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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Comnron1ise VIII Perish.

For one we believe that thoughtful
consideration will find satisfaction in
this liquor project. A TYPICAL nation
al fault of ours is lack of thorough
ness in dealing with anything. We
are for make-shifts and patching
rather than for something perma-
nent, as in dealing with our currency
question now, for instance. Gen
orally we deal thus with all ques-
tions. So we have done with the
drink question, inching along here
with one phase, there with another,
one sort of limitation here, another
somewhere else. But if this fedora
ton comes to be what is announced
we shall have the whole matter con-
fronting US to be gone into from the
ground up, and the Laodiceans every
where to the last ward, precinct and
country crossroads will have chat
day to choose which god they shall
serve. -Indianapolis News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Governor Views Convicts.

Gov. Noel visited the Rankin farm
Sunday without notice, as required by
law BY going on Sunday he can see
all of the convicts. who are scattered
over 5000 acres of the farm on week
days. All the convicts were looking
we'll Except for some grass incident
to the recent rains, the crops seemed
in good condition. The premises, al
though crowded, were fairly well kept.
All bedding was being summed, so as
to give the fullest use OF the building
for Sunday rest. One Of the men was
playing the organ and others joining
him in the singing. Miss Butt was
teaching the Sunday school class.
Steps are being taken for the con-
struction OF the chapel, which ought
to be large enough to accommodate
present and prospective inmates of
that prison, which includes nearly all
of the white men, except about twenty
at the Oakley hospital, one at Belmont
and a few at Parchman. There were
LAG white prisoners on the rolls that
day and there had bene $50 on the
roll few days before, the largest num-
Der ever there at one time. Dis
charges at the end of sentences, trans
fers to the hospital or to other farms,
pardons and new corners make con-
stantly varying roll.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
How TO FIoht Boil weevIi.

B. l.. Moss, district agent OF tho
United States department OF agrlcult-
ure for South Mississippi, has just Is
sued the following relative to the best
methods OF boil weevil control during
the next two months:
Under weevil conditions June and
July are the critical months for the
cotton grower. Now is the time when
the weevils that passed the winter are
emerging and attacking the young cot
ton. These must be carefully picked
and destroyed, and the young squares,
as they are punctured and fall, should
be picked up weekly and burnd. Con-
tinue this until August l. Further
more, 1t is imperative that all fields be
kept clean, free of grass and in grow
ing condition. These are the three es-
sential steps-destroy all adult wee
wills, pick and burn all punctured
squares and cultivate shallow and fire.
quently.
1T is gratifying to note that a very
large percentage of farmers are adopt
ing these methods, and the indications
are that a fair crop will be made.
There is also less attention being given
to poisons, boil weevil exterminators
and other fake boil weevil remedies,
which, to say the least of them, are
not of tried and proved value, and
which it will be well to avoid until we
know more about them"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Road Duty for Militia.

That members of the state National
Guard are subject to road duty is the
substance of an official opinion by At
torDey General Hudson. The exception
to this ruling is in cases where the
roads are worked under the old over
seer system. The attorney general
does not undertake to say why the
legislature saw fit to exempt militia
men under the overseer system and re-
quire them to pay taxes where roads
are worked under the contract plan,
but he points out that this is the law
and that there is no escaping its plain
provisions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Science of Ale ohoB

