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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Highway Building Soon to Be General

RE ORE money is being expended in
I'VE the good roads movement through
out the United States this year than
has ever before been utilized for this
purpose. Some results Of the work
being done by the Touring Club of
America in conjunction with the Amer
lean Association for Highway I'M
provement toward educating the pub
lie to the value of improved highways
throughout the country are illustrated
in a chart just prepared by the United
States Office of public roads, which
shows that nearly fifteen thousand
miles of transcontinenal, interstate
and trunk line roads are contemplated
In various sections of the country.
Although the chart was prepared by
the Office of public roads. it does not
by any means represent all the work
that has been projected or is aided
financially by Tie government The
Idea in issuing the chart was merely
to show the tremendous impetus that
lately has been given to the nation
wide movement for improved public
roads.
Practically every state in the Union
is benefited to some extent by the pro-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Destructive New Type Of Torpedoes

TT he range OF torpecoes has been in.
creased from 4,500 yards to 10000
yards by the complet' on OF two new
types by the bureau Of ordnance AR
NOR piercing torpedoes OF this new
type, it is claimed, cen be fired from
battleships. torpedo boats and sub
marine tubes at range OF nearly
seven miles with tie same accuracy
that projectiles are hurled from large
guns
Some time ago it was learned by
the naval authorities that foreign tor
pedo companies had developed tor.
pedoes with a range of 5000 yards
and that some OF the powers hau
placed orders for this class Of projec-
tiles 1t became apparent that some
thing must be done to meet this in
crease in the strength OF other navtes
A board Of officers in the ordnance
bureau was assigned to the task ana
as a result the American navy now
leads the world in this important fea-
ture of naval warfare
At the bureau OF ordnance it was
stated that unless some new defense
against torpedoes is developed the
most powerful super-dreadnought
would be helpless against the attack
of submarine and torpedo boats. Es-
pecially does this new type of torpedo
increase the destructiveness of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Grand Stand and Glimpse of Half-Mile
Oval Race Track.

fants and this part of the show is bound
to be interesting and spirited.
In regard to exhibits under this de-
partment, it is assured that many South
Mississippi women will compete against
each other for the prizes offered, not SO
much for their intrinsic value as for the
honor of capturing first, second and third
prize ribbons. However, the cash pre-
miums offered this year are very at
tractive
A great impetus to this work is found
in the new building when will be erected
in time for the fair on the spacious
fair grounds at cost of 50 900, which
was made possible through the efforts
of the Women's Auxiliary, band. of
determined, patriotic South Mississippi
women, who usually accomplish what
they set out to do.
The women of this section of the
state seem more enthused than ever this
year over the Womm's Department of
the fair and the officers of the Women's
Auxiliary as well as Secretary j. b.
HOWE are very optimistic over the out
look.
The officers of the Auxiliary are:
Mrs. f. Y. Osborne, president; Mrs. c.
A. Sheely, first vice-president Mrs. w.
A. Todd, second yice-president; Mrs. M.
b. Ship, third yice-prosident; Mrs. G. j..
Barrow. fourth vice-presideut; Mrs. j.
w. Lucllett secretary and treasurer.
The chairmen of the standing com
mittees are: Mrs N. II. Hewes, art
needle work; Mrs. B. + Phillips, do
nestle science; Mrs. A. L. Milestone,
flowers and plants; Mrs. A. c.. Purple,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
ATHLETICS AIT THE
Gulf COAST FAIR
RULES OF AmERTCAN ATHLETIC
UNION GOVERN CONTESTS.
Candidate May Be Entered From Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Georgia, Florida, Tennessee.

