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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
Ceneus oe The Bison.

Ine journal Of the New York Zoo
logical Society gives a census of the
American bison, according to which,
in place of all the hundreds Of thou
sands of those animals which formerly
roved the plains cnly 2,047 were
known to be in existence on January
1, 1908. OF these $50 were in captiv-
ity IN ire United States, and Al in
Canada. Since that date the Fable
herd has been sold to Canada.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
Want 10000 Pornds of Plug.

At the meeting Of the penftentisry
trustees Tuesday bids for the supply of
TO- zoe pounds of plug tobacco for the
use of the convict colony were received,
which quantity, it ia estimated, will
provide six months supply of the weed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
r-c+hcr Krows

When children are told what a
smart mn their father is they look at
their mother IS il asking her il they
ere to believe it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
Debts Of RM Cities.

The magnitude of New Yort's pres
ent tunded indebtedness stands out
strikingly when compared with the
debts of the ten next largest AmerE
can cities:
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

To / part each Of oil of turpentine
and siccative, add / IL part of linseed
oil varnish, IL a part of oil of var
nish aud 5 parts of starch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The department of agriculture at
Washington has announced to the Bust
ness League of Greenville that the sub
iect of the address to be delivered in
Greenville January II will be Cotton,
the Greatest of Cash Crops" in which
it will be shown the Importance of main
tanning the cotton industry in the South
and the notifications in the present sys-
tenn of farming necessary to be made
to succeed under boil weeYil conditions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

A petition signed by 500 farmers of
Chickasaw and Clay counties was for
warded to the Legislature, advocating
determination of cattle tick. A number
of the most progressive farmers of Clay,
Chickasaw, Monroe, Oktibbeha and
Lowndes counties have written Prof.
Archibald Smith, secretary of the State
Live Stock Sanitary Board, offering to
contribute from $50 to s1oo each to as
sist in externsnating the cattle tick.
One small district in Lowndes county,
south of Columbus, has offered to con-
tribute $1,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

A hard fight is going to be made in
Greenville to secure lower fire insurance
rates. 1t costs more to insure a house
in Greenville than in many other towns
in the state with poorer fire protection,
and the business men and citizens gem
orally have taken hold of the matter
and are making representations TO the
rating bureaus which they are hopeful
of hearing fruit
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The injunction secured by the Nicks-
burg Waterworks company against the
city of Vicksburg, restraining the city
from further prosecution of its suit to
forfeit their charter and appoint re-
ceiver for said company, was dissolved
by Federal Judge Niles.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The board of supervisors of Lauderdsle
county refused to order an election to
determine whether the county should
construct paved public highways, declar-
ing they first wanted to see what the
legislature proposed to do with Governor
NoeTs recommendation Oh the subject.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
Prof Thomas A. Early. superintendent

Prof. Thomas A. Early, superintendent
of education of Yalobusha county, ten
dsred his resignation to take effect at
snce. The board OF supervisors ordered
an election to be held on January Is to
all the vacancy. Prof. Early will as-
sept s. position under the department
Of agriculture and will be engaged in
special work of organizing boys cora
clubs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
Want Treasurer Abolished.

The first step in the biennial attempt
DO abolish the office of county treasurer
matter that is sprung at about every
session Of the Mississippi legislature, was
taken when Representative LangStOn Of
Webster county introduced concurrent
resolution with that object in yisw. The
resolution refers back to section 1875 of
the constitution of Mississippi, which
specifies the several county officers, and
would amend that by striking eat the
word treasurer from the list.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

Chancellor Hicks has granted an in
junction enjoining the American Express
company and the Southern Express COM
pany from refusing interstate shipments
of liquor from the Southwestern Express
and Telegraph company, whose main Of
Ace is in Vidalis, La, across the river
from Natchez.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
No peGcit in Treasury.

