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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

the classroom or who ranked highest
among the debaters in the literary socie-
ties: but in these later years all this ia
changed in many institutions, Muscle now
outTsnks mind, bats and balls are more
than books, and the hero Of the college is
the man VINO can outrun competitor or
mangle an opponent in a match game
Such lowered ideals faint the atmosphere
of the campus and stimulate brutality
far more than they inspire scholarship.
When the triumphs of the field are set
above the victories OF the classroom and
the achievements of the debating socie-
ties. the outcome of evil is inevitable.
Out of il all, ve have not from inter-
collegiate athletics got even a good type
of physical development. Already medi-
cal men are beginning to warn us that
bodily harm has come through this mis-
directed devotion to athletics. 1t is what
might have been expected.
What then have We obtained from all
this folly? Nothing. but college adver-
Using. College authorities, counting on
the fact that certain classes of young
men are allowed to select the institu-
tions of learning which they will attend,
have catered to that class of patronage
and used intercollegiate games for adver-
Using purposes in order to obtain 1t. Old
garb, have been used to get new stu
dents much as some shop-keepers use
Negro boys, clad as merry andrews and
bearing placards on their back, to win
customers. What a debasement of insti-
tutions of learning is thisi
The remedy for it all Is with parents.
Let them firmly refuse to patroniZe insti-
buttons which encourage and permit these
sports that kill. One season Of such an
attitude upon the part of parents with
sons to educate would stop the whole
wretched business. Such reformation
of the rules" would be effective at once.
It is idle to look for reformation by
intercollegiate athletic associations.
Gamesters never reform games. New
rules" from such a source mean more
deaths, more maimings, more demoraliza-
tons, and more gambling. It is not the
reformation of rules that Is called for,
but the extirpation of an evil which can
not be reformed. Reformations that re-
quire such frequent repetition. and ac-
compIish so little, show that the seat Of
the trouble is not in accidental or incl
dental accomplishments Of the games. but
In the very heart OF the system Such
men as DR.. Butler and President Elliot
have declared against the evil II is
little more than a year since that emf
nent publicist and educator, DR.. woodrow
Wilson, expressed his disgust with the
reduction of college authorities to the
level OF managers of sporting rings.
These men are not fanatics nor fools.
They proclaim what some of US have
been saying for years that 1t is time to
stop this evil. And 1t is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
A N1slE BILLION DOLLAR HARVEST

The of the United States this will exceed
value nine thousand million dollars That much
wealth wealth. has sprung up between single spring
time and autumn.
of New
of land in add
Of
havet
sum-
prone regard cities and institutions less
great wealth producers But in the end they are
nothing beside the quiet sunshine the paerng rains and the
would take the hugest city in America hun
dreds of wears to pile up anything like real wealth
grown farms within the few months
douby impressive when it is reflected that
this considered bad for grains The seasons were
of their natural order March being summerke and
April wntry. prolonged drouh befel the northwest and
damaging rains the south and New England Yet the crop
amounted three billion bushels the biggest in the coun-
trs history and the yield of wheat will total nearly
billion bushels
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The Memphis COmmercial-Appeal says
there is only one Bob Taylor. II spoke
the truth: and there is only one poll
tician with artistic ambitions that can
win. But II is possibly because Bob
plays badly that he wins
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Savannah next month will no doubt
suspend the speed limit on automobiles,
but ii is to be hoped there will still
be an enforcement Of the Law in regard
to those scorching military punches.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The Tech football team didn't have
chance TO defeat a rival team Saturday.
and the auditoTium-aTmOry last week
didn't have a convention In IT, State pa
pers please copy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

A kansas woman wants a divorce be-
cause her husband throws bricks at her.
WHATS the matter with Kansas Is
that the usual ground for divorce out
there9
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

One hundred and fourteen saloons are
involved In q suit in Memphis. although
the impression had been that Memphis
was a prohibition town
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

A CIsyelan, woman is the mother Of
four pairs OF twins and three sets OF
triplets- This looks suspiciOusly like an
Ohio boom for the colonel
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Union City's Macedonian cry for 1000
'possums ought 10 be heard at least as
far as Bill Tafts domicile.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The automobile win never be perfected
until one is produced that will success
fully dispute the right OF way with q
trolley car.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

western candidate for governor has
promised TO marry ~ elected. II he
doesn't. the voters can impeach him for
breach OF promise
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Union City wants thousand 'pOssums.
She's welcome to them II there are any
left over from the Taft raid.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

