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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
JACKSON.
LEGAL TILT OVER JONES.
Judge Orders Change of Jails-Author
ity Is Questioned.

ny 10 GuCSliOHCus
The right of Sheriff R. M. Kelly, of
Warren county, to retain custody OF
Charles Jones, white prisoner, under
life sentence in Bolivar county for the
murder of Jesse Pace, will be given a
legal test before the supreme court at
the approaching October term.
The controversy over the possession
of this prisoner is one of the most in
teresting that has developed in the
Mississippi courts for many years,
and involves some legal problems with
which the authorities have never be-
fore been confronted.
Jones is prominent planter of Boil
ivar county, and about one year ago
shot and killed Jesse Pace, a clerk in
a store at Cleveland. 1t was claimed
that Jones found a note written by
Pace to Mrs. Jones, and this provoked
the tragedy. The principal plea OF
the defense was the unwritten law.
Jones was convicted and given life
sentence.
Cleveland was regarded as an unsae
structure, Judge Cashin ordered the
prisoner transferred to the jai. at
Rosedale, in the same county, pending
disposal of the appeal to the supreme
court. Later the prisoner was ordered
transferred to the Warren county Jail
at Vicksburg, for the same reason. The
supreme court ordered a reversal of
the life sentence and new trial.
In the meantime the legislature had
redistricted the circuit court districts
of the state, and the county of Bolivar
was placed under the jurisdiction Of
Judge Sam c. Cook, of the Eleventh
judicial district.
Word reached Judge Cook that Jones
had been made a trusty by Sheriff
Kelly, in the Warren county Jail, and
allowed a great deal of liberty, hav.
ing every opportunity to escape in case
he saw fit to do so. Thereupon Judge
Cooked ordered the prisoner trans
ferred to the Kinds county Jail.
AlH0u Will Ills OluOl' OhOl III IUoJ,
of Bolivar county, went to Vicksburg
to take custody of the prisoner and
bring him to Jackson, but he could
not do so, Judge Pat Henry, attorney
for Jones, securing an injunction in
the chancery court restraining the &C
ton on the ground that no authority
existed to order more than one re-
moval for safe keeping.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

Why is it that so many people will
be miserable when 1t Is so easy to
be happy?
Why is it that so many wear a
frown when smile Is vastly more
becoming? Everybody knows that
life, as We understand it, is short,
and death is sure, and all that sort
of thing, but why have a perpetual
fear and dread of it,
There is happinesS-comparative
happiness, at least-for all of us, and
it is extremely foolish to miss any
of it, while others get all the joy
out of life when a part of it belongs
to us, at any rate. We find that for
which we seek, and what's the use
of taking a tallow candle when We
go in search of happiness, when we
may press the button of the uni
verse and turn on the searchlight of
all intelligence, and find our own.
Some folks think it is wrong to be
happy. others that it is plebian,
while others think a gloomy face
and mysterious attitude adds to their
Importance in the world
While We are in the midst of life's
activities, why not take all that is
coming to us? When we are trans
ferred to the other shore we come
into our Inheritance.
Joy is ours in the earth life for the
taking and happiness is ours by the
eternal law of love. Therefore let
as all be happy.-Co1umbus Press
Post.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
LAUDS NORMAL RIVALRY.
State Superintendent Powers Sees En-.
couragement in Striving.

NSS'hSht W. ONlINliSs
AS indicative of the general spirit of
the educational forces of Mississippi
relative to the scenes and incidents
accompanying the receiving of bids
from communities interested in the To-
cation of the state normal college, the
following, given out by State Super
intendent Powers, may be taken as a
criterion generally:
Yesterday was a great day for ed
ucation in Mississippi, and l am ex-
tremely happy. Think of it!-three
towns bidding in the aggregate of
nearly million dollars in money and
lands to secure the location of the
state normal college. This is a force
full expression of a splendid educa-
tional sentiment.
With the establishment of a great
state normal college assured, and with
an act on the statute books that will
carry an agricultural high school to
every county, the state is in a position
to develop school system that will
carry the best school advantages to
all the people
Speaking for the teachers of Mis-
sisippi, who have worked so earnestly
for more than twenty years to bring
about the establishment of a state nor.
NAL college. am sure that they will
be extremely gratiied to learn of the
munificent offers of the towns bidding
for the location of the college. The
good news will no doubt please them
greatly"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Laurel After Normal.