There was another influx of cash into
the treasury Friday, which about cleared
up the penitentisry cotton sale account,
and win leave the cash balance to the
good. Treasurer Edwards is quite graft
fed at the condition of the finances.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The board of supervisors of Lehore
county purchase a farm, upon which
to wsrk their convicts. At present, as
they can not allow these convicts to
work on the contract system, they are
lodoad in the county iail
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The Tooth anniversary of the birth of
Albert Pike was celebrated with sppro-
pirate ceremonies by the Mississippi
Scottish Rite bodies of tho Southern
jurisdiction at Masonic temple at Me-
ridian. A number of Scottish Rite Ma
sons from over the state were present
to witness the fine program of music
and speeches arranged for the occasion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14
| Mississippi News
QIICD Z OOOO ERO

The Mississippi Mineral, Exploration
and Development company of Raleigh,
lately incorporated, is composed of well
known local business men, and is con-
servatively capitalized at $4,000. The
company's expert has been locating min
erals which can be commercialized, and
they have already acquired valuable
holdings, such as fine clays, phosphates,
mineral paints (pigments), silica, acids,
building stene, lead, zinc and other min
erals.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

building stene, lead, zinc and other min
erals.
The mayor and board of aldermen OF
Water Valley ordered an election held
on January 25 upon the question of
whether or not the city should issue
$4,000 of its bonds for the purpose OF
buying terminal facilities, depot grounds
and right of way for the Water Valley
Southeastern railroad. This road runs
through Water Valley east, connecting
with the Southern at some point in Cal
houn county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

The future for Enterprise is very
promising along the line of manufacture
Of iron, cement, glass, porcelain and
earthenware. Analyses have been made
of the iron GRE vein found here by DR..
J. II. Stubbins, Arthur j. Kesler and Or.
Il. T. Cox. The first two are mineralo-
gists OF England and the latter is late
State geologist of Indiana. Their anal y
ses show the ore to make an average
of 4e per cent. of iron to the ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-14

Pursuant to the mass meeting held at
Hermanville for the purpose Of condemn
ing the practice of foreign labor SCENTS
stirring up settled labor, a csnmittes
was appointed from the NEST ProTnl-
nent citizens of the town and county,
to act as q permanent organization to
deal with any further attempts to en-
tice the laborsrs of the community to
emigrate.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
"FireIess" Variety Develops Cult
That Is Gaining in Boston.
Leader Claims That u VIII Bring
About Worldwide Peaee-Also
Bring About Amazing Decrease
In Murder and Dissipation.

Boston.-"Fireless food" has devel.
oped a cult that Is rapidly gaining
devotees about the Hub Imagine an
appetizing course dinner not one dish
of which had been prepared over a
stove. Two hundred Brookline men
and women were served with such a
repast by Mr.. and Mrs. Isidor Phillips.
at the Twentieth Century club. The
banquet was for the benefit of the
American Peace society treasury. and
In a vigorous statement Mrs. Phillips
laid the constant irritations called
wars to the indulgence in meats.
Probably II all the warlike of the
earth could partake OF meals such as
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips prepared for the
peace banqueters they would beat
their swords into spoons and spend
more time at table than on the battle
field. On the bill of fare, which did
not contain one cooked or stove pre-
pared item, were unfired bread. cold
slaw. orange eggs. nuts. ice cream.
cream OF pea. bananas In pods. jellied
eggs. banana coffee and other del.
icacies not In the book of the skillet
and oven cook
Mrs. Phillips assures the public that
everybody would be peaceful and well
behaved II they Stunned meat diet
and carried vegetarianism to a degree
where stoves or fires of any sort would
be unnecessary In the preparation.
She asserted that the animal led to
be slaughtered spoiled himself for eat.
ting purposes through fright.
i believe that there would be far
less crime In the world. that murder
and dissipation would decrease anna.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
This 10 Time for 17-Year-old Variety
and II NV" 10 on Wings II
Means Struggle.

Boston.-This is the year that the
17-year locust is due again. and In a
few weeks he will make his appear
ance on the farms OF the middle west.
At least the authorities on locust lore
and superstition are sure he will and
they have never been mistaken In the
past No one seems to know exactly
where the l7-year locust comes from.
but It Is a matter Of record that he
does show up regularly Just the same.
The thing that Is interesting the
farmers and the old timers most Is
whether he will bring a wv" on his
wings or .P." as Is hoped. Nv" on
a 17-year locust's wings means war.
There Is no reason under the sun that
Is known AZ to why II should be al.
ways either Nv" or 4P." but those are
the only two letters that have been
noticed.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15

