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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
HOUSEHOLD EXPENSE BOOK.
How Five Cent Trial Balance Pamph'
let Nav Be Kept Accurately.

let May Be Kept Accurately.
Buy a paper covered trial balance
for five cents. Then decide what &C.
counts you will keep, such as clothing,
rent, groceries, fuel and light, laundry,
furnishings, insurance, benevolences,
&C.; sundries and cash last. Enter
these names at top of columns for
twelve or more accounts for one
month.
The left hand column is for dates
and at night it is an easy matter to
enter under their respective accounts
the total amount for each that day,
using the same line across the two
pages.
At the end of the month add each
account and place totals on one line,
then make summary totals in unused
space below. In column reserved for
cash enter amount on hand on first of
month, and by subtracting total ex-
penditures from the total receipts the
amount of cash on hand at end Of
month will be shown; thus all cash
transactions for the month can be
seen at a glance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Drink Mater.

The Japanese know what is good
for them when they insist on their
women drinking quantities of water
each day. We would hear fewer com
plants of utter fatigue, and needless
assistance from beauty hints If our
women, one and all, would follow the
example of their almond-eyed sis
ters.
No day should pass without at least
a quart of pure water being drunk
better yet two quarts. 1t is wiser
however, to begin with the smaller
quantity or you may feel yourself
wate1-lc. ged and depart from the
Good hcl - tc vi or
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
German Creditors Get Busy.

An echo of the stir which has been
crea- ed throughout North and East
Mississippi through the rather involv-
Steele, Miller & Co., of Corinth, was
heard here Wednesday Afternoon,
when w A. Percy appeared as repre-
senting certain German creditors, to
secure a bankruptcy order from Judge
H. c. Niles, on the allegation that the
firm owes sums aggregating nearly one
million dollars, PRACTICAL all TO Ger
man and firms. 7rd ore w'thoIt assetS
with which to nee their drafts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
BLACK Eridau

Black Friday, September a. 1859,
vas a day of great excitement in New
York, occasioned by clique Of specu-
lators, who suddenly advanced the
price of gold to lee IL and thus
caused a disastror panic, sweeping
hundreds of firms nd individuals into
bankruptcy.
Indianola is d eslnined to have good
dirt roads. The lnd;anola Dirt Road
Construction Company was organige1
with capital of $4,000 for the par
pose Of contracting for and building 100
miles of good roads in the territory 40
Joining Indianola.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
coPPERHEAD's 1.4oo FOOT LEAP.
Strange Snake Story from Northeast
ern PENNSYLVANIA.

Strange Snake Story from Northeast
ern Pennsylvania.
Two WyEK (Pa.) men mad thrill
ing experience on Table Rock Noun
tain, one which they will not care to
repeat.
AS they were walking on the noun
tain they came upon large copper
head snake which was enjoying a
sun bath about 100 yards from the
rock which gives the mountain its
name. The men looked around for
stones, but none that they could han
die to good effect could be found. nor
was there a good club at hand.
Taking sticks of good length they
attacked the snake which showed
fight and struck at both men. Failing
to land and not liking the flashing OF
the sticks his snakeship started for
the edge of the mountain overlooking
the river which flows at the base.
some 1,400 feet below.
Reaching the edge of the table
rock which hangs out from the noun
tainside a considerable distance. the
snake arranged itself in a peculiar
shape and then with a hiss half
jumped, half squirmed out into the
air. The men rushed upon the shelly
ing rock and peered over and watched
the fearful descent of the snake, ex-
pecting to see IT, strike the trees or
protruding rocks down the mountain
side, but it missed all these obstruc-
lions. It was not thought possible
the snake would clear the Leh1gh
tracks. but as the distance was COW
cred the snake seemed to straighten
out and, as the men vow, crawled
through the air and succeeded in
landing in deep water with hardly a
splash.
While they were watching to see If
the snake came to the surface one
of the men became dizzy from peer
ing over the edge of the rock and
would have followed the snakes aW-
full example had not his companion
caught him just in time.
Some idea of the distance travelled
by the copperhead can be had when
it is known that but few tCys or men
can throw a stone so that 1t will
strike in the river as the snake did.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Why PITY the Earner2