ST Louis is boastlng OF its anti-prohi-
bition meetings being popular. Georgia
cities kindly report local conditions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Judge Parker. having denied he seeks
: once. il IS. OF course, too much to sx-
: pect that he will be president
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

There is some dispute over whether
-weliman made as much OF his copy
righted story as did Cook.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

This campaign against the boil weevil
is a good one. for that pest is one i'm
migrant we don't want
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Nineteen hundred and ten was a good
year for wheat and corn, and incident
ally for cotton. insurgents and few
others
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

A newspaper has an editorial on the
Passing OF the book agent All. but he
doesn't pass. He butts in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The expressmen Of New York are on a
strike. Doubtless want. their share OF
those big earnings
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The defeated candidate may now ex-
pend his elOqusnce on the scarcity OF
coal with winter coming on.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Where Is the wizard who win devise
a plan by which the velvet hat may
be worn as a winter weskit?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Cotton still goes up. At this rate the
south is not only independent Of Wall
street but II can even help IL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Savannah wants to enlarge her har-
Dor. Strange that city should have any
use for more water.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The Bank of England discount rate
having gone up. the pawnbrokers ought
10 do a better business 8.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Whether the man who gave his break
fast food TO q starving horse was kind
depends on the brand he gave.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

a little rain is necessary occasionally
20 make us appreciate good weather
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Snow fell In Tennessee. but the United
States dissolved the saloon injunction at
the same time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Won't the oldest inhabitant kindly give
~ the date Of the last October snow?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

When aviation becomes more common.
perhaps We Cas- set a east-Off automo-
bile cheap
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Automobiles may be popular, but every
one would De satisfied with an heirship.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

So The Overcoat and coal dealers will
take their revenge on the ice man now.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

This is the season for the reports Of
first ice has been seen at this place
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Connie Mack found Cupid a sight more
invincible than the Chicago Cubs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

walter weIlman's rescue only proves
that the cat can stiIl come back.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Wonder where they secured the name
OF JUSTICES OF the Peace?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Roosevelt discovered the dk-dk and
Stfr1<or
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

The frost falls alike on the pumpkin
and TIN roof.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Colonel RooseveIt's wallpaper charge
~ doesn't seem 20 have stuck.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

our regards to the apple show. II is q
ptppFn-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01

Peace has its pension list no less than
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-01


Peace has its pension list no less than
war.
our regards to the apple show II is
pdppTn-
Roosevelt discovered the dIk-dik and
Z The frost falls alike on the pumpkin
and TIN roof
Colonel RooseveIt's wallpaper charge
doesn't seem 30 have stuck.
Wonder where they secured the name
OF JUSTICES OF the Peace?
= walter weIlman's rescue only proves
that the cat can still come back.
- Connie Mack found Cupid a sight more
invincihle than the chicaso Cubs.
v-s Roosevelt. at s. is further from os-
= lerizstion than most men OF that age.
This is the season for the reports of
first ice has been seen at this place"
So The Overcoat and coal dealers viii
take their revenge on the ice man now.
Fefe-
Automobiles may be popular. but every
one would be satisfied with an heirship.
Won't the oldest inhabitant kindly give
us the date OF the last October snow?
When aviation becomes more common.
perhaps We Cas- set q cast-off automo-
bale cheap
snow fell In Tennessee. but the United
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
JACKSON'S PROSTI-
TUTED NEWS SERVICE
50 COLORED AND DISTORTED AGAINST
VARDAAIAN AS TO BE IN MANY IN
STANCES WHOLLY UNRELIABLE
a Few Examples Where HALF Truths Have
Been Told Or Rank FaIsehOOdS Pub
lished to Deceive tie Public.
Special Correspondence oi The Lead

Special Correspondence OF The Lead
er.
jackson, June 8. The Purse
yized newspapers continue to sing
their little song about Vardaman S
contingent fund despite the fact
that it has been shown to the satls-
faction Of any man who is inclined
to be fair, that it was expended
properly and for the benefit Of the
people Of the State. But it is a
part Of the campaign planned by
these papers to continue to insin~
|uate and Id every way possible to
cast suspicion upon the administra-
tion of Gov. Vardaman. They
hope that a considerable number of
people who have limited means for
knowing the truth may be misled
and induced to vote against him.
There was SO much filth and rot
tenness in the secret-caucus- Gibbs
resolution proceedings at jackson
that something Of this sort is ab-
Isolutely necessary to muddy the
waters and detract attention from
their man and the methods by
which he won.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