Here is what modern. medical au
thority teaches concerning the, per
nicious effect of the various pre- para
tons of alcohol and other inebI iatine
drugs on the human race The
Twentieth Century Practice = # Medi
cine says under Alcohol SIN and
Drug Habits:
There is no form of poisoning
which is so wide spread az d so rapid.
ly increasing at the pres mt time. as
the series of toxic phs 5nomena ex.
hibited in the persons of those ad-
dicted to the excessive use of the
various preparations of alcohol, OPT
UNI, morphine, chloral, chloroform,
ether, cocaine, and allied inebriating
substances.
There is no other kind of poison
ing which so degrades brain struc-
ture and disturbs mental function,
while physically degenerating bodily
texture and undermining vital or
cans, or which is so far-reaching in
it's operation, transmitting as it does
variety of brain abnormalities, men
tai defects and moral obliquities
originally induced in the ancestral
stock by the toxicating action of the
poison on brain and nerve tissue.
THE more generally employed
among such articles. narcotics and
anaesthetics, by their characteristic
Influence, have the property Of set
ting up and thus practically origi-
mating a desire for a fresh dose
drink, and at the same time of so
disturbing brain-function as to in
duce moral perversion.
Such substances are Alcohol Tin
the form of beer, wine, brandy and
whiskey), opium, morphine, cocaine,
chlorofOrm and the like, the first
named, Alcohol, being a prolific incit-
er to breaches of human and divine
law, ranging from minor offenses
to the graYest misdemeaners and
crimes
Till about a century ago, there
was a general belief that drunken
ness was purely voluntary condi-
ton; that men and women could get
drunk or refrain from getting drunk
as they chose, and that intoXication
was a pastime willingly and wilfully
INDUCED in; nor is this erroneous
belief even now wholly dead. The
many who formerly held and the
comparatively few who still cherish
this opinion looked upon the whole
matter Of dTuHkenness as a mere i'm
morality, vice, or crimsj punishment
in Jail, confinement in the ''stocks, !"
pulpit denunciation, ecclesiastical
communication, or the administra-
ton Of a good whipping being in their
view the proper mode of dealing with
such Wantoq and depraved eutcasts,
Medical science has, therefore, set it,
self TO investigate thoroughly the
nature and properties Of intoxicant
action on body and brain, and the
various morbid conditions which
operate to render a substantial pro-
portion of human beings an easy prey
to some form of that enslavement,
by excessive indulgence in intoxi-
caBts, which is the most complete
possession and tyranny endured by
man.
This extract from the writings of
a world-renowned specialist in the
treatment of beer, wine and whiskey
inebriates is surely enough to arouse
every man, who desires the elevation
of society, to war an everlasting war
fare against the soul-and-body-de-
stTOHing rum business.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

Tie late Archbishop Temple never
spoke more nobly than when he ex-
pressed himself as follows: Il have
been fer years a teetotaler, because
have long ago learned the difference
In dealing with my fellowmen be-
tween Gene along and Go along
| have long ego learned that if you
want to lead men you must put your
self at their head. and that it is no
use to point out the path and say:
1 am going a road that is good for
me, but you go the road that is
good for you If you really desire
to lead them, you must lead them in
person and not simply in precept. :"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
a Poor Bargain.

For a community to accept the
money of a rumselfer and issue him
a license is, from a business stand
point, about on a par with the rather
thick-headed merchant whose
smart boy came in briskly, saying,
Pop, give me two twos for one,
quick" The old man mechanically
handed out two two-dollar bills and
raked in the one dollar, thinking just
as mechanically that the deal seemed
queer, but that it must be all right.
The Index, Williasport, Pa.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
THINK IT OVER WHO IS TO BLAME?
By Rev. f. A. Campbell