Mr.. Mann of Geuda Springs loaded
large, fat hog into his automobile
and took it to market in Arkansas
City, where he got a good price fol-
the porker. 1t took him a mighty
short time to get the hog to town and
get the cash for it. A few minutes
scrubbing fixed the auto so that ii
did not smell like a barnyard, and
the hog probably enjoyed the ride.
What's the use holding meetings try
ing to improve conditions of farm
life?-Witchite (Kan) Eagle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Legal Status of the Snail in France

Legal StdIuS OF Ine Ondll III TTdHCC'
The French Minister of Agriculture,
after careful examination of the
subject, has established "the legal
status of the snail" by issuing a cir
cular in which snails are defined as
animals injurious to vegetation, and
therefore legally subject to capture
and destruction at all times and sea-
sons. This decision has created excite
ment and dismay among the numer-
Gus persons who earn a livelihood by
collecting snails for market. Snails
are in high favor with French cpl
cures, and immense numbers of these
mollusks are eaten in Paris. In the
winter of 1900 the consumption of
snails in the French capital amount
ed to 800 tons. The consumption has
since diminished, but more than so
million snails are still received an
nually by the Halles Centrales, the
Centrales, the great market of Paris.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Cant About Advertising.

There is great deal of cant at the
present day about advertising, emit
ted by persons who are very keen to
get an the advertisement they can,
and to get it for nothing if possible.
Quiet people, who really do not want
to advertise themselves, are much less
censorious.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
snanish Executloner,s Remorse.

A curious story comes from Seville.
On Sunday night the local execution
er died, his death being due to re-
morse. For several years he had car
ried out any executions, but recently
he was summoned to CorSova to in
fiict the final penalty on some crimi-
nails. The impression made upon him
was so painful that he was unable to
face the ordeal when condemned in
Seville, and the sentence will have to
be carried out by the Madrid execu-
toner.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Lumber Companies PAYING.

Lumber Companies Paying.
The indications in regard to the de-
cision of the antitrust statute of Mis-
sissippi, as involved in the action OF
the state against the Grenada Lumber
Company ct ais, by the United States
Supreme Court, are that the supreme
tribunal of the land has followed the
presentation of the case by the state
as the defendant in error there. The
contention of the state was that the
constitution of the Retail Lumber
Dealers Association of Mississippi and
Louisiana, was viOlative of the laws of
Mississippi against trusts and COM
bines. The avoved purpose of the or
CARNATIONS, as set forth in the brief
of former Attorney General Stirling,
was to refrain from doing business
with, and withdraw their business
from, all manufacturers and wholesal-
ers in lumber who would, or might,
sell to consumers, in territory where
there are retailers, members Of such
association; that each and every mem
Der of said association bound himself
or itself, to withhold his, or it's, busl-
ness from such manufacturers, wEOle-
salers, lumber commission merchants,
agents, or brokers, who sold to co.,
suners, but did mo- carry stocks. and
from a manufacturer who might sell 70
such commission merchants, agents
o: brokers.
This decision is on the general con-
ten'ion of the constitutionality of the
code chapter On trusts and combines
which is chapter 145, and does not
touch the question Of penalty, suits
for which were entered, allowed by the
.chancery court of Holmes county, and
appealed to the state supreme court
where they are now pending. Under
section 5v04 of that chapter the pen
atty is from 5000 to $4,000, and each
day upon which such una wful cOmbi
nation was carried on constitutes a
separate offense and involves a sepa-
rate penalty. The defendant associa-
tions enter the protest that the enOr-
nifty of the penalty provided renders
the statute unconstitutional, and the
point is now subject to construction
and much interest attaches to its prob
able disposition by the supreme court
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Tree PLANTING In Pennsylvania.

