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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
NINE BlGAMlSTS IN PEN.
But Few Men Sent Up for Multiplicity
of Wives.

Jackson.-There are nine bigamists
in the Mississippi state penitentiary-
and of this number six are white and
three negroes-showing the white man
is more prone to violate the law
against a multiplicity of wives than the
negro, or else no attention is paid to
the negroes in a vast majority of cases.
The most notable of these is w. c.
Lytle, the Cleveland, Ohio, business
man, who was sent up for term from
Lee county and is prisoner at Ran
kin farm. Lyle is wealthy man, and
has a wife and children living at Cleve-
land, where he has large business in
terests. He came to Mississippi more
than a year ago, and married a young
lady in Lee county, where he was tried
and convicted of bigamy.
These prisoners are from seven coun-
ties, as follows: Jackson, one; Forrest,
one; Leake, one; Lee, two; Neshoba,
one; Pike, two; Perry, one.
Kinds has the largest number of pris-
oners of any county in the state, yet
other counties have more capital Grim
finals than Kinds Kinds has total of
73 prisoners, of which 16 are in for
murder and II for manslaughter.
Washington comes next with 60 pris-
oners, 80 of whom are in for murder,
10 for manslaughter and two for Grim
inal assault. Bolivar, out of total of
SO prisoners, has % murderers, II man.
slaughter and two criminal assault
Coahoma, out of a total of SO, has 22
murderers, 10 for manslaughter and
four for criminal assault.
Thus, out of a total of 2G0 prison
ers sent up from four counties, all but
sc were convicted of a capital offense.
Kinds county is the largest in the
state, except Washington, and all the
counties have large negro population,
which accounts for the numerous hon.
cides. Kinds shows the smallest num-
Der of homicides of any of the large
counties in the state though there are
several counties with from three to ten
prisoners each.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

IN several of the departments of the
government young women are prov
ing more efficient than young men. In
the treasury, in particular, they excel
in many lines of work Here is a
story in point: Not long ago United
States Treasurer McClung received a
letter from the Royal Bank of Can
ada telling about a fire that had ia
ken place in one of its branch offices
in Cuba The fire had destroyed, or
almost destroyed so the letter re-
lated, large sum of money in Amer
lean bank notes which were in the
safe in the bank.
The charred notes were in such
condition that if they were sent back
to the United States they would prob
ably fall to pieces. The bank wanted
to know whether it would be possible
for the treasurer to send one of his
experts down to Cuba, there to ex-
anime and identity the money and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

Mrs. Elizabeth Dearinger, a native
of Kentucky, who died at Taylorville,
ILL.,, at the age of SO years, from the
effects of burns received when her
dress caught fire from sparks from
her pipe, had POI living descendants.
Six children of family of sixteen
survive, besides 81 grandchildren, "a
great-grandchildren and "a great
grandchildren
A telegram received at Chattanooga
announced the death of County Judge
Seth NJ Walker at Mayo hospital,
Rochester, Mimi, where he went for
an operation for gall stones. He was
55 years of age and native of Dali
ton, Ga. He was an alumnus of EN-
DRY college, Oxford, Ga, and for six
teen years county Judge of Hamilton
rounty. Ho was recently reelected.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
HANCOCK ROBINSON DEAD.
Senator Percy's Secretary Succumbs to
Heart Failure.

Jackson.-Hon. Hancock Robinson
private secretary to United States Sen
ator Leroy Percy, was found dead in
the latters office in the senate building
at Washington.
Death was due to heart failure, Mr.
Robinson had probably passed away
during the night while working at his
desk, and the discovery was made by
the custodian of the building when he
started on his round OF the offices this
morning.
The deceased was one of the best
known members of the Mississippi col
ony at Washington Although native
of Kentucky, he had resided in this
state, and maintained citizenship here
since his early boyhood, the family
home being at Holly Springs. When
Edward Cary Walthall was elected to
the United States senate he selected
Mr.. Robinson as private secretary, and
he had served continuously in that ca
pacity up to the moment of his death,
having been reappointed by Senators
McLaurin and Percy.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
c. & S. |. IN THE BALANCE.
Death of Vice President Jones May
Mean Change of Ownership.

