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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
ALDRICH'S PLAN TO
UNITY The BANKS
Proposes Huge Organization to
Control Money.

The Aldrich plan for revision of
national banking legislation" as he
calls it, has been made public 1t
does not contemplate the establish
ment of central bank. In this it
proved a surprise.
The plan was submitted to the ma
uonal monetary commission. Sena-
tor Aldrich was hundreds of miles
away searching for health
while we have found much that
is admirable in the operation OF the
various government banks of Europe,
none of them is applicable to our
needs here" says the Aldrich report
THE good results which they obtain
can, believe, be reached without the
creation of such a central bank"
Mr.. Aldrich proposes the estab-
lishment and chartering of the RE
serve Association of American" with
S3O0,000,C00 capital, representing
what might be called a federation of
local associations formed by national
banks. In his letter he says he be-
lieves the association could not be
controlled by ambitious monetary in
terests or dominated by political in
! fuence"
These seem to the the essentials of
his plan:
AT bottom, local organizations of
representatives of banks, formed by
not less than ten banks each, each
bank holding stock in the association
in proportion to its capital
Directors elected by these to the
board of branch" associations, one
branch for each of fifteen financial
districts into which the United States
would be divided. Each branch"
board would include certain proper
tion of men not bankers, but repre-
senting Industrial agricultural, COM
mercial or other interests
The branches" would in turn elect
to the reserve association proper fol-
ty-five directors in all, among whom
must also be a proportion of men
representing interests other than
banks There would be also six ex-
odlcio members of this board, name
ly, the secretary of the treasury, the
secretary of commerce and labor the
comptroller of currency, and the
governor and two deputy governors
of the association.
The governor and deputy governor
of the association would be appointed
by the president of the United States,
and be removable by him for cause
The association would be the prin-
cipal fiscal agent and depository Of
the government would fix from time
to time the rate of exchange, or dis
count, and eventually its notes would
replace those of the national banks
Prime commercial paper, passing UP
from the banks through the local az
sociations and branches, as well as
bonds of government, could be used as
basis for currency issue.
The plan contemplates also two
new classes of national banks, or de-
partments of banks to receive saw
ings and make loans on real estate,
and also to be in effect national trust
companies. National banks would be
permitted to form branches only in
their own immediate communities and
they could also be organized for busi-
ness in foreign countries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
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NO DEDUCTION OF ACREAGE.
Delta Farmers VIII Make Up for Dcf-
icit in WeeviI Districts.

ic,t in Weevi Districts.
Jackson Notwithstanding the inva-
sion of Mississippi by the Mexican boil
weevil, and the steady spread Of the
pest during the past year, present indi-
cations justify the belief that there
will be no material indication of cot
ton acreage in tais state for the year
1911.
There will, of course, be quite
reduction of cotton acreage in: the ter
ritory invaded by the pest, in some sec
tions amounting almost to total aban-
donment Of the cotton crop, but the
deficit will he made good in other sec
tions where the weeVil has not yet
made its appearance.
This is especially true of the upper
sections of the delta, where planters
are making extensive plans to increase
their cotton acreage. The exodus OF
negroes from the boil weeyil counties
TO the delta will enable them to do so.
During the past three months thous-
ands Of acres of wild lands have been
cleared, and will be pitched in cotton.
The delta planters are plentifully sup
piled with labor, for the first time in
many years, and, realizing that they
will probably have the boil weevil to
deal with next season, they are going
10 devote every acre possible to cotton
this year in order to fortify themselves
for the agricultural revolution that
will ha inpvita bla in 1910
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
CHAMP CLARK FOR SPEAKER
Missouri Congressman Named by Dem.
ocratic Caucus in Washington.

Champ Clark of Missouri was nomin-
ated as speaker Of the house of repre-
sehtatiyes Of the Sixty-Secord con-
eless at a caucus of the Democratic
MemEera-elect here The action Of
the caucus insures Mr. Clark's election
when the house convenes next De-
cember.
The caucus produced a sensation in
the form Of resolution throwing Rep
resentatiye-Nleot Theron Akin, of the
Twenty-Fifth New York district, out
OF the Democratic party The resolu-
tion was adopted with whoop.
Akin used to be a Republican, but
ran on an independent ticket in the
TwentyFifth district against Cyrus
Durey. The Democrats endorsed him,
and he was elected after hard fight.
Akin, so New York Democrats say,
has declared since election that he
would net attend a Democratic caucus.
The caucus went on record in favor
Of taking the power of appointing the
house committees away from the
speaker and lodging it with the four
teen majority members of the ways
and means committee
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
HORRIBLE MURDER.
Negro Confesses to Brutal Murder Of
Wallace Crymes.