Land owners in Centre county are
taking up the question of reforestiza-
ton in a practical way. This spring
a number have planted treelings on
various kinds on the denuded hills on
their farms, and just now force of
men is engaged planting 100000 white
pine treelings on the old Whipple
place near Pine Grove Mills. The
treelings are from the State nursery
at Greenwood Furnace, and the plant
ing is being done under the direction
of Mr.. Morton of the State Forestry
Department.-Ph Record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
oldest Man in the World.

Jose Gaudaloupe Aleitd of Jalosti-
tan, state of Jalisco. Mexico, is said
to be the Oldest man in the world.
The record of his birth as contained
in the archives of the parish church
shows that he was born in ITO, which
makes him 139 years old. He is in
good physical condition.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Glove CUTTING.

Glove cutting is purely hand trade.
No machine could cut out a glove
properly, for the simple reason that it
could not distinguish between good
and bad, thick and thin, pieces of
leather. Each piece of leather re-
quires special treatment in shaping,
and therefore the cutting can never
ha mechanical
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
WILL NAME COL. GORDON.
Gov. Noel Says He Will Not Be 6ounc
by the Primary.

Gov Noel says he VIII NOT re bounc
by the Primary.
Gov. Noel Saturday issued the first
authorized detailed statement of his
position on the primary proposition
controversy. Speaking of the matter.
he said:
Il never heard of the proposition for
a fall primary until after it had been
submitted by Senator Percy and
brought before the legislature by reso-
luton. From the outset, though, was
not consulted about the mat er by any
one, never failed to express my oppo-
sition, regarding it as both inexpedl-
ent and illegal. Under express consti-
tutiOnal sanction and direction the pri-
mary election law takes from candi-
dates and political parties the right
and power to make nominations other
wise than at the time and by the meth
DDS it prescribes, absolutely annulling,
by express provision, nomination and
election of nominees made otherwise
than as therein provided; and depriv-
lIIS pOilIlCdl PAL IlOo, Iuuo OACAu4uSB
from recognition as such, in the ap-
pointment of the county or precinct
election officers. Section 1922 of the
code. This law, until repealed in the
regular way, can neither be ignored or
modified by agreements of candidates,
or res oltuions by legislators or execu-
tive committees. AS the chief eXecu-
tive Of the stcte, | am exercising my
right and duty in calling for the OBJ
servance, in letter and in spirit of this,
as of every other law, and declining
TO be bound by what | may regard
as an illegal proceeding. If vacancy,
from any cause, occurs before the
meeting of the next legislature in the
Inree-year senatorial terms for which
Senator Percy was elected, regardless
of any irregular primary election,
shall appoint Col. James Gordon or
some other worthy and capable Con-
federate veteran"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Tell wife that men are selfish, she
will readily acquiesce. But tell that
same woman that by spelling her boys
whether in the nursery or at school.
or university is sowing the seeds
of egotism. she will give an emphatic
denial.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
U1sYmpathetic.

Others may have said the same
thing, but this rather unsympathetic
comment is attributed to the late
Judge Hoar: Are you going to attend
the funeral of Gen. Butler?" a friend
asked him. NO, was the calm re-
ply. mo, am not goil-- to attend
but heartily approve of It,"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
GETTING AIono with People.

Getting along with people is yalua-
BILE trait to cultivate. First of all be
amiable and forgiving; do not hear
all that is said, never repeat anything
and be willing to be pleased while do
ing your part.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Women and mountaineering.

One of the chief difficulties in a
woman's undertaking an expedition
in mountain climbing is that, what
ever her experience, every man be-
lieves that he knows better what
should be done than she.-Harper' s
Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

For insomnia try this simple rem
edy: Have a barber chair rugged up
in your room. Then, when unable to
go to sleep by 100 a. M, send your
motor car for your favorite barber.
When he comes, have him give you a
thorough shampoo. If not sleepy then,
repeat, and continue treatment until
put to sleep. If the treatment fails
to do this in five hours, just take a
look at the bill.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
TRAVELLING with PhiaIs.

