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The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
PASSES ON TAX CASES..
Hudson Gives Opinion on Refunds and
Statute Of Limitations.

State Auditor Smith has sent a re-
quest to Acknowledgement Hudson ask
ing for an official construction OF the
statutes governing the refunding OF
taxes enormously or doubly paid into
the state treasury to the counties and
individuals; also in regard to the re-
fund of purchase money with taxes
paid thereon) paid into the state treas
ury in the purchase of lands of the
state, upon the failure of titles to the
land. Auditor Smith also asks a ruiz
ing as to the application Of the stat
ute Of limitations to such cases.
I In answering, the encouragement
holds that the statutes are specific and
definite, which authorize the auditor
to pay to persons who have overapid,
or beer enormously or doubly as
sessed, the payments SO made. This
is regardless of whether such assess
ment was for privilege, personality,
land or otherwise, and under the law
they have the right Of recovery or
such payments.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
WARNS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
DR.. Leathers Issues Bulletin On Dis
eases lnsidiousnesses.


DR.. w. S. feathers, hygienic field
agent Of the state board of health and
director of public health and santa
ton, in a health bulletin just issued,
tells the people of Mississippi a few
things that they ought to know about
tuberculosis.
DR.. feathers points out, among 9TH
er things, that the disease most often
attacks one during the most produc-
tive and useful period of life, or be-
tween the ages of twenty and forty
five, and continuing, states the follow
ing:
He points out that the old idea that
consumption or tuberculosis was In
herited must be set aside, in view OF
the discoveries of scientists like Koch,
which located the germ or the "bacil-
lus of tuberculosis" which may get
into the glands Of the neck, or else
attack the throat, bowels, kidney,
brain or bones and joints, though 1t
more often lodges in the air passages
of the lungs, and has no respect for
ages, sex, race or class.
Closing, DR.. feathers says: Tuber-
culosis is, then, not inherited, but a
person owing to some inherent weak
ness may be predisposed to it. 1t is
not contagious, like measles, but 1t Is
communicable. Remember that the
disease can and should be prevented
and that the successful treatment of
consumption depends upon an early
diagnosis by a competent physician.
It is, therefore, a communicable, pre-
ventable, and durable disease"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Of State News Items Gathered By Ovf Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
POOR COTTON IN DELTA.
Only 20 Per Cent. Is Good-Riversida
Counties Show Worst Returns. :

Only 20 Per Cent. Is Good-Riversida
Counties Show Worst Returns. :
The cotton crop in the great Yazoo-
Mississippi delta may exceed that oil.
last year; that depends upon the fut-
ure. 1t will not equal a full yield.
and the present prospect when com
pared with 1908 at this date Is little
short of disastrous.
I travelled Sunday from Memphis to
G~reenville by the Riverside route, and
from Greenville to Greenwood and on
Monday from Greenwood to Memphis
by way of Glendora, Tutwiler and
Clarksdale. Sunflower and Lef1ore
counties have cotton that looks well
and Is in a fine state of cultivation,
having never suffered from too much
rain or lack of cultivation. This cot
ton is normal and may be graded as
100. Elsewhere there is not 5 per
cent which is normal, while some Is in
such poor condition as to be almost
u~nspeakable. OF the cotton | saw,
20 per cent is good,20 per cent Is very
poor, and the remaining 60 per cent
is mixed and irregular, running from
good to very bad in the same fields,
and will average low. The entire
delta will grade less than rs, possibly
only 70 per cent of normal, assuming
that normal Is above an average, and
just a little short of perfect, which Is
my conception of the governments
somewhat theoretical basis of COM
parison. If these figures were based
upon the cotton in the riverside coun-
ties, one would not get 20 per cent or
good cotton, and the percentage would
be lower than 10. 1t is the prospect
in the eastern counties, Tallahatchie
having a fair crop, that pulls up h
average.
The plant runs from six inches to
four feet high, and from a state of ex.
cellent cultivation to abandonment, al
though of the latter there is little.
There is one bright feature, and I
hasten to chronicle it. That is h
corn. 1t is green and big and excep-
ing the very late planting, which Is a
small percentage of the whole, has al
ready formed a fine line of ears which
will be matured moderately well with
out more rain. With one more a
it's excellence will be beyond question.
Until a few years ago a cornfield OF
any size was rare in the delta. Now
there are blocks that look like those
in Illinois or Oklahoma.
In Lef1ore and Sunfiower counties l
saw many acres of field peas, patches
Of alfalfa and soy beans and green
health corr waist high which has been
planted following the harvest of oats.
Every cornfield had peas among the
corn. In the riverside counties there
is little of this, and perhaps herein lies
in some measure the explanation OF
the poorer crops.
At S%toneville is located the state ex-
pertinent farm. The crops on it were
better than those of the farms adj
joining. Mr.. Fox is leading his neigh.
bors, at least, to better methods and
greater independence.-J. B. Turner in
Commercial Appeal.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Like the Pestiferous Sparrow, This
Import Also Has Become
a Pest.