Without disparagement to citizens
of other cities in carrying out their
plans for attracting the Mississippi
normal college to their own strong
holds, it must be said that, whether or
not the trustees decide it that way,
the city of Laurel is deserving of
much praise. Those Jones county peo-
pie adopted a good system by way of
carrying on their campaign, were
thoroughly organized, and spent good
money for the expense incurred in or
der to complete their qualification to
be considered as an active and aggres-
slve competitor. AS the Laurel offer
stands at the present time, there is a
bona fide cash offer of $230,0OO, avail
able for the use of the trustees, added
to which is the proposition to install
a model school building free of cost
to the state, and with free water SER
vice after the plant is located. This
is estimated to bring the total value
of the Laurel consideration" I'D to
about $275,000, and this in face of the
the official opinion of the attorney.
general that the trustees are limited
In their acceptances to 100000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

ways arguing. HIS wnole speech was
a reasoned argument. His questions
are mightier than syllogisms and COM
pei the mind to reason. "Is not q
man better than a sheep2" what
think We? If a man have a hundred
sheep and one of them be gone astray,
doth he not leave the ninety and nine
and goeth into the mountains and
seeketh that which is gone astray?"
The priest, the Levite, the Samari-
tan: Which now of these three think
est thou was neighbor unto him that
fell among the thieves?" when the
lord of the vineyard cometh, what will
he do unto those husbandmen?" "If
We, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, hew much
more will your Heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him." The Christian religion is Gods
voice saying Come, now, let US rea-
son together"
Many a man is not a Christian be-
cause he is not willing to reason the
matter out with God in Christ II
our convictions are becoming fiabby
it is because we do not think. Ii the
old distinctions between right and
wrong are fading out it is because
we have ceased to reason with God.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
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 2S
counties that have already sent In
their rolls show a decrease, some of
them to the amount of nearly 100000,
and other counties are expected to
show a loss Lincoln county has
shown the heaviest loss of any coun-
ties reporting to date, but only 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 thai ratio is kept up, the state
will show a loss of about S250,OO0 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.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
BACK TO
THE FARM
V. Social Lie In
Country.
BY c. v. GREGORY.

copyright. 1910. by American Press AS
ciation.I
~HE social life and amusemrn
Of the country are essential.
different from those in III.
city. l have heard people SAY
that there Is no such thing AS suria
life in the country, but inquiry dis
closed the fact that they never had
spent much time in modern. wide
awake farm community. The founda
ton of all social life is In the home II
is in the country that the home is de-
veloped to the highest extent. and il
necessarily follows that it is in the
country that the strongest basis for u
healthy social life exists.
The social life of the so called "soc.
ETY." people of the city does not exist
In the country, and it is a blessing to
the country that 1t does not. Such Il
social life is unnatural. Social life is
primarily for amusement. recreation
and development. Where is the amuse-
ment or the recreation in the struggle
for social recognition by clique
whom a turn of the wheel of fortune
has brought uppermost? Where is the
development unless it be the develop
ment of heartaches on the part of the
wife and poverty on the part Of the
husband? Such a society, where peO-
pie are measured by their money rath-
er than by their true worth. is snob-
berry rather than social life.
Outside the society" circles the So
cial life of the city consists largely Of
amusements-Coney Island and its im
tators, theaters and public dances.
Some of these things are all right in
their way. They furnish amusement
and recreation. But they do not fur
niah development.
Here is where the great advantage
Of country social life comes in. 1t is
not furnished ready made to those who
have the price. Social diversions in
the country are made to order. That
is the reason why some people do not
like them. and that is why a person
who once really gets into the spirit of
country social life is never afterward
satisfied with social affairs in which
he cannot have an active part
The social possibilities of the country
are not taken advantage of in all com
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

FARMERS PICNIC DINNER ON THE GRASS
munities, it is true. In too many
places each family is content to live
by itself. with as little intercourse as
possible with the neighborS 1t Is
such communities that contribute most
largely to the downward flow of popu-
lation. With the general waking up of
the farming districts is coming Il
broadening of social life In some
places the local church is the social
center. but too often there are some
members who consider SO harmless a
thing as an ice cream supper TO help
pay the preacher a sin. As a result
the importance of the church as so
cial factor Is not what ii should be.
The most important centers of social
life in the country are farmers organ
izations OF various kinds. Probably
the most important of these. because
the most extensive. is the grange. The
grange has been in existence for for
ty-fOur years and numbers at present
more than 1000 900 members. In those
communities where it has obtained a
strong bold it is very effective in bring
ing the people together. In the older
states grange neighborhood can be
told by the looks of the farms and
buildings
The plan of the local grange is TO
bold meetings at regular intervals.
usually once week in the winter and
sometimes as ipfrequently as once a
month In the summer Generally these
meetings are held at the home of one
of the members. The whole family be-
longs. AS rule. there is literary
program in connection with the meet
ing. where the boys and girls learn to
talk In public Part of the program is
devoted to agricultural topics. as one
of the objects of the grange IL educa-
ton In farming. There is always
enough amusement mixed in, how
ever. to keep the children interested.
In the winter the meetings begin in
the afternoon, and the men look over
the stock and talk over their problems
wfrile the children play and the women
"yisit."
tB addition to the grange. there are
naWy local farmers clubs that are
doing a great deal to bring thei. mem
bers together socially. The ouly rea.
son that there are NOT more such or
ganiZatio in the lack of some one TO
take the lead The cities have 40 long
II
rural communities that III MANY places
there is precious little Jeff Ia build
upon With the changing conditions
that are restoring the farm To u lead
ing place in our national lite there
will be 10 lack of leaders and the
time will come when evRFy community
will have its club or grange
In the mississippi valley states.
where Industrial co-operatiop iins oh,
tanned strong foorhold. c0-nl~i alive
picnics are one of the principal diver
sions These are big affairs. including
all the people for miles around There
are speeches and amHSpmeDts and pen
ty to eat. and every one goes home
happy.
A number of country towns and ru-
raj communities have 'tieid day
once or twice year. which Is in the
nature of big picnic. al which ath-
Ietic contests predominant.
Local Fourth of July celebrations
give the country boys chalre t.
work off Aheir patriotism for II week in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