Gulfport, Secretary J. b. Howic,
acting for the Mississippi and Gulf Coast
Exposition Company which gives ito
second annual fair here November Gil,
has entered into a contract with Secre-
tary L. di Benedetto of the Southern
Division Amateur Athletic Union for a
fifteen event athletic meet to be held
here Wednesday, November 8. The pro,
gram win consist Of the following events;
Hundred yard dash, three mile run,
hammer throw, 22o-yard dash, three
quarter mile walk, high jump, 440-yard
dash, shot put, broad jump, half-mile
run, discus, hop, step and jump, mile run;
javelin, pole vault.
Gold, silver and bronze medals will be
given to first, second and third re-
speetiyely. The entire management Of
the meet is up to Secretary Beaedetto,
who successfully last year handled tie
meet at the Harrison County Fair sixty
i've athletes and ten officials for New
Orleans will arrive "Wednesday m0rlng.
November s. The meeting win begin at
pm. and last for four hours. The best
athletes in New Orleans win compete.
The following athletic clubs and ASSOC
Citations of New Orleans win have repre-,
sentation; Young Mems Gymnastie Cla6,
Broadway Gymnasium, Public Schools
Athletic League, Tulane Athletic Assoc
citation, Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, Boys High School, Ushers Athletic
Association, and many others
Secretary Bencdetto will make a trip
to Gulfport soon in the interest of jha
meet. Entries will be received by him
through mail OF otherwise at A. A. u.
headquarters, 738 Gravier street, New
Orleans. Entries are open to any regis!
tered athletes in the following statcs:
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia,
Florida and Tennessee. Rules of tic
American Athletic Union will govern
all contests.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS.

Gulfport, Miss.-The agricultural and
horticultural exhibits are sure to be fine
at the second annual fair of the Mi4sis-
sippi and Gulf Coast Exposition Com
pany, to be given here November Gin 10
18th, inclusive. Such Staples as cane,
corn and cotton are being very saccc
fully grown on the out-oser pine lands
of South Mississippi and there will De
sure to be some exhibits. But it rs in
the line Of garden truck, paper-shcl
pecans and Satsuma oranges That this
section viii shine They are being grown
with exceptional success and tie outpaU
becomes larger and larger every year.
The Satsuma orange industry is one OF
the most profitable around this section,
and it grew from the small beginna "a
made by Colonel Rose some thirteen
years ago in the face of the most dis
couraging circumstances. Now, literally
hundreds of growers are making money
out of the industry
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
RADIUM AND GEOLOGY.

The properties of radium have con-
sequences Of enormous Importance to
the geolOgist as well as to the ply
sicist or chemist In fact, the discov-
cry Of these properties has entirely
altered the aspect of one OF the most
interesting geological problems, that
Of the age of the earth. Before the
discovery of radium it was supposed
that the supplies Of heat furnished by
chemical changes going on in the
earth are quite insignificant, and
that there was nothing to replace the
heat which flows from the hot inter-
ior of the earth to the colder crust.
Now when the earth first solidified it
only possessed a certain amount of
capital in the form of heat, and if it
Is continually spending this capital
and not gaining any fresh heat it is
evident that the process cannot have
been going on for more than a GER
tain number Of years, otherwise the
earth would be colder than it is.
Lord Kelvin in this way estimated
the age of the earth to be less than
00,000,000 years. Though tine quaint
ity of radium in the earth is an ex-
cecdingly small fraction of the mass
Of the earth, amounting according
to the determination of Profs. Strut
and Jolly, to only about five grams in
a cube whose side is 100 miles, yet
the amount of heat given out by this
small quantity of radium is SO great
that it is more than enough to re-
place the heat which flows from the
inside to the outside of the earth
Prof J. j. Thompson, quoted Iby
Science.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
ADJUSTMENTS AT FAIR.
Contracts Have Been Closed With the
Smith Carnival Company.

Gulfport, Miss.--Things are moving
rapidly with the Mississippi and Gulf
Coast Exposition Company, which will
give its second annual fair here No
yember 9th to nth, inclusive.
Contracts are being closed for amuse-
ment features, for buildings and improve
ments, and the affairs Of the company
are rapidly taking form.
Manager j. B. HOWE announces that
he has just closed contract with the
Smith Carnival Company who will put
on long list Of amusemonts of various
kinds. These amusomcnts will include
a Wild West show that is said to be one
of the best in the country, a melry-go-
round and a number Of free attractions.
among which are trapeze performance
at night and balloon ascension and
double parachute leap a feature that
has never before been seen in this part
of the country. There is a knfe-throw-
ing act in the list that is said to be a
thriller and it was put ON so strenuously
up in Tupelo recently that it got the
goat of the mayor of that place and he
had it stopped on the score that it was
too dangerous. Gulfportians, however,
are not of the chicken-hearted sort and
the act will probably be popular here.
Mr.. HOWE has closed this contract only
after careful investigation and he is sat
isfcd that all Of The shows are clean
and moral in every II pcct.
On ace01lnt IF 4hp orpat interest Il, 4l,o
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
LEADING CITIZENS IN CHARGE.

