths were occupied by mine owners
and merchants who We're willing to
suffer any inconvenience in order 10
beat the thaW,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
IEAKEsyIILE GREENE COUNTY MISS,
SiciIian Volcano Dealing Death
and Destruction.
ENTIRE COUNTRY DEVASTATED

Red Hot Stream of Lava Has Been
BeIched From Crater, Pouring Over
the District Adjacent, With Dcstruc-
tion to Property and Loss of Life.
Catania, Sicily.-A red-hot river Of
lava 1900 feet wide and "a feet high,
has swept down the slopes CT Mount
Aetna, destroying all life in its path
and turning the fertile country into a
scene of desolation. Fully $500 are
already homeless, their homes de-
stroyed or menaced by the sweep Of
the lava.
Villages Wiped Ou@.
In "a hours it advanced six miles,
and half a dozen villages and settle
ments have been wiped out Of exist
ence or abandoned and thousands of
acres of cultivated land turned into
a smoking waste covered with the
molten mass that pours from dozen
craters.
Troops rushed to the threatened
towns to quell the panic and aid in
saving the helpless.
Reports received here state that
eight soldiers had been killed at San
Reno and Remazzi and that scores
of inhabitants were injured in those
towns when the lava reached them
after they had been bombarded by
rocks from the volcano. The village
Of Nidolo is buried under a mass OF
lava. Borello, threatened with a SINH
lar fate, has been evacuated. Casa
del Bosco has been wiped off the map.
Nicolisi, protected by hills, is felt to
be safe and thousands of refugees
have concentrated there.
Smoke Pail Hangs Over Sicily.
A pail of smoke covers the eastern
part of Sicily and extends far out to
sea. In the darkness the shooting
flames of the volcano, geysers of fire,
were visible plainly at noon for many
miles.
In every town of Sicily religious pro-
cessions were held and divine aid has
been implored.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Two Neuroes Are Hanged.

Birmingham, Ala.-JOe Rogers and
Jim Powers, both negroes under %
years of age. were hanged in the jail
yard here for the murder of John
Simms. a negro merchant at Ensley,
a suburb, year and half ago. The
negroes confessed the crime on the
gallows. Sheriff Higdon was badly
cut while pulling the trap, his son cut
ting the string holding the lever.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
How Congressman's Secretary Got Help

dressed about a thousand envelopes
apiece. You see, it's seed time here;
all the congressman are sending Sec
retary Wilson's seeds to their con-
stituents.
Horn saw a monumental task be-
fore himself Hence the pretty-girl-
tempting-lunch invitation. Now
number of pretty girls and secretaries
are wondering who got the best of
it. The party idea in this connection
has taken root, too. One secretary
has a scheme to have a stag affair in
his office He will have cigars and
pop.
One of the New York members Of
the house was in New York recently
and met some of the state politicians.
When the session closed a state sen
ator owed the congressman a nice lit
tie sum which he did not have about
him. However, he forwarded a check
very soon, and inclosed the following
note: Most unwillingly l inclose a
check If it were such debt as you
could sue me for, | am inclined to
think | would not pay it. As it is, /
feel that l must pay it if | want to
consider myself a gentleman"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
csruso's AIIcued BlackmaiIers.

New York.-The two prosperous
Italian business men, antonio Cincotto
and Antonio Nisiaro. who were ar
rested on March 4, charged with at
tempting blackmail to extort $15,0GO
from Enrico Caruso, the tenor, have
been indicted for that offense in the
county court at Brooklyn. They
pleaded not guilty and their bail was
raised from $4,000 to $4,000 each
No date has been set for the trial.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Married Ey TeIephone.