From Memorial day to the Fourth
of July the large white daisies In some
form, dwarf or tail-growing varieties,
are found in abundance, decorating
the unimproved grounds of suburban
country seats, and yet proving a daily
annoyance to farmers throughout the
hills and valleys of eastern Pennsyl-
vania, according to a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Record. No soon
err are the large daisies gone for the
season than the little ox-eyes and the
other white and yellow blooms with
dark centers, known as July and Au-
gust daisies, and only EXPLANATIONS
of delight and rapture are heard from
the appreciative youngsters who are
"out a-daisying."
While the daisies have been we'll
known both in censure and praise for
many, many summers, 1t Is only very
recently that the responsibility OF
their introduction into this country
has been credibly fixed. Horsham
township Is declared to be the offend
ing community, and Sir William
Keith, first lieutenant governor of
Pennsylvania, the individual who
brought "the flower weed" over from
England.
1t has been a mystery to many
Pennsylvanians, where the daisies
are the thickest and their history evil
IDENTIFY the most familiar, as to why
they have become known in the past
as park weeds" The eason Is e.
planned when their source Of intro
dnction Is taken into consideration.
They received the name from Graeme
Park, the Montgomery county home
of Governor Keith.
Since the historic Keith mansion
has been in ruin and ever the ancient
trees and shrubbery in Its famous
doorys.cd have largely died out. the
profusion of daisies surrounding the
old home have been the most brilliant
monument to the days of colonial gov
eminent in provincial Pennsylvania.
The old ruin of a mansion house
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Va EORHDeSAW Bile

also contains much gold. 1t should be
added that the Atayal tattoo their
faces very deliberately, and build ele-
CANT huts of bamboo, over the door
ways of which are hung as trophies
the skulls of wild boars and apes, and
sometimes those Of japanese and
Chinamen-the latter with pigtails
still picturesquely attached.
They make bags of a peculiar net
work expressly to carry human heads.
One chief, when captured and about
to be executed, said: Il have no fear
of death, l have taken ninety-four
heads and wanted only six more to
make the hundred"
History tells us that the S%paniards
took possession of Formosa in the
veal 1926. They were expelled by the
Dutch in 1642. Nineteen years later a
Chinese pirate chief named Koxinga
drove out the Dutch and proclaimed
himself king of the island, but in 1882
the Chinese dethroned his successor.
and Formosa remained a province Of
the Middle Kingdom up to the war be-
tween China and Japan. as a result
of which 1t passed into the possession
Of the Mikado's empire.
A glance at the map will show that
Formosa is really the northermost ISL
and of the group which we call the
Philippines, being situated only a
short distance to the north of Luzon.
It's wild people are undoubtedly OF
Malay origin. But its earliest inhabf-
tants were black dwarfs, belonging to
the same ace as the pigmy negritos
who still survive In small numbers In
Luzon. Many of their skeletons have
been found In the mountainous inte-
rior, and 1t Is reasonable to suppose
that they were exterminated by the
savages who now occupy their terri
tory.
AS already stated. these savages
have never been subdued. From an
chronological point of view, they are
more than ordinarily interesting.
Their garb ranges from nudity to gay
colored garments of their W weav-
ing, made from the fibers of banana
and ramie. The women are kindly
treated and have equal rights with the
men. But If a wife loses her husband
after the birth of a child she is not al
lowed to marry again, the idea being
that her business thereafter is to at
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
JACKSON.
FEAR APATHY IN ELECTION.
Amendments to Constitution to Be
Voted on In the Fall.