turning plow from now on is under
the shed. Use harrows, weeders
and cultivators, and by this means
conserve moisture and at the same
time kill grass that is just emerg-
ing. Remember that the best time
to kill is before it comes up. In a
dry time dust mulch conserves
moisture and this heat is highly
fatal to the young weevIls in the
fallen squares. This is Of the most
extreme Importance. See that a
mulch is kept in the cotton fields.
As the weevils begin to appear on
the tops Of your cotton, even before
it begins to produce squares. cap-
ture all of these by hand and de-
stroy them. BY this means you
viii greatly retard the progress of
the pest. AS cultivation progresses
attach something to your cultivator
to agitate the stalk and BY all
means pick UP the squares. If
these instructions are fully carried
out you will certainly make cot.
ton crop in spite Of the Weevils.
Last season. which you will re-
cali was a very unfavoraEle one.
this was demonstrated on hundreds
OF farms.
For your encouragement will
give one Of the most striking ex-
amples. The farm Of Col. Max
well. at Mounds, La, is situated in
the swamps. in a territory where
failures have been numerous and
| lwhere iaRt season conditions were
such that even experts doubted
that cotton could be raised The
weevils had been there five years.
But the methods. as stated above,
were put into practice and the re-
sult was. that over 800 bales of cot
lton we're produced on 100 acres Of
Eland
We certainly can raise cotton II
we try. So let's get busy and do
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
The Boil WeeViI Scare.

The special attention of farmers
is called to the communications in
this issue Of The Leader BY Govern
ment Agents L. A. Moss and Edgar
Green. warning them against be-
coming unduIy alarmed and panicky
over the appearance Of the boil
weevil with the return of cotton-
growing weather. They are spe-
cially warned not to plow their
cotton up. but to follow out the
cultural methods of rapid, shallow
cultiYation, picking up and de-
Estroying punctured forms. etc.
After so much has been spoken
and published line upon line and
precept upon precept' The Lead
er is no little surprised to learn
that So many farmers and business
men appear to have been taken un-
awares and show signs of panic
over the appearance at this time Of
the little pest. It is just what was
to be expected and just what the
Government experts have been tell
ing us to expect and be prepared to
cope with.
In all boil weevil infested parts,
the weevils appear early, as soon as
thecotton is up and begins to grow,
and they never cease their work of
destruction until frost. This is the
history Of the pest everywhere.
Remember that the men who
have studied the problem have been
telling US all the time that farmers
must diversity; must burn their
cotton stalks in the fall to reduce
the number of Weevils carried
through the winter; must reduce
their cotton acreage; must prepare
their cotton lands thoroughly before
planting; plant the early maturing
varieties of seed; must push shall
low cultivation as fast as possible
after the cotton is up, pick up the
punctured squares and destroy them
to prevent the weevils multiplying
SO fast after they appear in the
spring. and keep the ground stirred
and the stalks agitated as long as
there is any hope of any Of the
squares and young bolls escaping
the ravages of the weevil.
Our farmers and business men
had just as well face the situation
coolly and resoIutely asit is and
make the most Of it. The boil
weevil is in Lincoln county to do
business and he is here to stay.
The sooner that fact is realized and
the policy and methods adopted
which other infected sections have
found the best for dealing with the
weevil and prospering in spite Of
the pest. the better.
There is nothing to be surprised
at IN the reports you hear from
farmers about the appearance of
the weevil in their young cotton.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
The Boil WeeyiI :. A Word Of Caution
to Farmers.

jackson, Miss, June /. 1910.
10 all Farmers in Boil Weeyil Ter.
ritory:
This is the season Of the year
when the boil weevil is normally
expected to emerge from winter
quarters and appear in the cottor
fields. and the object Of this letter
is to warn all cotton planter:
against becoming panic-stricken
and plowing up promising fields 81
cotton. This has been done in past
seasons, and done too often without
any logical reason.
Among farmers in newly-infestec
weevil territory the impre ssion il
sometimes current that the weevil
should not appear before July oI
August. and any earlier appearance
has been the signal for panic and
decentralization. Remember that
lit is perfectly normal for the
weevil to appear when warm
weather comes. and it's appearance
should occasion no alarm.
On the other hand, all fields Of
cotton should be closely watched,
and a vigorous fight kept up to
hold the weeviIs in check. The
methods essential have been repeat
edly published in the past, and il
will only be necessary here to
state that for the remainder of the
season these must consist Of rapid
shallow and clean cultivation, the
continual maintenance of a dust
mulch, and the careful destruction
By picking and burning. Of all
punctured squares. A rigid adlier-
ence to these methods has given
good results even in the worst sea
sons, and while this year S crop is
4 little late, the present good
weather will enable it to largely
regain this. and in general the out
look is fairly promising.
Ii a few years the farmers Of
southwest Mississippi will be grow.
ing profitable crops of cotton ID
spite Of the weevil. and will then
wonder just why they became 50
demoraIized when it appeared.
We can make cotton under wee
VII conditions and every man owes
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
our best.
EDGAR GREEN.
Demonstration Agent. u. s.
Department of Agriculture.
Boil NeeyiI in lawrence.