Birmingham, Ala.-Marriag by
means of the long-distar telephone
is an innovation reported in a special
from Bowden. Ca, Jim McClung and
Miss Matta Rice being the principals.
It was a Gretna Green affair and
when the young people arrived at
Bowden they called up Judge Barron
at Carrollton. The ceremony was
read by the judge to a phone operator
who repeated it to the bride and
bridegroom. They in turn answered
the questions to the operator, who
passed them on to the judge.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
FRIENDS APPREHENSlVE.
Fear Effect of Pinchot's Visit
Roosevelt on Committee.

Fear Effect of Pinchot's Visit to
Roosevelt on Committee.
ashington.-Friends of Secretary
of the Interior Ballinger are fearful
of the effect which the action Of Colo
mel Roosevelt in cabling Clifford Pm
chot to meet him in Europe will have
on the special cCnmittee which is
conducting the BalJinger-Pincbot in
vestigation. Up to the present time,
the Ballinger supporters have been
fully convinced that Mr.. Ballinger
would get a majority report from the
committee in his favor Now they are
beginning to be apprehensive over it.
They take the view that if it be-
comes known that Roosevelt has
taken sides with Pinchot the commit
tee will be extremely slow to come
to the rescue Of Ballinger with a warm
Endorsement Of his course.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
pi+tehrrr After Grafters

Pittsburg. William Brand, Charles
Stewart, ]. F. Klein, Joseuh G. Was
son and Hugh Ferguson, all former
members of the common council have
been indicted by the grand jury and
CHARGED with having received from six
Pittsburg banks $102,50O in connec-
tion with the passage Of a bank de-
post ordinance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
Fire Mines Out Town.

Charleston, w. Va-Only four build
ings were left standing in Mount
Hope, 45 miles southwest Of here in
Fayette county, by fire which swept
the town. The flames consumed near
ly a hundred constructions. The loss
is roughly estimated at $25O,000 Low
pressure at the water works left the
citizens without means Of fighting the
flames
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-01
ROOSEVELTINCAIR0
Ex.PreSident and Party Visit the
Khediye Of Egypt.
RECEIVED AT ROYAL PALACE
Party Closely Guarded to Prevent Any
Trouble, or Any Undue Manifesto
tion Being Made Against Former
President.

President.
Cairo, Egypt-TheodCTe Roosevelt
and the members of his party arrived
here on the special car put at their
disposal by the government. Their
reception was one of the most brilliant
spectacles this colorful city has seen
in years and the honors extended to
the former president were like those
extended to a monarch. He was
guarded like royalty.
Glittering lines of troops held IN
check a cheering crowd g. the train
steamed in from Luxor, and as Mr..
Roosevelt appeared on the platform he
was greeted with cheer that lasted
for several minutes. A heavy body
guard was on hand and police were
literally sprinkled through the crowd.
Chief Event of the Day.
The chief event of the day was Mr..
Roosevelt's reception by the khedive
shortly after his arrival. At the sta
ton, betdes representatives Of the
government and the military, was
Consul General Iddings, of the United
States, who met Mr. Roosevelt at
Luxor and then hurried back to ar
range the final details of the recep-
tion.
One of the most important Of Mr.
Iddings' duties was to cooperate on
the police plans. The government
had determined to take every precau-
ton to guard the ex-president from
an attack, and to ward off the posi-
bility of a demonstration against him
by the Nationalists, who are incensed
by his criticisms Of their policy.
Escorted to Khedive's Palace.
Mr.. Roosevelt was met by the khe-
dives carriage, a magnificent vehicle
of red and gilt, resembling to a great
extent the coaches Of European roy
atty. Drawn by caparisoned horses,
the coach was escorted by sQuadrCns
of lancers and many Outriders.
Almost Immediately the start to the
khedive's palace was made. The
streets on the route to the Abdino Pal
ace were lined by curious throngs.
Behind the royal coach and its escort
there was a stream of other vehicles,
carrying Americans and Europeans.
The program for the day included a
reception at the American consulate
with the khedive personally returning
Mr. Roosevelt's call-the first time for
such an honor to be paid to an Ameri-
can.