Amendments to Constitution to Be
Voted on In the Fall.
The suggestion has been made, in
view of the fact that the rank and file
Of the voters of the state are apt to
lost sight of the Importance of the
three constitutional amendments upon
which they are to be asked to vote at
the regular state election for congress
men next November, unless some pa
triotic and unselfish statesman volun-
tarily takes the field and e~lectioneers
in the interest of the proposed change,
that some arrangement be made SO
that the state press will cooperate in
keeping them before the people from
week to week. 1t is a well-known fact
that at the congressional elections, as
a rule, where the candidates have been
nominated in the primaries, the turn
out of voters is away below anything
like SO per cent. of the registered vote
of the state, and unless some way is
devised to arouse interest in the mat
ter they are apt to go by default. In
order to carry at the polls a majority
of the qualified voters voting at the
election must record themselves in the
affirmative, but it is often the case at
elections where constitutional amend
ment propositions have been voted on
that the voter, either deliberately or
@hro,ob ororciohf hos fail0d fn vote
either way and thus virtually is a vote
cast against 1t.
These proposed changes are very
important, the first being to provide
for an elective judiciary, such as ex-
listed prior to 1868, when the black
and tan ruling power changed the sys-
TEN, and it is believed that the peo-
pie of the state are ready for the
question. Amendment No. 2 proposes
to alter the constitution that all
amendments and changes submitted
to the voters of the state at one ses-
sion Of a legislature and carried at
the polls, shall be inserted at the
next succeeding legislative session.
Amendment No. 3, and most impor-
tant also, is one that proposes to
amend the organic law so as to pro-
vide that each session of the legisla-
ture shall be regular, and at which 1t
will be competent for the legislature
to originate subjects of legislation OF
it's own volition, without the necessity
for a special recommendation from the
governor, as now pertains to the spe-
cial or short sessions, such as that for
1910 would have been had not the ac-
cident of death ordered it otherwise.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Marketing PIums.

A considerable sale can be found
for plums in all markets where they
are apparently handled, says the
Massachusetts Station Bulletin.
Very early varieties and late varie-
ties are found to be the most profit
able. For local markets, where the
fruit is sold from the fruit stands, the
common quart berry box is a conve-
nient package. Sometimes the small
five-pound grape basket with stiff bale
seems to please the customers.
In selling the bulk of the crop
to local customers for canning
purposes, the ~16-quart Jersey peach
basket is one of the most satisfactory
of all. The eight quart Zone peck
basket pleases a good many custom
ers who do not care to buy plums by
the half bushel. Where good plums
are to be shipped a considerable dis
lance, the six basket Georgia peach
carrier is found very satisfactory.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Noel Breaks Levee Tie-up.

Governor Noel took the first step
toward dissolving the tie-up in the
Mississippi levee board by appointing
Hon. J.. H. helms of Greenville to be
president of the levee board, vice
George M. Baggett. Under the gov
errors construction of the statutes
and the court decisions, this preroga-
tive of appointment was undoubted,
as the period for which Mr.. Baggett
had been elected was only as far as
the term of his predecessor, DR.. r. P.
Crump, extended, and that was up to
and including the second Monday in
July, which ended his two-year term,
Baggett having been chosen directly
after DR.. Crump's resignation. When
the new board met on july II, an eff
fort was then made to undo the work
Of the outgoing board, but here was
where undiluted trouble developed, as
the six members were evenly divided,
and so the organization as effected
by the outgoing alignment could not
be dissolved.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
The NeapoIitan Pepper.

The Neapolitan pepper should be
grown more largely by gardener:
where conditions are not especially
favorable for peppers. 1t is much
easier than other varieties of the
same type and attains a size which
satisfies market requirements. Pep
pers are grown most extensively
southwark, in New Jersey and other
prominent trucking regions, but they
might be produced profitably at high
attitudes which are comparatively free
from late spring and early fall frosts.
The grower should be assured Of q
market before planting largely.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Curing Alfalfa in Cribs.