:. me sense or SIN Is To-Day disappear
ing from the hearts of men 1t Is be-
cause they are too busy to sit down
and mediate with God. have heard
men bewail the fact that they had no
time to get acquainted with their
wives and children. This indeed is
tragic to have no time to get &C
quainted with ones self. We never
know ourselves until we think about
our life with God. Let us, then,
spend more time in reasoning with
MIN. Let us pick up the things which
we have lost. Let us sit down and
think about that man which we fully
intended to be and which, alas. we
have never yet becomei
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Ready for the Pickers.

Cotton picking will be general over
the southern part of the state within
the next week, according to advices
received from several counties. Elk.
cept in regions where the boil weevil
has been getting in it's work, the crop
prospect is fairly good, and an aver.
age yield will be shown if favorable
weather prevails during the picking
season.
Showery weather has been reported
from number of counties during the
past week, but in no section has the
rainfall been excessive.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
LEGAL VIEW OF BROKEN HEARTS
Curious Breach Of Promise Laws In
Other Countries.

England is the best place-from the
plaintiffs point of view-for a breach
of promise action. All other coun-
tries seem to regard with grave sus-
picion any attempt to recover none
tary compensation for the loss of q
prospective husband, and unless the
plaintiff has very strong case indeed
1t Is never worth her while to carry
her grief into the law courts.
In France breach of promise cases
are rare for the simple reason that
the law requires the plaintiff to prove
that she has suffered pecuniary loss.
Now this is not an easy thing to do on
the part of the lady, especially in a
country where girl without dot
that is marriage portion-has a poor
chance of finding a husband. Holland
and Austria have adopted the French
system, and the result has been about
the same Breach actions are rare, the
injured damsels or their relatives
usually taking the law into their own
hands
Practical Germany, as might be ex-
pected, has perhaps the best method
of solving this problem. When a
young couple become engaged they
have to go through public betrothal
ceremony that ought to knock all the
shyness out of them. In the local town
hall the pair declare their affection,
Willingness to marry, ETC., ending by
signing a collection of documents that
apparently leave no loophole for
escape.
But if either party to the contract
wishes TO withdraw another journey
is undertaken to the town hall and an
other collection of documents signed,
witnessed and sealed. Then the au-
thorities determine the question OF
oommpensation-should it be claimed.
In this connection it may be said that
the man can. and often does, claim a
solatium for his wounded feelings.
The usual award Is one-fffth of the
marriage dowry. 1t is easy to under
stand, when all this is remembered,
how loath the young people of Ger
many are to break their betrOthal
oaths.
AS the law of Italy offers little or
no protection whatever to Tilted dam
sells and SWANS it is not surprising
that the stiletto should be the favorite
node of deciding breach of promise
cases. The Italian law demands that
the person suing for "breach" shall
produce a written promise to marry
from the defendant; otherwise the
action cannot proceed. This difficulty
is almost insurmountable. and the
Italian judges are seldom troubled to
adjudicate between one time lovers.
To bring an action for breach Of
promise of marriage against reign
ing monarch is an achievement, but
1T has been done, and by an English
lady. 1t is now fifteen years since
Miss Jenny Mighell sued the Sultan of
Johore. and there was doubt
whether the dusky one was actually a
reigning monarch and the case was al
lower to come into court. But the
judge quickly disposed of the action
by ruling it 1nadmissible for the rea-
son referred to and Miss Mighell was
non-suited.
1t is remarkable that one of the
two actions which have brought YER
diets of 10000 each to the plaintiffs
should have had for it's defendant the
editor of a matrimonial newspaper.
The second was between a well known
actress and the second son of an Earl.
-Tit-Bits.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

Walking day and night, without a
single stop, dummy soldier is TAX
ing 100000 steps every "a hours in
an endurance test to determine the
life of several new cartridge belts.
THE mere fact that a man is sent
by his doctor to some particular
baths or springs where he sees other
invalids confident of a cure makes
him think that he, too, can get well. :"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Passinnafe Fondness.