In travelling with toilet bottles or
medicine phials, which cannot be dis
pensed with, first ascertain that the
corks are sound and will not allow
the liquids to pour through. Then cut
small pieces of thin, pliable wire.
Draw a piece around the neck OF
each bottle and make one loop, draw
ing tight Put the other end across
the cork and form a~0ther loop around
neck of bottle So prepared the bot
tie may be packed in either bag or
trunk without danger of splitting.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
,.aat Guides Over Taxes Prairles.

There is a plant which grows on
the vast Texas prairies which is as
good as a compass" said Harry M.
Topping of Galveston, Tex. Down
that way it is a well known fact that
no matter what the weather, whether
rain, sunshine, frost, blizzard or gale
of wind, this hardy plant turns its
leaves and flowers to tie north.
"Horsemen travelling across the
prairies always consult this plant, de-
termine directions by it and follow its
instructions, always certain that the
plant will not mislead or deceive"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Canada needs only $4,000 square
miles to be as large as the whole con-
tinent of Europe. 1t is nearly thirty
times as large as Great Britain and
Ireland.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Modern Advice.

"My DEAR" said a fond mother,
never marry man for his money.
Nowadays it is much easier to play
bridge whist for it."-Detroit Free
Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Readx for the Health Board.

DR.. S. H. Mclean, secretary of the
state board of health, reportes all in
readiness for the spring meeting of
the board for the purpose of holding
the statutory examinations for appli-
cans for license to practice medicine
in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Mississippian Honored.

Two years ago the Southern Rail-
way was host to a large number of
English spinners, and a careful study
was made by the Engiishmen of the
cotton lands in the delta and cotton
culture as they found it in the fields.
Prof. Fox, of the Greenville expert
ment station, who entertained the Wis
itors during their stay here, has re-
ceived a letter from the office of c. w
NIAGARA, president of the Information
al Federation of Master Cotton Spin
ners and Manufacturers Association,
Manchester, England, inviting him to
write a paper on cotton culture in the
Mississippi delta, to be read by him
at the coming international congress,
which meets at Brussels, Belgium,
June 6 to TO-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Hawthorne: The hate we bear our
enemies Injuries their happiness less
than ours.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
State Crop Not Hurt.

ObdlO SiOP NOl
According to Col. Reroy T. Taylor
chairman of the board of penitentiary
trustees, all connected with The sys.
tenn, trustees and employees, feel en-
couraged to believe that with ordi-
nary diligence, intelligent handling
and favorable weather conditions, the
state has lost nothing on account OF
the had spell of April weather, except
time and the cost of the seed neces-
sary for replanting. The replanting
has been done and the officers are
alert and wideawake and ready for
the fray, and with a good supply of
labor at command, they feel that they
can take care of any situation as il
develops.
Speaking generally or the property
and it's condition, Col Taylor says:
Daily improvement of the state
property is being made and the peo-
pie of Mississippi would be surprised
if they were to see and could realize
the phenomenal necessary changes
which have been made during the year
1910 thus far The stock, consisting
of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, are in
good condition and we'll cared for. Our
policy will be, as heretofore, to make
the penitentiary institution self-sus-
tanning in every respect, that policy
being to plant literally in feed crops,
and, after that, make all the cotton we
cam"
Since The appeal was carried to the
United States supreme court, several
of the plaintiffs in error have come
forward and paid into court the nomi-
nal amount assessed, of 5000 each,
which the attorney general has paid
into the treasury.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Turpentine is best preventive for
moths. Saturate pieces of brown pa
per and place in boxes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
Convention Route Chosen.