A farmer in eastern Kansas, who
has a number of empty corn cribs.
cures his alfalfa in these cribs. He
cuts the plants and allows them to
cure on the ground as along as posi-
Bile. AS soon as there Is a sign of ar
approaching rain he rakes up the par
TALLY cured hay and hauls it to the
cribs, scattering it out evenly over
the floors. It Is left there till the all
finishes the curing process.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
The Credit System.

A South side woman makes frequent
purchases at a nearby drug store. and
always has them charged.
She often takes her f~ive-year-old
daughter with her. One day recently
the child made her way to the store
alone. walked In. picked up the pro-
prietor's cat and started for the door
Here you have my cat" called cut
the druggist.
Charge It," said the child. and kept
on going. At last accounts she still
had the cat.-Kansas City Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Silk Hated Peddler Turned Down

What do you want with a push
cart license?" asked the astonished
chief of the bureau.
well, / don't push the cart myself
any MORE" was the brokers' reply,
but n never knows what may hap
pen, and / want 1t renewed. I've had
one for eighteen years"
The license was refused and Mr..
Chenkin went away declaring he
would take the matter into the courts.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
SELECTING IDEAL DAIRY COW
There Are Several Essential Points b
Be Taken Into Consideration
Few Important Ones.

In selecting cows for dairy herds
there are several essential points to
consider. The COW should have great
stomach capacity; avoid a round
bodied cow whose ribs are short, and
a fat ribbed COW. There should be
ample room for the udder. which
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Menace to Health.

Owners Of country homes some
times forget that the manure pile Is
a menace to the health of the family,
particularly is this the case when
within easy reach of the dwelling.
Although a most excellent fertilizer
there is nothing that will breed flies
more quickly or certainly than stable
manure and II 1t be true, as 40 doubt
1t is, that they carry disease. then the
unsightly heap should be removed to
the garden or field where its value IS
appreciated
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05

The chief of Chicago's license
bureau and the mayors secretary are
still wondering today why a man at
tired in the height of fashion and be-
decked with diamonds should want a
pushcart peddlers' license at the rate
of 81 a year. B. Chenkin, who pre-
scented a neatly engraved card show
ing him to be a real estate broker,
with money to loan on mortgages, ap.
piled for the license yesterday.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Delta Must Be Drained.

There has been a notable dying out
Of bitterness in relation to drainage
matters in the northern delta during
the past few months, and it is prac-
tically agreed on all sides that the
delta must be drained, and drained at
an early date. The question of how
this work shall be done will doubtless
be very carefully considered during
the coming year, and 1t is thought that
an agreement will be reached on the
part Of the friends and opponents Of
the present drainage law.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Farmers Institute.

The first day of the Farmers Insti-
tute at McComb City was taken up
with speaking. DR.. H. Guy Hathorn
was the first speaker and addressed the
crowd on institute work. N. R. Drum
mond was next, and dwelt upon the
relations between the farmer and the
business man.
Mr.. Drummond said that the farmer
should take interest in the making OF
a good town, for the interests Of the
farmer and business man were con.
nected in a way.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
The Def Hand.

The Widow-Oh, Mr.. Smith, you'll
never make me believe that?
The Candidate said / had never
loved a woman till now; not that nc
woman ever loved me; course, !
wouldn't say anything SO stupid as
that.-Throne and Country.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
DAISY CAME FROM ENGLAND

Qong preserved in memory of Sir
William Keith and the gay life here
of the dashing. pleasure loving lieu
tenant governor) has Of late become
known as "the home of the daisy"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
The Mare With colt.

1t takes a good deal O. 9 mares
energy to nurse a colt Light work
should be her share or she will be
pulled down to skin and bones.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
The Shortage in Swine.

We can't import swine to make up
a shortage. This is the great swine
country.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Means Loss to Mississippi.

Mississippis hue and cry against
corporations has operated against cap
ital coming into the state. There Is
no reason why other Southern states
should grow faster than Mississippi,
for when it comes to natural resources.
this state will hold it's own with any
of them. While most OF the Southern
states have learned to appreciate the
developing power Of capital, Missis-
sippi is hitting capital OF the head ev-
cry time it shows itself.-Gulfport Rec
ord.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05
Medical School Abolished.