Gulfport. = That the unexpected
president and general manager of the
Gulf & Ship Island road, will either
bring about very radical changes in the
management Of that system, or cause
the transfer of the property 10 alien
hands, is the belief that is being gen
orally expressed in railroad circles, and
the developments to follow win BE
watched with the keenest interest, es-
pecially in South Mississippi.
Although he still holds the office of
president OF the Gulf & Ship Island
Railway Company, Capt, J. T. Jones is
merely the nominal head Of the system
and has been ever since his physical
breakdown in 1907. He is old and
broken, well past the age of three
score years and ten, and the assiduous
care of the most skilled physicians in
America and Europe employed to re-
vitalize his once splendid physical and
mental energies have been unavailing.
1t was his ingenious brain that devised
the plan of dredging a harbor in front
of an ugly saudbar, and it was his en-
ergy, brains and money that carried it
to successful consuma,ation, after an
expenditure Of more than a million dol
lars, and for which he received a mu-
nificent allowance of only sl50,000,
when the harbor was surrendered as a
private property and turned over to
the federal government.
Within less than decade Captain
Jones converted struggling and I'M
slightly gulf coast village into beau
tiful and prosperous city of $4,000 in
habitants, and provided it with deep
water harbor having direct connection
with all the ports of the world, to
which ships drawing twenty-three feet
of water can enter, and from which
the lumber exports alone annually
amount to more than 250,000,000 feet.
In brief, Capt. Jones made possible
the wonderful ghowth and development
of South Mississippi that has taken
place within the past decade, convert
ing that section from wilderness into
the most thriving and prosperous Sec
ton of the commonwealth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
GOOD DRAINAGE REPORT.
Statement Shows Cash on HAND
Amounts TO S9,5s0.o4.


acknowledgements Noel has re
ceiyed from DR.. II. w. Crenshaw, pres
ident of the board OF commissioners OF
the Tallahatchie drainage district, a
report as required by law of the ope
rations for the year, from December 1,
1909, to December 1, 1910. The report
Of President Crenshaw is supplement
ed by formal report prepared by
Chief Engineer I. G. Dabney, to ac-
company the official statement. This
latter is of special interest, for the rea
son that it goes quite closely into de
tail, covering field operations gener
ally
The report shows that there was
cash on hand December l, 1909, tc
the amount of s9,397.1, and collected
during the year $S6,73S.9S. The dis
bursements amounted to $S7,15S.94
thus leaving a balance of $S,5S004.
Governor Noel expects to issue 9
general statement in regard to the
work represented by the above men
toned report as early as possible.
which he thinks will be of general in
terest to the people of the extensive
area represented in the Tallahatchie
drainage district.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
VlCKSBURG SELLS STOCK,
$4,000 in Cash From !. c. for 100000
Stock Bonus.

Vicksburg-Thec city of Vicksburg
is to get $4,000 from the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company for $10O00O
worth of stock of the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas railroad, which has
since been absorbed by the Illinois
Central.
The stock was given the city num-
Der of years ago for right of way privi-
lege along Leeve street and for other
considerations.
Since then the city has been endeav-
oring to dispose of the stock to the
best advantage.
Recently the railroad, through it's
counsel, Blewitt Lee, offered fifty
cents on the dollar, at a special meet
ing of the city council Mayor Hayes
and Alderman Harding and Helgason
were named as a committee to accept
the offer and close the deal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

yyyIVES of representative and sena-
w tors, who have already gotten
even with their lieges by establishing
congressional club, immune from
masculine interference, are now en-
gagged in an even wider departure.
Not to be outdone by the states
men, each of whom has a chance to
spread himself in the congressional
directory, the women are about to
start a congressional directory of
their own. They have begun already
to busy themselves about getting the
biographies of themselves which will
shortly be seen in print.
The idea of the directory was first
preached to the club members last
spring by Mrs. Champ Clark who
stood sponsor for the venture Her
interest in the wives of her husbands
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
HON w. P. TACkETT DEAD.
Was One Of the Most Prominent Men
in the State.