Gulfport, Miss.-The men who are on
the committees in charge Of various de-
partments of the Tri-Conty Fair to DO
given November 9th to 18th by the
Mississippi and Gulf Coast Exposition
Company are leading coast citizens.
T. w. Miner is in charge of the parade
committee; Ruck Yorger is chairman Of
the reception and program committee;
j. II. Lang, the amusements and fire,
works committee. The superintendent
of departments are as follows: w. A.
Cox, agricultural departments; L. W..
Trautman, poultry and canine depart.
ments; I. II. Tharp, live stock depart,
ment; w. A. Todd, speed department;
j. G. Corbett, manufacturing depart,
ment; ]. j. Dawsey, educational depart,
ment; j. F. Gallowi Y, horticultural de,
partment; f. NJ. Dcl, solicitor; Charles
Dickey marshal; W. a. Todd, chairman
j. NJ. Hairston and Roy Chinn, race com.
mittee.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27

submarines already SO formidable
BY the plan now being prepared
submarines are to be equipped with
u of these new projectiles. 1t is not
thought it will be necessary for sub
marines to fire at a longer range than
1000 yards. From that distance it
will be impossible for officers on a bat
tleship to locate submarine. and
there has not yet been devised any
way to attack these boats Officers
of the. ordnance bureau declare that
at distance of 1000 yards sub
marine could drive its IL monster tor
pedoes under the armor belt OF bat
tleship and sink her without giving
the battleship the least opportunity to
reply to the attack
The new fighting machine is q com
pick and dclicately constructed
mechanism. 1t will require a highly
trained crew of officers and men to
fire these powerful engines OF de-
struction with any degree OF accuracy
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27

VIZ ASH1NGTON.-"Na talle," the fam
w GUS Barney statue, has reap
peared. Emerging trcn the seclusion
into which it made an enforced retire
ment last fall the lovely bit OF mar
Bile. which may or NAY not be a rep
resentation OF the low 'iness of Miss
Natalie Clifford Barney by her sister.
Miss Laura, again stands on the lawn
OF Studio House, the palatial resi-
dence Of Mrs. Alice c.. FORD Barney
Hemmick.
No vandal eye. however. will be per
mitted to gaze upon The undraped
loveliness Of the statue which set all
Washington talking lest fall The
caretaker Of the f rney-Hemmick
home has not forgotten the stir the
statue caused and tie order of the
CHIEF of police. Major Richard sylves-
ter. which caused il 10 be boxed and
taken indoors The imProvised fence
Of barrel slaves whica the caretaker
erected last year bot ween the lawn
and the street. where thousands gath
cred to gaze on the statue, has been
replaced by high Ecrete wall, pen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Motor Mans.

In countries like France, whore
roads are good and cross roads nu-
merous, travellers by automobile have
frequent occasion to consult road
maps, because they go SO fast and
change direction so often that topo-
graphical information is, for them, a
continual necessity
To meet this there has been invent
ed an automatic chart that unrolls in
step with the advance of the carriage,
SO that the chauffeur has always be-
fore him map of the route he is to
pursue. When the road is about to
turn sharply an electric bell gives
warning 800 meters in advance. An
other attachment to the chart regis
tiers the distance traversed. Tie
whole apparatus is moved by gearin g
connected with the wheels Of the AL
tomobile.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27

It HE Maine was des royed by an ex-
ternal explosion. There no longer
remains any doubt as to the manner
in which the United States battleship
was sunk in Havana harbor on Feb
ruary Is, 1898. The double bottom of
the ship has been revealed with part
Of the keel standing perpendicular,
some % feet higher than its normal
position. This confirms the report
and testimony which Ensign Powell
son gave before the investigating
board after the disaster and which
was based upon the reports made to
him by divers just after the explosion
Military experts Who inspected the
vessel recently found that the bottom
of the ship stands in a perpendicular
position, supported by stanchions The
lowest. or platform, deck is an up
heaved mass Of steel, above the sub
merged bow. The position of this part
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
wOMAN's BUILDING AT FAIR.