The Mississippi State Sunday School
Association has been to much trouble
and expense to secure a suitable route
for the great body of Mississippi peo-
pie who will attend the worlds Sun
day school convention at Washington.
After careful consideration it was de-
terminCI to select the Illinois Central
and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern,
Baltimore and Ohio railroads as the
proper lines that would afford the
greatest interest from a picturesque
standpoint The round trip rate is
S25.25.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

What might have resulted in a seri.
Gus wreck two miles north of Gibson
was averted when the engineer On
northbound Mobile and Ohio passen.
ger train stopped his engine before {
pile of crossties
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

The Mississippi Travellers, the most
progressive organization of drummers
and travelling men generally in this
State, are even thus far in advance
making preparations for the annual
meeting at Columbus on June "a and
in the history of their association.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

MAKE hogs pay off the mortgage"
was the advice given by DR.. S. A.
Knapp, chief of the bureau of plant in
dustry of the governemnt department
of agriculture, in an address before the
Back to the Farm" meeting held here
under the auspices of the Columbus
Business League. 'Diversiication a
Necessity in Farming" was the sub.
ject of DR.. Knapp's address, and he
urged the farmers not only to raise
more hogs and more cattle, but to d.
versify their crops.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Meridian-At a meeting of the board
of trustees of the Masonic Widows
and Orphans Home in this city, plans
for a new addition to the home were
discussed. The proposed addition is
home for old ladies, the widows of
Masons and the building when occupied
will be a handsome brick structure
two stories in height, and will be
built on the same plan as the present
structure. 1t has been found that the
capacity of the home is inadequate
to meet the needs of the order.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Natchez.-The sixth annual conven.
ton Of the Mississippi Bar Associa-
ton was terminated with an elaborate
banquet at the Natchez Hotel, in
which 300 persons participated The
banquet was the most brilliant social
affair of the kind ever given in
Natchez.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Starkville.-The cool and dry wealth.
err prevailing in this section is prov
ing very injurious to such cotton as
was left by the recent cold snap
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13

Two thousand youthful census emu
merators, all working for their "city's
PRIDE" asked every person they met
today, Have you been enumerated"
Supt. Cook of the city schools placed
a specially printed form in the hands
of every child at both the white
schools and also the colored school.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-07
Arthur Cummings of Hartford Studied
Out the Phenomenon and Made
Possible Modern Form of Ma
tionaI Game.

One day in the late fall Of 1876.
when l was returning from the safe
capitol in Hartford, Conn, to nv
office. l saw ahead of me tall, sin
envy, yet slender man, carrying a paint
pot and brush in one hand, and
dressed in paint-bespattered overalls
and jumper and workingman's hat.
Pretty soon he stopped and looked
doubtfully up and down a street, and
as he was SO occupied l came up and
recognized him as none other than Ar
thur Cummings, who, for several
years, had been pitcher of the then ia
nous Hartford baseball nine, and had
a countrywide reputation as the dis
coverer of the curved pitched ball
We knew each other slightly, and
so l stopped and asked him if he was
looking for any street or house
yes" he said, with characteristic
modesty, and yet with that innate dig
nifty which also always distinguished
him on the ball field, 81 am looking
for the house of a Mr.. WEIGH" Then,
doubtless having seen my look of sur
prise at finding him, the famouse base
ball pitcher, in a painters outfit, he
added smilingly: You know, l am
a house painter by trade l shan't be
able to pitch very much longer, at
least with any big baseball nine. so
l am getting my hand in at my trade,
and am on my way to paint Mr..
Welch'S hOuSn"
We were walking along by this time
in the direction of Cummings job.
Soon we spied some boys playing ball
upon a vacant lot across the street.
Cummings stopped and looked at
them for moment. why" he ex-
claimed, that youngster is trying to.
pitch a curved ball. I'll go over and
show him how" And suiting action to
his words, he went over and gave the
youthful pitcher a lesson in curved
ball pitching, much to the delight and
amazement of all concerned when
they recognized their idol in his
strange uniform.
At last we resumed our walk
"Mr. Cummings" / said, Il have.
heard that you were the first man