Jackson.-Murder may stay hid for
a while, but in nienty-nine cases out of
a hundred it will crop out. Henry
Benson, Hattiesburg negro, was
brought to this city friday from Hat
tiesburg for safe-keeping.
On December 20 the dead body of
Wallace Crymes, white boy, was
found in the barn on his fathers place
in the city of Hattiesburg, death hav
ing ensued from gunshot wounds Be-
side his body was his gun with the
stock broken. The boy was shot both
in the chest and back, so that the idea
of suicide could not be entertained
and suspicion fastened on a negro by
the name Of Henry Benson, with whom
he had had difficulty about a dog
Benson had been heard to say that il
the boy ever used his dog again that
he would kill him. 1t was known that
young Crymes intended to go hunting
that morning, and this remark OF the
negro's becoming known, he was or.
rested and charged with the crime.
There was no other evidence against
him, and might not have been had he
not made a confession to a fellow ne
gro prisoner, who communicated it to
the officers.
Benson stated to this r!egro that
young Crymes came to his home early
on the morning of December 26 TO get
his bird dog. Getting possession of
Crymes' gun, he turned it on him and
shot him in the chest Crymes fell to
the ground, and the negro had his wife
bring him a sheet in which he wrapped
the body and carried it to the Crymes'
barn Finding that the boy was still
alive, he shot him again, this time in
the back of the head, and then broke
the gun. After that he went to the
market kept by the father of the boz
and cut meat until tle body was found
two hours later. He then left the mar
ket and went bird hunting and was ar.
rested late the same afternoon.
When it became known that the ne
gro aid made this confession the peo-
pie of Hattiesburg were very much in
censed, and talk Of lynching WAS freely
in dulged in, so much so that the sher-
iff thought it best to spirit the prisoner
away.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

SPORTING AFFAIRS.
Q ee 90 900 . o oeos

Sam Langford has a chance to win
the worlds fight champion ship when
he meets Jack Johnson in six-round
bout at Philadelphia in the near fu-
ture. There is a knockout Potion
lurking in the mitt of this colored
slugger
In races at Cleveland, o. which
were not remarkably fast, Robert Nc
Lain, of Chicago, cinched his hold on
the national indoor skating champion
ship by defeating Edmund Lamy, the
speed marvel Of Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Alfred Ne Orc successfully defended
his title as champion pool player in his
match with William H. Clearwater. In
three nights play at Doyles billiard
academy, New York, he defeated
Clearwater by a score of GOO to SOB.
Matty McIntire, who will play ball
for the White SoX in 1911, once was
refused in trade for Chief Bender CT
the Athletics. Alatty was sold to
Comiskey for s2,5OO, but it is said
$4,000 could not buy Bender.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
WOMAN'S MONUMENT DAY.
state superintendent Powers D-sie
mates February 10.

Jackson.-Efforts are being made &c
interest every county and city superin
tendent of education, principal anG
teacher in the state, in the movement
10 raise funds to erect monument t.
the women of the Confederacy on tn;
capitol grounds in this city. Capt.
John A. Webb and Col. H. Clay Shar-
key and conference with State Super-
in, endent of Education Powers Friday,
at which Mr.. Powers agresd to tax 2
the matter up personally with all the
educators he knows in the state
The educators will not confine their
efforts to raising funds to the school
children in this case, and, on F'ebriary
10, which has been designated by Mr..
Powers as Woman's Monument day, a
general collection will be taken up at
each school and each school district
Mr.. Powers is anxious that this day
should be a success, and made the per-
sonal request of all educa ors that the y
give this matter their personal atten-
tion and make tho donations on this
occasion worth while.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
FACTORIES ARE EXEMPT.
New Industries Only Have to Pay
Taxes en- Lands.