C"lfnort, M'ss.-A contract was let
some time ago for the erection of the
Woman's Building on the grounds OF
The Mississippi and Gulf Coast Exposi,
ton Company and it viii be ready for
this years fair, which opens November
9th and runs until the 11th At a meet,
ing of the board Of directors recently it
was decided to have a building con.
structed which is to cost about $4,000,
to be borne jointly by the Exposition
Company and the Woman's Auxiliary.
The building will be in the form of a
cross and will be located to the west Of
the Woman's Rest Building and just to
the north of the Main Building. It will
be placed on concrete piers like the other
buildings on the grounds and will be Of
substantial construction
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Close View of Grand Stand and Track,
With Some of the Horses.

exposition. The first day will be Coast
Jubilee Day, when there will be numer-
GUS special features. A grand flower
parade will be given. Negotiations are
now on foot for other great features for
the fair, not least among which will be
an athletic track and field meet which
will be given November 8.
The fair company has a forty acre
tract with large, well-constructed build
ings, race track, grand stand, res
taurapts, driveways, athletic field and
"Gladway" where there are all sorts of
sensational special attractions Liberal
premiums are offered for industrial,
agricultural and other exhibits, which
will be representative of what South
Mississippi is accomplishing. Many big
planters of this and adjoining counties
have signifed their intention of placing
exhibits.
Special rates will be given on the rail
roads and this will be a splendid oppor-
tunity to visit the coast.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27

posed new highways, and the wide
spread interest in the good roads
movement indicates that the time is
moi far distant when the United States
will be interlaced by a complete sys.
TEN of good roads.
Estimates prepared by the office OF
public roads shows that by improving
20 per cent of the roads of the nation
almost the highest point of efficiency
could be reached Twenty per cent.
OF the roads in each state could he
improved by an expenditure of an aver
age sum of three million dollars a
state and the annual saving thereby
in the wear and tear on horses. wag.
ons and automobiles in the transporta.
ton of crops and increased land val.
ues is estimated at over one msIlion
dollars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
POULTRY EXHIBIT
/ WILL Be GREAT
BREEDERS FROM SEVERAL STATES
! WILL SHOW BIRDS.
Exposition Company Offers Very Liberal
Prizes-Number of Special Prizes
Added.

Gulfport, Miss.-There is Going to be a
poultry show out at The Coast Exposi-
ton and Tri-County Fair this fall that
will make not only the faneiers but the
general public open their eyes, accord
ing to the plans of L. w. Trautinan.
superintendent of this department Mr..
Trautman is actively engaged in arous-
ing interest in the Coast Exposition's
poultry show and the indications now are
that not only will all the coast breeders
have their very best birds on exhibition
but that well-known breeders from over
this and adjoining states will exhibit
here.
Mr. Trautman has written letters to
poultry men in Mississippi, Alabama,
Louisiana and Southern Tennessee, tell
ing them of the exhibition to be given
here and has received encouraging re-
plies. He expects that at least two or
three of the exhibits which will be on
at jackson will be brought to Gulfport.
Local interest in poultry was never
so keen as it is now. Every one along
the coast who is at all interested in
thoroughbred poultry is looking forward
to this falls exhibition at the fair. Thus
far note has been made of two special
prizes in this department by local peo.
pie. A. McAlpin offers 800 lot in
the city of Gulfport for the best pen
iof single comb Rhode Island Reds raised
and exhibited by Harrison county
breeder. This department expects to get
other special prizes Though the list OF
prizes offered by the exposition com
,pany is liberal one, nothing eXeites in
terest so much as special prizes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
MEN AND HATS.

Character most assuredly was APP
parent in the manner in which Ma
poleon wore his hat, which was set
firmly on his head with a slight sug-
gestlng of leaning forward. Wash
tinguon wore his hat squarely pant
ted. Andrew Jackson threw his hat
on, as did Lincoln, and for General
Grant, he damned it down well over
his head in. all directions. General
Lee wore his well on top Of his head,
with just the slightest list to one
side, and Stonewall Jackson pulled
his well down in front. Perhaps the
reason many of the generals wore
their hats tightly down on their
heads was because they had to be
on horseback. But the determined
characters were evidenced, even
when on foot, by such characteris-
tics.
Most artists of all times have
shown-when OF affecting some lido
syncrasy-a great deal of careless
ness about the way in which their
hats sat on their heads. Among lit
erary men this has been the same,
though not to such a marked de-
gree. DR.. Johnson always wore his
soft hat down on the right side Of
ais head, as if expecting a sudden
blast Of wind and thereby becoming
one of the famous exceptions to the
careless" rule.
4bo win 1,xr
over one ear there is not the pallia-
ting excuse that the cavalier of for
mer times could give as a reason for
wearing his hat set jauntily on one
side; for, by reason of his heavy
plu1nes, the cavalier necessarily wore
1t in position that makes a modern
derby wearer when affecting such a
style one of class of toughs or "tin-
horn" gamblers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
Peruvian Petroleum.