LeXington.-Hon.W Walter P. Tackett
died in this city Saturday.
Mr.. Tackett was a cousin of GOV.
Noel, and one of the best known men
in the state. He had been prominent
in political circles for many years. In
1888 he was elected and served one
term in the legislature; in 1908, he
was appointed district attorney to fill
an uneXpired term, and served in that
capacity about one year. For the past
four or five years he had been in bad
health, but was able to be up and at
tend to business until some few weeks
ago, when he was forced to take to
his bed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Increase Corn Clubs.

Harrison county, which ! 4 a large
boys corn club this year, going to
exceed its number of 127 next sea-
son, and already the cam. ign is on
The average number of BIZ els made
for the entire club was sevo = five per
acre. In addition to the 90 which
will be offered as prizes b. he board
of supervisors, Mr. w. H. T1uslog, in
dustrial agent of the Gul! and Ship
Island Railway Company, Or ers an adj
ditional 500, which will lie divided
into prizes, and other donations are ex-
pected.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

Pasteur's REVENGE.

In that one of the hundred best
books Vallery-Radot's Life Of Pas
teur" we read the story of his misery.
1t is nothing to say that the war
nearly broke his heart But it broke
neither his faith nor the straight line
Of his work. Only a sort of rage pos
sessed him to redeem and console
France by working for her. Hence
FORTH" he said, every one of my
books shall have written on it these
words, Revenge, revenge, revenge.
And this was his revenge, to set the
name of France in the honors list of
science higher than ever; to give the
rest Of his life TO her service, and to
wear himself out for her sake.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
CHARGED With Assassination.

Laurel.-Sylveste NARROW and Boss
Bankstone were arrested here charged
with the assassination of Mrs. Anna
Ainsworth, aged so years, the grand
mother of Marlow's wife.
The alleged crime was committed
near Stringer, Jasper county, few
miles from Laurel. The woman lived
alone and was known to have between
$4,000 and $500. The money was
missing when the body was found.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Secretary Concludes Work.

misunderstanding of State Power
has just about completed the task
which devoived on him officially, one
of the most exacting in the line of
his duties, which was the sending out
of commissions to from 1,200 to 1900
municipal officers elected to office in
the cities and towns Of the state on
the second Tuesday in December.
There were more than $50 of those
code chapter municipalities in which
elections were held, and in which the
officers average probably nine to the
community.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Loose Shoes,

Quite as bad as too tight shoes,
against which we are always warned,
are too loose ones; they cause corns
and bunions and often produce fat
with the peculiarly shaped foot who
cannot get shoes exactly to fit her
except when made to order, should
get them little too long rather than
a little too wide; it is the lesser of
1.-two evils.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
The MISSING Link.

This day will be offered to public
lspection, at commodious room,
oposite the new inn, Surrey side OF
Iestminster bridge, at one shilling
lch, the Ethiopian savage. This
ltonishing animal is of a different
)ecies from any ever seen in Europe,
I'D seems to be a link between the
ltional and brute creation, as he is
striking resemblance to the human
,ecies, and is allowed to be the
reatest curiosity ever exhibited in
ngland.-From the London Daily
dvertiser, June 4. 1852.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Bride Money Coos to Charity.

Jackson.-Sheriff Harding distribut
ed the Bilbo-Dulaney money among
four charitable institutions, two
branch of the Kings Daughters, Ole
Ladies' Home and Confederate Sol
diers' Home, giving to each the sur
of $161.25. In making the donation K
these charities, Sheriff Harding mad
public letter from Senator Bilbo dis
claiming any right to the money, anf
as there was no one else who coult
possibly lay claim to it, he decide,
that Christmas gift to the four /.
situations was the best
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Real COURTESY.

Say" said our Country Cousin,
you was wrong when you said that
Mr., Bjones wouldn't have time to
talk to me. Why, he hadn't read that
letter of Introduction you gave me
half through before he told me to call
again. Yes, sir, he seemed to want
me to come and see him real often.
While ! was explainin' who was, he
invited me to call again at least six
times. And I'll bet 1 wasn't there
more'n an hour!"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Not Ur-to-Date.

