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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Stirling Wins Lumber Suit.

Attorney General Stirling states that
while he Will resign, he has not as yet
formally placed his resignation in the
hands of the governor, and the time at
which he will take this formal step is
rather indefinite lie is DESTROYS OF wind
ING up number of matters now pend
ing, or leaving them in such shape as to
cause little or no worry to whoever may
be appointed to succeed him, and this
may require some weeks of time Tues
day the Attorney General returned from
Lexington, where he attended the term
of chancery court, where the case OF the
retail lumber dealers was argued before
Chancellor McCool. This is the noted
case entitled State VS.. the Grenada Lum-
Der Company, being the bill filed in chan
Gerry court of Holmes county to enforce
the payment of the statutory penalties
incurred by the retail lumber firms who
declined to settle with the state, as did
some twenty others who were i'll the
same list at the time they were declared
to be an unlawful organization, in viola
ton of the antitrust statutes, as com
posing the Retail Lumber Dealers Asso-
citation of Mississippi and Louisiana.
The result was an interlocutory order
by the court in favor of the state, from
which the defendants entered a demurrer,
and upon which they sought to effect an
appeal to the supreme court, which the
chancellor denied, and this question will
be referred to the supreme court judges
in the shape of motion or suggestion
who NAV determine whether or not the
defendants are entitled to an appeal
This is a notable victory for the state,
and means much to the attorney general
who has devoted much time to study of
the case in all It's aspects, and was pref
ty well satisfied Of ms grounds when he
entered the penalty suit now pending.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

4 Maryland man recently married
Off his fourth daughter, the cere-
monies touching whose wedding were
given much attention by the society
region.
A week or two after the wedding a
friend who had been north for some
time met the father, to whom he made
some jocular references in regard to
the recent event" 81 see by one
paper" said he, that Mary's wedding
well nigh beggared description.
We'll" said the old man, Il don't
know about that, but do know it well
nigh beggared mel"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Mrs. HoWe's Opinion.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense of
the ridiculous has always been a saw
ing grace, leading her to avoid grand
iloquence. On one occasion lady at
Newport, trying to set q fine senti-
ment out of her, said, one moonlit
evening on q vine-hung veranda:
Mrs. Howe, do say something lovely
about my piazza!" WhereuTcn every
one listened for the reply. IN her deli
cately cultivated voice Mrs. Howe re-
sponded: 81 think it is q bully piaz. "
New York Herald
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Loo Mise.

xviii you take a chance on kissing
pretty girl?" asked the young lady
with the rattle tickets at the church
fair The crusty and confirmed bach
elor held up his hands in horror.
what mel" he gasped. mo, indeed,
I don't take any such chances as
those. Chap took chance like that
one time and six months later he mar
Ged the young lady"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Military Drill for All the Idle.

Compulsion military might be fair
ly applied to the idle, be they poor or
rich. The unemployed whom we sup
port would be better learning mill
tary drill than half-heartedly doing
work for which they are not suited,
and which & noes employment some
where else. Men who have money
but do nothing Of any use to the state
might be put under the same disci-
p1ine-London Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
,orr.t Trcrecsc iDprcDriations.

SaEnct Increase Appropriations.
Governor Noel's special message to the
legislature dealing with the states finan-
nj condition set the members Of that
,ody to thinking, and sheds some new
git Oh the numerous revenue and APP
preparation bills now pending before that
Joly.
Briefly stated, the governor has shown
hat tie legislature cannot make in
,rcased appropriations at this session
yithout also increasing the state tax
.eyy, or negotiating bond issue.
Tie educational interests are clamoring
icr larger allowances, all of the college.
md eleeEosynary institutions have asked
or lI1ger sums, and tEe lawmakers must
orange to NEE. special expenditures that
heretofore have not Teen recl:oned with.
For instance, The common cool fund
las been increased nearly $325 600, and
he COME crate pension fu4d 10000,
these items aione beng sufficient TO more
han consume the normal increase Of
revenues fjr tie next two years, as com
.arel With lie former biennial period.
It is extremely doubtful whether tho
legislature will consent to an increase Of
the state tax levy, which is now six mills,
nd he only other solut on that suggests
tself is to authorize bond issue for
ron, 100000 to 100000, in order that
Increases in appropriations may be pro
yided fer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
India's Only Woman Lawyer.