Suppose I had before me num-
Der of saloonkeepers, their wives and
children; suppose 1 call one OF their
boys to me, and after passing my
hands a few times over his head, l
could make Just such a change In MS
physical and moral nature in Hve
minutes, as a saloon will make IN
five months or five years; suppose L
mass my hand over his head and
blunt his intellect, destroy his health,
plant disease within him, cloud his
Judgment, scar his conscience, para
lyze his will, obdurate his heart, take
away his self-control, love OF home,
love of industry and property, and
all the good opinion of manhood;
suppose l could thus stand, and IN
five or ten minutes destroy the
health of this boy, infiame his eyes,
pickle his brain, tan his stomach
and poison his blood, and kindle the
fires of the second death on the lips
and cheeks that is now bright and
fair, and should thus present him TO
my audience of saloon-keepere raw
ing maniac while screaming wives
and mothers tainted.
These men would leap upon me
and tear my body limb from limb.
And they would be doing right; and
yet, this is the Infamous work the
saloon-keepers are doing to 10000
fathers and sons every year, under
the august protection of the law.
And when men protest against II
they are called fanatics. This every
Christian man will admit, that the
saloons under the protection of the
law are doing more to destroy souls
than the churches are doing to save
men.
Who is to blame? Is it only the
men who are elected to Office that
have the power to enact a license
law? 1 say not. If / vote for a
man knowing that he will help enact
law that will give a man the au-
thority, and not only the authority,
but will protect him in committing
the awful crime of robbing my
neighbor of his happy home, taking
from him the comforts of life, send
ing his wife and mother to an I'M
timely grace, numbering the father
of that home with the curse of rum,
sending his soul to a drunkard' S
fatel l appeal to the judgment OF
every Christian man especially, and
ask, if l vote for the men who
know would give the man authority
and make it legal business to COM
NIT this great crime, am l not par
taker of the crime?
l pierce the veil that hides the in
visible with my eye of faith, and
see three men standing at the Judg-
ment throne. One is a poor drunk
ard, another is a saloon-keeper, and
the other a Christian. l hear the
Judge say to the poor drunkard,
why are you here in this awful
condition." ct was rum that
brought me here in this condition. .
Where did you get your rum?'
This man sold it to me-" why
did you sell this man that accursed
stuff and rob him of his eternal hap
piness?" "This Christian man who
said he loved God, and was led Ey
the Spirit of God, said it was right,
and I would give him so much money
for a license the law would protect
me and uphold me-" And the Judge
answered: Woe unto those who
Justify the wicked for reward"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
appetite or me crave.

When our judges from the bench
tell us that nine-tenths Of pauperism
and crime are caused by drink, and
our physicians that if only irregular
tipping were abolished, balf the cur
rent sickness of the land would cease,
and our statesmen that the ravages of
strong drink are equal to the his
torical secure of war, famine, and pes
thence combined. surely to swallow
such a glut of spoil, the appetite OF
the grave must have been still more
enlarged, and the mouth OF the grave
made wider.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
NO fractional Feeling.

Gov. Noel has been officially advised
that no element of factionalism or per.
Sonal friction prompted the resigna.
tions of local trustees of the Vicksburg
charity hospital, which were recently
sent to the executive office.
The trustees decided that inasmuch
as the new general board Of trustees
for the state educational institutions
will take charge July 1, and inasmuch
as the charity hospital is in reality
part Of the University or Mississippi
medical department, it would be better
to have the institution under the man.
agement of the general board.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
New Train Service Starts.

There was a very satisfactory travel
over the New Orleans Great Northern
road out of Jackson on the Inaugural
ton of it's initial double daily train
service and the officials are gratified
and encouraged to believe that it will
result in profitable operation from
the first. The new service is only op-
Grated between Jackson and Columbia,
doubl daily service being already In
effect between that place and New Or
leans. Much of the equipment is new
and in good shape to handle all the
business offered.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
The Wisdom of Saadi.

Two persons took trouble in vain
and used fruitless endeavors-he who
acquired wealth without enjoying it.
and he who taught wisdol-. without
practicing it. How much so ever you
may study science, when you do not
act wisely you are ignorant. The
beast whom they load with books is
not profoundly learned; what knoweth
his empty skull whether he carrieth
firewood or books.-F rom the Gulistan
OF Musle- HIDDEN Sheik Saadi
Twelfth Century.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Commissioner Lee Sick.

The latest advices received here con-
corning the condition of Chairman
man Lee of the railroad commission are
rather disquieting, and while he is not
considered in any immediate danger,
it is feared that he is, at any rate, in
for a long-continued spell of illness.
About a week ago he was taken back
to the Hotel Dies at New Orleans.
where he is again under observation,
and it is believed that an operation,
after all, will be inevitable. The two
commissioners, Messrs. Webb and
Scott, held a meeting in this city Mon
day.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Expert Testimony.

Governor Cutler, of Utah, says:
1.-The morals of community are i'm
proved by a decreased sale of strong
drink. The revenues of the State
are increased, because temperance
leads to frugality and thrift, which
lead to property accumulation by tie
citizens"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Wears a Bonnet Of Her Own.