The historic town of Bladensburg,
ID, had a good bit of fun poked at
t by reason of its alleged sleepiness
'or instance, the story is told that a
iladensburg merchant was doing in
is shop one day when a little boy
ame in with pitcher and asked for
quart of milk. The merchant
awned, stretched himself, half
pened his eyes, and then, in the
lost injured tone, said Gee whiz.
int there nobody that sells milk
l this town but me?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Exodus of Negroes.

Crystal Springs.-The exodus of ne
5roes continues undated. Scarcely
lay passes but what car load of
ousehold goods is loaded for some
oint in the delta. There may not be
ny labor agents at work now, but the
eed they have sown fell in fertile soil
nd is bearing fruit in depopulating
he western portion of the county of
s labor. There is no way of estimat.
lg in dollars the labor lost to the
ounty this year. 1t will run up into
re thousands.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

John Hunter, well-known farme
was instantly killed at Sewell FerrY
Ala, by Charles Packer, when the La
ter struck him with a piece of scan,
ling. Packer claims Hunter had
dered him out of the house and the
pursued him, forcing him to strike j.
self-defense.
Fifteen fishermen are supposed 60
have been drowned off Charleston, s.
c., their smacks having been MISSING
for several days A report says 1,
smack was sighted floating bottom up
ward
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Robs Christmas Tree.

Vicksburg.-The meanest burglar on
record here broke into the Confederate
Annex at the State Charity Hospital
and stole handsome presents off the
Christmas tree which had been ar
ranged by the ladies for the twelve
aged veteran inmates of the worthy in
mates of the worthy institution. The
ladies replenished the gifts and the
Christmas tree was held just the same.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
new YEARS
and HISTORY.
BY EMILY GRANT HUTcHlNos.

BY EMILY GRANT HUTCHlNGS.
"a EW YEARS DAY has so fully
INH established itself as the begin
U ming of everything that it is diff
fcult for us to think of it as an
arbitrarily selected day, a day which
is in reality no more the first" day of
the year than any of the 364 days
which follow 1t so submissively. In
deed, we seldom stop to question the
right of this day to call itself the
first We accept its claim without
protest. 1t is the beginning of the
year because-it is the beginning of
the year!
Yet within the confines of the civ.
ilized Christian world there are two
nations whose New Years day does
not coincide with ours. In Russia and
Greece, where the Gregorian calendar
is still in use, the year begins with the
18th of January according to our reck-
oning. The Jews observe the first day
of Tisir, corresponding with our month
of September, as their New Years, al
though, the church year dates from the
rernal equinox in March
The beginning of the year. one would
naturally suppose. should be marked
by some fact of astronomy, some def
mite place in the earSh's annual jour
ney around the sun, such as the win
ter solstice or the autumnal equinox.
During the supremacy of Scion the
Greek New Year was actually the win
ter solstice, the Dist of December. On
this day the sun, having reached its
remotest point in the southern heav-
ems, pauses and begins its journey
northward. 1t is the shortest and
Ereariest day of the year.
Pericles, regarding this beheaded
and curtailed day as one of evil omen
for the beginning of the year. changed
the calendar so that the dating should
begin with the summer solstice, June
81, the longest day of them ALL This
change was made in B. G. 49,. For
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Boxing Children's Ears.

Medical men are fully aware of the
lamentable consequences that often
result from the pernicious habit of
boxing childrens' ears or otherwise
striking them on the head or face. 1t
is, however, high time that laymen,
and especially teachers, should be
made acquainted with these results.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
State Veterinary Associ- ion.