The salt In the sea must have been
washed there by rivers flowing into II.
the investigators argued. and they
went forward to the next STEP
Finding the amount OF salt In the
sea was only a matter OF chemical
analysis and calculation. and mathe-
maticians who could. map out the
track Of q comet over many hundred
millions OF miles soon determined
this. The amount of salt brought
down by the rivers In a year was
more difficult. but not impossible Of
determination. the investigators found.
and for the rest It was only a matter
Of division.
H. 8. Shelton is the keenest critic
Of the new method. After pointing out
number of places where error may
creep into the calculations. he urges
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
KANSAS "WARNlNG OUT" LAW
Old Statute May BE Revived In War
on chinch Bug, Great De.
stroyer Of Corn.

Topeka. Kan.-An old statute OF
Kansas which empowers county of.
ficiais with the authority to call out
all men, women and children from IL
to 65 years old to fight noxious In.
sects. may be invoked this summer
when the chinch bug. the great de-
st.oyer Of growing corn. makes his ap.
pearance in Kansas.
The law, known as the warning
out" law. was passed In 1877. soon
after the grasshopper raid. While its
direct aim was to provide a means by
which the ravages OF these crop devas.
tators could be stopped. II Is not lin.
tied in its scope and can be made to
apply to the raids Of any insects In
Kansas.
Only those persons living In incor
porated cities are exempt from the
provisions Of the law.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
HOW OLD IS EARTH?
Scientists Now Make Il Out as
400, 900 Years Of Age.
However. You Can Figure Il Out for
Yourself According TO New Dis
covery - Determines BY
Salt In Ocean.

Chicago.-The jealousy guarded
secret Of Mother Earth's age has at
last been revealed. and 1t was the
ocean that gave her away; thus at
one stroke solving a problem that has
bid fair to be classed with similar
one concerning Ann, and answering
the poets baffied query as to what
the wild waves are saying. As nearly
as the scientists can make out now.
they are shouting that Mother Earth
Is 40O,000.000 years old.
Thisis the meaning OF announcements
made In contributions to the current
issue Of the Journal Of Geology is
sued recently from the University of
Chicago Press. In more scientific and
exact phraseology. the approximate
age of the earth, 1t has been discov.
cred. may be determined by dividing
the amount Of salt In the sea by the
amount brought down each year by
the rivers that empty into 1t.
Sir John Murray. Prof. Jolly and M.
Dubois stand forward as champions Of
the new method, and while others con.
tributing to the discussion point out
that there are differences Of many mil
lions Of years In the various esti.
mates. 1t Is generally agreed that this
Is due to inaccuracies In chemical
analyses OF ocean and river waters.
and that their method marks q dis.
tinct epoch In solving the question Of
the earth's age. This problem has an
important bearing on theories OF evo.
luton. scientists point out, giving q
clew to the rate at which development
on the earth is taking place.
Biologists for centuries had tapped
rocks and dug holes in search of a So
luton to their problem. Discovery
that rocks and gravel In river beds
contained less salt than In similar
rock unworn by water was the first
straw that pointed to the new method.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Leader In Promoting Confidence
In Farm Life.

Rio Grande. N. Miss Hester
Geneva Hildreth. a recognized social
leader In South Jersey. has demon
strated In a remarkable manner the
power of woman to promote the COM
mon good. Miss Hildreth. who IL a sis
ter Of Judge Mildreth. and also Of A.
Carlton Hildreth. the nominee for
county clerk. Ia the master Of Rio
Grande Grange. No. 1S6. the most re-
Gently organized grange In Cape May
county. She succeeded In obtaining
q charter list Of 4S members. the
largest number ever presented by .
new grange In Cape May county. and
to which many additions have since
bees m4de.
The organization has been meeting
In . private residence. but It mas pur-
chased lot. and expects soon to be In
its own hall. when 1t win send an In
vitation to the house warming
In the grange every ONCE is open to
women. and In all the work Of the
order women have equal voice With
men. but few women become masters.
lust a Ars. Sarah Baird has for sew
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
FOOD TO END WARS

zingly and that our prisons would be
much less crowded than they are to.
day. II the meat diet now In vogue
everywhere should be stopped and II
people would turn to vegetarianism as
means Of subsistence" asserts Mrs.
Phillips.
Human beings to-day who have
been brought up on the meat OF
slaughtered animals are to a certain
degree overcharged with a vital en-.
ergy which demands always too great
an outlet Thus we have everywhere
nation of hard smokers. hard drink.
ers.
The present-day rush and demand
for excitement and thrill are merely
the consequence Of that high physical
pressure which has been created by
this constant taking into our system
of animal flesh"
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Will Locusts Herald War