Miss Sorahji is said to be the only
woman lawyer in India She is said
to make q comfortable income by
practicing her profession and to en-
courage other women to follow her ex-
ample. Her most intimate friend is
Mrs Sarojini Naidu, the wife Of an
English medical officer stationed in
India Mrs. Naidu is q native Hi1du
and a poet One of her books, THE
Golden Threshold was well received
in England both by tne reviewers and
the bdying public
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
State Fair Date.

The board of directors of the Missis-
sippi State Fair held meeting Wednes-
day afternoon and arranged for the next
annual event to be held in this city. By
an unanimous vote it was decided that
the dates for the State Fair shall be
from October 25 to November 3, inclu-
sive, the event coming to close Thurs
day night, thus allowing exhibitors the
remainder of the week for packing up
their displays and arranging for return
shipments. The financial affairs of the
organization are in frst-class shape.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
CoIons Make Progress.

Notwithstanding the comment relative
to the progress OF legislation being
checked by reason CT the senatorial dead
lock, so far as the records show, the
status of affairs is not so bad after al
ON the other hand, the volume of legisla-
ton so far enacted is about on a pal
with the record in former years, wien
in biennial appropriation and ways and
means session, although it is stated that
he number Of birs presented is rnthal
IN excess OF the record.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
CANDIDATES CLASH.

Senatorial Situation at jackson Eaa
Reached Volcanic Stage.
After days OF innoedous desuetude Tie
senatorial contest boie fortn in yo.,.,.,.c
fury Mo4day, and The town IS 30 a.
OF excitement as it never was be4ore
lion. Leroy tercy OF Greenviiie is AaiI
ing thulioerboiJs III the direction OF I4U1
j. ~. Far4dman, and the 1rsenos % .otL
men are keyed up to pitcn OF noeae.
that makes not few await the od.co.
with 10 iiltle measiness.
Mr.. Percy repnei 10 the editog.a o.
Gov. Var0aman III his pateg, .ie lss4e,
III when The latter CA sel that eve,
trust doEg business IA Tie stare vs.
opposing his candidacy ana had It's ase.,.
at JACKSON tor the pm pose .. deD...~.i-
ing the legislators. lie Fardaman 1oI-
lovers nave repedtec-y re-eneI 10 Ms.
Percy as tie o-pora, ion candidate.
mir. Percy tooN notice OF these as.i.4.ts
in a long card in the jacA-,l News, i'll
which he quoted some OF tie state...e..-s
aade BY Mr. Vardaman abolt lea4.ng
-it!ues and eminent men ii the state a..4
nation N his several papers, and also
paid his respects 70 the candidate linn
self. lie Challenge the truth Of his
tatement that trusts are in Jackson for
ne purpose eli ailas Percy OF defeating
Var~anaa, and calls fer lie proof.
Asked # he woaid make immediate
cply to the statement OF Mr.. Percy,
!oy Vardaman stated that he would not
Il will have something to say later
he stated, "&nd viii reply to the first
part OF Mr.. percy's statement, especially
that part where it is inferred that /
ave charged either him or Messrs. Kyle,
iexander or Byrd with using coTupting
L.irences in order to accomplish my &c
eat. As TO the other parts, shall have
ing at all to say, they being Incl
ents OF eight or I,ine years ago, ana
Hall ignore that part entirely"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Crosses Africa In an Auto.

SWakopmund, German Southwest
army, who started from Dar-Es-Sa-
laam, German East Africa, on August
10, 1907, to cross the African CONT
nent in a specially-constructe auto
mobile, has reached this place, the end
of his journey, which occupied $50
days. He estimates that he travelled
5,e25 miles
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Tore In G5 mn

When Herr Schiemelman of Vienna,
presented his wife with a lottery
ticket on her birthday, she reproach-
ed him for wastefulness and tore it
into shreds The ticket has won So
COO, but as they cannot produce the
ticket they cannot obtain the money.
The husband is now petitioning for q
divorce.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Workinamen Inventors.

