The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10
GROWING INTEREST IN BOYS CORN CLUBS Mississippi Boys Have Exhib-
 its at Columbus YAZOO CITY'S SCHOOL Yaxoo City Has the Only Department of Manual Training in the Public
 Schools That Exists in the
 Whole Sfnte
YAzoo CITY's SCHOOL

Jackson, Miss, February 9-(SpeciaL)- Governor Noel has letter from Dr. s. A. Knapp, special agent of the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, in which he says:
 ''To show you the unbounded interest and success of our work in the southern states in the raising of corn through our Boys Corn clubs, I hand you little statement showing the yields of the high est 100 boys. The corn from these boys yields is now being exhibited at Colum- tus, O., at the National Corn Show, with copies of this statement for distribu. ion. This shows what the demonstration work other southern states. You will ,lote that very fair proportion of these boys are Mississippians."
 It is very gratifying to the people of Mississippi to know that B of these 100 boys are Mssissiprians- s-about 33 1-9 per cent of the producers of the largest yields of corn. These 3S, with the number of bushels raised by each, are:
 Leslie Anderson, Brookhaven, 225 bush els; Clark Batson, Recluse, 127; Bennie Beeson, Monticello, 2121; Fred Black, Alderman, 119; John W. Bowen, Grenada, 137; Thomas Bowen, Grenada, 12S. w. D. Brster. West. 115;; Willie Broom, Lex ington, 13o; Kennie Devlne, Sharcn. PIT; Joe Garner. Magee, 126; D. A. Grant, Gatman. 115.5; J. J. Hemphil, Embry, 122:6; Lee Long, Alderman, t40;' Egewer Mabry, Carrolton, 1884; George Martin, Campbellsville, 1904; Leo Martin, Camp bellsville. 121.4 Rufus w. Maxwell, Vai- uen, 136; Jewell Mayfield, Mt Olive, 120; Foster Power, Alderman, 122.2; Errol Saucier, Long Beach. 15S; Ernest Sims, Eupora- 1856; Jim Sims, Andine, 1H.1; Perry stevens, Grenada, 125; II. L. strathan, Kakomo, HAP; B. B. Todd, Walthall, 135; Vernon Ward. Satartia, 124: Vernon Ward. Eden, 1856; Jandon Whitehead, Baxar 130; Monroe Williams, Misterton, 124; Willie Williams, Decatur, 146.6; Carter Woodward, Long Beach, 13O.
 The list shows the following from Louisiana: Leon Ford, Chunebrant, 129; Carl Candy, Homer, 11s.s; Landry Gau- thier Cottonport 150; Stephen Henry, Melrose. 1S9S; Leo Hyams, Campti, 1SS; Crawford Kirkland, Winnsboro, 13'; Me Lemore Melton, Coushatta, 11S.7; l.. A. Shaw, !r, Linville, 142.1; Edwin Smith, Calhoun, 1156; T. Toadvine. Daytime, 15S.4; Klrlin Walker, Arizona, 120.1
 From Alabama: Hughey Hardin, Banks, 12o.
 Yazoo City boasts of being the only town in the state that has manual training department in its public school, and is entitled to crow about it. The boys of the higher grades are taking a great deal of interest in the department, the machinery of which Is operated by and it is said that they are turning out work that would be credit to the foremost cabinetmakers in the land This department was inaugurated
 in Yazoo City two years ago, with Carl Rose in charge, and has been the means of training and entertaining and keeping off the streets a great many of the best boys in the old town.
 The Department of Education insists that confederate Womens Monument Day, February 10 shall not be lost sight of, and urges that every teacher in the state call the attention of pupils 10 the necessity of making a good showing and sl generous contribution on that date. The treasurer of the fund has about $2600 in bank but wants $10000 and expects to get it before June 3, the date on which it is proposed to lay the cornerstone in the capitol yard at Jackson. The mites contributed by the half million school children of the state should be sufficient to raise the fund needed and one that will raise monument worthy the brave women who lived during these times that tried the souls of their husbands, fa- thers and brothers.
 Practically every business man of Woodville has signed a letter oe com plaint to Railroad Commissioner Snep- pard In which the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad Is taken severely t3 task on account of what is termed excessive and unjust transportation charges and because of which many agricultural products of that community arc unprofit- able to he producer.
 Thousands of barrels of corn are here to be shipped,' says the letter, "bdt the railroad rates have paralyzing effect on the market for same. The Tate on corn promulgated by the Mississippi Rail- road Commission is positively ignored by the railroad company at this point. Ap- we are not under the jarisdic- ton of the Railroad Commission of the statefof Mississippi
 MT. Sheppard is asked to visit the town of Woodvlle as early as possible to in- [ vestigate conditions personally.
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 Ground hog day has come and gone, md though. that little animal was able 10 see his shadow all right and went tight back in his hole, there has been no .hange in the weather hereabouts. There yas terrific rain and hailstorn last Friday night, and it was confidently ex- ,ected that cold wave was going to ar i've shortly, but it did not The temper ,ture is a little cooler but nothing like cold weather has been experienced. : However, this part of the country can hardly expect to escape frosts and freezes turing February, or later, and truckers ,nd gardeners here are confidently pre- licting that there will not be a peach in the state this year. the trees. in many instances, being in full bloom
 According to the Indianola Tocsin the ielta farmers have purchased more mules this year than ever before in their lives, the price for good ones being s250 These mules are brought from Missouri Tennessee and eKntucl1y, and cost the of this state hundreds of thou sands of dollars per annum, when they could be raised just as well at home and Tor about $50. The time will come when the Mississippi farmer will raise his own blow stock, but 1t will take calamity ike the boil weevil to force them to it. They have been made to produce corn and meat during the past two or three years and are in better shape than ever to the little brown bug. NEGRO CONFESSES TO