Locust lore experts have a good
deal Of statistical backing when they
assert that II the wv" is on the wings
It will surely mean war. and II the .P"
is on the wings 1t will just as surely
mean peace.
in 1893. the last time the locusts
were here" said an old commercial
traveller the other day. the wings
bore decided w. And we promptly
got into the war with Spain. In 1876
! saw the p on the wings myself. and
following that we had peace and
plenty.
i don't remember SO far back as
1889. that Is to say. don't remember
locusts back in those days. but ! have
been told by scores of old farmers
that the 17-year locust kind showed up
that year and bore w on each wing.
The civil war followed.
Some Of the older generation OF
farmers have records In the old family
Bible to prove that the former vista.
ton OF 17-year locusts presaged the
Mexican war by bearing w on their
wings. ! can tell you the farmers are
not anxious to have them come, but
they are all superstitious as to their
verify as harbingers.
when you come to think OF II. this
letter business seems like a very fool.
ish superstition. But when you know
that they do bear either the W. or the
'P and that the sign has never failed,
how are you going to explain 1T"
The searchlight., 1910-04-15

Returning to Prose.

Flushed with triumph and 80 de,
grees in the shade. parched and scant
of breath. they stood upon the tower
ing mountain peak, and surveyed the
gorgeous panorama that spread itself
beneath them like two-inch to the
mile ordnance map of the whole
world.
"There." she exclaimed, angrily.
I'VE have climbed all this distance to
admire the beauties of nature. and
we've left the glass at home!"
TRANQUILITY smiling. he shifted the
lunch basket to the other arm.
Never mind. DEAR" he replied.
There's nobody about. 1t won't hurt
us Just this once to drink out of the
bottle"-Answers
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
UNCLE JOE CANNON.
He ALSO SPEAKS WELL OF CAN.
ADA.

No matter what may be the opinion
Of Mr.. Joseph Cannon, no matter If
he may be looked upon by some as
q car. and by others as big warm.
hearted man, with many of the In
stincts that make humanity very bear
able. all will admit that he is a man
who has been advertised more than
any other man in the United States.
What he may have to say therefore
on any subject. will have weight. OBJ
servant, he speaks his mind freely.
He was interviewed the other day by
the correspondent of a Canadianl
newspaper. He spoke of his admiration
for Canada. and he is quoted in a way,
that pictures fairly well the PERSONA;
Of the man. The correspondent says
he launched out into personal BIZ
ography. proverbial philosophy, politi-;
cal comment, cynical scorn, broad pro-,
family and sentimental poetry such as
one rarely hears in the space of ar
hour. He discussed the Canadian ia
riff, and then said: People say i,
break the Ten Commandments, all of
them. But don't, Mt least not often.
! did break one of them up In Canada
two or three years ago. As l rode
from Winnipeg to the Rockies over
your great West and saw the finest
wEeatfields In the world, / thought OF
Virginia and lot of our States, and
! smashed the Tenth Commandment
every hour of the Journey. Yes. sir.
l coveted my neighbor's land" Conn.,.
ing from a man of the fame OF Mr..
Cannon. these were words that should,
have some weight with the Americansl
who may still have doubts OF the ad-,
vantages that are offered TO them In.
Western Canada. A home amongst
the wheatfields. Hundreds of thou.
sands Of Americans are adopting IT,
They go TO Central Canada, to any,
one Of the three Provinces OF Mani
toba. Saskatchewan or Alberta, or to-
the Coast Province of British Colum.,
bia, take up their homestead of 160l
acres. and probably pre-empt another,
ice acres, or It may be they do not.
care for pioneering twenty or thirty
miles from an existing railway, and
purchase farm. Then they settle
upon II and, having no clearing away
of timber they begin at once to cul.
uvate 1t. and make money. That they.
make money and much more than
they could possibly make on the high.
priced farms they have left. is the
evidence Of hundreds OF thousandf /
They do not leave civilized life. tb - |
but remove from one sphere to AM
other. They have splendid social con.
ditions. churches. schools. rural tele-
phones, splendid roads, railways. con-
venient just the same as what they
left, and what is more. they get much
greater returns from their crops.
which give abundant yield. The eli.
mate is perfect, and 1t is no wonder
that most flattering reports are sent
back to their friends In the States,
and II Is no wonder that Joe Cannon
was tempted 10 speak as he did. Ie
coveted" hi. neigbbor's land.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15