Mr.. Il. H. Russell. of NoIa. Law
renee county, sends a letter to Mr..
j. W. McGrath. which he requested
hanced to The Leader in which he
says 4 have examined my cot
ton for boil weevils and find five
squares on one stalk and all pune
tured, and the top also punctured. 4
Mr.. Russell also sent along in a
bottle punctured square and a
full grown boil weevil which had
done the mischief he tells about.
Mr.. Russell states that his cotton
was planted on March 24th and
adds: Brother Farmer. the boil
weevil is here. Prepare to fight
them.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
THE BOIL WEEVILS.
Now Over all Lincoln County Farmers
Must Now Fight Them in
Earnest.

From specimens and information
coming from numerous reliable
sources it is now evident that Lin
coin county is to have full in
festation Of the weevlls during the
present season.
While this has been fully expect
ed by those who have made close
study of the pest, still there are
many farmers who are greatly
shocked at the inevitable fight now
beginning
So, for fear that in our excite
ment much of the useful advice
that has been given in the past may
be forgotten. or from indifference
neglected until too late. propose
to set forth as briefly as / can the
methods best suited to boil weeyil
control ID this territory.
First Of all we must bear in
mind that it has always been a
question as to which caused the
greater loss when the boil weevil
came. the foolish panic Of the peo-
pie or the actual damage done BY
the weevil. So do not lose your
heads, but follow out closely and
thoroughly the cultural methods
given. as well as the methods 0i
actual destruction Of weevils. Ol
these two. the first IS fully as i'm.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

It is reported that the City Of
Jackson and especially the new
Capitol. is literally overrun with
school book men Of all kinds. school
teachers and educators generally ).
The cause Of the gathering is the
fact that the five-year contracts
will be made by the School Book
Commission. which will meet on
June 9 to take up the matter.
With the exception Of some few
books that have been found unsatis-
factory BY the teachers. It is not
expected that there will be many
changes in the present books
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04
AN IMPORTANT EVENT.
Cornerstone Laying Of BrOOkhaVen's
New City Hall and Library Next
Tuesday.


The laying of the cornerstone oi
lBrookhaven's new city hall and
library at the corner of Railroad
Avenue and Chickasaw Street, will
take place with imposing cere.
monies next Tuesday. June 7th, at
.2:30 p. m. under the auspices Of
the Masonic Grand Lodge Of Mis-
sissippi. Following is the
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
arranged for this important event
in our city S history
Music Woodman Band
Song Choir.
Introduction Of Grand Master
Walter M. Conner By Acting
Grand Marshal w. Fl. Seavey.
Invocation j. Z. Leggett.
Song Choir.
Depositing Of Casket Grand
Master.
Song Choir.
Laying Of Cornerstone
Address Hon. A. Al. Cohn.
Music Woodman Band.
Address Grand Master Walter
M Conner.
Music Woodman Band.
The choir will be under the di-
psocfi0in ~ n9~o n AZ p FxYt
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

Dress Linens, colored and
natural Linens, some in fancy
stripes, %, 30 and SO inches
wide, at 75c, 2OC, Csc
and $50 per yard.
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Embroideries, 2 lots regular
q, 10, 121, Is, 20 and 25c kind,
to fargs gioE Eaflssg fSog 5 and lOC
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

Swiss. white and colored dots
and figures, just the ~
thing for summer, yd. ZUC
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

Magnolia shipped two car .loads
of Irish potatoes Wednesday
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

SOc for 75c Corset Covers
81 of fine Nainsooks, lace
and embroidery trimmed.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

7Sr for $1.Oo Corset Covers
AON of fine Nainsooks in
dainty styles.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

70 40 thls give rapid. shallow
cultivation. No root pruning Or
deep plowing The place for the
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

Linen Torchon, 2 lots. Real
linen insertions and edgings.
Values u, 10, 12a, Is and zoe.
Marked ! ysrd e 5 and l0c
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

27 inch Striped Poplins, Her
ringbene effects, in all 90c
shades, worth 25c yd. ZUC
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-06-04

Olives, Queen quality, regular
25c size, 5 bottles for 81 90