To whom can we credit the develop
ment of all the great mechanical arts
if not to the workman? Did any train
ed, professional engineer have any
thing to do with the practical adoption
of steam for power, the invention of
textile machines, or the adaptation Of
electricity for lighting and driving?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Taken from Church ard Jal.-aesz
of Counterfelters.

The strange theft OF q church bell
from the chapter house of Southwark
Cathedral, London, the other day was
paralleled some few years ago by the
mysterious disappearance Of the big
bell of famous English Jail. 1t was
in its place one evening and the next
morning it had vanished. The affair
was kept a secret from the press,
in accordance with the traditional pol
icy pursued by our prison authorities,
and for a long while nobody knew
what had become of the missing aEti-
Gle.
Eventually, however, it leaked out
that it had been stolen by one Of the
convicts with the connivance of a
warden. The thief was a professional
coiner whose period Of detention was
on the point OF expiring and his rea-
son for desiring the acquisition of so
much good metal is sufficiently obvi-
Gus to need no explanation.
In all probability the missing South
wark bell was annexed for a similar
purpose, although other ends have
been had in view in the past by steal
ers of such articles. There was, for
instance, the case of the antiquary
who stole the famous St. KILN bell
from its place in the tower Of KILN
Church in Perthshire.
The vulgar believed that the bell if
surreptitiously carried away would
extricate itself from the hands of the
thief Of its own accord and return
home ringing all the way and the
antiquary, when called to account,
pleaded that he took the bell in order
to prove the falsity of this particular
popular superstition. Then there was
that Ralph the Rover Of Southey's
well known ballad who stole the Inch
cape bell in order that peaceful mer-
chantmen might be wrecked upon the
dreaded reef. He persisted himself,
with all his crew, because Of the abb
sence of its warning note; a fact
known to every schoolboy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Grievance Of Suffrscist5.

The suffrage papers are still griev-
ing over their mistake as to Sweden
having granted the ballot to women.
The dispatch which caused the mis-
take read ito all inhabitants Of "A
years and over" The sufragists in
other. countries are asking if Sweden
does not enumerate its women among
its inhabitants when taking its cen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
list! Shirt Mystery Puzzles Police

some kind Either the shirts were
part OF the proceeds Of a burg "r~ or
they had been lost WIS TIE tcory
that first suggested itsolf There was
no laundry marks on the shirts, prov
ing that they had never been worn
81 called the wagon and sent the
garments to the station. That is all
I know about the mystery"
Lieutenant and Detective Sullivan
was asked what he thought about the
shirt mystery and replied:
mot having seen the shirts
wouldn't care to express an opinion
offhand There certainly is some mys-
tory there. I am acquainted with Po-
iceman Hogan, who found the shirts.
end know him to be an efficient. level
headed man. Something might de-
velop in few hours that will assist
in clearing up the mystery.
When the finding of the shirts was
reported to Inspector Hunt he or
dered the arrest Of all suspicious per-
sons in the Hyde Park and Woodlawn
police districts.
ut is the biggest mystery we have
had in this police division for years"
the inspector said. THE question IS.
who owned the shirts? Until we es-
tablish the identity of the owner we
will be cropping in the dark My de-
tective reasoning tells me that the
shirts belong to two persons, as they
are of different sizes. The absence
of laundry marks prove nothing. For
all we knoU the owners of the shirts
had them washed at home"
Assistant Chief Of Police Schuttler
doesn't believe the finding of the
shirts had anything to do with gam
bling.
81 have heard the expression that
q gambler would take the shirt off his
back to raise money to play" the as
sistant chief said, but think the gar
ments don't belong to a gambler"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Il is not selfish to cut out annoy
aroe Generally it means the highest
6 Cd OF those who must live with US
Tie woman who can be fTetted and
nc; vent il or some one else. either
actively or unknowiasly. is so rare
trat for the peace Of her friends she
sLoulG ease 10 te annoyed if within
her IL q
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