biologists to devote more time and
care to their chemical analyses. as the
method will be useful in checking cal.
culations reached by the older meth
DDS.
He declares It valuable as the first
serious attempt to get outside the old.
fashioned methods. which. he says.
have kept Investigations Of the prob.
lem within a vicious circle which has
proved o barrier to progress.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Girl is Lead r OF Grange

eral years served most efiicientls- az
head OF the state grange of Minneso-
ia. SO Miss Hildreth. as head OF the
Rio Grande grange. has exerted most
benefcent influence.
While not farmer nor Of farmers
folk. Miss Hildreth resides In a com.
munity largely composed Il well-to-do
farmers. In working for others. she
has added materially to her own hap
piness-
The grange Is known as a farmers
organization. but It concerns his i'm.
proyemcnt rather than his occupa-
tion. The aim in It IL to better his
social condition BY breaking up the
isolation Of country life and living. II
seeks to bring country people together
and to know each other socially; to
overcome distrust and foster co-opera-
ton.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15

There b catarrn m thn section OF sne country
than all other diseases put together and until the
few years WAS supposed to bc incurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced . local disease and
prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling
70 cure with local Treatment pronounced hcurable.
Science has proven Catarfh to be constitutional d
ea and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarfh Cure. Manufactured BY ,. J. Cheney
Co. Toledo. Ohio. the only Constitutional cure on
the market. II b taken internally IN doses nom II
drops to feaspoonful II acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They ofer one
hundred dollars for any case II tails 70 cure. Send
Tor circulars and testimonials
Addres; =. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo Ohia
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take HAlla Family Ptals 1pe oonGe1pA1ton.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Gets Three-cent Check.

Lenox. Mass.-The town Of Lenox.
home OF the largest summer resort col.
ony Of millionaires In New England.
has received from the state treasurer
a check for three cents as its share Of
the corporation tax paid into the state
treasury during the last year.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Morgan Hemestesd . Park.

New York.-The old ]. Pierpont Nor.
gan homestead at Woodlands Lake.
only few miles north OF the business
section Of New York city. b to be
turned into . park For many years
the property has been rented to .
dairyman. but the dairy has recently
been closed by order of Mr.. Morgan.
and the work Of turning the estate
into . playground will be begun
shortly.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
"conseienes Fund" Gains s42s.

New York.-The largest contribution
to New York city's conscience fund
ever received was reported by Comp
troller Prendergast the other day.
The money-Ss25 In new bilis-was
brought to the comptroller by q Ro.
man Catholic priest He had received
II. he said. from one Of his parishioners
who believed he had obtained II un.
fairly from the city. No further de-
tails were learned.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Or Else Burn,

Andrew Carnegie apropos OF his epi.
gram about the disgrace Of dying rich,
said at dinner In Washington:
why should any one die rich ?
There are no pockets in shroud. and
as for the man who'd like to take
his money with him. why. even II he
managed to do so. 1t would only melt. :
The searchlight., 1910-04-15

The Ancient Mariner told OF shoot.
Ing the albatross.
Were you photographed in the
act, and did you save the bullet %
asked the wedding guest.
Sadly the old tar realized that he
was out of date.
The searchlight., 1910-04-15
Baby Weighs 70 Pounds.

Columbia City. Ind.-The largest
baby ever born in Whitley county and
believed to be the largest ever born
in the state. arrived at the Aoms OF
Mr.. and Mrs Melvin Moore. OF Ormas.
q few days ago. The baby boy tipped
the scales at just 10 pounda