Adelberg is a town in Suffolk, En-
land, that is not worth much, the N
being fishermen and the women Ike
ing lodging houses for those who co
from the cities for the change of
mate. The men are, possibly, too /
to attend to civic affairs, at any
they elected lady mayor, Mrs.
rett Anderson, M. d. She is a wo
In every sense of the word, and W
not wear the cooked hat that ma
are expected to wear, but purch,
In London a black bonnet inste
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Goinq to Chickamauca.

Adjt.-Gen. Arthur Fridge is nearing
the completion of his plans for trans
porting the Mississippi National Guard
to Chickamauga on June 80 to take
Fart in the regular army maneuvers
for a period of ten days.
Owing to the fact that Maj-Gen
Keesler will not be able to attend the
maneuvers, the governor has uesig
mated g." -. =
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Sell Bonds at Home.

There now appears to be a strong
probability that Gov. Noel will be able
to dispose of the 100000 of state
bonds to state buyers. Although there
were no bidders when proposals were
to have been considered, there have
been several new inquiries since. Gov
Noel is considering several of these
8 $50, 9si+ionF and will likely sell the
re event that
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Oldest Prisoner Pardoned.

When he pardOned Sebe Smith, the
Confederate veteran serving a life SEN
tence for murder, Gov. Noel released
the states oldest white prisoner as
well as restored the liberty of one Of
the few Confederate veterans who
have served time in the Mississippi
penitentiary. Smith was sent up from
Lauderdale county in 1900. He was
6S years old at the time of his con-
viction. He served through the civil
war. He was good soldier and was a
quiet, easy-going man until he got into
the trouble that landed him In the pen
itentiary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
A German Doctors Views.

In order to secure for the people
better. cheaper food, the use of beer
must be energetically fought against.
Through the brewing of beer, nutri-
tive substances are spoiled and liv-
ing made expensive.-Dr. N. Block
er of Germany.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
To Be Looked At.

"Of course, madam, | would no
expected to light the fire."
Certainly not"
''Nor sweep the fiuors?"
Certainly not"
sNer attend to the door,"
"Of course not"
'Ner to wait on table?"
mo; l want none of these things
said the lady with her sweetest smile
"The only thing | require a servant
for is to look at her and for this you
are too plain. Royal Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
Exhibit StateIs Product.

Jackson - The industrial depart
ments of the several railway lines in
Mississippi are making arrangements
sippi's agricultural and industrial re-
sources to be sent to the Ohio valley
exposition at Cincinnati, commencing
on August 20 and lasting until Septem-
Der "a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
An Awful ExamnIe.

Charges of liquor drinking among
the boys and girls at the Newport
(Mass.) High School resulted in the
expulsion of one girl. Whiskey was
brought into the school by the boys.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
The Tra.Fic is Treasonable.

impeach the liquor traffic of high
crimes and misiemeanors. 1t is mere
nockery to ask US to put down
drunkenness by moral and religious
Means alone.-Cardinai Manning.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
| Mississippi News ]
0ll00DO000Il0
DuRANT CITIZENS LYNCH NEGRO.
Was Drunk on Cocaine-Went on RAM
paoo and Fired al Three Men.