The school-garden idea has been re-
mgrkably developed in San Antonio,
Tex, which is said to have more
gardens attached to l. schools than
any other place of its size in the
world. There are 949 Of these cult
waited splots attached to the 20
schools, the gardens varying from
one-tenth to one-Quarter of an acre.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
a ENlM Diaf

A certain father who is fond of put
ting his boys through natural history
examinations is often surprised by
their mental agility. He recently ask
ed them to tell him what animal is
satisfied with the least amount Of
nourishmenti" THE moth" one Of
them shouted, confidently. at eats
nothing but holes. YOUTHS Compan-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Judge j. b. Cnrisman, for twenty years
Judge Of this circuit, died at his home 3
Canton, aged So years. He was one of
the most prominent men in the State. In
1902 be gained considerable notoriety
by thwarting the efforts OF a mob to
rescue a gang of whitecappsrs who were
on trial in his court At Broekhaven. Tie
mob had overpowered the sheriff ans
broken into the courtroom where the case
was in progress. The venerable jadge
took i'll the situation ut once, and, qaick
ly leaving the bench. met the ruffiAns
and defed them TO take the prisoners at
the bar They quailed before his stern
eye and courageous manner, and skunk
out of the courtroom.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
EanE Messaoe-.

Gov. Noel is still maintaining lis rec
ord as dispatche of special messages to
he legislature, having transmitted two
such documents under one cover Thurs
Jay, che in regard to legislation which
s deemed necessary to the administra-
ios of affairs of Municipalities and fer
amending the code chapter on municipal
les, and another covering tTienty-seveD
different and distinct matters applicable
to all sorts of conditions, mostly local
and private.
Among cher things, the executive sug
gests legislation in the direction of ere
ating q state game and fish commission
and providing for its compensation, and
the establishing of county game wardens,
and he would also have the lawmakers
consider the matter of creating a state
beard of accountants and take steps to
regulate upblic accountants in general.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Give us, o give us the man who
sings at his work! Be, his occupation
what it may he is equal to any Of
those who follow the same pursuit in
silent sullenness. He will do more in
the same time-he will do it better
he will persevere onger.-Thomas
Car1v1e
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Talk Cattle Tick.

The feature of tuesdays session was
he gathering of senators and representa-
tives in representatives hall to hear adj
lresses from men identified with cattle
nd stock raising, with especial reference
10 the efforts being made to eradicate the
Texas fever or cattle tick. Addresses
were delivered by Prof. Archibald Smith,
}. NJ. Taylor, of Port Gibson, and D.. j..
4. Herman, government veterinary ex-
pert, and were attentiyely heard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
Three Bills Passed.

In the senate bill was passed appro-
rating $25, 900 per year for the support
cf the penitentiary. A measure amending
The public road law was passed without
dissent, and a bill was passed for the
support of agricultural experiment sta
TONS
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
nClean Sheets Bill.

The senate passed the bin known as
the ''Drummers, or clean sheets" bill, be
ing entitled "a bill to better enforce SAN
itary cleanliness in inns, hotels and in
boarding houses" without an opposition
vote.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Time is money" Quoted the Wise
CRY. Yes. in the matter of healing
@a me time will do it almost as
re ill., as money" added the Simple
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

There's nothing like settling with
on selves as there's a deal we must
do without in this life George Eliot
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

SoutAbound passenger train 10. /, sec
ond section, left the track at TalIa-
hatchie station about four miles sort b
of Sardis The engine turned upside down
and the coaches, all except two, turnei
on their sides against high eutank-
ment, which kept them from Turning
completely over, and this 10 doubt saved
many lives Five persons were slightly
injured, Engineer Greer being the ore
most seriously hurt. Lie had his foot
badly crushed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
a niffernnna

In politics there is big difference
between being popular and being d
vote-getter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Greenwood is at present very much in
terested in the announcement of Presi-
dent Latta, who is president OF the Chi
cage, Memphis & Gulf Railroad Com
pany, OF. the plans OF this new venture,
which shows that this proposed line viii
run from Cairo, H., to jackson, Miss,
where it Will connect with l. road to New
Orleans The Greenwood Business League
has been actively engaged in q campaign
to have this line pass through Green
wood from Memphis and on to jackson,
via fazoo City.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

f. ". Hamilton, chancery clerk :.
llic6asaw county, died at his home a
custom, aged 46 years. No man Wa
iore widely and fayorably known =
; section than he as an educator 81
.itipen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
DAILY DIET HINTS
BY DIR. Z. u ALIEN
Food Specialist
RYE BREAD EASILY
DIGESTED.