DO you think that most Apeople
nowadays worship money!"
No; | won't go as far as that, "
answered the homegrown phlloso-
pher, but i will say that the love
of money is seldom platonic.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

The first movement toward better
roads for Tate county was launched
when the citizens Of the county met
in mass meeting at the courthouse.
The sense of the meeting was first
taken, and by an almost unanimous
vote the issuing Of bonds was declared
for.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

The first bale of new cotton for this
season grown in Sunfiower county was
sold for 20 cents per pound to VIII
liam T. Hardie & Co. of New Orleans.
The bale weighed 400 pounds and was
classed az strict middling l Ia staple.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

S~inster-Aren't yor weary o wair
'.,g or kipa TO come N~t~ril- -"Ant
mt yoa ve-~v of N7v no one +,
AT fc-"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

Although the sea covers three
fourths of the earth's surface, it
does not provide in the same pro-
portion for mans wants. Only about
per cent of the people in the world
gain their living directly from the
con
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
9bort germons
5unnap Dalf=Dour
Theme:
REASON IN RELIGION
+ II
BY Rev. Charles E. JefferseH, y. p.
r r +
Text: "Come, now, let US reason to-
ee.her, saith the Lord."-lsaiah l., 10.

The greatest of the Hebrew
prophets puts these words into the
mouth of God. The Almighty is rep
resented as bewailing the fact that
men do not think enough in their re-
ligion. Israel doth not know, my
people doth not consider" SO runs
divine arraignment. According to
Isaiah, God wishes men to think, and
He wishes them to think with Him.
The weakness of religious people in
all generations has been that they
have not thought enough.
II is wicked not to think. A man
gives up his manhood who does not
think. We are unworthy who do not
think. We are unworthy Of the Chris
tian name If we are too timid to scru-
tinize and investigate and reason
about every doctrine which the reli-
gion of Jesus teaches. Suppose that
thinking does lead you into doubt.
Doubt is oftentimes medicinal. There
is more faith in honest doubt than in
a creed about which you are afraid to
think. Doubt is an experience which
belongs to growing life. A man must
fight his way through DOUBT to the
clear and sunlit spaces which lie be-
yond. He can do this only by hard
and honest thinking. Come, let us
reason together" saith the Lord.
This has been the exhortation of the
Almighty from the beginning, In the
fuiness OF time Jesus came. and in
Jesus we hear God saying. Come,
now. let us reason together" Jesus
was always reasoning. 1t has been
said that He never argued, and that
is true If we mean He never argued in
the form of Occidental syllogisms;
but in the deepest sense He was al
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Marriage Ceremonies.

Our marriage ceremonies are al
Romantic ring. the veil, the wed
ding gifts. the groomsman and brides
maids the bride cake.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
His DeIusien.

Howell-T had the nightmare last
night" Powell-"That so?" Howell
Yes, ] thought that l was being
klcl.el :, the cot of . I'd"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

Joe Westmoreland. veteran OF the
civil war, died at his home, ten miles
east Of 1'upelo- Mr.. Westmoreland
was member of the Mississippi regi-
ment commanded by John NJ. Stone,
and lost leg in Virginia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
State Crops Good.

state crops Gooo.
Col. Leroy T. Taylor of Verona, Lee
county, chairman of the penitentiary
board of trustees, reports the Delta
crop, or rather that portion which he
has seen which is being cultivated on
the state land, to be in very promis-
ing condition, and they are hopeful of
getting out good paying crop, de-
spite the discouraging conditions I'M
der which it has been made.
AS to the other crops, both corn and
feed crops, they were never better,
and the state bids fair to reap the best
crop of corn this fall in the history of
the state farm system acreage and
everything else considered. Col. Tay-
lor reports the wheat experimentation
which has been conductd by Super
intendent Neylands on the Sunf1ower
plantation to have been very success
full, demonstrating the practicability
of the movement for encouraging
wheat growing in Mississippi,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16
Want Good Grain Rates

Want Good Grain Mates.
One of the most significant propo-
sitions which has been submitted to
the Mississippi railroad commission
for Ion gwhile is now pending before
that body, which may take some ac-
ton before very long. The matter is
one affecting the fixing of rates on
Mississippi grains in transit in the
state with view to meeting the ex-
pected very large yield, especially in
corn and oats, which it is expected
will be reaped and will be among the
commodities to be transported quite
exteneivelv
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

J. e. Waggoner, M E. A. E., prcfes-
sor Of agricultural engineering in the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College. has been appointed to the
I. Fl. C. service bureau. recently estab.
lished by the international Harvester
Company of America.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-16

The Natohez 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 I'm the state of Missis-
sippi and its career win be watched
with a great deal of interest.