Columbus Jno Oliver, president
of the State Live Stock edical Asso-
citation announces there VIII be an
important meeting of that Aody at the
A. and NJ. College on the late of the
meeting of the State Live took Asso-
citation. DR.. Oliver is pre- lent of the
State Veterinary Associat u, and he
is anxious that all meI ers of it
should be present and ali live stock
men are especially invited to attend.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

JULIUS CAESAR. vision of the cal
endar, when it was changed to the
calends of Janus, the day we now OBJ
serve. This was the feast of the two
faced god of war; hence it seemed an
appropriate time for beginning the an
nual journey under the patronage of
a deity who had the ability to con-
template the past even while he was
gazing into the future
The early Christians looked upon the
calends of Janus as a sinful day and
were sternly forbidden to participate
in any way in its celebration. In
stead they were commanded to de-
vote the day to fasting and prayer in
an effort to purge it of its heather
vices. Unfortunately that day was
holiday among the very people the
church desired to reach Gradually
the church fathers came to understand
that custom is stronger than COM
mand and that the only way to pre-
vent their converts from celebrating
New Years in sinful manner was to
take 1t into the church calendar and
make a semi-religious holiday of it.
Even after this concession to the in
born habit of the former heather both
of Rome and of northern Europe the
first day of January was not regard
ed by the church as the beginning of
the year. That post was held by the
Vernal equinox, which, however, was
not the 21st of March, as Old Sol seem
ed to think, but the 25th, because it
was 'rounder NUMBER" one which
was easier to remember.
The reason given by the church for
making the Roman New Years a re-
ligious holiday was that it fell exactly
one week after the accepted birthday
of Christ, the day on which the infant
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Barnes Family Must Move.

Meridian.-Mrs. Matilda rnes, the
woman who horsewhipped enry Bel
cher on the streets, enter : a plea of
guilty in the police court a charge
of assault and battery, az was SEN
fenced to Jail for thirty de =. Her ia
Their and brothers also pie ed guilty
to being accessories. The ther was
sentenced to thirty days / the two
brothers were given ten da. each. All
sentences were suspended condition
that the family agree to lee the city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
FUTURE is DOUBTFUL,

Frisco or Burlington May Control the
NJ. o. G. NJ.
Jackson.-With the reported change
of management of the New Orleans
Great Northern railroad, there is a
great deal of speculation as to the fut-
ure of this road. That the road will
not be a paying investment, running
only from Jackson to New Orleans, is
the opinion of business men here.
Current belief here Is that either
the Frisco or Burlington has acquired
control Of the road.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

centuries prior to
the age of Peri
cles the Egyptians,
Phoenicians a n d
Persians had the
22d of September
as t b ir New
Years day.
In Rome the be-
ginning of the year
was reckoned from
the winter solstice
until julius Caesar
undertook the re-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Mo Humiliation In Apoloov

II you make a mistake and offend
friend, don't hesitate to apologize
1t will make you bigger, broader, hap.
pier. and viii prove YOU a man in,
stead of a sham.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

William II. Troon, president of the
Lynn board of trade, is dead at his
home at Lynn, Mass, although his
wife gave her blood in an effort to
save him. He suffered from a series
of nasal hemorrhages which weak
ened his system to such an extent that
the TRANSMISSION was advised 1t failed
to prolong his life, however.
Cicero Wood and Marion Gibson,
two young men, quarreled at CullmaG,
Ala, over a young lady and agreed 20
go to the outskirts of the city and
shoot it out" Wood was killed and
Gibson gave himself up to the author
tiles Gibson fired five times and
each shot took effect, and was himself
uninjured.
Three children are dead at Bokoshe
Okla, as result of eating mistletoe
berries. During a Christmas celebra
tion at the home of Frank Wright, g
farmer, two of his children, aged ant
4 years, were discovered feasting OF
the berries. Physicians were sum
moned, but their efforts were unavail
ing. The children died.
While sitting on box in grocery
store laughing and telling stories
James H. button, well-known resi-
dent of the county, dropped dead from
heart failure at Decatur. Ala.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06
Lie Scldom Harmful

No lies can hurt man for a long
time. There is little use in spending
your time trying to correct lies. The
lie itself will drop like q feeble shaft
against the armor of truth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-06

Jesus was present
ed in the temple.
Had this not been
the case some 9TH
er plausible reason
would have been
found.
In England the
New Years day
has had many Vi
cissitudes. 1t had
no permanent abid-