Rye dIfTers as much from
wheat as does corn. IL con-
tains nearly the same minerals,
but its starch is more easily d.
gestcd than aay other except
rice starch. Fience rye bread
is preferable to wheat, If itcaa
be made light. Eut its starch
is SO easily dextrinizeo that it
masses and fails to rise .as
wheat -four does. Hence, 4: is
necessary to mix little Germ
meal with rye. The best bread
is that made from a cozeti:s;.,-
tion of the cereaiS-Wheat, rye
and corn. The "bIack bread" 90
largely used by the hardy peas
antry of Europe half q century
ago was rye bread, the extern
sive cultivation Of wheat in
western Europe for hread-mak-
ing being of comparatively re-
cent date.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Word comes from Judge Henry c
Niles, of the Federal court, that the i.
junction suits Instituted by eight OF tn
largest railway lines in the state to r
strain TIE Mississippi railway CONN
s,on from enforcing its new rates on coz
rcssed cotton viii come up for hearins
II. Biloxi on the 23d of February.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11
! Mississippi News
0GHC0 0DQD0Ba0


VIM. yandiver, farmer near Murphy,
killed five 13-inonth-uld hogs, from which
he got 1884 pounds OF pork and 100
pounds OF lard, the average weight OF the
Give hogs being 266 pounds at,el tie lard
WAS taken out. JusL after Christmas
MIR. Nandiyer killed pig that We gLed
net $50 pounds. Mr.. Nendi,,r says his
meat from these hogs Will not cost him
Owe ) cents per pound, a.-4 ,lat The idea
that il costs man more TO raise his
mess than it doss to buy it Ia All bosh,
as he has tried both.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Secretary James E. Noble OF tie Mis-
sissippf Travellers, writing from lis head
quarters at Jackson has forwarded cir
cular letter 10 ali travelling men inviting
them to special called meeting Of the
Travellers, to lie held in Grsenyil!e febru-
airy 20.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

BY a vote of 694 to 9 the bond issue
Of $4,000 to be given the Mississippi
River Western railroad by the city as 6
bonus to build into Natchcz was tie re
suit of Mondays election. The $4,000
IS not TO be paid to the road until tAsy
have completed the same from Mer.di&a
to Natchez and running trains into The
latter city over It's own racks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Forty-two damage suits foF $1,000
each against the Alabama & Vicksbur.
Railroad Company were filed here by
forty-two negroes because they We're com
PEELED to stand up in crowded coaches CT
December while en- route TO Vicllsbur9
70 attend grand lodge meeting. The
declarations aver that they were treated
ike cattle in a stock ear
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

One of the most important meetings
ever held in Mississippi among the ne
groes will be the midwinter session q.
the bishops council of Che Africa
Methodist Episcopal Church, Feb. 9, il
Vioksburg. It is estimated that upward
Of 1000 people viii be in the city at TIRE
time, because of number of impovta
questions to be reviewed by prelates.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

Grenada is very mush interested in
The proposition before the lower house
Of congress by Hon. r. e. Sisson 10 make
a survey of Yalobusha river for the
purposes of navigation. Every piece OF
information and much data are being
collected to send Mr.. Sisson, so that he
may be fortified against any probable
Old citizens recall the time
when steamboats, piled the waters Of the
river regularly. A steamboat was up as
nigh as Grenada as late as the sos that
alried one thousand bales of cotton
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-11

In the trial of John Gaines. at Co
lumbus, on The charge of selling booze, i
developed that some of the most con-
slant patrons of local blind tigers ~
young boys. Three Of the principal Wit
nesses were boys IA and IS years of agl
and all swore that they frequently threw
in money and bought whisky from unli-
censed vendors