"Once," said Brother Dickey, "dar
wuz a man who prayed dat he might
git out Of de wilderness, an his prar
wuz answered, an time he got out, a
ortermobile run over him, an then
bout de time he riz up an breshed
de dust from off him a'rship felled
on him, an wen he come ter hissef
ag'in a policeman told him ter move
on; an so he lifted up all de voice
what he had left an prayed fer har-
ricane ter blow him back ter whar he
come from."-Atlanta Constitution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27
SOUTH MISSISSIPPPS FAIR
GRAND FLOWER PARADE WILL BE
FEATURE OF FIRST DAY.
Agricultural and Other Exhibits.
Special Railroad Rates.

Gulfport, Miss.-The annual fair Of
the Mississippi and Gulf Coast EXposi-
ton Company will be held here Novem-
Der Gil, inclusive.
South Mississippi has emerged from a
lethargy of more than century and
within the past ten years has taken
front rank with the leading truck gar
dening centers of the South. No one
factor has been more potent in the past
year, or promises greater results, far
the agricultural upbuilding of the new
est section of the state to come into
the limelight than the annual fair at
Gulfport.
1t is expected that Governor-elect Earl
Brewer will be present to open the big
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-10-27

The first duty Of every man is tc
discover himself
Many men 80 through this world
wi1noue awakening to I'll -3..e-. .on
Of the latent talents that they possess
Every man has as his br.4rish one
talent.
Unfortunately men too often mis-
take themselves. force tnen4ol is i..,o
false channels and tuln Oh, ,a-sAis.
The man who most aceu.a-el., ta..9s
his own measure staDls .Ae D-4.
chance.
Lincoln discovered mat "yer4a,il..s
is en- injurious possession, since il cau
&c 'el " :, ~s----4...
1t is not intended thar one man
should be master Of many arts.
lie Who aims 10 excel IN man!
things generally fails ia al.
There nave been q lew exceptions
a very few.
Rules are proved by tie exccgl ms
Shakespeare wrote plays.
Had he at-emDted 10 pa.at a --
donna 10 lou0t he Wol E-,5 .-.-e-
Rsphsei painted @ -aaca14
lied be lssJrGaeG his ,----- -..
sisted upon writing flays 10 1859.
Is eIC.ts would hasa Dc-l lLtl..
Zach oi these uasLe44 -ao1 his
own capzciey.
Zach aimed 10 excel il one Ina.
C3Alern5 ones poac1s "a c--- o.
Jet IS what counts.
Some men change their minds a.
often as they change tAeir Sims.
aLch ssh never achleyc
TIC usn Of one Idea is son. ,i.,-e.
q bore, sometimes an Inspiration
1t al depends on the man-anl th
idea.
III is q good thing for q man to dis.
cover himself early in life.
Henry George was a genius. but he
drifted.
it took a good many years to go.
acquainted with the capacity Of He1.y
George.
Had he diagnosed himself earlier in
life he would never have made tho t.
tai error Of entering politics.
That has been the false note in
many lives, diyertiug from The main
purpose and resulting in ha.l-ss
wreck.
The ship that keeps close t. It's
course is first to reach port
Many q talented life has beca vast
ed by the false estimate Of par. ass.
Many a tiresome preacher mis4i
have made & successful cob0lcr.
Many @ mediocre lawyer might have
been q master mechanic.
It is greater benefit to mankind
10 make q scod pair Of shoes than &c
preach q poor sermon.
Whistlers parents intended him Il,
a soldier Discovering hims If. b.
chose the more peaceful calling
artist.
De Foes parents chose the lrtnic.r5
for their son, but young Daniel Eh'l
he knew not what he wanted TO 60
carly made up bis mind not 10 lie
preacher.
lie tried war, but was only an ipdif.
ferent soldier.
He tried business and failed
Then he discovered his talent. lie
was, however, 58 years Of age before
he wrote Robinson Crus0a."