Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-09-15
LEAKEsVILLE GREENE COUNTY
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GENERAL NEWS
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will flock to their ranks il demon
stration is made on the border city.
Another more sordid and CONNER
clal reason is squirting the Magn;stas
on to plan the attack They need
the money; the funds of tho loc;.i
| iunta are low Likewise the Los An
seles ujnta is getting short of ready
cash. The banks custom house and
stores in Juarez have a quantity of
real money on hand This money
looks good to the countcr-revontiOn
lists because with it they car finance
their border insurrcction Plans for
the box kites have been drawn by an
American soldier of fortune who
fought with Madero. the nitro has Eecn
ordered and the 200 Masonistas now
await only the 10th to start their sec
cond attack UPON the o'd town, they
say
At Louisville, KY, recently, Dempsey
G. Wren of Kentucky almost wept
when he was told at the local United
States army recruiting Office that he
was too big" to join the army When
Wren entered the Office he had to
stoop to get Through the door. and
CAPTAIN Oliver II. Dockery Jr. looked
up at the feet 8 inches of what
proved on inspection to be perfect
physical manhood, in amazcmcnt
| Wren, reared on a Kentucky farm. is
twenty eight years old, and weighs 220
pounds. He is hard as nails, and had
his heart set on joining the regular
army. Captain Dockery wired to Wash
ineton for special permission, but was
refused He asked that he be per-
mitted to sign the giant for the mount
to lift cannon to and from mule backs.
Again he was informed that the army
did not have bed nor a uniform Of
capacity for tie applicant.
Mrs. Katherine Thurston, authoress,
was found dead in hotel in Cork.
Mrs. Thurston was native of Cork,
and married in 1901 Ernest Charles
Thurston. with whom she was the joint
author of several popular novels.
The couple lived happily until 1907,
when, according to Mrs. Thurston, her
husband informed her that it was nee
essary that he should live his own life
and for the purpose of literary work
should go down into the very depths
of society The authoress was given
divorce in the spring of 1910.
At Keil, Ger, the kaiser reviewed
! practically the entire German navy. In
the feet assembled there were twen-
ty-fve hattleships, including three
that are among the largest and most
powerful in the world. There were
five armored cruisers, siXty-siX torpe-
90 boat destroy ers and number OF
smaller craft All of the ships at the
review flew the Austrian as well as the
German flag. The spectacle was a
magnificent one ard we'll calculated to
! inspire the pride of the Germans.
Saying he entertaIns none but the
most friendly personal feeling for Pres
ident Taft, but the nations chief exec
! utive does not take the progressive
view," Senator Albert B. Cllmmins, in
signed statement sets out in "bill
of particulars" the reasons why he be
lieves Taft should not be returned tc
the presidential chair. Among other
things mentioned in Taft's arraign
meut. Mr.. Cummins points to the exec
utives position on the Canadian reel
procity question
Rev. o. e. Davis, superintendent ol
| the British Guiana mission Of the
! Seventh Day Adventist denomination
the Headquarters of which is in Wash
! ington, has been murdered in the in
te'ior by natives while PROSECUTING
Early in May, according to church
officials, Mr. Davis wrote that he had
received a call to visit some Indians
| about two months journey up the
Demerara river, where no white man
has ever been.
Money on deposit in the United
States postal savings banks is sub
/ iect to taxation, according to ali opin
| ion given by Attorney General Carmo
dy to the state board of tax commits
sioners The attorney general holds
! that the state tax law which exempts
| from taxation money due saving banl
depositors was intended to apply only
to savings banks provided for in the
state banking law.
| Georee w. Norris of Nebraska
one of the most uncompromising ot
| the Republican insurgents, the mar
who led the fight to unhorse Uncle
/ Joe" Cannon in the house when the
latter was speaker, has announced
that he will be candidate for the
United States senate in opposition tC
Senator Brown, a near-progressive
! but supporter of Mr. Taft.
The Canton authorities are worried
by terrorists they are endeavoriIg tt
! ferret cut Reports have been re
ceiyed that Chinese troops in Tibet
have been defeated, with loss of COZ
men, and have retired to Lasea
S. C. H.ldreth stopped the sale ot
his thoroughbred race horses a
Sheephead Bay paddocks because
there was no market. Anti-horse rae
! ing LEGISLATION has killed the breeding
industry.
Wherever Francisco I. Madero goes
on his trip through southern Mexico
he is overwhelmed with the attentions
of the people, but Pine Suarez, his
running mate, is unpopular.
A dance was given by several of the
| Big Pool, Md, citizens in the grave
yard with the bellies and beaux of the
village doing round dances over the
graves of their ancestors.
| President Taft spoke at Connecticut