Was Drunk on Cocainc-Went on RAM
page and Fired al Three Men.
A mob of sixty leading citizens OF
Durant hung Ohio Mitchell. a negro
to a telegraph pole for attempting to
murder three gentlemen, at whom le
shot on the streets few minutes be-
fore.
Drunk on cocaine or blind tiger W.
KEY, the negro staggered on the stre~,5
with a double-barreled shotgun, aToN-
ing his purpose to "clean up the town
ana get him a white man before
dark.
Reaching Main street, he reeled IN
front of City Marshal J. S. Keaihoter $
store, where he found Mr.. KeaiEolof,
his father and Night Waterman J. >.
Causey standing engaged in conve-sa-
ton. Without giving them warning
silently raising his gun, he exploded
both barrels at once, the double lead
going Immediately over their heads
about one foot into the store 1t was a
miracle that all three had not been
killed instantly.
Mr.. Causey was the only member Of
the party armed, and, drawing his re-
volver, he fired twice at Mitchell, hit
ting him both times and dropping aim
to the ground. The first shot went into
the negro's brain and the second into
his body.
A crowd quickly gathered, alarmed
by the firing and incensed by the ter
rible outrage committed, and it was
but the work Of minute to get rope
place 4 moose around the neck OF tho
PROSTATE and dying negro and draw
his blood-covered form up to the arm
of telegraph pole. They dispatched
their work with alacrity and quiet Not
a shot was fired, not a sound made.
After waiting a decent time to give
the corpse a chance to set cold, tA2
body was cut down and buried 81 the
county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
A Lottery At Best

And those who marry for love
just as apt to bump up against
appointment as those who marry
money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

JACKSON.
DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL FUND.
$216,464 to Counties and $59,231 to Sep
arate School Districts.

The following amounts have been
crdited to the various counties of the
state, outside the separate school dis
tricts, as their part of the June distri-
button of the common school fund,
which is one-third less than that sent
ont d11V;no tho x,fntat.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24
safetv onIv in Abstinence.

CaFSAy 0IIIy 1T FEN1oeI1'ctI~~s
There is loss of serious character
sustained by allowing Indulgence
even in small quantities Of alcoholic
drink.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

Col A. J. GiIkey, one Of the Oldest
and best known citizens of Issaquenu
county, died while in Rochester, Mimi.
Col. Gilley was Confederate officer.
being on the staff of the governor Of
North Carolina when the tocsin of war
was sounded in 1861. Later he was in
command of the regiment located al
Raleigh for the defense of that
city. After the war he moved to Issa-
uuena county. and for ferty-fve years
had been an honored citizen Of that
county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

Columbus is growing to be an al
falfa market and wagons loaded with
the nutritious legume are seen GA t>,q
streets daily. Weather conditions
have been propitious, and ma31id'
cent yield is in prospect. Most Of t1o
farmers have already made two CIT
tings. and, should the weather coz.
tinue favorable, hope to have three
more before the season ends. 1t is cs
timated that the number Of acres Of
land in Lowndes county devoted tc
the culture of alfalfa this year is about
five thousand. The total yield on the
five cuttings will be about three tons
to the acre, giving a grand total of fif-
teen thousand tons. The market price
of alfalfa is $f8 ton fob. Columbus,
so the total value OF the entire crop
will be in round numbers $4,000,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

The board Of supervisors of Lauder
dale county has granted the petition of
qualified electors for an issuance OF
bonds in the sum of 100000 on the
taxable property for the purpose OF
building good roads. The bonds are
to be issued in installments of $4,000
as needed The action of the board
comes under the provisions of the re-
cent legislative act authorizing super
yisors to construct and maintain pub,
lie roads in any one OF more sHPefvis
or's districts Of the various counties in
the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

Dug Baldwin. a notorious negro VIII
escaped fro Franklin county aboit
two years ago while serving a sen.
tenco or the county farm. was con
tured last weeE and placed in jail at
Meadville. The next morning deo."-
ing he had spent time enough there,
.ho overp9were1 the guard. W. CloY,
taking his gun. and telling other con-
victs they could go home if they want
ed to, departed for parts Hnkn9wn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

The suit of Jones county vs., Wheel.
err and Bloomefld, in which it is sought
to recover timbered lands at over $780,
900 has been transferred to the
Federal court This is a test suit
filed by the board of supervisors, who
are trying to recover timbered lands
valued at more than 100000. The at
torneys for the timber people asked
for a transfer to the federal court,
which was granted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

A. L. Murrah, a young farmer Of
Union county raised three turnips
that weighed on an average of seven
and one-third pounds each. and one
that weighed eleven pounds, measur-
ing twenty-eight inches in circumfer-
ence.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-24

Giving a total for the counties of
$316,4G4G3, the balance of the s474,69G
going to the separate school districts