Jackson.-Ior some time past repre-.
sentatives CT several large corpora
tions have been in Mississippi LOOKING
over proposed sites for manufactori1 S.
The law enacted at the last session
Of the legislature eXempting manufac
tories Of $4,000 capital or more fro
taxation in this state is attracting a
great deal Of attention of capitalists
of the north.
The plant and everything pertaining
to new enterprise is exempt fro II
taxation, except the land, or can be,
if municipalities so de7ire, and many
cities of the state are taking advan.
tage of this act to offer inducements
for factories 20 locate in this state
The act is clean-cut en- this matter
but it is only the plant and equipment
not the land, that is exempt.
This includes all classes Of eaterf
prises, and opens the way for SONG
good inves tnlents in this ate. Mis-
sissippi has been a laggard in manu-
factories till the present, but some o.
the large factories of the north ar
looking to this state for future home
so as to be near the gulf coast, on ac
count of the Panama canal.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
INCREASE OF PRISONERS.
One-Third More ConVicts Than During
Any Previous Administrators.

One-Third More Convicts Than During
Any Previous Administrator.
Jackson.-fhat the law is being
more rigidly enforced in Mississippi
than at any time in the states history
is shown by the rapid increase Of the
prison population during the three
years of Governor Noels administra-
ton. Not only has the state more than
one-third more convicts than at any
previous time since the penitentiary
was established, but there are more
minor offenders in the county jails
than ever at any time in the history of
the state.
Governor Noel has been rather free
in pardoning convicts, but he has al
ways made a thorough investigation OF
each case to learn whether the men
seeking the pardon were worthy of
executive clemency And, in his three
years as Governor, he has never par
doned a man whose petition was not
endorsed by the judge and dii trict at
torney who tried the case.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27

President eu.l2 . Society Suc-
CunDS Suddenly.

Paul Morton, president of the Equi-
table Life Assurance society. was
stricken by apoplexy in New York just
after he had gone to the Hotel Sey-
mour on West Forty-Fifth street, for
the purpose, his friends say, of keep
ing an appointment with Paul l.. Kier-
nan, the lawyer. He died an hour and
a half later in an apartment Just va
Gated by Mr.. Kiernan earlier in the
day and just few minutes before his
wife and brother, Joy Morton, of Chi
cago, reached the house.
Coroner Feinberg, who is ply.
sician, and Coroner's Physician
O'Hanlon agreed after they had exam
ined Mr. Morton's body and had talked
with JOY Morton concerning his broth
er's condition, that death was caused
by apoplexy due to a rupture of a
blood vessel in the brain, which re-
suited from aeterio-sclerosis, from
which Mr.. Morton was found to be
suffering within the past months.
Mr.. Morton was porn in Detroit in
1857, son Of ]. Sterling Morton, who
was secretary of the interior under
President Cleveland. His only educa-
tion was in the common schools and
that only lasted until he was 10 years
old He then went to work as a clerk
in a railroad freight Office and kept
plodding along for years with only all
occasional promotion until 1890, when
he became general freight agent Of the
ChipoOn pirrfiT1 ond OlTiT1py Two
years later he left the Burlington to
become vice president of the Colorado
Fuel ard Iron company. In 1886 he
left that company to take the Office
of vice president of the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe railroad in charge
of traffic.
Mr.. Roosevelt, when he became
president offered Mr. Morton appoint
ment to the first cabinet position that
became vacant The place was sec
retary of commerce and labor. Mr..
Morton did not feel able to throw up
a place on the Atchison paying him
$4,000 a year and declined, but in
short time requested again to enter
the cabinet, became secretary of the
navy began July /, 1904. and ended
exactly a year later. When the life
Insurance scandal had been aired,
there was need Of a man of high char
acter and executive ability to take
charge of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society Mr. Morton assumed the
presidency at a meeting at which
there were rendered the resigrations
Of President j. w. Alexander, Vice
President J. II. Hyde, Second Vice
President G. e. Tarbell, and Third
Vice President G.. T. Wilson.
When a young man Mr.. Morton
married Charlotte Goodrich, of Chi
cago, who survives. He also leaves
two daughters. Mrs. Caroline M. Pot
ter and Mrs. Pauline NJ Smith.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
PLANS FOR ENcAMpMENT.
Gen. Fridge Wants to Take the Troops
to Vicksburp.