The action of the general board of
trustees of the four state educational
institutions in Vicksburg in abolishing
the medical department of the Uni
versity of Mississippi occasioned very
little surprise. 1t has been generally
believed that the members of the
board regarded it impracticable to
continue that department at vicks-
burg. Chairman Sexton has written a
letter to Mayor Hayes announcing the
decision of the board, and setting forth
the reasons why the department will
be abolished
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05

side Of a twelvemonth. and
the Japanese government
has made a special appro-
priation of $7,175,000 to
pay the military expenses.
This is on account OF
the camphor business. I'm
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-05

FIT z E N years
had been allow
ed, under the
plan C o n t e m
plated, for wip-
ing out or paci-
flying the saw
ages of Formo-
sa. But now 1t
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-02-10
TOOTH CLEANING ADVICE.
How to Prevent the Accumulation OF
Tartar With Little Trouble

How to Prevent the Accumulation OF
Tartar With Little Trouble.
Thoroughly cleansing the teeth once
month will do much TO prevent the
accumulation Of tartar aud keep them
white and sound. For this purpose
powdered pumice should be- placed on
rvery washstand, with the definite
knowledge OF the harm Il can do II
used too often, for applied frequently
1t will wear away the enamel. There
u absolutely no danger Of this, how.
ever, II II Is not put on oftener thar
once month.
To give this treatment properly n
wooden stick like that used on tho
nails Is necessary. and cents worth
Of pumlce. powdered, is. Of course. an
essential A BIZ Of absorbent cotton
improves the application, aud a few
drops Of lemon Juice are better thar
water.
That the work may be done TO best
advantage person should stand be
fore mirror. The cotton. mere
wisp, must be twisted about the end
Of the stick. which Is then dipped int
the lemon Juice From that II is stncl
into the pumice and rubbed dlrectl,
upon the teeth.
II Is useless to rub the centers OF th'
teeth, for almost without exception
they are white. II Is on the edges. tlit
sides and the tops at the gums nnt
next to the other teeth that tartar ane
discolorations accumulate. and so II
these places that must be whitened
The stick. constantly put into lemol
juice and pumice, should be conline'
to those regions as near the gums a
can be without loosening the flesh II
must be understood that II this cleans
Ing Is done carelessly the gums VIII b'
loosened from their places and a dis
eased condition result,
When all the teeth have been rubbed
In this way careful rinsing must b'
given the mouth. as the teeth shoulc
not be brushed Immediately. Rather
should q weak solution OF limcwater
be used. for lime counteracts the effect
Of acid. When all the grains are re
moved a soft brush may be applied
taking care that all cracks between the
teeth are cleansed.
Nothing will do more to prevent the
accumulation OF tartar than the contln
ued use Of line or soda water The
latter may be mixed as required. tea
spoonful VI the blcarbonate TO half
glass Of water After brushing thu
teeth at night the mouth must be
rinsed with either Of the preparations
counteracting the effect OF acid juices
upon the enamel. II may he used also
In the morning.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-02-10
BABY's OUTFIT BOX.
How 10 Make . Pretty Receptacle For
the Infants Clothes.

How 10 Make . Pretty Receptacle For
the Infants Clothes.
In order TO make baby's box get
q clean, strong wooden box from the
grocer, II possible one with hinged
top. or put the top on With two small
hinges. The box should be- about three
feet long. two feet wide and two feet
deep. Line II with unbleached muslin
first, then with a pretty lowered
denim. The inside Of the I'D should
first be covered with muslin. then with
denim. and a strip eight Inches wide
may be put on TO form pockets 70 hold
the articles Of the baby. The outside
Of the box may be covered with denim
or mating.
IL YOU cover II with denim pad the
TOD OF the box well and II VIII make
comfortable seat Fastep the covering
on with brass headed tacks and get
two brass handles for the ends OF the
box. The baby's slips may be kept Ia
the box. its basket and other things
A strawberry crate makes pretty
box for holding a baby's outtit Take
a smooth new crate. paint u white or
pale blue npd line II Inside with either
blue glng ham or white casaii The
I'D Of this may bs finished lnsile with
pockets aud cushions outsidr Tlls
boI viii not gather as murh dust as
the other one described aud for that
reason may be preferred