to Vicksburg.
ackson.-Adjutant General Arthur
Fridge, of the Mississippi National
Guard, has addressed q communication
to the chief OF the division of military
affairs, war department, submitting a
tentative plan for field instruction OF
the Mississippi militia for the spring
and summer of 1911, which has been
approved by Gov Noel. The plan for
officers school and encampment are
as follows:
Officers School-An officers school,
at which about seventy-five officers
will be present, to be held at Camp
Williamson (rihe range), near Vicks-
burg, about April 10. At least six Off
GERS of the regular army are desired
for this purpose 1t is also desired at
tais time to conduct non-commis-
stoned officers school with fifty or
sixty selected non-commissioned Off
GERS present For this purpose several
enlisted men of the army would be de-
sirable.
"Encampment-It Is proposed to
send one regiment of infantry, or pos
sibly only two battalions, to Camp Will
hanson, near Vicksburg, about July 1
to be divided into three sections, one
section of battalion or less to go or
the rifle range for three days, another
to remain in camp, with usual camp
routin, of drills, guard duty, etc, the
third to go on Drac, ice for three DAYS
with full field equipment, Transports
ton, etc. For this camp, which will
consume about twenty-five or thirty
three days, beginning about July 1, +
is desired that a battalion Of regulal
infatry be detailed"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
A BRIEF BRIEF.
Just sixteen Words in One Filed in
the Supreme Court,

Jackson-Probably the briefest brief
in the history Of the Mississippi SUI
preme court was filed with Clerk Ny
ers Wednesday,. This brief was in the
case of Lee Triplett VS.. State, and
come from Jasper county.
"The evidence warrants the verdict.
There are no errors of law. The case
should lie affirmed"
Just sixteen words. And that's the
way Assistant Attorney General Nc
Dowell submits the case to the court
after going over the brief for the de-
fendant.
Triplett was convicted of unlawful
retailing and given a pretty stiff fine
and sentence. He took an appeal to
the supreme court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
GAINESVILLE GREENE COUNTY
Mississippi Matters
News of Interest Gathered from Over tie State for the
Information Of Our Rea5c;S
SEED PRICES ADVAN CLING.
Oil Mills in Jackson Pay as High as
SO Per Ton.

SO Per Ton.
Jsckson.--As the crushing season
draws to a close the oil mills of NJ s
sissippi are engaging in lively
scramble fer seed, and the market IL
decidedly bulli5h
Daring tie past few days the mills
in Jackson lave been paying as hig
as $50 per ton for seed, f. o. b. at sta
tions. Other POINTS report quota ions
as high as S2S per ton. this being tha
minimum price that prevails generallj
over the state.
Some OF the mills will close down
during the latter part Of the present
mcnth, owing TO the scarcity Of tle
seed supply, ard practically all mills
will be closed by the first of March.
Managers state that prices are not
likely to go above $50 per on. unless
there is very unexpected advance il
the market for refined products. The
cotton seed meal market has been dull
and listless during the past thirty
days, and the foreign demand for meal
is next to nothing, owing to the large
production Of soy bean meal during
the past year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
MADE HIM A HERO.
FTFNE'E- iITFI y 7 Z II u
Acquitted of Killing a Convict carr!e:
From Court Room in Triu1,,h


From Court Room in Triumph.
Prentiss.-After one of the most in
teresting and memorable trials ever
held in criminal court in Jeff Davis
county, GWin Magee was acquitted o.
the charge of murder in connection
with the killing of a negro convict in
this county. Despite the precautions
taken by the court to prevent any
demonstrations within the court room
tae large crowd of spectators who had
sat patiently throughout the two days
trial, became decidedly demonstrativ9
when the verdict of the jury was
learned and young Magee was given q
tremendous ovation. Picking him UP
bodily, the crowd OF surging humanity
carried him on its shoulders from thc
courthouse down portion OF Main
street until they reached mercantile
establishment. In the meantime the
crowd had succeeded in tearing from
him portion Of his clothing. his hal
was cut into strips and divided among
several as souvenirs of the trial and
its hero. His tie and other portions o.
his apparel were treated SIMILARLY The
crowd then jostled him into & store
and proceeded to rig him UP with =
new outfit of clothing. purchasing him
Two hats to take the place OF the one
torn up.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
NEW GIFT BYCARNECIE
Research Institution in Washing
ton Given $4,000, 900.

Andrew Carnegie has just announced
another gift of $10,000,000 to
the endowment fund of the Carnegie
Institute OF Research in Washington.
This brought his endowment of the
institution to a total of $25, ,000,0 ,000.
The institution was founded by MI.
Carnegie in 1902 with an endowment
OF $10,000,000. Since then ten inde-
pendent departments of research, each
with its staff of Investigators and as
sistants, have been established.
In addition to these larger depart.
ments, organized by the institution ii.
self, numerous special researches cal
TIed on by individuals have been sub
sidized. Six laboratories for as many
different fields of Investigation, and in
widely separated localities, have been
constructed and equipped.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Wort Pay Taxes on Money.

Jackson.-While the bank deposits
of the state, at the close of business
December 81, 1910, are placed at some
where between 100000, 900 and S70,000,-
GOO, the personal tax rolls for 1910
show that only S3,516,106 in money
on deposit was returned for taxation.
There was not, at the time the assess
ment was made in each county, as
much money on deposit in the state by
several million dollars as there is at
present, but there was a good deal
more than $3,000,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
EIGHT DIE ON WARSH|p
Mysterious Explosion Occurs
on the Delaware.

Eight persons were killed on the
United States battleship Delaware in
a mysterious explosion.
The disaster occurred while the bat
tleship was en- route from Guam tana-
mo, Cuba, to Hampton roads.
A wireless dispatch received by the
navy department said the victims were
burned by steam. 1t was added that
details of the accident would be tele-
graphed as soon as the vessel arrived
at Norfolk, Va.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Celebrates e2d Birthday.

Jackson.-Mrs. Malvina H. Yerger,
Jackson's oldest resident Thursday cell
obrated her 92d bir ,hday Mrs. Yerger
came TO Jackson as a bride at IS years
of age. Her husband was the late
William Yerger, justice Of the supreme
court, and one of the notable jurists OF
his day. 1t was Judge Yerger who ren
dered the decision of the court in the
celebrated Union and Planters bank
bond cases, holding that the bonds
were valid and the state should pay
them, but they were afterward repudi-
ated by the legislature, and have never
been paid.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
Mother Pleads for Son.

Jackson.-Mrs. Stevens of Summit
has written Governor Noel asking him
to pardon her boy, William Stevens,
who is serving a three years term in
the penitentiary for burglary. The bog
was convicted at the same time as was
Hiram Wichman, who was recently
pardoned by the Governor. 1t has been
endorsed by the district attorney, but
not by the judge to date, though it is
believed the judge will recommend the
pardon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
ADMITS VOTE BUYING
City Attorney Jones of DanviIle, H.,
Makes Confession.

City attorney Frank Jones of Dan
vile. ILL.,, confessed to buying votes
in the last election and will go before
the grand jury and tell all.
Jones in a public statement says
he srent much morey in his cam
paign, that his expenses were great
er than the returns of his office in
two terms and he promises to so be-
fore the grand jury and make con-
fession and assist in the Investigation
of the election frauds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
SENATORS ELECTED
Kern Chosen by Indiana Legislature
Hitchcock from Nebraska.

John w. Kern, Democrat, was el-
ected senator from Indiana by the H.
diana legislature, winning over Sena-
tor Beveridge, Republican.
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democrat,
was elected senator from Nebraska
to succeed Elmer j. Burkett, Repub-
lican.
Miles Poindexter Insurgent Repub-
Iican. defeated George Cottrell In
Washington.
Senator Burrows of Washington
will be succeeded by Congressman c.
E. Townsend.
Henry Cabot Lodge was reelected
in Massachusetts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-27
NEGROES SEEK PLACES
These of Ccmocratic View to Ask for
Positions in House Wing.

The political changes in the nGt'cnci
house CT representatives next session
has aroused the ambition of many ne
groes who have supported the Demo
cratic party in the rast to replace the
500 cClored Republicans who are now
employed about the mouse wing OF the
capitol.
Giles r. White, a negro school teach.
er at Cabin John, Md, will forsakn
pedagogy if he cen be appointed mes
senger to Champ Clark, the speaker
tO-be.